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^ ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1911. Vo1- 17 No 17
RECONSTRUCTION DAY!
EDITOR WILLIAMS TALKS INTERESTING!
OF TOM MILLER
AND DAYS OF?AL ASSEMBL
A Time Wlieu Kvery Man Hiul
Weapon for Defense and Of fens
?Stirring Days in the Capitol.
(A. B. Williams in Roanoke Times
Sometimes a single name or
small incident of those who lia\
seen and felt things and long ai
rays or dead. We read in th
South Carolina newspapers that 1
E. Miller has been removed sun
manly by the new Governor froi
this long held position as presiden
01 the colored university at Orangt
burg.
? This is "Canary Miller," quite a
old man now and long ago recoil
ciled to white rule and become
good and useful citizen. He wa
different thirty-four years ag
when lie S:it iti the Smith Cnrnlin
Legislature as a represent ativ
from Beaufort?a short square buil
man, seven-eighths white, wearin
a heavy, light gray sack suit, wit
his habit of running his hands int
the pockets of his coat?a fairl
clear indication of a loaded revol\
er in each pocket. Other nasty hal
its had "Canary." He sat as
member of the hist attempt at
Republican legislature in a South
ern State in the last year of Recor
struct ion era. He sat with "Th
Ring-Tailored Roarer of the Con:
j liahee," a black negro whose gulla
dialect from the coast of Afrioj
whose immediate ancestry was s
strong that a white man from tli
up-country barely could understan
hi in will en he addressed the House
also with the "Duke of Marlboro,
an unctuous yellow scoundrel, rej
resenting the very garden sixit c
* the State, who used to rise up an
thunder from a broad chest and
wide throat when the House in cIk
rus rendered: "Hold the Fort ft
Hayes and Wheeler." How it di
reverberate, rendered to the air c
"Hold the Fort, for 1 am Coming,
when the South Carolina Legisl;
ture refreshed itself with song.
In the I legislature.
"Canary" was not of the grou
collectively known as "The Fort
i nieves, out ne was about as fu
of fight and venom as a rattlesnake
* One hundred and twenty-five we
the legal membership of the Hous
of Representatives in the year <
the mighty uprising of the whil
people under leadership of Wad
Hampton the outbursting and e:
ploding of a fighting and despe
ate civilization against a fiO.UOO n<
gro majority, the law and Ulyse*
S. Gramt in the President's sea
The Democrats had elected sixt]
four?on the face of the return:
* By means that kept two or thre
Republican Representatives at the
homes; but when their names wet
called they answered. "Dummie;
ringers," had been put in to an:
wer for them and no Democrat dai
ed to knowledge that the realitic
were not there. Who could ident
fy one lowland cornfield negro froi
another. ' Then, the Democrat
again, by means, won over two c
three; Tom Hamilton was anion
mem, He must tiave been a d<
scandant of a Zulu chieftain, b<
cause later, when liis brethre
clamored against him, he rose, ta
and straight, his skin 611100th an
sleek as silk, and remarked ths
sometimes we went out in his fiel
and killed ar ice bird with a revoli
or for his sport; whereupon hi
brethren whimpered into silence b<
cause they knew it was so. Mei
white or black, who could drive
piBtol ball through a rice bird a
eighteen steps was valuable at th
moment and to be respected. Bi
tho Dom<V?PQto truino/l nvap n
cruita the Republicans?"Radicals
everybody called them?simply wei
through the formality of declarin
seats from some Democratic eoui
ties vacant and filled them wit
anybody who might be handy, weai
ing any names that might fit, an
A so retained their legal majority, t
be certified to Washington.
So it befell that on a Decemlx
day the sixty-five Democrats an
heir colored allies, sitting in C<
lumbia hall at Columbia, decided t
'go and occupy the hall of the Hous
of Representatives at the Stab
House. They went trooping clot
? Dehind Lawrence Orr, of Anderso
county, six feet and four incht
high and two hundred and sixt
pounds in bulk, who threw h:
(Continued on page eight.)
Liiteix*. . w..-. ' .
S MARION MF.MOR1AD ISSI K NOW
XKARIiY KKADY.
Some of the Interesting Articles
Y That Will lie in That Valuable
Paper.
