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? - 1 1 I ?jje Billon ^eralb. ?? ' \v KstublLshcMl April 1894. ? k A. B. .1 OKI)AX. Kdttor. ?. . 81 Subscriptions??lly the year 91.50 or 15 cents u month for less than -ono year. All subscriptions pnyablo u In advance after January 1, 1.911. ^ Advertisements?flll.OO per Inch il for the first insertion, subsequent, insertions 50 cents per inch, l.<egal advertisements at the rates allowed ^ by law. Local reading notices at 10 cents per line for the first iuser- * tlon, pud 5 cents per line for all [ subsequent insertions. Liberal cou-1 tteecs made for three, six and twel- _ ve months. Write for rates. Obitui? aries, tributes of respect, resolutions v cards of thanks and all notices or " a personnl or political character ., are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not. subject to cancellation after 1'lrst Insertion. N Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters per- ^ talning to matters of public interest. Wo require tho name and ad- ^ dress of tho writer iu every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in; , our columns at any price, and i we are not responsible for opinions i expressed in any communication. { ??? i ,r DILLON. S. C., MAltt'H J*), 1911. - Why have Col. Folder and Gov. Bleaso kept those letters from thejoi public so long? P We hope the oomedy being playc; j it in Columbia is not us humorous to those without the State as it is! humiliating to those wlhtin. i fj It must be admitted that Gov. j Blease played a very shrewd piece of)a] politics when he asked for a dis- i pensary investigation, dismiss r the old commission and then ap-|tl pointed a commission friendly to the; administration. ! c< with mw isnn niio on worth of! public improvements under way in ^ the town and county this should be I a record-breaking year for Dillon ij and Dillon county. ____________ j J. If council will adopt an ordinance h requiring dealers in meats and vegetables to screen the doors and win- ^ dows to their market places the. ! will de the community a great st j( vice. Every market place should be fly-proof and the police force should be instructed to see that meat and ^ vegetable dealers in the city com- \ ply with the ordinace. It has 11) l>een demonstrated time and again'1 that the fly is the filthiest member Si * the insect family, and as it is u ? X ctically impassible to exterminate, ' the"*>ernicivus little pest the next P best thing^ia--t.'J do all we can to y protect the human from the j jI fatjil disease germs he lt^es in fi his trail. ? " If we intend to ha\e thav County Fair next fall now is the time to " make a beginning. It will be an jf| easy matter to convert the race. fc track into an excellent fair ground te by erecting a few buildings iu which 1 JJ! to display the exhibits. Arrangements can be made to secure several first class attractions and we believe the farmers of the county ^ will respond liberally - ith the exhibits. County fairs are becoming iU very popular over the State. Sev- at eral counties are making arrange- 1,1 " ments to hold fairs this year and ... O ^ we want to see billon fall in line. i)t _ In addition to the social feature, St there is nothing more helpful to te Jl 1 the farmer than to meet his fellow-'v. farmers once a year and exchange ideas on the different methods of w growing crops. Now is the time to ai make a beginning, if it is our purpose to have a county fair this' w fall. ' w When the State Board of Kduca-|gi tion meets in Columbia next month b] to renew the contracts for handling i ^ I text books they should make some. t changes in the present system. The j( system now in use is altogether (i Impracticable. Dealers are com pell- ; ^ ed to handle books on a 10 per cent. commission basis and it is needless n to say that the dealer finds the i S school l>ook business unprofitable. The State depository receives ten (. i.*S. per cent, on all books sold by the e' county depositories aud the margin li of profit is not large enough to P pay the expenses of handling the ^ books. The State depository should n be abolished and county depositor- s< ies should be allowed to order,Cl books direct from the publishers. " if some change is not made in the present system that will give the retail depositor'es an opportunity to make a reasonable profit on the ^ books it will be a hard matter tn find responsible dealers to handle , ijj the books next season. U f e Now What Did Mlie Mean? jj At a recent wedding a baby had u shrieked without intermission to the f great annoyance of the guests, etc. a As the bridal party was leaving the H jjfc * church a slight delay occurred. One h of the guests seised the opportunity * > say to the first bridesmaid: "What a nuisance babies are at a eddlng!" "Yes, Indeed!" answered the ridesiuaid angrtlly. "When I send at the invitations to my wedding 1 null have printed in the corner: No babies expected."