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' ESTABLISHED IN *895. PILLOW. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1909. VOL 15, NO. i
' LENDING MONEY
AT 6 PER CENT.
A
Standard Warehouse Co.
Announces that it will
Lend Money on Stored i
Cotton at 6 Per Cent. A ;
Long Step Toward Con- |
trol of the Cotton Crop. . j
Mr. T. B. Stackhouse, presi- t
dent of the Standard Warehouse s
Co., in company with Mr. Lewis r
W. Parker, the well-known cotton
mill man of Greenville, has r
just returned from Boston where I
he went to confer with bankers as f
to securing money for advances s
on southern cotton. Mr- Stack- j
house had a most successful trip j,
r and was assured that he could get t
all the money he wanted to assist \
in financing the crop. He was *
successful in negotiating loans at a
a very low rate of interest and the s
Farmer's Loan & Trust Co , of s
Columbia, with which he is con- I
nected, has offered to advance
money on cotton stored in Stan- *
dard Warehouses theat low rate of r
6 per cent. This low rate of in- r
tPT?ct will motarinll.. -1 L
nu? U10I.V1 mllj aasiai LUC 1.
farmer in his efforts to control *
the marketing of the crop aud is ^
a long step toward the solution of ^
the great problem that has contron a
ted the bonded warehouse in the r
south. The satisfactory results of s
Mr. Stackhouse's trip to the north ^
, mark the oeginning of a new era v
in the cotton industry in the south.
Speaking of his trip Mr. Stack- t
t house said: v
T
"We found the strong financial
h interests of the Bast willing to 8
r make advance* on Southern cot- p
PpDQ properly warehoused and had
Ko trouble in perfecting arrange- ^
contents. The truth is that in the
Mrest where Easterns banks have ?
^Bheen lendinc mnnev nn whpat arnl J'
Mother grain crop the prosperity has ^
been so great that the Western
banks are no longer in need of
much assistance and can finance c
their own crops. Eastern bank- T
^ ers therefore must look for an other
field in which to lend monK
ey and they find the Standard s
? k Warehouse cotton receipts wholly a
E acceptable collateral.
& "If you inquire the reason that a
; t Southern banks are not equally v
I I able to finance the farmers with- ?
K out asistance from the East, since
F the price of cotton has increased a
I in the last seven 01 eight years, r1
I the answer is that the increase in 11
f the value of the Southern cotton ?
B crop has been bya no means so
great as the increase has been in v
the value of the grain crop. For
- pvamnU a cnara'Acfiira toK1a In
p v?M?wy?v I w ? V l?wiv li> LtlV/
I current number of The Literary Q
Diges, points out that while durf
ing the period from 1900 to 1908 e
the value of the wheat crop in- o
creased 90 per cent, the increased a
value of the cotton crop was only s
32 per cent. tl
In my judgment the explanation
of this is that the Western
,l farmer has been accustomed for ti
years to store his wheat at the b
elevator and to sell wheat only s,
when the world wants wheat, ^
i while, until recently, the cotton ;
farmer has disposed of his crop E
during the harvest months and ^
the two or three months immediately
following at what ever prices c
were onerea. XMeitner wneat nor ^
cotton can be economically held
, by the fanner unless he have ^
warehouse facilities?and the g
i wheat farmer has had them Ionger
and more of them. \ .
"Warehouse facilities which
f X enable the farmer to borrow money
' *>n their product at 6 per cent,
t ought to go far in assisting the
Southern farmers to distribute the ,
[ marketing of their cotton during
the 12 months of the year nfther .
I than during four, and that is the ,
real problem that the farmer must
face if he would obtain for his cot- .
