The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, August 11, 1910, Image 1

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Er'f1; fl?p Wbn fmtlT .I^D" IN 189!L DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUG. 11, 19*0. VOL. [6.-27 f K~HEWS NOTS FROM E?* BINGHAM Dpi Reedy Creek Springs A Ver Populor Resort. The Open ing Dance Largely Atten BUm ed. Death of a ' Goo mm ^ Woman Other Matters Bingham, Aug. 8. Crops in gen K"" y<ral around here are fairly gooi ^Ju?^and especially is this so in rcgari ** to cotton. Of course, cotton is : HaM^iunA nUAM ? ? i?* >A i KV^??vLic auci man cuiuiiiuu UUl 11 1 now making good, from reports re ^3~>J)ceived from various sections of th county. We believe we can com IK vparc favorably with other sectoin ^ftva^.of the county as to corn. It seem J * to be hurt pretty badly on accoun BaAof the past few days of dry Weathe H we have had, a few showers Saiur ^5"0)day and Sunday which we hope wil benefit the young corn crop. Fod ^5*"?)der is being pulled around here oi ^B_^^old corn. Bjw The people around here wer ^jKshocked last week when J. M. Nor ^B ton received a telegram stating tha K?AhiB mother, Mrs. W. J. Norton, o ^B - Hbson, was dead. Mrs. Nortoi ^E*%wspent some time here with her soi ^B^^not more than a month ego and slv ^B^^Pseemed to be in the best of health K-^Mrs. Norton was a Miss Nicholson lister of Messrs. John and J. \V ^B.^^kNicholsoii of this community, am Mr. Arch Nicholson of Mullins.He ^Ev^father and mother came direct froc ^B^_ Saotland. Mrs. Norton was a faith B^Vful wife and loving mother, but ala B has gone forward to the rewar ^S^^^that is laid up in Heaven for th ^E^Qfalthful. Children weep not. you ^fl mother has only preceded you;am ^p^aome day you will meet her on th ^B^^^otlier side. Quite a crowd eathered nt * V? ^J^A.8pring Friday night. Some to parti ^B^^^clpate in the dancing, some to lool and some to hoar the Charlestoi R band. Now as to the first the ^P^^^were disappointed. The large pa ^B^^villion was near enoilgh completeo they could dance to their satis fart ion the second, the onlookers were fully repaid as there wa music and some good or ba I ,<;^clng. The third class was disai ^Ri^0^Bited at the band not appearing B81 Mflflig before night you could see ol ^B^P^Vn and ladies making their wa the direction of the Spring; as where they were going, why < jMiurse it was to hear the band, bu P it did not appear and we hav |H(^4OTot found one of these wayfarer I ^disappointed, so it must have bee Bomething else besides the band. j Mr. and Mrs. Dan McKay of Rc Blind, are spending some time at th LSpring. Mr. McKay is a native c ^Bouth Carolina and owns a larg ^plantation in this state annd serve In the Confederate army. He wa ^first lieutenant In Capt. McKerral Companny and all the old soldier 9<vho served with him have nothin ^to say of him but praise. We hop Iftor Mr. and Mrs. McKay a pleasan ^ttay at the Springy ^ We second Editor Jordan's edi ttorial in regard to the building o the Court House for Dillon count ^n the street near the Methodla church and we have heard severa IBpeople express themselves and ever ^?ne with whom we have talked ar ^Tree to say that they would rathe jpet the Court House built at thi nftint than tinvntho*-/* ol an T ^PHssQrmtld a nice modern building her ^ ^it would be a beautiful and unot |^E90>bstructed view from the passenge Jt^tion of the A. C. L?. railroad.No\ ^E^^ftor instance take Bennettsville. 0 j^H_^pours<' the Court House is not ii ^^^^^the street, but it faces the stree ^HfcgjAfroni the depot and g?oing up tlii Btreet it gives a beautiful view o court*house, and if the peopl BH _Wit Bennettsville would only plan I^P?