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MICRVKD THRM Jt'HT RIGHT. the co ??- thize \ Two Masher* in Atlanta Got Wluit but thj ?-? Th**y Deferred. blaiue T?o would-be mashers in Atlanta, too Pi# Aloazo Drake and Arthur Manner, the fa< ..c their faces beaten Into a pulp tragedj by the husky brother of a young ?ide of shop girl whom they bad followed i writer, home through the streets in the j learnec nope of starting a flirtation. The . fa'i" to two boys doged the girl's tootsteps' atives, for several blocks trying to engage j togetht her in a conversation and went to terrible the very gate of her home. the wr 8he told her brother, a member Hetty t of the local fire department, who Rlv happened to be at home, and he bury fi Immediately rashed out, took the ly end, fellows, one by one, before they and re realized what was happening, and was in administered to each a severe drub- man, v blng I*y a strange coincidence the,"inHk boys went into a nearby engine heart, house to wash the blood from their b'ces. Mart Tue sympathetic fireman asked (The them how they had been hurt, and they w fiey said: "In a railroad wreck " time o] Abcut that time the brother of the sire to ilrl llowe^. t?.eta in, to:u the true prejudi tj story, and they were held there un- the ali til the police arrived when they made a were sent to the station house. affp.lr y Rive pi Siuik at His Own Funeral. Wo hear now and then of a man PHOHI' reading his own obituary in the papers, but it is a rare thing for a dead man to sing at his own funeral. Pietro Ficco. a shoemaker and <*ruoso amateur musician, had a very great fondness for the phonograph. ^ ,ie He purchased a great many rec- l)r?8Pe< ords and occasionally sang into hi3 scoutin own phonograph and kept records of from J the songB. He was taken seriously to an ill and recognized that he could not short 1 recover, and being a poor man and were 9 unable to get up much of a funeral an(* he requested that they use his bont,H phonograph to furnish the muaic *aln fo for the funeral services. He picked . up the "Angel's Ser- ^tittle i enade" and Gounod's "Ave Maria," waa H sung by himself, and these were Eold-b? used, and thus the dead man took an important part at his own fun- ca tne eral service. He instructed that his trance phonograph and 72 records, a nurn- ^ K ber of them his own be Bent to his er an^ mother in Italy.?Christian Herald. *'ho ,l ? 0 cave, ' A Correction. lion: Editor Herald:? "A i In your statement concerning the tranoe tragic death of Jno. Henry Ilethea, ' er'ai'i ill your last issue, you have unin- mut* SI tcntionally made one or more asser- OI,s- al1 tions that might in some measure et^ 11-x prejudice the case now pending agninst his estate. Mr. Ilethea did ' 1,ath ' not follow the negro porter, as you ' < state, nor did he "without further j words pull his pistol and shot the i e<l for . negro." The negro, in a very in-i,roni * solent manner demanded that Mr. | "Th< Bethea should cease to smoke in crusi,0< the car. Mr. Iletheu resented the 'nstrui1 2 manner of the negro's approach, and told the impudent rascal to bones leave him at once or he would shoot of wo? him instantly. The uegro went to the conductor and told what had; The happened. The conductor told the!1** 'lu*' negro not to go neur Mr. Bethea : the CU1 again, but this the negro refused to [ '"?c do. And when he entered the car|Unt'* where Mr. Bethea was sitting, again ^n?K?n me quarrel was renewed, most prob-j ably by the Insolent manner of the' negro, and after a few word* Mr. | l"nd< Bethea shot the negro. : of his The few passengers in the car be- i Judge i gan to stampede, whereupon Mr.! cial Ci Bethea "assured them that he would; E. Sho< not hurt a hair on their heads," J Bhootei stating "that he had killed a negro, i en thai but that be (the negro) had insult-! to the ed him." court h Just at this juncture the conduc-1 Mondttj tor came rushing in with a pistol in usual t his hand, when Mr. Bethea asked' tract o him "if he had come to take theiBtate, negro's part." What answer the! or less conductor made is not positively , Hardy known, but it is fair to assume assign e that he gave ussurance of such in- proceec tentlon. br else Mr. Bethea would ; estate not have shot him. 1 Terms Those who knew Mr. Bethea will \ Pn>' foi readily agree,-that aside from the j one unfortunate habit of strong 2-16-3t drink, he was in every way a splendid character. No one can^ truth- MAN fully charge him with dishonor or nrUU ft- - ? ? *??