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HUNDKKDK DEAD, HILl.Ioi W M| ^ ^ v> ^ UJh? fuluitt ilwauL terday's fires is known t" 1 m eral hundred and the j? " Jr will reach several mi) ars. Only three of r 1 1 . '.!- . . '._. - . . . . J _ ? . have been accouo^^D IN L895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1911. Vol. 17. No. 24. miners, munkers ous other miner NEWS HEMS Dome Mine jh,?. 8imy letters FROM DIFFERENT SECHONS OF COUNT* p MOVEMENTSlnHE PEOPLE Pages Mill News. (Received too late for last week.) Miss Mabel Gasque, of Marion, is visiting Miss Esther Murdeu this week. Miss Sudie Revells, accompanied by Miss Ella Ford, returned to her tiome in Florence Friday. Tlir Baptist pulpit was filled by Vir. V-I1H.UII DilMT OIIIIUU} 11HII uiun and evening. The pastor was called to preach the funrcal of Mr. Qunince Powell's baby. Bobbie Ford's auto race down hill with two goslings was the most interesting and exciting scene that has occurred in Pages Mill for many years The judges have not yet decided which .'.on. Mr. Eemp Ihewer and daughter, Miss Eimoa, of Kempei, vas in towr on business Wednesday. Miss Allie Gappings, of Chadbourn, N. C., is visiting Misses Lizzie and Clara Powell this week. The party given by Miss Flora Ford Friday night in honor of her friends, was greatly enjoyed by all present. Mr L. W. Temple and son, Joseph returned from Wriglitsville tieacn Saturday. B. E. Maple Hots. Mark Jackson, of Temperance Hi'l, visited relatives in this section Sunday. Arch Surles, of Dillon visited this section Sunday. Miss Gussie Taylor, of Floydale, visited in this section Sunday. A revival meeting will begin at Pleasant Grove church Sunday, August ftli and continue for a week. Warren Jackson, of Clio, came down Sunday to see his brother .1 K, Juikson, who is suck. Lifford Taylor, of Floydale, was over here Sunday. J. .\. Jackson went to Clio Sunday. A post office has been established at Floydale. Mr. Murray Hayes is postmaster. Mrs. Golden Ilaily, of Kirby, visit ed relatives here hist week. Mr. 1J. H. Hyatt's new gins have arrived and he will have then teady lor operation by the time the lleecy staple begins to open. Willie Harris, who has been here for some lime has returned to hh home in ilorry county. The laying by time is late this year but it will not be long be lore the crops are laid by and the plows placed under the shed to resl for a while. Simon. The* Busy Hinghuiuites. Crops are looking fine since the nice rain has fallen. Misses May Belle i'arha.ui. Ma) Belle Stott, Teva Belle Spinks and Nora Little were the guests of Miss Cindiannu Atkinson last Tuesday. There was a large crowd out ai Reedy Creek Springs last Sundaj afternoon, but found it still dry. Ellis Berry, the little son of Mr, anu mrs. j. r. uerry, uieo ihsi Tuesday morning with typhoid fever. He was sick for two weeks, and everything was done to restore the loved one to its perfect health, hut alas, it was without avail. He was two years old. The bereaved family have our heart-felt sympathy. A Friend. Bermuda Briefs. The health of this section is very good at this writing; no sickness to report at present. The farmers that have tobacco this year have started to curing. C. G. McKenzie cured out a barn last week for the first in this place. The protracted meeting at Pinev Grove church closed Sunday after a very successful meeting. Arch Mclntyre, of Dillon, was in this section Sunday for a short stay. I?. B. Stephens is contemplating a trip to New York in the near future. We hear this morning that wedding bells will ring soon for one of our bachelor friends. Lookout young ladies you will miss him if you noil i nnnu. Old Time. Pages Mill Notes. Miss Allie Gappins, of Chadbourn is spending a few weens with Misses Clara and Lizzie Powell. Miss Mabel Gasque, after spending several days with Miss Esther Murden, returned to her home in Marion last week. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Arnette spent Sunday with Miss Willie Rogers. Miss Ella Ford, after an extended visit to Florence returned home Friday. Miss Ethel Townsend spent the week end with relatives'near Gaddysville. Mr. Walter Ford and wife, Mr. Ford's sister. Miss Flora, and Mr. L. W. Temple went to Dillon on business last Wednesday. Messrs. Joseph and Averitt Temple have Just returned from Wvightsville Beach, where they and the rest of the family have been GOING 10 GEORGETOWN? NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA R- R. MAKING FOR TIDEWATER CEDRGETDWN OR CHARLESTON? Asks For Privilege of K\t?>n*linK tile Kail road 125 Miles South of Mullins to liritton's Neck. Kver since it first touched L)illon the prediction has been freely made that the North and South Carolina railroad was making for tidewater, and that either Georgetown or Charleston was the objective point. The road could not hope to secure , enough business front interior ! points to make it a paying enterprise, and the -object of the builders from the beginning was to reach a point on the Atlantic Coast that would enable them to make through hauls. The opening of the Panama canal and the development of the coal fields in Clinchfield territory might have had j something to do with the building of the North ti South Carolina I road, hut even if they did not, there is some big motive behind all this railroad development in tlie Pee Dee section. The following ! dispatch from Columbia seems to I throw some light 011 the matter, land the surmise of the writer may ;not he far wrong: Columbia, July 16. ? Special: Because rumors are current that the Seaboard Air Line is a real backer 01" the enterprise, although its control is nomim vested in Mr. \V. ! R. Bonsai, of Mullins, a general interest for the whole State and <1 special interest tor the Pee Dee cen ties in an application to the Secretary of State, Mr. it. M. McCown, 11 for permission to amend the charter of the North and South Caroli' 111a Railway, so ihat the line, now in operation to Mullins, may be ; extended to "a point 011 the Pee !l)ee river, in Britton's Neck Town ship, Marion county." The company's original chartet |in this State authorized the conconstruction of a line of railroad ; from the North Carolina line at a point in Marlboro county, to a point j in Harrlleesville township, Marion a distance ot aiiout iorty limes; alio \ by amendment in 1910 the company J was permitted to extend its lint twenty miles farther, through Dillon and Mullins. It is now operating to Mullins. The present project '1 is to continue the line about twen1 tv-five miles further, in the general : j direction of Georgetown. The Secretary of Slate could not ? j immediately grant the petition foi 5 amendment, because an extension ol l the right of eminent domain was 5 j sought and in such ease thirty " days' public notice of intention tc ; seek an amendment is required 1 'The Secretary of State could not sec ' liis way clear to waive this notice | He has accordingly directed thai I advertisement of the company 's purpose to seek amendment lie made once a week for four consecutive ; | weeks in a Marion county newspaper?the headquarters of the road , j being Mullins?and has issued ? I rule requiring persons concerned tc j show cause, if any exist before him on or before August 18, why the - charter should not he amended. staying for some time. Mr. P. \V. Townsend came from Clio Sunday to spend the day with . jhis parents. Miss Mamie Page spent Sunday ! with friends in town. Mr. Brown visited his parents in ! Mullius last week. Mr. Tim Gaddy, of Gaddvsville, was in town last week. Quite a number were out Sunday to witness the baptizing of several members of Oak Dale church. !Vee State News. , The crops in this secttion are looking fine after the rain. Arch Melntyre was seen in this section Tuesday. Howard Hayes, of Hatta, was a pleasant visitor here Sunday. Mrs. S. W. Jackson and daughter, Miss Alice, of Dillon, spent Monday here. Miss Anna Belle Hamilton ol Mallory, spent a few days with Miss Dessie Hayes recently. Miss Annie Meekings, of Howland, is spending some time in this community. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Dunnawa.v, of j Augusta, Ga., are expected here j Thursday. George Bethea, of Latta was here last week. \V. A. AlcRae, of Clio, was seen in this section Sunday. Messrs G. W. Taylor, Vernon Parham and B. K. Pierce attended services at New Holly Sunday. \ Rev. Stackhouse preached an in| teresting sermon to a large congrogation Sunday at NewH oily. Rev. Charles McLean preached an excellent sermon at the Dillon Presbyterian church last Sunday night to a good sized audience. Many of his old friends and fellowtownsmen were gratified by hearing a discourse so thoughtful, cha#?t and dignified in style and delivery. Mr. McLean gives promise of being a most edifying preacher and an admirable paster. He, with his wife, will be with his mother's family until September 1st, the good people of his charge to which he la called in Kentucky, having proposed to wait till that time , In order to secure him as their pastor. He will doubtless be heard again in Dillon before he leaves for his future home near I<ouisvllle, PALMETTO LIMIT I INTO DERAILS ENGINE AND THREE TWO MEN. PR0BA8LTFI ESCAPE OF PASSEiEl PLUNGING THROUGH THE GfiRHNESS AT ED, NORTHBOUND. IS BADLY WRE SATURDAY NIGHT. Speeding along at t!??-? 'ale f 4 miles an hour the At lunik' Foas Line's "Palmetto Limited," due t reach Dillon at n : 4">, plunged iiiT< an open switch half . mile this aid' o:' Fuck Swamp Saturday night am ! was hadly wrecked. I Thai a score or more of person , i were not killed outright or serious lv injured is little short or mirac i ulcus, hut the passengers, caugli like rats in trap seemed to ben |charmed lives and there was not i single fatality. Three men were In jured, hut only one so serious) jthat iiis life hangs in the l>al , ance. The "Palmetto Limited" is du to leave Florence at 7: -4 r, p. m. I . does local work between Charles . ton and Fayetteville. making faitl , good time in order to Tiiaintain it . schedtile, and utter leaving Ki. . eltevillc it is cue i t tli A. C. L. fastest truins into X? w York t'itj Saturday evening the I'almctt . Limited left Florence a t< w mi;i:?.'o < i i ' 1 ; it; i SN ^o Hkt 9nH|| "; <rt'n?'ral View of tlir Wreck. Tlie the Hults in ( ' j late, with Conductor John \V. Co Mton, Jr., in charge of the train an 1! Engineer Hed.diu Bullock, one of tl * | most daring, ami still one of tn ' coolest engineers in the service < - I the Coast Line, at the throttle. Some of the lost time was gaine : latere the train reached laittu, hi I >til! No. Mi was several minute ' late, and as the Saturday nig! 1 travel is rather heavy and No. s: following in the rear, was dead ci time, Engiuoe Bullock had no tini to lose, therefore when Bar ' Swamp was reached tin- train vclipping cf/ ! ." miles 'our. > Not dreaming that a few yards h yond the swamp an open swile awaited him, Engine- r Hulloc 'forced liis train across l'uck Swan |at a high rate of speed i:: orete that he might negotiate the stee ! grade on this side without loss < i ' . I MfeV ~'.V ? MfBy^finBnKMB'^^Bh^HH I N i'iiiw ("at lk*fn;.t Hauh'l <>r? I' I'iissci;^ i .. in 'J'IM tiiiii?. At tho top of tlio grade just r. f? \% hundred yards fror Bassenryrt* is what is called a apu swiidl I 'Hi. is : i S.1. licit Wlli.-li HI'. >|j Ms ; .;j i:Tithe main line lik la spur uii a roost? r's leg -canned eel with the main line by only on switch gate, the otliiv end bein open. Tlie Switch Open? Whether the switch Kate was oven?had been left open pni'PO0il or through mistake, or whether th ! heavy engine plunging along at Iterriffic rate struck the guard ral and split the switch?will never b known, but anyway No. 8<5 plungeI into the spur trac k w ith Btich vie / ED PLUNGES SH H OPEN SWITCH " COACHES. SERIOUSLY INJURING UALLY INJURING A THIilO ?tbo bee: IS ALMOST MiRACULOUS I bat! 45 WILES AN H9L?R THE PALMETTO LIMIT- j;; CKEO HALF MILE NORTH OF BOCK SWAMP ? Sell the t lie bM>c> that il:'f;imcr tbilk.ek was ,m tjtli:i%vii j'rtuu his s?'iii, am! his fire- Jetl u I man, who was feeding: coal to the huv l? | furiiiKv v. ;?.? dashe d at.aiii.