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flT" IK* ipicCon Kemta. y ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1909. VOL 14, Nhered By 1 3 : .1? ?????????????????? ? f! N, &. S. C. RAILROAD <? 11 . MAKING FOR DILLON * < i Mr. W. R. Bonsall, Promoter if of North and South Caro- w jf Una R. R. Holds Confer-, jrt ence with Dillon Business !ft mm * ? ? r I men and Submits Fropo- th (sition for Bringing his . Railroad to Dillon. Trains Being Operated from Hamlet to Clio. Will Com- T plete Line to Dillon within Six Months if Right-of Way and Depot Site are given. fe- * t There was a conference between dj } Dillon business men and Mr. W. ra R. Bonsall, promoter of the new G railroad, at the Council Chamber, d< Friday afternoon that may mean ni much, not only to Dillon but to a Hi section of country from Page's ni Mill to Clio. It was a conference a at which the probabilities of bring- Ci ing the North and South Carolina Railroad from Clio to Dillon and te thence to some point on the Ra- or leigh and Charleston, probably ca Page's Mills, were thoroughly dis- b< cussed. And it was no idle dis- lo ? sion, either. The men gathered e> there meant business and talked vt business and when the conference V adjourned they left the Council in Chamber with the determination to m leave nothing: undone to bring the at railroad to Dillon. ui Mr. Bonsall is a business man in from the crown of his h<;ad to the sole of his feet. He is one of these quick, energetic, aggressive ' spirits that brooks no delay and L* whatever he undertakes he does. ?) When the meeting was called to order Friday afternoon he stated ^his proposition in a few words. He wants & right of-way from two miles this side of Clio into Dillon t and thence two miles of right-of way out of Dillon in an easteily i direction. He wants a depot site ^ 300 feet long: and 160 feet wide. When these conditions are comS plied with he is ready to lay rail. u The proposition was accepted as a p* F reasonable one, a committee com- ? posed of Dr. W. Stackhouse, W. bM. Hamerand Dr. J. H. David ? V was appointed to look after the b u matt ir of securing: the right-of-way ^ EL desired and to report back to a w meeting: of the citizens that will ?c be held later. This proposition was accepted by the citizens of Clio and McColl, the right-of-way . to Clio being- secured in three Yl ^ days. The commit'ee on the right-of- er way does not anticipate any trou- SF ble in securing: permits from S1 land owners between here and ^ (Clio, nor right-of-way out of town. The railroad will benefit the coun- ffj try through which i t passes as b much, if* not more, than it will ^ benefit the town of Dillon. It ~| ^ will open up one of the finest ^ terming-sections in bouth Uarolii na and put some of the best and most progressive people in the 3 State in close touch with the outside world. ? ^ Neither will there be, nor should 8fi there tie. any trouble in securing th ' the depot site at Dillon. Dillon so j" land is high and valuable, but. at judging by the interest manifest- m ed in Friday's meeting Dillon is W willing to give the best she has m I got to get the railroad. w< _ In his talk before the committee w ^ Mr. Bonsall stated that particular w attention would be given to hand- to 1 ling of freight. Of course ample in ^ ^accommedations will be provided al \ for oassenger traffic, but the pur- ^ yspt?0ee oi the road would be to de- cc F velop the agricultural and indusufc trial resources of the country it in touches. Wherever a party would te paflie to plant as much as one car M watermelons o r other M I trhek a siding would be built. th BL When questioned concerning dc r the location of the depots Mr. Bon- A| sail stated that these questions ei had not been settled yet. How- sf H?'" ever, the management had agreed Bto erect one depot between Clio McColl but so far the