The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, October 13, 1910, Image 1
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IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1910. VOL. 16. NO. 35 f
DILLON ON ROUTE
OF CHARLOTTE TO WILMINGTON
HIGHWAY.
There are Many (iood Reasons Why
the Automobile Highway ltetween
These Two Cities
Should Come to
Dillon.
An article written by Mr. Chas. ,
T. O'Ferrall to the Charlotte papers
has attracted the attention of
the promoters of the Charlotte to
Wilmington automobile highway,
and it i? hichlv nrnhahlo that an
auto party will leave Charlotte for
Wilmington via Dillon some time
this week. The party will be met
at Bennettsville by a party of Dillon
autoists and escorted as far as
Chadbourn.
The Charlotte' to Wilmington
highway seems to be an assured
fact and the route by Dillon is the
logical one. The editor of The
Herald was one of a party of autoists
that made the trl^ from Charlotte
to Dillon last spring and the
actual running time of 133 miles
was a little over six hours. The
roads were in excellent condition as
far as Monroe, N. C.t and the only ,
stretch of bad road was between
Monroe and Chesterfield. Chesterfield
is building sand and clay
roads, Marlboro has some of the
best road?*ln the State and Dillon
will probably issue bonds for good
roads. Thus in three adjoining
counties directly on the proposed
route the highway is already assured.
It is <fc?derstood that the
road from Chadbourn to Wilmington
is in excellent condition and the
only improvements that will have to
be made are between Monroe and
Chesterfield and from the Robeson
line to Chadbourn.
Dillon has a:i excellent opportunity
to capture the Charlotte to Wilmingto
highway. The Herald will
have more to say on the subject
later. 4
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FERTILIZER WAR COMING?
American
Chemical Company to Ini
4 vatic V. C. Territory.
No." York, October 7.?Special:
Three n^w fertilizer plants will be
constructeu by the American Chemical
Company 'luring the next year
in the very he?.~t of the territory
vw tci cu u/ LIIC \ 1* giuia-uaroiinu
Chemicau Company. One will be at
Savannah, Ga., where the company
lias purchased 70 acres of land, and
should be completed early in 1911,
as the contracts have already been
let. The second will be at Wilmington,
N. C., and the third at
Columbia, S. C.- Work on the latter
two will be begun as soon as
possible and the entire three should
be in operation by next summer, i
Altogether the expenditures for
new construction will total something
like $1,000,000, and as the
American Agricultural Chemical Co. j
has o working capital of approximately
$18,500,000, as shown hy its
recent annual statement, it is not
likely that the construction work
contemplated will call for new financing.
While the American has
always been a factor in the South
ern field, the move of building three
new plants simultaneously cannot
be taken otheiwise than an aggressive
invasion of the preserves of
the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
An interest clisely connected with
the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
tated tha;. the Southern field
ih large enough for both but gen-;
erally in fertiliser circleh the out- |
look for a trade war ih conhidered
excellent.
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DIFFICULT TO DESTROY.
,IY
' ,^Oi All InMHts Roll Weevil and
Ofotlu Bwii( Experts Most,
flmoa No. j
Pages Mill';8' ?ct- 6-?O* a score
Mt. Calretfect problems being
Kemper the United States
Bermuda pomology the destrucMr.nning
if11 weevil in the South
Mt Andre^i and brown-tail moth
Latta No. ind h?ve proved most
Dalcho No!Yln* 10 Dr- L- ?
Oak Grove *oi the d,vl*?lon. In
Pleasa. t Iliil thls work Dr How"
Folk No Doing
Anyone wiahiNew ?r,eans b* Dr.
mall can get trf lmmedlat? charge
by writing me. f1 aKalnat the *?11!
Ant expressed confi^icceasful
outcome of
lit the insect "if the
I out the course adpvernment."
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WATSON AMI HAM) CLAY ItOAIIS
Former SuiH'rviRor Talks ol' His
Queer Experience In Ituihling;
- It* 's 2U Years .Ag<?
The State.
1. E. Watson, an enthusiastic
good roads man from Florence, was
in Columbia yesterday in the furtherance
of a good roads bulletin
which he proposes to issue for general
distribution this fall and winter.
