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I Uttlon ffmtlii. ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1911. Vol. 17. No. 18. f WM. J. BRYAN COMING; GREAT COMMONER WILL SPEAK HERE ON JUNE IB LARGE ATTENDANCE EXPECTED A Bryan Will Arrive Here at 10::JO a. m., and Will Leave For Harts- t81 ville at 4 p. m. s' F A telegram was received Tuesday g. morning stating that Hon. W. J. . Bryan would viBit Dillon on the C( 19th and make an addreBS to the (1( people of this section at the Tobac- ! v co Warehouse at 10:30 o'clock in n the morning. At the conclusion of ? hie address Mr. Bt-yan will be car- ^ ried by automobile to Hartsville' g Where he will make an address in the afternoon at the closing exer-1 cises of Coker College and that | night he is scheduled to speak at ^ the auditorium in Florence. v: It was only by the most fortunate ^ circumstances that Dillon was abl to secure Mr. Bryan on this date. Several weeks ago he wrote, in re- C( sponse to an invitation to come to j Dillon, that he had as many engagements as he oould fill during the ^ spring and summer and it would be impossible for him to come to Dill- j '' on. When it was learned that ho1 ,, r was to speak at Hartsville and j ^ Florence arrangements were made to secure Mr. Bryan on the morning of R the 19th. The Dillon folk had toj guarantee to put the distinguished g| ^ Nebrankan in Hartsville by 4 p. in. that afternoon. Mr. Bryan will be carried over by automobile, but in j ' the event the trip cannot be made by automobile the committee has j made arrangements to carry him over on a special train. This is the second timq Mr. Bryan ^ | has spoken in South Carolina and I ' the first time he has visited the Pee j 1 section. He Lb the greatest private; citizen in America, an orator with-' r out a superior anywhere and a fig-1 ure of international prominence, j ^ That he will attract a crowd on the j 19th cannot be doubted. Reduced rates will be secured on all railroads and every inducement will be offer- * ed to bring out a large and repre- ^ sentative gathering of Pee Dee *' folk to greet the distinguished Ne- *' braskan. 1 The Tobacco Warehouse has a ???*! ? ?? ?? ?U.. nk/M.4 1 OAA kilt a octttiii^ capavujr \jl auuui uut i tickets will be put on sale at Evans' j 0 Pharmacy on Monday, June 12th, ^ and if you are particularly desir-! ous of getting a near view of the great commoner ou this occasion it will pay you to select your seat early. e The subject upon which Mr. Bry- q an will address the citizens of this section will be announced in the , next issue of The Herald. t t A TALK OF THE SKA. j N liig Liner's Passengers Report ' ? Ocean Monster. New York, June 4.?The passen ' ^ gers and the crew of the White Star i ^ iner Celtic brought with them to' 1 New Ytork to-day a revival of the sea serpent tales of other years. ! e They reported having passed early z yesterday morning a formidable)11 looking creature which was going at : e a high speed in pursuit of a school a of young whales. The monster, they say, had'p - wings, although it appeared to be 4 an aquatic animal and rose frequently ten feet from the water. ' The monster faded from sight withi ll a few minutes. j11 ^ , m G Marriage. On last Sunday, June 4th at three tl o'clock p. m., by Rev. B. J. Guess, 1 Mr. John V. Muldrow, of Florence, S C., and Miss Cora Rowell, eldest ? oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. ? L. Rowell. The ceremony waB performed at Mrs. S. A. Rowell's resi- P deuce, near Floydale in the pres- a ence of mianv of the relatives and Ifriends of the bride. Mr. Muldrow p wes accompanied by his brother, mother and Miss Louise Taylor, of Florence. A The groom wore a navy blue suit | and the bride was beautifully attir- 0 ed in white satin and lace. ; t; The bride carried a lovely bou-1 c quet of white flowers and ferns. g , The btst man was Mr. J. C. Mul- e groom, with Miss Annie Rowell, sis- w ter of the bride. I d The room was beautiful1.? decorat-,e ed with green and white. k The newly married couple board- ii ed the train at four o'clock p. m. w and will visit Washington, D. C. and K other points. a A. E. R. ? KO.