The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, November 25, 1909, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1909. VOL. 15, NO. 43
$25,000.90 IN CASH.
Vr, Donation of the Messrs. DilP
> Ion to be Ued in the Erection
of the Court House
and Jail De)osited Equally
in the Two Banks.
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A Herald man \*as shown two
checks of $12,50(.00 each the
other day which represents the
$25,000.00 Messrs. ]. W. and T.
A. Dillon have donated for the
erection of a court house and jail,
provided the county seat of the
New County is located at Dillon.
? The checks ire made payable
to Mr. W. T. lethea, trustee and
treasurer of the New County Central
Executive Committee, which
~--w"plaoes the fund absolutely in the
j hands of Mr. Btthea.
/ At each of thibanks the Mes?ir<
f Dillon have debited $12,500.00
in hard cash t? meet the checks
and as the cashsrs at both banks
have certified to the checks there
is nothing for he New County
commissioners tcdo but call on
Mr. Bethea and get the money
- ^ immediately aftei the bill to create
the New Cotnty has passed
the legislature ar.l the commissiomers
have beer appointed.
There is no >romise on the
part of the Messri. Dillon. The
money has been doosited in thi?
' banks and the checcs have been
issued without any strings tied to
them and the fundis no longer in
the hands of the coitributors.
Twenty-five thoisand dollars is
a big sum of inone? for two individuals
to contribut< to a public
1 cause but the Messs. Dillon have
k had the matter under consideration
for some months aid the gift was
frj^Tt^andvCheerfuliy made at the
C ->ro peime.
? Th is probably the largest
araou of motey ever contributed
I to a plic cause by two individuals
ithe history of the state.
Lifea Funny Proposition.
I
1^- Aancomes into this world with^ ut
hs consent and leaves it
,^<^Bgrains his will. During his stay
n earh his time is spent in one
ontimous round of contraries
Bnd msunderstandings by the balSnCve
o our species. In his inlancy
he is an angel; in his boy iood
he is a devil; in his manBiood
lie is everything from a lizMivd.
up; in his duties he is an utter
wool, if he raises a family he is a
chump; if he raises a small check
he is 1 thief, and then the law
raises the devil with him; if he is
a poor man he is a poor manager
and hts no sense; if he is rich he
?
is dishonest, but considered smart;
it he ii in politic; he is a grafter
> fl and a troak; if he is out of poli
.tics yoi can't place him, as he is
fl {in undesirable citizen, if he goes
I to chuich he is a hypocrite, if he
I stays avay from church he is a
I sinner tnd is damned; if he donates
I to foreign missions he does it fcr
show; if he doesn.t he is stingy
M and a tght-wad. When he first
i comes ~.nto the world everybody
wants to kiss him?before he goes
out they all want to kick him. If
he dies young there was a great
m future before him; if he lives to a
M ripe old age he is simply in the
* wav and living to save funeral ex
^B| penses. Life is a funny road, but
JL' we all like to travel it just the
M same.?Selected.
m : COMING.
I' Nov. 29th-30th.
m The Comedian.
John B. Willis and Company
"Two Old Cronies"
(mostly girls)
ir Comedians? Singers? Dancers ?
Price Beauty Chorus?Gorgeous
jfl Costumes?Special Scenery.
KIND WORDS FROM A VISITOR.
Florence, S. C., 11-19-09To
The Herald:
I am just back from District 2
K. P. Convention in Dillon, and
fearing all the good things relative
to what was done might not be
said, I shall add a feeble expressions.
The night of the 17th and school
auditorium was the time and place
arranged by the Committee for
the first meeting owing and to the
delay of the train in bringing the
grand C. C. Rembert and others
the meeting was not called to
order until after 10 o'clock. Dr. A.
J. Evans presided over the meet ing
which was a public one and in
his introductions he proved himself
fitted for the position*
The K. of P. opening ode was
first sung by Miss Gertrude Browser's
vocal class of girls accompanied
on the piano by Miss Myrtle
Beauman; "Lightly, Lightly" .was
then rendered by the class, after
which they replied to an encore
in a pretty selection, '' Dixie Moon''
The next on the program deserves
a master pen, more than mine tc
describe; for the talented Miss
Kathryn Whitley of Charlotte, N.
