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TAIUSHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 27 , 1909. VOL 14, NO. 17
tUCK GROWERS REAP b
GOLDEN HARVEST. ng
rr'opmcnt of an Industry n
th vs Pouring a Stream
if aold into the South.
i)illon One of the Few c
Coast Towns that has Not
Profited by the Industry J
rhile Other Sections Less g
Favored are Growing n
Rich. Plan to Organize "
i Local Association. p
F there is anyone in this sec- r
l who does not believe trucking
s all they will have to do to be ^
ivinced to the contrary is to
nd a day in Dillon and look at
number of trains nassino
Ihrough every day laden with
regetables. ~
There was a time not many
rears ago when all the truck rais- .
fed on the lines of the Atlantic
Qpast Line in South Carolina, ^
Florida and Georgia was carried
North in express cars attached to ^
(he regular trains, but the development
of the industry was
o rapid that extra express trains
were put on. It was not long before
the crop became so large
that these extra trains could ^
not handle it. and then the
railroad people^ began to move the %
crop with fast freight trains. ^
Every day numbers of these long
freight trains laden with all kinds *
of vegetables pass through Dillon
and every time one touches the P
I northern markets with its valuable c
i consignment it starts a stream of ^
gold flowing back to the south. s
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But still there are people who 1
' ?ay that trucking does not pay. P
, There are men living near Dillon a
who own small farms that produce 11
barely enough cotton to provide s
the necessaries of life for their families
and just enough corn to keep ^
a mule half fed the year round. s
Some of them, were never known t
: to have a surplus dollar but once 11
; in their lives and that was the v
year when cotton sold for 15 cents
per pound. They are honest in 8
the belief that cotton is the only a
money crop the south can produce
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I thought by^ the laws of heredity c
[; and not by the lesson of experi- h
; ence or observation. n
f- But trucking does pav. If it F
' didn't the men who started the
L" industry years ago would today 1
be bankrupt. But instead they fj
f are increasing their acreage from ii
year to year and are accumulating ii
B comfortable fortunes. The tales ii
of sudden wealth that come from tl
1 trucking regions these days read n
B-.. like the stories of fabulous wealth ti
' that came from the gold fields of L
the west in the early 40's and r
while many of them may be ex- 1
aggerations still there is enough tl
\ . truth behind it all to cause the h
. ambitious man to sit up and think. e
When actories shut down and e
k there comes a stringency in the
^ money market the laboring man
can do without an extra suit of a
i. clothes o/an extra undergarment, p
Wit the laws of nature force him n
P to eat and it is seldom that "hard 0
L. times or over-production force
the /price of food stuffs down s
f*1 tto ' a point below the cost of S(
A dispatch recently sent out a
B1*' from Lake City says that string p
L beans are bringing $1.75 a crate. s
The crop in that section is unusu- u
B ' ally large and as the cost of pro.
duction does not exceed 50 cents per tl
crate it is readily seen that truck- v
W * en in that section are reaping a $
L. golden harvest. ^
The soil of the Pee Dee section t]
p is peculiarly adapted to trucking p
L and this country is destined w
to become the trucking center ^
P* of the world. There could c
e given scores of instances where
len have grown comfortably rich
rowing fruits and vegetables,
ut to tell the story of their sucesses
here would consume too
luch space. However, in order
3 show how rapidly the industry
; developing in this section a letsr
from Oheraw to The News and
lourier is submitted below:
"What was an,industry, and an
xperiment, a few years ago in
his section of the country, has
rown into the full stature of its
lanhood. Three attempts, in as
aany distincts lines of produce,
/ere made both to see if this soil
/as adapted to the wholesale
aising of fruits and vegetables,
nd if they could be raised with
reasonable amount of profit, so
ar awav from the ereat shiDDinv
entres- The verdict has been
ffirmative on both questions.
Some miles south of here a man
tarted with a small patch of dew erries
a year ago. He now has
en acres, and is not only disposngr
all of his berries to good adantage,
but is selling plants,
le expects next year to ship beries
in carload lots, with some of
lis neighbors engaged in the
ame line.
"A little north of here a man
ented land at a yearly rental of
11 per acre, for the purpose of
aising melons for the market,
-ast year he sold nearly $12,000
i-orth of melons, and bought the
lace. He is in the melon busiless
still more extensively this
ear.
"Also to the north is a large
each orchard, owned bv a stock
ompany of Cheraw and Marlboro
usiness men. They have been
hipping peaches in carload lots
or several years, as well as sup lying
the home market. They
.re now putting up a large caniing
factory to use up all their
urplus stock.
"Now comes a man, under the
[irection of a New York commision
house, who is looking for a
ract of 250 acres, upon which he
ntends to put an expert planter,
dio will pay particular attention
o melons, cucumbers and asparaus,
with beans, tomatoes, lettuce
nd dew berries as side crops.
