The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, April 22, 1909, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED IN 189S. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 22, 1909. VOL 14, NO. 12.
WOODBURY MATTER ?
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be;
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Mr. Sellers Replies to Mr.
1pr<
Johnson and Presents the Nt
Woodbury Proposition in a to
Stronger Light. Marion c
would Disown Woodbury no
in Her Hour of Poverty.
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Some Interesting Reading.
To the Editor of The News and
Courier: My friend, Mr. Johnson, th<
and I arc not so far apart in a mat- wfc
ter that happened some years ago lav
and were it not foi his unfortunate pr<
habit, (which, perhaps, he cannot die
help, owing: to his long: continued cr<
training:,,) of splitting: hairs and ths
drawing: nice distinctions between, du
a reply to his long: tweedledum and Pei
j 'tweqjjledee article would hardly be ex<
necessary. Let us try to keep the vis
record straight, and not befuddle us
matters. Bear in mind, please, th<
that we have not been, and are not Nc
now discussing what may or may "S
not have happened in "Woodber- th<
ry" Township th.rteen years ago for
in reference to the attempt of the tra
Marion politicians to kick that shi
township off intc Horry, but we frii
are discussing- the Britton's Neck pei
and Woodberry townships' peti- thi
tion?the mass meeting held in tea
Britton's Neck Township?not a '
Woodberry?at which the Marion Fo
orators were outclassed by a stur- ing
dy farmer of Britton's Neck Town- is 1
ship?how that petition?the Brit- fri<
ton's Neck and Woodberry peti tht
tion "got lost." "disappearing," Br
between the Governor's office and pel
the office next adjoining. cus
Whether a new petition was af- pa]
terwards filed as to Woodberry *o,
Township alone, leaving out Bri- Dc
ton's Neck, and an election order- go
ed and held I neither affirm or de- ion
dy. It may or may not be so, I the
^ don't know, but I don't believe bei
Mr. Johnson, or any one else, can he
show from the records of the Gov- thi
ernor's office or the clerk of the am
Court of Marion that any such e- an
lection was ever ordered or held, sig
It was stated by the Columbia Reg- is
ister that an election was ordered toi
by the Governor as to Woodberry tio
Township; not Britton's Neck, on th<
the 12th January, 1897?the same th<
day the first new county election sta
was afterwards held, but this the 1
Marion Star denies December 30, Mi
1896. The Marion Star did pub- St<
lish the names of the managers of int
the election, for an election order- of
ed for Woodberry Township, not oui
Britton's Neck and Woodberry. of
"The election ;n question," which Ja?
Mr. Johnson in his first article so tor
? J 1.1.. - ric i 44 ?
vAJiiiiucniiy ararmcu, was oraer- cu:
ed and held, and the proposition me
defeated at the polls." See how the
my friend juggles with places as 1
glibly as he does with figures in rea
order to befuddle the jury. He the
speaks of that famous meeting of tin
the Marion orators with the be- we
nighted voters of Britton's Neck cot
and Woodberry, a t which one cot
(r% Koimm/v * *?? * V? ? r\C
uuuguij iaiuiv.1, Having U UU1 clUU
justice and the people on his side, the
showed how true is Holy writ, ' 'one Pri
can chase a thousand and two can as
put ten thousand to flight," as if an<
it occurred in Wood berry, when coi
Mr. Johnson knows full well the cer
meeting was held on the line of the
Britton's Neck and Woodberry an*
townships at the Britton's Neck an<
Church, a few tniles below Nebo. of
The fact that the meeting was a Ba
joint meeting and held on the line tor
of the two townships shows conclu- bu
sively that both townships were cot
equally interested in the petition pre
that had gone to the Governor to see
annex both those townships to Hor- my
ry. If Britton's Neck Township ing
was not included in that first pe- are
? tition, why was it, pray, that it pre
was a citizen of Britton's Neck no^
Township who took charge of the eff<
meeting and protested so vigor- dee
Vj ously that he "got such a move" ing
^ r??f thf? M arirvn nr?tr?r? that nn<> nf I lu 1
J >heir number did not stop till be ord
landed in the Governor's office, of
bright and early the next morning? bee
Why, the answer is very plain, "ti
Those Britton's Neck people are bei
a reading people, and especially of eac
the Marion Star, and that paper ing
had been discussing the Britton's bui
Neck and Woodberry petition, and tin;
they knew full well that Britton's ?f
f Neck Township was included in boi
the petition that had been sent on mo
to the Governor. imi
By the way, Mr. Johnson twits an<
me with being an assiduous read- wit
er of The News and Courier. I cot
take pleasure in commending that 1
excellent paper to Mr. Johnson, shi
r. *
Biii iii i' ' i'i .nil Jam iffhitii
3 also the Marion Star, especial
the back numbers of both those
pers during October and Novemr,
1896, in which the Britton's
ck and Woodberry Township
tition is fully discussed, both
i and con. Those Britton's
ck j>eople were not such fools
the Marion politicians took them
be. I notice that my friend
xjestly confesses $ at he "maned"?mark
you, "managed"?