<-" lunuiHcns. ne was quiei in manners, kind in disposition, and j John I tender hearted. The attempt to! ot's portray him as a desperado on the I Back part of some newspapers is both I Was useless and despicable and can do nesday no harm to his memory, where he hundre was known.. versars That every kinsman and friend of There Mr. Bethea's deplores the terrible the tw tragedy, by which he and the oth- on the ers Involved have suffered, is a fact country too well known to deny, but that how th they are willing to see his name not m< branded as a desperado, and his day wl character traduced, is as offensive dent's and false as false can be. of the Mr. Bethea, like all who bear that had tit honorable name, and all maukind eratior as for that, had his faults, but they physic; were not that of cowardice or dis- ibe honor. His were faults of human appare frailties, not of vlclousness, or that was tl of a desperado. years Of course all his friends and kins- was m men doploiw the untimely death of other. |^jL nductor and greatly sympn- ficlaJ *rlth his widow and children. was it the conductor himself is to an^ for his own death Is a fact ' in to be denied. Possibly ull ha^ i-ts concerning that terrible i ^ ^ r will never be known this ^ f the Judgment Day, bat the who went for the body. . ly er I enough about the whole af- ^ a satisfy himself, and his rel- ^ ( that Mr. Bethea was not al- , , abod< :r. if at all, to blame for the tur|}< 5 tragedy; and they all, like pu iter, deplore the undue pubhat has been, and is now be- qUar, en to the affair. They would way om their memory his untime, and that of those he slew, ^ n were his name for what li?! wliat fact, a high-toned, honorable'^' ^ rith a super-abundance of the ! of human kindness" in his1 ... All W. H. I., McDaurin. ! Part> turitj :h 10th, 1911. boy t 5 Herald presented facts as ^ay ere given in the papers at the Qn r the tragedy. It has no de- ma(ie say anything that would tee j, Ice the defendant's cause "'John ghteat. Rev. Mr. McLaurln ;twaj( i personal investigation of the t;, and The Herald is glad to Jo| iblication to his article.--Ed.) of jj p was ; KtTOR'K GKAVF. IdNF.D on tl WITH GOLD. readi left, ine Discovery Made I?v Trap... party per in Oregon I ave. n Trapper Moore, a veteran 'tor of Wallowa county, was g in the hills about 20 miles ' oseph. Ore., he stumbled in- *?? piece opening in the rocks. In a . . ... .i foun< tunnel, near tins opening, | jjrHt keletons of three white men : in al a mortar near tlie pile of I It was free gold, where It had ^ ^ r years awaltiug a place in . , -V . , sarco st sack of Its finder. In a ilongside one of the skeletons , lowei vial containing samples of ^ aring rock, and a dozen feet' , where the trapper discover- 1 1 skeletons, he found the en- Kress to a mammoth cave. . Hrown, who with Ills broth- ^Xer trapper are among the few ave viewed the mysterious p ass l;it ini writes the following deserip nishc short distance from the en- w'th' is a series of beautiful wa-^ress i, boiling springs, minature irmRs ot several different eol- lu u rooms, containing variegat- 'n " stals. stalactites and stalag- ^,ice On either side of the moldy ,'losc hrouRh the cave are several ?? >f minerals, evidences of ""w; sold that has not been workHO years as far as 130 feet JiTLl he entrance. VV i three skulls have beeii^jjj 1, apparently b> some blunt C/V nent, probably in the hands raff Indians. A portion of the are missing due to the work fl V d rats, hundreds of them in-.*J"iJ the vicinity. jValS vein carrying gold is about ra^ lies wide. The opening to; ve has been partially filled II k slides and cannot be seen'fJ6l within 15 feet."?Portland JK Master's Sale. jllj >r and by virtue of a decree !f^M Honor S. W. G. Shipp, circuit ! presiding in the Fourth Judi-jljFf rcuit, in a cause entitled K. Mm! ater, et al, against Mary Ann ;^R r, et al. notice Is hereby eiv-lMU I will sell at public auction MR highest bidder before the! II oust' door in Dillon, 8. C.t on r, April 3rd, ID 11, during the tours of sale, all that certain jKJB f land in said county andlJfaS containing eight acres, more bounded by Georgia S. fAl and others; being the land MR d to M. G. Shooter in the SjTI lings for the partition of the m ! lands of George E. Shoot ;r tvj of sale, cash, purchaser to i mm papers. I SIR A. Ft. Jordan, ; IJff Master. jWV AIiIVE WHO HAW WASH-JfU INGTON. I MR ^ane Looked on Great Patri- , i HP Face When Body Was Moved VYi : in 1887. laflVj hington, Feb. 18.?On Wed-j^R the nation celebrates the out UU dth and seventy-ninth anui- MR r of the birth of Washington, IJIf is u man still living in this entieth century, who gazed ?j|i face of the father of this v. This man remembers well KK lat great man looked, lie iR fAj .