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BUlmt | ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 15. 1910. VOL. 10. NO. 44. 1 ? t IN MIDDLE OF STREETi fe . IS SITE SELECTED FOR DILLON COON- T z TY'S COURT HOUSE \ ' /DECISION REACHED - MONDAY, t County's Capital Building Will Face A A. C. L. Railroad With Driveways on Both Sides. The decision of the Court House Commissioners Monday was c that Dillon county' court house o should be located is the middle of a Main street facing the Atlantic o Coast Line railroad, between the v iJjjJT .Methodist church lot and the resi- o I dence of Mr. Daniel Alford. The ! ^ Commissioners reached this decis- I ion after giving mature consldera- t linn tn oAvarol nfhor nltou thot ho/A T\ K^. b? offered. j P The decision of the Commission- o ere Is contingent upon the approval e of Messrs. J. W. and T. A. Dillon 1 who have generously contributed f $25,000 towards the erection of the 1 buildings. The Messrs Dillon have 1 ? . offered several sites and the Com- c ^ missioners feel that they should be * given an oportunity to approve the t Methodist church site before final action is taken. The Messrs. c EHa. Dillon have offered the block of i u land near the N. A 8. C. railroad f station and have also offered four s blocks of land at the extreme wes- fc tern end .of Main street. Either n place would make an excellent lo- c cation for the buildings, but public sentiment seems to favor the o Methodist church site and it is the 1 desire of the Commissioners to i meet, as near as possible, the a .wishes of the public in such an im- I ^Vportant matter. .ft K' yr ^ / * \ We are Jn receipt of a copy of' t tlie Fort Worth, Tex., Telegram ? which contains an account of the r organization of an $800,000 trust t company b ythe leading business 1 men of that city. The Herald notes I aith pleasure that among the x names of the directors Is that of t Mr John H. Carmichael, a Dillon boy who left home some years ago f to make his fortune in the West. e j . Shortly after leaving Dillon Mr. ? Carmichael took up insurance * and it was largely through his eftorts that the big company was organized in his adopted home. His \ continued success in the world of t g* * finance is a source of pleasure to a his Dillon county friends wbo will ( watch his career ^ith renewed in- , | terest. j. SOUTH CAROLINA'S FIGURES. J Copulation of Palmetto State is Now ! 1,515,400 or an Increase of 13.1 Per Cent. Over 1,340,310 . in 1900. u \ ji * Washington, Dec. 9.?Population c j statistics of the thirteenth census, c J...? issiied Tuesday afternoon by the census bureau, include figures for 1 the following states: * t y South Carolina 1,515,400, an in- t crease of 175,084 or 13.1 per cent, t fgF over 1,340,316 in 1900. i i ne increase irom 1890 to 1900 ;ji waB 189,167, or 16.4 per cent. v Arkansas, 1,574,449, an increase o t' , of 262,885 or 20 per cent over1 1,311,564 in 1900. jp-jfr The distribution of the popula- j tion of South Carolina by counties j \ follows: Wgr 19*10 1900 Abbeville 34,804 33,400 r Aiken 41,841 39,023 , Anderson 69,568 55,728 , Bamberg 18,544 17,296 ' Barnwell 3*4,209 35,504 ' Beaufort 30,355 35,495 11 . Berkeley 23,487 30,454 ?! Calhoun 16,634 . r Charleston 88,594 88,066 Cherokee .. ..'..26,179 21,359* Pi_ Chester 29,425 28,616 n Chesterfield 26,301 20,401 j Clarendon 32,188 28,184 Colleton 35.399 33,452 " Darlington 36,027 32,388 ,! ST. Dillon 22,615 \). Dorchester 17,891 16,294 I Kdgefleld 22,281 25,478 'T Fairfield 29,442 29,425 Florence 35.671 28,474 , . Georgetown 22,270 22,846 , . Greenville 68.377 .. 