Among other data he exhibit
cU me aiare nouse some interesting
cuts of sections of good roads
built by him in Marion county some
twenty years ago, which are still
in a good state of preservation.
These particular roads were constructed
out of a sand clay mixture
and is best evidence of the lusting
ciuality of the method of road building
when the work is properly done.
Mi. Watson has some amusing
stories which he relates about the
stubborn opposition which his idea
of a sand clay mixture met with
when he was county supervisor of
Marion county. In this connection |
it is a curious fact that this county
has just voted bonds for $100,000
for the improvement of roads.
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I1RI1IK OF THK SKA.
1 tody of <?irl is Sealed in Steel Coffin
.?n.l
?niua\ till- titllf Ol
Mexico. *
New Orleans, Oct. 8.?Miss Majorie
Miller, eighteen years old,
daughter of Dean Walter Miller, of
Tulane University, was buried in
the Gulf of Mexico by her own fixed
choice. She was drowned several
weeks ago while bathing near
Tallulah Falls, Ga., where she was
spending the summer. Her body
was held until her father's return
from Europe.
Miss Miller loved the water from 1
childhood. She made repeated requests
that her nnronfc ! ??.?
rw.v?vo 6*TC 1**51
body to the ocean.
Accordingly, after the family had
given the question consideration
for a week, the body was removed
from the receiving vault, sealed in
a steel coffin, heavily weighted, and
carried far out into the Gulf of
Mexico. There it was lowered into i
the bosom of the ocean with a simple
ceremony.
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Mr. Thompson's Fine Cotton.
There is an old saying that "you
can never tell what a jury will do." ;
Cotton is such an uncertain plant I
that you can never tell what it will
do. Two months ago the cotton
cron on Mr. J. S Thnmnann'o fino
plantation near town was the most j
promising failure farmers had ever
seen. The indications were that
Mr. Thompson would not make a
bale to every two acres instead of
a bale to every acfe His lands
had suffered badly from the torrential
rains and the weed looked unhealthy.
For once in the history
of the plantation it seemed as if
King Cotton had been dethroned. ;
And then came along that little pest
known as the "wet weather worm."
He began to bore into the bolls and
seemed intent mmn domrnnin.
W11UI
the rains had left. But following
this came a period of choice cotton
weather and the weed began to
grow like Jack's bean stalk and
take on fruit with every leap. The
strong sub-soil had retained the
fertilizer and it worked like yeast
in a pone of bread. To-day Mr.
Thompson's farm is a picture. His
fields are white with cotton and
from many acres he will gather as
much as 2,000 pounds of seed cot- [
ton per acre. Two months have
worked a wonderful transformation. I
Last year was the best cotton year I
in the history of the country and
Ml. Tjjoiunnon made a large crop, i
but tb?* yield on his "place this year
will tye equally as large. From one
field of 12 acres he has already
gathered 1,600 pounds per acre and
there is left another good picking I
that will, easily bring the total up j
to 2,000 pounds. This is ahnvo th?> I
average, but he has other fields
that promise a yield of from 1,000
to 1,500 pounds. Ten years ago
Mr. Thompson purchased this place
for $16,000. That was considered
a marvelous price, but to-day it
would bring three times that
amount. Recently Mr. Thompson
purchased the R. P. Stackhouse
plantation adjoining his farm. This
gives him 1,600 acres of the best
land in the county in one body.
There is no telling what ootton will
do. If you do not believe it just
take a look at Mr. Thompson's farm.
It answers the question, "Why are
lands so high in DJllon county?"
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PISTOLS AND WHISKEY
CAUSED NEAR-TRAGEDY
AT HAMER.
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Dave McDonald, Colored, an 111110- ^
cent llystuiider is Shot in
the AImIoiiicii. j
The first chapter of the series of f
shooting scrapes common among the c
colored population during the fall k
season was opened at Hamer Saturday
afternoon when Uave Arch
McDonald, colored, was shot in the 1
abdomen by Bob Harllee, also col- ; j
ored. McDonald was brought to 1
Dillon on the evening train and he ! '
WAS so hnHlv vi-nu nHori ihui ?.? f
..?U..UVU nil "11eration
will be necessary to save
hie life and he was taken to a hos- (
pital at Fayetteville on the north- i1
bound train. The negroes intestines
were perforated in four places,
a tiny hole near his naval front '
which blood spirted with every pul- |
sation of the heart showing where
the messenger of death had entered.