\l> ADVOCATES IX DIIXON. I jitliusiast ic Meeting Hi'UI at Court Huuho Friday by < 'ashway Ferry Bridge Advocates. K In accordance with a resolution dopted at the organization of th? astern Carolina Good Roads As- . relation at Mars Bluff Ferry, on |j ril 26th, 1911, the committee that as appointed to visit the county ?ats of the counties on the East j ide of Pee Dee river, started out riday to perform the ' duties aligned them and to begin an active |'' impaign r.mong the citizens of the aunties Interested with a view of ^ [instructing a causeway and bridge | c ver the Great Pee Dee river at or j 1 ear Mars Bluff Ferry or at some ( ? oint near the Atlantic Coast Dine,a ailway Company's bridge that ! ' pans that swamp between Winona n the West and Pee Dee Junction 11 n the East. . ^ The first of these meetings was 1 eld ut Dillon Prlilnv urhon hv iir*. ! ' ious arrangement, the Florence \a ommittee went to Dillon and me? j number of business men and dele-111 ates from Dillon, Eattn and Dillon . aunty. 111 The Florence committee was com- i osed of the following gentlemen:! t lr. Joseph W. McCown, president; |v ir. Henry H. Husbands, secretary, nd Messrs. Eugene F. Douglas, raivk K. Rogers, J. Wilde Wallace, 7. R. Barringer and James S. Gib-j an, of the Eastern Carolina Good I loads Association. The committee was met at the I tation at Dillon by a committee ol Itizens headed by Mr. E. G. Moore nd were escorted to the Court ouse where the meeting was Inter j eld. At noon the meeting was called to j rder, at the suggestion of the Dill- j u folk, by President McCown, and i lr Henry H. Husbands was re- j" uestea to act as secretary. The ohi s et t of the meeting was by request j "j f the president stated by Mr. Hen-i y H. Husbands, who, by the way, i' IMS the first to aaitate th?> nresent ! ( ttovemc nt. Addresses were made by Messrs. I. L. Moore. Dr. J. H. David, J. W. lowland and others, of Dillon, Mayir E. B. Berry and others of Latta; Ir. McCowu and others of Florence, fter which the following resolution >f Mr. E. L. Moore was unanimoosy adopted. Resolved, That a committee of 3 itizens be appointed by the citizens if Marlboro, Darlington, Marion, iillon and Florence counties who hall be empowered to locate a auseway across the Great Pee Pee iver: That this committee when ap ointed shall be known as the Excutive Committee of the Eastern Carolina Good Roads Association. Upon motion it was ordered that mass meeting be held at each of he county seats of the counties in- j erested and as noted above, on londay, June 12th, for the purpose f electing the committee as above ndicated of 3 citizens who, after beng duly elected same shall constiute committee of the Eastern Caro- s in? Good Roitdw Association Upon motion it was further order d that a mass meetnig of the citi- j t ens of the counties interested lie : a eld at some suitable place as the! a xecutive committee may deem best 11 nd the date and place be given ' t hrough publication throught thele ress and all who attend be re- r ueBted to bring baskets well filled 1 | ur the purpose of a joint picnic, j t 'hat the Executive Committee be' nstructed to invite such persons as eeuied best to make addresses on v iood lloads on that occasion. s It might be interesting to state (] hat nillou county wil> begin .?? j 'uesday tuxt to bu- d a new rjad p fading direct from the North Carlina line at Rowland to Sellers \ 11 the Southwestern portion of hat county. The new road will a8s through Hamer Dillon, Latta t nd Sellers, parallelling the Coast p ,ine'8 short cut division from Row- B ind to Sellers. j ? a A l>ellghtful Entertainment. e Friday evening from 8:30 to 11 d clock. Miss Mildred Sellers enter- b uined in honor of the graduating p lass. Only those of the eleventh a rade and the eleventh grade teach- p re were present. Numerous games b rere played out on the lawn, and a elightful refreshments were Berv- b d by Misses Lillian and Lula Peter- o in, Bessie Lane and Daisy Bjockigton. The prizes, a box of candy ras awarded John C. Bethea and * label Leigh Evans, the booby d warded Sanford Stoney and Maggie o fastening, t MNDED BLEASE $500.00 . LLEGES FELDER IN COMMUNICATION TO THE PRESS !h IUB EVANS THE GO-BETWEEN; i V II. h\'Uler Makes Crave Acciisat ions Against State's I II KxecutJ ve in Atlanta Papers. 