-t the side nes e i cf the tetidi'i and badly bruised. ter tl The i.iou.<.nt the engine plunged < "u> ! i II t . 111., vi,!.. .. ...L- a-.... i. II..11 11lock knew something was wrong, *i i- and recovering his seat ho barely t\v< - 1 cl lime to close his throttle and fjsl t ihitiw on tl'.e emergency brake ho- fee; r fore No .stf had plunged from tin? the a rails and was ploughing her way cap i- through the earth like a monster wej y I gone wild. Then followed tin mail, fin; l-lexpnss and baggage ear;, piling op- lieu ion inch other with a crash that it ej startled the neighborhood and 1 dd the t I the su i v o! ; .ailroi'd wreck that < ? c -1 might lie at tenth-<1 with dreadful, htij y J consequence. Iwh sj rio ureal \ ; s ?l??- imp; rt that v.a -1 men titan hal'" nu 1 ear was j mo Sin: shed in -on Ml? ihn let-Hen ..iter b< union, S. C. \'' eat tin olwcn to. i. .imgt* and tin r' | tllC mail ;f < . 11. i 1 < i ngntust I ? 1 or' 1 till bu > no * - < iy t / K - . 1 till * I I ^llll^^B^BgBH^MK^H ! 4M mm Ev EH 1 Cat Mil Heavy KiiKiiii* Wheels Sunk llt'.innil J ',(); he .Mini mid Gravel. ,er th< t- ilio rear of the ear with si:- vio- lJu d lenee that he was taken to the bos- "'> ie i>ital for treatment. Following the Wl1 ie mail ear the express ear was hurl- ra* f ed from the tracks like a shot out ''K of a catapult and landed in a cot- tl*v d ton field forty feet to the right of j it' the track. The baggage car suffer-;*'1'1 ?s ! ed a similar fate, but was not | J?.el it; thrown from the tiack as far as the j J1,1 2.jexprcss car. In each car was not hai n j less than three employees and how b'M iclaiiv of them escaped with their! k ! lives was a problem that i.iusedj ' is I veteran rail read men to wly , t w< | shake the ir heads and attribute the | not ? : t!lf !: # ! ? I ?r? ? I" ? t\ iliciiMio t *t%%\ ivf ; ? . ; 1' " " . " in : ; providence. As i- \v; s it: ro?:< 1 *."? ? 1 11>f 1. (only a few bruises ntui scratches; tlie i> j which may incapaci: ;to tiiom for thi > ; woi k for a d:t\ or i w-?. Tn? ex- ()i. P j press oar was loaded \vi!' fruit .1 <' ver if . vegetables northbound, . !. :n*m< -I?i ! ,! foo p 1 li l j ^Tiir Slu ini. ? 4 S. || ^I t i ni I'fH o :ho ILiils liy <>iunt (Vain', \ Scorn > w ('iii- Kscii|kiI Injury. I >( ous crates of beans, peaches and u(,j ,, cant a lopes were scattered o\er a r wide area. ,;re i- Train]* SeHoi'sly Injured. The e Hiding hetween the tinder and il|)]( . mail car was ; tramp by 'he namej e of Woddell. Wodd< il was beating |,a(j g liis wn) to Dillon, having boarded an(j the train at Florence. When the stHI crash came be did not lmv* time to, |Iy L jump and was cplight between the I mU( y coaches. His right leg was badly j cou e crushed and will have t- lie ampn-|wea R tated, and the physicians think he ( il received internal injuries which may moi e j cause his death. His groans attract-! jate (j ed the attention of the trainmen ' or , i-j (dnntiniicd on page H.) croj ARKS IN CHARLESTON MONSTER IS SEEN AND ANOTHER CAPTURED IN HARBOR OOTER CAUGHT NEAR JETTY nt I isli Seen off Custom House, nless Witnesses' K>es Deceived iiem ? Shacks Haciuless. Whether of not the waters round ut Charleston have suddenly n invaded by a hatallion ?>f giant kes says the News and four's a question which is likely to . some concern just at 11?? presume to local devotees of sea hing. The same question crops fiom lime to time and usually .lie summer, which is the season lhe sharkes greatest .ihtnulanee; this year, it seems, there is nine ground for speculation as to m after, news being brought to city yesterday of the capture of eight-foot slu'.rk near the North t> and a twenty-foot monster ing been seen, according to w iises, swimming calmly in the want the Cooper river off the item House pier. Failed to futch Mtiiisli'r. hose who tell the tale of the nty-footer declare that the his i was seen yesterday morning iling in tlK? water dit tln? head ot pier. Attempts were made to ture the aquatic giant, but these pe not successful, and the shark illy disappeared, apparently iding towards the harbor mouth, is said that