McDonald was not a party to the
row which caused the shooting. An- '
other negro, John Brown and Bob
Harllee, were the principals and
McDonald was approaching thej,
scene of the disturbance when Harl- '
lee began shooting at Brown. The
bullet missed the man for whom it
was intended and ploughed its way
into McDonald's abdomen. Brown '
escaped unhurt. Whiskey, it is
said, was the cause of the trouble.
Harllee escaped and has not been '
apprehended.
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Norton-B?M liea. ]
Mullins, Oct. 9.--.Tas Stephen '
ueuiea, ot i-atta, and Miss Pearl
Sellers Norton, of Mullins, were '
married Wednesday at the home of '
the bride. 1
The attendants were: Miss Rebec- 1
ca Nichols with Win. L. Buck, Miss '
Mary Belle Manning with Robert ;'
Manning, Miss Labelle Bethea with '
Frank Thompson, Miss Leona Bethea
with Hoyt Watson, Miss Ida 1
Bethea with T. S. Tolar, Missi1
Rachel Sellers with Charles E. Be- '
thea. The maid of honor was Miss 1
Leila Sellres, sister of the bride.
Little Miss Elene Norton was the '
ring bearer. Rev. J. L. Daniel, pastor
of the bride, performed the eeremony.
The bride was frowned in white
dutchess satin with pearl and silver
trimmings. Her veil was caught
with lilies of the valley, and she
carried a shower bouquet of bride's
roses and ferns. The maid of honor
wore a blue duchess satin with
pearl and silver trimmings and carried
a handsome bouquet of pink
carnations and ferns. The bridesmaids
were dressed in white lingerie
and carried bouquets of white
carnations and ferns.
The bride is the daughter of Capt.
John C. Sellers. She graduated in
t tip pluoo /*f 1 CkikO -- * /"1 -1 1 ! ^
.... ........ ui X0V7O ill I Oil! 1111)1 cl I ;01 lege,
winning the medal for music,;
in her junior year.
The groom is the only son of 1). .
McL. Bethea, of Dillon county. He 1
graduated at the head of his class
at the Citadel a few years ago,
holding the office of captain of
Co. B. '
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Mail Finds New House Built on His
Property. .
Thomas Brush, of Cheyene, \Vyo.,'(3
thinks he is a lucky man. Suppose <
you had a city lot and insufficient ?
funds to complete a house you had
Bianvu 10 ouiia on it, and some J t
stranger came along and complete t
it in your absence, wouldn't you ?
be happy? Well, that is what hap- *
pened to Bruch.
Recently he bought a lot in Park
addition and started to builda house
on it, but finding that his funds '
were insufficient to complete the 1
house, and having a good position
offered him in the country,* he left
Lis house and went to work. After i
several Havo ho ootn.noJ -?1 ?1 1 1
u .i? IWUI lieu, a Il?l W (It'll I
ht went, out to continue operations 1
on his house he found that the 1
work was nearly completed. At 1
first Brush began to doubt that he <
owned the lot, but after looking up 1
his deed and conferring with an at- <
torney, he found that the lot was .
still his, and therefore the house.
He notified the new occupant of! <
his land (o discontinue work, and 1
said that he would put on the fin- 11
ishtng touches himself. Perhaps i i
be was afraid his magnanimous |'
friend might not put on the right P
color of paint. Just what induced li
the stranger to build on Brush's I'
lot is not known. '<
SKKIOIS OFFKNCI-: CH.\K(JKI).
k illing Man Musi Apje-ar Itefnre I .
1S. Court in Greenville.
.1 oh 11ston, October 7.?Special:
Charlie Powell, the 18-year-old son
>f Mr. R. W. Powell, a planter two
niles from Johnston, and jule
A'alker, a negro about 21 years old,
t hand on the place, will have to
ippear before the ITnited States
ourt in Greenville on the 18th, !
