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The Dillon Herald.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
A. B. JORDAN EDITOR.
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Dillon. J. C. September 30 1909.
Making a Monkey of the Law.
The verdict in the ^arnuai case,
in the language of the lamented i
Gonzales, is enough to make angels
weep and mortals swear.
There was no doubt as to Farnum's
guilt- The strongest case ^
the state had, so it is sai J. was the
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one against Farnum. and his acquittal
not only makes a monkey
of tne law, but it seriously handicaps
the state in the prosecution t
of the other alleged grafters. (
The Herald has no desire to see *
an innocent man convicted. it t
were better that a hundred guilty
men were set at liberty than an
innocent one were convicted, but
according to the stenographic re- *
ports of the trail, if Farnum was (
not guilty of bribery the statutes
of the state are not worth the pa- ,
per they are printed on.
The verdict is an outrage on
justice, but at the same time it
emphasizes the importance of jury 1
reform in this state, and may .
ultimately prove to be a blessing 1
in disguise. J
The Herald does not pretend
to say that the panel was pack- '
ed, but there is every evidence j
that something was wrong, t
Then again, the jury conimis- l
sinners of a county are more iin- 5
portantthau the court itself, and it j
is risking too much to confer upon j
three men the power to select t
indiscriminately a body men who I
are to pass upon the guilt or innocence
of other men.
There may a wholesome lesson j
in Farnum's acquittal, after all. i
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Defending Corn.
There is no doubt but that the
pallagra scare has depreciated the
value of corn as a foodstuff. *'
There is no telling where the s
indictment against corn meal as
the cause of pallagra came from. ?
TUft m *- *
auv uianuitivLUld 9 Ul IIUU1 Ill>gilt I
have been responsible, but any- ?
way it got into the public prints F
somehow or somewhere that mouldy
corn meal is responsible for the d
pallagra epidemic now spreading *
over the country. The disease
is baffling science. The scien- j<
tific world attributes the disease I
o this, that or the other cause.
It may be an old disease with a a
new name. Appendicitis wast
known as cramp colic for several i'
thousand years, until the appen- ^
dix was discovered. Commenting r
on the assertion that corn meal
causes the disease the Columbia
Record says: (
In several quarters of late edi- t
torial writers, having hastily read (
and but half digested the various
recent oapers by medical men up- ?
on the causation of pallagra, have 1
rushed into print with wrathful 1
repudiations of a conclusion thev j
deem the scientific world to have (
reached?namely, that this mysterious
and dreadful disease is
solely due to damaged corn or com (
products. I
Science does not so easily nor j
quickly reach its conclusions. Corn :
it is true, is still under Mispicion,
and those pellagra students who
favor the maize theory adhere tenaciously
to their opinion;' but investigators
quite as eminent as
they hold the malady to be of the
leprous group, a microbic disease,
which altered corn may sometimes
aggravate, but can by no means
cause. And meanwhile both factions,
as well as the rest of the
scientific world, are of open mind,
ready to accept whatever explanation
time shall show to be true.
That is the student's attitude. The
question is open still.
.v Nevertheless, corn is just now
somewhat lowered in popular esti- .
matidn and it is to be hoped that
its good name will soon be cleared.
Corn has been one of the cheapest
gad moat important of the great J
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food stuffs; also, until this peila
grra scare arose, it W3S considered
one of the healthiest.
A South Carolina jury is as uncertain
as the cotton market.
Dr. Cook's picture of the north
pole hears some resemblance to a
T.itt1r? Rnrlr pntfnn
The tales of wealth from the
cotton fields these days rival those
from the Klondyke several vears
ago.
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The Sunday News and Courier
isks "Do we know how to cook?"
rhe most of us do after cotton
>icking season.
If Charleston succeeds in runling
the tigers out the illicit dealers
in other towns might as well
urrender without firing a gun.
Dr. Cook says persons seeking
ll /t l\T\l A H
i *v~ |/vyiv uiuoi i iu w miuujl;
Irink, which it is equivalent to
aying that it will never be overun
with the Kentuckians.
The News and Courier com)ares
Gov. Johnson's estate of
118,000 with Harriman's $100,000,
KK) and asks "which wtrnld you
ather be, now that it's all over?"
Neither.
Held for Larceny of Cow.
Simp Prevatt, a young white
nan, was given a preliminary
tearing in Judge Fort's Court
>aturday on the charge of having
stolen a cow from Mr. Jno. C.
Miller a farmer of the Gaddy's
Mill section. Prevatt entered a
ilea of not guilty*, but the evidence
against him seemed to be
iretty conclusive and the Judge
ient the ease up to th higher
:ourt. Prevatt is a farm
land and has worked for various
people in the Gaddy's Mill secion.
He look the cow from a
lasture and was one his way to
^lio when he was overtaken with
he property near Little Rock.
Prevatt is not a very intelligent
fellow and does not seem to realze
the gravity of the offence with
vhich he is charged.
Maple Dots.
J. A. and C. H. Dove spent a
i;w days last week in the old north
tate.
The ladies of the Pleasant Gro /e
lundav School organized a Philahia
class last Sunday evening,
diss Jennie Collins was elected
(resident.
Mr. J, H. Surles spent a few
lays last week with his uncle at
larnesville, N. C.
Mr. Ed Rancke of Lumberton
s yisiting his sister, Mrs. F. M.
w*ne.
