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ESTABLISHED IN 1S95. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST S, 1909. VOL 15, NO. 27
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AN ESTIMABLE LADY GONE
Wl ?
Deatk Claims Mrs. Jeank
L Tiber, a Former Resident
of Dillon. Wideb
Connected in tbe State.
y
Mrs. Jennie L. Taber, who foi
1 Several years resided in Dillon,
;v died at her home in Columbia
Sunday morning after an illness
I of several weeks. Mrs. Taber
I was a most estimable woman and
during her residence here she
' made many friends by whom she
I is greatly mourned. Her son,
Dr. C. R. Taber, and his wife have
been at her bedside for several
days awaiting the final summons
which the attending physicians
said was inevitable. She was s
w woman of remarkably fine person3
ality and was a delightful and charF
ming conversationalist. She was
! reared in those days when southern
chivalry was in its full
f bloom and in culture and deport
, ment she was a distinct type oi
the "Old South." The Colum}
bia State contains the following no,
tice of her death:
| "Mrs. Jennie L. Taber, widow
M of the late Dr. Ohas. Rhett Tabei
kv | died yesterday morning after ar
1 illness of several weeks at hei
I4 1 home on Pendleton street. Mrs.
* 1 Taber was 58 years of age and
1 was widely connected throughoul
\ 1 the State She is survived by
^ \ eight children. Dr. C. R. Tabei
* of Dillon, Miss W. R. Taber o(
^ Columbus, Ga., Mr. J. B. Taber
^ of this city, Capt. Knowlton Taber,
now in the army service in
!) the Philippine islands, Mrs. Craw.
larkson ot this city, Misses
v Are
tion , Frances and May Tabei
V als< city.
|\ s. Taber spent most of hei
Fort Motte but moved tc
the ^'a about three years age
is the -nied a large circle of friends.
is a member of the Wash0
Street Methodist the Conh
as y, and Daughters of the
?atj Hampton chapter, DaughtC
ter Confederacy and
ft eol! iters the American Revolupro
The funeral will be held
? ^j8 ternoon at 6 o'clock, WashS
1)1 v _ - - -
I Street Methodist church,
affde interment will be held at
ce84xxl cemetery.
A Dof b held m WitncM.
Kat
this e Observer.
ment ^ . , . ,
most0**?" w?l*e a?8T is today
has .up in the Cobb county jail
brouj re with an entry on the
^ ^ilotter that he is a "maA
ni
can i witness" in an assault
the id is to remain a prisoner
mur^tely. In the eyes of the
least, this imprisonment
'Cliest* n? e^emen* ?* j?8*' *or
Thuri ?* a ne^ro prisoner dethe
ju part upon the dog.
Lnimal is believed to be
jury |which accompanied a neday
?o assaalted Mrs. Exy
hoursjiear Vinings station reM**
Willard Webb, a negro,
*vTC)1 in Atlanta charged with
*1 votlftk. The dog will con4
alleged master at the
?P*l month, his blind faithtric
%eing relied upon to give
^Jmony. Mrs. Brown al^
identified the dog.
bout J
MMloitr in nillnn fh? nfJipr
?r in lurprised at the number
the eoiSpassing through every
location^ told that the average
VK 2*6 A SOU 1
ranged 1 trains every 24 hours
plot?. rssed still greater surBy
Aocfle gentleman came from
Oreem^ral times larger than
*? Juufortunately it is lo?*
morning branch line. There is
f The fills living on a through
^jdjyleping in touch with
*|K k mother, A Herald $1.50 a year.
'] NEW COUNTY SITUATION.