'hdrged with violation of tlx* llniioii
itates postal laws.
Jules Walker, the negro, is is
laid, was seen taking mail from the
nail box, while Charlie opened the
etter that was taken out, and seeng
the letter was of no importance,
le carelessly laid it aside at the
;in house. IJectective Hudgins was
50011 on the trail, adn the men were
arried to Edgefield for a preliininiry
trial.
Jule Walker is in jail and Charlie
Powell is out on bond, awaiting
a trial Monday at Edgefield,
which was postponed until then on
account of the absence of one of the
witnesses.
Mr. Powell, father of the young
man, has the sympathy of his |
Friends.
FIRST WIFE'S CHOST.
Makes Second Wife Seek Divorce.
une .Htulf Miserable l?y the
I'H'M'iin* (if the S|K'?'ti?r.
Distraction brought on by being
continually confronted with the
spirit of her husband's second wife,
iccording to Mrs. Edward M. Steck,
mother of Mrs. Helen Louise Dodge,
wife of the lawyer and heir to the
immense Dodge fortunes, was the
reason why her daughter had left
iier husband in London and returned
to this city.
Mrs. Steck, in her remarkable interview,
further declares that '
Dodge, after presenting her daugh- |
ter with a $50,000 necklace, shortly
after their marriage, forced her
to return it to him, declaring that
the spirit of his second wife had so
iema tided.
The seventeen-year-old bride of
ne multi-millionaire, who was marked
only a few months ago, returned
to this country yesterday and is
:o-day in seclusion.
The Rev. D. Stewart Dodge, at
nis home, No. 9 East forty-ninth
street, declined to affirm or deny
he report of his entrangement from
lis son.
Walter Phelps Dodge has a roiiantic
career. Horn in Syria, where
lis father was a missionary, he
ravelled extensively and finally
Married a circus equestrienne in
tCdinhurgli. She obtained a divorce.
His second wife was Mrs. Ethel
B. Coles, an English woman. The
leremony toqk place in Sioux Pulls,
5. D., a fortnight after she had obtained
a divorce. She (lied after
narriage.
iMr. Dodge, by this time had developed
a strong preference for life
n England, where he is a member '
)f the London bar. And it was
)n!y on a brief visit that he came j
o New York last Autumn,
Mrs. Dodge is the daughter of a
r.illionaire coal operator of Philaielphia.
'bhe and her sister dpbeared
for a short time in the musical
company in this city. While
lining at Sherry's she was introiuced
to Dodge, then a widower.
He fell madly in love with her. A
few weeks later they were married
11 London. Dodire is fnrtv.tn-?
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rears old and hud two children. An>ther
sister of Mrs. Dodge married
inri shortly after left her husband.
Mrs. Dodge's mother also declares
hat her daughter was compelled to
rign a separation agreement, a copy
>f which is now in the hands of the !
tlorney.
TWO WHITE MKX SHOT.
\leck Watcur and Lee Mcltvian
Wounded by (lead) Williams
Near Nebo.
Marion, Oct. 11.?-Two white i'
men, Aleck Watson and I*ee McIIvain,
were snot this morning near
Sebo, 20 miles south of Marion, by
Beady Amnions. Watson is said to
He fatally hurt and Mcllvain seriluslv.
The news was hrniitrht tr?
Merlon by an old negro man, who
claims to Jiave been an eye witness.
According to this man, three men h
were riding in a buggy, the witness
In another buggy following close
behind. When opposite Amnions'
home, Ammona came out with a
shotgun and fired without warning, <
with the result stated above. The
the partjes connected with the
shooting are . well known in Marion. <
The cause of the shooting !s not
definitely known.
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Bracey Mort
A warded
Lewis Plow Goes tc
en
5,000 Vote Bonus and a Lewi!
SIMMAKV OF I'RIZKK.
First I'rizt*. 1M(K) I'iaito.
Second I'riw, t of #5200 tVi*
lififftie or S1IMI Durham Duyyy.
Tliirtl I'rize, #17.1, Kelmte Ortificate.
Fourth Pri*e, #150, Heltale <Vrt
if irate.
Fiftli Prize, SIRebate t'ertificate.
