The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, November 18, 1909, Image 1
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^ESTABLISHED IN 1895. ^^ DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1909. VOL. 15, NO. 42
-^DOMESTIC TROUBLES f,\
S, END IN TRAGEDY.
B. Wbitehnnt, Foreman
l^C of Planing Mill ^ Tillman
V a ?
Lumber (Jo's Plant is Shot
^ to Death by Morris Blum.
J. B. Whitehurst, foreman of
^L^the planing mill at Tillman Lum- (
^^ber Co's. plant at Sellers was shot (
=*^and instantly killed by Morris (
^^Blum at Sellers Monday night.
~ ^ The shooting occurred at the store
^=-^of Blum & Goldstien and the only
witnesses to the tragedy were
wMis. Goldstien and Mr. Blum.
The shooting: is the result of ?
some trouble between the family 1
L, of the dead man and Mr. Goldpwstien's
wife who is a sister of Mr.
Blum. It is alleged that Mrs. i
: Goldstien had offered an insult to 1
pP Mrs. Whitehurst and Monday afteraoon
when Whitehurst left his
| work at the mill he went to the ,
r(l store of Blum & Goldstien. Here j
he saw Mrs. Goldstien who was i
I _ sitting on a trunk in the doorway ;
rP with Mr. Blum. Mrs. Goldstien's
Ia testinony before the coroner's ,
jury it that Whitehurst came up i
find a&ed her why she had insultIa
ed his vife. Mrs. Goldstien said
U she had not offered any insult to j
3 Mrs. Whitehurst. whprpiitinn I 1
,?. I
Whitehu-st addressed an epithet 1
to her anl told her she had. At 1
this momtnt he struck her blow in *
the breastLhat felled her to the 1
ground. Ir. Blum arose and
grappled \ith Whitehurst at the
same time Irawing his pistol, a
^32 calibre revolver. Reaching
arottod^vVIlTtth'arst's body he fired (
and \he bullet entered below the ,
left shoulder blade and ranged
upwaid, passing through the heart 5
and inlicting a wound that pro- (
duced nstant death.
The dtercation and the shooting I
occurrei so quickly that near bystanders
were scarcely aware that a
tragedy lad taken place. White- ,
hurst stajgered backward and fell ]
upon the idewalk where he ex- i
pired befoe any one reached his 1
It seemsthat there also been ,
some pretious trouble between 1
I Mr. slum and Mr. Whitehurst 1
and it is aleged that Whitehurst *
hac made threats against Blum (
wh:h had caused him some un- t
easiess. ?
ic. Blum is a brother of Mr. s
Isaore Blum of Dillon and bears *
an ccellent reputation. He is a s
youg man about 25 years of age. j
Theleceased wis 30 years of age ]
and 'eaves a wife and several
chiken. He was a native of Norfolk
ad the body was carried to
that ty Tuesday for interment.
Mr Blum surrendered to the
authcites soon after the shooting
and know in the custody of the
sherif His attorneys will make
appliction for bail immediately.
The Wilmington Star tells of a
remarhble and peculiar incident
which accurred While President
Taft anl party were sailing down
the Fear last Tuesday on the
revenue mtter Seminole as the 1
guests cf the city. As the cutter ^
was oasiinor Ortrm nlantatinn a '
r magnificent bald eagle suddenly
A appeared, coming: from the junMgles
on the river side, and sailed
jaf over the cutter, making a com3Q
plete circle and disappearing in
RSff the swamps from which it came,
jflf The splendid specimen of the
-S American nation bird dew low
M enough to be recognized by all on
Hf board before it took its flight
back to its home in the almost impenetrable
growth of the lowlands.
The President should have" taken
S this as a happy augury. The
Qg American eagle welcomed him
the land of the long leaf pin&?
sAcharlotte Observer.
LITTLE ROCK WANTS COURT HOUSE. ^
Mr. Jas. W. Hamer and others
have filed with Mr. E. R. Hamer
a check for $25,00 and articles of
agreement whereby they pledge
themselves to contribute that
amount toward building a coutt
house and jail at Little Rock provided
the people vote to locate the
county seat at that enterprising
town. The check is made payable
to the Dillon Loan & Trust
Co., and Mr. Hamer and his associates
agre*? to put $5,000 additianal
if the county commissioners
find that $25,000 will not put up
suitable buildings. The following
correspondence from Little
Rock appeared in Sunday's State.