>rely the only man alive to- AH 10 ever saw the first Presi- IjVf face, but he is the ouly man ' Jv present generation who ever at privilege. He is this gen/a nearest tie to the actual. : Ml 11 Washington. I*Y occuranee which makes the 41 ntly impossible thing a fact, IjF le opening of the tomb 74,?Ja ago. At that time the loved from one tomb to an-! VJU A committee of congress of-] ed at the transfer. The coffin opened for or.e brief mojnent. the members took a last long at the face of the man who done most toward establishing lation, which was already growrreat. e remains had been competentnbalined, and the face remains in life. After this one look 'offin was placed in Its new e, where it has rested undis d ever since. it when this Congressional come on that October day three ters of a century ago, wound its to Mount Vernon there went it a bit of a boy. And while tenibers gazed awe-stricken on they saw one of them raised toy aloft, and he, too, looked. Johnnie Lane the Hoy. I the other members of that being at the time men of maf have long since died. The >f 1S37 is the John Une of tothe morning the transfer was i the members of the commitlad met at the bookstore of Lane's uncle, and were thorn Ling the coming of the coaches .ke them to Mount Vernon, hnnie I>ano was a great favorite enry Clay, and that gentleman 1 sort of a master of ceremonies ie occasion. When all was in ness and there seemed no room Clay, much to the surprise of joy, lifted him aloft and the ' started. e tomb was entered and an att made to bring out the coffin, as found, however, that the was so rotted that it fell to s. Inside of the wood was 1 a leaden casket. In this the President had been embalmed j eohol and sealed tightly, was born solemnly out of the ,omb and placed In the new phargus to he made ready for ew resting place. When it was red into this marble covering before the lid of it was put on. whole was viewed by the Conional committee, the top of the leaden casket the face a piece of glass had fitted into the lend. This was cleaned of the accumuris of the past years and burid bright that that, which was n might be seen. The Conmen gathered about and looktirough the glass, e head remained preserved as fe. His strong, characterful was turned to one side and who looked saw tlw? tirnfii.. ^ 1 "01* MULI Fancy Theft T See 1 TIE HOLUM The Dillon Herald. 11.50 a Year. Notice. All persons are hereby iorbidcien to enter on the land known :ih the Hughes tract, near Bingham. Any one who violates this notice will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Wade A McArthur. 3-9-:it | SI MMONS FOR KEIjIKF. Court of Common l'lens. State of South Carolina, i? For Kent. Oue large four-room house, large garden, good location. Apply to 1 Morris Fass. j i i| DON'T To havo your oixlors filled for rough, or dress?Hl luinttor whrn I can do- , liver it to you on short notice. PHONE OR MAIL firings your lumber just n.s quirk as a personal onh>r. My equipment is such that. I can furnish you anything in the lumber line just when ' you need it. T. W. Bethea DILLON, 8 C. iinniiiiHuii F. D. Bryant, l'msklent. I'KK l)KK HKAii K Offices: Marion ai Heal Kstate, Miv Insurance anil anil investments. Special Hepresontatives of the N ol' Washington, If. (*., Urn itches in i Canada, Mexico and Cuba. i"?*i-noiis hnviiik IuikI.s fi?r >al?- 01 w?*ll to rorii'spiind with tJii.s ajscnct, Horry and adjoining counties. IE CARLO/ S=BI AND Driving j A ? ? * ' Ml J * illiday Q,n H,S W?EK them bef( , ire' bu It will n/Yti X COMPAJy DON'T SUFFER WITH nii Aiim ntiAiM mitiuiiicwsm It is the most distressing and discouraging of all troubles. Nine causes out of ten can be cured by Noah's Liniment. Where there is no swelling or fever a few applications will relieve you. It penetrates? does not evaporate like other -emediea?requires little rubbing. Noah'a Linimaat Is the best remedy for Rheumatism, Sciatica. Lame Uncle. Still Joints und Muscles. Soro Throat. Colds. Strains, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises. Colic, Crumps, Neuralgia. Toothache, nivl sit Nerve, Bono and Muscle Aches and WhBak^C Tains. The genuine has * Noah's Ark on every psckapo and looks like flJIIVff this cut. but hasRKD bind on front of pack- dl||]IP ago and "Noah'a Liat- InfmW ment" nlwnys In RKT> Ink. Beware of imlta- ? tions. Largo bottle, 25 Hi eewut cents, nnd sold by all dealers In medicine. ?. ?