The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, July 29, 1909, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED IN 1895. V DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 29, 1909. VOL 15, NO. 26
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I ^ALLEGED ERRORS X
IN COUNTY SURVEY.
Mr.A -Wiswall, Non-Official
Surveyor, Holds Up New ^
County Election on Alleg- 1
? ed Errors in Survey. T
it- > * Gov. Ansel will have (
^ Lines Re- Surveyed. J
The following is taken from v
M the Marion Star: J
' Two additional lines have been U
surveyed across the county by Mr. a
Howard Wiswall, Jr., of Charleston,
with the result that it is T
found that at each point Messrs. |
Hamby and Beatty were in error ?
in makintr tVifMf
o ?iiiap. 'ine error (<
, in each instance placed Little Pee
Dee and Great J/>ee Dee rivers h
farther apart^Jk.-''their map than S
they reallrf are, which has the s'
effect of sWiowingr a greater num/
^>er S(/uare miles than there "
really is.) will be remembered
that whefn the othei errors were v
discoverfed( about
two weeke ago, I v
Govern^ Ansel was notified, I
Commi^ssjoner Mace taking Mr. f?
Wiswall, who discovered the er- ^
rors, before the governor and the
errors were pointed out to him- r<
These errors as was explained to
the governor at th,J time were js
found in the length of straight s<
lines across the county, as follows?
The first line from the A. C. L.
crossing on the Great Pee Dec v
River directly through the town a
of Marion to Sandy Bluff on Lit?
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nc rcc kjee river, tne second line
beginning at the same point on q
the Great Pee Dee river and run- ft
' ning to Gallivants Ferry, a point
considerably lower on Little Pee v
Dee; the third line beginning at la
Dewitts Bluff, north of the mouth
of Catfish, on Great Pee Dee river ?
running directly east to where it sj
strikes Little Pee Dee river. In rr
each instance the error found
showed that the surveyors had v
mapped the county about a half r<
a mile too broad. In addition to
these errors it was pointed out to 01
the governor that the map made
by Surveyors Hamby and Beatty
showed the county to be more rt
than half a mile broader b tween
Great Pee Dee river, at the mouth a
of Mill Creek, and Lumber river S
at the mouth of Ashpole, than
was shown by a survey made by
J. W. Brunson of Florence. J'
Copies of these mav haye been
turned over to the governor with
the request that he select a sur
vcyor 10 iesi mese measurements p(
across the county, and the j*over- s
nor has said that he will select a C(
competent and unbiased survey- ol
or, and one who has not been w
connected with eitner side ol the ?p
Ik controversy, have him examine js
^ the maps and after this is done te
either have him test these lines as \
requested, or have the whole
county re-surveyed. ai
Meanwhile, Commissioner Mace m
wishing to test Messrs. Hamby ar
and Beatty's survey still further, st
had Mr. Wiswall survey two additional
lines across the county at pj
lower points. The first one l)e- Cl
jtfns at Allison's Ferry on Great
Pee Dee river, southeast to a
y point on Little Pee Dee river. at
Very little error was tound in the
line from Allison's Ferry to Rich- sj.
ardson's Ferry it being: only 550 Q
f* hilt Kplniir fVlof fr/\m Cn.Ijk'..
... tivm uuiAiii a jjj
Mills across the country it was cc
Jound that it had increased to 1-7 lo
00 ft. nearly a third of a mile.
This leaves no doubt whatever p.
about the matter. There is an
. error of at least from 15 to 25
square miles in Messrs. Hamby w
and Beatty 's calculation as to the "
territory left in the old county, cl
and as they claimed only 510 01
square miles in the old county, the al
constitutional requirement of 500
square miles cannot be complied fa
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\aRION CONSTABLt ' S>VED.
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iy
Officer at Mai lory to Esc?|
Y
Bingham, Jfly 21.?Specia
kVm. D. Smij; of Mall >r, , becan
mmanagabl and was fined f<
"aisin^- a r->v. He was asked
esign his position as policemai
)n his refusal to do so a meetir
?f the council in the office of Ii
endiot Bruce declared his offi<
acant of removal, and ordert
fr. Smith's arrest, but he hi
?ft the town, and has not bet
pprehended.
Free State News.
Omitted last week by error.)
Little Miss Gertrude Roge
as returned home from Ced;
Iprings, where she has been
chool for the past nine months.
Mrs. M. A. Ellen spent Sundj
i Lrftta with relatives.
