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ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1909. ' .7 VOL. 14, NO. 3.
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. Z^RROR IN SURVEY
J DELAYS ELECTION. *
3j> to
Petitions Circulated Last wi
Week Asking for a Slight ^
Amendment to the New Gr
County Lines. Too Mum
Territory Left in the Ola \
County and not Enough
in New County. Mistake
Will delay the Election ?i
Probably a Month.
If it had not been for a slight
iiiisuikc in 1 mining me uiviMUii lie.
line which left too much territory ar
in the old county and not enough $2
in the new county the election on
the question of forming a new 5C
?""-?county out of the upper portion to
of Marion would have been held, D<
no doubt, within the next 60days, sh
As it if?"the people will not have an
an opportunity to say whether or
not they want a new county until an
the latter part of April or maybe so
May. The mistake was made by 0f
the surveyor who ran the cut-off m;
or division line. He started at a ar
point higher up on the Marlboro
line than he was told to start and at
thp result was that his calculations w]
refused to balance with the ealcu- su
' lationsofthe surveyors who ran ur
the lines around the county. The j w<
error was detected when the offi-1
cial surveyors were checking up | (a
for a final report to the New and ia.
Old County Commissioners. There ijs
was a difference of several miles
i and it was found that the territory tri
\ of-the proposed New County contained
less than the constitutional at
400 miles. Of course, there was mi
nothing to do but amend the original
petition and petitions asking
for the amendment were indus;
triously circulated last week. It
I was a big job but the work was
systematically handled and in 24
hours after the petitions had been
given out there were secured Ai
something like a thousand signa- re
-tjares. The petitions were taken pe
thento Mr. A. R. Oliver, chairman
of board of registration, who
certified to their correctness and
Saturday they taken to Columbia
by M. T. A. Dillon and p|
filed with the governor. The gov
ink ernor has not yet fixed a date for
J&B the hearing but he told Mr. Dillon qu
that both sides would have a hearjjfljl
ing within two weeks.
Me 1 This does not mean that Marion
| county contains less than 9 0 0
ft. square miles and the new county
A advocates need feel no alarm over
the delay. There are considerably
fftore than 900 Square miles tic
oj.V in the county and there vill be no da
difficulty in meeting the constitu- a '
skk tional requirements on that point, it
isf^JlThe error was made in net leaving ha
enough territory in the area to be wi
Jut off for a new county as the' an
pnstitution requires. Al
| The territory to be taken back Ci
Wms a part of that given back an
I t^ie Pa#es Mills section some nn
leeks ago. About half of this pa
rritoty will be taken back into fai
new county. It will je re- an
;mbercd that several weeics ago he
-governor was petitioned by mi
" new county advocates for he
hority to give some territory it
ylk to the old county as there he
.4s more territory in the new no
;;.nty than was needed. The w<
/ernor consented to this amend- bli
ilUffl ent to tne on?inal )ines ftnd Da
L 14 m^es ?f territory was
back to the old county. th<
r territory lies at the extreme w?
fe\nd of the proposed new to1
ey\ below the Pages Mills of
V ? ast'^* ^ow a^?ut half of gr
JjgjLritory will be taken in Hi
3mB tSi disadvantage the new on
^?T^ople suffer is the delay tn
lvW? the election. The m<
' bl tMrr eaffer ^or the election an
w^^rsc the delay is annoy- pa
t However, this seems to be ; flfl/
^ Qply obstacle in the way and
ce tins is removed the surveyors
11 be ready to make their report
tlie commissioners, who in turn
11 make their report to the Th
ivernor and there is no reason ,
tiy the election should not be
dered within the 80 days im-y ; <
ediately following". / J
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Tax Returns.
The Auditor's office will be
>en for taking tax returns from
.nuarv 1st. to February 20th.
i09.
The law requires a tax on all
>tes, mortgages and moneys, also
i income tax on gtoss income of
!,500 00 and upwards.
