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WC ' ' ' x' E<-* ' ? AROUND ABOUT TOWN LOCAL PARAGRAPHS PIOKED UP % HERE. THERE AND EVERYWHERE Mr. J. F. Jones si>ent Monday in Columbia on buisiness. Earl C. Page, representing the State newspaper, was here Satur day. Miss Maud McDonald is spending the week with relatives in Columbia. J. B. Gibson and P. B Sellers . were in Marion Monday jn pro[) fessional business. \ Mrs. Lyvers, of Braidentown" -Ifr Fla.,is the guest of her uncle, Mr. W. C. Easterling. Miss Nina David has returned from a pleasant stay of several weeks with friends in Richmond. The Civic League will meet in the Town Ilall tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 5 o'clock. Rn?inf?? of importauce is to be transacted and a full attendance is urged. A. A. Roberts, a tobacco man at Nichols, died at an infirmary in Florence Friday, where he has been receiving treatment. Mr. Roberts' native home was Durham, N. C. Messrs. 1,. C. Braddy, E. L, Moore, Win. Brick, R. M. Ed wards, Jr., Morris Fass, Isadorc Blum, and W. L. Bethea left lasi week for Baltimore and New York on business and pleasure. W. A. Reckling, the well-known Columbia photographer, wa-> ir town Tuesday and has made ar range me nts to bo in Dillon all of next week. His headquarters will be at McLeans' Studio, next to the postoffice. A. M. Wiggins ancTj. M. Wiggins sold the first bale of nevi cotton here August 18 to W. M. Hamer. This bale of cotton came from a farm on Wiggins place two miles from Dillon containing 102 acres which will average 100C lbs.s per acre. The Atlantic Coast Line has a force of hands at work raising the track from Pee Dee to Fayetteville. The track has been raised four inches through the town. The object is to raise the tracks high enough to shed water which settles between the ties and causes depressions in the road bed. Some boys out hunting: or Jeffrys Creek in Florence county mistook an old negro for an alligator and fired a load of shot into his body with fatal results. The negro was lying beside a tree and the boys claim that the color of his garments led them to believe the object was an alligator. The public is indebted to Mrs. C. R. Taber, and Profs. Nickels and Gentry for the last issue ol The Herald. The editor was away and Mrs. Taber and Profs. Nickels and Gentry kindly consented to take his place during his absence and he makes this public acknowledgement of their kind services. Under the caption of "Round Upper Marion in Horseless Cars" in our issue of the 12th. it was stated that Mr. W. B. Horton was managing the J. L. Bennett place at Judson. This was an error as the place is in charge of Mr. J. G. Bryant who is also a successful farmer and deserves credit for the fine crops seen on this plantation. i Mrs. Agnes Carmichael spent Sunday in McColl with her son, Prof. Wm. Carmichael, superintendant of public schools at Durham. Prof Carmichael has beer conducting summer schools in North Carolina and has just completed a brief session at Laurinburg. Prof. Carmichael will spend several days with h:.s sister, Mrs. Watt Tatum, al McColl before resuming his work. ^ginning tonight special services will be conducted at the Pee 1 church in which the pastor, D:\ Buckner, will be assisted by Rev, A. E. C. Spencer. The -, i meeting will continue through the Sabbath and probably into the following week. The public is invited and the members of the i urch and the neighboring congregations are requested to be pres cut from the beginning of the services. Dillon's first bale was sold or the streets last Wednesday and brought 11% cents. The cottor ? was raised by a Mr. Howell or on the F. M. Wiggins' place ovei the New Bridge. The purchase! was Mr. W. M. Hamer for th< cotton mills. Several bales have been ginned at the oil tyill ginnery since last Wednesday and the number is increasing every day, Cotton picking will be general after next Monday. ..., . ijmmmmmmmmmTOmfc! ( See { I"lT'i E A A 3 I Sept. 1 I 21st. 1 i! 1 tfuiuiiuiuuiuuuuuuuuuR i ^ ? ? ? The fall session of the High School will open Sept. 13th. Supt- Nickels and Principal GenL try are busy preparing the differ. ent courses of study that will, be adopted for the nert scholastic year. From present indications it seems the enrollment this year will be larger than ever and if the school continues to grow as rap idly as it has >n the past more room will have to be provided. Mr. J. H. Ellen who moved to : Bishopville several years ago to engage in the hardware business ?"VA nuu 13 piuo|A;iaiK II] nis 1 adopted home is spending a few 1 days in town with relatives and friends. Daring Operation On