t to make his nicely prepared
jech, but he did "manage"
uehow or somehow else "to
rangue the crowd, and so did
nator Montgomery."
Mirabile dictu! Put it down as
i first instance on record in
lieh two trained, able and adroit
vyers were unable to make their
2viously prepared speeches, but
1 "manage" to "harangue the
>wd" just a little bit, whatever
it may mean. My friend introces
with a great flourish of tmmts
a certificate signed by those
cellcnt gentlemen, Fontaine Da?
and Charlie Dozier, and asks
to "listen," and this is what
4^ aU-i. r* _
sixy as iu LiiuL nrsi dniton s
:ck and Woodberry petition:
>o far as we have ever heard
;re had been no petition asking
an election on the subject of
msferring Britton's Neck Townip
to Horry County." My
ends, Davis and Dozier, are deading
on their memory as to
s matter, and daily observation
iches us that human memory is
wonderfully treacherous thing,
rtunately for me, I am dependf
not only on my memory, which
:airly good, but also on my old
end, The News and Courier,
'files of which show that the
itton's Neck and YVoodberry
:ition to the Governor was dis>sed
in a communication to that
per the latter part of October, 18and
if my friends, Davis and
zier, will take the trouble to
to the Public Library at Mari
they will find in the files of
i Marion Star of date, Novemr
4, 1896, an editorial article
aded. "I nconsistency "in which
it commnuication to The News
d Courier is quoted in part,
d in the editorial reply to this
fnificant and specific language
used in reference to the Britl's
Neck and Woodberrv petin:
"If the people ask it, as
;y have done in this particular,
; Governor is bound, under the
tutes, to grant their petition
No doubt both Mr. Davis and
*. Dozier read this article in the
ir at the time, for they are both
elligent men, but after the lapse
thirteen years it has slipped
t of their memory. The owner
the Star at that time was Mr.
>. D. Montgomery and the edis
w^re Luther Clark and Mar
> Stackhouse, and these gentlen
were leading: the fight against
; new countv.
It makes "mighty interesting"
iding to look over the files of
i old paper at this long ago
le. The inside was filled with
11 written editorials on new
rnties, interspersed with lengthy
nmunications from gentlemen
the Bar, some of which bear
! earmarks of Mr.' Johnson,
^dictions most dire were made
to what would happen to new
1 old counties alike should new
inlies hft fnrmpfl nndpr ro.
ltly adopted Constitution. In
; lifcht of the wonderful advance
1 prosperity of Spartanburg
i Cherokee, of Sumter and Lee,
Darlington and Florence, of
rnwell and Bamberg, of Collei
and Dorchester, of Orangerg
and Calhoun, old and new
inties, these old prophecies and
Mictions of the long ago do
;m purile and simple now. But
r friends of the Bar are improvr
somewhat in th'is respect and
: gradually going out of the
)phecying business. They seem
v to be concentrating their
:n^s in kicking off poor and ' 'un>irable"
citizens into neighbor;
counties where they are plain-'
twld they are not wanted, in
ler to keep the prosperous town
Latta forever in the old county
rause we are 1 Id Latta has
vo banks, two churches, just
ng completed, costing $15,000
:h; an elegant new school buildbeautiful
residences and other
ildings." A clear case of putg
im dollar far above the man
>aganism of the worst form,
ving down and worshiping the
ney god, while treating the
mortal man, because he is poor
1 lives in a region surrounded
:h swamps, with contumely and
itempt.
rhe people of VY oodderry Townp,
who, the Marion politicians
propose to kick off into Horrv, live
on and own the spot where the
first settlement of Marion County
! was made, when all the rest of
! the county was a howling- wilderiness.