^^Tiass and vines on the square in of horse traders there tli S^^^^^ourt house and square would com favorably with any we huv I^E^^^een. We hope the commission hn nhlo In <lool f/??' tKio nr/?i at the crossing of the street Methodist church so tiicy ca BhI ^>rpct the house in the street an have ample room around it s ladies of Dillon can have gras ^^^^^^lanted and otherwise beautify th I say kidies bepause [ knm it is done they will have to h a^L^^orwurd it. BR ^ Editor Jordan we hope* you wil BHoynrcpp this issue up l>efore the peopl K| ?nid stir the people generally fo ^R"5^fl6w is the time for a nice choic BH^Rlot a site for the erection of ^^B^^^jourt House. While we believe th ^H^^&mmisston will do all they can fo the better, now is the time to speak and don't wait until everything is i. done and then commence grumbling. Thert'ls no room in Dillon county for grumblers. Y BILLY CROCKET. ^ Mr. Sherwood Declines. J Mr. Editor: L noticed in a recent ' issue of the Lattu Observer that my (. friends had announced me for the office of County Supervisor. After - thanking my friends for their con J ' fidence in my ability to serve 1 ?i 1i Ion county in the capacity of Supervisor 1 take this opportunity to s respectfully decline to stand for the position, e Recently the voters declared the i- present officers elect to be the ? choice of the people. If the present s officers were the choice of the ptot pie three months ago, 1 can truthr fully say they are my choice now, - and not only now but for the next il twoyears i while I would say just 1- here that they were not all my tt then but I believe in a majority rui ilng and bow with submission to e their choice.) 1 do not feel that ! am compet , tent to suggest to the good people oi f Dillon County, much less to advise, n but it seems to me that we should n by all means give them at least a e chance to prove to us whether o** i. not they are competent to fill the i, several offices to which they were '. elected, with honor to themselves, d and to the satisfaction of the vor ters of the County. Then if weigho , ed in the balance and found want ' ing 1 would favor a new deal, but s otherwise in standing for this office d I would feel unjust to them and to e myself. T. C. Sherwood, r A Reply to the Chamber of Comd ' merre. e | It is customerv and has been tor ages for presidents of organizations e and republics, kings, princes and i- royalty in general, when speaking k or writing, officially or in public, n to use the pronoun "we" in refery ence to themselves, and anything l- contrary to this custom has never d been known but once and that in j Medieval history and that was when i Louis the Magnificent Monarch of a France, in the full sway of his luxd 1 uriant court and the blind adulaj_ tion of his flatterers and hired sycophants, made the inane, silly and d tyranical remark: "'I am monarch y of all I survey." Could this egok list have lived to sit on the ruins of jf that magnificent empire and velwed its destruction and downfall wroughi e by that very policy by which it had ,s been erected and pursued by his n descendants, it is possible that even such an egoist as he would have regretted ever having uttered such a e vainglorious remark. In this modern time it might be e wen ior celebrities to remember d .that "paths of glory lead but to the s grave" for "all is vanity," sayeth s the preacher. For the sake of s clearness it might be well to exK plain the difference between "I" e and the "Chamber of Commerce." t Fe instance what is the position of ."I," and for what does the Chaml_ ber of Commerce stand? In the ? movement for the extension of the 1 y tomn limits a short while ago what position did the Chamber of C'omj merce take and what position did y "1" take? Is "I" the leader of the e ,Chamber of Commerce? Can a peor pie be greater than their leaders? s Can an organization be greater than 0 its president? Can a movement of e the people manifest more enthusiasn than its natural leaders? Did "I" or did "It" or whatever you please v to call that unnamable organizaif tion take an enthusiastic stand for n that movement? Did "I" advocate t it on the inside and dam it on the g outside? Then *iow in the name of common sense, duhl anyone, liowe ever egotistic, expect the common t laity or its underlings to carry forward this tremenduous and all inie pfrtant movement. Sush an undertaking as this must have royal supe port to carry it to success. it does seem that "I" the Chamber of Comi_ merce. gave its orders to the memg bers of the Chamber of Commerce n "to gird up its loins and go forth (I to do battle for the cause and bring o back a report to me. "I" urged s on them the importance of this e great movement at least while 1" y was in a public meeting. "I" ape pointed n committee to take up the . mattet* but they would not. cried aloud in the Chamber of Com e merce but they would not hear me. r It would