The Baraca class of the Pleasnt
Grove Sunday School will enertain
a number of ladies at an
ce cream supper at the home of
dr. D. H. Hyatt next Saturday
light. SIMON.
Your attention is called to the
change in the advertisments in
his issue and also to the new
>nes. The merchants of our city
ippreciate your trade and take
his means of telling you of any
bargains they may have to offer
ind also to announce the arrival |
>f new goods which are placed at
/our disposal and inspection. By
:losely watching the columns of
:his paper you will learn the
tames of our business men who
nvite you to deal with them and
/ou can rest assured that they
vill treat you right. A merchant
vho does not care enough for your
rade to ask you to visit his store
ind who does not inform you of
he many bargains he may have
o offer is hardly worth your paronage.
The progressive mer
:hant will always let his custom;rs
know of the arrival of new
foods at once, and the way for
>ur merchants to do this is
:hrough the columns of this paper
vhich goes into almost every
tiome in the county.
The Dillon Herald $1.50 a year.
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-Maple Dots. ^
F. C. Dove, of Rockfish, N. C. ^
spent last week in this section.
A. M. Smith of Orrum N. C., ?
was in this section a few days last
week. ^
E. W. Surles visited at Abbotts- ^
burg, N. C., last week. ^
Mrs. Tempie Powers who has ^
been spending sometime with her ^
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christo- ^
pher Lee. returned to her home ^
at Abbotts ville, N. C., Sunday. ^
K. Jackson who has been visiting
in the old North state returned
home last week. ?Miss
Lena Turbeville of the tr ~
Campbell's Bridge section visited ^
in this section Sundav.
Miss Margeret Dove who has been
visiting at Rockfish, N. C., returned
home last week. ? '
Joe Turbeville of the Camp
bells Bridge section was in this
section Sunday. ^
Simon.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Hugh Stack*
house announce the marriage of
their niece, Sallie Willis Highfill,
to E. Roland Rol>erts, Wednesday """
evening, Oct. 6lh., 1909. at 5 o'clock,
Mt. Andrew M E. Church.
Dr A G Buckner has returned
from Charlotte where he visited
his daughter who is attending
college.
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Special Column.
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Farm Land for Sale. ^
I will sell for cash, or on easy
terms, some of the best farming
lands in upper Marion county. * *
One farm of 700 acres with good ?
residences and necessary out
buildings, on the Cashua public ^
road leading West from Little
Rock
J. D. McLucas,
Marion, S. C.
Fayetteville Steam Laundry
Guarantees to do your work satisfactory.
Give us a trial. ^
Geo. Brunson, Agrt. 9^
The American Tobacco Co., and ^
Imperial Tobacco Co., will call off y
their buyers after Oct. 7th, those
who have tobocco to sell will do
well to bring: it in before that date.
Watkins & Moore. ^
FOR SALE?Four vacant lots
best residence location in Dillon.
Apply to Herald Office. ^ ^
FOR RENT?Shop formerly oc- ?
cupiedbyjoe McDonald. Apply
to J. H. McLaurin's Drug: Store, mm
Fresh line Lenox Chocolates al- W
ways to be found at McLaurin's HI
Drug: Store. Rfl
If you have Prescriptions to fill ^
and want pure Drugs go to Mc- H
Laurin's Prug Store. ES
See the Malleable Rar.ge from IQl
Oct. 4th to 9th. Mr. Modecett M
will be glad to see you. HI
Dillon Hardware Co. El
Stolen.
A "Dexter" bicycle. Blue
painted frame, ouncture nmnf mm
tires. Thief is supposed to have El
gone in the direction of Latta. v|
Reward for return to W. B. Sears, MM
Dillon. M
For Sale.?40 acres good farm KX
land, one mile from Dillon, on Ka
Little Rock road. Apply to J. W. M
King. or W. A. Blizzard at Dillon El
Hdwe Co's. 4t. ^
For Sale.?Place containing: 8 Dl
acres, one mile from Passenger Sta- H
tion. Good land for trucking: or El
cotton. S. T. Rogers, Dillon- Kl
Mr. C C. Modecett, with the HI
Malleable Range Co , of South Kl
Bend, Ind., will be with us again
next week from October 4th to 9th. pf
Our sales on ranges were so great pHj
till he is going to give us another El
week. He will be at our store Bri
with hot coffee and will .be glad to EI
show you the finest ranges made. Kl
Everybody invited. Bfl
Dillon Hardware Co. Kl
WANTED?A detective with Kl
good references. Apply to N. E. Eg
Stafford. Dfl
For Sale.?350 acres of land, Kl
200 acres under stood state of Mil- HI
tivation; 7 room dwelling, Health- E
ful, 2 miles from Kingstree, IP
| Williamsburg County, Good water. Ej
Terms easy. Will be sold within K
30 days.
ALSO several small pieces K
ranging from 30 to 200 acres. &
Apply at once to E
H. E. Montgcnury,
9-30-4t. Kings tree, S. C. pj
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i One Car Crescent Stoves 1
I ^^^^Banges j|
are the prettiest line ever
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WE SOLD 12 ^*T
Celebrated Malleable Ranges ^ v
last week, the finest on earth, they ^5 fc
have advantages over any other Range ^ W?
~ made. Come in and see us we can fix L
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Malleable Range and guar eee very one. |
We want your business. ^2 $
i Dillon Hardware Company. Jjj
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