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ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1909. VOL. 15, NO. 40
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L PREACHER MEETS DEATH
AT MAIN ST. CROSSING.
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Circus . Train Speeding
;, Through Town at 40 Miles
1 an Hour Crushes Life Out
V of Rev. Jno. McRae Sunday
Morning. Preacher
was on His Way to His
Charge.
Caught bv a circus train speed- .
inc at thp ratp nf Jn miioc nn
.V iinivo au 1IWUI , (
Rev. Jno. McRae, a well-known '
colored preacher, was struck and 1
gTound to death at the Main street (
crossing of the Atlantic Coast Line .
^ at an early hour Sunday morning.
Death was almost instantaneous 1
and the buggv in which the unfor- 1
tunate man was riding was crush- ;
ed into kindling wood.
The tragedy was witnessed by i
several gentlemen who were on
their way to the postofhee for their
early morning mail. Rev. McRae
was on his way to Sellers
where he had several churches at
which he was to preach that day.
rfe Teft his home and drove down
Main street in a leisurely way.
As he approached the Main street
crossing of the Atlantic Coast Line
li I--* -
nt wua icaumj; mh Dime, presumably
looking over the texts of some
of the sermons he was to pr.ach
that day, and was so deeply absorbed
in the book that he failed
to notice the swiftly approaching
train. Just as he reached the
crossing the train bore down upon !
him and he was seen to throw up
y hands and make an effort to jump (
but the train was upon him and
before he could move the bug- 1
gy was dashed into fragments
and he was thrown 20 feet to the
side of the tracks. Bystanders (
rushed to his assistance but he 1
never regained consciousness and
after gasping once or twice his
lifft fliplrprpfl nnt- TKo WiKlo
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which the unfortunate man seem- '
ed to be so deeply absorbed was
found lying unopened near the (
body. The horse he was driving
was uninjured.
The train was the second sec- ;
tion of No. 78, the morning passenger,
and was carrying the
Johnny Jones Carnival Co., which
is to show at Timmonsville this :
WPPIf WitriPCCPC Af + trn/Yn^??
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said that the engineer pave the J
usual signals but the train was .
moving- at a rapid rate. The en- i
g^neer saijl just as he reached the
/ crossing: he looked ahead and saw
the front part of the buggy and j
borse but before he could touch ,
the emergency brake the engine
was upon the vehicle and the next 1
| ) moment there was a fearful crash '
f - that told of the tragedy.
Rev. McRae was about 60 years :
old and had been preaching in this l
community for a number of years I i
He was pastor of several churches (
near Sellers and his popularity j
amolig his parishoners was evi- ! (
denced bv the laree number of ,
colored people who came up from <
Sellers Sunday morning: after;
learning: of the tragedy. I
He was a prominent Odd Fel-!1
low and the members of his order
gathered from far and tnear to lay '.
the body at rest Monday afternoon, i 1
He w4 a thrifty man and had ac- *
cumulu|ed some property.
He leaves several children and I (
a host of friends among: both races
to mourn his untimely and tragic j
taking: off. j
!1
Mr. R. S. Rogers, a popular
young: man of Gaddys Mill, left1
for Woodruff, S. C., Friday night I
; on a very happy mission. On J1
Tuesday night he was wedded to i
Miss Bruce Parsons, a popular 1
young lady of that town. After (
a brief honeymoon Mr. and Mrs. !
Rogers will return to Gaddys
Mill where the young bride will '
receive a very codial welcome from
the groom's many friends.
I
Mother.
"Time has scattered the snowy
Hakes on her brow, plowed furroughs
in her cheeks?but is she
not sweet and beautiful now! The
lips which have kissed many tears
from the childish cheeks are the
sweetest lips in all the world.
The eye is dim, yet it grows with
the rapt radiance of a holy love
which can never fade. Oh, yes,
she is a dear old mother. Her
sands of time are nearly run out,
but as feeble tts she is she will go
further and reach down lower for
you than will any man on earth.
\ou cannot walk into midnight
where she cannot see you; you
cannot enter a prison whose bars
shall keep her out; vou cannot
mount a scaffold too high for her
to reach and bless you. In evidence
of her death less love, when
the world shall depise and forsake
you?when it leaves you by the
wayside to die unnoticed?the
dear old mother will gather you up
in her feeble arms, carry you home
and tell you of your virtues until
you almost forget that your soul
is disfigured by vices. Lovu her
tenderly and cheer her declining
years with holy devotion.