On her soil was erected ]
the first church for the worship of
Almighty God. The only landmark
of the P evolutionary war
in the country is to be found in
the breastworks at Dunham's
Bluff, erected by Marion, opposite
Snow's Island, where Marion
and his men had their winter
i quarters. The people of Woodberry
Township are the lineal
descendants of the- officials and
tne leading men ot the county in
the early history of the county.
Now, because the people are few
in number, poor in purse and
surrounded with swamps, they
are ordered from th_* house of
their fathers, so that it will be impossible
for Latta evr to become
a part of the new county
should it be formed, because Latta
has "two banks, two churches,
costing $15,000 each, a magnificent
school building, fine residences
and other handsome buildings."
Shame! Shame on such a
spirit!
m ?
In Memoriam.
Mrs. Martha Sherwood, perhaps
the oldest person in the Little Rock
community, passed to her reward
early Monday morning: April 12th.
She di d at the ripe old agfe of 87,
having: been born on Feby., 14,
1822.
Up until the morning of her
death, Mrs. Sherwood was in comparatively
good health, splendid
health for one of her age. About
an hour before she passed away,
she awoke and went to the room
of her grand-son who was in the
home, and told him to go for someone
on the place, that she was
sick. When her grandson returned
to her, she was breathing her
last.
The interment was held at the
old Bethea burial ground near
McLaurin's mill and only a short
distance from the place where she
wa; born and raised.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. W. C. Owen, her
pastor, and pastor of the Little
Rock Methodist Church, assisted
by Rev. J. I Allen of Dillon. A
few kind words of rememberance
were also spoken by Mr. O. C.
Hayes who was a neighbor of the
deceased Quite a large concourse
of sorrowing relatives and friends
were present to pay tribute to her
beautiful life.
Among those who came from a
distance were Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Caldwell of Lumberton. N. C.,
Mr. Chas. S. Scarborough of Conway,
Mr. E. J. Sherwood of Conway,
Mr. H. P. Sherwood of Mullins.
Mrs. Sherwood was a member
of the old and honored Bethea family
and in her death has taken away
the last child of the lat2 Wm. Bethea
and the only grandchild of
the late John Bethea. She has
lived a widowed life since the struggle
of 65 when her husband, Rich
ara snerwood, died in a hospital.
She met every emergency with a
brave heart which is characteristic
of her family, two sons of whom
only survive her. They are Mr.
T. C. Sherwood, a prosperous
planter of the Little Rock section
and Mr. H. P. Sherwood who
lives near Mullins. She leaves a
large number of grandsons and
daughters and a host of more dis<
tant kinsmen.
She was a member of the Little
Rock Methodist Church and always
looked to God for help. Her life
was an open book and each day
she looked and waited, ready for
the Master to call her. Her life
was a benediction on the community
and she will be sadly missed.
Just received Bates Shoes, the
newest thing out. At Morris Fass
Department Store.
The best line of Men's Shirts in
the latest designs just received at
Morris Fass Dept. Store.
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WASHINGTON LETTER
News From Our Busy Capit
It is gratifying to learn th
the Republican majority in ti
Senate for many of the items i
the tariff bill is so small that u:
ted action by the Democra
proves most effective. The S
nate substitute for the Payne bi
contains many duties which me:
nothing short of robbery of tl
consumer for the benefit of trus
and already over-protected n.ai
ufaeturers. Fortunately, thei
are a number of Republican Sei
ators who if assured that they c:i
count on the undivided support
the Democrats will rebel again
mis excessive protection. L UUi
these conditions, the fate of tl
consumers rests with the tninorit
The frankly avowed policy of tl
Republican leaders is to .ttra
certain "sops" to the Democra
and thus divide them that a eoa
ition between the disaffected men
bers of the tnajoi itv and the n
nority Senators will be an impc
sibility. It remains to be se<
whether Senator Aldrieh has tfa
jfed aright the breadth and stati
itianship of the Democrats, whet
er they can really be purchasi
by a few crumbs of protection
the industries in their respi
live states, or whether, as \
fondly believe, they will rise
that level of statesmanship ai
patriotism which will lead the
to stand above petty and lot
considerations and vote as a in
against the oppressive schemes
the representatives of the intere
Is this country losing its Dei
ocratic ideals? We are moved
ask this question bv the repoi
from Washington which indie?
