The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, June 02, 1909, Image 1
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|; ESTABLISHED IN 189S. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1909. VOL. 14, NO. 18
I FREE HEADSTONES
; Furnished by U. S. Government
to mark graves of
Revolutionary Soldiers.
I .* A fe\v years ago Congress pass.
ed a bill directing the War Department
to furnish headstones free of
charge laid down at the nearest
Inci^ui. uepot ior tne unmarked
graves of all soldiers who fought
in any way for the United States.
In accordanee with this Act of
Congress the War Department is
ready to send headstones upon request
to any one who will locate
the graves and prove the services
of soldiers whether they fought in
the Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican
War, skirmishes with Indians
or in any way bore arms in defense
of the United States. The daughters
of the American Revolution
in this State have taken up the
work of trying to find and mark
forgotten and nameless graves of
Revolutionary, soldiers. By res
t cuing: these names from oblivion
and reviving memories and tradition
of these brave men we pay
them tardv honors which are welldeserved.
The circular of information issued
by the War Department states
tliaf unnn orvnlinnflrvr*
p- %.?|>v/ii f?|/|/ii\.(iiiv7a IU inc
JF' Quartermaster (ieneral, U. S.
K Army, headstones will be furnishedfor
unmarked graves of sold'ers,
[sVyfailors and marines who served in
the State Militia or the Army or
(: Navv of the United States during
war whether regular or volanteer,
and whether they died in
the service or since their muster
' * ?mt or discharge therefrom. These ,
' headstones are of best American
ttajpbite marble, 39 inches long, 12
i':. inches wide and 4 :nches thick,
ffijpift top slightly rounded and the
&90rtion of the stone which will be
|Mjbove the ground when set is sand
fobbed; each headstone is inscribwith
the name, rank (if above
Ihvate), company and State regiment
or other organization to which
be deceased belonged, cut in re- ,
lef within a sunken shield. No
ieviation can be made from these
pecifications which are prescribed (
(V the Secretary of W ar and the
iw does not provide for any exenditure
for fences or for any
urpose except for the headstone
s above described; neither is it
iwful to make any money allownce
in place of furnishing a headtone.
Headstones will be shipped,
reight prepaid by the Governnent.
onlv +o the nr>ar<?ct mi
iitation or steamboat landing; they
Will not be delivered to street ad- .
dresses or to the cemetery." ,
r Every D. A. R. Chapter in (
South Carolina should be earnest- .
1y and actively interested in this ,
Ooble and praise-worthy work. ,
Battles and skirmishes were fought
all over the State from the moun- ,
tains to the seaboard; the British ,
and Tories invaded all portions of ,
the country and almost every able- >
hodied man and youth had to join ,
It militia in defense of homes and
nilies; hence there are thousands
graves of Revolutionary soldiers
thin our borders. It will re- <
ire much time, patience and
reful investigation to find these
ftv<a$ and obtain all the necessaHuformation,
therefore Chapters
r\uld begin work at once. No- '
cVlAM 1H Kp tncprfarl in A 1
Hpr papers of each county calling '
Hkention to this liberality of the ^
fe-: ?overnment and asking assistance 1
Hbm every one who can give in- '
ErlBrmation. Country churchyards
plantation burying grounds
B&^Hpt be examined; and all tradi^T^Hfns
thoroughly sifted for the truth 1
is almost sure to be found. <
afigB^hen the graves are located, the 1
SfiMkt step is to find some reliable <
JCaMpaon in the neighborhood who 1
consent to have the headstone i
to his address and will agree 1
Ik,. ,.\ j*-.-i* - tW. _
to put it in proper position when
it arrives. This should be done
before any application is made to
the War Department for a headstone.
The services of the soldier must
next be proved Official proofs
are necessary, taken from the records
of this or other States, the
United States pension office or the
War Department. It is almost impossible
tc get information from
the South Carolina records; they
have never been indexed and the
officials in charge of them are not
yet ready to furnish any data.
Sometime ago "The State'' published
lists of Revolutionary soldiers,
which were cooied from the
records through the courtesy of
Secretary of State Gantt. These
lists were ananged alphabetically
but unfortunately their publication
ceased with the letter G.
These lists will be of aid in verifying
the services of soldiers
whose names begin with the first
letters of the alphabet. A true
copy of the roll of Sumter's Brigade
was furnished by Mr. J. T.
Gantt, while Secretary of State,
to the Fourth Report of the National
D. A. R. published by the
Smithsonian Institute. This contains
the names of hundreds of
soldiers and will be of great assistance.
The Commissioner of pensions
in the Department of the Interior
at Washington will reply very
prompllv and fully to letters inquiring
for the records of soldiers.
It is better to write a separate letter
for each soldier.
The War Department will reply
to letters from Chapter Regents
signed officially, giving the names
of the Chapters.
