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-- ^ jww*UI% I :jk?Ix?:HH: 7g| l%,t iBlf | idtttuMfX :: :Sf^irrxr!::: til IIP 1FITI I Tin IHpPJt I fl :sssrra^-x f of UMlay |8 Ae man of to-...?,'- %^X|<L 'I|I1MI F^Jl X. X II X 1. 1 ^ ro^lU, prosperity. row, u|k>ii win,ho shoulders W W W ^ ^ ^ ^ W out the places where dollars rests the burden of government * 1 1 * can be saved;saving Is the roun- * w W * da t ion of legitimate fortunes. ? **?. ** *** * #<!* * | e8tabli8HED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1911. Vol. 17. No. 11. ii.n t\ ur IM MAKKS A WIDOW. WuUhI Warrant for Husband Who j Threatened Suicide, but Official* Demand money. Montreal, April 22.?Because Mrs.^ Joseph Bourdan did not have the i necessary $3 required as a fee for. a warrant of arrest she is a widow to-day. '. Mrs. Bourdan went to the Record- ; I er's Court office late yesterday and ,' hysterically informed the officials in j charge that he husband was making i elaborate plans to commit suicide. She urged that he be arrested or in some way prevented from carrying out his design. The court officers, after careful questioning, informed her they they ' would be glad to issue a warrant for the man's arrest if she would ) pay the usual $3 fee. She lacked a 1 few cents of the necessary amount, however, and the court clerks de- 4 v clined to make out the papers. ! Thav 1 ? - ' 1 *?vj wnticu, uuwvvcr iu atiiiu the man a letter demanding an ex-! * planation of his conduct, By the J time the letter, imposingly tied in official tape, reached his home, j 1 Bondan had finished his scaffold, ar f ranged his noose, and hanged him- * self. t* Calvary Items. Monday morning, April 2 4th.?A s very heavy frost in this section this ' morning; most of the farmers are j through planting cotton and same:' have their cotton up. There is no v doubt but that some will have to , plant again, then the question aris- I J1 es, where will we get the seed? 1 Some have a few seed left over, [v some have-none. If Mr. Jack Frost i j; visits us again as he is this morn- j ing the few seed will not be put in j at the rate of a bushel per acre. Rev. J. H. Moody was in the ; J Pleasant Hill section Sunday last. J D. W. Bowen was at Pages Mill (_ Sunday last. j M. R. Moody and family left Sat- . urday morning for different parts in j ^ North Carolina and Horry county j 1 where they will spend several days, j ? There has been several new or- { guns left in this section recently. I * Some one must be expecting a good ! ^ price for cotton next fall. |j Mr. and Mrs. Waycon Stephens; were in the Bermuda section Sun- :C day last. Edgar Turbeville, of Gaddys Mill, if was in this section Sunday after- ! noon. Come again, Ed. Sub. Watching Billon Grow. We take the liberty of publish- i* ing the following letter from a former Dillon county boy, who, al- j though a "busy man in the world of|; affairs," still takes a deep interest ? the land of his nativity and feels a profound pride in the development ^ of Dillon county: Gadsden. Ala., April 22, 1911. Mr. A. B. Jordan, Dillon, S. C. \ Dear Sir: ? Please find check for $3.25 to ^ ? credit my subscription to The Her- . aid. I congratulate you on the paper you are getting out, the articles ^ you give on civic pride, schools and good roads. Be a booster or be a ^ clam. 1 left my old home at Gallavon 14 years ago and it is with I much pleasure I see Dillon county 1 forging onward so rapidly. May your people and the railroads get ' together and give Dillon the pas- j senger depot it deserves. We are j going to hold an election here on | the 24th inst. to authorize $50,000 more bonds to complete our new water works system costing $150,-| 000 . It will carry success to you and yours. Yours truly, l R. L.. Cottingham. ' The County Commissioners have very wisely decided to build a sand e and clay road from the North Caro- ! i lina line above Hamer to the conn- | ^ ty line below Sellers. The road will ! <: pass through Hamer, Dillon and Lat ^ ta and will provide easy means of F travel to either of these towns.How- f ever, the road should be t made to paralled the Atlantic Coast j Line Railroad and should not be a |] zig-zag highway as is shown by the f blue print which outlines the course i to be followed. Years ago when j time was too plentiful to be valued E as one of man's assets distance was a not regarded as of any consequence s in the building of highways, and p its was regarded as a matter of! t economy