There have been no develop
ments in the New County situa
i tion since the last issue of Thi
Herald. The situation is abou
the same as that explained in las
? week's paper. The governor ha:
selected the surveyor who wil
test the accuracy of Messrs
. Hamby and Beatty's figures bj
running lines across the county
t but it is not known when he wil
begin work. On the other hanc
, Messrs. Hamby and Beatty an
standing by their report anc
, feel con ' dent that the new sur
; vey will not reduce the area' o
Marion to less than 900 squan
5 miles. The New County advo
I cates also have an abundance o
. faith in the accuracy of the repor
. made by the official surveyors anc
t the general opinion is that an
. other survey is but another movi
of the opposition to gain time ant
. to establish grounds for a ccntes
in the supreme court. Fron
j pivowuv uiuicaiiuiis 11 bccms tnA
the fight will end in the suprem*
^ court anyway tor the reason tha
the opposition would not be con
tent with a icport from the nev
surveyor were it to show tha
r Messrs. Hamby and Beatty wer<
. right, and there is no reason tc
L believe the advocates of the Nev
. County would quietly accept ai
final the report of the new sur
I veyorwere it to show that Messrs
. Hamby and Beatty were wrong
p And so there the matter rests
. Anyway you look at the situatioi
: there is every prospect of a leg a
, battle in the higher courts befon
the question can be submitted t<
mc pcupie. 11 rennnas one ot
of the editor who wrote of a de
parted warrior as "A battle
. scarred veteran," and when th(
printer inserted an "o" in th(
. place of an "a'' in the word "bat
j tie" there were lots of law-suit!
( and swearing before the mattei
was ended. The New Countj
seems to be facing just such i
situation.
BULL MOOSE FOUGHT TO DEATH
I
Horns Became Interlocked and Animal
Starved a? Result.
Seattle, August 3?A story oi
: a battle to the death between twe
giant moose in the isolated region!
| of the Kenai Peninsular, Alaska
has come to light with many^pthei
interesting stories in conpgptior
with the exhibits in the -Alasks
building at the Alaska*Yu.fcon
Pacfic exposition.
Two moose horns loc JIP
gether, the largest measuriq$ 61
inches from tip to tip, tell tjic
story of the battle. It is evidgal
that the animals were engag^jc
mortal combat and their horns
became interlocked. They were
unable to release themselves and
died together of starvation.
The skull and the horns were
found by one of the number of mining
parties which visited that
country and were sent to the exposition
as a curiosity.
There is another pair of locked
horns, only smaller in size, that
were found near Fairbanks, Alaska.
*ary'? Uttlt Pd
Mary had a little rat,
She wore it in her hair;
And every where that Mary wenl
That rat was sure to go.
Mary had a speckled hen
That was a market booster;
Every-day Spec laid an egg?
But at night she was a rooster,
Mary had a brother John,
Who worried her a lot;
For every time she had a beau
He was Johnny on the spot.
?Chicago News
The Dillon Herald $1.50 a year
VICTIM OF TYPHOID.
Peculiarly sad was the death
. Mr. Henry Davis which occur 1
? at h;s home near Little R<
Saturday night at 11 o'clo
1 The sad news was brought
t town Sunday morning and v
5 quite a shock to Mr. Davis' ma
1 Dillon friends. The deceased 1
been ill about two weeks with
phoid fever and was on the rc
f to recovery when he took a rela]
f and expired before those in atb
1 dance were scarcely aware of i
j seriousness of his condition.
Since the death of his grai
' mother, Mrs. Patsy Sherwoi
? which occurred several months;
- Mr. Davis had been liv-tig at i
? old home place alone. \V1
* stricken with the fever he v
given the best of medical attent
and a nurse was provided to ;
f minister to his wants, but desj
t all the precautions that w
I taken the disease got such a h
upon him that at last his consti
tion had to yield to its ravages
s He was a most exempli
1 young man. In disposition
t was modest and retiiing, I
j withal candid and firm in his de
. ings with his fellow-man.
wordly affairs he was temper
' almost to excess, living quietly
t his farm and enjoying the frv
- of his labors in the free, on<
7 hearted, unostentatious mam
that always manifested itself
his associations with the wor
5 In Dillon where he was so \s
* liked he will be greatly mourn
f Of his immediate family he
5 survived by one brother, Mr.
* S. Davis, of Clio, his pare
having preceded him to the gr;
many years ago.
f)r llivii Fntrrliini
; Dr. Joe Cabell Davis was h
) to a small party of friends at
; birthday dinner last Friday cv<
- ing from 9 till 12- The sprt
- consisted of six courses and v
served in regal style. At 1
t conclusion of the repast the ev<
- ing was spent in pleasant sot.