Sixth I'li/e, $t(MI, Keluite Fertif- ,
irate. , ,
lion us Offer, 5,000 votes extra. ,
The elegant $8.50 Morris cliair
offered by \Y. Bracey. "The Furniture
Man," to the contestant receiving
the most votes from September
2 7th to October 11th. was won
by Mrs. J. Monroe Rogers, she having
received 80,87a votes during
the period. These with her 411,325 I
votes up to last week, place her at j
the head of the list with the splen- ,
did total of 130,000 votes.
Miss Ethel McEachern, of Hainer. 1
has the second largest increase,
having gained 08,075 votes in one ;
week. This is an example of the
value of holding on to one's votes 1
and bunching them for one of these |
weekly prizes. Miss May Belle Parham,
of Bingham, comes still higher
this week with an increase of i
4 0.400 votes for two weeks. Mrs. ;
Taber gained 28,400 votes, putting
her in second place tins week
Mr. Dan Hugh McKaehern, a
brother of Miss Ethel's, is the win- j
ner of the Lewis Plow, offered by
the Dillon Hardware Company to j
the gentleman who sends ill the
most subscriptions each week for a
contestant. Mr. McEachern sent
in $t!8.75 in subscriptions which he
had secured in the past week for j
his sister. We trust that contest- '
ants will understand that this
prize is given solely to get the gentlemen
relatives and friends to
working for their contestant, and I
therefore only subscriptions ac- 1
tually secured by the gentleman
himself will count for the plow
prize.
Do not forget the 5,000 vote holt- .
us for the greatest gain from Octo- j
her 4th to 18th. This will pull
you nearer and nearer the Piano
and will cost you no extra work.
Besides there is no time like the | 1
present for getting subscriptions
and you cannot afford to waste any
time by delay.
i is is cunicsi race is as mucn tun
as a political race if you only
know how to get into it. Would
you like to know how to get in?
Its easy. Just send your favorite
contestant your subscription l'or*
five, ten, or twenty-five years, and
then go to work for her in your
section. (Jei enthusiastic over winning
the Piano for her and it will
make you as happy as if you were ,
giving her the Piano yourself. In i
fact you will he doing almost as
r... It -.1. - ...I? I I
iuu< II, IUI II sue wins uv JUUI assistance
she will owe it to you and
to the others who have helped her
You may be sure she will appre
ciate your help very deeply, for she !
will know thut you are a real
friend. If you eon Id only hear
some of the appreciative remarks!
made by contestants when they re- (
ceive a subscription unsolicited.
And you may be sure they will not
keep their appreciation unexpressed.
If you have a horse and buggy 1
it will pay you to use them in 1
working the surrounding country.
Perhaps you think you cannot af- i
ford to take him from the farm
v. win, itul ii yuu will figure olll j
what you will earn by winning a
prize, even a small one, you will i
Bee that it will pay better to use
the horse in getting subscriptions 1
than in the ordinary work. You
are certain to win something if you 1
work faithfully and persistently.
Write for the list of subscribers
in your section to-day. Do not be I
discouraged because the leaders are I
way ahead of you. I^>ok how
some of them have jumped to the <
top tn the last two weeks. You can
do the same if you will only determine
to do It.
This week Miss Ethel McEachern,
of Hamer, has made a phenomenal
gain, jumping from 1,175 to 70,150.
MIbh MeEachern's brother has worked
faithfully for her and it is our
pleasure to extend to him our 1
heartiest congratulations, both for f
g
-is Chair J.
A/I f*c Dno*/^#*Jw
AT MM. Ot I\ l/i .
i Mr. D. H. McEavMP;
5 Plow, Gwen Next Tuesd.y.
his work and for his lovaltv ?<> 1
.Miss May Belle I'arham. of BinJ^F
ham has again made a substant e
Bain Slit- too is indebted to h<J/ y
brother. Mi*. Clyde Parham, for a
large number of her votes. We ,_
wish to eongratulate him also, and 9
expect to see his efforts rewarded. c"
Miss Nancy Mel,eod. of Bingham, h '8
fortunate in possessing both an
energetic spirit herself and several
equally energetic friends. This, *
combination has produced results
iind will continue to do so. Have
you tried it in your case, Miss Con- ,n?
testant? If not ;;; t energetic today
and s? < if your friends do not ir
prove tin- satin. Ii will mean sue- e ,
ccss if vim: <lc, and nothing succeeds < r- /
as succc ;;s doc s. re-/
Any contestant who wishes a list e_
of subscribers in her neighborhood
can get the same by writing or
phoning to The Herald office. You a^c
can use this to good advantage in '
collecting subscribers in arrears
and ?n securing renewals.