?Judge. >lrs. Hrigg:. of the Poultry Yard. Following is the cast of charac*rs ill "Mrs. ilriggs of the Poultry ard," a delightful comedy that will o presented at the school auditorlni by local taleut to-morrow (Friay) night: ("baractors: Irs. Uriggs, a woman of business. ?Miss l.illliau Peterkin. Lalph.?Mr. Williams, itutny.?Mr. James Hauler, lvira.?Miss Alice Hamer. [elissa.?Miss Mabel l^ee Evans, lias Green, "a near relation."? Dr. Michaux. Ir. Lee, a wealthy neighbor.?Mr. Jack Watson. irginia Lee, his daughter.?Miss Marie Burt. Mary Gilbeit. ary Gilbert, lis. O'Connor, with no liknig for goats.?Miss Lula Peterkin. [andy Bates, whose tongue will stumble.?MiBs Nina David, ong, "The Yania Yaina Man."?Mr. Harrison assisted by Misses Watson, Richardson and Burt, 'ialogue?The Localhit Twins. ? 0 Fork News. Miss Marie Smith and Miss Wile Moore, of Dillon were visiting > our community Sunday last. We are sorry that Mr. W. H. Mellu and family are going to move way from here to Fayetteville. The Rev. Mr. Riddle, of the Thelogical Seminary at Columbia, reached a very interesting sermon L Fork last Sunday. The Fork High School will clo?e i five weeks. Among those who are attending i.rt ii? Dillon liiif. week are [essis Luther Carmichael, S. J. raswell and W. 11 Brogden. We 1 nven't pot at y marriage to >port, although it is because most 11 those at the marriage age have [ready pulled the bell cord. There is a general shortage of obacco plants in this section but lat seems to be the cry everywhere. Wide-Wake. 0 Olive Branch Items. Our farmers are busy planting >rn this week. We had an excellent rain Sunay afternoon. Our pastor. Rev. W. C. Wallace, reached an excellent sermon to a irge congregation Sunday. Messrs. Kenneth Turner and ohn Allen, of Latta, were visitors i our section Saturday, shaking ands with their many friends. Kev. J. H. Moody, of Mt. cavalry, 111 preach here on the second Sunay iu April. Mrs. Hhamie Hyatt and son vis;ed at Mt. Cavalry Sunday. Bermuda Briefs. There was preaching at Bermuda unday last by the pastor, Itev. Mr. Vilson. There was, inspite of the ad weather, a very good eongregaion of hearers present. Some few of the farmers of this ection have planted corn, but the tost of them are waiting for the udding of the oaks before they lant. It is reported that Mr. A. C. loody and wife spent last Sunday 1 the Pleasant Hill section, visiting iends and relatives. Arch Mclntyre. of Dillon, was sen on the roads Sunday. Coiue Sain old friend. A. 11. Herrelson spent Sunday in lis section with relatives. C. M. Moody is planning a nice resleuee to he built in the near future >r which he lias about all the marial on the ground. We think he usi mean to join hands with some ice young lady. Tit Bit. 0 Winthrop Notes. The plans for the new Training diool have almost been completed, lie site of this new building has >t been determined, but it will be i near Main Building as possible, t the Training School the practice bool work which has been carried i since Winthrop was founded, will s continued. Members . of the snior class take in turn weeks of aching in the Training School id in these weeks they gain many iluable and varied experiences, ext Summer a Summer School ill bo held at Winthrop. Those in ithoritv are trying to make this imraer school the best that has rer been held in this State. It ill begin on June 21. Winthrop girls have lor the last eek been gay in ribbons; some earing crimson and white for the ub-Freshmen. others wearing lue and gold for the Freshman, he first match game of the season as held last Monday between these vo classes; in spite fo all the >kes that the Freshman class that class so much higher than the ub-Freshmen! ) played on their nder-classmen, the Sub-Fresbmer ime out victorious. The game on ext Monday will be between the ub-Fresbmen and the Specials. 0 Mr. W. Murchison has returned oin ?:ie north where he spent sevral days negotiating with manufacurers ior the purchase of an aerolane. Mr. Murchison visited a ntimer of the loading manufactories in lie north and saw the wonderful lachines being erected. Mr. Murchi[>n believes the aeroplane is the aming means of transportation and lay purchase one for commercial urposes. 0 WOMAN LKAP8 FIIOM WINDOW. leads Account of New York Horfor, Kiw-s From Hod and Plunges to (?round. fl rpo nulmro XT C or* % ? .vv.?0U?