Little Rock, Nov. 13.?The
election soon to be held upon the
question of a new county to be established
out of the upper portion
of Marion, to be called Pee Dee, is
now the all-absorbing subject in
the area to be affected. There is
practically perfect unanimity
among the citizens and electors in
favor of the scheme, and the only
real contention is the selection of
the county seat. Dillon, Latta
and Little Rock are the contes-1
tants for this honor and dignity,
and as each is a thriving business
town, with live, energetic business
men, it is not surprising that
all honorable means will be used
to advance the claims r>f A
step forward was made today and
Little Rock got the jump on its
rivals when J. W. Hamer handed i
to E. R- Hamer, the manager on
behalf of the advocates of the establishment
of the new county, ,
the following- communication, ac* I
tompanied by the check therein
-eferFed to:
The Cash Offer.
"Little Rock, Nov. 11, 1909.
'Mr. E. R. Hamer, Manager New
county Election, union, S. C.
"Dear Sir: On behalf of myself
and associates I herewith hand
to you a check, certified by Dillon
Building, Loan and Trust company,
for twenty five thousand ($25,[>00.00)
dollars, payable to the orier
of the commission, or board of
commissioners, when appointed,
for the establishment of the proposed
new county of Pee Dee,
when and in the event Little Rock
is selected as the county seat of
such new county. The money
represented by this check is to be
applied to the building of a court
house and jail at Little Rock, and
such other legal and legitimate expenses
as the commission or commissioners
may determine were
necessarily incurred in securing
:he establishment of Pee Dee
county?the only condition being
:hat a majority of the qualified
electors residing within the terri;ory
of the proposed new county
.hall vote for and Little Rock
.hall legally be declared the
eounty seat thereof. We put up
he cash, so that" the money may
;peak for itself, rather than make
jiuiimscs wmcn may or may not
>e performed. Upon the happenng
of the only contingency above
nentioned, therefore, all that the
jommission or commissioners will
lave to do in the event a twohirds
majority ot the qualified
Sectors vote for the establishnent
of the new county, and Litle
Rock is legally declared the
lew county seat, is to' select the
?ite, determine upon plans, give
>ut the contract and draw the
noney to pay for the court house
ind jail; In such contingency,
oo, the tax-payers will not be
jailed upon to pay one cent, but
he people of the county of Pee
Dee will have all necessary
:ounty public buildings without
>ne cent's cost to themselves.
?or myself, and I am authorized
>y my associates, to say further,
hat if any other place has a beter
offer to make, or if your comnittee
think the sum represented
jy the check is not sufficient for
he purpose, a further sum not
:xceeding five thousand ($5,000)
lollars will be forthcoming.
"In addition to the foregoing,
personally obligate and bind myself
hereby to convey to.the county,
vithout charge or expense, at any
x>int, or wherever the commission
or commissioners select, the
same out of my lands at Little
flock, an area of not less than
'our acres, as a public square,
ind on which to erect the court
louse and jail; this obligation to
* irrevocable, and extend to and
3e binding upon my heirs arid
issigns.
' 'Assuring you of my deep in
t^rest in the success of the new
county, and that my services arc
at your command at all times and
in any way that they may be used,
I remain,
"James W. Hamer."
Others to Hear From.
What the next step will be, it
is not hard to prophesy. Doubtless
Dillon will come forward and
will see Little Rock one better,
when Latta will then put up its
amount and call both places. We
will see what we will see, however
and in the meantime the agitation
and rivalry can but innure
to the advantage of the establishment
of the new county in bringing
out the voters, etc. That is
necessarily a condition precedent
to the election of any place for the
county seat.
A COURT HOUSE THE PRIZE.
CJolumbin State.
According to signs, omens and
predictions, South Carolina's ^forty-third
county will come into being
before a great while and will
K,. .,?r>? t~\
la. i.auitu rtc ucc?miin^ aesignation
for a county in the heart of
the Pee Dee section. But what
will be the name of the courthouse
of the new county? Dillon, Latta
and Little Rock are the candidates
and they are worthy rivals for the
honor. Those unfamiliar with
that section and its strength imagine
them to b: villages, but each
is the centre of splendid agricultural
territory, and their names
have been more familiar to the
newspaper reading public since
the tobacco industry began devel
oping: in that quarter of the State.