location had ? . not been decided upon. He ret fused to discuss the location of Js l /depots'between Dillon and Clio, er | but saia this matter jvould be talc- di k raupai soon as the line was built of and the trains were in operation, ri a? There would be, probably, two lo ? stations between Dillon and Clio, at ) The matter of bringing the new bi ^ railroad to Dillon is now Up to the pa besiaesamen, there is every reason et believe they will meet Mr. Bon- ] U's proposition in regard to ght-of-way and a depot site. Of >urse they must have the eo-op- i at ion of the land owners along e route to insure quick reilts. With the town and country orking together the new railroad ] ill be a certainty. Mr. Bonsall spent Friday ght in town and left Saturday orning very much pleased with e reception he met here. CLIO'S NEW ROAD. raffic on the N. & S. C. Road Opened Monday. Will Help Dillon's New County. Clio, Feb. 7.?Beginning Monty Clio will have a double dailv lilroad service on twc lines The oast Line has been furnishing: ] juble daily service here for a \ amber of years, and the new ( ae, the North and South Caroli- j i Railroad Company, will begin y double daily service here Mon- < *y- ( As to how long this will be the \ rminus of the newrord is known ? lly to the promoters so far as < in be ascertained, but it is not , ilieved that they will rest here , ng before they will begin the ] ctension to Dillon. The line tra , :rses one of the best sections of , arion county and with it touch- < g Dillon, should give the j ovement over there for the ere- j ion of a new county from the j aper portion of Marion a new ) ipetus. r?l nun npi r i\ppmfnri i L Li A llVld dLLr-LltrLNLt. | , an Haraer Arrested at Kir- s byville on a Charge of Murder in Dillon, < S. Carolina. 1 < Kirbyville. Texas., Dec. 30? c t 7 o'clock to-ni^ht Dan Hamer, . ias Frank Smith, of Dillon, S was placed under arrest by ( eputies Barney Caldwell of Jas- . ;r and Mat Turner of Kirbyville, J larged with the murder of a man ' / the name of Walker. The ' urder took place at Dillon, S. ., on the 23rd of last June. Mr. ' amer admitted that he is the man ' anted -but says that he did it in : :lf-defence. He has spent the ! terval between the day of the lling in the West and a consider- ] >le portion of the time in Kirby- ^ lie. He has been employed " r various people here as a paint- c and every one who knows him \ >eaks well of him, as his conduct ' nee he has been here has been : >od. It is understood that the . leriff from Dillon, S. C., will 1 art for Jasper as soon as possi- ' e to take Hamer back for trial. , eputies Barney Caldwell and am Dubose left for Jasper with j e prisoner about 8 o'clock?Jasp- : (Texas) News. i Pastor's Pounded. i C Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Willis were [ ven a substantial pounding by t eir friends at the Baptist par- t mage Wednesday night. Mr. ] id Mrs. Willis had that day j oved into the parsonage and t 'ednesday night after prayer , eeting the members of the church i ent over to the parsonage loaded j ith all kinds of good things 1 hich they presented to the pas- t r and his wife. After the poundg there was held a brief inform- ( reception and Mr. and Mrs. j 'illis were given a cordial wel- , >me to Dillon. , On the Thursday night follow- j g the members of the Presby- , riachurch gathered at the \ anse and surprised Rev. and j rs. Wilson with enough good , ings to "keep the wolf from the ^ >or" for many weeks to come. , fter the pounding the "pound- { *s" lingered at the Manse and , >ent a pleasant hour socially. 1 < Difd, < Mallory, S. C., Feb. 6.?On ^ in. 27, Allie Amanda, the daught- 1 of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Parham, .< ed here aft .*r a few days illness | inflamitory croup, and was bur- i ed at Bethesda Church on the fol- i wing day. She was three years i id five months old and was a i ight, sweet child. The bereaved i irents have the sympathy of the litre community. 