The Memorial Bulletin of the;
Marion Chapter of the Daughters of
V the Confederacy will probably be
' ready for sale and distribution be
I fore the end of the week. The num11
ber of copies to be printed are not;
,e ' great, and a number of orders have
been sent in for them. After they
j are all distributed there are going,
a to be a number of people who will j
rejgive a lot to get a copy and they
r_ ; are going to be hard to get. Send
e in your orders at once to Mrs. \V J.
p Montgomery at Marion for a few
j ! more than you will need for yourn
self and the children and send tliein
|t to some old Confederate who would
>_ appreciate it.
The issue will contain an extract
n from the proceedings of the Beces-j
L_' sion convention, the ordinance of
secession.
s A short sketch of Col. K. A
o Thomi>son, the last survivor of that
S1 body of men.
e| The names of the signers and
It J the districts that they represented.
K Brief sketches of those from old
^ Marion, as far as could be obtain?
ed.
J Poem, "Waiting for the Bugle
".Call," by Frank H. Sweet.
Prison experiences of Dr. .lames
,l j F. Pearce.
a Reminiscences of Tracy R. Fore.
Reminiscences of A. J. tliles.
Reminiscences of J. C. Sellers
A short sketch of the Jarioi
l" brothers.
Address of Mr. Stackjiouse to
?. ..
' iiic tuarion enapier.
? Sketch of Co. H., 8th S. C.
Sketch of Co. K., 1st S. C.
I Rolls of all the companies volunI
leering from Marion as far as could
j be obtained with such revisions as
~ were possible.
* Souk, "Do they Dove You Still
d in Dixie."
! Song, "Carol'na."
J" Illustration of the secession hall,
>r the Marion monument, Gen. Hampd
ton. Col. Thompson, Mrs, McLucas.
who kept. Memorial Day alive in
I Marion for so long.
| The papers will be sold at. ten
cents a copy to cover the expenses
of the publication. It will be a
p most valuable souvenir, and should
y ; be in the homes of all those who
II i have kin wlho volunteered from
BJ Marion to go to war for the South
l8 and uer cause.
ie1 ? ?
Governor's l'ardon Keconl.
:e i
Columbia, May 26.?Special: A
( compilation made this afternoon
i shows the following as to pardons.
I refusals and commutations from the
Governor's office:
t ; Total petitions presented . . . . 284
, Pardons granted 44
! Pardons refused 84
Q Sentences commutted 21
| Paroles 62
>ejNot acted on, including petitions
in hands of Judges and
^ J solicitors at this time .... 62
In the records it is shown that
r>g
| 2,262 notaries public have been
j ' commissioned during the present
, administration. At the rate for
^ commissions of $2 each the amount
of money taken in up to-date is
>r ? ? '
K $6,724.
^ TKAKS AWAY CX1NCRFTK WAhL. j
1 i'litalil) Numnvly Averted on I nilianniMilis
Smt'iiunv
(* Motor Speedway, Indianapolis,
lt ; May 27.?Running at a rate of 80
I miles an hour, a ljozier car, driven
['I "danger ctirve" entering the home
's; stretch of the Indianapolis Speed|
way this afternoon, while turning)
up for the Memorial Day 500 mile
a race, and crashed into the outer
lt railing. Van Gordon and W. I. Bare
dell, of New York, who was mechanlcian's
seat were hurled over the
^ top of the wall and nearly 100 feet
1 across the lawu. Both escaped
dangerous injury.
B The heavy racing car tore out a
1 20-foot stretch of the thick con^
crete wall, then whirling like a
r~ top, turned over twice and landed
? i upside down in the centre of the
? Speedway. The wheels were raked
from the machine.
The driver said the accident was
caused by the blowing out of an
engine cylinder while he was
rounding the turn.
le I
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< 'ard ofThanks.
We sincerely desire to express
n our thanks to thv* friends who
were so kind to us during the rey
cent illness we have just passed
'8 through.
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Barlow.
RELATES STEEL HISTORY s
OECLARES TRUSTS" OBJECT TO STIFLE
COMPETITION I
TELL HOUSE COMMITTEE HOW
1 ;i
Cunu'nif's liiU-irsts Taken Over at .