Une of our enterprising: citizens
cross the river annually makes a
rop^in Florida, and then comes
ome and makes a second crop,
luch of which he ships back to
Florida."
There are several reasons why
^he Herald would like to see the
irmers of this section engaged
n trucking, the main reason beig
that it turns a stream of gold
ito the community at a time of
tie year when money is badly
eeded. Another is that lands in
tiis section have become so valuble
that it is unprofitable lo
aise cotton on them at less than
0 cents per pound. Another is
hat it would give employment to
undreds of people who depend
ntirely upon cotton as a means of
xistence.
The Herald's plan is to organte
a Trucker's Association, with
membership of not less than six
regressive farmers. Let each
lember obligate to plant two acres
f vegetables, divided into beans,
ittuce, beets, Irish potatoes or
uch other vegetables as they may
elect, provided, however, that
ach member plants the same
mount of a certain vegetable,
lants them at certain periods deignated
by the Association and
ses the same methods of culture
11 order that each crop will ma*
lire about the same time. This
rill enable the members of the
Association to ship their truck in
ulk, that is in car load lots, and
hus save to each other a Rood
ortion of the profits that otherrise
would be wasted in transposition
charges. The Association
an also elect its president and
0
treasurer and the selling of the entire
crop can be delegated to one
or more members of the Association.
If the experiment is a failure
no one loses any great
amount of money, if it is such a
success that it will Encourage
others to engage in the industry
and make this section a trucking
centre the Association will have
done the community a great service
and land owners will reap
their reward in a wonderful increase
in the value of their lands.
If anyone is interested in this
plan to help their community by
encouraging the trucking industry
and is willing to join such an
organization The Herald would be
glad to have them send in their
names or make any suggestions
that will improve on the plan
outlined above.
MEETING S. S. CONVENTION.
Marion, S. C., May the 19th., 1909.
The Dillon Herald,
Dillon, S. C..
Dear Sir:The
Twenty Seventh Interdenominational
Sunday School Convention
will be held at the Mullins
Methodist Church on Thursday
and Friday, June the twentyfourth
and twenty-fifth next.
Under our Constitution and by
laws, each Sunday school in each
township elects delegates to a
township convention, which meets
at one of the churches in that
township. The representation in
the township and County Convention
is arrived at as follows:
The officers and teachers of Sabbath
schools and ministers of the
gospel are officio members of the
Township and County Conventions.
In addition, each Sunday
school is entitled to one delegate
to every twenty members or fractional
part thereof in the County
Convention.
As the time to organize is short,
we suggest that each school elect
delegates to the Township Convention
on the first Sunday in
June, and that the Township
Convention be held on Friday the
eighteenth of June. Of couse, if a
different time will suit better,
either for electing delegates to
the Township Convention, or for
holding of the Township Convention,
you will not follow our suggestion
.
The Executive Committee has
appointed one man in each Township
to see that his township his
thorouerhlv organized and the del
egates elected to the Convention.
The Committee appointed are as
follows. Harlleesville, R. P.
Stackhouse, Carmichael, R. P.
Hamer Jr; Manning-, W. J. Carter,
Bethea, John D. Coleman;
Kirby, C. G. Bruce; Wahee, B.
F Dill; Moody, D. M. Dew;
Marion, William Stackhouse;
Reaves, S. W. Smtth; Hillsboro,
R. K. Hayes; LeGette and Rowell,
R. E. Smith; Brittons Neck
and Woodbury, W. H. Thompson.
In naming the above committees,
it was not the purpose of the
Executive Committee .0 place the
entire burden of organizating the
township upon these gentlemen,
but it was simply to have some
man who would take charge of
the matter and act as chairman
of a committee to be chosen by
each township? We expect you
to co-oj>erate with the gentlemen
above named. We will furnish
blanks upon which the reports
from the schoQls and townships
should be made. We will send
these blanks to the committeemen
aboved named, and you can get
them by calling upon the committeeman
appointed from your
township. We want each township
to be represented by a full
delegation at the Convention to be
neid at Mullins, as it promises to
be the most successful one in the
history of the Association.
We are making effort * to have
distinguished speakers from a distance
to be present to address the
Convention. We expect to travel
out of the old beaten paths and
give the people something new.
Of course this means that some
expense must be incurred, but
the advantages to be derived are
so'great, and the amounts expected
from each township are so
small, that we confidently expect
each township to respond promptly
and cheerfully.
We suggest that the Treasurer
from eacn township bring with
him the contribution of his township,
and we think the following
sums should be paid by the various
townships, to wit: Marion
Township, Twenty Dollars; Mul*
lins, Fifteen Dollars; Reaves Fifteen
Dollars; Manning. Fifteen
Dollars; Harlleesville, Ten'Dollars
Kirby, Sever. 1 'ollais; Hillsboro
Seven Dollars; Carmichael, Seven
Dollars. LeGette and Rowel 1, Five
Dollars; Wahee, Three Dollars;
Brittons Neck and Woodbury.