C., had been selected to give a recitation
on Daymon and Pythias,
and I feel sure, from the hearty,
and prolonged applause of the large
gathering, that its equal had never
before been giver in Dillon, and I
only wish every Castle Hall in this
broad domain of ours could have
the same. The one selected to
first welcome the delegates, was
the noble and very dignified Pyth-1
ian, H. K. Cottingham and to
prove the committee made no mis-1
take in their selection I will say
that the good Bro. did himself J
proud, and talked himself out of
business. His narrative of '' Moonshine
fishing" led us to believe that
he got his inspiration from moon
shine on the outside rather than
from the inside. Mr. E- R. Hamer
then followed with appropriate
words, when G. D. Douglas
Mclntyre replied in behalf of the
delegates, the Hon. J E. Ellerbee
was called on and pleasantly responded
and was followed by G. C.
C- Remberton Pythianism. As late
as the hour and the unfavorable
situation Mr. Rembert gave the
audience a treat they were not
looking for and his speech of an
hour I will not comment on further
than to say he held his audience
until after midnight and then they
were not anxious to say quit, when
he closed his remarks.
In the forenoon of the 18th, the
District Lodge was called together
by Grand Deputy Mclntyre and
the time passed too swiftly to do
the work that had to be done, the
detail of which I leave for the appointed
reporter to narrate; will
simply state that Mr. Rembert gave
the convention, in the closing hour
words that will surely bring a harvest
of good things in the days to
come.
Convention closed 1 P. M., 8 P.
M. Dillon Lodge met in their Castle
Hall for their regular meeting,
and several of the delegates were
present to enjoy all that was coming,
which included talks from the
visitors (the writei can say but
little for he was one of them) and
the advancement in rank from Page
to Esquire of S. T. Bailey and C.
L. Daniel, and I can tell vou that
with the help at hand the lessons
were well given and Pythianism
made stronger by the exercises.
When the meeting closed the surprise
came in the shape of a well
preoared lunch, coffee and cigars,
and since the writer did not smoke
he had to eat, and my only wish
was, that there might be more
Dillon's and more of us to enjoy
the things that Dillon has to give.
Yours truly,
W. H. Bartlett.
The Dillon Herald $1.50 a year, j
DILLONITES AT RALEIGH.
1 he National Farmer's Conj
ress held at the capital of the O
North State some weeks ago \vj
a repetition of the one held ;
Oklahoma last year. Represent;
tive men and women from 34 stat*
were in attendance. It was a
occasion in which our Tar He
friends d i d themselves proiu
The accredited delegates from th
congressional district were Vic*
President H. McRae, J.J. McKa
W. B. Allen. E. C. Edwards ar
last, but not least, our gay Latl
ario, (). C. Hayes, who kindly r<
lieved David Bethca of his duti(
as a delegate. The disseminata
of ideas that tend to the bette
ment of the agricultural class ar
educating them along scientit
lines is one of ?hc chief objects *
these annual gatherings. Mar.
able and encouraging sneccht
were made and papers were rea<
one especially by a talented lac
on "the drink habit." The lac
and her subject so impressed M
Hayes that he soupht an introclu
tion and his < rst query was "a
you married?" "Alas, yes," si
she said, "but I have ever wantc
a,man like you."
Then deep clown in Haves' hea
Cupid's dart had struck,
He rushed away to another ;*roi
Hopinjr tor better luck.
Mr. Hayes saw the whole sho\
He was domiciled at the Tarbo
notei and would make daily excu
sions to the congress and tl
museum. At the latter place 1
he saw many wonderful thing
but his trip out to a model fatin
a S4.000 auto and with a mo
charming young lady as his cot
panion capped the climax of h
enjoyment.
The free excursion to Palml
Sound and the grand oyster bill
was all that could be desire
Hut our friend Hayes was .all cy
in this swell set of beauties from .
states. Eagerly he watched (
him) this angelic throng. Ev<
now his ribs are sore from the e;
cited pounding of his great b
heart. For one thing Mr. Hay
deserves the plaudits of the enti
new county. His patriotism sto<
the test. An exquisitely beautif
young lady from the Hoosier sta
fe*>l a victim to his manly propo
tions and by every blandishmei
known to the faix sex tried
take him boldly oft" to her westei
home. Here the true patriot shoi
in resplendant light. His vote t
Dec. 14th. was paramount to i
other considerations. Hurrah f<
Brother Hayes! Would that the
were more like him. ?J
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TWO OLD CRONIES.
tMacon Telegraph.)
