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The Dillon Herald. - I PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. A. B. JORDAN Editor. SUBSCRIPTION. >1.50 PER YEAR agww??qg?!?li J i ?g tend 1 Ite yttioOc* it OIUou. 9. r? ? unrwul limn nmi natter J ? JI Dillon. k C. December 23.1909. ' CHRISTMAS. \ . x This is the season of joy, when ^ everybody lays aside business and domestic cares and gives them- ^ selves up to the pleasures of thtf Yuletide. In all parts of the civilised world there is great re- j jurciuK over me ume knai marxs ^ the resurrection of the Great ^ Prince who said "Peace on earth; , good will to all mankind." It is ^ an occasion for great rejoicing, a Q time when the real pleasure comes v from giving instead of receiving, j, but it must be remembered that t. there are certain forms of rejoic- s ing that do not find favor in the t Savior's eyes. It is well for mankind to eat and drink and be mer- _ ry but all mankind should eschew n riotous and intemperate living, n drunkenness and debauchery. v These latter forms of so-called re- ^ joicing bring pain and sorrow in- t stead of comfort and jov, and the v person who indulges in them pays a heavy penalty in the end for the temporary pleasure he experiences in the beginning. This country particularly has abundant reason I ^ to give itself up to the pleasures of the Yuletide days. It has been greatly blessed. While other sec tions have suffered from drouths and storms and other disasters over > which the hand of man had no f control, this particular section has been signally favored by the hand of Providence. The seasons have e been good, the harvest has been b more abundant than ever betore in the memory of the oldest inhabitants, there are no debts n -feangingoyer the homes of the toil- a ers, an* the people are haoov. prosperous and contented. There is every reason for great rejoicing g in our specially favored section, t; but let us remember that it were ^ better there were no rejoicing at y ail unless it is done in the proper manner a6d in the proper spirit. This is the last issue of The Herald that will be published until ? |? another year has been ushered in r "p'.tnd we close the old year by wish- s ing each of our readers a happy *( Christmas and a prosperous New t( Year. ' >' a Don't Worry. . ? The Star newspaper is still of g the opinion that the general as- c senibly will refuse to pass a bill to a create the New County. t The Star predicates its opinion on the assumption that .the New County people have not left enough] territory in the old uoun4,'v y. It alleges that old Marion has \ oeen cut to less then 500 square ' 'oj rni'.es, but concedes to the New c County the 404 sciuare miles it i H'claims. c l'j It is a pity The Star has takeh \ upon itself the duty of dying so t hard. "Life is just one d thing s after another, even at besi," says s ' the philosopher, but to die hard * 1 fter having lived it is not only an ? ngraceful but a very unpleasant, v ling: to do. s The general assembly may pause e . moment in its august delibcra- F ions to hearken to the Star's 11 y amentations, but the general as- r , embly will create the New Coun- a n??y. fi j 'n There used to be an old law ^ hich permitted a certain number h ' citizens to cut off a certain a 8t*bonnt of territory and then al- i( r* "ft, in a petition to the governor I " a order an election upon the qoes- ^ vhiu*11 ?* crcat^n^ a new county, that J t re4? proposed new county contain- t the unore than 400 square miles, r . filed- Axe than 500 square miles t uk ^tbe c^ostit\JtioQ^i^ rogaxd ' 4*v etc., and the election would 1 ordered. Then after the electa was held there were contests ac >rotests and lots of swearing in tl courts before the fight reached tl reneral assembly. But the gei :ral assembly got tired of bein vorried and it passed a law autho zing the governor to appoii :ommissioners to look into a hese matters about territory an >roperty and population before th slection was ordered. The repoi >f the commissioners is examine >y the governor who orders or n uses to order the election, as th ase may be, and that settles th natter for all time. We hardly think our Mario riends (especially the legal fra ernity) will take the Star's vie\ >f the situation and make a figh n the general assembly agains he formation of Dillon countv Phe majority in favor of the Ne\ kmnty is too large to leave an ground for the opposition to stam n in a contest before the can rassinc boards ?.u aw has been followed by the cen ral executive committee with sue] crapulous care that nothing ha een left for our Marion