5 intercourse while the guests
r dulged themselves in all i
r pleasures to be found in the f
i grant Havana. Every feature
the occasion was so delight
that the guests were loath to i
part, but each one went away <
pressing the conviction that th
genial host could not have b(
, happier, or more free, opi
hearted or jovial in his hospital
if the occasion had marked i
^ 22nd. instead of the 52nd. i
} niversary of his birth. Th<
5 who enjoyed the hosoitalitv
* Dr. Davis on this occasion w
* Messsrs. C T. 0'Ferral, J.
1 Manning, N. B. Harg ve, J.
1 Thompson, J. B. Gibson, Bl:
* Mclntyre, J. M. Spruntand A.
Jordan.
t IB 0
William Smith, alias "Bil
5 alias "Honest Nigger," a w<
*' -known colored character who 1
been associated with every int
k est of Dillon since the birth
' the town, was arrested 1
^ Saturday charged with retaili
the "oh, be joyful." A date
! the he^nng of the case has i
been set, but Bill has been
' industriously at work 'splain
his side of the matter to i
"white buckra who has knou
him senee he could crawl" t
' it will hardly be necessary for h
to rehash the points of the defer
at the trial. Bill protests
innocence loudly and vociferous
Scholarship Awards Made.
Marion, July 28.?Special:
a result of the recent competit
' examination held by the coui
board of education, Mr. S. Bl<
' del Altman, of the town of M
ion, was awarded the scholars!
in the University of South Ca
lina, and Mr. Reuben Moody,
Dillon, won the one in the C
lege of Charleston. The result
the examinations for the Clem:
and Winthrop College schol
ships has not yet been annoum
* by the board.
The Dillon Herald $1.50 a ye
liiiifMr
ON A CAPITAL OF $1.25
of
rC(1
1 ^ Wholesale Business Built Up in to Y
ck. by Two Women.
i'as Two Philadelphia women of (1
,nv man descent have built up in I
?ad than ten years an extensive wh<
lV- sale business as the resv.lt of
>au .... ^ ,
pse or,^'na' investment in stocks t
cn- took a capital of exactly 51.-'5.
the The stocks are not of the k
that are listed on exchaevM
dealt in <>n the curb, but the k
' that women wear about tl
ij?o
tjle necks. One of the women >
i *
nju buiikwiiui usiivsniy .1 si
vas for her own adornment one <
lo.n when she suddenly exclaimed:
3.C1- t ? ,
>itc ' wish I could make so
erc money."
r>ld "Why not do for pay what ;
are now doiny for an.usemcn
said a friend who sat 1)\*.
try
jie The idea took. The yot
but women and a cousin bought SI
:al- worth of material, made sevi
stocks and had no difficulty
atc selline them.
on ,
I hat was the beginning of
L>n- business that has since occuj
ner the whole time of both partni
111 For a while one of them, who di
ell l>rt',^y well, was the designer
, the firm. As business crew
ed.
was more economical to emplr
,s
well-paid designer, who could
I his whole time to that part of
nts
I work.
t\e |
I My tins time the partners 1
begun to employ girls to do
actual making of the stocks,
lirst the work was done by a 1
ost girls in Philadelphia. The nil
a ber of employes increased and
became good business to estab:
?atl branch houses, for bv this ti
ras the trade of the partners v
the wholesale instead of ret
^n. Metises were established in I
.'ial timore, New V?.rk, Chicago.
jn. Louis, and the business went
the growing.
ra- By this time the two partn
of gave themselves wholly to
ful management of the business ;
de- the purchase of materials. Tl
ex. now go twice a year to Europe
ieir study models and buy materi:
;en they have several well-paid
en- signers, and the persistence of I
(ity fashion of wearing stocks 1
the kept the business constantly
an- tive and profitable.
3se Success also has given the p:
of ners confidence, and they feel t
ere they are not at the mercy o'"
n capricious Parisian milliners. u
p. fcet the modes of the world,
ike women < in it wearing stocks
fj, partners will in turn take
something else.
Meanwhile the partners h;
I .. had a busy and happy life, w
an almost eonstantly inereas
u income and a broadening horiz
They have built for themselvc
ercomfortable
home in the up
part of Philadelphia, and they
almost every year a good il
in cf
^ * more of the European world.