Three Dollars.
Respectfully,
J. W. JOHNSON,
D. K. McDUFFIE,
R. J. BLACKWELL,
J. C. SELLERS.
J. D. McLUCAS,
E. C. EDWARDS.
Executive Committee.
Program of (he Pee Dee Baptist Sunday
School Association.
The Pee Dee Baptist Sunday
School Association will convene
in the Dillon Baptist Church May
28th. and 26th. There will be no
Sunday service on account of the
Graded School Commencement.
The sessions of the Association
will close with the service on Saturday
evening. The following
programs have been prepared:
FRIDAY MAY 29TH.
10.30 Devotional exercise.
10.45 Enrollment of delegates
and' organizotian.
11. Discussion: "The Development
of the Sunday School Idea
in the Bible," By G. T. Gresham
and H. C, Brabham.
11.30. "Music in the Sunday
School," By Dr. \V. B- Oliver.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
3.30. Devotional exercises.
3.45 " The Sunday School as an
Evangelizing Agency," By A E.
C. Pittman.
4.10 "The Sunday School as a
Developing factor in the Mill
Community.'' By W. C.Wallace.
EVENT NO SESSION
8.30 "The Organized Sunday
School," By B. K. Mason.
9. "Teacher Training," By R.
Ford.
SATURDAY MORNING MAY 19TH.
10. Devotional exercises.
10.15 Address by Dr. II. \V.
Spillman, Field Sec. of the Sunday
School Board.
10.45 "Constructive Geography
in the Sunday School ."By J.J.
Douglas.
11.15 "Helps and their Use in
the Sunday School," By J. A.
Mason and J. I. Allen.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
3.30 Institute work by B. W.
Spillman.
4. "The Practical Application of
Modern Methods to the Sunday
Schools of this Association.
EVENING SESSION.
8.30 Address, "Baptists in Sunday
School History," By B. W.
Spillman.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by the orchestra of the
Florence Baptist Church.
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Closing Exercises.
The commencement exercises
will be held at the High School
Auditorium, beginning on Sunday,
May 30, with a sermon by Dr. S.
C. Bird, president of Ciiicora college,
Greenville, S. C.
On Monday evening, May 31,
Prof. L. T. Baker, of the Department
of Pedagogy, University of
South Carolina, will deliver the
annual commencement address.
The past year Mr. T. B. Stackhouse
offered a medal for the best
essay from the pupils of the Tenth
grade of the Dillon school. Six
pupils entered the contest for this
medal and Mr. Stackhouse has been
invited to be present on Monday
evening to present this medal.
This is the first medal that has
ever been offered for anything
since the school was established.
and thejrecipient of this medal may
justly feel some pride in winning
th:s distinction.
Theie will be no graduating
class this year, as the present elev?a?th
grade had their class exercises
last year, and the tenth grade
will not graduate until they complete
the eleventh year, as the
eleventh grade has been permanently
added to the High School
course.
The last week of school will be
given to final examinations.
ALBERT PRINCE EDWARDS.
1 Born May 27. 1846. Died May 13. 1909
Few men have attained to that
high eminence which ennobles man
hood and lifts them up as an object
lesson to the world is an undeniable
truth that (lod in his infinite
wisdom in creating all things.
His crowning act, His noblest
work was shown when he made an
1
honest man. Horn and reared in
Marion county his life was with
people who knew him and honored (
him for rugged virtues. His so upulous
honesty and uncompromising
adherr.nce to truth, and to
know the subject of this notice (
was to know a man in the truest
sense of the word. As a friend, j
no one felt a keener interest in all
who were worthy to be classed
, i
among his ft iends. Hypocracy
was a foreign element in his char- J
acter, deception as a means to en- '
rich himself, even the thought of
such subterfuge was an insult to
his noble nature. He died as he '
had lived, trusting Him who is
mighty to save, ready and willing
to be ushered into the presence of
(
his Savior and his king. He was
a consistent member of the Dillon
M. E church. He did more than J
pay his dues. His life was an open
book and could be read of all men
that he followed in the footsteps ^
of his Master.
He was only sixteen years old.
when he took his father s place in
the ranks of the 8th S. C. Regt.,
while (Irant invested Petersburg,
Ya. Hoy as he was he did a man's
duty, when the end came and our
Southland had rest from her baptism
of blood, he with ex-sheriff
Evans, tramp* .1 back, worn out
but with brave unfaltering heart
to fi^ht for existence, midst thieves
and carpet-baggers. Mr. Edwards
lived bv farming: the lava few vear<
of his life he made Dillon his home.
