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tSTABLISHLD IN 1895. DILLON. SQUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 26, 1909. VOL 15, NO. 30
HOW PEOPLE LIVE *ri
AWAY FROM HOME.
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Random Thoughts on A
Week's Stay at A Summer fit
Resort. Studying the ^
Foibles and Fancies of the a f
Human Family an Inter- ^
esting Pastime. pn
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It was Gladstone, we believe,
who said that "the best of ree- . .
, r it i
reation was a ehan^e ok occupation"
The author of this bit o:
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KMIIV/UWKII jr ?a^ *111 lllVJChMtm ^
worker who crowded three lives
np
into one and experience must have
W
taught him that diversion and not ^
rest brought relaxation to the
over-strained mental tissues of ^
T1
the busy man. The man who
erg
lives under a mental strain do?s f
not find peace and happiness in Jet
idleness. When the August month ,
lci\
approaches he sits in his office and
sighs for the seashore or the LV
mountains where the music of the ^
lapping waves or the sighing of ,
lcc<
the pines drives away business ^
cares and close communion with
nature hrinw?; neaiv nnrl haruii- ^
? -?o- ?rr*
ness and contentment to the
weary mind. Thrusting business
aside he journeys to his
W2
fovorite resort but ere he has .
nc
spent a day among .unfamiliar
scenes and still more unfamiliar C?
SIl
faces the picture fades and his
wish is that he were at home
again wrestling with the old prob- ^
lems that had brought furrows to ^
his face and tinged his hair with
S\Y
gray. He is unhappy because he
i is idle and then an innate someyo
thing impels him to seek diver- ^
sions because they bring forget- ^
fulness and very shortly he will be
found on the lake rowing, al- '
though he has not'picked up an
oar since he was a boy, or he will
take long jaunts into the hi*.Is and ,
. . , . . f cal
mountains n^vpr nf?mmainincr nf
" ~ ~ ' " * ^ pb
the discomfort he suffers from the ;
rays of a broiling, mid-day ?un.
It is the impulse to do something:
out of the ordinary that is the essence
of all joy at the watering:
places. Creating: diversions for ne
yourself you help others to enjoy rCJ
themselves until finally your fee- jn
ble beginning: resolves itself into an
a continuous round of enjoyment us
that begins with the morning: meal ^a,
and ends with the mid-nig:ht hour, pjj
Add to this the meeting: of new an,
acquaintances, tne renewal 01 old s^(
friendships, the tales of adventure pQ
recounted by a loquacious guest,
the jokes of the budding humorist, jje
the misfortunes of the unfortunate,
the growls of the grouchy, ill-tempered
dyspeptic and you have the s]u
sum total of a day's incidents at
k the average watering place.
It was at Jackson Springs, one
of North Carolina's famous resorts, tjjt
that the editor of The Herald re- pj
cently spent a week. Jackson fori
Springs is situated in the fo<)t- an)
hills of Moore county and is reach- Gf
ed by traveling over the A. C. L.
railroad to Hope Mills, thence to sv,
Aberdeen by the Rockfish & Aber- refi
deen railroad where you take the ^ir
Ashboro & Aberdeen railroad an,
which carries you to the Springs. cal
H~re you find a large hotel with fa8
about 200 rooms, equipped with ^ir
, Jill modern conveniences, and <*0,
" dotting the hills for a radius of a <jie
mile are a number of pretty cot- he
tages filled to overflowing during
the summer months. The wa
origin of Jackson Springs as a art
summer resort is not so very old,
but the discovery of the spring
itself dates back to the time when '
the country was a wiide: ness and jtx
the painted Indian warrior went cjj,
there to quench his thrist and the pie
skin-clad rquaw used its rocks 10 m.