The State Railroad Commission
cors.nosprl nf Mcccw
j?? v 001 o. uuiu v an,
Earle and Caugham arrived in
Dillon Monday and were met
by Supt. Hancock of the North
& South Carolina railroad who
took them over the new road on a
tour of inspection. The party
was taken to Little Rock on a
motor car where they boarded a
special train and were carried
over the road as guests of Supt.
Hancock. As the road has not
been graded into Dillon the line
was inspected only as far as Little
Rock, but it will be only a
few days before they will begin to
operate trains out from Dillon.
The load is now in full operation
from Little Rock to Hamlet, a
doubly daily service having been
put on Monday. A representative
of The Herald accompanied the
commissioners as the guest of
Supt. Hancock and The Herakl
will soon haye something' interesting
to say concerning the territory
through which the new road
runs.
Here is a minister who appreciates
the editor. At a recent editorial
convention he offered the
following toast: "To save an
editor from starvation, take his
paper and pay for it promptly.
To save him from bankruptcy,
advertise in his paper liberally.
To save him from despair, send
him every item of news of which
you can get hold. To save him
from profanity write vour correspondence
plainly on one side of
the sheet and send it in as early
as possible. To save him from
mistakes, bury him. Dead people
are the only ones who never make
mistakes."
m
A word to you sonny?you
little twelve or thirteen-year-old
boy who is smoking cigarettes on
Lhe sly. What do you want t) be
when you grow up?a stalwart,
healthy, vigorous, broadsnouldercd
man, or a little, puny, measly,
no count wcakminded dude? If
you want to be a man, strong like
a man, with hair on your face,
brains in your head and muscles
in your limbs, you just let those
cigarettes alone. If you want to
be a thing, pitied by your folks
despised by the girls, and held in
contempt by the fellows, keep
right on smoking and end your
iays in the insane asylum.
We got so many new subscribers
last week, after ordering our
paper, that most of our exchanges
had to be slighted. We would
say by way of apology that we
hope the same thine mnv hannon
o J
:>ften.
A gentleman said the other day
that one of the ft rst things the
New County ought to do after
the county machinery is put in
motion is to clay the sandbed
over the New Bridge and The
Herald heartily endorses the suggestion.
Quite a large volume of
trade comes to Dillon from the
territory over the New Bridge and |
by claying this sandbed the volume
of trade could be increased. The
fact that many farmem haul produce
over this sandbed to reach
the Dillon markets argues well
for Dillon as a trade centre.
Colcock is Right.
The following: kind words froi
a good friend in Columbia will t
appreciated by The Herald's reac
ers:
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 27, 190
Dear Friend Jordan:
Allow me to congratulat
you and the good people ot Dilloi
1 know you will have a Ne
County now. Prof. Colcock di
the right thing and I told even
body in advance that he woulc
Here's wishing you every su<
cess."
The above is from a well-know
South Carolinian whose name
wilhheld for obvious reasons, bi
who keeps up closely with th
trend of events.
Sunday morning a large crow
of people of different denomim
tions assembled in the Methodi:
Church, the occasion being tb
Memorial services of the late Di
James H. Carlisle, President En
eritus of Wofford College. Th
choir rendered some very swet
music, prepared for the occasior
and after a few words by the pas
tor. Rev. W. C. Kirkland, Hot
P. B. Sellers, a Wofford Colleg
graduate, delivered a very abl
address, telling of his association
with Dr. Carlisle, and of thegres
influence of the "grand old man.'
Hon. Jas. B. Gibson, who is als
a graduate of Wofford, spoke mos
feelingly of Dr. Carlisle and ho^
his heait to heart talks with th
great educator guided him ove
the rough roads often found i
college life. Services closed wit
Dr. Carlisle's favorite hymn, fo
lowed by the doxology*
On Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock Hon. E. C. Edwards, wa
married to Miss Nannie Lewis ?
the home of the bride's fathei
Mr. A. C. Lewis, near Mullins
The ceremony was witnessed b
only the friends and relatives t
the bride and groom and was pel
formed by RevxJ. L. Daniel an
Rev. Dove Tiller- Mr. and Mrs
Edwards left immediately fc
Raleigh where Mr. Edwards goe
as a delegate to the Farmer'
National Congress. Mr. Edward
is a popular member of the Mario
delegation and has many friend
over the county who offer hii
their congratulations.