it swam lazily about head of the pier for some time, asionally showing parts of its ite body above tile surface; and ile no one could be found who s willing to vouch for it that the lister was fully twenty feet in gtli. it was the general opinion >t his was iicSt an extravigant esVite. Kiglit-Kooter ("apt ureil. While many will doubt the talc the twenty-footer, holding that saark was probably a big one, t hardly as big at it appeai d< lie can doubt the tale of the ;ht-foot individual of the same .'age race which comes to grief off Jetties. The twenty-looter wa. rely seen, and sometimes the huiii eye plays tricks, hut the eight iter was actually caught and asured. The monster was eight t, seven inches in length, and irS ight was estimated at he?ween 0 and 500 pounds. He "was ight by a party of of four young n, who had gone down to tin mth of the Jetties in the launch o. The members of the party re Messrs. Edward Eve, Philip e, Edward Means and Edmund elby. The boat was anchored near the rth Jetty, and. just for the fun it. though without much hope of telling anything hig, the shark e was baited and thrown over urd by Mr. Means. Some time afwards he happened * to look in ? direction of the float and found it it had disappeared and that ; line was taunt. The battle th the hig fish began at once and red for some little time. Alt ho ; launch was at anchor the shark ved it around within the radius the anchor line and made tilings icrally lively for those on hoard 'ore his strength and spirit were ally worn down and ho was uled aboard the launch and disclied. \s to Maii-Kiit<is, Whether or not either of the > sharks was a real man-eater is known. There is serious doubt, fact, whether any of the species shark that are classed among > man-eaters are ever found in s region. Instances where men women have been attacked are y rare herealxiuts, though there a few such cases or record. In to of the sceptics, however, there known 'tt'oii why ? tw-nt t shark should not lie seen in rleston Harbor. Most of the rks that inhabit these waters comparatively little fellows, unless enough to mankind, but cies exist which arc every bit of nty feet in length . and sonnies more. Thus the great White wk, Carcliaradon, the most forlable of the fish kind, often ntis a length of twenty feet and found in most seas. The Blue irk, Carcharinus, is just as big bigger. The Sleeper Shark, nniosus, attains a length of hteen feet and has nerve enough tackle the whale himself in fair it. The biggest of thesel atterr sharks, however, as as nothing tpared with those of earlier es, some, some which flourished Tertiary days, having been as rh as seventy-five feet in length. MAIllJinilO CltOI' SHORT. ?r maims, mum Mihiiis, I>i-> iVcalhcr tlio Cause. ? 'llie Outook. lennettsville, July 11! ? Special: resiling and general rains oughout Marlboro county have atly improved all kinds of crops. prospects for corn is as favor3 as has been for years, lo cotton is irregular, stands and much of it young small. The failure to secure ids, and the destruction caused the "sand storms," necessitated ch second planting, which on acnt of the unprecented dry ither caused the crop to be late. :annot be hoped that with the it favorable seasons and very > fall, that more than two-thirds hree-fourth of an average cotton j will be made here. REFUSES 10 CLOSE MILL BOARD WILL LOOK TO LEGISLATURE FOR INSTRUCTIONS CONDITIONS NOT UNSANITARY Hoard Asm'ii- tMilt H<'4ililt Condilituis \iv Kxrelhnl. ('onlraitii'i' i ?i Charges. Columbia , .July 1 ? Special. Assuming full responsibility for conditions existing in tin- lioisery mill and maintaining that these conditions arc as sanitary, clean and healthful as it is possible to make tli^iu; declarh g tb it convicts employed in the plant actually undergo less menace to health than thousauds of free citizens working in cotton mills; asserting tiial the contract wit It Lessee Graham was entered into with the consent of the Legislature and is in the opinion of the dire* tors binding, both iii morals and in law. the hoard of directors of