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DILLON, 8. C., AUGUST 2.1, IPIO. s
No, dear reader, the congression- J
al race is not responsible for the j
* extremely hot weather. j I
jfr y If Taft succeeds in undermining
Roosevelt the democrats will have
cause to look up and take courage. ,
The Columbia State is ungind |;
enough to devote only a column a
day to "What Women Wish to <
A"-" I
Sfc- A snr AAA a- a
^ a f ib,vvu cuun uuunv ana a
f ^50,000 postoffice building will so
materially change the appearance,
af Dillon that even home-folks will
'all to recognize It.
Marlon Butler has "come back" |
to North Carolina and showed his
land In the election of the ?epub^
.lean chairman in that state the
fther day. The chairman-elect is a j
loung *?|r. Moorehead, a cotton man- .
fnfacturer. who represents his state !
in the national congress. It was
this same young Mr. Moorehead who
told a Washington newspaper man
two years ago that his election to
congress had imposed a great burden
on him and that really he did j
^rnot see why the people wanted to !
send him to congress. But Mr.
Moorehead's course in congress hasi,
not been very spectacular and no ! |
-doubt the people of his district are
'linking the same way now. His 1
tiou to the chairmanship of his ,
,?arty, no doubt, will impose upon ^
him a still greater burden. |
When a man of Marion Butler's cal- <
b: e can come back to the state he
ts robbed and maltreated and
hip the party leaders back into |,
line it is an indication that the republicans
are hard-up for a leader |
In their state. North Carolina has
suffered nearly as much at the
hands of Butler as South Carolina
suffered at the hands of the carpet- i
? baggers and if the republicans de^Hwelop
aQy strength in the fall elec-;
tions it will show that North Carolina
needs renovating from one end
to the other.
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g As will be seen by reference to
mother column the city council is
I idvertising the opening of books of
registration for the purpose of hold|
'ng an election next month upon the
question of issuing bonds to the
amount of $15,000. The object of
tae bond issue is to erect and equip
? A modern electric light plant. At'
the name election there will be elects
ted three commissioners whose duItg
ties shall be the erection of the
plant and the subsequent manly
agement thereof for a period of two
fcfour and six years, a new com misf
jS Blotier being elected every two years.
R There is no questioning the fact
KVihst Dillon needs an electric light
BpLant. Ten years ago Dillon was'
jj^jpne of the first towns In the Pee
section to install an electric
^Hfeht plant and the dozen arc
OKhts that shone out as beacons of
BflwMperlty to weary travelers adverJftsed
the town from New York to
'w At that time the town was
MHke small for an adequate return in
npTflsrs and cents for the amount
jE^P*h0tod in the equipment and vie- (
? ?geaffw^"^? ?^?*B?gg
[tors mtmltod at Dillon's pluck In
making the venture, but today the
population la five times larger and
the time has come for the installation
of a modern plant in every
sense of the word. Dillon must not
stop at merely providing for alllight
current. The town is
arge enough to support a 24-hour
:urrent and it does not matter if
>ther towns the size of Diilon are
ikeptical about providing an all-day
:urrent?Dillon has always taken
be lead over other towns her size
ind this is the very time when she
ihould not slacken her pace. A 24lour
current will mean a great deal
o Dillon, it will be an inducement
o small enterprises to locate here
ind if there is one thing Dillon
teeds just at this time it is to
irouse among her citizens a spirit1
if industrial activity. We believe
he bond issue will be carried. There
s no reason why it should not, but
oo much importance cannot be atached
to the matter of selecting
he commissioners whose duties it
ball be to purchase the material
ind supervise the erection of the
>lant. The success of the plant derends
entirely upon the ability of
he gentlemen selected to manage,
t and in selecting these gentlemen
.he voters should exercise wisdom
ind caution.
Ellerbe and Lever.
Mews and Courier:
The News and Courier has been
appealed to by "a Williamsburg
Vntor" fr?r ito nninion rddnapf in v
the charge brought against the
pon. J. E. Ellerbe, candidate for
re-election to Congress in the 6th
district, that by his vote against
free lumber when the Payne tariff
bill was under consideration by Congress
some eighteen months ago. he
read himself out of the Democratic
party. If so, the Democratic party
has also lost Congressman Asbury
F. Lever, of the 7th Congressional
district, who is under criticism on !
precisely the same grounds, and prob
ablj half of its members in Congress^
In our judgment, Messrs. Ellerbe
and Lever should have voted for
free lumber, because, as we stated;
at the time, a duty on lumber
amounts in effect to putting a premium
on the destruction of our own
forests. Nevertheless, some thirtyfive
or forty Democrats in the House
of Representatives voted for such
a duty, and while they are properly
answerable to their constituents as
to whether or not they acted wisely,
it cannot in justice and fairness
be maintained that they thereby
wrote themselves down as Republicans,
any more than the fifty or
sixty Republicans who voted for
free lumber could now be claimed
we oonceive it, does not require the
absolute surrender of one's own
who judgment, although of course
he who takes issue with his party's |
platform must be prepared to defend
his action in so doing to his own
satisfaction and that of his constituents.