Inspecting the New Road.
Monday morning commissioner
B. L. Caughman, J. M. Sulliva
and Maj. John N. Earl on thei
arrival in Dillon were met by Cap1
Hancock, general superintendent
at the terminus of the road o
Main street with his splendid mc
tor ear. Soon the party were skin:
ming along at a lively pace ovc
what will soon be the popular oui
let for the growing wealth of thi
God favored land.
In a short while the new depot t
Little Rock will be completed. Hei
our friend D. N. Oliver was hole
ing down the telephone hitched t
a post, and dispatching and receiv
ing freight. His genial smile di
not leave him while the bosse
weie in sight.
Next the little motor steame
out to Mentor the second depo
from Dillon 4.9 miles distant; her
near the margin of Donaho ba;
flip comp r*looo rvf ? *? ^ -
I..V ouaiiw viaoo Ul UCJJOL was in Tin
condition presided over by Mi
Meadows, son of the well knows
presiding elder. A ginnery ha
been established here. The con
crete wall for the cotton platforn
has been filled with sand hauled
distance of 35 miles. All this mean
permanency and will hold goc
through the ages. Mr. Boncaljoin
ed the party here, making six ii
all. Clio the next depot on the roa
5.8 miles distant, reaching thi
place in front of E. Sternberge
Co., the party alighted and sough
Mrs. Evans hotel where an ampl
repast had been provided and wa
in waiting for these hungry tra\
elers.
The commissiorfers were irt
pressed with the panoramic vie
they had of the many luxuiiai
fields of cotton, corn and cane a
they speeded over the iron rail!
j The talk was all of railroads an
the produce that would keep thei
at work.
Here the party separated, con
missioners taking: the Latta ros
for Columbia, Captains Hancoc
and Bonsai continued the journt
McCall-ward, while ye scribe d<
fleeted his course at Red Bluff, at
by strictly private conveyance tun
bled in on his hospitable kinsraa
half mile distant, and by the Latl
road reached Dillon the day afte
feeling: deeply impressed. This po
tion of the old Palmetto state hi
a gloiious future before it,
What Southern Soils Need
Most.
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q If any one need of Southern
soils could be singled out as the v
e greatest, then unquestionably that \
j greatest need would be organic j
^ nitrogen?nitrogen ? supplied ^
^ through the agency of decaying j
vegetation. That nitrogen /is
j needed on almost all oijr so?s, *
thousands of experiments and/al- ^
most universal observation p?ove s
n beyond doubt. That farmersI re- v
js cognize this fact, is also proved t
lt by the millions of dollars anmualie
ly spent in the purchase of pom- 1
mercial nitrogen. I v v
Dr. J. F. Workman of Charleston
has returued to Dillon tot resurae
his position as prescrijrion V
[C clerk at Brunson's Pharmacy. \ ^
Quite a Mistake.
ie A lady visitor at Blackpool was t
it bathing: and was on the point of
i, drowning: when a boatman, who is <.
>- a local wag:, went to her assistance. ^
i. Later in the day he called where (
e she was staying: and saw a gentle- v
e man, who, seeing the lady in diffi- r
is culties, had offered ?20 to anyone
Lt who would rescue the lady. This ^
conversation took place:
o Boatman?I am the man who c
>t saved the lady, sir, and I thought ?
v I'd call and see about the jQ'l0. ?
e The Gentleman?Y-e-s, I know ?.
:r but when I made the offer I thnmrht
n it was my wife who was in danger
h and it turned out it was nr. wife's c
1- mother. r
Boatman?Just my luck! Well, a
sir, how much do I owe you??Lon- ^
5 don Tit Bits. ,
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^ Before you purchase your fall *
goods look over The Herald's
y advertising columns and you will
^ find that the merchant who adverj
tises has something attractive to ^
. offer in the way of bargains. It
>r will save you time in making your
:s purchases and then by patronizing
a the merchant who advertises you ^
are certain not to get shelf-worn
n r
[s goods. As a rule the merchant
n who advertises has something to
offer just a little better than the
"other fellow's'' and he wants the ^
public to know it.
s a
r Learning From a Negro. v
We ran across an old negro the 1
other day who can neither read nor e
write, but who has kept his eyes e
open, and has reached some pro- ^
,r gressive conclusions that ought to .