the South Carolina 1'enitentiary transmitted to Governor It lease to-night a formal communication, the result of sessions held here yesterday and today, in which they say they must stand i>v the Graham contract, but will call the matter to tile attention of tlie Gen* ral Assembly, and will, of course, follow that body's instructions. I.?ti.?. ... r Thr letter follows: "Ilis Excellency. (Vie w. I.Iease, Governor - Sir: Your eotntnunica'ion of weeks apo demanding that tliis board aholisl the hoiscry mill contract with. Mr. .1 M Graham, because of the alleged unsatisfactory. unsanitary. unlioalMtful condition in the Ivoisery mill was duly received In compliance with your request. this hoard lu Id a meeting on the -1st of June to fully (ousidet the matter, but not heiiifi able t<> secure the tdvice of the Attorney General at that time it was continued until the meeting of tlu board held on yesterday, July 12. A't this meet inn the \itnr. nev General and the Assistant Ati,M'tie\ Genertil w? re both present, as .''-re till nter.ibers of the hoard. The nia!! r vvas <x?nsidered in all of phases alio 'conclusion of the boa ml was fiiVJ'"-v reached. I : "'I he hoard v ' ?'ii ?t to joui .1 . . Till I Hill rl;iv of ; August, 191m, a formX c- >nt wa^ ! entered into l?y the bo.\" (* u 1' ' ' j J. M. Graham, to contlnj'' 'Vj *' period of fi\e years, bcg?.c , February ?. 1911. I'lider this tract i lie Irjard lit to Mr. tirahltin. tlie l.tlior and services of from 2<?o i to ItfiO convicts to be used by Mr. Graham in the manufacture of hoiserv and other knittetl goods of coti ton and wool and in the manufacture of the necessary cases and halts for shipping tin same. Itctiiiiivnu ills of t'.nitnu t. "The contract specifies that these convicts are to he under the guard and control of the hoard of directors, and the building in which they are employed, which belongs tO) and is within the walls of, the Penitentiary, under the same contract, is to V- kept in repairs b* the hoard of directors. In otlu words, the contract is one where' tlie hoard of direct ?rs agree have convicts do certain work, being under the exclusive and supervision of tlie boarf rectors, and the place in whi work being likewise under elusive control and supervj. the hoard of directors. "It is clear, therefore, that any unsanitary conditions exist in tlie hosiery mill it is the fault of the hoard of directors, and not of Mr. (irahnm. as the liourd of directors assumes tlie duty ol supervising the mill and kei ping i: in repair. as well as controlling the convicts that work therein. s\vk\iii\ <ii:\ roi: rut: m:\ath \i t Improbable Says II. >1. Mc(invn in Washington Interview. Washington, July 15. Special: \t the head of its "Chats With Capital Visitors" column to-day, the Washington Tost publishes the following interview with South Carolina's Secretary of State: "The possibility of a second 'blind Senator" in Congress is sr.g gestcd by It. M. McCown. of Flo: once. S C., Secretary of State * : South Carolina, at the Metropolitan Hotel. "if Cenator Benjamin Ryan Till man doe.-> rot want another term in the Senate, when his present on expires, in 1913," Mr. McCown said, "it is practically certain that his nephew. J. E. Swearineen ran have the toga." "Mr. Swearingen is now State Superintendent of Education of South Carolina, and he has accomplished wonders in his work for education. Mr. Swearingen is blind, hut his affliction has not impaired his ability, and from early manhood has been a figure in public matters. If he allows his name to be placed for election to the Senate he will be elected, whether by direct vote of the people or by legislative selection. "Mr. Swearingen is a forceful and powerful man; his personality is pleasing, and if he follows his uncle in office he will be heard from on big things." Lieut, and Mrs. George M. Stackhouse spent a few days this week with Dr. and Mrs. W. Stackhouse. Lieut. Stackhouse has been detached from the naval station at Charleston and it is very likely that he , ^ will be ordered to sea within the next few weeks. m