And each of those towns has its
little circle of men with means and
a grreat deal of local spirit who are
constantly pressing forward. They
are pulling for their towns. What
marvelous impetus would be given
to some larger towns if their leading
business men worked together
with similar public spirit?
On "behalf of myself and associates"
James W. Hamer of Little
Rock sent the "manager of new
county election" a certified check
for $25,000 to conver the cost of a
court-house and jail, if Little Rock
is made the county seat. Dillon
and Latta will doubtless show their
interest substantially. Only one
can win, but the public spirit displayed
is typical of the section,
and all will be benefitted.
"Pulling together'' helps,
whether or not some especial object
for which a particular pull is
made is attained.
Married in Fayetteville.
The parlor of the LaFayette
Hotel at Fayetteville was the scene
of a marriage ceremony of much
interest to Dillonites on last
Thursday at 3 o. m. when Mr. A.
B Watson was married to Miss
Lucy Humphrey of Lumberton.
The ceremony was a very quiet
affair, the bride being accompanied
by a friend and the groom
being accompanied by Mr. J as.
Carmichael. After a brief
honeymoon Mr. and Mrs. Watson
returned to Dillon and are
at home to their friends at the residence
of the groom's father, Mr.
J. R. Watson, on First avenue.
The bride is a daughter of Cleik
?f Court Humphrey of Robeson
county and is verv popular among
a large circle of friends. The
groom is a popular salesman at
the Dillon Wholesale Grocery and
numbers his friends by the score.
There is no telling how much
produce can be grown on an acre
of Marion county land if the land
is properly prepared and the crop
?u:?*- -1 *i
is lui^iii^cuiiy cultivated. iur.
jno. B. Richardson told a Herald
man a few days ago that on ninesixteenths
of an acre he had raised
800 pounds of oats, 645 pounds of
fodder, 50 bushels of corn and 2
bushels of peanuts. Mr. Richardson
was experimenting: on the intensive
plan and he prepared his
land thoroughly before he planted
the crops. He worked the crops
thoroughly at times when h e
thought they needed it and the result
was an unprecedent yield of
food-stuffs. M r. Richardson's
success at the intensive plan of
farming is evidence of the fact
| that the south is still laud poor.
.
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X\ NO DRINK FOKTILLMAN.
From the New York Suiv
Columbia, S.C., November 6.?
Taft Dav in this city inconvenienced
Senator Tillman. The Governor
of South Carolina has the
power to suspend the sale of
liquor whenever he deems it advisable.
A large erowd was gathering
in this city yesterday for
Taft Day, and the governor ordcied
the dispensaries to close for
two days.
Along about this time Benjaman
R. Tillman hit the town. He had
i run over from Trenton, his home,
Urjget two bottles of champagne.
4iq was going to ha^-e company at
' Viome and he wanted the cham>
pagne badly. He tried two or
three dispensaries, but they were
closed. Then the Senator hustled
up to the governor's office
and appealed to his private secretary.
The secretary allowed there
was nothing he could do.
"Well couldn't I get two bottles
on a doctor's prescription?'' begged
the Senator.
The secretary said the only way
would be for the Senator to find
some friend and perhaps this friend
would give him two bottles. It
would be against the law for him
to sell them. For the Senator to
look for a champagne cellar friend
in Columbia was a hopeless proposition.
Hadn't the Serator just
had a big row with the Columbia
Taft Day reception committee because
they wanted to tax hint SHI
for his seat at the Taft luncheon?
The Senator had told Columbia
to go to blazes with its luncheon,
rvr tifArrle f/A fVtof nfT.iot I??11 ..
v/i rvvi uo iv/ iiinv vuwv.1* 1 IIKII J V
the Governor's secretary referred
the Senator to a friend of his and
from him Mr. Tillman got his two
quarts.
The senator was a framer of the
South Carolina dispensary law,
and thus was getting a good taste
of his own medicine.
kepentance meeting.
Atlanta Constitution.
The following was posted on the
board at the local Cotton Exchange
yesterday, and attracted quite a
little attention:
"The man who can extract sunbeams
from a cucumber is a genius.