He married iss Penny Rodberts
she, one daughter, Mrs. Clyde
Carmiehatl, and five grand children
survive him. His last illness
was long and his suffering was intense,
yet, he bore it all without a
murmur, ever thoughtful for those
who ministered to him, insisting
tor them to leave him alone and ,
rest. His Masonic brethren t??ok <
charge of his remains and with all
due honors laid him away in Mt. 1
Holly cemetery. The long eoncourse
that tollowed his remains ,
to the grave was a merited tribute
to his worth. M <
Civic League Notes ]
At a recent meeting of the
League it was decided to hold
meetings monthly instead semiweeklv
as heretofore . They will
be held on the fourth Friday in (
each month at five o'clock in the
town hall.
There will be a meeting of the
League tomorrow (Friday) after*
noon at five o'clock. Members
are requested to be present.
It will be of interest to the public
to know that in a short while
an artesian well will be placed
near the depot. Arrangements
are now being made to begin
work.
In a few weeks the League will
have an entertainment in the form <
of "A Trip Around The World." |
The inhabitants of Dillon will <
have an opportunity of visiting
foreign countries with out travelinnr
Kit ttro
The mayor and council have
promised to co-operate with the
League in work that cannot be ac- ^
complished otherwise. We thank 1
these gentlemen for their kind- <
ness.
The Herald also comes in for a
share of our appreciation for the
prominence it has given our
League notes and the splendid
work Mr. Jordan has done for us
in his editorials.
Mrs. C. R. Taber, Secretary.
The Dillon Herald $1.50 a year.
Homicide at Hamer.
News has been received in Dillon
of a killing which occurred at
Hanier Saturday. The principals
were negro tramps who had been
employed for several days at Mi.
Kilgore's saw mill. The shooting
occur red at the home of Mr. J. F.
Uruham where the negroes who
were tramping on the railroad towards
Rowland stopped to get a
drink of water. The man who did
the killing is Charlie (irecr, said
t
to be from Sumter, and according
to letters found on hi*- person by
Magistrate Mcliachern the dead
man is Ilenrv Jones and hails from
Georgetown. The negroes were
strangers to each other until a few
hours before the killing. Jones,
it seems, had stolen a pistol from
Greer and when the negroes stopped
at Mr. Graham's house Greer
suddenly caught Jones in the collar,
accused him of the theft, pressed
a pistol against his abdomen
and lircd. The bullet pierced the
intestines and the negro died in 20
minutes. As the negro fell he exclaimed:
"I put your pistol in yonder
pile of erossties." When a
search was made the missing weapon
was found at the spot indicated.
Greer fled immediately after
the shooting and concealed himself
in an abandoned shanty at To
icr ? saw mm. Air. .1. i*. Martin who
run., a store at Hnmcr learned of
the negroe's hiding place and Saturday
night about 11 o'clock proceeded
to the mill and placed the
fugitive under arrest. Sunday the
prisoner was carried to Marion and
placed in jail. The dead negro
was buried near I lamer Sunday
afternoon by some members of his
race.
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Farmer Falls bead as tie gaises Gun to
Shoot Automobile Party.
Chnrlotte ObNwrver.
Saturday evening as Dr. and
Mrs. T. M- McBrayer and children
were returning from the country
in an automobile, driven by a
young man named Thonipsaf4?
the* were met b\ two farmers
riding in a buggy. Thompson
stopped his cat and asked them to
pass. This they refused to do,
but each got out of the buggy,
and while one held the mule the
other man, whose name was John
Walker, was in the act of leveling
i gun at the party, when he fell
to the ground in an unconscious
:ondition, his death occurring
within an hour.
In the meantime Dr. McBrayer
lid everything iu his power to
>ave his life. There seems to be
much prejudice among the country
people against the automobiles,
ind this man, from all appearinces,
must have been prepared
[or an emergency of this kind, as
tie had a gun and a box of cartridges
in his buggy and there is
10 telling what the outcome
would have been had he carried
>ut his design.
An Empty Shell.
The marble slab before the door,
Suggestive of the last sad end,
Memorial oft, of wealth and worth,
The closing scene last end of men.
We sought to learn the heroic dead,
The epitaph revealed the news,
And the tears from Brick's sad eyes,
L. Gottiugham was selling shoes.
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Statement.
Of cotton from the churches
5f Kentyre, Pee Dee, and Hamer,
[or the years 1907 and 1908:
Total amount of seed cotton 10726
Seed cotton to Kentyre, 6264
Pee Dee, 3599
'' Hamer, 863
Total amount of lint cotton 3789
which was sold for to i Si
Making a total amount of $384.56
iivided as follows.
Kentyre $222.01
Pee Dee, $129.58
Hamer, 30.97
Hauling, 2.00
$384.56 $384.56.
N >t many left of those $1.50
books now going at half price.
Herald Hook Store.
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