Double Appraisal Value.?ltoeke- |(
feller Foreetl to Sell at lioss. v
Washington, May 27. John \V. a
dates revealed to the House "Steel S
Trust*" investl?riltillf?- mmniiHi.. i?>- e
day tin- history of tlie I'nited States s
Steel Corporation. Present at the .A
committee's session were some of p
tlie leading steel men of the conn- p
try. e
Mr. (later told of millions lost and j
created almost in a breath, how the p
Carnegie mills, appraised ?it $1 ?> ?,- |
: 000,000, were recognized as ' ^ e li
$320,000,000 almost within the
| time required to make the transfer
i to the corporation; the grim elasli
in the formative days, when John 1>. ,,
Rockefeller was dissuaded from M
I joining the corporation, and the
| manner in whicli others were pre- }
| vented from engaging in the steel j
trade. t]
Oil King Koived Out. v
j Relating how Carnegie had been I
| forced to abandon plans for ex- t
I tending his steel business. Mr. jo
Gates frankly admitted that the gi- c
gantic industrial combination was1 i
tunned to throttle competition, and f
; he surprised the committee with the h
luiuin uiiui u:;ii kiu max wneii jotin
I) Rockefeller had sought to enter [ >
'the steel business, a deal had been
put through by which the Standard
Oil magnate was forced to sell out t
;t >r forty cents on the dollar. ?
Characterizing Mr. Carnegie as "a j
bull in a china shop," Mr. (iat.es 1 (
j told <>f a midnight conference 1?o- j ,,
jtween himself, Charles M. Schwab],
I and J. 1*. Morgan, at which the toi
tal corporation was conceived and
; how it resulted in Carnegie getting
$:i20,o00,000 in the corporation's se|
curities for his steel interests,
! which lie previously had offered for t
$100.1100.000 cash.
Tennessee Company Acquire*!. v
Mr. (Jates also told the commit- 1
tee of the taking over of the Tenn- tt
I essee Coal and Iron Company by 1
the United States Corporation dur- f
i ing the 1907 panic, a deal in which v
! he was interested sis a stockholder , i
of the Tennessee. This, he said,
W:i? :i f/trnotl t
; by Mr. Morgan and other financial it
leaders to save from ruin the Trust ] d
j Company of America, threatened by j t
i the financial upheave! because it!'
had loaned too much money on the1*
; stock of the Tennessee Corporation. *
Plans made by Mr. Carnegie in "
1899 and 1900, to circle his steel in-;t
terests with a railroad of his own ! o
and to compete with the Nationoal I
| Tube Company just organized byte
I.Mr. Morgan, by the erecting of a|S
tube works at Ashtabula. Ohio, were v
| the factors that led to the birth of ti
jtlie steel combine. The story of P
| the steel combine. The story of the t\
j negotiations which led up to the V
| combination now the subject of Cor-'si
gressional inquiry were entertain-j K
ingly told by Mr. Gates. <i
Wanted to "Stop Carnegie."
i II* revealed how Mr. Morgan, ja
alarmed by Mr. Carnegie's plans, j B
mill I lie llUVWT OI UiniSfll II
and James J. Hill; how Charles H. a
Schwab, who, he said, was the only'
man who had influence with Mr. j w
Carnegie, was called in to suggest a
way to stop Carnegie," and hov.- tl
the pioneer Iron and Steel King of | ,,
the country was curb-, d in his pur-It
pose, though greatly to his financial : ti
gaiv He explained that the steel f,
business was threatened with sev- ),
eral demoralizing forces when Carnegie
s plans became known and _
that Mr Morgan and others l>e- n
came alarmed, fearing that Carne-,
gie would demoralize both railroad
, interest ind steel p'ices.
This was the situation as des< .' !>e
ed by Mr Cates, himself a director .
at preset! in the Republic Iron and
I Steel Company when Mr. Morgan ..
I wnrtl /* Uim l.e/vt..-!* I- ? -"
.. u W ai a in cat a UUgU JttlUCB . |
I Hill seeking a conference to de- y
termine what could be done. Mr.
I * K
(lat.es said he told Morgan that
i ('has. M. Schwab was the only man (i
| who could influence Mr. Carnegie. (i
i Out of that came an all-night con- j j
ference at Mr. Morgan's New York j
| ??
1 home. The Outcome of which was r
the United States Steel Corporation.