I
Tliere shall be capitation tax of ^
i cents on all dog's, the proceeds kus
be expended for school purposes. tjm
CRfs not returned for taxation for
all not be held to be property in
iv of the courts in this state. are
All males between the ape of 21 but
id 60 years, except Confederate pro
ldiers or those persons incapable dies
earning* a suppopt by being I will
aimed or from any other cause fjcl]
e liable to poll tax. the
All property must be assessed ave
"its true value in money" tee
liich is eonstrued to mean "the the
m at which the said property Thi
idcr ordinary circumstances peo
^uld sell for cash." faei
Don't ask that your property be out
kon from tho hnnlrt: thr? time ?>c i
? "" llctV
st vear. All property must be orc
ted on proper blanks and sworn nat
Township and number of dis- con
ict griven. roai
The Auditor or his deputy will be (
the following: places at the dates
1 Otl'
entioned to take tax returns. j
Judson Thursday Feb. 4th. a
Centervillc, Friday Feb 5th. SQn
Bingham, Saturday Feb. 6th. twc
Fore, Monday Feb. 8th. t
Bermuda, Thursday Feb. 11th. t,?a
Gaddy, Friday Feb. 12th. er^
It is hoped that all will meet the
aditor promptly and make their jjne
turns and thereby avoid the 50 ^je
r cent, penalty.
Respectfully, jjai
F. T. McLELLAN, Ha
County Auditor. ffro
woe
ELLS WOMAN WITH CLUB Jud
crriT
unl
ippcr Curry, Jealous of the Woman he aloi
Loves, Strikes Her Down with a Club will
and then Slashes Her Garments waj
with a Knife. An Old ^
Offender. er c
rigl
side
One of the quietest residence sec- -te
ins of Dillon was disturbed Sun- 16q
y nightat 7 o'clock by screams of Q?
woman and upon investigation q?
was found that Gupper Curry t^e
d struck Emma Grant a blow
th a club which felled the worn- j.^e
and almost fractured her skull. ^
:ter knocking the woman down ?ar
irry slashed at her with a knife
d succeeded in cutting her garsnts
in several places. Both t^a1
rties are colored. Curry is in- whtuated
with the Grant woman ^
d Sunday night when he met wej
r on the street with another ^av
an he became so enraged that tant
fell upon her with a club and
is likely he would have beaten
r to death if other persons had I ME
it interferred. As it was the
mian escaped with a fearful
over the forehead which laid ^ j
re the bone.
Curry is an old offender against e
laws of the town. Some
:eks ago he was up before the
wn authorities upon the charge
snapping a pistol in another neo's
face and paid a fine of $25.
is infatuation for the wmaon
lich seems to border C
mania has led him into other ove
>uble which has cost him lots of and
:>ney. After striking the worn- terc
he fled to Darlington where his of c
rents live. / cotr
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JUNG PROGRESS
ON RIGHT-OF-WAY. a
| 1,
I 3
e Committee Actively at |
Work on Railroad Right-;b
of-Way. Have Recei/ed v
Encouragement from a "
Number of Land Owners. 1
People on the Route hy i
way of Little Rock An- i<
xious for the New Rail- a
road and are Co-Operating
with the Committee. The n
New Road Seems Highly' *
Probable. v
["he committee appointed at a d
iness men's meeting some %
e ago to secure a right-of-way c
the new railroad are meeting 1
h much encouragement. They a
not yet ready to make a report
they are making mighty good 1
gress in their work and the 111ltions
are that the right-of-way a
I be secured without much dif- 1
ilty. The land owners along ^
route of the proposed new road r
co-operating with the commit- 1
and seem to be as anxious for ^
road as are the Dillon people. 1
is is quite natural as the Dillon *
pie already have good railroad 1
litics and could get along with- c
additional railroads, but they f
e found i ait that railroads are u
at developers of a country's ^
ural resources and will wel- *
le the coming of a hundred rail- 1
ds to their town. 1
)n? route of the proposed new
tl runs in an air line from Clio
Jillon and another route makes
ight curve and comes by Judi
and Gallavon. Which of the
i routes will be adopted has not
been decided, hut it is likely
t the route on which the prop,*
owners grant a right-of-way
1 be the one selected. The air
: route runs through the midof
Little Rock and traverses
lands ol E. R. Hamer, R. P.
mcr, J. S. Thompson, J. W.
mer, M. S. Britt, J no. Halve,
Brooks Hamer, T. 0. Sher)d,
and J. L. Bennett on to
[son. The committee has not *
le beyond Judson, but it is not
ikely that the property owners
ig the route beyond that point
I refuse to give the right-ofr.
lr. W. R. Bons?dl, the promot>f
the new road, asked for a
it-of-way from two miles this
; of Clio into Dillon, a depot f
at Dillon 300 feet long and t
wide, and two miles of right- a
vay out of town. The right- a
way out of town indicates that a
road is making- for Pages n
Is, Fork or Kemper and will ,h
ly touch at one of these t
nts. The committee has gone s
enough in the matter of secur- n
the right-of-way and the de- 1;
site t o feel very hopeful g
: the road will be built and I
1c they refuse to give out any- fi
jg definite it seems to be pretty t
1 understood that Dillon will o
e anohter railroad at no dis- t
: date. f<
W RAILROAD TO CLIO. ?