Had Mr. Ellerbe and Mr. Lever
voted for the Payne bill, as a whole
as did four members of the Louisiana
delegation, their case would j
have been diferent. As matters stand
the point really at issue is not the
Democracy of either of these gentlemen,
but whehter or not each of
them acted for the best interests of
his constituents and the country,
and if not, how serioualy the breach
should be regarded. We have already
stated our own opinion that
Mr. Ellerbe and Mr. Lever should
have voted for free lumber. The
effect which his failure to do so
should have upon the candidacy of
each of these gentlemen must be decided
in relation to his record of
service, viewed as a whole, and also
with regard to the character of the
candidate or candidates opposing
him.
While, therefore, the discussion,
which has been aroused over
the lumber vote sf these two Congressmen
has doubtless been interesting
and instructive to a percentage
of the voters in the sixth and
seventh districts, and will not be
without benefit upon the South Carolina
delegation in Congress, it is
not likely to have a preponderating
effect in shaping the choice of
these districts, nor should it h?v?
The point at issue in each of these
districts is which of the men seeking
to represent the district at Washington
is best fitted for the task in
the consideration of this problem
the voters cannot afford to shut
their eyes to everything except a
single vote of a candidate on one
clause of a bill against which in its
entirety the candidate voted. .
We are not. of course, advising
the voters of these two districts that
they should vote for Mr. Ellerbe and
Mr. Lever. We are merely indicating
our view of the manner in which
they should arrive at a determination
in this matter.
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MISSISSIPPI IsT^T^
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StMmboats Ou't Run, But Pwurl
Hunters Are Happy.
I It is only within the memory of |
the oldest of river men that the rivers
forming the great Mississippi
system have been so low in the summer
as they have this year. The old
timers say the low stages this year J
can be compared with those of 1864, I
when the cat fish bad to climb out I
into the fields to moisten their parch I
ed throats with the dew. I
North of St. Louis steamboat traffic
is almost at a standstill on account
-of the low water in the upper
Mississippi. The Diamond Jo Line
though has been forced to take off
its through boats to St. Paul and
has great difficulty in getting its
local packets through to Burlington,
La. Many excursion boats are tied
up. Several of the boats have been
damaged in an effort to navigate.
The river can be waded in many
places, and it is a oommon sight to !
see wagons fording the stream to
save bridge tolls.
But while the steamboat companies
are suffering the pearl button1
factories are reaping a harvest. Hundreds
of men, women and children
can be seen along the water front
of every town hunting clams. The
shells are sold to the button factories
after being searched for pearls.
Many fine pearls have been found.
One found by a Dubuque man was
sold for $400.00.
Conditions along the Ohio river',
are getting serious, too, though the,
situation there is not as bad as it
was last year, when practically every vi
one of the hundreds of steamboats j
along that stream were either strand-iR
ed iu the river or tied up to the; A
bank.
If it were not for the water that ^
comes out of the Misouri, steamboat I
traffic would be suspended between ; >a
here and Cario. While the Missou- j
ri has not risen this year to withiifiR
fifteen feet of the flood stage it has fl
maintained a steady flow of water, | i
enough to keep the steamboats go-J
ing on the Mississippi and enough:
for the boats running on that stream1
Still unless there are rains soon in
the North the Missouri is likely to
go very low this fall, although not,
as low as it has been in some years.
It has been many years since the J
Missouri has fallen below the zero
stage. It is now eight feet above i
that stage, which is about the usual
flow in the fall.?Kansas City
Times.
A Marquette boy told the teacher J
that his sister had the measles. The
teacher sent him home and told him
to stay ther? until his sister got well. ^
After he haa skipped joyfuly away J
another boy held up his hand, and ^
said: "Teacher, Jimmy Dolan's sis- t
ter what's got the measles lives '
In Omaha."?Topeka Journal. ^
To insure prompt publication com- I
munications or other notices should J
be brought in not later than 6 p. t
m. on Monday. When our friends 4
rush in at the last moment with a !
lengthy article we are compelled to t
hold It over until the next week as t
the matter for that week has alrea- I
dy been selected and to make chan- !
ges in the make-up of the forms at ^
the last moment would delay the <
publication of the paper. We trust J
the public will bear this in mind, u
\%e have repeatedly called atten-jj
tion to the importance of bringing t
in communications or articles for j
publication early in the week, but j
only last week several letters that 4
would have delayed us 48 hours
were brought in on the eve of publication.