be much better in the e future if "I" would work "per me" a in promoting the Interest of the e town "per se." The Chamber made r one mistake in his writing and this was he neglected to say in the beginning "My Town" and thus In has inadvertently left us the opportunity to participate in the ownership of the town at least, and w*. are pleased to note that tlje privilege remains to us to say "our I town." For this small fav-ar w? thank "Thee" and at thy royal feet we humbly bow ourselves :mm! await the pleasure of your most high and mighty Majesty. MKMBKR. Political Press Agents. In reference to some communication published recently in your paper 1 ask for a little space. It is said that the most important thing for the success of a politician is a good press agent, and that all big politicians have their own private secretaries for that purpose. It seems that our newly elected county officers have lost no time in learning this important lesson, hut unlike the l?ig politician, each having his own private secretary, they seem to have a syndicate or truss, and employed one man to boom them all, and this enterprising quill driverdriver writes like a professional boomer, but in his zeal to earn both laurels and the "dough" he seems to have little regard for the facts or the truth. He may tickle the vanity of the gentlemen whom he serves, but a man who knows the facts as every man in Dillon county must know them, by experience gained In the last primary., cannot he fooled bv ancient fable wild assertions and rank political flim flam. 1 was taught when a boy that self-praise was half scandal, but 1 supose all old time philosophy is a back number in this day of commercialism and graft, since politics and big business have formed a partnership for mutual benefit. It is not my intention Mr. Editor to make any charges in this article aguinst any of our county officers, and nothing that 1 say is intended to reflect upon their private character. I only wish to keep the record straight. But if they find it necessary so soon to blow their own horn that is not my fault, and if "Black .Joe'* had stuck to the record there would. have been no objection raised. But when he shows an utter disregard for facts and indulges in glaring falsehoods and reckless statements, then it becomes a matter of which all selfrespecting citizens must take notice. His first article in your paper published in the guise of a man from Lumber River on his first visit to the county seat and who was captivated by (he broad smile of a little man on the corner was so highly complimentary, full of rank flattery that I regarded it as a burlesque instead of an earnest effort to boom "those candidates who are seeking re-election, and being no doubt elated at the success of his first effort he comes back with renewed energy and inspiration and over the non-de-plume of Old Black Joe he gave us in last week's Herald what he no doubt regards as an overwhelming argument in ' fable and in fact. But Mr. Editor ! how about the facts? By his own assertions he invites investigation. He says "we cannot overestimate the ability of our present officers." Besides if we should count up all those who contributed to the great result of winning our new county, we would include every one of our present officers." Then since they have been loyal to us and since they are loyal now we should keep them another term. Mr. Editor what does this plea mean? "Since they have been loyal to us" isn't it a confession of guilt? L)o they credit the people with being dupes? Do they hope thus to blot out the record? By good future conduct they may live down the fact but they can never blot out the record. It is true Mr. Editor that some of them as well as many others were loyal to us, not only loyal hut earnest, faithful workers in season and out of season, always on the side of the people battling for their rights, and to these worthy patriots are due tin- everlasting gratitude of of the people of Dillon county, al though ili<> irony of fate seems for the time to have retired many of them to obscurity, they will yet he recognized by the people and receive the well done of the good and faithful servant. But is a well known fact that that some of the gentlemen holding office i'n Dillon county have never contributed one i iota to \ielp win our new county, but on the contrary they joined hands ? ' v .. ' ' fciffohlfr . . . > ;+, with the old county against the people and during all the tourieeii years struggle to strike oil the shackles that bound them in |><> 1 i:ieal bondage the> were with *lu enemy helping to defeai the p?epic 1 and thus for fourteen years ihcy 1 not only helped to deprive tin- " people of their rights but bv ing to prolong the struggle in< reused the cost of victory many tiuius- 1,1 i.nds of dollars, which, the people will have to pay. This is the way tliey contributed. 