that it is almost impossible 1
President Taft to attend chur
on Sunday without being almc
mobbed by curious throngs
sight-seers on the streets of t
national capital. On Raster mor
ing a great concourse of pcoj:
who gathered outside of St.Johr
church, where Mr. Taft attend
service with his wife, practical
compelled Mr. Taft to stop ai
hold an open air reception befo
he could return to the Whi
House. We have always bei
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KJOAIY IU nuituic uu; J^ir^iibii WJ
make fools of themselves ov
their royal family, standing <
the streets for hours to see i
members pass by and cheerii
themselves hoarse on such oec
sions, but if we are not careful w
will give the British press an o
portunity to indulge in no ei
of sarcasm at our expense. Mor
over, such conduct is un-Amei
and un-Democratic and the
seems to be little excuse for i
truding to such an extent on tl
privacy which even the Preside:
ought to be permitted to enjoy c
one day of the week.
Certain newspapers which ai
far longer on theories than con
mon sense are seeking to make
martyr out of Cipriano Castr<
former President of Aenezuel
and are indulging in criticisi
of the government for exerting i
good offices to prevent Castro
landing in the vicinity of his fo
mer country in order to stir u
trouble and if possible foment
revolution with the object of s
curing his own restoration to pov
er. All their urguments sour
very well on pipeY but they won
stand the test of good, hard cor
mon sense. Cipriano ('astro u;
dertook to make an outlaw of
nation. Under his administr
tion, Venezuela violated eve
tenet of international law, disr
garded every obligation, pavi
the way for European invasii
and gave the United States amr
warrant to bombard her citk
and seize her custom houses. Th
United States, with jjrcat forebeai
a| anee refused to believe that Ver
ezuela was inherently dishone5
ll and not only retrained from ac
,c ministering summary justice t
n the contumacious little Republi
but exercised its g'*od offices t
ts prevent foreign nations, whic
e" had ample provocation, from d<
l" ing so. The position of the I'nite
in States, conistently adherred t<
,c was that Castro was the outlaw
ls that given sufficient rope he woul
[1" hang himself and that when h
rc power was gone, Venezuela woul
:1* evince the same disposition \
1,1 ileal fairly and honorable wit
other nations as other South J
sl merican republics. Time has den'
L'r onstrated the aecurayc of th;
K> estimate. Castro is an outhv
Y- and Venezuela under the lead <
le her new President has show
nt everv disposition t<? settle hi
ts debts and ileal honestly with th
and with other countries. Wh
11" then, should Castro be an obiei
n" of sympathy and why should n<
,s" the United States, paitially as
sn means of protecting its own right
u* take such steps as may he nece
"s" sary to prevent the outlaw from ;
gain securing control over Yei
c/.uela's affairs?
to True to his instincts "Uncle J<
rc~ Cannon took the floor and made
vc desperate effort to save the Sta
lo dard <>il Company from lo
:ul through a reduction of the duty (
ni petroleum.
:al
Senator La Follcttc announc
it. the Senate that he is a gre
st- civil service reformer. Mr. La Ft
lettc is sublimely unconscious
the exposure at Macison of tl
m" manne: in which he debauch)
to the state machinery to perpetua
rts his political power, not only cot
periling the game wardens to pr
?r mote his* interests but paying the
L'h expenses out of the state treasur;
)St _ ? IB! ^
Teacher's Meeting.
he ? , ,
()ne ot the pleasantcst occastot
in the history of the Dillon His
j-j. School was the meeting of the l/j
e(| per and Lower Marion Count
Ij Teacher's Associations at .t h
school building Saturday morninj
rc There were about 5 0 teacher
te present and some interesting an
,,n valuable talks on education wet
rio made by well-known educator;
Following was the program of tl
er
jn y"
"Some Ooaiifications of tk
ltS Teacher," bv Prof. S. H. Et
monds, superintendent of the Sun
ter Schools.
"The Professional Spirit," b
n,
Dr. J. L. Mann, superintendei
of the Florence Schools.
"The Temptations oftheTcacl
1 er," by Dr. E. V. Baldy, of C(
ker College, Hartsville.
County Supt. of Education j. 1
Lane was present and made an ii
teresting talk on the recent lav
that had been adopted providin
aid for public schools. ^
At the conclusion of the addresi
es the speakers and the visitin
rc
teachers were invited into a cla?
1 room where an elegant dinner w:
a . -
ati vpu. \_'uuc a numoer 01 tn
3
I ^ l)atrons of the school shared in th
pleasures of the occasion.