Miss Mary Swarm, of Bennett
ille, visited Miss Ruth Hays la
reek.
Mrs. H. W. Parham spent
;w days last week with her so
V. W. Parham, of Bingham.
Miss Ida Rowland is visitir
elatives in Bennettsville.
Mrs. J B. Steele, of Kingstre
; expected Thursdav to st>ei
amc time with Mrs. Oscar Fen
an.
Mr. Arthur Rogers of Bisho
ille, is visiting his parents, M
nd Mrs. D. S. Rogers. Cor.
Mrs. Belle Blake of Dunn, I
. spent last week with her siste
Irs. H. W. Pa^ham.
Miss Mary Swerve of Benett
ille, visited Miss Ruth Hay<
ist week.
Misses Alieq and Alma Poo <
Arlington are expected soon
jend some tim$ with their schoc
late, Miss Florence Allen.
Mr. Arthur Rogers of Bisho
ille spent last week with his p
mts here.
Mr. Ed Fenegan is in Lake Ci
i business today.
Mrs. J. B. Steele of Kingstr*
>ent a few days last week wil
datives in this section.
Mrs. Delia Newton of Clio v,
visitor down here Friday ar
aturday.
Miss Belle Moore spent part <
st week with the family of M
m Moore of Latta. Cor.
SECOND CROP IRISH POTATOES.
After digging the first crop, tf
jtatoes intended for seed for th
:cond should be stored in a dr
>ol place. They may be sprea
it on the barn floor and covere
ith straw, hay or dry san<
he second crop of Irish potato*
usually planted during the la
r part of July or first half <
ugust. For two or three weel
ifore planting the seed potatoe
*e sometimes exnosed an
oisture which hastens sproutir
id may aid in securing a bette
and.
If the potatoes are sprouting ?
anting time it may be well t
it them, otherwise probably it
;st not to cut them.
As the weather is usually h<
id sometimes dry at the seaso
le second crop is planted, the
lould be nl?nt#?d ratb#?r J
well prepared, rich soil. Ro
if? after planting is advised t
>nfpi~t the soil which has bee
osened by thorough preparatioi
Raleigh C.) Progressiv
irmer.
In the article appearing in las
eek's issue of the Herald heade
A New Creadon" the writer dii
aims any intention of reflectin
\ the good name of the individi
named or on the ancient rac
ith whom the oracles of the lb
ig ftod were entrusted. His pn
ijindj respect for them no one ca
Won. M.
FLIES STOPPED A TRAIN.
>e Peculiar Cause that Brought an F.ngin
in Canada to a Standstill.
il: A few days ago the Gram
le Trunk flyer going East was ii
ar hard luck, says the Baltimon
to American. At Napanee th
n. steam box on the big engine go
ig overworked, or something, am
n- refused to continue the journey
ce The timely arrival of a freigh
id train helped. The cars wen
id shunted to a siding and the freigh
in engine brought into commissioi
on the express, taking it as far a
Brockville, when another large en
*: gine was secured.
| Now comes the peculiar part o
the troubles of that train. Whei
about 20 miles out of Cornwall i
rs ran into a sea of peculiar flies
ar There were millions* of them?
in perhaps billions, but the train wa
going so fast it was impossible t
ay count them. The cars becam
quite dark as the train plowei
s. through the mass of insects, am
st then the train came to anothe
sudden stop. The engine \va
a full of flies. The little thing
n, were ground into a mass in th
driving rod. They were in every
thing on the engine.
The train had been plowing
through the flies at a mile a min
id ute for several miles. The tracl
e- was covered with crushed insect
and the engine wheels balked a
p. going round on it. After a littl
r. ]tcrsuasii>n and a lot of cleaning
up. the train went upon its \va;
again.
- On arrival at Montreal the en
r* gine presented a truly euriou
spectacle. The bars of the cow
catcher were filled right tip witl
f.s flies. On the front of the engin<
they were several inches thick.
C)f ROY WILKES PROTESTED AT LATT>
to RACES.
?1A
formal protest was entere<
against Roy Wilkes, the famou
little trotter owned by Mr. How
a" ard Cannon of Florence, at th<
Latta races last Wednesday. I
ty is alleged that Itoy is what i
known in race track parlance as ?