~ Guaranteed or money refunded by Nonh _ t m ^ - Remedy Co., Inc., ' Richmond. Yu. The Dillon Herald, SI..V) a Ve N'OTICK. My children, Alice Gilchrist : Hynic Gilchrist, having voluntai left my home and being under ago jimit, all persons are hereby 1 hidden to harbor or employ th without lily consent. 3-2-3t Hyman Gilchrist G. II. Ktackhou.*"''. Secretar 1 r. STATU AGKNfY. tr;in ml >lnPins, S. mid- j Loans. Ilusines*. Opport unit ie at tonal (\t-0|M'ra' nil parts of tJi?|vc Krnlty to I'liiW-il St Jit 4^ i' wishing to pi Attnu'ti\?* I'uTliasr would ?l< oprrl\ for salt* ii ID'- I ULES Worses | ipanY 1 c ying J DILOIU. C. | t. , . . ... ... . ? ? g County of Dillon, Harriot B. Berry, Plaintiff, Against Elvira Crawford, Defendant To the Defendant. Elvira Crawford. You are hereby summoned and required to answer the compllaint in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, for the said county and to serve a copy of your'answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at their office in Dillon, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid. the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded in the complaint. ainrcn isi, a.u. mil. Hargrove & I.ane, 3-9-Gt Plaintiff's Attorneys i NOTICE. The public will please take notice that son, Karly Jackson, voluntarily left ray home, and as he is j under the age limit all persons are hereby forbidden to harbor or einylop him without my consent. W. R. Jackson. Feb. 10. 1011. 2-3?3t i Plant a winter Garden. We have olants grown in the open air that are frost proof of all the Z, dif,rent varieiesof cab: bagas plants. We will tnd sell cheap, we have [\\l cheap express rates, we for- are ready to ship now4 r,n we have the finest vari... ties of long staple coutou seed, write for pri>. ces to Sea Island Plant and Seed Company, MEGGETTS, S. C. s t-\* Ip.'yT? | ' ^ \ lSUt . ^ | i^lew "Rock Hill*' Lightes Running, Most Stylish and Durable on Market <J Paten tod Long- Distance Spindles, oiled without removal of wheels. <1 Patented Side Spring. <J Strongest braced Body made. <JNew style Seat. H <J Every feature of high class make. B II <J Phaetons, Surries, Runabouts of || A same High Quality. j 11 <|Our guarantee your protection, " A Postal Card To lis Will Brla, Aa T? V? a* ? * m iv ion u voce I ROCK BILL BUGGY COMPANY Pi < Rock IIU, South Carollaa M K. T. KLLIOTT. fl "Kock HHl" Agent, ml Dillon, S. C. fjj ^heITMACIDE W Almost a Miracle W j Wonderful Cure In South Carolina I Dtlu?. S. C? August 18 In Srptrinhrt. 18P0. I tool Rhrumptum ID e very ead mk j form (Inflammatory). In ? month after the diarmr t Martod 1 had to jlva up ?ny work and (to to bod. It B badly drawn, mj much sothat I could not uac them. Mr i R legs were drawn back until my fed touched my hip*, I ml was as hrlpkii as a baby for nearly twelve months . Pi * The muscle* of my nrm.i and left were hard and ahrivI i' riled up. I suflrred death many times over. Was 1 treated by six different physicians in McColl. Dillon IWl and Marion, but none of them could do me any good. I until Dr J P. Ewtmr of Dillon, came to see me. He Bl told me to try your RHEUMAC1DE. He got me one [ H bottle of the medicine and f began totake It. and he tore I Wi the flrst botile wai used up I hagantoget better I used IWk five and u halfboulesanawascompletelycured That II was two years ago and my health hat been excellent |Vt rvrr since Hove had no tymptocna of rheumatism. I I regard RHEUMAC1DE as by fer the best remedy far I Wk Rheumatism on the market. I cannot say too mnrh for )Mt it. I have recommended it to other* since aad It has 1 cured them. Will say fun her. that I becsn to walk In ft) about alx days after I began to take RHEUMACIDC, with the aid ol crutches, in about three months afteel Wi ' began to Dike it I nmld walk as food as anybody, and f went back tu work again. |1 JAMES WILKES Wt I Dr. Ewlng Confirms the Statement U Da low, s. C.. A ug OS! 18 Ifl I usrsl RHEUMAC1DE on a chronic caaaof Rheuma [U tisin that hod been unsoccraafuny trwnted by several [ ) ether physicians, and prescribed it more aa a flwrb In thai, anything else; and. to ay surprise, the krst Iff bottle seemed to benefit him and I had ntm io continne I li awl l> t ? ? ' [\J I w?? dr??m ao In hla hipo and ansa (hat ha mMjW 1 tvMuwcnilrlwi I hava atnca uaad RHEXJMACIDC Wt In Mber caxi with aurceia: Fi it EWWC. M a K| i "Sh* at the Joints from tka 3 aside" For Sole by Btm*' PtuMrmocy. I