2LECTRIC LINES REACHING FOR DILLON Representative of the Rockingham Power Co. Spend] Day in Dillon. Big Power Plant May Transmil Current to Dillon. Wouk Make Dillon the Electric City of the Pee Dee, C _ r c ii rurerunner or omau industries and Opens way f 01 Trolley Line. A Scheme with Possibilities thai Cannot be Exaggerated. If the scheme of the Rocking: lam Power Co. to link Dillon with ts plant by a big: electric cable is :arried out the future of the towr s assured. There are possibilities in the scheme that the mosl jptomistic dreamer has never ircamed of. It wou'd mean the transformation of a thriving:, sub tantial little commercial city into in industrial centre of no smal! nagmitude. It would open the svay for a trolley line connecting Dillon with Latta, Marion, Hancr and Rowland. I t would nean the establishment of hun Ircds of small industries employing hundreds of men, converting raw material into the finished product. It would lay right here :he foundation for a city of sever \\ thousand inhabitants. These are not idle, predictions, neither does it exaggerate the pos nihilities of such an enterprise The matter is not yet in tangible diape, but the details are being .vorked out by business men rep esenting the Rockingham Powei 3o. on one hand, and busines; nen representing the interests )f Dillon on the other. It m^j >r it may not amount to more :han a lot of figuring and calcu ating and talking, but so far th< chances are that it will Mr. W. M. Browne, represent ng the big power company, spent Friday and part of Saturday n town. Mr. Browne is one o: he promoting: agents of the com Dany and when questioned by i -epresentative of The Herald as tc :he possibility of h i s company ransmitting current to Dillon lis answer was that the company vanted to come here and the ob lect of his visit to Dillon was tc see the town and talk with some > f its citizens. H e was wel ileased with Dillon and its people ind just before his departure he said there was no reason why Dilon should no get all the current t wanted for power and lighting purposes. Should the cable be run into Dilon it would mean a 24-hour cur ent, that is any time you wanteci ;o use electricity for cooking:, ircnng heating or for power purposes ill you would have to do would be f\ t" 11 1*T"1 <1 Klirfrvn ty would d o the rest. Every ;ewing machine in town could be Iriven by electricity and every en :erprise whether large or smal ould use it in drtving machinery Its conveniences are manifold bui particularly does it appeal to th< nan who builds the fires every norning. Just imagine what a uxury life would be if you coulc urn over in a cozy bed of a cold norning, press a button and heal he room. It is costing a mint of money tc levelop this great power com pany at Rockingham and had ii rot been for the stringency of the noney market the plant would lave been in operation man} nonths ago, But the work hai peen greatly delayed by lack o "unds and it will be several nonths yet before the current ii :urned on. Lt is a stupenduou: mdertaking and already a milloi ind a half dollars have been ex pended in constructing the dam When completed the plant will b< capable of transmitting current t< Wilmington, 175 miles distant. A contract has already been closet with the city of Wilmington anc the street railway company fo mrrent for power and lightini purposes. Mr. Browne will prob ably make another visit to Dilloi in the near future when The Her aid's readers will hear somethini more 'definite about this under taking which means so much t Dillon and the section traversed b the electric cable. *v c: . > , Tax Returns. I The Auditor's office will b open for taking tax returns fror Januarv 1st. to February 20th 1909. The law requires a tax on a notes, mortgages