to divert the course of a t road several miles to save the ex-, f pense of building a causeway or \ t bridging a stream, but to-day condi- 11 lions are different, and while we v are building permanent highways ' t let us remember that time is mon- | f ey and that it will pay in the long t run to spend additional money in a building new roads that will reduce j r the distance from point to point, j u When the road is completed from r the State line on the north to the a county line on the south another 1 f road shhould be built from the ex- i a treme upper end of the county touching the Marlboro line on the g west and ending at the boundrylc line on the east. This road would f connect the lower and upper ends t of the county and would pass d through Judson, Little Rock, Dillon a and Pages Mill. The county would li then be cut into squares and it | ii would be an easy matter to connect i f the public roadB from the settle- s ments with the main highways. c Any of our readers who can secure a year's subscription free to o the "Cortright Advocate," a month- p ly periodical showing illustrations e of pretty homes, by dropping a card J to the Cortright Metal Roofing Co., ii 60 N. 23rd street, Philadelphia. It s is an Interesting little booklet t showing many pretty homes. n i NEAR VIEW OF BLEU! I NORTHERN WRITER'S ESTIMATE STATE'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE m OF FORGEBUT ERRM Attribute's Peatherstone's Ov throw to Tyranny of Prohibit!* Some of the (Jovernor's l>oln Revealed. Special correspondence from C nubia to New York Sun. The Hon. Coleman l,ivingst BleaBe, Governor of South Carolii s a straight, slender well kept m )f about 4 5, very dark and brig ?yed, with a small black mustac uid compelling pompadour. He ilert, active, evidently com bat i ind by all recognized indications earless personally "as they ma em." Already he has made nuch trouble in South Carolina, i let so many time-honored convt ions, antagonized such rock-root ibservances and easy-going custoi hat he is regarded with horror he staid and the serious. They s hat he is destructive, and not cc itructive, in which, as investig ion shows, he differs from his pi lecessors of the last twenty years east in trying to do somethii vhereas they tried to avoid evei hing. It seems clear that he is f leavoring to break down here a here, and it is difficult to s fhere or what lie is trying to bui ip. As matter of fact, however, las not been in the chair mci han a few months, and it is t con to pass judgment. For t iresent he has, among other thin) aken issue with the Suprei *ourt of the State in respect ppointing a circuit court judj loth the constitution and the sti ites referring to the case iudicti hat he was wrong, but Blease is ;ood lawyer who has been succei ul in many important matters, a ie says eh is right. The plain fa* ire that Blease appointed a spec udge to sit in an emergency, a he next day the Chief Justice i omniended for the same place ntirely different person. The ct ititution says that the Govern "shall" appoint 011 the Chief Ji ice's nomination. The Goverr, 'laims that he has the power of i lointment, certainly he has t lower of commission, and so, he Governor will not confirm t 2hief Justice's selection, and as t 2hief Justice's choice cannot vitliout. the Governor's commissi* here is a deadlock and a da trowing bitterness. This Is typical only, though onrse extremely inconvenient, suggests Blease's determination tave his own way for one thing, n combination with all that lie 1: lone since his inauguration it uminates the very shrewd oracle 1 local observer. This gentlem (aid: "Blease has made up 1 nind to punish all who worked a 'oied against him in the campaij ind, by the same token, to rewa ill of his supporters and ad vocal vhen opportunity offers." A his really seems to contain an < ilanation of much, if not all, las done. Blease was elected Governor 1 muse he was an outspoken, not tay violent, enemy of prohibitic lis antagonist at the last was dr. Featherstone, whom every bo espected and liked except in 1 apacity as the prophet of Sta1 vide teetotalism. The better cli elt inclined toward Featherstoi ie was a gentleman in all the i ations of life. But South Caroli vas weary of prohibition, with ts hypocrisies and all the corru ions and abuses that attend its c (ration. The people had also w leased the monstrous tyranny he dispensary as conducted by t itate. They had seen men of hui le means