Two Old Cronies at the Grar
last night had a good audience bi
not so large as the excellence i
the show by The Willis Compar
deserved. John B. Willis ar
Harry Mack as Prof. Kreitzmey*
andO'Donovan Duff, respectivel'
were very funny, the German di;
lect of the Professor being perfec
The two comedians on sever
occasions brought down the hous<
The ladies of the company wei
heard to great advantage in seve
al of the latest popular songs ar
choruses, and while pretty to lot
at they also possess good, we
trained voiees. Miss Kate He
ston makes a big hit with her dan
ing.
The whole company did mo
creditable work and should ha^
large audiences to-night and t
morrow matinee and n.orVif oo
H
j performance is certainly one
| the funniest and best staged th
1 has been in Macon this seaso
j They will appear at the Dillc
I Opera House Nov. 26*27. Tic
ets on sale at Brunson's Dri
Store.
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The Dillon Herald $1.50 a yea
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The Abuse of Those Who Mould the
Future of Our Country.
The president of one ot our State
1S Colleges told the following incident
at sometime ago, at an educational
a. gathering: He said that a few days
before he had received the following
letter?"Dear Dr.. We nerd ,t
in teacher for our school. We want i
el man not less than thirty years <>t
1. age, who is married, has had not
js less than ten years experience is a
teacher and is a graduate. We will
be able to pay him forty dollars per
Ly month for five months." Five
id times forty are two hundred do!
i- la'rs a year for a man with a fame.
ily, experience and an education.
What negro who runs a share crop
"* doesn't make double this amount?
Then add to this fact that for the
r- other seven months during tinid
year he makes nothing, for as
:c everyone knows, any one who
, gives his life to teaching is unsuitJ
ed for anything else. No man
>V can do anything outside his vocals
tion. Now take into consideration
;Pt the fact that you intrust to this
jv man the care of your children and
' that on him depends the future
^ welfare of your country and that
r- you arc paying him for this mestic
mable service the iniscrable pit
id the circumstances in a matter
>k about which he thought it would be
:1- profitable to "go to law. '
1- "You think I hev a good case?"
c- he finally asked.
"Very good, indeed!" the lawycr
assured hitn. "You should
certainly.bring suit."
o "What would your fee be fer
the whole* thing," the farmer
1e asked.
"Fifty dollars," was the prompt
at response.
q. The client pulled out an okl
>n wallet, extracted a roll of bills and
, counted out $50.
"Now," he said, "you hev got
all you would get out of this case
anyhow; so s'pose you tell me
honestly just what you think my
chances of winiq' a suit are."
r. ?The Green Bag.
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re lanLc wi iwu nunureu uonars a
1C year- This is a case for the hitI
inane society to take in charge
This is not an extreme case at
all, lint is the rnlc, rather than an
rt exception, for in my report to the
State Superintendent of halm a
tion, the average salary for white
teacliers in this county i- three
hundred dollars, and if you leave
v. otT the town schools we will lind
^ that it fails to two hundred dollars
for the others. Now what do
r I you think of the other schools in
ie the State when w e stand up
ie among' the fu>t counties?
s, Any kiud of a teacher is worth
m double the salary he gets and no
teacher falls short of his duty cxs
cept in one particular and this is
n" that he is a human being. The
lis One Great Teacher whom all
teachers are expected to emulate
co was a God. Of course no teacher
, t has ever yet been able to reach
e the standard that Christ set for
him, but just think for a moment
es and see if really down in your
34 heart you do not expect your
to teacher to be just as he was.
For instance, if your child is
;n dull and stupid, do you not expect
x" the teacher to take him and in
ig some miraculous mannci make an
es intelligent man of him? If lie is
re unruly and cannot be managed at
home do you not expect the teacher
to take him and make him
ul sweet tempered and law abiding?
ie ii mc readier does take him and
r. punish him as he deserves: do you
nt not indict him for cruelty? Then
what do you expect of your teachto
er? Remember that he is only a
rn human being and can not as Christ
ie did remove mountains nor cast
)n out devils. Often we hear peoole
say that the teacher is a good
one, but she is ill naturcd. Is
3r your temper very sweet on rainy
re days when all the children are in
4. the home? Just think of it then
when your teacher has from fift\
to sixtv children in her room all
day. There are teachers in this
countv that are wealing away their
lives at that for the bcnefii of your
id children and for this they neither
L1t receive credit nor remuneration to
0? the extent that they deserve.