make some of our white farmers
js rather ashamed of themselves by u
comparison. o
llfl t- ~ 1 1- J ' *
v* ncu iic nauiea ms cotton to i<
market the other day, this negro a
j_ got a better price per pound than ,
Q our white farmers have been get- f
r_ ting, because the buyer said it was 11
^ about the best bale that he had ti
>s seen this season. The old negro fj
never lets a bale lie out in the ti
^ weather, but keeps it housed, and
t when he gins his cotton he always
e instruct i the ginner to put good 1*
bagging on it. 1<
e 4'I have always noticed'' s^id the c
old darkey in talking to us, "that t
^ anything that looks nice and good
s no matter what it is, fetches more e
money. The good bagging that ti
a I put on my cotton costs twenty
a cents a bale extra, and I believe I n
g sometimes get $2.00 more on acjj
count of the neat-looking bagging,
not to say anything of the better n
Q price I get on account of keeping ^
^ the cotton dry and under shelter." fi
s ? P
T. Draws Plan for his Coffin. n
>t
e Spartanburg, October 28.? q
a Special: J. B. Bates, convicted of
r' murdering Mrs. Docia Boiter and
sentenced to be hanged October s
l" 29, and whose case has been ap- s
pealed, addressed a letter toL. A. t
k Justice, house builder and enclosed ^
5 plans and 'specifications for his ^
coffin. The drawing was made
'd on the back of an old envelope, s
111 and on the other side was a note r
asking that the coffin be made as a
cheaply as possible, as he did not
wish to pay more than $20 for the
casket. lie directed that it be
y painted with shoe blacking, and t
that pieces of rope be used for the 1
handles. Bates silggestea that *
a- the cof&n be brought to the Jail e
n night, and that it be w~pped up s
ta so as to keep i* secret from the t
public.
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M The Dillon Herald $1.30 a /ear. <
LEXINGTON ROMANCE
Lexington, Oct. 27.?One c
he most romantic marriages thi
las. perhaps, ever occurred i
vhich a Lexington county youn
krtSman was a principal figure ha
ust recently ?.omc to light- Th
oung woman is Miss Anna Coi
ey. daughter of Mr. and Mr;
5aul Corley of near Lexingtor
>he left her home a few weeks ag
aying that she was going tc Co
unbia to visit a friend. Howevei
he family was a little suspicious
>ut there was no objection t^lfe
'isiting her friend. It has/sine
leveloped that she stopn^T in Co
imbia only a few hoiu^T and the
oardcd a nortld^find trainee
Yashington, wjAre she jpt?\ he
kince, thearrtn she,b?*{fr>een coi
witk^fur more tha
hreexyeilT's7
The Mount Vernon Herald c
>kagit county. Washington, c
October 14, has the followin
ery interesting account of th
carriage.
"Married on Monday, Octobe
2, by Rev. H. G. Ward, paste
?f the M. E. Church. Mr. S. I
ihillinger of Skagit county an
^iss Anna B. Corley of Lexingtot
>. C.
"The above paragraph is tl
ulmination of a b e a u t i i u
omancc that began three ycai
igo with an exchange of lettei
>etween a hardy and prosperoi
Vestcrn ran per and a beautifi
'oung lady of rare accompli si
nents from one of the line ol
amilies <? f the sunny Soutl
riu'y commenced correspond in
n a desultory sort of way, an
inally exchanged pictures. An
hat was when Cupid's arrow'wei
traight to the mark. Shillingt
aw a face that he was willing t
it opposite to at the table for th
text 100 years, and watch herpoti
offee and cut the pie; and sh
aw the features of the uncor
cious tenant of her heart eve
ince it had began to flutter an
,nd yearn for a mate.
"But to make sure that Cupi
vas not playing a prank upo
hem, they kept up the correspond
nee for three years, learnin
ach other's tastes and methods c
lousework, farming, and proba
?ly with the practical idea pecul
ar to Western men. learning eac
iU? ?i J
liici a vn-"W3 its IU wnose QUty 1
3 to start the fire in the mornin;
nd split the kindling at night
tnd all the time Cupid was draw
tig the silken cord tighter an
ighter around their hearts, unt
nally the willow and the oakhe
North and the South?cam
agether on this Western shor
ist Friday afternoon, as the
x>ked into each other's eyes an
lasped hands, each realized tha
heir souls had been searching fc
ach other since their reincarna
ion.
"Saturday was neccessary tore
love the dust of travel, and th
uiet Sabbath gave them opportr
ity to get used to each other and o
londay thev sought out Cupid'
amily physician, the Methodis
Teacher, and the romance wa
lade perpetual."