After the services of the soldier
have been proved, then write to
the Quartermaster General, U. vS.
Army and ask him for Application
Blanks for headstones for soldier's
graves. Fill out the blank exactly
according to directions and returns
to the Quartermaster General.
If it meets with his approbation
then a card will be returned
saying that "the application will
be filled in its regular order. Requests
are received for thousands
of headstones annually and considerable
time is required to accurately
list the names for the printer,
ipake proper record thereof,
have the headstones cut, and lettered
under contract as required
by law apd ship them by freight to
places distributed all over the
United States, where they are
transferred to applicants. It is impracticable
therefore for the Department
to fix any definite date
when these headstones will reach
the noint?; of Knt ?r>rvi;_
?- J * "PF*1
canis arc assured that the headstones
requested by them will be
supplied in every proper case and
at the earliest possible date."
Experience has shown that it is
generally twelve months before a
stone is shipped, so Chapters
should begin work immediately as
the delays are many and vexatious.
^rs. F. Louise Mayes,
Mrs. W. C. Kirkland,
Miss Kate Lilly Blue,
Com. on Revolutionary Graves,
S. C. N. A. R.
President Taft came very near"
seing arrested the other day for
sicking flowers in the ground of-i
he TVnnrhnonl a# A .... 1 ^
?_t? ? ? ? ?. ui ii^iiv-uiiurc.
Even ;i President must keep off the
jrass in Uucle Jimmie Wilson's
bailiwick.
^ ?
When the New York papers
showed a disposition to give undue
publicity to the smuggling frauds
>f the sugar trust the trust promp:ly
placed page advctisements in
jach of the dailies and the pubicity
ceased. The members of
.he sugar trust are diplomats,
whatever else they may be.
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| GOLD MINES
IN DILLON DIRT. z
One who Knows Says the
Lands Round Dillon are
Excellent for Trucking. ] :
Would Join Company,
Purchase 500 Acres of r
Land and Engage in
Trucking. Some Telegrams
that Argue Elo- K
quentlyfor the Trucking
Industry. K
The article in the last issue of
The Herald, "Trucker's Reaping
Golden Harvest," has aroused
some interest in the trucking
industry around Dillon. Our q
people are beginning to find out
that truck raising is a profitable
industry and the chances are that
the "Trucker's Association" referred
to in The Herald will j,
be formed before another season
rolls round. Several gentlemen
who have paid some little atten ^
tiontothe industry have expressed ^
themselves as interested in the or- ^
gani/.ation of a local association
for experimental purposes and if1 I
as many as six can be induced to j.
plant two acres of truck theindusC}
try can be made profitable as well ,
as experimental. There is no! V
K
doubt in The Herald's mind but
that twelve acres of truck planted
at the same time under the rules /
r n
ot an association will return a j
handsome profit on the investment. ,
11
The idea is to plant entirely for
shipment and not for local eon,
... ol
sumption and carctul estimates j ^
show that 11 acres will produce
enough of a certain vegetable to
make up a car load for each ship- 0,
ment.
A gentleman who has been in- n,
terested in Dillon real estate from ai
the day the town was born and p]
who still owns land around Dillon cj
read the article in last week's r(
Herald and gives the plan endorsement.
He lives in a section j.,
where trucking has bten made a ir
profitable industry and having j.
made a study of the industry his tc
views on the subject are valuable. ,r
We refer to Capt. J. B. Edgerton, u.
of Goldsboro, N. C., and take 'p
pleasure in publishing a letter e(
from him on the subject which st
offers some valuable suggestions: jj
"I am sending you some tele- j]
grams showing what our beans n
are selling for. There is as good ^
trucking land for strawberries, Q.
melons,asparagus, lettuce, ]>eas t(
3 1 -3 it- - - '
<iuu ucaus iiruunu me town 01 iJU- 01
Ion as there are in the south. If n
I were a younger man I would ^
like to join a party of 5, 6. or 10
good men and buy 500 acres of
land exclusively for this purpose
and join them in a trucking busi- i
ness. n
In my little travels around the g<
town of Dillon I have had my eye ^
on some lands that I know .are/
first class for trucking and I havd( .
wondered why some one did not
go into this business.
"You understand that a man
can raise a crop of peas or beans
and make as much or more
rr
cotton on the same land, the same y
year, as if he had not planted it in ^
peas or beans. You understand
that he plants this crop early and ^
at the proper time puts cotton be- ^
tween each row and makes as j
good crop of cotton as if he had ^
not planted beans.
"My son-in-law last year made
more cotton per acre in his bean
o
field than he did where he did not
a
plant beans, as the cotton later in
the season gets the fertilizer from
the bean vine crop,"
Accompanying Col. Edgerton's Y
letter were several telegrams from r
New York and Boston commission v
1 houses to Goldsboro truckers t
showing returns from bean ship- r
ments. The telegrams are print- J
.1 below:
New Vork, Mav 26th, 1909.