When we have learned to look af
Iy schools from the teachers' point o
l(l view and not till then will we have
sr good schools,
yr Very truly,
a' Jcx- P. Lane.
al INSURING HIS HONESTY.
e. A shrewd old Vermont farmer
re came into a lawyer's office the
r- other day and proceeded to relate
Coast Line Will Double Track. , I
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'{ichniond. Va.. N'oyemhcr Hi./
?The stockholder- ot the .\t!auf'tit-C??ast
Line Railroad met hetv
todav .mil tv i !? ted the >ld d:tv< .
tors, who re-clot cd ail the old s. 1
A semi-annual !:yidend <?tt the e in
nion stock ot a :kt cent, payable {
in January. was do 1.
A blanket wort pijjeot'SJtMi.dtMi, I
i>00. ami a spei ;.i. issro ? ! delicti
tare lsmds ot 5t>n,ooo oiinv:;-,
ible into omitiion stock at ^l.v^i
was authorized, these issues tm
coyer outstanding obligations.
The issuance >:" >jno,oin .noo 1
in bonds is niainh to provide fori'
the double track in a ot l.Soo ni'k- !
ot" tiie main line of llu road tr >tn !:i
Rielmioml south. The impvow
ttu-nt is designed t > make the A.- '
lantie Coast Line the greatest h
trunk route ot the Atlanta- mm
hoard, and includes the erection tl
of shops and new ti nninals a- w 1
as the dotiok tracking.
Mrs. M. C. Harrelsot, Suicides.
.Mill!ilis Knt ipiis :
Tile sad news w is n-. . n-n! ti. '
at an early hoi,i mi last Mond.n\ ;
morning l>v h> r husband. <>1 the!v
tragic death oi Mrs. >'. C. Ilar-I*
relsoti, who t????k her life by bane
iny herself at the State hospital in !.
Columbia sot? t me during the'.
I 1
night of N< ?v- ) l*.h. !.
The ImmIv was f< ittidat f? o'clfiok J|
on Mon 1 ?v m?>rn: 1 I *r. Sny j
der. \\ nil : lopi'. . ile n fr?ni the'
' straight nu kel ' whit ii she wore, ;
aroiuul her neek. hanging from .. .
vvi Hi' nv* \eil i i " ' >
Mrs. 1 IiiiTcl ?n's mind had been I
in ;i bad coiiditi ?r aboui ; r. !
She was taken t<? a h'?; ilai in W 1
mintfton last May. bat was ..iter
removed to Oilumbia. I!er condition.
mentally and physically,
was improving t - such an extent
that she would ha-a been able to
return home in a couple of weeks, H
in fact, at the time of lu-r death!!
she was stouter and stronger than
she had been in ten years.
Mrs. 11 aire 1 soil is survived by ,
her husband and one little soil, ;
besides bei mother, Mrs. Rebecea
McMillan, anil two sisters and
ciyfht brothers. She was jo years !
of ajje.
The body was brought here',
Monday evening f >r burial and i
the funeral services were held 1
yesterday mornim; at b1 .so o'clock
conducted by l<ev. J. b. Daniel, ,
assisted by Revs. I>. T ller and i
1?. K. Mason, at Millers, at which >
church deceased was a member
K.M.ll I \ i -
iohii en o< u :ooi i. ,\ laP'V llllllHK'l'
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oi svmpathi/.invr triends leathered',
t
to render their i.ist tribute of re-jv
spcct.
When deceased was taken t< !
the State hospital the doctors!
there diagnosed her disease as j,
pellagra, and it seented that herfli
principal purpose was self destrue- s
tion front the very bcjrinninj;: she :i
having made several attempts otilj,
her life even before she was earn- ]
ed off for treatment.
The stricken faittilv have the!"
sympathy of the entire commanity.
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Free State News. t
Mr. Curtis LcCctte of Lanes''1
spent Sunday with iiis parents
here. 11
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Mrs. W. L. Tillman of Bennetts- j r
ville spent a few days last week ! v
with relatives m this section. t
Mr. I). L. Cottintfhant ??f Wih^d*
mitprton'visited his sister, Mrs. V
! Oscar Fenejran. Wednesday last.
Mrs. 12. C. Mo >re, who ha* been
visitin.y relatives in Marlboro, rei
turned home a week or twoatfo.
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Mr. Kufus Allen of Bennetts- p
ville is expected home to spend ,
1 Thanksgiving with his parents,
j Mr. and Mrs. 1) 12. Allen.