- grind her meal and rinsed away the pa]
bosks with its never-ceasing wa- bei
rThe rock upon which the inf
was bolted is still there?a (bo
im and silent relic of a departed m
:e whose wild and romantic life <x
s for generations fired the im- ni
ination of writers in prose and al
etry. The waters are cool and b<
ar and light and if you drink bi
elv of the bubblipg spring you 01
& an exhiliration like unto a a]
aught of ale. Its analysis shows ei
rood per centage of magnesia th
lich gives it great virtue as a ri
lie for diseases of the stomach, fa
xluced by over-eating and im- w
rtcct digestion. The water is b<
ry light and persons who drink y<
in laree quantities do not feel th
y ill effects afterwards. Anoth- pi
peculiar virtue it possesses is si
it the first dav you drink it you T
rspire as freely as though you w
;re in the sweating roon. at a lc
irkish bath. The Spring is the tl
:>st popular place at the resort, tl
le hotel guests and the cotta- A
rs seem to think the chief ob- w
:t of their stay at the Springs is cj
drink as much water as the sc
vs of nature will allow and
ery now and then one is unfor- tc
tiate enough to stumble over bi
e braggart who seems to take tl
en delight in boasting that he pi
ank as many as five or ten dip- s<
rs full without stopping. And ir
;re is the stout old lady dressed Pi
sombre black who has journeyhundreds
of miles to take the ^
iters in the hope they will cure
r of chronic indigestion. She ai
rners you where there is no pos- w
>le avenue of escape and pours **
t her tioubles as fluently as a s*
onograoh record reels off a popir
vaudeville air. If some one
es not come to your rescue vou sc
oon at her feet and then sym- pi
thizing friends rush in and bear rr
u off to some place of safety, h;
J 1 "
:r quciot nas nrescriDea a course si
very light diet and she is sim- m
/ starving to death, but maybe in
the next meal hour she sits at ci
ur left and when she sends in di
r second order for grreasy gridle is
Ices with maple syrup you sim- ^
y gasp in astonishment and then d:
irvel at the idiosyncracies of sc
man nature. je
THE DYSPEPTIC. a'
as
Another character that one SI
ver fails to find at the summer cc
iort is the confirmed dyspeptic, si
general appearance he is small
d wiry of stature with the
ual stoop from the small of his cc
ck to the crown of his head, aj
s complexion is pale and sallow m
r? Kic fnnHtroc orn r\r?? V*o
u 11 io tvniut vo ui w U1 j auu liaiu, OJ
:>wing deep furrows at every of
int where the skin is exposed. y<
s hobby is nervousness, and as b<
spins out a tale of woes his SI
nds shake and tremble like a th
in afflicted with palsy. His flj
imoers at night are disturbed "<
the mos* horrible dreams and ai
i most refreshing: sleep is grained th
len he dozes in a rocker after th
; noon-day meal. Nothing: aj
lases him., When the sun is m
ght the grlare affects his eyes m
i if the day is cloudy his case at
melancholia suffers a relapse, ai
spite his failings you learn to ai
npathize with him until you pi
ich the dining: room and watch ri
n devour hugre hunks of meat w
i then abuse the waiter be- e<
isc the extras are not brougrht in y<
t enougrh. His physician sent jii
n to the Springs also and re- ta
nmended a course of very light sc
it. After a stay of two weeks ot
returns home and tells his b<
ends there is no virtue spring A
ter and that summer resorts at
; humbugs, anyway. w
ON DRESS PARADE. *
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a iiv v.wuiu ut iiu CUUUUUUU8 XX]
ind of enjoyment without a at
max and the height of the days' th
tasures is reached at about 7p. a
, when the ladies go on dress th
rade. They have been slum- fa
ring all the afternoon refreshI
themselves for the crowning ^
or when all the finery that
t t ? %
. :.?i ;
others and sisters and aunts and
nisins have been burning midight
oil over for the past severweeks
must be shown to the
;st advantage, and at 7 o'clock a
irst of music from the Italian
chestra is the signal for their
jpearance. They come from
^erywherc. Some fly down from
le heavens like angels and others
se up out of the ground like
.iries. The collect in the hallays
and the lobbys and their
?auty dazzles you. You rub
)ur eves and look again and now
ley are promenading on the
iazzas. They do not sit; they
mply walk and walk and walk,
he chairs are reserved for the
eak-kneed men who lounge and
ok and ogle and "rubber" until
le vision dulls their senses and
ley fall back into a state of coma,
iter a while some bewitching
oman leans over gracefully (they
m't bend very far) and whispers
>mething in the ear ot a semijnscious
man. The words seem
> electiify him. He springs from
is chair and catching her arm
ley stroll over to the dancing
avilioti Then others follow and
>on the music starts and the dancig
begins. Here there is more
romenading and the dancing:
sts until a very late hour when
le crowd disperses and the
eepy and exhausted husbands
re dragged back to the hotel
here they swear like sailors as
\ey prick their fingers unpinning
lirtwaists.