Dillon.
Mrs. Monroe Rogers, htd.'JOO
Mrs. C. R. Taber, 75,375
Miss Anna Ilelle Stanton, 7,700
Miss Lillian i'eterkln, 5,425
Miss Ida Dunbar, 5,150
Dillon Chapter Eastern Stars. 5,025
Mrs. Mary Barnes, 3,025
Miss Mary Sprunt Bethea, 2,000
Miss Pauline Fore. 2,000
Miss Dannie Stephens, 1,000
Mr?.. t\ T. O Perrall, 1.000
Miss Ada Smith, 1.O00
Miss Minnie Floyd (route 3) 1,000 ^
LaUa.
Miss Ada Hayes, R. R. 2 9,000 m
Miss EBtelle Ellerbe, 4,500
Miss Hope Manning, 3,500
Baptist Y. P. Union, 3.500
Miss lone Berry, Lj
Miss Thelnia Brown, ?j(H
Miss Daisy Edwards, ^ f II jj
Miss Mamie Braddy, 5^
Miss Gary Evans, l,0o?\ R 3
Miss Inez McLaurin, 1,00 1 U
Miss Kate Covington, 1,001 Jn
Miss Carrie Baker. Route "> i non Mf
Epworth Ijeugue, 1,000 |V
Baptist Y. P. Union, l.OOO.JFjj
Miss Ada Hayes, K. H. 2, 1.00'jell :
Hamcr. Lyi
Miss Ethel McfcJacrhern, 7'1,1 f>t jSw
Miss Dora Gaddy, 3,00(j[^ff
Miss Flora Carmichael, 5,0C
Miss Mack Carmichael, 1 JjA 4V
Miss .i <111i? Oliver i *
Miss Katlierin< McKaeherc., u.|||l
Miss Pennie Culbreath, 1,00 1^^ **i
Miss Sallie Moody, 1,0( j
Miss Sliellie Stephens, 2,0 AH J
Miss Nora Graham, 1,< rJK% s
Page's Mil). 1
Miss Omega Rogers 4l 1
Miss Floric Ford, 3,6- || j
Mrs. M H. McDonald, 3,00
Miss Madge Powell, 1,2?
Miss Cora Grantham, 1,1.
Miss Sally I.upo, 1,0C a
Miss Pearl Edwards 10 K t
Fork-.
Miss Ora Rogers,
Miss Maggie Melvin, 1,0? ? '
Little Kock.
Miss Virgie Britt, 3 "
Miss Annie Sherwood, ?
Miss Earl Bethea, a :
Bingham. ||R
Miss May Belle Parham, ;
Miss Nancy Mcleod,
Clio.
Miss Mnv lvc?
Eastern Star,
Miss Ida Currle, R. R. 1,00
Dunbar.
Vliss Gladys Stackhouse, 1.0*
Marietta N. C.
Miss Docie Watson,
Mallory.
Miss Bessie McDowell, |?y J
Miss Kate Wright,
Miss Lizzie Itobbins,
.Indues (rf Contest.
Messrs. W. T. ?Bethea, o |A8 ,
Bnnk of Dillon, N. H. Spru ?
Li. Moore & Co., and J. F. - jAg
Votes subscriptions will be .. UU
>rned by the following table;
Subscription 1 year. 1.000 ?
Subscription 2 years 2,500 a Mm
Subscription 3 years 4,000
Subscription 6 years 7,600* ?gl3
Subscription 10 20,000
Subscription 26 " 50,000/
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Rufus If. Edwards, cashier of
3ank of Idttle Rock, has retitfi
roni a. business trip to the no
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