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p
Large Crowd was Present u
to Witness the Arrival 11
of the First Train
on the N. & i
S . C . J
\ t
lio, Feb. 10.?The first train
r the new railroad, the North
South Carolina, came in yes- t
lay at 11:30. A large crowd t
itizens had gathered to see it i
le in. . i
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The schedule for the present is:
Leave Gibson, N. C., at 10:15
. m.; arrive Clio 11:10 a. m.;
.'ave Clio 3 p. m.; arrive * Gibson '
:55 p tn,
Last week we sent out a num- i
ier of statements to subscribers |
rhose subscription has expired or ;
* about to expire, and we sincerey
trust that those who received
uch notices will respond prompty.
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at of new material to our office '
nd its physical condition has been '
Tcatly improved. Our patrons '
ret the benefit of those improvenents
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ind keeping in touch with various
hings that have happened, are
lappening and will happen, seanling
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every week, locking after the
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he newspaper man never has a
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>n earth earns what he gets the
tublisher certainly does. Then
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t takes money and lots of it to
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sch'itid the curtain and see the anount
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o them every Thursday morning
without apparent effort.
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A NARROW ESCAPE.
'Bud" Hamilton is Fired at by Unknown
Assassin and Escapes Serious and
Probably Fatal Injury by a
Hair's Breadth.
1
Sunday night a week ago as Mr. ]
Vhit Hamilton, better known as <
Bub," was returning from his <
ather's stables where he had been \
o feed the stock some one bred i
it him \\ ith a pistol at close range <
nr\ lift Vviillof *? a rv* ? h < r< /
iiu iiiw uuii^k uax luwxy iiiisa&u ma
bdomen. As it was the little
nessenger of d^ath passed through
lis waist coat without touching
he skin. The man who fir ihe >
hot was standing behind a tree <
icar the lot gate and had evident- j
y selected his hiding place with j
jreat care as he knew that Mr. 1
familton must pass within a few <
eet of the tree on his return to {
he house. The flash and report ?
f the pistol startled Mr. Hamil- i
on for the moment and when he i
ell backward a few feet the would- t
>e assassin ran away in the dark- i
less. Mr. Hamilton did not rec- t
gnizc the man but saw enough i
f him to convince him that the t
arty was white. He is at a loss to i
nderstand why any one should <
lake an attempt upon his life. i
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Those Kara Linen envelopes at
Ahe Herald Book Store are more
x>puiar than ever with buyers (
yho know good stationery when
hey see it.
Don't fail to attend theenterainment
at the Little Rock school
omorrow (Friday) evening. There
s an evening of pleasure awaiting
fOU. 4
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WASHINGTON LETTER
News From Our Busy Capita
An inventor announces that hi
has perfected an air ship that can
not tip. Still we have all had ex
periences in those places whicl
announce, "no tips".
Western legislators ate agitatinj
a reform to decrease the length o
hat pins but for us let them wea
the hat pins as long: as they like i
they will but shorten the hat bills
A prominent physician advise
us to accept the demands of oui
appetites and eat what we want
Patrons of the free soup kitche:
and followers in the bread lin
should take notice and act accord
ingly.
Marcel Prevost, the famou
French writer, declares that alee
hoi and the corset are ruining: th
human race. It is :ather od
isn't it that the prevalence of bot
is due to man's taste.
A College educofion, says Rej
resentative T avvney, makes a Hi
more finished. Rut as the la:
thine most of us desire is a lil
finished we presume Mr. Tawne
does not approve of a college e<
ucation.
' t
The handsomest men in Coi
gross are to be selected for tl
personal escort of Mr. Taft i
the Inaugural ball, ar.d the scran
bie for the places would seem 1
indicate that Congressmen at
just like other people in not seein
themselves as others see them.