THE MERRY WIDOW.
The social life of a summer re>rt
is not complete without the
resence of a widow. Every sumicr
resort of pretensions must
ive a widow or its popularity
iffers. And as rule the sumier
resort widow is a most charmig
person. She has a most graous
smile for everybody and she
resses so magnificently that sne
always the centre of attraction,
fhen she sweeps down the verani
with the majesty of a queen
:attering smjles among her subcts
interest in cards lags at once
id the professional player is just
> apt to le?td a duce as an ace.
he is popular with everybody and
>ntributes no little to the pleaire
of the guests.
"ONLY NICE PEOPLE."
A petite French maid dressed in
inventional black keeps your
>artments as neat as a pin. She
akes friends with your wife at
ice and can tell you the history
every person who has occupied
>ur apartments since she has
ien in the employ of the hotel,
he is loquacious and knows someling
about everything She will
itter you by telling you that
only nice people" occupy your
partments and casually remarks
lat Mrs. Newrich, who occupied
lese apartments only a short time
fo, must be a very wealthy woan
as she was so liberal with her
oney. And then there is the
ite-bellum darkey who sweeps
id dusts and calls you "honey"
id "child." She too has a very
easant recollection of Mrs. Newch
and opens her big white eyes
ith an expression of well-feign1
astonishment when she tells
>u that her former patron "wuz
st kivered wid dimonds." She
kes a keen interest in your perinal
welfare and makes a vigoris
protest if you attemot to rkf
ifore eight in the morning,
rising you make a hasty toilet
id rush down to the Springs
here you gorge yourself on wa*
x until you swell up like a pouter
geon. Your torso becomes so
mnded that if the hotel were
. the foot instead of at the top of
te incline you could cast yourilf
upon the ground and roll down
ic hill into your seat at the breakat
table without extra exertion.
HE IRREPRESSIBLE DRUMMER.
?. t
1 here is no escape from the
drummer. Drop him down in a
St. Regis drawing room or pitch
him into the middle of the Sahara
and he is as much at ease as if he
were discussing politics with fellow
travelers in the lobby of a
village inn. He leaves the main |
line of railroad and rides 16 extra
miles to spend the night at Jackson
Springs. He arrives on the
evening train and leaves early
next morning. Perhaps you have
never seen him before but he
boldly approaches you and blandly
asks "What's your line?" This
enquiry opens the way for a conversation
and before he is half
through telling you how many big
orders he got last week from mer
chants who did not want to buy
you arc on familiar terms with
him. He may have a wife and
half a dozen children at home but
he is fond of the ladies and plays
the role of a gay Lothario to such
charming perfection that scarcely
an hour elapses after his arrival
before he knows everybody at the
Springs and is introducing you to
guests you may have known a
week. He is everywhere and only
those who die and go to heaven
ever escape him
There is nothing like a week at
a popular summer resort. It revolutionizes
one's life and vou do
things there you would not dream
of doing at home. When you ar?*
not walking or rowing orN bowling
or eating or talking or dancing
von are playing "set-back."
"Set-back is the popular game at
the Springs and the best players
are the church deacons and stew
ards and elders.