Capt.W. H. Johnson is a
genius. He is one of the 'tencenters'
for October delivery of
cotton. The other day he issued
a call for a meeting to be held in
Greenville. This is the call:
"A repentance meeting of all
persons who sold cotton for October,
November and December delivery
will be held Saturday evening
at the Masonic Hall. The
10-cents idiots will meet at 7 o'clock
sharp. The ll-cents imbeciles
will be received at^ 7.30 and
the 12-cents invalids promptly at
8. Urgent business will come before
the Octobers; prophetic talks
will be made by the Novembers,
and the Decembers will sing something
appropriate. A "Never
Again" resolution will be introduced
early in the evening. The
meeting will be closed by singing
that grand old hym: Show Pity,
Lord; Oh, Lord, Forgive.' "
Installation services will be held
in the Presbyterian church next
Sabbath afternoon at half past
three o'clock. At this service Dr.
Buckner will be installed as pastor
by a commission of Pee Dee Presbytery,
pastor and people assuming
mutual vows. A charge will
be delivered to each by a member
of the commission, the charge to
the pastor by Rev. Mr. Viehe, of
Bennettsville, that to the people
by Hon. J. P. McNeill of Florence.
The installation at the Presbyterian
church Sunday afternoon
will be oreceded by communion,
Sunday morning, and preparatory
service at 3.30 p. m. Saturday.
At each service the sermon will
' be by some member of the commission.
THE SPLIT LOG DKAG.
Mr. Editor: Mr. Winslo
road making expert from the I
partinent at Washington, in 1
address at the Pee Dee Convc
tion at Florence, is quoted as 1
lieving in the split-log drag a
as saying "If the road overset
of South Carolina will see to
that these drags are provided a
every road in the various Low
ships throughout the State is tin
ougly dragged once every s
months there will be better roa
and an easier haul for every mar
team. The drag simply levels t
road and leaves-no rut what?
ever."
It is astonishing that our con
ty supervisors have not adopt
this simple device in the improi
inent of our publje roads long aj.
or if they will not do it, why soi
wide-awake road overseers di
not try it. Several years at
when Mr. I. P. Stackhouse w
supervisor, ttie writer took t
pains to give him a cut accompi
ied by a descriptive article of o
of these drags asking that he ha
one made and try it, but for soi
reason it was never done. It
simple, inexpensive and the wc
it is claimed to do in filling ru
shaping roads by pulling dirt
the middle of the road and smoo
ing it over, is said to be marv
ous. My recollection is that
least four miles of roadway c
thus oe put in good shape w
three mules and one hand ii
if o.. 1
, MM;. ?? M>w va^ll IWclVl uvt'l M
could afford to have 011c and
over a joint of road monthly,
presume if it was a costly machii
like a road scraper sold by soi
energetic agent who received
large commission upon each sa
they would be dumped upon t
tax payersin large numbers,
it possible to inject a little comm
sense into our road building', ill
savingthe travelling public fr<
the jolts of road ruts, to say not
ing of the wear and tear of vein
les anil work animals?
W. J. Montgomery.
It is a little late because it ha
pencil at the State Fair but t
story is too good to keep and Ik
it is: A well-known farmer of u
per Marion went to the Fair wi
a well- * lied wallet to have a go
time. He spent the week "seeii
the sights'' and having decided
return home Saturday on thecal
morning train he left a call wi
his land-lady for 5 o'clock a - 1
The land-lady, no doubt, wasove
whelmed with the many cares ini
dent to Fair week and failed
arouse the Marion visitor at tl
otan/Mn^o/1 ? ?? * ?? ? '1 - - -
U M pvyj 111V/V1 L111JU illIII WI1CI1 I1C clWO
it lacked only JO minutes befo
the hour his train was sche
ulcd to leave? The room was da
b u t he remembered distinct
where he had placed his shirt h
fore retiring and reaching out
seized that article of wearing a
parell and plunged into it in lc
time than it would take to cou
two. Next his hand came in co
tact with a collar and tie and
donned these articles also like
Hash. His socks he stuffed in
his pocket and plunged his ba
feet into a pair of shoes that "
like the paper on the wall " Rus
ing down to the station he boar
ed the train, but imagine his si
prise at daylight when he discove
ed that he had on two shirts; w
wearing another man's collar ai
tie and was the possessor of a n?
of shoes that not only looked, b
felt, strangely uncomfortabl
Nothing has been heard from t
room-mate who awoke next mor
ing to find himself minus a sh
and the possessor of another mar
collar, tie, shoes and socks, but
he made anv comments on the s
uation his remarks would not
to go in print. But the strang<
part of it all is there were no d
pcnsancs open the day before.