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' Miss Mary Hays has yone to Au- ^
i jjusta to visit her sister, Mrs,
I John Dunnawav.
1 , tl
I Mr. J. P. Rojrcrs of Columbia.
j came to visit his parents some \
; time ago and has t>ecn confined t<> 1'
his bed with an attack of tonsoli- ;i
is. * it
Mr. A. C. Ray went to I'ittsboro, r
N. C.t on a business trip last *
week. Cor. o
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W OUTSIDE VIEW
OF NEW COUNTY.
he Following from the Florence
Times Shows how
T?iose on the Outside
View the Effort to Divide
Marion County.
There is ii'.t .. thin*. considered
i 1 ;it all l<> da\ except tile
s ai.tl tin new county fi>4lit.
'Ii< interest it the new county
:h: ' elite s chi Sly around the
tie M* >sts. I>i!lon ot" 5_>5.i
i to'- the erection ot a courtottsv.
and tail. The S25,'KH)
ti er of Little- Ro. k on condition
li tt tile court house- should he
>e-alcd lte'ie-, was thought at one
:-r. to have h e ll ail etToft to split
h new c unity people In exeittc
a taet-onttl liyht het ween llietiii
*\vs. ;< t: i; has t\ su1te*<i in opera itv.f
in tiic opp'.-ite- direction, i
n>- etui aid;'.e f- ail indications
a t now Tite |>illon Herald this
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,> wuiei; in iciayeu i<? print
Hint- thi' m \v matters coming
;; i'li*M - a u;< >-i admirable eda''
: .tn this ;>apcr is the
; ... ;ri 'he new county
. it na> i e t..k a as authoritutiv
u. which it i- stated that
h t l>e t' '.ie;ht n; iw was
a: . tin. locution of the
v'.'.s .i side issue en.
1.. ttk R- iek. Latta < ?r
.a : lace that the ><>oplc o
iie eel >!. cut oil. valued, had
a 1 - at- and might lay them
' V'.u; and the one dc!."the
greater number of
v .vould tin- place select cel.
I? i. .:i was not hoggish in the
matter.
The 1 Utile K'i'k donation, instead
"i being a lump of dynamite
it11 >lo\v i th?' new project as so
in.tin in nylit has .-venimyly dune
yrc.it y< t<> tlu cause of the new
.minty advocates. They will certainly
have the c>urthouse mil
ail wi'inmt. i i i? on; eiuliture of any
r.? >ney.
The 1" at ion f<>r which Mr. Dil<>n
sne.iks is one that meets with
in.- :;cni ral approval of the pco i?.
of I >i 1 i< >ii and of the county
nerali; . It is ?.11 Main street,
wo si|uues from she railroad iaeny
the street and the main busiicss
h<>u>c>, and yet far enough
>ut to he f've from the turmoil of
asinesN. It is a charming locaion.
Nothing is said about the
tattle of the new county in the
eticrofMr. l>illon. though it is
indcr* ood that he would be glad
o ii.tvc bear the name of the
own a.: . its founder, but as there
S' !! , who liylit oil that pfopoit
oti, Mr. I Mlioii makes no pro ision
in that matter, which will
trobablv result in securing more
otcs for the name "Dillon" couny
than if no action had been taken
>y iiim . t all. or if lie had made
hat condition.
It is yen rally conceded that Dil>n
is going to win out on this
ight. The old county people
cent to have exhausted all of their
minimi*, ion, exploded all of their
nines and are readv to except the
allot box. There is no telling,
towever. there arc all sorts of
luick turns in these lights and no
lew county is safe until it has
aiidcd completely.
Interest is running high here,
sew county headquarters are
>pened where the voters are taken
are of and business is transacted
nd ii is re.allv surprising the
tivngth gained by the new conns'
advocates lately. The winning"
t Latta was the greatest achievenen.
They count certainly on
ictory in the election, (though
w??-thirds majority is hard to get, /
nd may be missed by a mighty /
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In his haste to sidetrack a train
t the Harrison street crossing
I the A. C. L. Saturday, a negro
hrcw the swith too quick and
he heavy engine pulling the
?c:il f* :ght left the rails and
In :heu its way through the road
ed for several yards. The denied
engine was helpless until
lie northbound local freight came
long and pushed it back on the
nils. Ouite a crowd gathered
round the helpless monster while
was being pushed back on the
ails and there many suggestions
rom the si>ectators as to how "it
ught to be done." 4