II
Card of Thanks.
s
r. I take this method of thankin
p the many kind friends who b
a their loving words of sympath
e. and willing assistance, were sue
o Knl i\ an/1 * " -* 4 A b
nvip miu V.V/1IIIUU IU lis clL IIJ
K1 death and burial of my mothe
,t' Martha ?Sherw<xKl. May God
n. richest blessings be bestowed upc
n. each of you.
a T. 0. Sherwood.
a- " 1
ry For Rknt?New 4 room hou;
e. with passage and closets, larj
ecj front and back porches. HealtV
3n I location, nice resident portion i
)]e town. Apply to Morris Fass. .
* CROWDS CAME
TO SEE DOCTORS
i
;t
i- But the Medical Men Failr
9
'? to Keep their Appoint;^,r>
o with the Pubiic. Article
h from Charlotte Paper Exd
plains their Strange Con
duct.
^ For several weeks The Herald
has been running an advertisement
I for the Cleveland (Ohio) Institute
" of Medicine and Surgery. The
^ advertisement s'atedthaton April
15th socialists from this institute
l" would be at the Price Court Inn
lt for the purposes of making examinations
of persons suffering from
^ chornic diseases. No charge ,
n would be made for the examina;r
tion. April 15th came but the
ls specialists didn't. (Juite a numlN
ber of ]>eople from the country and
neighboring towns came to see the
jt specialists and as is quite natural
a they were disappointed when it
s' was found that the doctors had
s~ failed to keep their appointment.
This is one of the few times The
1_ Herakl has been imposed on
through its advertising columns.
)C When the advertisement was se.it
a to us it was accompanied by a
n" check; otherwise it would not have
ss I been published as the Cleveland
)n i Institute of Medicine and Surgery
I was unknown to us. However,
I last week the Hank of Dillon ntn,
es tied us that the check had b1"*
at returned from the Cincinnati bf'"
VI- *
stamped Payment Refusequ
()t This aroused our suspicions, 'to
'lc it was too late to make any c
?d *< rcctions
in the paper as the lastnv
tc sue before the 15th had aire;
n~ been sent'out. The specialists
o- . "
appointments at other towns wl
11 for some reason they failed to m
k' We clip the following trom Rak'
News and ()bservcr:
Yorkville, S. C., March 2'nm.
An advertisement, occupyinari
rj^ bout three-fourths of a colt and
space, announcing that speciavool
!)* representing the Cleveland Ii
ty tute of Medicine and Surgerv, >l,M"
e gaily chartered and incorpora1'''^
r. at Cleveland, O., would vhor~
Yorkville and be at the Sham
hotel to-day, and for one day on
appeared in the Yorkville Enqu^,*v
e er of March 23 and 2f? It- ;
" "lit
s. sufferers from diseases of the n<sid,
ic vous system, heart, lungs, kidi^-.
stomach and kindred troubles, old,
not under the care of a regularpracticing
physician, to call ana
*" have a free diagnosis made of their
i- ailmi-nts. From 9 a. m. to 7:30 p.
m., were mentioned as office hours.
,v At an early hour men and women
commenced to arrive and by 9 o'clock
not less than fifty persons
who had come for the sole purpose
i- of consulting the representatives '
)- of the institute were in town. n_
In order to comply with the 1. ,
made and provided, one of the
physicians, Di. William B. Smit i,
l" of Dillon, S. C,, visited the off ce
rs of the clerk of court, presented
g what lie considered ample evidence
' that he was Dr. William B. Smith,
s_ of Dillon, S. C., tendered 25cents, ?*s
the prescribed fee, and asked to t
^ registered as a regularly license ^
is physician of this state and entitle- ftS
is to practice in York county. The
ie clerk stated that it would be neces- n
sary for the applicant to be identi-1"
lC fied by a physician of the town.
Dr. Smith suggested Dr. R. A.
" Bratton, and was advised that Dr.
Bratton's identification would be
satisfactory. Dr. Bratton was sent
K for and on arrival identified Dr.
>y Smith as the genuine article, but
iy advised him that he had been guil
ty of unethical conduct in that his
coming had been announced in a ,
lc newspaper advertisement, contra- 7
r ry to the usages of the profession, *
's and that if he undertook to carry
,n out the plans set forth in the advertisement
his license to practice 1
in the State would undoubtedly be *
revoked by the state medical board. Dr.
Smith surrendered without *
se firing a gun, and in view of the
re fact that the physician who accom- *
J- panied him here was not licensed
by this but by New York State, he
would do notning except in connection
with Dr. Smith.
I