and heavily mortgag Ktssessions manage on a salary of ew hundred dollars a year to fr heir properties, to purchase larj y on the outside, to accumule leavy devosits in the banks, a inally to bourgeon forth as cai alists of high consequence and si d establishment. So they want teither State-wide prohibition n . continuation of the State dispe aries, which were robbing them lain view. It happened, therefoi nut wnen mease appeared befo hem denouncing prohibition and i ering instead the supreme alterc ive, namely, local optino, Blea riumphed and his adversari rere cast down. It is now evide hat BJease was not their choh le was merely a makeshift. Th he old antogonism, with the ov< hadowing issue eliminated, h eared its head again, and now t ipper class opposition to Blease aging afresh, aided by the impoi nt newspapers and fanned by eve atent prejudice of class condlti nd acquired precedence. Blease has never been perso ;rata with "the aristocracy." 1 omes of humble parentage. b ather kept an inn and livery st de at Newberry, and in the c lays the "quality" knew him on s a useful servitor. But Blea limsulf has been well educated. 1 s a lawyer of parts, a ready and < ective speaker and has be hown, a man of great force, hi| ourage and commanding person! tyIt is characteristic of Blease th n the same day on which the 8 reme Court'B decision is annout d declaring its right to nomina udges, Governor Blease publish a the newspapers a list of tho thorn he considers as eligible inal appointment. All of whi leans that in this respect at lea tr PROF NICKI.KS KF-FIJ:< Tl Again Chosen Superintendent ( iwmvoml Public Schools. OF Greenwood, April 21. ? Spt Prof. W. W. Nlckles, who is completing hi8 first year as si intendent of the Greenwood p schools, has been unanimouslj 'ip elected superintendent for am III year. In doing so the trustees i ' tically express their cordial end raent of his work for the past er" Prof. Nickles came to Green' j last year from Dillon where he ' been for the past fourteen y ' He had been unanimously re-eh ol-1 there, and the people were am to have him remain, but for a i on ber of reasons he wished to < la, to the up-country. He is a ni an of this county, and was gradu ;ht|from Wofford College in the he ! of 1895. ve,! Why He Didn't Pay. as Irn ' " A Missouri preacher at the so elusion of one of his sern 'j1" said: "la*t all in the house " are paying their debts, stand . Instantly every man, woman 'ns child , with one exception, )\ > to their feet. The preacher sc a- them and said: "Now, every not paying his debts stand up.' a" The exception noted, a carv 1 e" hungry-looking individual elc a in liis last summer's suit, si i** j assumed a perpendicular posi "How is it. iny friend." asked 'nT; minister, "that you tire the n< man not to meet his obligation: !VV' "I run a newspaper." he m ' ly answered, "and the bret here, who just stood up, are "p subscribers."- Selected oo |1P:he prisoner's box, he said that r8 had nothing to say. Judge Wilt n/old Gist tiiat he would allow li jf0 :inie to impure to meet his G Ce/ind told him that the Ruler of I it_ iniverse was ;t. just God and that (te relieved that if he would be pel a mt that the Master above wot S8_ thow hitn mercy. Turning then ,uj i calendar standing near his de ts udge Wilson selected Friday, M iai as the diite of the execution. "pi Nt> PARDON *F*m STKlPlilNC rovcrmn- of Georgia. in Aiiuoui 101" ing Course, Kxcoriales Moll \' 8 lence and Pirate Veiigence. loJ" Atlanta, Ga.. April 22. in ( tying the application for a pard ju.iled by Tliomas Kdgur Slriplit ,lSormer police chief of Danville. V le nder sentence of life imprisoumc j (or the murder of William J. ('< .. ett. Gov. Brown in a review of t * ase made public to-night, exco ilv.'tes the "unwritten taw ' ??? ? tripling pleaded in justification is act as euphemism, presentir hen unmasked, "the hideous It ires of anarchy." "One of the most dangerous ev >ut j.enacing our institutions is lawlet ias ess," declares the governor. "T ' " 10b executing in wild disorder I ?* ictim and the individual wreakii an Is own revenge for wrongs real lll!* naginary. the man or interest tre; Jia ig with contempt the laws of tl 5,1 j ind and trusting to gold or 'i ird uence' for safety, are striking ma estations of this spirit of lawless na }8S." Sorry for Family. e While expressing profound syr \ithv for Strinlincs' family 1 to ^Wuse intends to defy the co tn.jtution and the statutes, and th; a the Supreme Court doesn't 11 dy iiate l?is men he will not en lis and commission them. The wa te-jou, and any one who lookt iss 1 Blease with his flashing eyes ie. ! bristling pompadour, may as re- | himself that it will be nitter. 