They play from morning
till night and then rush in to the
ainmg room and gulp down a
hasty supper and rush back to the
tables and resume the game until
bedtime. They retire and
their dreams are disturbed by vissions
of aces and duces and jacks
and tens that flit back and forth
across their closed eye-lids. If
you are suffering from ennui or
nervousness or over-work go to
the Springs. If vou survive the
week of strenuous life you will
return home a reconstructed man.
A Corpse Excursion Ticket.
"It may be economical; it is
certainly ridiculous," said Senator
Tillman of a proposition lie
opposed. "It reminds me of
Calhoun White.
"Calhoun White stuck his head
in through the ticket window of
Salters Depot railroad station and
said:
''Boss, gimme two round trip
tickets to Society Hill; one fur
myself and one for a corpse.'
'' I never heard of nobody
buying excursion tickets for
corpses,' said the agent.
'What's the meaning of this?'
'Well boss,' Calhoun White replied,
"my brother Webster
died yesterday and I want to
take the corpse up to Society
Hill and let the family review
the remains, and then I'll bring
him back to Salters Depot here
and bury him. That'l be a big
sight cheaper than for the whole
family to traipse all the way from
Society Hill and all the way back
again."
A GENUINE SNAKE STORY.
Here on the eve of the dispen1
sary election and two weeks since
the dispensaries were closed comes
a genuine snake story that is
vouched for by the contents of a
quart bottle. Sunday Mr. S. T.
Clowney, of the section, killed a
moccasin and on cutting it open
young snakes ran here, there and
yonder. After diligent work by
himself and others, ,vho witnessed
the killing, there were caught?
now hold your breath ?62 small
snakes 12 to 18 inches long. It is
not known whether any escaped.
| These snakes have been on exhibition
here the past tew days, being
securely bottled.
A LOOK AHEAD. ]
It lias been announced that
Thomas A. Edison has perfected
his long: promised storage elec- 1
trie battery, and that it meets the
most sanguine expectations of its
inventor. In the near future, it
is promised, a revolution will be
accomplished in the application of
physical energy to achieve the ends
of physical endeavor.
If the prediction is verified, a
single farmhand of 1925 will find
it an easy task to plow, disk, harrow,
and plant 40 acres of corn
from rise to set of a single day's
sun, and during the crop season 1
he will be able to cultivate 200 '
acres planted to that cereal, with
less draft on his physical constitution
than 10 acres tax him now. 1
When that day comes, if those
roseate expectations are justified,
the husbandman will devote his
hillsides to meadow, pasture,
orcnarci, and torcst, and cultivate
the level parts of his farm
after the teachings of Campbell,
and in accord with the idea of the
intensive system.
The mule will become an extinct
animal, and the horse will be
bred for pleasure and for sport
only. Farm life will be delightful.
A storage battery in the
cellar will provide light and heat,
and in the intense warm months
of summer it will be put in requisition
to cool the torrid atmosphere.
Hay will be cured within
I 1 r. _ _ * t
ai; nuur aner tne grass is cut oy
electricity and stored in the barn
ere the sun goes down that day, a
sweeter and a wholcsomer provender
for domestic live stock.
This invention will force the
construction of good country roads
and thus $800,000,000 annually
will be saved to the farmers in the
single item of carrying their products
from the farm to the railroad
station.
Then when we contemplate that
other promise of Luther Burbank
that by intelligent plant propagation
Mississipp* may become a
wheat belt and Illinois a cotton belt,
the possibilities of the future are
so vast and stupenduous as to stagger
the most riotous imagination.
Will history decree Edison
greater Napoleon.?
LIMBERNECK.
This is the season when limhor
. (
neck makes its appearance, and
letters pour in on us, asking what
causes it and what will cure it.
Limberneck is caused by maggots
which gather in a solid ball in the
chicken's craw, causing death unless
removed.