. M. Jeffrys,
Cioldsboro, N. C.
fax beans sold two-fifty.
Phillipps Son.
Boston, May 27, 19<)9.
. 1. 11ester,
Cioldsboro, X. C.
Seventy-three baskets hwans
eeived. Sold two-fifty.
Chapin B ros.
New Vork, May 27, 19<?9.
. J. Hester,
Holdsboro, X. C.
Creech wax two-fifty. Sold
reen dollar seventy-five.
E. R. Brockett Co.
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OR. HATCHER'S IMPRESSIONS.
f billon and Latta as Told in an Article
to the Religious herald The
Able Divine Eloquent sn His Praises of
the People of the Two Towns.
In an article to the Religious
[erahl Dr. \V. E. Matcher writes
s follows of Dillon and Latta:
"From Edgefield to Dillon was
0111 the old to new Dillon has
ardlv attained its majority since
le first shovel of dirt was lifted
1 its making, now, with its bcauful
streets, its gleaming electric
ylits, its fresh and lovely, and
ven elegant homes, and its busing
and enterprising people, it
els some of the grandeur of a
ty. This was my second visit to
illon, as was also my late meet.
I cr !.t 1 -1.
6 V IIVIVI ill) OVV_wiivi \>U| K
lerc. ! found Herbert A. Wils,
a son of Orange county, Va.,
tie of the multitudinous Willises
f the Northern Piedmont, as the
itely installed pastor of Dillon,
nd tru!v I have not seen !<>r
tanv month ; of Sundays a neater
r better-braced fit than that of
>*il 1 is and his new charge. Our
leetincr here is ncarinjr its end,
id the ingathering, while ineoniIcte,
has brought threat joy to the
lurch and to the town. It is al;ady
clear that the ranks of our
aptist people will be sensibly en.r^ed
and the Sunday-school is
tounting up to proportions never
nown before. It would be difli>
enumerate the visitors from
tany directions which have run
1 to jret a taste of the meeting,
'he famous Joel Allen, the crown
3 chieftain among the money-rai.ts
of South Carolina Baptists,
ves here. He seems to rank casy
as the first citizen, and while
o longer the pastor of the church
ere, he is still one of its most valrous
and inspiring leaders. Yes;rday,
Brother Willis drove me
ut to Latta, a young town seven
files off, and also a station on the
itlantic Coast Line railroad. In
opulation it is, 1,000 strong, and
ic Baptists are just completing
ne 01 tne nanasomest houses oi
'orship in the State. It is simply
lagnificent; it cost the church
:>mething over $100 per member
) build it, and there is not to be
dollar's debt when they dedicate
I uncover my brow in honor
f a church so plucky, so enterrising,
and so happy.
"Already my heart grows
eavy at the thought of bowing
lyself out of Dillon. Of course,
am wedded to the Baptist folk of
he community; I admire them
nd rejoice in them, and surely
an never forget them, nor must I
ail to mention the hospitality and
he nobility of the community. 1
ave heard that towns are not
lade, but that they grow. They
mde this one, and it is doing its
wn growing, and that in a great
nd beautiful way."
An Irishman was painting a
louse and working with great
apidity. Someone asked hirr
vhvhe was in such a rush. "I'it
rying to get through," the Irish
nan replied: "before the paini
fives out." ?Ex
RANCKE-LANE.
Miss Aima Ranckc, ot Lumberton,
Becomes the Bride
of Mr. F. M. Lane, of Dillon
S. C. A Beautiful
Church Wedding.
Lumlu-rteu Kolit'sonum:
One of the prettiest weddings
ever solemnized in Lumberton
took pluce at the Methodist
church Tuesday evening when
Miss Alma Koxanna. daughter of
Mr. (t. L. Kancke, of Lumberton,
became the bride of Mr. Frederick
Marvin Lane, a young
farmer who lives near Dillon, S.
C.
Nothing could have been prettier
than the way in which the
color scheme of green and white
was expressed. A beautiful arch
of white jasamine spanned the
choir recess in rear of the pulpit,
and ivcv and potted ferns were
banked in profusion within the
chancel, from which a white
pathway strcchcd down the center
aisle to the front entrance,
white streamers stretching down
either side ar.d across the entiance
to this aisle.
A lartfc crowd assembled to
witness the ceremony, and
before the appointed hour N:3()
o'clock, the church was tilled to
its capacity .'list before the
i bridal party enured i.-.s Lula
Humphrey san^ ''!lee 'use < iod
Made Thee Mine". iss Kcbecca
Ward play in.c orsran accoinpauiment,
and as Miss Ward playid
the Bridal Chorum front L >!tenyrin
the bridal party enter-. ?1 in the
following" order: M ssers II. (*.