11a Here we have the spectacle 1 all Governor chosen hy the acciden ip- larger antagonisms and overs >p- owing solitudes. South Care it- did not want State-wide prol of tion. It was regarded as int< ohio - i ijioiiiiy, una uie lu'sl pe in- voted for local option, swallot ed its representatives. Blease, en rr. ' a Nevertheless, so far as careful ee comprehensive research diBch je-' the people of South Carolina \ ite ready after his election to n nd the most of Mease. He was t pi- Governor at all events, and 1 ol- j remembered him as a State Sen ed exhibiting unusual parlimen or qualities and in fact dominating in- situation by his alert energy, in : quick understanding and his re, ; splendent courage. If Mease ire gone to work to build up, igno of-; the animosities bred by the < la- i paign and approaching State afl ,se ; with an open mind, the whole H les would have welcomed him not nt i as a recovered black sheep, bu ie. | a leader in the march toward us building and intelligent progres }r- j It is too soon, perhaps, to as whether blease will fulfill or d he i pate the expectations of his \ is \ wishers. He has declared his rt- position to compulsory educat ry He has shown an almost im on hostility to the constitution, 1 Supreme Court and the recoi na, statutes. Many South Carolin rle see him chiefly in the character lis an inflammatory marplot. Ap .a- ently he is neglecting his larger ild portunitles and addressing hill ily to the trival task of parcelling se rewards and punishments by He i petty standard of his purely per if- al animosities and predilections, en is a stalwart, courageous and Bh pressive man, and in all the lij al- discernible he seems to be a chievous force, without revere at butting his small head against u- walls of convention and time-1 tc- i ored observance, fighting ev t hriflv ?hnn?<? , .u?uviuk ai every Head ed sight, measuring all men by >se misleading standard of his vot< to the gubernational primaries, ch nursing hatred against all tat voted or spoke to his discredit. \ SEPARATE R. R. STATION! , 01 cini: NORTH ft SOUTH CAROLINA WILL BUILI now ITS OWN STATION ubltc '? HAVE PHYSICAL CONNECTION orse year. Hoard of Tnule Committor Withwood draws l^spiest for Union Station had For New & S. C. I>epot ami ears. 1 I'hjsical Connection lletweni Hail icted roads, cious lum- IMllon will not get a union Slavonic t'0". ,>ut the North & South Caroative ''"a ''ailroad has agreed to erect a lated new Passenger station, and the A . C class a,,d tlie N. & S. C. will have a physical connection at this point. Such was tlie result of the uieeitng here Thursday between the railroad commissioners, the officials of the A. C. I,, and the N. A* S. C. railcon roads and a committee from tlie inns 1 > 1 --? ? ., uuitni <>i i ratio. i iu* railroad coinwho mission was petitioned to require up." > the two railroads to I'rpct a union and station at Dillon or to require tinrose1 x. At S. t". railroad to erect a pasated j solium' station. After looking over man j the situation the commissioners held 'a meeting in the directors' room at ?rn. the Hank of Dillon. There were thed i present Messrs 15 F. Cau^hman and owly (J. (j. Kiehards of the railroad comlion, mission, Capt. \V. H. Newell and Mr, the IR. P. Porter, representing theA C. only . h.; Messrs \V. K. Honsall. J. K. s?" Hancock, and Messrs. Hi\ingston Aieek Gibson, representing the N. A* S. C\ hren railroad and Messrs K. I.. Moore, my \V. ('. Moore, K. T. Klliotl, M.A Stulibs, N. 15. Hargrove and A. 15. he j' Jordan representing the eeonimittec ton Ifroni the Hoard of Trade. Testiiini1 Ttnony was taken until the dinner l((l 4i\tir when the meeting was adIhe ned until ?, p m. During the he j dinner hour the matter of a union tit-i' station was discussed informally jl(j 1 and before the hearing was resumlo' ' ed it was agreed that the request !s for a union station would bo with[ay ' drawn, provided the N". A- S.l* . railroad would erect a passenger sta' tion and the two railroads would ?. ] pat in a connecting switch at this - point. The result of this underlie 1 standing was a meeting between tin i<>- i 1 Hoard of Trade committee and th? 1 representatives of the N. A s. C le-p railroad at which President Bonsai on J j stated that he was perfectly willing ig, ' to comply with the request for s a., I new station and that he would pro >nt! ' coed at once to erect a station tc >r- 1 cost not less than $:5.500. .Mr. Ron he | * sail agreed also to a physical eon ri-< * nection between tlie two roads, pro cli j J Tided the A. . 