YOU CAN T MAKt MEN MORAL BY
LAW.
w,
>e- Legislating morals into men i*
lis such a pretty theory that statesMi
men lo\c to talk about it when
>c- they want to catch the public ear,
ncl but every attempt to put the the rs
ory to a practical test has always
it been met with failure. The
lid ''lieai Moral Institution" which
n- launched Senator Tillman into
>r- public life and carried him to the
;is I'nited States Senate is an examds
pie of the folly of legislating morf
s als into men. Every phase of the
he question has been discussed from
o- everv conceivable ooint vi.?vu
but the following from the -'t.ouisin
villc <Kv ) Argqs is worth readcd
ing.
.v- Some papers seem to think they
,() have made a very wise and statesmanlike
remark when they have
succeeded in getting off this stale.
,cs much abused platitude. It is a
r<>. favorite argument used by some
as against laws prohibiting the liquor
]K. traffic?as if the prime object of
such Ijtws is to make men moral.
There are, roughly speaking
nc" three men against whom the prove
hibiiory laws are directed?the
ne drinker, the drink-maker and the
js drunkard-maker; the buyer, the
. manufacturer and the seller. Now
it would be a fine thing for society
if all three of these classes would
to bo matlf SP0111"*?1v ninrnl Kxr
tli- lation or otherwise. But laws are
c.j. not primarily designated to foster
morality, as desirable as morality
,lt always is, and as neccessary, if
:an society is to endure and be strongith
Laws are enacted to protect ituii!
;l viduals and society from injurious
vr persons apd practices. Laws are
intended for self-preservation.
And. therefore, whenever a state
^ or community finds growing up in
ie, the midst of it persons or pracnc
tices, customs or traffic which have
proved to be injurious to society
or to impose unjust hardships upon
individuals?more particularly the
he defenseless and the weak?it not
Is only has the right, but the posion
live duty to step in and say to the
offender, be he individual of an or
ganized trade, "Thou shalt not.'
,m In other words it is not immoralih
ty that the law takes cognizance of,
ie- but injury. The law isn't primarily
a gospel, though it may be a
(iod-send. It is primarily a protection.
Its representative is the
policeman, not the preacher.
Hence to claim: "You can't lcgislate
men into morality,'' as an
'1C argument against liquor enact re
ments or any other similar laws, is
ip. simply to misconstrue the prime
tli function o: ciyil and criminal law.
od Hf course all good laws do aid
morality and all bad laws tend to
11 o luster immorality. This, however,
to is incidental and not primary.
%1 On next Saturday, Nov. 20th,
11 at 11 o'clock. Dr. S. C. Mitchell,
r- President of the University of
i- South Carolina, and Prof. D. W.
to U aniel, Clemson College, will make
I ^ addresses in the Dillon High School
1C auditorium. The trustees and
teachers of the countv are expected
re to be present to hear these distind
guished speakers. The people of
rk the town of Dillon also are espe,
cially invited to bepresent at this
y meeting of teachers .and trustees.
?ehe
p- A writer in a popular magazine
;ss says the life of the criminal is
nt simply an unpoiscd life. If a
n- person were perfectly poised
he wrongdoing would be so repuga
nant that it would be unthinkable,
ito It is the one-sided, the unpoised
re mind that goes wrong. It i" just
fit as normal for the balanced mind
h- to choose the right, the good, as
d- for the magnet to draw to itself
ir- whatever is kindred. Just as the
:r- needle in the mariner's compass
as always points to the north star,
nd no matter how thick the fog or i
lir how the tempest rages there is a
ut needle within every human being j
le. which always joints to the north \
he star of rectitude, of right, of truth,
n- no matter what storms of discord,
irt of weakness or of crime may be
i's raging in the individual mind,
if Nothing can prevent this little init
dicator from pointing to right, no
do n.atter how far the individual
;?t may drift from it, how low he
is- may sink in vicious living.?Chcsterlield
Advertiser. J
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