#iu, 11. v/., men. Mfi. i>iIti. 'lyases O. Thompson, recovering rom an attack of fever, was allowd to rend newspaper accounts of ho New York Fire. She commented pon the fate of the girls and arose rom her bed and plunged through second-story window. To-night he is suffering from 11 fractured ip and other bruises, none of a erious nature. " Li j lh'.J-1 IXTttRKOQATEfl BIjKASE. ! BRI . <? { (Continued from Page one.) i I- -? . ? 3lhi message in which you recommended the raising of the joint commit- G tee you had several caucuses with day your criminal associates whom you ion were under obligation to protect, ter when and where a conspiracy was full hatched to thwart the efforts mak- his ing for the punishment of your futu clients who had pluudered the State, seni ' and is it not true that in order to i abo effectuate the object of this eon- sen spiracy it was agreed that you him should do certain tilings, which you ; have since done? Coming from'(JO 1 generalities to specifics, I will enura-i i eruto t!i? :n: To Control the Ilencli? Hie ?u) Did you not agree that no g special judge should be anointed j p to preside over any of the courts of j '+ the State where the grafters were \ q under indictment except of your own Tht selection; that you could afford to eon lUftt; UU l UiUJLU Ul ^citing anvvu^i Jl S | judge to try your clients like the ten ione who presided in Chester? ! Moi (b) Did you not agree in these ree< caucuses to pardon any citizen of Bpei South Carolina who might be con- app victed under pending or future iu-jer dictnients, and that you would issue ! mai i no requisition for foreigners? j Sta (c) That you would dismiss the tha ; winding-up commission so that they 1 could not, under authority reposed juir ! in that body by the act creating it,! Wy continue their investigations, and Moi j in dismissing these commissioners his were you not influenced by the sai? further consideration that they had : issued a subpoena for one of your! G? political lieutenants; that he had pie; ignored the same and they had iB- En sued a rule ni6i requiring him to the ishow cause why he should not be tak attached for contempt? not "In these several caucuses, when '] the difficulty in obtaining the ap- Mr. 1 proval of the prison commission of que your State to the course to be pur- En sued was under discussion, did you not advise your confederates that you had at hand the means for overcoming this difficulty, to-wit: ig- Nei noring the prison commission? j I On Hoi-seback. c (e) Did you or any of those who j . were in caucus with you, suggest; , that on the theory that "the end j justified the means," in effectuat! ing the object of this conspiracy,1. I you could with safety resort to i any means, from character assina-j y>r tion to personal assassination; that, j,11 I after so long a time you "had the ! . i whip handle," or "were in the sad- e" j die," or some phrase of similar or | substantial import? I 1 7. What compensation did you ^ ; receive from the liquor dealers and Ben what "rake-off" did you get from j i the dispensary officials when you _ nr were "senator at law?" The Ciunpuign Fund. : 1 8. While perhaps not so peni- wjj . nent I consider the following rele| vant: What campaign fund did you ton have at your command when you ? wore a candidate for governor? How J.011 much was raised before the first ja, primary and how much between the ! jef, first and second primaries? What jef, liquor houses or dealers, corporations or gents of,coraporations. If you should answer (which I do not think you will, because it is the ! truth) that very large stuns of money were raised, kindly state whether or not it was used to debatlclii^B the electorate of your state. BJ In conclusion: In oonclusion the II State of Georgia recently by paying I I her an official visit. What e.\-dis- I pensary officials and liquor dealers II [entertained you in the city of At- I lanta and in the city of Augusta? I What conferences, if any, did you ||| have with them with reference to I you.- future official conduct? Lastly, why don't you approve l|| ' that joint resolution that you de- III uanded? 1 understand that you ||| say 1 hat the senators appointed 011 III the part of the senate as members of II tli? committee are not satisfactory!! to you. Would you be willing to I approve that resolution if the names .III of aii the senators and all the ! ; members of the house should be ||| put into a hat or box and shaken j ill 111* lir) f )u> iitintoo f a?? nt a?nk/???ok i?