53,490 ' Greenwood 34,225' 28,343 , V Hampton 25,126 23,733 . Horry 26,995 23.364;'. Kershaw 27,094 24,606 , \ 1 Lanfcaster 26,650 25,311 i Laurens 41,550 37,302 a Lee 25,318 a VI Lexington 32,040 27,264 Marion 20,596 35,181 Bl Marlboro 31,189 27,639 \ Newberry 34,586 30,182 'p Oconee 27,337 23,634 : Orangeburg 55,893 56.066 Z( Pickens 25,4 22 19,375 ^ Richland 55.143 45,589 p Saluda 20,943 18,966 Spartanburg .. .. 83,465 65,560 4 4. Sumter 38,47- 51;237 " Union 29,911 25,501 ? ?,..j Williamsburg .. .. 37,626 31,685 York 4 7 r718 41,684 awumc umceni raecMHi. . \ At a regular meeting of Maclcey -d Lodge No. 77, A., P. M., Monday J i evening the following officers were ? elected. a Dr. A. J. Evans, W. M. E Dt. C. 8. Browne, 8. W. g > v N. B. Hargrove, J'. W. b j F. McC. Curtis, See. e 1 Dr. D. M. Mlchaux. Treas. c \ The appointive officers will be \ 4 framed later. The lodge Is arrang- A okg for a public Installation .of the c Mincers on the night of the 27th L UhM the occasion will be celebrated E enofc .a banquet at which' all the I; bers will be invited to .partlci- 8 IELECTS A MAGISTRAT 0 ADMINISTER OATH WHEN NEW 60 ERNOR IS SWORN IN. k BLEASEHQNORSDUNBAI 1 Barnwell Magistrate Will Admii ister Oath of Office to tiov. Bleaae Janwary 6th. Judge T. 8. Dunb?%-. of Rarnw* ounty, has had quite an honor an istinction conferred upon him t n invitation to administer the oat r office to Governor Cole Bless *hen he takes up the duties of th ffice in January. So far as we can ascertain, Jucbi Junbar will be the second magi rate who ever had the honor of a< Dinistering the oath of office to . :<vernor of South Carolina. Oh! m one other occasion, when Go1 rnor Hampton was inaugurated ! 776, haB this high duty been pe aimed by a county magistrate. -C hat occasion all of the judges c be supreme bench were Rebubl pus and for that reason Govern* lampton was sworn in by a magi rate, we believe by name. While it is somewhat out of tl rdinary for the chief magistral if the State to take the oath of o ice befoer a country magistrat till there could not have been letter selection if every justice ar ny one else in authority had bee onsidered. Judge Dunbar has the unique re ird of having been a magistrate i ir.rnwell county since 1775. Du ng the Republican regime, althoug l .staunch Democrat, he was a] pointed magistrate upon the recor Dcndation of his former body se ant who was then a member < he house from Barnwell count tone of his rulings have ever be* eversed by the circuit court and 1 tas very few cases appealed. h >as also been a member of evei lemocratic convention held in Bar veil county since arriving at h najority. Judge Dunbar was a gallant Coi ederate soldier. He entered tl ervice at the outbreak of the ws nd served with distinction for tl ntire four years. Married. RogerB-Bethea. At the PreBb orian Manse, Dillon, S. C., Sundt fternoon, December 11th. M Clifford Eugene Rogers and Mil Marguerite Bethea, both of For >. C., were united in the bonds < icly matrimony. Rev. A. G. Bucl ler officiating. This marriage he consumatton of a long attacl aent, growing out of an early a luaiutance in childhood and seholays. Both the bride and the groom ai onnected with well known and e client families of this section. The happy couple left immediat y after the marriage dn the Se< >oard train, by way of Hamlet, f< heir new home at Lumberton, 1 ... where they will begin housekee ng next- week, and to which the re followed by the hearty goc vishes of a host of friends in Dil m and Mariou counties. A. G. 1 SHOOTING AT LITTLE ROCK Vill I/ester Shoots and Painfull Wountlu a Wo?? ' ' A white man by the name c iraves was shot by Will Lester i .ittle Rock Saturday night. Th nllet entered Graves' arm an jdged in his left shoulder, infllc tig a painful but not necessaril erious wound. Immediately afU tie shooting Mr. Lester called Shei '? Lane to the 'phone, told hLi hat he had done and said 1 e wa rndy* to surrender. I.ester, with Borne companion! 