'he State. !tl The Atlanta Constitution yester-itl av published a most sensational g >peu letter addressed "To Cole 1-. Mease" and signed by Thomas 11. | N Vlder. This letter follows one of : d more general character addressed j tl o many newspapers. ' e Charges of the gravest nature arete nade against the governor of South I 'arolina, and he is challenged to go ! tl nto the United States courts for ' v, edress. Two letters signed "Cole" I fi lleged to have been addressed to a | tl iquor establishment, one asking for i 1? lay for service and the other ac- ] o tnowledging the receipt of $500, b md expressing doubts of 'Hub's" eliability in money mutters, are t irinted. It is distinctly shocking to o south Carolinians to have "coward v >f theif" applied to the governor of s his State. e While the matter has been pub- h islied in a responsible newspaper, The State does not feel warranted c 11 reproducing the language con- o reying criminal charges until there a s more light shed. Mr. Felder should be made to prove his eharg-lC s or else suffer the penalties for I r jross libel. j r He says in part: p 11" the charges 1 make aro false, ; hey are libelous per se ,and 1 am luably solvent. Moreover, with apologies to the diades of my departed ancestors, 1 n modesty (?) claim to be your v iqual and if you are aggrieved i (' charges it will be my pleasure to e aieet you at such time and place a without the confines of your State 11 :hat may suit your convenience, to 1 he end that abundant opportunity *' inay be afforded to redress your 11 grievances. ' If my charges are groundless and iuciuuu <11111 you u<> not wisn 10 seek personal satisfaction, you can nstitute suit against me in the 1 united States courts In the city of 1 Atlanta?should it be objected, how- ^ ;ver. that this is my home county, !l hen in any of the subdivisions of S :he district. As soon as it is fil;d 1 hereby promise and agree, in r irder to facilitate and expedite the q same and by way of circumventing t iny excuse you may offer for inac- s ion, that 1 will acknowledge ser- l . ice and will enter into a recogniz- | n tnce with good and approved secur-' f ty in an amount covering sum sued ! or, the fees of your counsel and theit :ost of court, together with your h jersonal expenses and the expenses e )f your witnesses; the only condi- t ion of the bond to be that you r .ball finally prevail in the litiga- tion. ii An investigation of this court will lisclose that it is presided over by i distinguished jurist, who, in the idministration of the laws, knows o leither friend nor foe, and while e lis decisions are occasionally revers- ? 'd. tliev abound in su<?h riwid liitoir. ity that they are universally inter- s reted to be "without variableness >r shadow of turning." Then follow the direct charges on vhich Blease is invited to base his v uit for libel. They affect his con- M luct while senator from "'Newberry ^ n dealing with persons selling sup- t) dies to the State dispensary. Here are two letters as presented i a >y Col. Felder: t. ? i, 1 use your own language: From Ji he "mountain of evidence" in my o ossession I submit for your con- t ideration "a few grains of sand." r u uouig so i omit tne name ol t ne ' 1< ddressee: j ii "Dear SJr: I am greatly aurpris- i y d that you failed to call upon melt luring your recent visit to Colum-J h la and arrange the mutter as I h remised. Spoke to Huh about it t nd he referred me to you. Have fi erformed all services as agreed, a oth as to matters pending here e nd as to the last