Silent on Stock Value.
Mr. Gates stirred members of the t
i committee when he declined to state 11
i what he thought was the value of >:
the common stock of the Steel Cor- u
poration. Mr. Gates was asked 1 (
\
sn<>ori\<; \k.\U .H'l?so\.
it'jtiiM's llavc Difficulty and due is
Shot Through llndy.
A shooting affray that may result
eriously occurred on the plantation
f Mr. K. 11. Webster near Jiitlson
tuiiday morning. The principals
reiv Kd. Slicvas and Boh l.ocklcy.
lad blood bus existed between the
egroes and Sunday uiornitig when
hey met a difficulty followed. Boek?y
and his brothel* came upon Sheas
near the negro's home and after
n exchange of words they fell upon
Ihevas and began to beat him. It
aid that one of the l.ockleys had a
tick and tin other one a knife,
kiiyway. during the mix-up Shevas
tilled a magazine pistol from his
locket and fired. The bullet etiier<1
the stomach of Bob Bock ley and
tassed entirely through bis body.
>erforating the liver and intestines
I is thought that Bocklcy will die
Bermuda Briefs.
I?ry windy weather and much
ceded roin is the talk of the day
ow.
On Friday night last Irom eight
mtil eight thirty o'clock it looked
ike there was goii'K to be great
Icstruction done in this- section by
find and forest fire. The wiioi ?? lS
dowing at a terrible speed in 1
here being several fires northeast
f Us il looked like tin. tinio I....1
onto to go. Tlie fire is still hurling
and ciinic very near burning
I),.- dwelling houses last Sunday
H'i 1-y hard work they were saved.
L. I Stephens was in Dillon last
Ion day 011 business.
W C. Mi'KcAzie is training tin
'Unday School at Mt. Cavalry for a
hildren's day in the near future.
Ve hope lie will make a suceess.
S. S. Stephens spent the day at
he river last Wednesday in seareh
f the finey tribe but did not find
hem. Old Cor.
Calvary Items.
M. It. Moody is suffering very
iiueli from the dislocation and trueure
of the right arm We hope lit
rill soon be able to look after hi*
vork again. This misfortune took
lace with hiui a few days ago, on
he Dillon Bridge, when a mule beonging
to .1. Arthur Herring sprang
rom the bridge, carrying the buggy
fith him into the inud below. Nothug
more was injured in the affair.
It seeuts to Ik? a gloomy looking
ime with the farmers of this secion
at this time. We thought the
[fought had been inose severe but
he drought has not been anything
o compare with the terrible wind
torm which passed through ths
eclion Friday night last. Such lias
ever been witnessed in this secion
heretofore. The cotton fields
I" Rev. .1. H. Moody, IS. I' Wiggins,
. S. McKenzie and Wavcon Stephns
look to be completely destroyed,
onie of the corn is also burned seerely.
The farms mentioned seem
[> have been most directly in the
nth of the winds, while other
lirillS. esnocinllv cotton i?
i'ith this wind we had a very light
liower of rain, which we were verj
lad to have The order of Mon?y
seemed to be to look out for
fed, the planting the second time,
nd the replanting with the hoe.
hit we yet live in hope, and trust
hat we may soon overcome this disster.
W. C. McKenzie, of Bermuda,
as in this section Sunday last.
Kev. J, I. Allen, will preach at
lis place (Mt. Calvary) Sunday p.
i. at four o'clock instead of three,
his is his regular appointment, hut
tie hour of worship is changed to
mi- o'clock. We hope many will
r?ue u-li ?> # \f- Alio.. I
'c?i ? nut .?u . j~% i icii nan iu 0?iy.
Sub.
lan.v questions relating to the powr
of the Steel Corporation to dilute
prices and to command busiess.
Asked if he, as an indej>endnt
manufacturer of tin plate, aiding
below the "trust" price, should
eceive a suggestion from the
trust" that the price of his ore and
ransportation might tx> advanced,
.ould he attach weight to the sug;estion?
He said:
"I would consider it a bluff. If I
isve got the cash I can buy ore as
heap as anyone else. I don't l?eieve
the Steel Corporation makes
my such threats. If they did 110
?ne would pay any attention to
hem."