'as leaving the barber shop'whe e met Graves. Graves hailed th rowci and with an oath ordere item to 3top. Approaching th rowd he drew a knife and made h ray toward Lester in a threater ig manner, at the same time hur ip epithets at the young man. Mi ester ordered him to stop an i order to frighten him fired ove is head three times, but the shot id not seem to frighten Grave nd he continued to advance upo ester. Believing that his life wn i danger Lester fired point blan 1*> wiui me result state bove. Graves fell and called for ai istance and Mr. Lester stood b hile his companions went for bysician. Mr. Lester is a law-abiding cit &n and witnesses say the difficult 'as forced upon him. He regret tiat he waB forced to shoot Gravel raves was drinking. CONFKRKNC7E APPOINTMKNT8 he Following Appointment* Hav Been Made for Marion District by the Methodist Conference. R. E. Stackhouse, presiding e er; Briton's Neck, W. P. Meadori r. ; Brownsville, J. 1. Spink? tucksvilie, W. R. Barnes; Center ry. W. b. Meyers; Conway, A. I tetts; Conway circuit, E. F. Scof ins; Clio, C. C- Herbert; Dillon, i Rrunsnn n " *" . , .....iita, u. n. sifei tt; Latta, J. E. Carlisle; L*tt ircult, R. P. Bryant; Little Rod V. C. Owen; Lorls, S. T. Creech larton, 8. B. Harper; Marlon cli uit, J. A. McOraw; Mull Ins, J. I taniel; Mulllns circuit, W. J teckham; North Mulllns, "Wv, 1 laker; Waccamaw, W. M. HiuNtyr indent Vanderbllt University, *. I. Grave?. V \ m^r ,v E ELY FLIES AT OIL TUESDAY, 1 UNDER CONTRACT TO SOAR TWI JWILL RACE AUTO AROUND id I THE FAMOUS AVIATOK WILL HE A n /RCOND AVIATION MEET IN TH ,e '/ TOH8 ESTIMATED AT FROM S '*/ J QITKIES CX)MING IN FROM & / *-y December 20th will be the gr< ,^on. On that day Eugene Ely, thi ly several flights to a crowd variou v- thousand people. It is stipulated in I reach a height of two thousand j ? travelling many miles to see. in Dillon has the distinction of 1 i- State to have an aviation meet. 5r ed for an afternoon's exhibition ; s" but every dollar of the big sum i ie by Dillon business men in a few ] ie ready to be paid over to the avial f" the terms of his contract and v; have an opportunity to witness on id flights at comparatively small co: >n The flights will be held at th altitude flight, when he reaches a 1 ;?n~ race around the track with a high r- then circle high into the heavens, :b | ous figure 8 curves and then c P" moke a trip of several miles into 1 losing himself to the sight of the : [,t1 Reduced rates have been sect >* ' us of 100 miles, the event is bein, >n ; Dillon expects that day to enterl that has ever assembled in a tow y ?? n-1 is: n- j ie , ir le ; BS wP id 1- M A V il ^KkM ^Ppps < .*? h ! ? ? : e! !< Eugene B. Ely Who will r. I a Ely is now where he is givin r eral other aviators. He will leav< K 17th and arriv ein Dillon with his j" 'Accompanying Mr. Ely are his \ s other helpers. The machine will ? k train, a solid car being used to tr d and its accessories. The machim }. everything will be in readiness for y day morning. The filghts will be ajning about 2 o'clock and will coi i that time the spectators will see t tual work, doing just what is bei s men all over the world. i-: The machine to be used is tlu type. It is a Curtiss machine and direction of the famous aviator ( wide reputation in aviation work, e ter the biplane patented by the W ? i- ? vuc migub uitkvuiue in so many ] ing between the Wrights and ( ,.