Snake. Charles Snyder, head keeper in ' the reptile house at the New York Zoological Park, took his life in his hands yesterday afternoon and, r without assistance, performed a ) surgical operation on Rex, the deadly king cobra. This was after more prudent and learned ! scientists of the Zoo had decided that the risk was too great to be I undertaken.' ! Rex has been in the possession of the Zoological Society for nine . years and is one of its most valuable specimens. Five years ago it nearly killed a keeper. \ Several days ago a wen-like . swelling developed on the cobra's > neck and giew steadily worse: Reymond L. Ditmars, curator. ! realized that only a surgical oper? ation would save the serpent. Dr. W. Reed Blair agreed, but both decided that the snake was not ; worth a human life. \ Snyder's opportunity came yes[ terday. He had thrown a large black snake into the glass front inclosure for the cobra's dinner. Rex had difficulty in swallowing. It had about half the smaller repf/^Atim ife r? 11juunru us nuuai auu dtciutu helpless to get rid of the rest of it. \ Figuring that Rex could not sting: . to kill while in that predicament j Snyder seized scissors and a scapel and slipped into the cage. Rex was thrashing about in its j effort to get down the black, but Snyder managed to stand astride , the snake just above his head, and then with a few quick, deft cuts and slashes the work was done. Snyder jumped back through the little door in the rear, which he i slammed just in time, for the cobra had conquered the black snake and turned to kill the man who had saved his life. Scores of persons had witness: ed the operation without realiz' ing that they were looking at a man in imminent peril of death. : When Snyder told Ditmars, the > curator said: "Man, you are crazy; you have a wife and ftve ! children." ?N. Y. World. ;| V a a w . The Dillon Herald $1.50 a year. Builds Nest In Pants Pocket Mr. L. Pierce, who lives near { Colerain, related to us on Old I Soldier's Day a remarkable and t unique story. He said: My son's 1 pants hung up near the window of his room. He had not worn , them in several days, and when i he took them down to put them ' on he discovered a bird's nest ' in ope of the pockets. Being ^ somewhat of a sympathetic nature. Mr. Pierce did not disturb t\\ ., ;o f the nest and hung his pants; backup. And indue course ofj time he found four little eggs, and later four little birds. This happened a short time ago, and now Mr. Pierce says the old mother bird and the four little ones are frequent visitors in his son's room. This is no 'fish story" or "feathery fiction," but an actual happening and we veture to say the only case of the kind on record.?Windsor Ledger. Carolina News. ' i There was no preaching at our church Sunday, on account of our pastor being absent. Mr. Percy Dunlap, of Causey, ; N. C., is visiting his friend, Mr. C. C. Burns. Misses Bessie and Leila John- i son of Marion spent last week in \ this section. Mr. and Mrs. W. ?l . Stone, of Clio, spent Friday in this section. , Mr. Edward Smith, of Marion, spent last week with his friend I Mr. Neil Mclnnis. Miss Jane McLaurin, of Wesley is visiting her brother. Mr. George i A1UI 111. Prof. T. C. Easterling, of Marion, is spending a few days with his sister Mrs. D. J. Alford. i Miss Sallie ,T. McLaurin, is < visiting friends and relatives at < Wesley. < Master Edwin Mclnnis. is visiting his brother. Mr. John. L. ( Mclnnis at Clio. Miss Bessie McQueen, of Dun- 1 bar, is visiting her cousins Misses Maggie L. and B^rta Mclnnis. 1 Mrs. L. W. Mclnnis, who has , been very ill at the home of her , father Mr. Neil C. McLaurin, of | Wesly, has returned home. i Misses Pearl and Lillian Fore j and Marion Easterling of Dillon, 1 spent the week-end with Ger- ! trude and Emma Kate Mclnnis. ^ if ^ Maple Dots. i ] The cotton fields will soon be j white to harvest. , Mr. Yaney Hyatt attended \ preaching at Sardis church near ' Latta Saturday. i There will be a baptizing at i the Surles landing next Sunday < morning. The candidates for < baptism are from Pleasant Grove, \ Sardis and Pverian churches and i presented themselves for baptism 1 during the revival meetings at the 1 above places. We trust that much 1 good was accomplished during i these meetings. I "Simon" attended the pro- J tracted meeting at Sardis church last week. ] Mr. Christopher Lee accidentally fell from a piazza and broke his ' hip one day last week. Mr. Lee f is about ninty years old and has 1 been unable to get about much 1 for several years. The accident \ is very much regretted by the peo pie of this community. t Mr. D. H. Hyatt is construct- , ing a packhouse. ] Mrs. Mary C. Surles of Rock- ' fish N. C. is spending some time 1 with relatives in this section. i Mr. and Mrs. Walter James of ! Marion visited relatives in this 1 section Sunday. ! "Simon" and D. J. Dove went , to Temperance Hill Sunday. , Mr. Morgan Price and daughter : of Temperance H;ll visited rela- < tives in this section Sundav. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Hyatt ' from near Latta visited relatives ' in this section one day last week. ^ Rev W. C. Wallace baptized i fifty four at Surles landing Sun- ; day morning. A large concourse of ] people witnessed the scene. < "Simon" will leave next week for Tigerville, S. C., where he will ' enter school. i 1 A number of Dillonites attended the baptizing at Surles landing RlinHatr mr\rr?i?or wuuvtuj U VT* UIU5 . J. W. and L. E. Turbeville tof ? Hamer section visited relatives in 1 this section Sunday "Simon" 1 ( Free State News. 1 Miss Annie Rogers, of McColl, is visiting her cousin, Miss Sallie Rogers. Mis Belle M < pturned Thursday from a week's stay at the "Isle of Palms.'' She was accompanied home by her brother, Mr. Whitef< >rd Moore. Mr. Brack Newton of Clio, was a visitor down here yesterday. Mrs. John L) u r. a w a y *>t" Augusta is spending some time witn her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hays. Mr. I). E. Allen spent last week with relatives in BennettsviUe ami Hartsville. Mrs Annie Hethca, <>? Darlington. is visiting friends and relatives in this section. M isj.es.(iraee and Alma l'oe, of Darlington, eatne today, to Ik* the quests of Miss Florence Allen for ;i week. Rev. C. M. Peeler, assisted liv Rev Mr. Rnshlon of Blenheim, is conduct in.e: a series of meet njTS at New 1 lolly this week. ' Cor." IS TERRITORY SHORT? Prof. Colcock Completes Survey of County Lines Alleged to be Short and Says His Figures Agree .1 w m vvv. with Mr. Wiswalls. It is officially announced through the Marion St.*r that the Xew County is dead. Prof. Colcock has completed his survey of the lines in dispute but he has not made his report to the governor. Rut the Star newspaper which seems to be _?n the inside, backed by Mr. Wiswall who seems to know every foot of Marion County like "Uncle" Owen Jackson knows the B'ble, "from kiver to kiver," says Mr. Wis wall's and Prof. Colcock's figures tally, so that's the end ol it. The New County has been "read out of the party" without a hearing. True, there is the governor and an appeal may be had to the supreme court, but the verdict of the Star and Mr. Wis wall has been rendered. They say Marion does not contain ^00 square miles and that's the end of it. We must take our medicine like little men and bow to the inevitable. But hearken ye. the unbelieving of the tribes of Dillon ;o the decree of thine enemy. Says the Star: "Prof. II. Colcock came into Maron with his surveying party Saturday from the lower part of the xmnty, and spent Sunday at the Zarmichael Hotel. As has been previously stated in the Star, he :amc to Marion from Columbia ast Monday to survey a number of ines to test the correctness of the Hamby & Beatty survey of the :ounty. which had been questioned jy the old county people, he havng been selected by the governor o settle the matter. "The first line surveyed by Prof. Colcock was the road from Marion to Sandy Bluff on Little Pee Dee river, then a line South roni Gap way Cross Roads on this ine to Arial Cross Roads, thence o Gallivants Kerry, and from Arial Cross Roads to Dog Bluff, reaching there Friday night. Saturday morning a line across he lower section of the county ,vas begun at Dog Bluff on the Little Fee Dee River and surveyed as far as Eulonia on the Godfrey's Ferry road, the surveyors reaching there Saturday afternoon. "From this point Prof. Colcock ;aid the survey would Ik- con:inued Monday morning to the mouth of Catfish creek on the Great Pec Dee river. He stated also that while in the lower section of the county it was his intention to jo into the extreme lower section and run another line across the the country from river to river, after which he would probably iurvev a check line from Eulonia to Marion before he surveyed the line from Marion to the A. C. L. lauiuau crossing on ine vireat Pee Dee river and other check lines in the upper section of the county. ? "Of course, Prof. Colcock was not asked for; nor did he express an opinion as to how his work would check with the Hamby & Beatty map, but it was stated by Mr. Howard Wiswall that all the lines surveyed so far check almost exactly with a map which he had made from surveys made by him in 1909 and 1908. It was by a comparison