The Kaiser and Von Beulo
have kissed on both cheeks an
made up to the delight of the Gei
man Empire. Now if Roosevel
and the Ananias Club were to hav
a love feast we should feel ths
the era of peace on earth, goo
will, etc., had at last dawned.
Congress has decided that th
suitable-vehicle for Mr. Taft i
the automobile. If they neede
any more confirmatory testimon
to reach that decision they shoul
lintrn KrAMfrllf rrl Uio
UU VV Ul V/U1>WL iVl TTU1U II1U ^IIIUWO
coolies who used to carry him in i
sedan chair on their shoulder
through the narrow streets o
Canton, or the ricksha men wh
dragged him about Yokahama an
Tokio.
One of the most noble effort
which have enlisted the activitie
Df President Roosevelt during hi
administration is his recent appe?
For greater care and consideratio
For the dependent children of th
:ountrv. It is Drobable that a
i people we have been too easil
;atisfied that we have fulfilled ou
vhole duty in providing asylum
md institutions for orphans W<
:ake a vast amount of self congrat
llation in our public school sys
:em and' it has not occurred t<
>ome of us that there is disadvan
age in the herding of children ii
nstitutions of any kind. An;
:hild that misses individual stud}
ind love is missing the most pre
nous gift to which it is entitle<
and the President is responsibl
for the bunjape and elevated ide
that dependent children should a
far as possible be placed in home
rather than in asylums. Unfoi
tunately the millenium of kind
ness and unselfishness has not ai
rived and by placing orphans i
private homes we should still hav
many cases in which the little d<
pendents would be treated as tl
'boun d out apprentices" of an ea
"r_ * il_ a ii
"?
lier gerferation were treated but it
must be admitted that the altruistic
sentiment has developed of
ll late years under the improved and
easier conditions of life and that
there are good women to be found
i n every neighborhood whose
^ hearts are broad and deep enough
to admit the little children if the
poclcetbook could be stretched to
cover their absolute needs. Love
^ is the natural right of every child
f but we agree with the President
r in believing that it is to be found
f in the family oftener than in the
. asylum and that even without it
the influences of a home are bet- '
ter than those of crowded institus
tions. Just as contagion and disr
ease are more easily managed in a
. household than in a school so the
n germs of evil that children spread
c j may De more easily neia in check
i" i where there are only a few children
sequestered in a home than where
they are herded in great
numbers under one roof. The
is further suggestion that mothers
>- left destitute with young children
e should be aided by the state in
d keeping and supporting them must
h make a strong appeal to all humanic
people. When we reach
the spiritual development which
compels us to provide a tax on all
men capable of begetting children
'e to cover the cost of rearing and
I -ii :ii : - ' *
--1 v.uu\.aiiui; an uic](iiiiiiLc unnarcn
fe we may feel that we have cause
y f. r satisfaction in modern human3"
ity and charity.
Notice of Sale
By virture of authority vested
11 * in me as agent under a distress
1C warrant for rent issued and diat
rected tome by W. T. Betheaand
J. B. Gibson, as Executors of the
to Last Will and Testament of Hugh
e P. Price, deceased, against the
^ Bennett Live Stock Company,
a corporation of Dillon, S. C.,
and as agent of The People's
Bank under a chattel morgage
w
^ given by Bennett Live Stock
Company to the said Bank, I
t will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, before
t the stables formerly occupied by
^ the Bennett Live Stock Company
in the town of Dillon, on Saturday,
February 27th, 1909, at three o'clock
P. M. 9 New Buggies, 9
Old Buggies, several sets new
harness, collars, 1 Iron Safe, Sev^
eral Halters, Bridles, Horse Blan
v kets, Buggy Poles, Whips, 1 One^
Horse Wagon and other personal
property.
^ J. F. West, Agent,
Dillon, S. C., Feb. 10th., 1909.
f 2t-2-18.
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d The largest line of box paper
from 10, 15, 25. 50 & 75 cents up
to$5.00 ever brought to Marion
county is carried by The Herald
s Book Store.
s, NOTICE
il
n Is hereby given that the Spring
e Term of Court of General Ses,s
cions for Marion County will cony
vene at Marion on Monday, Febr
ruary 22nd, 1909 at 10 a. m.
s D. F. MILES,
5 C. C. G. S.
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