"ringer," his name having beei
changed to cover an official recorc
th of 213 which it is said was enter
ed against him in Atlanta. Roy ha
as been a great favorite in the Cir
id cuit where he has won quite .
number of races and if he is bar
f red from further participation ir
0 the meets or is taken out of th<
r' 2.20 class it will be a greatdissap
pointment to his many admirers
In justice to Mr. Cannon, how
ever, it mav be stated that he knev
nothing of Roy's record and hai
,e a written guarantee from his for
it niwi uwhci , it weauny race norse
y dealer, that Roy's record is noi
^ below the 2.20 class. Mr. Cannor
. says when he first bought Roj
that he could not go a mile in 3t
* and that he was sold to him under
js the name of Roy Wilkes. If it
is shown that Roy is a "ringer"
no moral responsibility attaches tc
Mr. Cannon who is held in high
:s regard all over the Circuit,
:s President Gibson of the Pee Dee
d Circuit, is of the opinion that there
g is no foundation for the charges.
Cursory
it "Eddie," said the teacher, "can
o vou give a definition of cursory;
js The word is generally used in connection
with public speaking. For
examnle. we often read that
body made a few cursory remyks.'
n Please write a sentence containing
u the word cursory."
After a brief struggle Eddie
evolved this:
"Yesterday my pa helped mv
:o ma to hang pictures, and when the
n l?.dder fell after pa had climed to
j the top of it he bumped his head
against the corner of the dining
^ room table and then made a few
cursory remarks."
,t NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
d Morris Fass?Cut Price Sale,
i- Cheraw Board of Trade?Cel?
g ebration day August 17th.
l- Dillon Hardware Co.?Hard
? ware and Monkey Wrenches.
r- Evans Pharmacy?Soda oi
> Cream.
n Underwood Typewriter Co.?
Correcting Mistakes.
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HOW IT FEELS TO FLY.
e You Seem to Float, Yd the Wind Roars
in Your Ears.
All who have had the good forn
tune to ride the aeroplane unite in
e their description-of that first sene
sation. There is no jerk in starting,
though the machine leaps forward
with a powerful swoop. Then
? comes?with some?a brief sense
. of nausea, a feeling as if the blurrt
ed ground were dropping away
e from beneath.
A slight thrust of the left hand
lever lifts the flyer's head, the
1 ground drops away still faster, and
s then as the machine climbs into
. the air one's eves adjust themselves
to the proper focus and the surface
. of the earth below seems to l>e ripping
past at railroad speed.
By this time, says a writer in
t Outing, you have forgotten the
clack of the noisy motor, the flap
and whir of the propellers, the
grinding 01 tne cnain and sprocket
s gear that drives them. All vibra0
tion has practically ceased and you
e float along with a sense of springy
3 ease and buoyancy such as you can
j gain from no other means of locomotion
That you are flying fast
r you know only from the roar of
s the wind in your ears and the
s slight difficulty you have in tilling
e your Uings with air, the same sensation
one gets in racing against
the wind in an auto.
Then comes the first turn. The
g machine rises to it, taking its own
- angle sideways, just as a motor
j. car leans on the banked curve of a
racing track. You have no sense
of leaning sideways, though?no
1 feeling that you must tilt ycurself
e as you do when the auto turns a
r corner, for you sit upright, the aerodroine
slanting of its own volition
to the neeessarv -mil
slanting you with it- A glass ot
" water set on the fl'oAr ot the flyer
s could be carried around curve after
. curve and still not lose a drop.
J THE NEW RAILROAD.
The grading on the new railhas
been completed to Dillon and
^ the grading force will be doubled
back to Clio and put to work laying
rail. The road comes into Ddlon
3 at the rear of the High School
s building and follows Seventh
. avenue down 10 the Dillon Mill
s where it crosses the Coast Line,
t The depot will be located at the
s intersection of Seventh avci
nue and Main street where Messrs.
^ J. W. Dillon & Son have given a
1 site 1000 feet long and 150 feet
. wide. Right of way has been
s given down Seventh avenue and
. a right of way has been given ali
so down the alley from Seventh
. avenue up to Railroad avenue to
1 a point in the rear of the Dillon
2 Hardware Co's. store. The rail.
road people want a siding along
. this alley tc deliver goods in car
. load lots to the hardware stores.
/ A right of way has been given
5 down Second avenue to Main street.
TliP nrnnprtv r\r% flip Irvf r\J + !