The maggots are gathered by
the fowls from dead carcasses, or
decaying vegetable matter, and
must be either killed or removed
from the craw be fore the fowl gets
relief. Ten drcps of turpentine
three times a day will usually
effect a cure. Do not forget to
clean up the premises, burying
all dead fowls or animals and
sprinkle lime over yards. Fowls
that run out in the fields and orchard
never have limberneck, because
they gather all the bugs J
and worms thev want and do not
trouble themselves with decaying
matter. When a fowl dies, its
body is often conveniently pitched
over the yard fence, where the
other fowls can get to it. This is
wrong. As soon as one dies,
bury it and there will be less sickness
among the others.
Marriages.
The following were married by
Rev. Hugh Harrelson at his home
near Haraer:
On August 15th., Miss Annie
Scott to Mr. John Miller, both ot <
Robeson county.
On the 22nd. instant Miss
Annie Grantham to Mr. J. M. 1
Murray, both of Robeson county. 1
The Dillon Herald Si.50 a ysar. '
RACING SEASON
CLOSES WEDNESDAY.
Last Meet of the Pee Dee
Circuit will be Held at
Dillon on the 31st. Driving
Association Preparing
for Great Event. Looking
for Big Crowd of Visitors.
The l'ec Dee Circuit which has
furnished so much amusement for
the lovers of fast horse flesh in
this section of the State closes
next Tuesday with a jjreat meet
at Dillon. There has been some
finp fininir t Vio
uuv kjta wnw V^HV-UII uui 111^; ^
the several weeks just passed.
Some of the best horses in the
South have competed for the purses
offered by the several associations
and the pacing: and trotting
records in this state have been
lowered on more than one occasion
for the first time in many
years. Dillon was the first town
to venture into horse racing:
and the construction of the track
here which in the beginning: was
looked upon as a hazardous undertaking
has turned out to be a
most profitable experiment. In
addition to paying the stockholders
a fairly good dividend it has
advertised the town far and wide
and has brought visitors to town
who might never have come here.
Dillon has had some ot the best
racing on the ' "ireuit and has more
low records to its credit than any
other town in the Pee Dee where
races have been held. Every effort
will be made, however, to
have still better races next Tuesday
and there is every promise
that visitors to Dillon that day
will have an opportunity to see
some exceptionally tine sport.
The track is in excellent condition
and if the condition of the
weather remains unchanged the
horses will be at their best. The
races begin promptly at 1.30
o'clock.
? - DEATH
OF CAPT. MNCLAIR
On Tuesday morning Aug. 10
1909 at 6 o'clock the spirit of A.
C. Sinclair took its flight to the
Clod who gave it. Mr. Sinclair's
parents were from Scotland And
came to this country in 1820. He
was married just after the war to
a daughter of Alexander Blue,
Mary Ann by name, to whom were
born live children. One son A. G.
Sinclair, is in business at Bennettsvillc,
A. C. Sinclair is in
Rowland, N. C., merchandizing,
one daughter married D. M. Watson,
of Rowland, and D. C. Sinclair
and Miss Mary E. Sinclair
reside on the farm at Sinclair's x
Roads. Mr. Sinclair was until
about 10 years ago a member of the
Presbyterian Church but he took
an active part in helping to build
Oakland M. E. Church and he
then connected himself with that
church of which he was a consistent
member when he died. On
July 12th. 1902 he married the i
second time, Miss H. J. Hargrove 1
who survives him. Shp is a
laughter of the late Stephen Har- 4
frove Esqr., who was well and 4
Favorably known in his communi- ^
ty. No issue from this marriage* J
Capt. Sinclair served in the Confederate
war and was promoted 1
from ranks December 1862. Was
wounded at Petersbuig ir. 1864
ind was the surviving commander
if Fairlee's old company of Orrs
rifles. He spent his life in rural
pursuits and always took active interest
in religious as well as secular
matters that had a tendency
to build up his community. He
lied at the age of 73 yean- beloved
and respected by all who
knew him. David S. Allen.
The Dillon Herald $1.50 a year. J