and moneys, als \ an income tax on gioss income c $2,500 00 and upwards. There shall be capitation tax o t 50 cents on all dogs, the proceed to be expended for school purposes ' Dcgs not returned for taxatio . shall not be held to be property i any of the courts in this state. ? All males between the age of 2 . and 60 years, except Confederat soldiers or those persons inCAPabl of earning a suppopt by bein k maimed or from any other caus ' are liable to poll tax. t All property must be assesse at "its true value in money' which is construed to mean "th sum at which the said propert under ordinary circumstance 1 would sell 'or cash." Don't ask that your property b 1 takenirom the books the same a loef uonr All - **%ov . -rxn ly must u ; listeaon proper blanks and swor to. Township and number of dis ' trict given. ) The Auditor or his deputy will t I at the following places at the date ; mentioned to take tax returns. Mullins, Tuesday and Thursda . Jan 12th and 14th Nichols, Wednesday Jan. 13th Zion, Friday Jan. 15th. Pages Mills, Saturday Jan. 16 r Fork1 Monday Jan. 18th. 1 Pee Dee Junction, Tuesday Jai ; 19th. Sellers, Wednesday Jan. 20th. Dillon, Friday and Saturda , i Jan. 22nd and 23rd. Hamer, Monday Jan. 25th. Friendship, Wednesday Jai ? 27th. Nebo, Thursday Jan. 28th. Old Ark, Friday Jan. 29th. r Arial. Monday Feb. 1st. 5 Little Rock, Wednesday Feb. . ; Judson, Thursday Feb. 4th. , Centervillt, Friday Feb- 5th. j Bingham, Saturday Feb. 6th. Fore, Monday Feb. 8th. i Bermuda, Thursday Feb. 11th Gaddy, Friday Feb. 12th. It is hoped that all will meet tl , Auditor promptly and make the T returns and thereby avoid the i f per cent, penalty. Respectfully, 1 F. T. McLELLAN, * County Audito 7 12*14t 2-20-09. ; TAX COLLECTOR'S NOTIC J County Treasurer'sOffice, ^ Marion, S. C.. Sept. 23, 1908. The books for the collection < L State, County and Road Tax wi be open from Oct. 15, 1908, 1 Dec. 31, 1908, those who prefer I do so can pay in January, 190< ' with 1 per cent, additional; thot 1 who prefer paying in February 1909, can do so with 2 pel cen 5 additional; those who prefer pa^ 5 ing in March, 1909, to the 15th < said month, can do so by pay in an addition of 7 per cent. (Aft< ! said date the books will close.) | Road Tax can be paid durin ' the fall but if those liable pref< doing so, they can pay the roq ^ ax during January, February afl ; March, 1909, for the year 190? The Commutation tax is $2.00 fc 1909. i Taxpayers owning property c ^ paying taxes for others will pleai L ask for a tax receipt in each iowi ship or Special School District i > which he or they may own propc ty. This is very important i there are so many School District: : Tnose who do not wish to con 1 to the office can write me (not lab ' than December 25th) and I wi ? furnish them the amount due ar * tney can remit me by check, moi ey order, or registered letter. * If stamps are sent please do w 5 send any above two (2) cents as 1 cannot use them. Please do not send me cash witl * out registering same, as it is liab 1 to be lost; if sent otherwiseit mu 5 be at sender's risk. L J THE LEVY IS AS FOLLOWS: I State Tax 5 Yt mil r Constitutional School Tax 3 mil ? Road and Bridge 1 1-4 mi ? Salaries 2 mi el Poor House, Poor, etc. 1 1-4 mi - General Levy 13 Vt mi g Carolina District (special schoc 3 mi o Dillon " " 8 mi y Latta " " 7 mi I Marion 44 44 7 mi . 