They had no more expcctat
of a business career 10 years i
.S? than a hundred thousand oti
Sfirls in their native citv.?N
th? York Sun.
red
Atfed Woman Suicides.
itm
rse Mrs. Jno. A. McMillan, as
his about 70 years, committed suic
ly. at her home near Mullins
week by taking carbolic ai
Mrs. McMillan said she was
As feelinp well and retired to
ive room on the pretence of takin
*ty nap, telling her daughters not
^>n- arouse her for dinner. Insteac
? " going io ner o-vn room sne w
hip to a company room and someti
r?- later she was found unconscio
?f A messenger was sent to Mull
:?1" for medical assistance, but a p
?f sician could not be found i
son Mrs. McMillan died without
ar" gaining consciousness. No ot
reason except ill health could
assigned for the rash act.
:ar. The Dillon Herald $1.50 ayeat
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How Fire Hurts the Fields, f"
<)! course, the greatest lossj
sustained through the burning' of J CI
lL.r. vegetable matter which should Wl
CJk> be mixed with the soil, is the loss
,jt.. of the humus-forming materials; 111
lU but the actual loss in plant !<>od
j,;ll is also worthy of serious consideration.
The phosphorus and M
ind potissium contained in the vegeor
table matter are not destroyed by en
jn(| burning, for these mineral plant JtV
j\.jr foods remain in the ashe^^-Wit
,va\ l,K' "itrogen which join^Soils need vil
i n'i; v ' on mid nit- air ami
lav
We repeat that the greatest loss tir
,mo is the destruction of the humusforming
materials, but let us see
rou Jusl what the loss of nitrogen ha
t>'- amounts to when a ton of crab- I*'
grai-s, broomsedge, or cornstalks 1>c
mg is burned. If the material burn.50
ed be Japan clover or other legum- V1;
ral cs? the loss of nitrogen is much ^
jn greater. A ton of crabgrass hay
contains about 25 pounds of ni- sl}
u trogen, and this is worth 20 cents re
lied ;i pound, which xives it a value of
;rs. S4.40. A ton of crabgrass hay, (^r
w ami frequently much more than W<
of a ton of crabgrass and other
l materials equally rich in nitrogen,^
,v r. i^ otten bnrneil olT rwro I
jw That i>, for each acre we burn
the over we may easily destroy S4.4U
Worth of the very plant food our
lad soils need most.
the We are slow to accept such
At statements as facts, because the
few plowing under of these materials
mi- does not give immediate evidence
it of any su< h value to be obtained
lish from the plowing under of such a
itnc quantity of corn stover or crabras
grass. That is, more benefit to
ail. the fust succeeding crop would be to
>rd- obtained from the application of
St. S4.00 worth of cottonseed meal ^
,,n than from plowing under a ton of
corn stalks. This is undoubtedly
ers so- hut the effects of plowing un- Pa
tlw der humus-forming materials are
ind not alone measured by the nitroiey
gen they contain, and are not lim- se
to itetl to the first year. It is this ^
ils* working for immediate results
alone that has brought our soils
the to that degree of infertility reprelias
hy an average yield of 200 pounds so,
ac. of lint cotton and 15 bushels of
corn per acre, No rich land ever ot
irt- became suddenly unproductive; j,ij
nor e:m :i ilptili-lpH ??i1 Kn C..
1411. * * '
tjlc mieally built up to a high degree
,'ho ot fertility in one or two years. g
jf From these facts we should learn
the that farming lands foi this year's ***
?n results exclusively, while some
. ... tei
times nececssary, if jjersisted in is
IVC certain to lead to soil depletion se,
-iti! and finally to agricultural and fi|n}j
naneial bankruptcy.
[jn Progressive Farmer.