ton what it is worth. \
"Whenever the Southern farmers
universally adopt the custom "
of storing their cotton in ware- f
t houses, protecting it from damage 1
t of every kind at tlie most economical c
rates and selling it as the demand t
develops throughout the year, the i
? methods of marketing, which are <
scarcely second in importance to <
the methods of producing, will ]
have peached some degree of per- i
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'Vfcft- k-'\ > '.it. *
SHOOTING AFFRAY AT MARION/;. 'J
A. h. Brijman Seriously Wounds Jack
Altman
Marion, August 27 ?Special: ^
\.t about 9.30 o'clock last night
dr. W. H. Brigman shot and
seriously wounded Mr. Jack Altnan
at the Atlantic Caost Line
station, just after the arrival of
he north bound train, the ball takng
effect in the abdomen. Mr
Srigman, who has been living in ^
he vicinity of Marion for the past
several years, is a successful far- w
ner, at present conducting a farm it
or Mr. T. L. Manning, about ol
hree miles southeast of Marion, g
The young man Altman, it seems, g
lad beeu at work for a short time
or Mr. Brigmar^, but had left "
md had gone to Pee-Dee station, it
^fter his leaving M^. Brigman C
ound that his house had been bro- g
:en into, and he applied to Magisrate
Oliver early last night for a u
varrant. Meanwhile, Altman ai
lad been arrested at Pec-Dee by C
i local constable, and was on his B
vay to Marion. As soon as he
stepped off the train he asked to
see Brigman, and Deputy Sheriff Vl
Dozier, who was there with the
varrant to arrest him, thinking a
hat he wanted to see Brigman to
irrange the matter amicably, did
lot interfere. As soon as Brig- tl
nan and Altman met, however a a
ight began, with the result that t<
irigman was knocked down. t]
Sheriff Blue, who happened to be (j
iresent, and others interfered and
>arted them, but a$ the combatnts
were being separated Brig- t<
nan fired his pistol, with the re- a
ult above stated. No one had r
een the pistol and before it could jj
ie fired the second time, the sheriff
irrenched it from his hand.
The wounded man was taken to ?
he office of Dr. E. B. Utley, who S1
/ith the assistance of Dr. A. Mcntyre,
found upon making a sur- K
ical operation that the ball had n
iassed through the lower part of e:
he abdominal cavity without s
/ounding any of the organs, and 0
ad lodged in the back. After the ,
peration the patient was taken to 1
ail, and there, in one of the low- u
r rooms in the jailer's apartments, \v
ie is resting quietly to-day. rt
The physicians think that the
hancesalre in favor of Altman's
ecovery. Mr. Brigman was kept S1
n custody by the sheriff until to- ol
ay, when bail was granted in the t
um of $1,000, after a warrant for
ssult and battery had been sworn
ut for him by Mr. Curtis Altman, s
brother to the wounded man, t*
/ho came in to-day on the 10 h
'clock train. n,
The shooting ways witnessed by ^
great number of persons, and
here are almost as many conflict- "
tig stories as to how it actually B
ccurred, the lelative position ?f tl
he combatants, etc, as there are a
fitnesses. j
Mr. Walter Stanton, who lives S(
n Route No. 1, has a home-rais- t]
d colt little more than two years ??
Id that weighs 936 pounds. It is n
beautiful bay mare that will Hot n
uffer by comparison with sortie oi,
he high-priced horses brought to \
)illon from Virginia and Ken- S.
ucky. The mare was sired by
ling Forest, a Marlboro horse of ^
ome renown, and was raised on ^
Ir. A J. C. Cottingham's planta- \
ion. Mr. Stanton says it did not ti
ive him any trouble to raise the n
aare. As a colt she was allowed e<
D vraze around the farm and he n
aid very little more attention to si
ler than he would have given to a b
earling. She is the picture of a Ci
/ell-bred animal and would easily ai
ell for $200 at her present age. ^
Ay. Jeseie Proctor, a neighbor of p
dr. Stan'on's, has a home-raised \
nare mule three years old that tl
imuc a tiup mis spring. X lie vv
nule was raised. without much n
rouble and would sell for $250. n
dr. Stanton believes there is raon- a
y in stock raisin? and he is think- b
ng seriously of engaging in the h
>usiness on a larger scale. His j
uccesses so far have proved that a
t could be made a profitable vin- b
lustrv. o
I 1 LI- .11 J 1. 11 -LL ! 0
ection. The Standard Warelouse
company, we think, is renlering
them some assistance to j:
his end and out success in mak- ^
ng arrangements to offer money :
it 6 per cent, on warehouse rexipts
as compared with 8 last
rear should be an argument of
tome convincing force."
URVEY1NG PARTY \
REACHES DILLON.
tnd Leaves Eearly Next
Morning for Albriton A
Month Before Report will
be Made to Governor.