The parents and friends of Mis
lorley have heard from her sine
he marriage, and she has de
cribed many of the beautifi
cenes, the snow-kissed mountai
ops, seen on her journey fror
Vashington to her new home nea
nlount Vernon. She states tha
he is well pleased with her sui
oundings, as well as her choice <
i man.
A n unoccupied man cannt
ae happy?nor can one who is in
aroperly occupied. We have idlci
imong tl?at is men who pui
iue no useful occupation, an
iponge their way, often enjoyin
he luxuries of life, living upc
he hard earnings of others. 1
his grand and glorious count!
10 one need be without an hoi
arable occupation.
THRILLING VOYAGES.
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it Long Trips Made in Very Small Boats.
n By what means will man >fext
attempt to cross the Channel?
LS The question naturaj^r arises as
c one reads of the mam- curious and
novel methodswhich men have
tried of late/^ears to cross from
'* Dover tu^alasis. It was only a ?
day opiwo after Bleriot's sucpe<sfuMught
across the ChipMlel that
' man named West talrcfannou need
* his intention ofprtfesing una plank
' 2 feet widens inches long and ?
e inches tJrfCk fitted with a mast and
saij^rtid two empty old drums to
^-Jj'ive it buoyancy. Westlake. however,
was picked up more dead
:r than alive off the Belgian coast
but still hopes to accomplish the
n feat.
A few days later Thomas Wek^
eral set out to row across the Chan^
nel in a boat of his own construe^
tion, consisting of two planks, with
10 sides a few inches high. He was
ultimately picked up in the North
;r Sea and landed at Rotterdam.
)r Some two or three years ago
four old Etonians attempted to
^ row from Dover to Calasis, in a
11 four-oared sculling boat, but before
they got halt way across the
le Channel the boat was swamped
' and the erew nearly drowned.
rs That is not impossible however, to
rs cross the Channel in a very small
1S boat, was proved some time ago
L1^ by a young Frenchman named
1- ! / M ?
ren.% v^uauciKMS, wno. alone and
unaided, crossed from Dover to
1* Calasi in a canoe in twenty-seven
s hours, and seemed little the worse
lf* for his adventurous voyage.
Mention ot the Westlake and
Wakerell homemade craft reminds
:r one of the journey made last year
? by Capt. G. Johnson, a veter.m
ie member of the Harlem River Rowir
ing Club, U. 3. A., who in a frail
ie racing shell a little under 21 feet
l* in length, ingeniously made by
:r himself from newspapers from all
^ parts of the world, rowed from
St. Augustine, in Florida, to New
^ York, a distance of 12,000 miles.
n The entire journey was for the
most part of the salt water several
R hundred miles of it being on the
^ open sea. In all. about 3,OOP
L" sheets of newspapers were used
in building the boat, being welded
^ together and made waterproof by
lt shellac.
^ Mr. Jack London the famous
novelist, accomplished one of the
most remarkable voyages on rec^
ord when he toured the world in a
l* tiny little yawl named the Snark,
~ which was only 45 feet long.
e Some remarkable voyages howe
ever, have been made across the
y Atlantic. Two years ago a dis^
masted yawl named Catherine,
with Captain Small, a mate and a
,r tailless cat on board, sailed into
l" New York harbor, The tiny vessel
had left Liverpool five months
earlier, and had succeeded i n
e crossing the ocean.
The voyage reminds one of that
n made by Alfred Johnson, who
s sailed from America to Liverpool
in an open boat only 21 feet long.
IS When off the Irish coast Johnson's
minature liner capsized in a heavy
iS sea, but he managed to right the
? hoat Ho onmrv1ofo/1
witipivtvu Ilia JUU1 nuy
in forty-seven days, covering a dis
tance of more than 3,000 miles.
n Two Norwegians in 1896 made 1
|
" a successful voyage from New
Lr York to Havre in an 18 foot boat,
the Fox, which drew only 2 feet
r" of water. The trip was made in
^ 63 days, after a most exciting experience
the boat being overturned
in mid-Atlantic, and everything
>t she contained including her navix"
gators washed overboard. They
ps
r swam back, righted the boat, and
l{j a day or two obtained some victg
uals and instruments from a pass?n
ing ship, refusing to be picked
n up.?Tit Bits.
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Dillon Herald $1.50a year.
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