1-. would agree t< of \' the proposition. ig, J When the hearing was resumed ;a- Mr. Oonsal appeared before the com ' mission and stated that lie would ils j } very shortly begin the erection of n ?s- 1 passenger station at Dillon to cost he not 1PQQ thon 4'^ *iAA oo/l !... *? Its ! would agree to a physical connecug tion at this point, and there being or j * no further business the meeting was at- a adjourned. lie 1 While in Dillon Capt. Newell's 11- w attention was railed to the fact that iti- the Palmetto Limited, northbound, a- did not stop at Dillon, and that it aI would be a great convenience to t trp^jmng public to stop the train n- here He readily agreed to issue an order requiring the Palmetto nstj-! limited to stop at Dillon, and the it Jf or(^er went into effect Sunday night, omi- 'his was the only train that did not able s,op at r js President Ponsall says he will K ,l( have plans tor the new depot preand l)are(l at once and the plans will be sure auhniitted to the railroad commission and the Hoard of Trade for (>f h approval. t of While in Dillon the railroad cornhad n,issioners and the railroad officials il'iiia were entertained at the Price-Court uibi- ,nn aB quests of the Hoard of Trade, tier- ' ' ople Free State News. ving ?ute. ' ' Written for last week. | and ' Lister was pleasantly spent in >seB. i this section. cere Mr. Neill Mclnnis, of Bingham, lake was here Sunday, heir! Mrs. Belle Blake, of Dunn, N. C., they ; is visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry utor ' Parham. tary Miss Terva Belle Spinks, of Bingthe 1 hum, was here Sunday, his i Miss Ruth Hayes, of Coker Colre , lege, spent the week end at home, had Mr. James Rogers who has been ring teaching at Blythe wood is home am- 'or the summer. 'airs. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Berry and Hate i slater. Miss Annie, of near Latta, only j spent Saturday and Sunday in this t as ; section. re- Messrs. L. T. Ellis, G. W. Taylor a j and B. K. Pierce, of Mallory, were aay . here Sunday. issi- Mrs. A. G. McKay is visiting in veil- ; Rowland this week. op. Mrs. J. S. Haves is visiting relation. 1 tives in Gibson this week. plBh i Mr. J. A. l>eGette is very sick the with the measles. We hope him a rded speedy recovery. ians Mrs. D. S. Rogers is spending a of few days in Dillon this week, par- Mr. W. A McRae, of Dunbar, was op- a pleasant visitor here Tuesday. out Death of an Infant. the son- Walterboro Press and Standard. He Rev. F. O. S. Curtiss was calieu ini- to Charleston yesterday morning by Khts the death of his little grand-daughinis ter, Leila, which occurred there earnce, | ly yesterday morning. The little the girl was ill several weeks, but it tiou- was not thought that she was very cry- ill. She was the only child of Mr. In and Mrs. Harry Curtis and wns five the months old. and ' Dr and Mrs.. Joe Cabell Davis, who M1&8 Inex Jordan and Mr. Olen [Jones spent Sunday in Mullins. \ I:\TKX1U\G THK N. & S. i\ ) <A?iiig South From Mullins Towii (ietir)(etowu. 1 The surveyors for the N. & S. H. R. arrived in Mullins It Monday and commenced the si vey southward ou the extension the line from here on Tuesd morning. While they maintain strict silence as to the exact rou that they are going with the rou the indications now are that th 1 will go at or near Ariels then | On down by Allison's ferry and < to Georgetown. That point is nc * conceded by those who are watc ing operations, to be the place which tlie road is going. Shou they go through llritton's Neck will open up a very rich count and add maay thousands of dolla to the trade of this town annual! At present Mullins gets very litt trade from that section of Marit county, as it would have to cor , too far a distance to reach h and then, too. have to romp throm Marion, which offers so many a vantages to the trade, this pra t <* ally cut ting oft Mullins. From <t trustworthy source. \ learn ti ai work on grading : > start tight awsiy, certainly befn tin first of tlic month, anil it w not ho many months before we e: on joy a visit from our lieighbo "down in tho Nook," iind retui their ostll by rail. A largo force graders