'I'llis is tile record they themselves: mad' ami If it n is against them they alone are to blame. New County Man. \I AX M AI. MOUNTAIN AMI SKA- ' SHORE EXCURSION. A v The Atlantic Coast hini' ofl'ei - Exceedingly attractive toimtl trip SJ rates to Washington, Norfolk. Kicliimind am! the mountain and seashore resorts. U Wednesday, August iTth. is the . date fixed by the Atlantic Coast ,r] Line for its Annual Mountain and j(i Seashore Excursion which is looked ^ forward by thousands of its patrons as the most appropriate time for a summer vacation, especially on aecount of the season of the year. , ^ The low rates and the splendid service given by the Atlantic Coast Line on thse excursions have proven very popular in the past. On tluydate named the Coast Line will sell round trip tickets from Dillon at the following rates: To Wash- 1( ington $8.00, to Norfolk SS.oo, to u Wilmington, for Wrightsville and Carolina Beaches, $5.50, to Myrtle Beach $5.50 and at the very lowexcursion rates to about 25 Moun- e tain and Seashore resorts in North " and South Carolina. . The tickets will be ilmited to re- 1 turn on any train to reach the original starting point up to but not a later than midnight of Thursday September 1, 1910, thereby giving " those taking advantage of this op- ll portunity to spend their vacation away from home two weeks at any e of the most delightful resorts to " which tickets will he sold. The return portion of tickets sold to Nor- r' t ilk w'll he honored-from Richmj id ( and the return portion of tickets sold to Richmond will be honored Cl from Norfolk via the Atlantic Coast " Line. 551 Scliedttles, reservations, tickets, ? and any further information may be 51 obtained by calling on J. L. Bridges at Diloln or by addressing the undersigned. h W . J. Craig. T. C. White, " Pas. Traf. Mgr. Cler.. Pas Agt. Wilmington.N. C. ^ Trains to Mtilliiis. Beginning August 15th. the X. A- st S. C. railroad will operate trains w through to Mullins. This announ- n cement was made by the Company v in a letter to the railroad eommis- s< sionets Thursday. The schedule between Dillon and Hamlet will be shortened and the trains will leave here later in the morning and eventi ing. The rail between Mullins and Dillon is heavier than the rail between Dillon and Hamlet and this will permit trains to run on a fasttl er schedule between Dillon and Mullins than was maintained between Dillon and Hamlet when the ? road was first opened. Work on J s< tne depot at Mullins will begin litis week and it is very likely that ^ Mullins will get ahead of Dillon in the matter of a depot. It is not known when work will begin on the depot at Dillon. d A Trolly Line. j( l.'itta Observer: si Why not Dillon and Latla have n a trolly line to Reedy Creek ti Springs? We believe a line com- hi incut-lug at i.ittel Rock via Dillon tl and i.atta to the Springs at Reedy si (. ? k would I*' a paying project. < : it would do away xviili the neces- e< stiy t-.f ouildiug cottages at these tili'lo towns as the people could P tli? "*? ; iy time they wished and t! spend tin- .ad return home at nuht This v oitld cost hut little, li sides <l Inis there would he no trouble P keeping h ?use. One could take the h cap evei \ half hour from either s< place. !t would also give that a clays persons who are not aide 01 to keep : ?' automobile a i ha nee to just throw out these few hints in f( he hope that some on-- will "put th bull to rolfmgi' 4 , si 1 have taken a position with the ei E. L. Moore Co. where 1 shall he glail to see mv friends :it ;>nv time My motto will ho the "best t^oods si for the least money." o C. C. Graham. 11 / t* Calvary Items. II Fair i-:iii?;_! \Vo newr k'e-w lien or v.'h? r< iiiilniun.u is pla> i-iu iir lis. A 111 u 1?