of the Hamby and Beattv map with this one of Mr. Wiswall's that it was discovered that the Hamby and Beatty map had placed the two Pee Dee rivers much farther apart than they realy are, thus claiming too much territory. "That Mr. Wiswall's work has been found correct so far is good % ^ \ t "j Jnews to the old county ixtop for it is upon his wcrk, and caU hit ions from it, that the claim made that there is less than 9 square miles in the county. "While the jieople of Mari are delighted with the fact tl Prof. Colcock's survey checks t<? the notch with Mr. Wiswal they are not in the least suprist for all who know Mr- Wiswall a surveyor know him to Ik- tin ougii. reliable, and accurate his work, and trustworthy in 1 statements. When he made t statement that there was rn eri of about a half a mile in the wic of the county we felt sure that careful test made by a compete surveyor would show it just as said/' Death of Mrs. Rogers. After a few days' illness fr< what the physicians diagnosed paralysis of the throat Mrs. Ai line Rogers, the wife of Mr. L. Rogers died at her home near La Wednesday night, aged 66 veai Mrs. Rogers' condition was n considered alarminc until a sh. while before her death and t announcement that she had pa ed away was a great shock to 1 friends. Unable to take a nourishment her l ist hours \v< full of pain and suffering but j bore her affliction with gr foi titude and passed into the gri beyond as calmly as a child ft into peaceful slumber. In addition to a large circle friends she is mourned by a h band, Mr Ix>t B. Rogers, and number of sons and daughte Those who survive her arc : 1 fus Rogers of Winder, Ga., C. Rogers of Bishopville and M S. A- McMillan of Latta, Dr- Ji R. Rogers of Dillon, Fred Rogers of Atlanta, and Miss Ji Rogers of Latta, Melver and I Keithan Rogers of Latta, Po\ Rogers of Latta, Miss Ida Rog of Latta and Luther Rogers i Latta. She was a sister of Jin Townsend, of Union, Mrs. El Stackhouse of Little Rock, M Claudia Townsend, of Lnmbert and the late Mrs J. W. Dillon i Mrs. A. K. Paiham of Dillon. She was a consecrated won having united h- rsell with Methodist church early life. 'J interment was made at Dot! Thursday afternoon and a lai concourse of people gathered in many different sections to pav last tribute to her memory. She lived a life full of activ and usefulness and there are ma who mourn her death. None e^ entered her home without a wa welcome nor left without feeli the warmth of a genuine host ality, so characteristic of the p< pie of her ancestry. ()ld age did i destroy the charm of a kind a indulgent disposition, and wh she continued to enjoy t h society of her friends and chil run, she has for several ye? realized that her active life w over and with resignation await the divine call from death unto lit Peace to her ashes. Notice. All persons holding claims ngaii the estate of Mrs. Manmret <\ Carnii ael, deceased, are hereby required to the same, duly verified with the und signed within the time required liv 1 and upon their failure so to do this i tioe will bo plead in bsr ot t heir recovt and all persons indebted to the said lata are hereby required to make i mediate payment to the undersigned Dillon, 8. G. Robert. McKacht August 25th 1909 Qualified Kxeeu 8-2?-8t CUPID AT WORKMarried, on the 8th. Aug. 19 at the residence of the brid father. W. H. Miller, of Can bell's Bridge by S. L. Pat Esq. Miss Moliie t o Willi Jackson of Dillon. May th boat so auspiciously launcl glide smoothly over the matrinv ial sea, with no storms to mar 1 voyage save little ones. Big Valu In A BRUSH R Best car on the m economical car ever n to COMPLE If interested in a me at Latta, S. C. I on hand. . B, H. A' in i liis ^W :hc -or ALL THE TALK Ith about a poor workman finding a fault with his tools is bosh. No man can do as good work with IXKjr tools as lie can with good ones. That applies whether you dig a garden or build a home. AMONG OUR TOOLS >m you will be able to Select the kind j'^s that make a good job possible. H To choose the tools that will retta quire less hard labor. To get the rs. kind that once bought will last lot as long as you want them to What tool do vou want? he ss,el II. K. HKATY. C. N. HKATY. ny HEATY \ BEATY J1C ;]lc CIVIL KNGINIiKRS. eat Ofiice over L. C. Braddv Go's. iat DILLON. ills I l a /M/ I? l?? * r? ^ Ml nMoi\cir\ iviru. LJLJ. Succwisors to a (iKii. S. Hackkk a Son. | ,wr V" ers s- liza WE MANUFACTURE [rs. on. Doors, Sash and Blinds; Colind umns and Balusters; (1 rilies lan and Gables Ornaments; Screen the Doors and Windows. Nic ,an WE DEAL IX Glass. 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