1 ) w? ' Mullins " " 5 mills R Prs'tHill33" " 4 mills Oak Grove " " 3 mills Ruck Sw'p " 3 mills , Union " " 3 mills Pages Mill " " 3 mills D ? Millers " " 3 mills K Harner 2 mills Dalcho " " 2 mills } Nichols " 3 inills Todd's " " 3 mills Centenary " " 2 mills Is Little Rock" " 3 mill5 Prs'tHill56" " 3 mill.n Olivet " " 3 mills n New Holly" " 3 mills Bingham " " 2 mills 1 Kentyre " " 2 mills e Bermuda " "2 1-2 mills Ic Palmer " "2 1-2 mills g Br't's Neck" " 3 mills t* e Eulonia * 3 mills n" Nebo 3 mills ( d Scotch * " 5 rn'iiis' 'N Fork " 5 nii 11 vi e Spring Br h ' " 3 mills at y ^'on " 3 mills P :s Oakton 3 mjns ol Reedy Creek " 4 mills sc c Cedar Grove " 2 mills Poll Tax Si OD P.vorv milo I ^ citizen from 21 to 60 years is liable n except Confederate soldiers, who j. do not pav after 50 years, and ^ those excused bv law. , ^ j. d. Montgomery, ^ ,s County Treasurer. y Council Awards Paving Contract. ^ At a meeting of council Monday ^ night Messrs. R. e. & e. x- sl Beaty of Georgetown were award- a ' cd the contract for 6000 feet of ? paving. The paving will be done ? ' on the south side of Main street from Railroad avenue to Secohd ^ avenue and on the east side of v Railroad avenue from Main to v Harrison streets. The specifica- v tions call for a 10 foot sidewalk * with a 1 inch top dressing and ... 4 inch sub-foundation of crushed 1 stone. The price submitted by the 1 Messrs. Beatty was $1.08 for the!1 first 1000 yards and $1.05 for the " * second thosuand yards. The town . has entered into a contract with 1 the property owners on these streets to pay one-half the cost, * provided the property owners ^ ' would pay the other half. Coun- J cil also passed a resolution makie ing the same offer to property 1 ir owners from First avenue down a ^ Main street to Fourth Avenue, and on Railroad avenue from J Main to Harrison streets. When this work is completed which takes r. in practically all of the business 11 district the same offer will be t( made to owi.ers of property in the residence section and it is not tin- ^ likely that the paving: will be laid b ? all over town. Council also has n under consideration a proposition xv to lay vitrified brick over the street ? crossings. When the paving is w completed in the business district :>f it is probable that the railroad * 11 ...:ii ? i.i i xi win (jitvc aromiu me aepoi ano " :o lay vitrified brick over t he ir*"CroSs- ^ :o ings at Main and Harrison streets. , >. ?~ ?e The Mayor is in receipt of a j /? letter from Supt. Newell of the ? t. Atlantic Coast Line which states .. /- that the Engineer of Roadway has ">f bee ordered to build a crossing \' S at Jackson Street. The opening ^ of this crossing puts the farmers from over Dillon bridge in closer ^ S touch with the oil mill and the t< ;r Dillon Storage Company's ware[d house. d n ?. a )r The annual banquet of Dillon a Lodge No. 54, Knights of Pythias J1 )r will be held at the Price Court Inn v ;e on the evening of Feb. 19. The J j. committee on entertainment arc tl n making preparations to hold one of t< r. the most successful banquets in v ls the history of the order and local a s> Pythians are looking forward to o: ie the occasion with pleasure. There r< ;r will be a number of out-of-town d HI and local speakers. s< .J U The Designer, the Cosmopolitan, n Review of Reviews and the Dclin- ^ ?j eator at The Herald Book Store. s] On account of the illness of Rev. Ii- W. C. Kirkland, who is suffering ^ le from a severe cold, there was no P st preaching at the Methodist church v Sunday. a Petitions were circulated yester- ii lis day asking for an amendment to ^ lis the New County lines. It is pro- g lis posed to take in some more terri- ii llsjtoryin the Pages Mills se9tion.1t lis The amendments will delay the v lis | election about a month and instead a >1) I of holding the election about the v Us first of April as stated in the last f Us issue of The Herald it will proba- s lis bly be the latter part of the month \ lis before the election can be ordered t J ' US ANK ROBBERY STORY RETt T0 DAY fs of Ilore Rehearing of the FX'*0 aad "Yeg" Known 4 "Swipes" Revi/es Inte est in Latta Bank Robber^'"', on Night of Feb. 25, 1904.N Must Answer Charge of ^ Robbing Store of J. L,,%rn Davis. Preliminary aC Latta"Yeg" iu Marion Jail in -Into The preliminary hearing1 at L l this week of the famous ye "( , .. ,, i(> Wi