| The magnitude of the underta i] when it is considered that hereto i; taken only in the larger centres oi the first town in the State to ha^ I on is second and the third flight i i. !be given in Charleston in Januai r-' The sise of the crowd that wil a i the 20th is variously estimated at 1 pie. It is expected that half the ] rl try will be here that day and j ... ments" to entertain the immense crt by mail and telephone concerning *; servations at hotels and boardir V etc., but as it is impossibly to ??> promoters of* the ev^nt hjM^^equ V ^ ION DECEMBER 20TI [THOUSAND FEET IN THE / JACK AT 50 MILE CL <'H DILLON SIXDAY Nioltq IK 8TATK. NIMIIKK OF VLSIIX TO TKN THOUAXI) EN. [ ALL OVKR I'KK DKK. ?at?st day in the history of Dil b famous aviator, Will mak sly estimated at from six to te in the contract that Ely is t Feet and the sight will be wort being the second town in th The famous aviator was secui st a great outlay of mone] asked by the aviator was raise hours. The money is in ham tor as soon as he complies wit isitors to Dillon that day wi e of the great spectacula rt e race track. After his hig height of 2,000 feet, Ely wi powered automobile and wi execute several of the dangei ircle over the city, or probabl the country and return, neve spectators. ured on all railroads for a rad g extensively advertised an Lain on a of thu larcroo* n in the Pee Dee country. i HLwJK 2s|>f% Bvjp Fly Here on the 20tl g exhibition flights with sev i Atlanta on the morning of th force of helpers that night vife, several mechanicians am irrive by express on the sam ansport the great white bir< ; will be erected Monday am the great event early Tues given in the afternoon, begin itinue for three hours. During me of the.great machines in ac ng done by other daring air j "Belmont" of the biplam the flights are given under thi 3urtiss who has won world The machine is patterned af rright brothers and resemble >articulars that suits are pend Surtiss over patent rights, .king can be better appreciatec fore flights have been under ' population. Columbia wa /e an aeroplane exhibition, Dill n the history o fthe State wil 'JI witness Ely's flights here 01 from six to ten thousand peo population of the Pee Dee coun Dillon is busy making arrange >wd. Enquiries axe coming ii the great event, asking for rc ig houses, tickets of admission ver the inquiries in person th ested The HerMd to say that ac \ a - < > w - * . ?toTm CHOSES GYPSY'S LI | I RICH BALTIMORE 6IRL NOT KIONA 1 ! JUST WENT AWAY. ' ROVING LIFE APPEALED IOH Illl Prominent Society I telle, Dnugl _ of Wealthy Parent*, Volu 1U tarily Joined <Jyp*y Hand. " The love of nature and the 1c I ing for the freedom of a gyp r ; life is what led Miss Jessie Hal x'sham, the daughter of one of ^>P'de8t. wealthiest and most reap v i families of Baltimore, Md., Xgiv^ up the life of ease and so ^luxuries and cast her fortunes v I- j a reiving band of Roumanii e i When the young girl, one of her home six years ago, there w n season's prettiest debutants O rumors that she had been kidna h and stolen away by one of the ? I sy kings that coveted her, or thi hypuotlc influence had been e: i? cised over her. But this the yo P- I lady denied on her death bed i I Cincinnati, O., hospital, declai j that the life she had led during . | past five or six years had been *> | of her own choosing, and that h ; had never regretted it. Miss ! bersham, in reality, Mrs. Mich i died after giving birth to a j baby, and her body was taken i her Baltimore home und Intel h | there this week. 11 A Keal ltoinancc. ? I The story of the society b' u j life with the gypsies is of a u P" j romantic character. She seeme y | have become enamored of the i ,r | sy's life from the very first, .finally when the hand which tftined George Michele pa i- through