Rancke, brother of the !>:i;le. of
Rockingham. ami r. S. \* Lane. I
brother of the "room, of Dil'on.
ushers; the }rr?<-.?ni and his best
man, his brother, Mr. J. P.
Lane of Dillon; Miss Bessie
Lane, sister of the groom, maid
of honor, who wore a prineess
of white batiste and carried a
shower bouqtr t of white carnations;
'lower children, Lula Xormcnt
and Harold Humphrey,
1 J '
Master Harold carrying on his
arm a basket of llowers and little
Miss Lula scattering rose
leaves in the pathway of the
bride, who approached the alter,
on either side of whirh the crmr.m
and t he attendants had arranged
themselves, leaning on the arm
of her father, Mr. (5. 12. Raneke,
who gave her away. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. 12.
M. Hoyle, pastor of the church,
of which the bride is a member,
while Miss Ward played "Hearts
and flowers." As the party
1 retired from the church Miss
Ward played Mendelssohn's
Wedding March. The bride was
beautifully gowned in a princess
of white messeline satin and
1 carried a large shower bouquet
of bride's roses tied with white
ribbon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lane left on the
Seaboard train for Wilmington
Tuesday night without inform
ing anyone as to their destina1
tion. The train was late and
they did not get away until
about one o'clock. The bride's
going-way dress was a gray tailored
gown. The many handsome
presents received bear witness
to the popularity of the
' young couple. Mrs. Lane is
well known to Robesonian read
ers, as she worked on this paper
some two years ago as local reporter.
- l' \r j t *
xvicssts. o. v .ana j. i'. L,ane
left Tuesday night for their home
in Dillon. Mr. II. C. Rancke
left last night for Rockingham.
I Miss Flora Watson, of Dillon,
x who came Saturday to attend the
x wedding, and Miss Bessie Lane
. will be guests for a week at the
t home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Humphrey.
WASHINGTON LETTER
News From Our Busy Capital
It is gratify in fir to learn that
Congress is likely to complete the
tariff bill by July 1, but it would
be infinitely more so to know that
it was to be a j^ood bill. There
has been much talk in the newspapers,
not excluding some of the
most prominent Republican publications,
of President Tal't's vetoing
the tariff bill it it did not
make ko'>1 the pledges of the
party, but such predictions arc
gradually subsiding and we fear
the President is yeilding to th*
blandishments of Aldrich and the
rest of the highbinders in the Senate.
From a purely Democratic
standpoint it would be gratifying
to see the President sign a bill
which makes a monkey of the
voters and will so far outrage
their feelings as to insure the c >ndemnation
of the people at the
pools. From the broader standpoint
of patrietism and philanthropy,
in the licst sense of the
word, however, it will be deplorable
if anything resembling
the Senate ariffbil! is written on
tin. clMti>l,.c W'K..,i... u:?i
V..W .Hl'lkliv.l. ?? litlK, \ V I IIIV l/l II
may be which Mr. Taft signs it
will remain on the statutes for
years. This is inevitable. A
Democratic majority may l>e
elected to the House but it will lie
a long time before the political
complexion of the Senate can be
changed ami if the new tarilT law
robs the consumers for the benefit
of cetf in favored manufacturers
that robbery will go on for
| a lone lime Therefore, even at
j the loss of political advantages,
' we h'?!>e to see the best possible
j tariff bill enacted. Incidentally,
| too, we should be sorry to see
the President of the United
States, regardless of the party
which elected him, approve a
measure "of per fid v and dishonor''
or yield one iota to the men who
11? .1 1 ? ? i 4
arc oiauuuiv declaring that there
is no consumer.
Senator Bailey of Texas, explaining
his vote for a tariff on
lumber, said that the Democratic
National Convention had no right
to declare, in its platform, for
free lumber, that such a declaration
was an interference with
the legislative functions of Democratic
Senators and Representatives
and that he did not purpose
to be bound by the party
platform. If a national party
convention has no right to bind
the party which it represents who
has? And if the national platform
cannot be taken as an indication
of the views and purpose
of the oartv it would
ing to know what can.
The customs officials arc finding:
all sorts of crookedness in the
administration of the New York
customs house, The sugar trust
smuggling is almost a national
scandal and innumerable instances
of a minor character have been
unearthed. The difficulty in
preventing smuggling is that few
men believe in their hearts that
the government is just when it
imposes a tax on imports, and
therefore, few have any conscientious
scruples about violating
the customs laws.
The President has urged John
Hays Hammond, the notable
mining engineer, to aecept the
post of Minister to China and Mr.
Hammond has refused. Mr.
Taft then asked Mr. Hammond
to find for him the right man for
the place. It is a peculiar commentary
that the President should
have so much difficulty in filling
this place that he has to ask a
i *' v ' \
civilian to find him a man.
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