Why She Named the Lamp for Him. wi
see
ea| A prominent young man of * * *
recently presented his better half ^a
ion with a handsome piano lamp on
lfr0 her birthday. He was flattered
|KT when she told him that she inten- ^ai
cw ded to give it his name, until he
asked her reasons for so peculiar tie
proceeding. "Well," she said, ,ar
"you know, dear, it has a good
deal of brass about it, it is hand- Jsome
to look at. requires a good ^
u'c deal of attention, is remarkably ^
'ast brilliant, is sometimes unsteady e(]
on its legs, liable to explode when wi
not only halt full, flares up occasionly,
'1cr it is always out .at bedtime and is ?a
^ a bound to smoke."?Selected.
i of
"T think 1 shall m.arrv him tore
form him, said the romantic ,
mc . , be
ffirl.
"I have seen that experiment ^
1US tried," rejoined Miss Cayenne.
^, "Successfully?''
ind ... . .. w
Well, I won,tsay the men were
re*
reformed. But they always seemed ?r
more or less repentant and dissat- _
no ni
^ isfied." s
' T^he Dillon Herald $1.50a year. T
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Free State News. j
? ? # ?
Mr. and Mis. Frank Bundy, of
io, spent Thursday and Friday
th their aunt, M-s. M. A. Ellen.
Mr. I. I\ Rogers returned Satdav
from Columbu. where lie
is been taking abusiiess course.
Mrs. J.J. Tolarot Lata visited
rs. J. \V. Rowland Fni-w
Mr. D. L.^CottiTlghain cl Fierce
sjjpjK "Friday with rclajves
Mr. Walter Fate of Bcma.tsUe,
was a visitor in our net >
rhood Saturday.
Miss Ada Hays is spending some
ne with relatives in and around
io.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. A. Ferguson
ve gone to house keeping near
,llon where Mr. Ferguson has a
silion at Bethea's saw mill.
Miss Edith Allen of Dillon i<
siting the familv of her uncle,
r. W. B. Allen."
Miss Bertha Fenegan of Clio
ent a few days this week with
latives in Free State.
We are sorry to reix?rt Mr. Anew
LcGctte on the sick list this
2ek.
Mr. and Mrs A. Fllcn of L?iln
were visiting out here last
ednesdav. Cor.
? >?
BemuivJ.i Briefs.
Hot dry weather is the talk of
ie people of this section just now
id much needed rain.
General health of this section is
:ry good at this writing and no
arriuges to report just now.
A good many of our people atnded
service at Pleasant Hill
Linday last.
Mr. S. F. Stephens paid a visit
Columbia last week on business.
Mr. S. W. Stephens of this place
as visiting at the home of his son
r. L. H. Stephens, Sunday P. M.
M. B. McKenzie of Kemper
id a flying visit to this section
st Sunday.
Dock Bullock and wife of Gaddy
ction spent last Sunday at the
mie of the latter's aunt, Mrs
nantha Moody, of this place.
We are still listening for the
:dding bells to ring in this comunity
and expect to hear them
on.
Mr. Mac Sparkman and sister
the old north state were visitg
at the home of T. T. Moody
inday last. Old Tom.
Maple Dots.
Mr. George Powers and daughr,
Miss Mattie, ot Abbottsburg.
, C., are visiting relatives *n this
ction.
Supt. of Education Joe P. Lane
is in this section last week.
Mr. N. C. Dove of Rockfish, N.
, spent Saturday and Sunday
th relatives in this section.
V-f- I 1 * 1 < - ? ? *
nn. juun ivioouy 01 ine Mt. Ual
rv section spent Saturday in
ese parts.
Verney Lane was in this section
st week.
Mr. Godbolt of the Calvery scorn
attended preaching at Pleasit
Grove Sunday.
There was a bad runaway at Mr.
D. Dove's one day last week,
hile the horse was pullingra crate
tobacco an automobile passed,
e got frigfhtened and after it passI
the driver slapped the horse
ith the lines and he begran to run,
ittingr lose from the driver, outn
the automobile ai.d ran into
e river swamps. Simon.
ME LOST MIS NERVE ANYWAY
A Whitchitp man was fussing
:cause of his aching teeth.
"Why don't you go to a denit?"
asked one of his friends.
"Oh, I haven't got the nerve,'*
as the reply.
"Nevermind that," replied the
iend, "the dentist will find the
srve all right.?Kansas City
'he Dillon Herald $1.50 a year.
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