Baltimore, Miss Ha d sham left with them, and was t i_ afterwards married to Michele, was the "king" of the roving c van. The tribe with which _ traveled was one of the most ar: ciatlc clans of gypsies west of !Mississipi river, a tribe that ( : prised over a thousand faxni ] And she was "queen" of them i "There is more love, and low a better quality, beneath the f of a gypsy's tent tan in a n jsion." she declared in the he tal, so it was evident that her ! year period of gypsy life was of happ.Wss. I><sappt ?nred Mysteriously 't was in 199* Miss H? sham disappeared from her homi | Baltimore?disappeared as mys i iously as if the earth had ope j up and swallowed her., A dillig search was made by her part land friends, but it was four ye i before any one knew what had come of her, and then.some of I friends discovered Jesse Hal : sham in the gypsy queen t went to in St. Louis for the p pose of having their fortunes t( They immediately notified the gi j parents in Baltimore, bat the g sies anticipated such a move, i | when the Habershams arrived I St Louis, a few days later, tribe had folded its tents and qu: diuicii iiw.iy, no one Know whc loiter she was discovered-furt i west, and this time .wrote to her r? nts herself. From this lettei ! correspondence sprang up, hut girl, while always willing to wi home, absolutely refused to see I parents or to return home und ti ' up her former life. Her pare | even did not know of her illness i the Cincinnati hospital until af ! the child had been born and Iliad breathed her last. Then t! | were notified and took the b< i home for burial. "King" Geo | Michele attempted to see the b ' after it was born, hut he was j fused admittance to the liospi i ai d the child is still there. .1 I what disposition will be made o | is not known. Happiness Her Aim. "Some people believe I am qui and 1 may be," said the girl w she was discovered tw . - w i ii? St. Louis two years ago. "bu h. I am following my own career. 1 things that appear vital and of 111 importance to the averago girl i - I wonu "i to me are but the mei e 1 dross. I have no part in them. lam just different, that's all; > ' one should not rebel against i . inner self, for happiness lie e comes that way. Sooner or la j ' the soul will have its outlet and ( . ; will regret the wasted years spi * ' unhappy. 1- I "They eall me the gypsy <ju? . ibfQause I married 'King George. y ! may he the queen in the accept 3 s? nse of the word, but to ilie, the rial sense of the word, 1 1 - ' just my husband's wife?his que , That is enough for my happines e < a r<l of Thanks. Dear Mr. Editor:?You v - 1 please allow me through you pa] S j to e-xpr^sfj my sincere thanks to many friends for the kindness tl I li biiuwi a me auring my wlf I illnrFK and, death. May Go 1 JbitBsiiigg rest upon thein where - ,| they may'be. s Sincerely, G. \V, Rlvlngton E j? ? comodations will be provided a bet made from- the centre of 1 ?- around the enclosure is It spectators a clear and unob t- ilight. a ihe event is being ente r ' pu* in the Fee Dee section ai i, 9^'er a radius of 100 miles, e /event in the history of Dilloi t- v tc the occ???on with terest "S.r jagggg* 4? 