ll lan known as . _:tw ( , -i w.j^ca, a us? unite LT- Ot t notnrimic VtnVInlo.m-ti 'j eland gang of safeblowers re- !1* ives interest in the bank robbery ,ri . Lattaon the night of Feb. 25, >04. "Swipes" was convicted : this crime and has just finished :rving a five year sentence in the dcral prison in Atlanta. Now Swipes" must answer to the targe of burglary for on the night > : the bank lobbery he entered the uli ore of J . L. 1 )avis and took there- one oni certain articles of merchant p<ise. "Swipes" is the last of th?' M [cKinley-Noland gang. The rs have been called to fa'" ' : " '' ~ reat Judge higher up, the ha1 , ' nips and confinement of pr ,(i fe having proved too gro... ? t,~,, train upon them after the-free pfc,. ndeasy life they had led in the.,, npen air. Following is a story or r<.nf the crime taken from the Sfa<The operation of the rubbei ang of which "Swipes" is ,,'i "? ;as a prominent member at Latta as among the boldest bits of i-ork -pulled 6ft; three "jobs" the ' amc night. The most important, lowever, that of tlic Bank of Lata, was badly munglcd, and the obbers had to abandon it-, and urn to the postofticL*. Thts-- maid how ?f the explosions in the.'.!. Sunday lent the vault doors so bads id?ntalL was impossible to open'"-' ilimuiih nd get the "swag" it con .eisrhhor ami r. the postoffiee which is ''laneliame building with the si'.!* . L. Davis, both safes ?' ':"1 ,n 'cracked." The booty ' t \\.> hese two safes was $180 in ; \vi,|, ],jm nd over $100 in money. r.,.jj.;on. lbOn Feb. 24, McCarthy, l^yine sho ohnson, and Fisher left Choiifsido the on going to Dillon, campinj 1 had here for the night. Thd . lorning Johnson and Fishess 5 Latta to "locate" the bile "Swipes" and McC.ii h ent into the town of Dill t" ' av?? urchase eatables. Shortly many oon McCarthy and "S\ L?n> iriinpfl -?f - ? ? 1 V*v. J V.IIVVI Uk vrxilll/ f Dillon by Fisher ar " 1 ' ho reported that th ;1 the two banks at oth looked good. T i ,m!i | imp after dark and entei i,v i? n of Latta about midnigi eb. 25. McCarthy broke ! lacksmith shop and secure " lie icr, braze, chisel, et"' hicli t< ^ntr;...ce - Jmv.- r?;; .it uilding n/y } in C"*' s : (* heavyV" ' he va : tfe. They had w(th then , ' , ,1,,.^ itchel containing their s ..Pl >ols,t together with the. ,.i11- of lycerine and other essent. xvjM M ,ju>jr le "cracking" of the safiyork. jur went to the Bank o nd made an entrance on trg cirtto the railroad nd Fisher were left on theoutsio ,,ort s guards, while McCartiy and \,Minohnson did the drilling _>n the ault door. Later McCartiy and .n,i_ ohnson came on the outsde of son le bank and Fisher was sett in of > make the explosion. Afte. the Only ault door was blown open Fuf?eoeni red nd Johnson prepared the dodtt. years, f the safe. As soon as they wermukinR ;ady for the explosion the vaul nnnioor was closed to deaden "resident ound. The force of the exp-n?l |>ns npent the vault doors and w.preliminary lern in such shape that they *Jie capital ot be opened, even thougl*}^'in^;,to len tried to force them wittf1 V U , ledge hammers. /^recently After abandoning this job tht nt p wort j, eggs turned their attention t'>n to Presostoffice, after deciding things vigorous too late to try to effect an ranee to the other bank. reoonsidernd Johnson blew open the s allowing r? thfc nostnffioo 1/1 ,* ?? ?n^o ( W"l"t VVV,J fcCarthy and "Swipes' st* uard on the outside of rtie bu-jj-. y rig. After completing: these **vv. * he four men tied rags saturalngd ev?vith oil of mustard to their shoearainat nd going up the trMroad tracVznlea, vent into camp the r>i<a mi1 a^sassirom the town v., the present ruler, poils of tl felt aggrieved that the itivent tOi>* of the Anni?an fleet did not hev c-<,|iule at least one Span'.sji port, it is raid unofficially, that it would t havo done muih to wipe out the last / * | ating of the f pai?: '