\ i 111 on the committee be drawn there-1 l'l oin 7 When ;ou have i nswered the above . nd for? going. i have a few: more questions to submit for your ! consideration. Yours very truly. T. it. Keltic - | Refused to Make Statement. II. H. Evans, of Newberry, for-! hum- chairman of the old State dis-1 pensary board, was in Columbia yesterday, but refused to make any comment on the Felder-Bleuse con-j troversy. He said that later hei might have another statement to give out. ! 0 COURT COMMON PLEAS. Four Cases Dlspowd of Last Week. Court Making I tetter Progress1 This Week. Very little progress was made in the court of common pleas last week i on account of the hearing of sever-! al big cases in which a great deal of time was consumed in taking j testimony. The most important cases disposed of were those of W. | T. Bet lieu and J. B. Gibson as executors of the estate of Hugh l'rlce urn. ij i ?. ?- -- -? uuu ii in. laiucr HgniiiBi me liiiiCKwell Co. and Benton llaselden, and the ease of Mary A. Graham against the Mutual Mfe Insuranee Co., of Newark, *N. J. In both of these cases the jury found for the plaintiffs. In the latter ease tho plaintiff was sueing for the payment of i 'a $5,000 life insurance policy which i the company held up, alleging' fraud in that the insured has misrepresented his physical condition when he made application for in- j surance. Graham died shortly after ( receiving his policy, but the jury held that in as much as the company had accepted tho premiums am were cognizant of Graham's physi-1 cal condition when the policy was is-; sued that the plaintiff's claim was | |j was valid and she was awarded a verdict for $5,530.48. Several cases of minor importance | : were tried this week. There are J about 50 caseB on the rooster, many of which will be carried over to the i special term to be held in July. IGMAN PARDONED BY GOV- ha KKXOR. J on ??? ? kn i Who I'll mercifully IU-nt a \*e- a K">. uci lovernor Blease pardoned Tuee- fa| W. H. Brigman, a wealthy Mar- ou farmer convicted last spring af- j?e a sensational trial of uninercly whipping an aged negress, on plantation. Governor Ansel reid to interfere with Brigham's \< tence of 18 months, of which t, ut six mouths remained to be red when Governor Illease freed yj, o- e? lf:!!X()R AGAIN ITTKKN D'KFIANCK. ase Makes Use of Strong I.jui- A 1 ? * ? I > a ?.. ,in nvi k? nt'iui i ? ^ iers Pi*esente?t by Lancaster fit- mj en. WJ Columbia, March 25th -Special: of ? refusal of Governor Blease to wl ) mission Judge Ernest Moore, as ed pedal Judge, to hold a special tir ;u of court at Union commencing de uday. Judge Moore having been on jmmentled, has renewed the sk cinl Judgeship fight. It would ear that the question of whetli- an or not the Supreme Court can pe ndamus the Governor of the tr; te is now put squarely up to ca t tribunal. n the presence of Senator Benlin Rynn Tillman and Mr. R. E. lie, of Lancaster, whom Judge h, ore asked to come here to get commission. Governor Blease i to-day: q 'iia B. Jones can mandamus or darnus or do anything he uses. I am not going to appoint e test Moore as special Judge for c| Union county court. You can ar e these papers back for 1 will ^ read them." te These remarks were addressed to Wylie, who presented the re- m' st for the commission for*.'udge to iest Moore. , 0? t HAMP JONES I'ARIM>NKI>. <ro Who Killed liarc'y BetJieu rj, 'light Years Ago Secures I'arlon. Be lamp Jones, who shot and kill- 1" Handy Bethea about eight years in >, was pardoned by Gov. Blease wi nday. The pardon was secured o\ a petition and through the ef- oe ts of Senator Manning. In 1903 nes was convicted of the murder hi Handy Bethea and was sentenc- a? to death. His sentence was mnuted to life imprisonment by i*. Heyward. The crime for ich James was serving his sen- CI ce occurred on the plantation of ui lator Manning near Little Rock, in nes was a son-in-law of Bethea Al 1 when unhappy domestic rela- at ns arose James charged his fath- fr in-law with having persuaded his Ik e to desert him and return to \V home. The men met in a cot- ai patch and James shot Bethea th death while he was picking cot- ed i. On the day of the tragedy la nes was in Dillon and when he hi t town he was drunk. It Is al- qi ed in the several petitions which of A / WVAAtVVIlIAI^ A Call during our new fea Shirtwaists' . .\M 11 SPRING Everybody and reason It will pay ' I. BLI THE B U S I DILLON*,"" 1 d been refused by former govern- ' ly ] 3 that James was too drunk to er i tow what he was doing. James is Men very industrious negro and had the cumulated some property. His wit! iher-in-law was also an industrl- bus s negro and stood well with his mot ople. cult 0 ! is t IMED IX HKKOIC KFFOHT. $ 1 tuug; Haaiiplon Hoy Endeavoring rdon o Save Chimli HiiiUling, Killed. Zjf Hampton, March 28.?Special: % le News and Courier eorrespoud-^^ t sit this place received the news\ the sudden death of Homer Goe-. jkris e, a young man about HI years ot e. who was killed by a falling g Je near this place Saturday night. Inri'n t n>i> Mtancllnir nonr llnna. 