9GBBK8ft9 FE. KILLS FATHER MO SON. PED: FATAL SHOOTING AFFAIR IN VICINITY OF HARTSVILLE. ER. SLAYER MAKES I HIS ESCAPE^ lifer K. I>. Itoneinnn. Ak<mI #5, is Killed n ami His Son, Otlo, l*robably Fatal ly Injured by Coy ttlackmim HieBy<8 Hartsville, Dec. 12.?K. D. Lkfntr l'_ man a farmer al>out 65 years old, fe the %vas to death aud his son, Otect. to Boseman, aged 22, badly, if not to fatally wounded by Coy Blackmail, cial a yo?th 22 years, to-day about yKh 11 o'clock. Bluckman made his earns the shooting began in the house ,ero oi Cicero Byr 1, a negro who lives jeft on the plantat.on of 8. W. Byrd, a ped pron>inent far ner, living about five ryn- miles weat of Hartsville The two a young men had met at the house, Ker supposedly to get something to ung drink, and a quarrel arose over the n a ownership of a pistol, which was in in'g I'dackman's possession, but which the younger Boseman claimed beone longed to him. He demanded that sho the weapon be given him and ad^a_ vanced on Ulackman brandishing a ele beer l>ottle. Black man fired, the lrj ball taking effect, but. not making ik ; tQ serious wound. ,rod Blackman retreated to the yard and waa followed by the younger Boseman and his father, who b? ud's corae l<> the negro's house also, aost yark Blackman resumed firl d to hie first ball striking the elder 1 nyp- Bw8eman hi the heart, killing ^ and distantly. He then shot the y man and seriously wounded ssed ^physician who was cp.V ber_ that t will be impost'Vie to * loon whether the wound will be f: r who after an operation, which ara- Performed to-morrow. In inquest waH held isto- l),H|y of boseman and-^Vf?t 11 mp/l iti ^ ? onf 1 fs'ct8 *~-r Otto Hose man and Black u?~r!fB" companions and had formert.?^~ a ' cd together at Roano C. It ia understood neya fight once before (ialJ" to-day probably res >8| newal of the old ? 8 ly different form one CHRI8TMAN ? VI nor. __ \ \U H' R'h 1 ; tertainment c ned Twer ;eut >nts Preparations % ara a Christmas ? t"'- High School b.. 'ler day even'ng, ~?uer : >er- entertainment is given t P*'> direction of the music an iur" ! ion classes and the litt1" >hi. j bring cr.refully trainei rl's parts they will take. T yp- | tainment begins promt ind : o'clock and as the rules in ality are being very rigix t'u' cd in the school Prof. K let-| sires that the audience 're- at that hour. No admisa' hrr charged and a very cor Pa- tion is extended to t a and patrons of the schoo 'he ^ll% Kickland l*eaves it*' The people of Dillon, her ,,( denomination, regre ike that Rev. VV. C. Kirkla nts served as pastor of th in church for the past ter l.ave to be transfer she Ktr.t irn ..r,a ? ~ hey I ,tuy to tuke up hi new home. Mr. Ki rRe I trnnsferred to Or; ill?" . odist church at U rt'" purture will leave tal. social and spiritua* ust uiunity which wil yo f il During his four . . in Dillon Mr. Ki <lvUi ven active inte^ji-?p y - e r,f the comm> ami j come so closer identifi nds J spiritual,bocIhI and educa. it- 1 ; lees of our people that h?. The poked upon as an itineran: innt I i- ? in ine usual sense of the w 4ud us a Dillonite who rejoiced w est in the days of our great pro^ ' and sympathized with ur 4,,d hours of adversity. He has ser the I Dillon not only as a pastor, but ver I a friend, a counsellor and a citi ferjvtho had the town's welfare just >ne | much at heart us our oldest a f?nt j most permanent inhabitants, and | will be remembered not only ?en 1 his beautiful spiritual life r' ti.fluence upon the masse* ted young and <*ld. but for eh part he took in the sliapi tint moulding of crude material en into form and consistency. ha a." Dillon is fortunate in s?" Mr Kirkltind's sycces' uiay OI *f Brunson, a well-kno'jan 1* bei ed member of the C? . ijjce, wl irlil will receive a very ctuuiai wejcot per to Dillon. iat e's Married, at the home of * R? d'8 Hugh Harrelsonon the 11th. Mr. ver A. Harrelson, of Dladen oc..' . Miss Josie Jackson, of R*. ~ Rev. H. Harrelson performing ceremony. r, for the crowd, that the flights wi the race track and that the cour urge enough to give at least If structed view of the aeropU* q| nsively advertised in every r . id circulars ere being 4 m It promises to be I|a i and everybody is loollv w i ' . ,> j 4 " ,