friends ti tand on in a fight before th ourts, and under the new law th natter of creating anew cnunty i tot optional with, but mandator ipon, the general assembly Therefore any further fight agains he formation of Dillon count vould be a waste of time am noney. So don't worry. Who was it that wept becaus le had no more worlds to cor iuer? Lands in Dillon county ar vorth more than they were ortnight ago. A system o? good roads wil ;asily make Dillon county th >anner county of the state. Little Rock and Maple Mil uade if unanimous, and now ther re others who wish they had. Says The Star newspaper: "I trikes us that this will be a goo< ime to consider the question o uilding a hospital in Marion.' Vc agree with The Star. Latta and Little Rock did no et the court house, but that is n< eason why their developmen hould not keep apace with Dil rn's. The court house belong c every section of tV?*? ? -w uvn wuuk s much as it belongs to Dilloi nd what will help one section wil elp the other. Let us all pull to ether tor the common good of th ounty, irrespective of locality nd ere long Dillon county will b he model county of Jffe state. The Empty Stocking. One of the most appealing pic ures ever painted is called "Th Lmpty Stocking." It represent l little girl, in her bedroom in th lim light of early morning?tha t is Christmas morning is indi :ated by the stocking still hang ng on a nail beside the fireplace The bed is in disorder showin hat its occupant had risen hastily ind across the foot of the bed i ;een the little girl-occupant, he >are feet on the floor, in the atti ude of disappointment and grief ler face buried in her arms i vhich she clutches the empt locking. The picture needs n :xplanation, for it tells its story s >lainly that nobody can fail t< inderstand it. The little girl /ho had gone to sleep on Chrisl nas Eve with happy anticipation Iter hanging her stockings byith irenlace. han - , , r ? t. ubvulai cdliy . 1/ Christmas morning:. Eagerly sh ad jumped out of the bed t6 se /hat Santa Claus had brought hei nd she had found only the stocli og, empty as it was when sh uid hung it there. While Sant daus had remembered all he ittle friends, her he had entirel orgotten and neglected. And i: he intensity of her disappoiu ncnt she has thrown herself upo he bed, unmindful of the cok obbing out her grief which is i leep that its scar upon her heai vill remain for life. It is a picture, but is it not tit 4 ' ' tfcer* rww ? 1 -1 1 ?~'iU 1 -I / x Christinas children who hare tikis $ m I experience? There are little orl(j phans whom death has robbed o( those whose greatest pleasure ct le the Christmas it would have been ? to raalce their children happy. e< i- There are children whose parents 11 g through illness or other misfor- ^ r_ tune are unable to provide for ** their children as their hearts de- di u sire, and some parents, ,alas, oi 11 whose parental instincts are so ** d blunted that they are indifferent ' [e to the happiness of their children, b, Such poor children are in almost ^ every community. - m ^ Do they not appeal to those who are in more fortunate circume stances? The parents of happy sa children, who may be able to pro- io vide for their children all that love so can devise?does not this picture fo n and the unfortunates it represents i- a > ^.1 tv them? Adults who yet v remember distinctly through the ex lt mist of the years that have come and gone since then how keen 1 their grief when they had a like 1,1 ' experience in their childhood? v would not they find happiness in m y preventing this experience falling tv ^ to some child during this coming y( Christmas? " Children cannot reason as older w. e people can. The child does not ^ i- understand cause and effect as ? h these relate to family circumstances. Our customs and tradi- W; tions are responsible for the Santa cc 0 Claus faith in children, and in nt - I WIIOC4UCUV.C U1 (.III?) Ictl L U till t'llll" e dren expect to be remembered by ]0 s Santa Claus. And child desires are small. ^ Read the letters of the children be to Santa Claus?they make you t smile at the modesty of the wishes, to y Even the most presumptious of w< jj the children, those who have the le: longest string of wishes, could have every wish fulfilled at the ^ cost of a few dollars, and few are extravagant in their wishes. Yet _ e while these wishes are so small and so easily filled, failure to have sa expectations realized when they 22 have taken this hold is a tragedy in tVlfk iM.Vioorf Why not try to prevent this gi e whenever possible? No one could St a make his own Christmas more Si happy than by the