1 >11 Baptist church, about five^L. lies from Hampton, und tho wind P' is throwing sparks on tho shingles tho roof of the church building. jLc lich was iu danger of being burn-y^ , when young Gothe, who was cut-^ lg the burning tree down, met liis?**s ath. It seems as if the tree fell ? the young man, fracutring hitdL, j, nil and causing instant death. Young Gothe was the son of Mr.l d Mrs. \V. W. Gothe, prominentltrai oplo of this section of the conn-t' y, and his untimely death liusp^? used much sadness hree. ' PO] 0 C SOVTHKKX FLAGMAN KILLKD. T ? :i . O. Smith Meets Instant Death r Ncoi' Columbia. Columbia, March 2X.-?Special: H. Smith, flagman, of the Southern i lilway, was instantly killed about 1 ur miles out of this city, at an its rly hour to-day. The accident ocirred at Pornace, at l o'clock. 011 id to-day an investigation was con-|'n teted by the coroner and Superin-1 ndent Williams, of the Southern fiilway, into the cause. The re-; ains of Mr. Smith will be shipped i Haleigh. where he formerly resid- s 1. The dead trainman had been in J e employ of the Southern for six j 1 seven months. Smith was flagman on train No. I !, of the Southern, a freight, and > was killed by train 42, the pas-; J nger between Asheville and Co- j mbia. The two trains were pass- ~ g on tho siding. Tho passenger as taking the lead at the siding J er the freight, when the accident j the curred.. There were two or more j law ippositions as to how Smith met kep s death. Smith was 22 years of1 aga re and unmarried. ! cat 0 j law Sees Her L?o8t Son. ; ter A special dispatch to the Augusta 1 ironicle says through the medin of a moving picture film showg the lassoing of wild animals in 1 frica a young Georgian whose rel- , Kqi ives have not seen nor heard i eep om him in six years probably will! wit > reunited with them. Mrs. W. H. wh inn, of Savannah saw the picture! ret ul was enjoying it when suddenly i the ie audience and Mrs. Winn gasp-; pla I. Looking dirr-ctlv nut nf the (vv riat picture ut her nephew, Am- j bus ose Means, missing six years. In-: bo lirv showed that the name of i t)u< young rope handler is real- j A J T\ lew in our Art pi this week and let us tures. Just say l,Su ' and we will explai .LINER OPENING NOW cove aiir m;ii inorv ti JUJO UU1 X'lllllllvl J ll able. That's sayinj you to patronize )M GOMPi EST STORE IN SOUTH CA -? ??= m Means. The young man s mou s Mrs. J. M. Poole, of Elko, OGj" fl ins !j said to bo a wonder witll_ lr.riat, having captured IIoom ? ti a rope. It is said that heS ^ joined n wild west show and ^ her or aunt will endeavor to 1 V :b him at Peoria, 111., where he ypected soon. . Jl 0 'he liest attraction of the sea- AfVjB i fa,l, ^ / M ipt delivery. Sometimes the y .fl f in wanlH to make a little extra oration for dinner and she h a few articles in the grocery ? at once. Saleeby delivers or1 i over the phone just as soon 4 t is possible to get the goods ^ hmxI and on the wnv to the i a . ^ It HALE OR EXCHANGE.?TWO lylinder, two passenger Ford i nnbout, just thoroughly over- | irtiled, good tires, good running ondition. First che.^k for J350 \ A :ets It. Joe Cabell Davis. \ Skating Itink. ^ "be Star Skating Riuk will open . W doors to the white people of v llins and surrounding country Friday night, April 7th. Floor I good condition, and skates in d repair. Star Skating Rink. i llins, S. C. li ST.?-COLD WATCH, LADIES' ^ ize with rubv, sapphire and dia- . uond on back, and an engraved ' uscrijiticn on interior case indiating nature of the gift, also ( he name of the owner. Reward f returned to Mrs. W". B. Allen, i .atta, S. C.. R. F. D. No. 1. O-lt I NOTICK. , Vll persons will take notice that ' y are forbidden to harbor my ful wife, Nancy Billons, who is it from returning to her home dnst her will. After due publiion of this notice the aid of the ' will be invoked to restore her her home. Friday Wilson, R. No. 3, Dillon. 3-30-3t NOTICE. !)y order of the County Board of ualization 1 am authorized to ac- % I tax returns from this date on h a 50 per cent, penalty, and all o have not already made their urns will now do so at once or auditor will according to law, cc a fair valuation ou same, ith the 50 per cent, penalty,! led oil information that he may able to obtain. O fl Rruce 0-31 Co. Auditor. \ == artment explain its and n i \7 L I T ON s pretty I some. AMY rill I TOWN lROLINA ===