will be in Mullins soi and tilings mound ^he soothe: section of the town will liven u ? Mullins Enterprise. Millions of "tiii'rn" Money Ifeit Sent Hack. People iii the West and Sou have become so rich that they ca ry in tlo-ir pockets more money th they used to. and the Treasury Ik partnient is having trouble to su ply the demand, vhicli is so insit ent that large quantities of "greet money, or unseasoned bills, arc I ' ing sent out. As a result of these conditio! money does last as long as it us I to. There are no statistics availal " but an official of the I'nited Stat I ! Treasury saWi recently they had i ' cided the nflney lasted oniy half ' long as it should. This rapid wearing out of mon ? has become such a serious probli that the Secretary of the Trcasti ' has decided to issue fewer bills > large denominations and use the J l 'reau of Printing and Engraving " its utmost capacity in the proili } , tion of small bills in the hope tl " he can get a supply ahead. Tens " millions of dollars will he printei The cartwheel dollar is becoini } as scarce in the Middle West a South iis in the East. an<i inste 1 the business men have their pock' " filled with paper money. The ' placement of silver and gold coin ^ paper has been going on gradua t for about six years, the South hei ! first when its bumper cotton cr "! wns harvested at high prices a f< > years ago. 1 i The large crops of grain and ot or farm products have provided t lj entire farming community wi | more money, and the people ha j acquired the habit of carrying mot Wright-Harrison. The following account of the ma riage of Mr. William Berry Mart son, bookkeeper at the Dillon Oc ton Mill,to Miss DucyAlbertaWrigt a popular young lady of Newberry, ' taken from the Newberry Hera and News: One of the most brilliant affai of the season was the marriage < Miss Ducy Alberta Wright to M William Berry Harrison, which w; solemnized at the First Baptii church, this city, Wednesday evei ing. The church was beautiful i decorated. The color schen in white and green, with banks < foliage against the background t white lillies, gave a fresh beauty \ the lovely scene. The bridal costume of rk Duchess satin over messaline train with corsage ol' rare lace an veil caught up gracefully with li I lies of the valley, and a shower hoi quet of bride's roses and lillies < .the valley completed the picture < CflflloY. Kan 1 Y. n.. .ion vvoui; uupilHU'HS. The maid of honor, Mian Ali< Aull, was gowned in a lovely crei tion of white Marquisette over Ni preen with a bouquet of pink ca nations and maiden hair ferns. The proom's best man was h brother, Mr. Thomas M. llarriso of Greenville. To the soft strains of Mendel sohn's weddinp march, beautiful rendered by Miss Hattie Leave! the four ushers. Messrs. James 1 Aull, Alvin Wright, Tench Q Hoo er and Frank Davis, led the bridi party to the altar, followed by tl lovely flower girls, MisBes Klizi both Wright, and Helen Puree bearing white roses and ferns. The marriage ceremony was pe formed by the bride's father. Re George A. Wright, who for 20 yea has filled the pulpit of the Firi Raptist church in Newberry, an gave his young daughter into tl keeping of her heart's choice wit emotion too deep for mere words. The popularity of this your couple was proved by the man handsome and useful presents r< reived by them from Greeuvilh Newberry and other places. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison will mah their home at Dillon e n Mi. Harrison holds a position c responsibility in an establishe business, and his sterling characte will win hosts of friends in thel new home toward this popula young couple Miss Bessie Russ was called t ! her home at Clarkton, N. C., Sundn I to see her father, who Is very HL , DOES DILLON INJUSTICE ? POPULATION WITHIN HALF MILE RAOIUS of | ONLY 1,757 ? INCLUDES HALF OF CITY PROPER ey (V*nMiis Figures Show 'Hint Dillon ce , Hit* Population of 1,757 Not InQn eluding Mill Villages mid Su?w burbs. Dillon suitors by the census re turns in the matter of impulatiou . As the town limits extend or.ly one11 half mile each way from the depot T- half of Dillon's population live out18 side of town, but the town receives credit only for those living within 'e the half-mile radius. Of course, it is )n 'oo late to make n protest. if thi town limits had been extended 1)111pr on would have shown a population 5'1 of more than 11,000 people When J" the mills are running on full tine c" there are 1.000 people living in tlw mill villages and it is estimated that at least .100 p?