knowledge of having prevented the poignant , grief over an empty stocking of 1 some poor boy are girl. Who e will be the Santa Claus to fill a 0f stocking which vould otherwise fu remain empty, and in this way en make two hearts happy, the hearts ft of the owner of the stocking and 2t e of its filler??Augusta Herald. STAT MARION1 COUN\T?LINA W( In the Magistrate's Court. bt Dillon Wholesale Grocery. frj , Plaintiff i [vs] ? P. W. Harsh and George Harsh, co-part- m , iters doing business under the name lir and style of Harsh Co., ,i Defendants, """ By John A. Fore, A Magistrate in and for the Couut> of Marion in the State ft aforesaid: ft t To any Lawful Constable: Complaint having been made unto K me by Dillon Wholesale Grocery that it pr t is a corporation chartered and organised B under and by virtue of the laws of the V State of South Carolina and that f. ? . ft S Harsh and Gteorge Harsh, as co-partn rs ft doing business under the name and style R ^ of Harsh Bros. & Company, are trnly ft l and justly indebted to said corporation K , in the sum of Forty Two and 75.100 it 1 Dollars on account of money paid for Br - the use and benefit of said Marsh Bros. B A company and at their request, ana that ft I Bcuu qbiiu oruiwuuuaTe reiusen ana 8ti? U , refute to pay the tame, you are there- B fore commanded to summon the said E e defendant to appear before me ?in my K office in Dillon, in the county of Marion B and State aforesaid, on the twenty first K day after the day of the date of the R service of this summons upon tbem, E exclusive of the day of service, to aus- BP wer to said complaint, or judgment will B be given against them by default for B e said sum of Forty Two and 75 100 Dol- E s lars. and t^e costs of this action. B e Oiven under my hand and seal at nil- R Ion, S, O., this the 7th day of October R Lt A. D. 1909. R i- John A. Fore [L. 8. E Magistrate R To P. W. Harsh aad George Harsh co- E " partners doing business under the name B ? and style of Harsh Bros & company, de- E feudauts^above named: I s Yon will hereby take notice that the R Summons in the above entitled aotion, . a loopy of which appears above, has R [" been lodged and filed in my -office, and E n ANNUAL MEETING, IMPORTANT R v NOTICE! B o Notice is hereby given that the E o Annual Meeting of the County R 0 will be held at the office of the R 1, Board at Marion on Thursday, R > January 6th, 1910. K i, All persons holding demands of E e any king against the County, not B n previously presented to the Board, C e are required by law to file the B e same with the Clerk of .the Board E on are before the first day of Jan- IP uary, 1910, in order that they may e be examined, and, if approved P a ordered to be paid at the said an x nual meeting:. C y The law makes it the duty of all B d persons holding such account or IE I- claims, not paid, to deposit them IB a with the Clerk of the Board as re- \wt 1, quired by this notice. IP to The presentation of claims must [ rt not be delayed until after January IP 1st. Jahn Will-cox II 10 Clerk of Board. If December 7th. 1 909. 12-9-4t.l?J ... . fldifkU ikJfe -<-?i aim jdtfahLu^J.. Special Column. These of onr friends who bought om us last year and will be lookig for us agafti this year are askd to bear in mind that we have loved from Main street to the Dr. adger old stand, opposite the pas;nger station, where we have on isplay a larger and prettier line F holiday gifts and toys than evei ifore- Herald Book Store. Detichablr Sterling handled u?nrellas at L. Cottinghan. Co's" hese make the nicest kind of X'es present. Come to Tolar Bros, great .hi tie at Latta on Dec. 22nd. Th ts are well located near th hool building and are desirable r residences. Hammered brass is the rage 'erywhere (especially in the lar:r cities). See the line at The evald BookStore. The very thing r wedding or holiday gifts. Wm. Brick and Mr. McEachcrn >\v established at the New Counhcadquarfers stand, will show >u Holiday presents suitable for >ur wife, children or any one you ish to present with a handsome ft. The lot sale of Tolar Bros, that as postponed last Mondav on an aint of rain will be held on Wed;sday, Dec. 22nd. at 1 o'clock. )rae to Latta and buy a choice h We make it a rule to buy late ^cause we can buy cheaper. The ving of 2o to 30 per cent, goes the customer and that is why e offer better holiday goods for ss money. Herald Book Store. Largest Asst. Mens and Ladies eckwear in Dillon for X'mas esents at L. Cottinghams. Remember Tolar Bros, land le at Latla on Wednesday, Dec. !nd. at 1 o'clock. Hammered brass makes an ideal ft because it show? individuality, se