: E:*T. EHiotV's stables will tetaken
l over and a siding will be built for
i the delivery of goods in car load
r lots here also. There are about
) 60 laborers in the grading force
and they have been making good
t progress. The road from Dillon
1 to Little Rock is as straight as an
> arrow, the first curve being just
i beyond Sehaffer's store at Little
, Rock. The new railroad exjjects
to be hauling cotton by Sept.
5 l5th.
HOW S THIS FOR MUD?
Of all the yarns that ever came
i down the line regarding deep mud,
' the following should be entitled to
the blue ribbon. It happened in
the place where mud originated.
A man was walking along the
roadside one summer day and noticed
a fairly good looking hat out
in the road Reaching out with
. his cane, he gave it a cut and was
startled to hear a voice exclaim:
> "Here, what the deuce are you
i doing?"
Then he made the astonishing
discovery that the owner of the
headpiece was under the hat, up
to his ears in mud.
"Great heavens!" exclaimed
the man who had hit the hat.
"Is that mud as deep as that?"
"Deep?" cried the victim.
. "Why man alive, I'm standing
or. a load of hay!"
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The Dillon Herald $1.50 a year.
MialittiiViteiiii i iV .
Colored Church Workers Assemble
Dillon.
Reported for The Herald l>v Rev. C
Scott.
The South Carolina Confcrei
of the Methodist Episcopal chui
though composed entirely of ?.
ored ministers with a single exei
tion, is not a colored church
ffanization. When the southi
white members withdrew from i
mother church in 1844 they t<
with them all the southern coloi
memliers. After the war was 01
some of the colored Methodists
ganized themselves into seve
independent organizations eonsi
ing of colored persons entire
while a goodly number went b;
to the mother church. Today I
colored membership of the chin
numbers more than 250,000. a
the South Carolina conference c<
tains a membership of about
000. By act of the last gene
conference the term "presidin
elder was changed to district "5
perintendent" though the dut
remain the same, hence "'the p
siding" elder is now "the disti
superintendent'
There are eight districts in
South Carolina conference ;
most of them hold district cont
ences, but the district has thus
preferred district preachers nu
ing.
This body of colored Method
convened at the St. Stephen Mi
<xlist Kpiscopal Church, Rev.
MeLeod pastor, at eleven o'el
Wednesilav morning. Julv _'J. llJ
Th" iirst two days, Wednesi
and Thursday were devoted to
business of the, Preachers Mccti
j Friday to the work of the Sum
School Institute and Saturday
that ot the ISpworth League c
vention.
On Wednesday night the im
ing was of unusual interest hecai
of the presence of his honor, M
or X. H. Hargrove, who on belt
of the citizens of Dillon, delivei
a verv helnful address of
which was responded to by the R<
C.C.Scott, Rev. I. 1?. Thorn;
Field agent of the Hoard of Hoi
Missions and Church Extensa
Rev. C. C. Jacobs, Field Worl
for the Board of Sunday Schoo
Rev. E. B. Burroughs, rep reset
ing the South Western Christi
Advocate, and the Rev. J. E. \Y
son, Financial agent for Claf
University were introduced, di
ins the session and made splend
addresses in behalf of the cam
they represented. Dr. Wrisl
the phvsician of Dillon, deliver
an instructive addiess on Tubi
eulosis, or the white plague.
The reports of the pastors wc
generally good. A few notew*
thy features were, the pertinan
and pithiness of many of the i
l>ers, the addresses delivered dt
ing the session; the marked exo
lenee of many of the papers; a
the excellence of some of the s<
mons, noticeably that of the d
trict superintendent, the o
preached by Rev. J. McEaddy. a
that preached by Rev. S. (iree
The unanimous verdict was tl
this was one of the best meetin
in the history of the district.
Appropriate and eulogistic res
lutions of thanks were unanimou
i _ J * _ Jl a1 ? r
ly aaopieu, inose in reierenee
Mayor Hargrove, pastor McLe
and the congregation and the peoj
of Dillon. The resolutions in r<
erence to District Superintendc
J. S. Thomas who is winding i
his term of six years on the di
trict, bore expression of tender ?
fection and great appreciation f
his faithful and consecrated se
vice. Cheraw was unanimous
chosen as the next place of met
ing.
Nothing adds as much to t
appearance of well dressed men
properly laundried collars ai
shirts. Only the sanitary stea
laundry of Charlott, N. C.. can 1
the bill. Brooks Alford, Agt.,
Dillon Cash Store
GOCD FARMING.