Mr. Gates left Washington after
he hearing. The next meeting of
he committee will be Tuesday. The
vitnesses expected are IC. H. Gary
ind Norman It. Ream, of the Steel
'orporation.
A VIOLENT WIND STORM
DOES GREAT DAMAGE IN DILLON AND
OTHER COUNTIES
MANY FARMERS RE-PLANTING
Storm Sweeps Over Dillon I relay
Niglit and ICeports From tin*
Country Indicate that Much Damam*
Has lleen Dour.
Dillon liad a touch of a real Kant
Indian simoon Friday night. About
S o clock Friday evening fitful
flashes of lightening in the northwest
indicated that a storm was
rising, hut the cloud had ever* ap1
pearaticc of an ordinary rain cloud
and those who watched its progress
(felt that at last the long drouth
had heeti broken. Scarcely before
one could realize what had happened
the clouds swept down upon
Dillon with the violence of a small
, eyelone, the atmosphere was filled
with dust and flying lebris, and
bouses rocked and creaked as if
they would leave their foundations.
. The wi id held close to the ground
and picked up the pulverized dirt in
great sheets, driving it through the
(?1I1TIS III I II l< K UIIO Slllllllg ClIIIIIIS.
, Redestrains who were caught in the
! s/or in relate some interesting exper|
ieni'c.s One man who was making
' his wav .'omeward could find in
shelter and lt *be niomeiit when tin
dust had bee.nlniost utihearnbli
he came to a dt,,,l? ditch into whicl
he flung himself v here he lay unti
the storm had subs "led. Anothei
man wiio wjls driving along tin
highway found hiiuself it' an opei
L1 field where he and hi s borsi
'felt the full force of the ?torm
The wind would lift the buggy r'*011
the ground and the horse, unable *'
travel, was paralyzed with fear. It,
unhitched the animal, left the bugg:
iu the field and sought shelter
Portuuately lie discovered an abandoned
barn where he remained uiitil
the wind had subsided.
Reports from different sections ??:
the H unty indicate that cotton hai
I l.ccn badly damaged. Iti sandy land:
' | particularly the wind twisted tin
stalks until the roots were loosened
|and in some instances cotton wai
completely buried by the shifting
sands. Many farmers are re-planting.
rite storm seems to have covered
'Itite a large area. Dispatches from
: Marlboro and Darlington say that
[crops in those counties were badly
| damaged. With the exception of
the cotton crop the wind did very
little damage to other property, it
! is reported that several small outhouses
on plantations in the lower
part of the county were demolish|
ed, while in some places trees were
unrooted. The property damage 111
Dillon was small
farmers'In ion Meeting.
The Dillon County Farmers' Dn!
ion will lie held at Dillon, in the
court house Saturday, June l"tli, at
11 o'clock. All the local unions are
icijnested to elect delegates to
the county meeting at once. There
will be business of importance (a
come uo and will ?lein:i.n?l ;< full
delegation from each local union.
Trusting the Farmers' Union
meeting will be attended largely by
all the members and much good be
accomplished in the Interest of the
farmer's movement and the betterment
of our country at large.
Respectfully,
Arch M. Hot Ilea,
County President.
F Sanderson,
County Sec. and Ureas.
A letter from Mr. W. H. Breedeu
i says the Dillon contingent to the
Little Hock reunion arrived safely
after a most delightful trip. At
Hamlet the party ran into a severe
wind storm which raged with the
violence of a small-sized tornado,
but no damage was done. Several
I ??i nit* imriy, liiciuuing Clerk of
Court John C. Bethea. Doug Manning
and Jack McLaurin, got off
the train to take In the city of
AtlaJita and were left behind. They
caught up with the party at Birmingham.
The party will go front
Little Rook to Hot Springs where
they will spend some time.
Why He Mourned.
"1 hear that your rich uncle is
dead.'*
"Yes. he is."
rf'What did he leave?"
"A widow we'd never heard of "
iuaz stilib ,\ fmjhtkk.
Dead- in Iirlciiic against Attack of
Rebels.
#
Vera Cruz, May 'J7. Gi'iii'ral Diaz
hi inst il' t'w k command of tin* Federal
soldiers, who repulsed a largo
foree of rebels, while the former
President of Mexico was on his way
from Mexico City to Vera Cruz. The
latest estimates place the number of
rebels dead at twenty and the
wounded unknown.