the line at The Herald Book ore. Wm. Brick is offering every partment in his store at cost FOR SALR?Ton Onl vh-.iroc Peoples Building: & Loan Stock, lly paid up, without incumbericy, from date of issue Dec. 1604. irms reasonable. Apply to Dillon Herald. Cut glass and silver make nice 2d: ing presents and holiday gifts it why duplicate the gifts of other iends when a piece of hammerbrass would make a prettier and ore appropriate gift? See the le at The Herald Book Store. [ Gleanin I O.i Cc 1 $9.01 I8.0( 7.0( Your Opp{ in hit the: lif 1 LW . I * WBWSBSH MggBCf. _ I I .1- / I I ll> II IIBftM My goodness I never nw so many Christmas things in my life v as they have at Wheeler Hard- j< ' ware Go's. these fellows must ex- v pect to do aH the business. fi i ? . . You will 6nd a complete line of Furs and Neck Pieces at L Cot- ? i tingham Go's. We have them from e ; $1.50 to $25.00 a piece. Do not fail to call at Wm. Brick's ? store for he will sell you every- _ ; thing at cost. LOST?One Smith & Wesson. ^ 1 32 calibre pis- ? v u; v. . rolcen. $5.00 i" -.1 *-i ihi- .tr. st of the man i . . i r.o \f Tom McColl,! s at P L 1U thca's j q We specially invite you to visit *'J onr store before buying your holi- P day and wedding gifts. It will be i ? to your interest to see our line of cut glass, china, silver ware Japanese ware. We also have a nice ^ line of scissors, pocket knives, razors and shaving brushes put up in handsome cases for the holiday ^ trade, these things make very nice ^ presents. Wheeler Hardware Co. _ 1 The prettiest line of wedding; presents ever shown in Marion Sl county at The Herald Book Store. Collar buttons in gold and latest 8 novelties in belt pins make nice n presents for X'mas. L. Cotting- w ham Co. h^s them. tl Fern dishes, chafing dishes, jardenairs, coal scuttles, umbrella stands, five-o'clqtek teas, etc., in hammered brass at The Herald v Book Store. ? Christmas Turkeys?I have a b number of fine turkeys I would like tb sell, suitable for Christmas din- ; ners or breeding purposes. Apply to Jas. A. Galloway, R. R. 1, ( Mallory, S. C. Watch the show windows of L. Cottingham Co. for the nicest X' mas gifts. i For Saie or Rent?Four room * house in desirable residence sec- I tion. Apply.t j Morris Fass. Well sir, I believe you can get anything on earth vou want in holiday goods at Wheeler Hard- " ware Co. I never saw such a stock. Don't forget in making your Christmas purchases that we have a larger and prettier line than ever this year. Our toys are substantial and will give good service. Herald Book Store. If you don't keep your head c 1 level when you go in Wheeler * Hardware Co's. store you will be- D come bewildered at the immese T amount of holiday things and will ^ be unable to make a selection. I IIP >at Suits anc Suits - - $ 11 50 1 1! Misses Suits $10 Suits $8.50 ) - - - - $ } < } ! ortunif* get g ?h grc.de... i STORE OF V/ i 1. DUN m DILLON, S. C ' '* <' ' 1 nmM 1 know you are rejoicing over /inning the new ^unty, but yonr oy will not be complete unless ou go to Wheeler Hardware Ccj^Sm. ( or your Christmas things. Vv It is easy to clothe yourself and 1 1 amily now, for Wra. Brick is off- * ring his entire stock at cost. Useful and ornamental weddia^S^H nd holiday gifts in trass at The Herald Bo You cannot afford to $9 argains, offered at oo > fl trick's store. Do not forget the go i: m o?* U J1-J bi uauuicu uriiDrenas ols at L. Cottingham ( m "hese are guaranteed a hem from $4.00 to 25 iece. Names engn i >c. >etachable bandies. Wm. Brick and Mr. ' re showing a large ^ 'hristmas gifts, toys, tc., in the store pre vie ...>o ied by the New County head? uarters. Do not fail to call on hem; lowest prices are offered. Buy your X'mas presents in ^ omethingnice at L. Cottingham's. There will be an entertainment iven by the Little Rock school 5% ext Friday night Dec 17th after ' aJ* rhich oysters will be served by he ladies. U sjj Solid car load of Oranges for he holidays, just arrived. JThey rill be sold at wholesale Florida rices and this is your opportuniy to save from 50c to $1.00 pe* > ox. They must go. see me. ^ " ! F. M. Huggins. )TIS PAGE, B. S. C. E. 1 r,,... w? 1 rear vaiue h < jy3 uiviL, anuwitKK. All sorts of surveying, Draught- . ? ng, Leveling, special attention to ' ''arm and Timber Surveys, *Jity -ots. Guaranteed Accuracy. . v*j DILLON, S. C. ' I. E. & E. N. BEATS j< Engineers and Contractors ^ IVIL ENGINEERING SEWERAGE! AND ' \ rATERWORKS, LAND SURVEYS AND SUB- x \ l, IV1SION8, ESTIMATES MADE AND CON- 1 HACT8 TAKEN FOR TILE DRAINAGE ARMS. CONCRETE BR1DGB8. CONCRETE . 1 Wl.KS CONCRETE CURBING. 1 Skirts I I