Prof. Chas. J. Colcock, of the
niversity of South Carolina, who
as appointed by Gov. Ansel to
lake a test of the official survey
f the county made by Messrs.
tamby & Beatty, arrived in town
unday morning: and registered at
le Price Court Inn. Aecompanvlg
Prof. Coicock were F. Horton
olcock, Edward D. Smith, B. <).
rooks and C. E. Murray of Colmbia,
J. S. Dantzler of Elloree
nd Howard Wiswall, Jr., of
harleston. Messrs. Smith and
rooks were with Messrs. Hamby
nd Beatty on the original surev.
The party spent the dav quietly
t the hotel and left early next
lorning for a point above Albriin
where the Marlboro county
nd North Carolina state line injrsect.
Thev will run a line from
lis Doint to Dillon, and thence
own to big Pee Dee river. Next
ley will run a line from the eas?rn
extremity of the county from
point beyond Nichols to the
iver. The running of these
nes will complete the survey.
Of course Prof. Colcock had
othing to say concerning the reults
of his work so far. He will
ive out nothing official until his
sport has been made to the govrnor.
He exacts to finish the
urvey this week, but as he leaves
n a uvowceKS vacation next week
e will not make his calculations
ntil ho returns to Columbia. It
ill be about a month before his
?port is made to the governor.
Prof. Colcoek is making the
jrvey merely to test the length
f certain lines alleged to be short,
be impression seems to have
otten out that he is making a
urvev of the county, but this is a
listake. After running ttie lines
e can say that he does or does
ot believe that Marion contains
00 square miles, according to the
gures of Messrs. Hamby and
ieatty. Of course there may be
tree or four miles one way or the
ther, but there is no probabilitv
tat enough errors will be found
o reduce Marion to less than 90G
quare miles when it is recalled
tiat Messrs. Kamby and Beatty
threw in" five miles for good
teasure when they made their fial
calculations.
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Married at MontrealAn
event of more than usual in;rest
to Dillon society was the
tarriage of Dr. C. Henslee and
liss Jeanette McKenzie at Mon eat,
N. C., last Wednesday afteroon.
The ceremony was performi
at the cottage of Mrs. D. N.
liver where the bride, with her
ister, Miss Isla McKenzie, has
een spending the summer. No
irds were issued and only the reltives
of the bride and a few imitate
friends of the groom were
resent at the ceremony Dr. and
Irs. Henslee left immediately for
le groom s home in Gratiot, Ohio,
rhere they will spend their honeytoon.
The bride is a lady of
tany graces of mind and person
nd is greatly loved and admired
y a large circle of friends. She
as been a teacher in the Dillon
n ? ? ? ? -
ugn ocnooi wnere sne was deervedly
popular with the studenl
ody, the faculty and the patron1
f the school. The groom is a mar
i sterling qualities and during hi:
en year's residence here his nam<
las been linked with every im
oitanl movement looking to th<
levelopment of Dillon. Dr. an<
4rs. Henslee will be at home V
heif Dillon friends after Sept. 15
The Dillon Herald $1.50 a year
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, \ RURAL CARRIER* ASSOCIATION I
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President Micker Active in Work of the
Organization. ?Congressman
Aiken Commends Association. I
Mr. T. 12. Wicker, president of
Rural Letter Carriers Association
of'this State, has been very active
and exerting his best efforts to increase
an interest in the association,
and to enlist the co-operation
ot all the letter carriers in the
State. Mr. W.eker in order to
secure, as far as possible, the attitude
of the government officials
and congressman towards the association,
addressed a communication
to Congressman Aiken, requesting
his opinion of the subject.
In reply. Mr. Wicker has received '
from Congressman Aiken, the following
letter:
Abbeville, S. C., Aug. 21, 1909.
Mr. Thomas E. Wicker.
Newberry. S. C.
Dear Sir:?Your letter asking
what I believed to be the attitude
of the Government toward the rural
carriers, and especially with
reference to the carriers organization,
was duly received.
I am sure that the Government,
and especially Congress, is disposed
to do the best for the carriers
that the circumstances each year
will permit. I am also sure that
the government does not look with
disfavor upon the carriers' organization.
It recognizes the right of
the carrier to orcsent his cause in
the most forceful and intelligent
manner, and this he can do only
through organization, bringing
him in touch with his fellows.