< Ix-lon^iiiK to Mr. <ti;is llorriiij; s killeil liy l-nliiinj; S-i: mvlii. vvliilr s?alit!i 'is, in i lie ill! i?l Ml*. .J. II. Allen of iliis seen. Several jk rsiins sianuinp near it is .;! wen sov rely shocked ?iie seriously. .Miss Me MeKenzle of l.atta .mil i Kd. M'?pily of this jialee sp? lit 11 inlay in tin* I'li-asj! ill Hill see (111. Ucv i. I!. Mo.idy was ill Charles- ' in lasi week hi appear iM-i'orc tin* 1 t'dlral Association to sliow iliat ^' had iit'i'ii cured of cancel'. Miss Kate Carmichael and Mr l"'1 . I> Moody of the Pee Doe secction ere visitors hero last Sunday. rt' Aii". and Mrs. M It. Moody of this r'' lotion wore in the Bermuda section <n an day. M Mr. and Mrs \V. C. MeKenzie of erntuda spent Sunday at the home r Kev. .1. H. Moody. We eon- '<1 ru.tulate Mr. Mo. now in meeting ?t is many friends with an open face, '"i *hy not he in the race for coroner lis time Mr. Mac? When you step st n the slump you may declare unto r*' our competitors and friends with n open face your fitness and cjuali- " cations for tiiis important office, d onie on. W. C. SUB. D " I'ages Mills Items. Mr. Kllis Scott wiio has t?e? ii sick lr the past few weeks is able to lie p again. Miss Florence Ford is visiting re, (> itives and friends in Florence. Several of our young men attondd the races at Dillon Tuesday and eport a good time. The Kev. Dr. Baker of the Pee j >ee circcuit was in to.wn last Sunay for the purpose of organizing Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. .las. Dupo and famly of Georgia are hero on a visit 11 [> relatives and friends. Misses Pittmau and Tew of Fay- a iicvuie itiv tue gnosis 01 Mr. ana Irs. Turbeville. A. \V. Smith and I. J. Horn have pt 11 rued from a trip t.o Johnuson ity, Tenn. * it has been announred tiiat the J L'hildren*s services held at the taptist church bv Rev. J. F Wat- 'l tl an every Sunday evening will soon lose on account of the small attend- a M nee. J \V. Rowland of Dillon was in (' awn last week. It is hoped that e will enter the race again for he same office. Owing to the fact that Rev. Jas. a w '. Watson has striven so earnestly ad faithfully in reconstructing the jwn and country of the Pages Mill *' pet.ion for trie past few months we ould be delighted to give him a pst. We think he deserves a short acation before entering upon his *hool work here. Drummer. " u ? m* ? * m NOTICK OF KDKTCION. Notice is hereby given that a p< il lion has been presented to the :oard of Trustees of School Disrict No. 11. Dillon County. South w arollna, signed by more than one- 11 hird of the electors resident within ? tid district, and likewise more than ne-thirci of the freeholders of the w ge of ?\ years resident witliin said ^ n'vHM msinci asKing tliat an c?leo- 11 on be hold within said district on '* a- 'iiiestion of issuing coupon bonds f said school district in the sum of u ot exceeding sixteen hundred dol- ri irs, payable to bearer in such " ( nominations and amounts as said c< "itstees may deem nocossary bearlg a rate of interest not to exceed C( ix per cent per annum, payable se- al li-annually or annually, at sncli Vi mes as said trustees may deem )( est, said petition stipulating fur- ir lor that in making said bond is- s' ,ie tiie amount so issued sliall not ^ " "d four per cent, of the assess- ?' .1 valocation of the property of 1' lid school district for taxation. Notice is further hereby given lat pursuant to said petition, an 01 lection is hereby ordered on the *' 'icstion of isstiing said bonds as Cf rayed for in said petition, to bo eld at Hinghnm school house in ^ hool district 11, in said county ? nd state on Friday the 26th. day si r v ......... ?i.?.. . > - , ,vih.cni. J ./ nr, illO pOIIB U)U|K II ()| t 7 o'clock a. ni. and to close at e? ?uv o'clock p. ni. 'r;ike notice farther, that ai said aj lection only qualified voters of ti iid school district shall Ik? allow- M 1 to vote. At said election each elector fairing the proposed issue of bonds lull cast a ballot upon which is r shall be printed or written "For Si loads'' and each elector opposing 8k - ..'4 * '1. V MARION'S RENDEVOUS. ... " V" I ev. W. C. Kirkland Visits Lower Marion md Secures Several Interesting Relics of the Revolution. A \ Gourd from which Marion Drank Honey Secured for ^ Wofford Library. K\?'i> ?*lii!