. c. Four Crops a Year on the
Same Land-How it is Done.
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iMiyetteville limex
rch ..
hour crops a year, aggregating
u'* Si 50 an acre or more from the
rp- same land that sold twelve years
or- ago for S5.50 anacre! Who will say
>rn that is not progressive farming?
j Where? Right here in North
L Carolina. To be more exact,
>ok rijr])i here in Cumberland county.
real Who? Mr. D. K. Taylor, Fay/er
etteville, R. 1'. I)., is doing that
ur_ Kinu 'ji larming out on me L.enu-r
"plank road" in SeventyT
First township, a few miles west
sl" of this city.
ly, Mr. Taylor has in acres ?>f land
lc|j on which he raised four crops
he >*c'ar successfully, and on
which he is doing the same thing
this year. Here is the way he
'id does it'
>n- After "breaking" the land
50 deep with a two-horse plow, he
j planted the 1<> acres in Ameer
and Alaska peas. early table
^ varieties for the northern mar"in
kets. Last vcar he planted only
ies the Alaska, but this year he
,rc. planted part of his land in the
^ Ameer. About March 25th he
planted "roasting" corn midway
between the pea rows, which were
'.he about 51 feet apart. After the
md peas came off he planted held
er_ corn half-way between the early
_ corn rows: that is, in the rows
,u first planted in peas. Now when
-*cl~ the early corn is gone he will sow
field peas "broadcast" between
ists the field corn rows. Now, as to
,-Ij. the value of the cops:
I Mr. Taylor shipped fiorn the 10
' acres 517 crates of early peas,
ock which brought about an average
no. of so cents a crate clear of the
lav freight and commission house
o charges, or a total of $413.60 for
tlu first of the four crops grown
on the land this year. From this
l;l>* must Ik- deducted 12.'-? cents a
to crate for cost of picking and of
mi- course the cost of the crates.
He was not through with shipping
early corn lest week when
ct lie gave us these figures, but he
had shipped 493 crates. It is conay
servative to say that he will have
lalf shipped 500 crates from the crop.
red ' 01 t'1's '1C ^ets an averaJ?e 90
cents a crate, or a total of $45o
,K'' for his early corn crop,
cv. ()f course the field corn is not
as, yet matured, but on the same
lllc land and under the same condilions
last yeai he got 375 bushels
' of corn. At $1 a bushel this
ccr would be $375.
'Is. The field peas he will have
it- picked and saves for sale orplantan
ing or for stock feed, while the
... vines he will "plow under" to
fertili/.e the land, and there is no
"n better fertilizer. Last year was
ir- a bad year for field peas, and Mr.
lid Taylor would not even make an
;es estimate of the value of this crop
this year. To be sure it is safe to
1 ' say that if it be an average year
C<-1 for peas, the vines and leguminous
- r- roots and the peas picked will be
worth 5-25.00.
>re The value of the tour erops in
round figures will be about as
" " follows, under normal conditions:
ce Early peas 5 414.00
>a- Early corn 450.00
ir- Field corn 575.00
Made fodder 56.(>0
, Field peas 225.00
nd
-r" 51500.00
is- Now this does not include the
ne vines of the early peas, which Mr.
Iuj Taylor says is an exceedingly fine
horse and cattle feed.
:n* As to the expense, Mr. Taylor
iat says it requires a less labor cost
gs to grow and market these four
crops on 10 acres than to ptow
and market 20 bales of cotton on
20 acres?a bale to the acre on
IS" twice the amount of land. He
t? uses about 1750 pounds of fertiod
lizer to the acre at a cost of $25 a
)le ton. oi about $2~ an acre. It
^ costs about $7 to cut and shock
the early corn forage.
The land on which this farmJP
ing is done was 12 years ago a
is- wornout "old field" that had been
tf. abandoned about the time of the
or Civil war, having been considered
poor land. It is lighb- land
T* with a clay subsoil.
ly ??
?- NOTICE.
1 am offering at private sale at my
1 residence, 1 Horse, 1 Baggy k Harness,
he ' ~ ^00<' flitters, 1 Organ. 1 New Home
| Sewing Machine and Attachments, 1
as Small Refrigerator, 1 Ice dream Freesnd
er, House Furniture Ac. Wilt continue
m the laundry agency for the Spartan
-ii burg Steam Laundry from my residence.
Thanks for pest favors, and
kindly solicit a continuation of same,
i. A K.Parham.