The attack on the train in which
n. Diaz was travelling, and the escorting
traius. occurred at Tepeyalie.
With (Jen. Diaz at the time were
Setiora Diaz, Col. Porfirio Diaz, his
son. and the hitter's family. The
trains were proceeding quite slowly
with a pilot engine in the lead, the
military train next. the Hx-President's
special arid. last of all. a
wrecking train to repair tracks il
in ssary.
The rebels runic into the open as
the trains wire approaching Tepayachulaco.
They numbered 500 and
began a fierce attack. The Federals
at once detrained and used rapid
fire guns
(Jen. Diaz ordered his special car
to proceed nearer the scene of the
attack and as it drew up he alighted
and with pistol in hand, ran
forward to aid his defenders. The
Federals' quick action with the rapid
firers, however, had taken the
e..lo.l. I... cneoi-ic. .....1 tliou unrvti
were in full retreat. The trains
then proceeded at high speed.
, < Mi his arrival here (Jon. Diaz
i v as received hi silence. Then wer|.
neither cheers nor hisses t'or the
p' General. l'iaz was met hy .1. li.
, Body, ii? whose home he hastened.
L. From the flagstaff of this mansion
the British flan was flying.
II (Jen. Bias will I ss??i?uer of
V!'\ ,,alubu,?^meriea'n steamer
^ ^ypiiai.ga, sajis for Sim in
nay JJl. So wj|y <)f Havalla The
. Ilia1'1'1 the former President ap-'
pea.*? \ he greatly improved.
Swift PiiiiislimeiM Method.
Mexico City. May - 7 -Swift and
1 bloody punishment was uiveu the
5 1 . , , ,
assailants ol the troop train acting
' as an escort to (Jon. I>iaz, on
I trip to Vera Cruz, according to
' message received here to-night by
Alfredo Rebels Dominguez, the rep'
resentative of Madcro. The telegrani
was sent by lialurio (J. Mar,
jthe leader of a group of revolu|
tinnitus in the State of Vera Cruz
Marquez says the attack was made
by a band of men led by Delfino
| Villaneuva, and that as soon as lie
heard of it, lie gave orders to pursue
them Leading the rebels himself,
he located Villaneuva and his
hand. routing tliem with great
I loss
Kobels Itoininguez says that Vilanuevu
lias never taken orders
from any authorized revolutionists
and has always been regarded as
nothing more than a bandit. lie
expressed preat repret that any attack
shouldd have been made on
(Jen. Diaz's train.
List hi IVtit Jurors Fot 'cssiims
( oiiil. June llitli, 'or Dillon
('oillit).
A. K Mela llan, Carniichael.
Oscar Campbell, Curmiehael.
I) Mil.aurin, .Ir., Harlleesville.
I J. S. Fair Kirby.
J .1 W. Smith, Moody.
I). M. Dew, Moody.
William l'hlliips, Carniichael.
('. II Stanton, Harlleesville.
(J. it. Campbell, Carniichael.
llpoyd Kdwards, Reaves.
Albert. Jackson, Moody.
l?*turin Mcinnis. Harlleesville
I k \.. Airord, Betliea.
J I>. Ammons, Harlleesville.
T R. Hayes, Kirby.
H. M. Bullock, Hillsboro.
\V. 1$. Ford, Hillsboro.
W. M. Huxley, Kirby
C.. P. Hayes, HillslKiro.
I A. S. Allen, Moody.
Ellis Scott, Hillsboro.
I>. J Alford, Harlleesville.
j A. Ij. Smith. Moody.
\V. 11. Steele, Bethea.
J. E. Wise, Kirby.
A. H Webster, Harlleesville
J. R. Reaves, Manning.
P. Carskaddon, Hillsboro.
J. F Jones, Manning.
J. R. McCutcheon, Moody.
R A. Hodges, Manning.
W M. Hamer, Manning.
R. J. l)ew, Moody.
J. R. Daniels, Bethea.
W. H. Murphy, Manning.
T. J. Bass, Moody.
Clerk of Court Bethea and Mrs.
' <? hea have returned from Missis
sippi where they have been on a
' visit to Mrs. Bcthea's parents.