The carriers, in theii organized
rrinnrit v ivin %rfi1ii?iKl? ni,l I
to State and Federal authorities in
stimulating road building and in
[ making other suggestions in aid ot
rural development. It is not the
purpose of the organization to undertake
t" enforce demands, but to
present its requests intelligently
and forcefully.
, I speak as a friend of the rural
carrier. My first speech in congress
was in support of a bill, pro- :
posing to pay rural carriers soipe
thing like adequate compensation.
It was one of the first of such bills j
; introduced; and from time to time |
since, I have aided in the passage
of similar measures still further 1
' improving the carrier's condition. '
I have felt that the rural carrier <
was not fairly treated when com- ,
pared with the city carrier, and I
have felt no little pleasure in the
1 increasing recognition that he has ;
found in congress. 1 do not lies- '
; itate to say that the association has <
given me valuable data; and except j
for organization, 1 do not believe t
that the data would have been *
: easily obtainable. All carriers '
1 share in the beneficial work of the 1
: organization; it seems but fair that
, all should tinite in making it as ]
effective as possible.
Verv truly yours,
^ Wyatt Aiken.
1 As Regards Mr. Smith. t
Dillon Herald
^ Some
\\a(*ks ago you printed a piece in I
regard to Wn . Smith of Mallory. f
1 want to say to your readers that ?
if/was all stuff and not a word of t
truth in it. 1 had a mnv of it hut 1
lost it, today a lady friend wrote <
n;e, asking me to let her know, if
it had not been for that I would
I have never mentioned it for I was
always taught when I heard nothing
to say nothing. j
I do not care to play leap frog r
with a plug and feel like he had
. better write the truth, than to write '
a false, the Mayor of Mallory will ?
tell any one that there has been 110 1
trouble at that big city and if that f
News and Courier writer will do t
, his duty he will find it will pay
I best to change his way of writing.
Perhaps it would pay him to cut (
those weeds around the new house c
and clean his finger iiail,s and let 1
the Mallory folks alone. :
A FRIEND.
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What People Say. 1
; 1
What difference does it make to
' you what people say?
You know the talse words from
the true
F rom day to day.
] I You know they'll criticise you sure,
i If you arc bad or good and pure:
*! It's easy for you to endure
: i What people say.
Don't let it drive you out of tq#ra,
D I What people say.
* | What people say is seldom true,
Some one has got it in for you;
' Forget it, brother, P. D. y.,
. What people say.
LAST RACES R
BIG SUCCESS.
Large Crowd of Visitors and T
Home People See Some
Fine Racing on the Dillon
Track. Last Meet of the
Season Passes Into History.
Despite the busy season a large
rowd witnessed the last meet of
he Dillon Driving Association
or the season 1909 at the track
Tuesday afternoon. Those who '
ame from a distance to sec the 111
aces were not disappointed be- w
:ause they saw some of the best P1
aeing and some of the fastest
ime ever made in the history of ^
he Pee Dee Circuit. Although ^
he official time in the free for all
ace was given out as 14
experienced race horse men say (j
hat some of the winners could 01
lave gone faster. There was s'
tothing tt? mar the pleasure of the NV
>ccasion. The weather was ideal a
with the exception of a little show- **
. r which came tip between the ^
heats but after it had passed away v
the track was in better condition *
than ever. M
Marguerite, owned by L. Ed- ^
wards, came out first in the third e
heat in the free for all with Alfon- a
so a close second. Marguerite e
won in the first two heats and it s
was generally conceded that she v
hail won the race, but Mr. Drake s
protested the third ho*r on a
{ round that Mr Edwards who 11
was driving: Marguerite had r
changed his position on the home P
stretch which was against the ^
rules of the National Trotting b
Association. The judges set Marguerite
back, but the protest tvill S
be carried to the National Trot- f<
ting Association for decision, st
Should the National Asstxiation p
lecide in favoi of Marguerite this tl
kV:ll give the game little mare two d
successive victories o"er Alfonso B
is she was *he winner at Darling- li
;on on August 25th. Sandy Hal tc
:ame out third, with Albuta hold- st
ng fourth place. Albuta did not o^
;eem to be in good trim and was m
eft in the rear in all three heats at
Ditt one. S{
2A8 class t Roy Wilkes first, w
Helle of Darlington second, Sir v;
rlenry third. v<
2.25 class: Hebe first, Dolly pi
Jillard second, Bessie (lentry ti
hird, Brownie fourth. st
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Looks like 6 jxr cent will be the e'
Viliilor intoroct rofa in tViic Qtoto if
rom now on?thanks to the a,
ifforts of our good friend, and the .