<t ? I ;?in Ma- Mi l.l. . I.III. H ..... I. .. W*.' ....1 ??.. w \' J I ill Britlons Neck townships in the .icr vmS uf Marin:. abound in story because it was hero that " raiicis Marion, Known .is t'.i s*watn >\ in tli. Iiistni-'. ni !! U< volution . . . caso vru it ml Ins ttii.tvs ana sought year*. fuge wlivii closel} pui'f.iii'd by d hip*. erwhclttiing twees. Kecc.tly Rev afferent; t' Kirk la ml visited this very ^ ton >st ittg split and sucivoilcd in n.ai'i'o.p, from one of the older res>?ts some \. rv interesting relics . 1 K J the Revolution. Speaking of . J is trip Mr Kirklnnd says. During the last of July i had a ay of a few days in the lower part Marion county. The two Pee ees come together about 4u n :les low t i.e eif. of Marion. For me nail istauce from tin* junction of the vu rivers the neck of land is nar ovv but it is a land full of int. rest, ?' land of history and tradition. At tie time that was beyond all ques- i ion the best part of the county.One >vi unci red years ago it was the head- ed reiallh and aristocracy, 'riiis section >r?, tnbraces two long narrow town- \ ury. lust about where the two town- etn hips come together is the now his- nc? uric Dunham's Mluff. Tliis bluff ^her s on the Big Pee Dee, 2a miles 353 rotn Marion. The boats from Geogetown land hundreds of tons of CC. ertilizers there every year. Standug on tliis bluff I eouldsee Snow's w ^ sland across the river. Two miles v^w hove the Bluff L.nehes River same Shot* nto the Pee Dee. and about t"> miles in m? elow Bear's Creek comes in. The y. nclosure is said to contain about 0,000 acres of almost impenetrable' wamp and was the hiding palce of lariou and his men. This Snow's ''l$ i?t11111 wits aurruiiuucu ny wcaitny a*-"'TpioI" lid patriotic Americans who kept ? 10 soldiers supplied and who acted tuition and s spies for thorn whni they were e moI"^s i retreat. At Dunhams Bluff tht'reQpUQftlf i still to be seen one of Marion's JUIIUwIb reast works. It gave nie a strange ! M!h"01 **" nlur. Jiisation when ! got down and t> :ood behind it. It was evidently dale n. c* strategic point. The Americans ere completely hiddt n liehindthe nr UnuA >rtit'ication and if the British once * UUJtl' inded on thai Bluff th' r<- was ab- h *trKl di?c ilutely no \va> to escape i:i safety. ^ m?tnictio? 1 <nt distinctly Not far from this place I cut ,n $180.0(1, a If a dozen beautiful ciit tails and ion afterward a young man sliovved Union, Va. > ; ie two old coins ths:t he had picked p in the neighborhood a little olw- ?TTff!| r down. One was an American 'f% >in with the date completely worn wn( Cq{q^ way. The other was a British <cun? >in of 1 74 I was fortunate in *"m ,u!1 c*' OdCc t ny ping able to hu.? tlu-se coins. 1 Virginia ill lay them up as a memorial of *c,,,"u? ty first getting on the actual trail CURED f Francis Marion. L Gives 1 also met a Mr. Joseph Woodbury S 'ci'nl hose great grandfather, Richard /oodbury, was one of Marion's " ion. When Mar'on was in Snows aiment ? : f?'irer? Jland where he entertained the '* Son* ..-,1 l ... . *.ant<, Gl ritisli officer on potatoes, Rich,- _ rd Woodbury on one occasion car- or *uirchin* finest ilncoti. j. * *1 him a little gourd lull of ho- = ? ey. This gourd has long been JO. 33-19101 >nsidered a precious memento of gp _ 4% te Revolution. It has been hand- p. J* fc 1 down always to the youngest son ud they have repeatedly refused aright and irious sums of money for it. I ry a box. jinted out to Mr. Woodbury the rywhere. nportance of placing it in some mil ML CO. i* eiim where it would be better prf>Tted from destruction from lire T"* -.1 r in some other way. Of cot^se I louglit of the new fire proof 1?- ' K rary at Wofford College which fcudenu . i/i *; .aioiutis. .? is just h"eu compl'ded at a < Qjt .? Quick ' $ln,n(}0 where we already great many collections of histoii--1 il value. Mr. Woodbury kiudjty ive nie the gourd that I mlg-S ? % lare it at- Wofrord. 1 lid bond issue ahull cast a halot I 9 11 which shall bo written or print 7^! 1 tlie words "Against Bonds." S , n I The following parties are lierob*! .' 1PB* 1 ipointed managers of said elecv!llt'Tj^|jfl on, to wit: John McLeod, Munis, Jr., and C. A. Roach. gfcjEBBgffSg <0 Robt. Alford, 9 W. B. Steele, ,1 9| Board of TVustees of Bi ' :hodl District No. 11 of ,, 9 ll-2t n )ii