*ople reside in the suburbs. The commercial reports 'nitre t hnu ii year ago gave Hi)lou population ol it.MOO, iiut it will b? in it hard matter to make the outbid* rs world believe that Dillon hits mor? r" inhabitants tlian is shown by tht census rot urns. It is worth noting, >n however. that in lSO'l Dillon's popu ru lation numbered only X2 while it P- t pop t lie population was I.Ola Qi-'to number of towns in the State extended their eorporate limit? ?g last summer and if Itillon had fol lowed their example the rity's popu lation would have exceeded il.OOM 11, Following are the official figures for ] _ the rounty. the t< wuships ; nd the an >rporated towns: j? 10 10 1 SOS p. lHUon founty 22,015 st_ llethea township *J,o"0 1 .Gob l,5bV ii" Bingham . . . I Ob (e_ Mallory . . lit". Cariu'l township it,277 2.4 41 2,1Mb Har'v'U' t'wns'p. 4.ION it,014 it,0 0 1 (.{j l.ittle Hock 00 ,1,. .Mati n g t'wns'p 5.40H :t. 1 ?5:i 2,4a'.. e8 Dillon 1.757 1.015 si'. li?. Township 1 . 2.741 as Kemper ... t'.2 , Pager. Mill la7 lGy Township 2 . 1.14 0 jnt Fork 1114 iry Township it . . 2,102 0*f hattu t,:tr?K .... fu. The returns for Marion and t0 Marion eounty, by townships an iis follows: ,;ll ! 1 ft 10 1000 1S0S of 1 Marion county 20,5<D> 35,181 29,970 1. Brittons Neck . . 1 Ml 1.43G l,4(?t> ng Hillshoro t'wns'p X22 it,52(i 2.70i> lid i Nichols . . . . 11^ S2 57 ,;ul Kirby township. 7iti ^"S5 1 ,M 2 litC Sellers .. .. 4f.\ ^ _ re. ' DeGette t'wns ^ . .Tt 2.104 l,soi by Marion township 0,354 4.472 4.050 By Marion . . . it,S44 1.K31 1,040 ng Moody township. 1,052 2.1G4 1,7 20 op Beeves t'wns'p.. 5,200 4,*517 2.SG*< a tt* 7?Ati 1 ' r Mullins .. .. 1,8 3 2 828 24:. h- | Rowel 1 township 1,024 l,2-r>8 1,24'? he Wahee township 1,440 1,840 th Woodb'v t'wns'p 12tl 24'i 27a ve The population ot Dillon uouuty i" e. surprising. Dillon leads the largest of the several new counties formed within the past ten years by 3,000 inhabitants. Dillon is one of the ir_ . smallest counties in the State ii< ri.. l>oin of area. The population o" lt. Dillon county is 22,?>ic> against 20,lt 5i?t! for Marion county. According is to the returns Dillon stands high ir jtj | the list of thickly populated counties. I ? IlKV. RICHARD ( AilllOl.h HKUb r. | , ;; IS Famous Negro Kducutur Spoke a' gj tlx' Warehouse Monday Night. n_ Hev. Richard Carroll, the welt Iv known colored educator, spoke at the F'aliuetto Warehouse .Monday ,j- evening to an audience of about 400 ;if : people, including some of the pron.<( ini nt white citizens of the town and quite a nunibe: of the Wading -h colored citizens ?.f Dillon and Dill on county. ltev. Carroll's address l(t was delivered with much force and 1_! eloquence, interspersed with touch L1. cs of humor, and at the conclusion ;,f of his talk many of the white citl,j zens went upon the rostrum and !congratulated him upon the depth and breadth of the views he ex a. pressed on the relation of the white p. 'and colored races. Rev. Carroll'* r_ i mission in life is to educate, uplife and maintain harmony between is the races. Endowed with an extras-ordinary degree of intelligence, conciliatory in speech and man8_ i ner, conservative in all his view*, ly upon those matters which most conUt 1 cern his people, Rev. Carroll ie I,' distinctively the balance wheel be z. : tween the races and both white ami al | colored came aw?y with a better un it. derstanding of each other after hava. 'ing heard him. The people were so 11 well pleased with Rev. Carroll's talk Monday evening that be was r- invited to return to Dillon and dov. liver another lecture at the warei-k house Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. He is delivering a series id of lectures in the Pee Dee section ie and as he has an engagement to h fill near here Sunday morning he consented to return to Dillon, speak ig : in the afternoon and take the train iy for Columbia Sunday night. In a. his work Carroll has the hearty and < ;?rnrut unv.*1? >?->! L < .?KKun III I lie irauhi g euucators of the county and anyone ;e can listen to his talks with pleasure e and profit. d | Mr. P. B. Sellers, whose eye*r sight has been badly impaired by ir i cataract for the paat several mouths, r has returned from Charleston where he has been receiving treatment from Dr. Parker, and his many o | friends will be glad to learn that y; his eyesight is almost completely ,restored.