armer's friend, Col, T. B. S tacklouse,
of the Standard Warehouse
Company.?Orangeburg Sun tl
Man it a Little Cuss. li
Man is a little cuss and hasn't "
ong to stay. He flies around and ,
nakes a fuss and then he makes (
iway. Some men imagine they
ire great and try to tear up jack, w
>ut each one meets the same old ^
ate, and treads the same old ^
rack. Great Caesar's dead and e'
urned to clay, and so is Cicero. Al- a
ixander has gone the way the rest ^
if us must go. The sages, poets, a
neroes, all the men of the world, c<
into an open grave must fall and
:rumble back to earth. Then let's
not join in the aflfray and struggle ' e
like the deuce and agonize our e
s
lives a.way; for really what's the
use? Let's live and love and sing: | a
the while, and work some now and j r
then, and give to every one a J
smile that cheers the hearts of j
men. And whether we are c
crowned with flowers or chilled ,
with winter snows, with happi- j
ness let's All the hours ere we <
turn up our toes.?Exchange. *
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The Dillon Herald Si.50 a year
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?EDY CREEK
CHANGES HANDS ^
o
he Famous Spring is Purchased
by Dillon Men who
will Develop It into a Popular
Summer Resort. Its
Health Giving Waters to
be Bottled and Shipped
Abroad. Next year Dillon
will have a Summer
Resort Right at Its Doors.
<eedv Creek Springs have passed
to the hands of Dillon men who
ill begin at onee to develop the
"operty and make it one ot the
oiiiuui(.i icsun> in me
Late. The purchasers are
lessrs. W T. Bethea ami J. B.
ibson who purchased the properr
from Col. J. B. Edjjcrton, of
oldsbora, and Mr. R. P. Hanier.
f Hanier. The tract around the
wrings contain 120 acres which
'ill be laid oil into pretty avenues
nd shady walks. The underrowth
w'U Ik* cut away, the
rounds will he cleared and the
rhole place w ill be yiven such a
rrincfnrmfifir.n oc */? ?
ileal location for a summer resort.
iMie hotel building will be remedied,
more rooms will be added
nd the entire structure will l>e
quipped with water works and
ewer aire. A competent man
yill have charge of it during the
ummer season and guests will be
ssared every comlort to be found
n the modern resort designed for
est and recreation. A dancing
avillion will be erected and the
otel management will employ a
and during the season.
The origin of Reedy Creek
Springs dates back to a time be)re
the war. Long before the
truggle between the states the
eople from miles around gathered
tcre to spend their holidays and to
rink of its health-giving waters,
efore the hotel was built they
ved in tents, but now in addition
> the hotel building there are
iveral cottages always filled to
i-erllowing during the summer
lonths. For diseases of the stnm:n,
particularly indigestion, the
>rings are without a superior anyhere
and it is suprising that this
aliiahli* nrnnprtv hat ti/!??
doped Ion# ago by some enterrising
person who knew the virle
of its waters. B" now it
5eins that its day has come and
[essrs Bethea Gibson will do
yerything in their power to make
one of the most comfortable and
ttractive watering places in the
:ate. It is their intention to
uild a clay road from Dillon to
le Springs and make it a speedway
for automobiles. Persons
ving m Dillon can spend their
ights at Reedy Greek and return
> town the next morning in time
>r the opening of business,
"here is every reason why the rejrt
should immediately l>eeome
opular. There is not a resort in
lis section of the state, the nearst
one being in North Carolina,
bout 120 miles from Dillon. The
[erald will have more to say
bout the developement of this exellent
property later on.
The jury of 12 men drawn sev
141 U4yr> rtjju iu a^piaisc iiic pi uj>rty
in front of E. T. Elliott's
table? for the use of the new
ailroad met Monday afternoon '
nd after viewing the property
nade the following appraisals:
ohnson Moore $2,100; Penny Infram
$1,100; Thos. Johnson $600.
VII of this property belongs to col>red
people who,' it is said, ate
grilling to dispose of it at the appraised
value in order to buy more
choice locations further from the
pusiness part of town.
The billoq Herald $1.50 a yeat.
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