We like to be accommodating
but at the same time we must
observe iron-clad rules in order to
do justice to our readers.
HARNKV EVANS AKRK8THI).
Columbia, August 9.?It became
known today that Barnard B. Evans
who is in the race for attorney general
had been arrested on Sunday
night on the charge of securing his
board bill under false pretenses at
a local hotel. He gave cash bond
and will be tried on August 29. the
day before the primary election. The
order for his arrest was secured by I
the proprietor of Wright's Hotel of I
this city. It is charged that he owed
*36.75.
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( ins Repaired and Sharpened.
1 am prepared to sharpen and repair
your gins on short notice. Bring
in your saws now and you get them
back in time for ginning season. *
If you have any work write me at
Marion. Work done either at Dil-1
Ion or Marion. W. C. GREGG,
8-25-2t Marlon, S. C.
On Wednesday night of last week
Miss Mary Cottingham entertained
in honor of Misses Yarboroogh, of
Hope Mill*. N". C., and Nellie Baker,
of Atlanta, Oa Among those present
were Misses Ella and Kate
Braddy, Beulah Mason, Nina David,;
Alice and Grace Hamer, Octavla Be- .
thea, Virginia Allen, Messrs. Wade
Dunbar, Clarence Moody, Jewel McLaurln,
Jas. Hamer, Russell Thompj
son, Boyd P(tackhouse, Oordan Mc-'
Laurln, Fnynk David.
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!w e are obliged to unload thi
We need the cash as well a
be ready (or the new line c
Ithe prices as here advertis
J Youths and Boys suits in odds and en
^ as much as 94.50 a suit, we close thin
* 1 lot real fine suits reg $5.00 to$8.(
Wt + We will close out all Mens Pants at
I J Mens 50c shirts, sale price
r Mens 75c shirts
Wi 4 Mens $1.00 shirts, sale price
1 X Mens $1.25 shirts, sale price
U J Mans 9I.30 shirts, sale price
R Mens $1.75 shirts, sale price
M + 5O0?10 M 15c collars to close at
A| X Our entire stock of mens Hats at 40
VI J 1 lot Athletic underwear for men and
II | . 50c grade at
InJ 95.00 low cut shoes, sale price
!t 94.00 low cut shoes, sale price
a $3.50 low cut shoes, sale price
4 350 ladies and Misses low cut shoes le
J nt miss this opportunity
* DRESS <;<
+ 6 and 7 1 -2c lawns sale price
+ 8 to lOc lawns sale price
J to 15c lawns sale price
* 25 to 35c silk mauseline now this i
I?S? ;{6 inch black Taffetta silk, regular$L
% Red Edge black Taffetta silk 40 in wit
? Special laces, worth 10c at any time st
* Big value in lace curtains and lied s{
* 100 Ladies silk and linen parasols at
* 1000 yds. of linen in all (trades and st
^ 500 yds. Table damask at less than ni
* Bin Bargains in Muslin Underwear
+ Mens High grade suits regular price 1
% Mens High Art suits reg. price $20.00
| Strouse At. Bro. high art suits, sold fc
* $10.00 to 12.50 suits this sale
* 97.50 and 98.50 suits this sale
1 + 1 lot Htrouiie Bros. High Art light muI
^ price 912.no to $17.50, we will close
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We could fill up pages of the v
for you in our store, but we ha\
yourself. The gain is yours.
MORRIS
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if fall merchandise, hence El
ds not two alike, we sold J III
i entire lot at 1.39 > Dl
H) now your choice 3.90 MM
33 1-3 off * RR
1.33 \Y|
I bojrs ?? 19 * MU
3.45 | tfV
2.65 % Ijfj
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sale 19 v I
23 to 91.30 sale price 89 % Ja
le regular $2.00 pr yard 91-89 * 9R
lie price 4 1-2 +
>reada < fi
30c on the dollar <!
lades at less than mill cost J nT|
ill price | 9V
923.OO sale price 14.90 % j^^jj
? sale price 12.83 % An
>r $13.00, now Hell at $10.93 iffy
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4.63 | S3
its from last season rrgiulr Rfl
them out at 6.93 *
wonderful barganins we have B
re no space, come and see for H
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