purchases by the t oard. L?t me hear from you at l nee. Read and destroy. Yours very truly, v (Signed) "Cole." h This letter was written by you v luring a session of the legislature f the State of South Carolina and c he month of February, 1905, to the j S KlLLKIl IN PltlVATK CAK. I Vnniei* IWsiilciit of This State, Wife of K. It. President killed in Wreck. | St. Paul June 3.?Mrs. I. S. ?erg, wife of President I S IVerg, f the New Orleans & Chicago Railay was killed and her husband I 'as injured in a wreck on the' linneapolis. St. Paul & Saulte Ste. larie ?Soo Line) Railroad late last ight at Vergas, Minn. A telephone message to-day from ! tie operator at Detroit, Minn., near i tie scene of the disaster, gave mea-j i re details of the accident. The wrecked train was passenger i to. 109, northbound. A washout | estroyed a part of the track and ' he train was ditched. It is report-j d that fifteen persons were injur-, Mr. Berg and his wife were in heir private car and were on their ray to Winnepeg. The message, roni the telephone operator says: his car was destroyed by fire foljwing the wreck and that three ther cars left the track and were urned. "Four others were injured," said he operator who reported the death f Mre.-Berg. It is not known rhether he meant four other per ons in the private car were injur-1 d or that four persons in all were urt. At the Soo Line's office in this ity it was stated that, so far as the fficers know, one person was dead nd fifteen hurt. Mrs. Rerg was a native of South Carolina, having been born and eared near Walterboro. She has elatives in Charleston and New fork. IXMi FINDS WOMAN'S BODY. fystery of Disappearance Solved in I'nusual Manner. Scottsboro, Ala., June 4.?That k'hile temporarily insane she wanlered away from her home, subsistd for probably a week upon twigs nd the bark of trees and died of lunger and thirst, is the solution of he disappearance, two weeks ago, f Mrs. J. M. Skelton, wife of a irominent farmer of this place. The tody has been found. All human agencies having been xhausted in a search which co iuued unceasingly for more than en days, it was left to a little dog o locate the remains, and by his rantic, almost human appeals, to pad 'Join Gentle. his master, to the pot. epresentative of a well known liiuor house which has had large I ransactions with the State dispenary. Thereafter, on March 16, yo5, you addressed another communication to the same party, as ollows: Dear Sir: Since writing you on he 26th ultimo, saw Hub. He lauded me the five hundred. Hereither deal directly with me or hrough J. F. Confidentially cannot ely on Hub in money matters. Hope 0 sea you soon and report happen- j agp. Very truly yours, (Signed) "Cole." Other charges about the methods 1 securing votes in the primary lection last summer follow, and 'elder closes in a caustic taunt to | he governor of South Carolina to | eek vindication. Commenting on the letter the Atmta Constitution says editorially: "The Constitution publishes elsewhere an interesting, though somewhat personal, communication adressed by Hon. Thomas B. Felder n Gov. Blease of South Carolina. "To those who know Col. Felder nd who are informed as to the liaos existing in the political afalrfe of South Carolina, it is scarcely necessary to say that the governr of South Carolina has. to say he least of it, taken a circuitous1 oute to attack Mr. Felder, his al-1 egation, as myBterious and misty as L is, relating to the event of seven ears ago. If there had been anyhing in the governor's position, e was recreant to his duty in not avfng given the people of his State he benefit of the information heore now, when he suddenly springs n attack on Col. Felder in a genral fusilade in which he assaults at he same time many prominent eiti-j ens of South Carolina. "(lov Blease seems to have a fay of running amuck, and that he las done so'in this instance no one fho Shows Col. Felder will doubt." The State cannot, of course, fore- i ast the course of the goveruor of | louth Carolina in this crisis. GREAT KOLUDAY JUNE 13, 1NNUAL MEETING OF DILLON DRIVING ASSOCIATION THAT DAY ?. J. BRYAN SPEAKS IN A. M. Dillon Will Mitkc June IfHh its | tirvat Holiday. Preparing fori (Jrrat Croml of Visitors. With the distinguished Nebrask-! m, Hon. W. J. Bryan, speaking at! the Palmetto Warehouse in the ; morning and the annual meet of the! Dillon Driving Association in the af-! i ternoon, Monday, June 19th, will be a great gala day in Dillon It is1 proposed to provide a day of amuse-j, ment for the large crowdB that will ; come to Dillon to hear Mr. Bryan j on the morning of the 19th, and with this in view the Dillon Driv-1 ing Association has secured ;? num-j1 oer 01 nue norses to ne entered in the several races that will be held ! in the afternoon. The association ! has also made arrangements for a brass band that will provide musicfor both occasions, and it is probable that a baseball game will be arranged between some of the towns! that have been playing excellent ball this season. The raees will be called at 2: it0 ; o'clock. This will give the visitors ample time for dinner after the address of Mr. Bryan, and will also give out-of-town visitors an oppor-! tunity to see the races and return I home that night. Efforts will be' made to secure a special train over' N. & S C railroad. Some of the horses to be entered ! are: Alfonso, Sandy Hal, Dan P.. Marguerite, Dollie Dillard. Carrie S-, and probably otherB in the free for aj'l race. l/i the 2:25 race: Hebe, Charlie M., Bla"k .lack, Egwood Boy, Princess Poen? and Rifby Penn. In the 3 minute race: Bessie W , Dillon Gentry, Blanche. International Aaron, Bliss," independence Boy, Skiffance, Belle W. The purseB are as foi'AS,%vs: Free for all, $150; 2:25 class $i 00: 3 minute class, $100. m a mi An Ap|?ral u> tlie Farmer., To the farmers of Dillon county: On Saturday, June the 17th at 11' o'clock the people of Dillon oounty j will have an opportunity of hear-1 ing two distinguished agricultural; workers speak in the interest of' a county agricultural fair. 1 have reference to Hon. E. J. Watson, our1 Slate Commissioner of Agriculture and Hon, Ira W. Williams, State' agent in charge of the farmers' co-operative demonstration work. These gentlemen were invited to come to Dillon by the temporary officers of the County Fair Associa- i tion and the Dillon Board of Trade i and since they have honored us by i accepting the invitation we should ! show our appreciation of the same) by coming to hear them 1 realize fully that our farmers) are a class of business men ever ready to contribute their money to any good cauBe, and more especially a movement to better agricultural 1 conditions. But intelligence and ! money alone without active leaders) will not accomplish anything. If I there is any fault that I would find with our farmers it is not that they |, lack in intelligence, it is not that ' they are not liberal with their mon-' ey, but it is that they are loath to give their time. They are too busy, j but it is the busy man' time that ! the world demands; the idler's time' is a poor asset. It is because of my deep interest ' in the public weal of our people that I take the liberty of addressing' you herein and realizing that mirl agriculture i? the source of all wealth and that improved agricul- , tural conditions will be followed by better public institutions, better roads and better towns. I appeal to our farmers of the whole oounty to unite and work for a Dillon County Agricultural Pair. Yours very respectfully, Arch M. Rethea. Married. Mullins Enterprise. LaBt Sunday afternoon Miss Etta Owens, of neur Mullins, and Mr.? Taylor, of Dillon. were seen to j drive to the Baptist pastorium, and inquiry revealed the fact that they i wished to be married. They found ] the minister at home and stated ! their mission to him and in a short 1 while the two were united as man j and wife. Both the bride and the ] groom presented the appearance of being quite young. ? VISITS <JltKAT IMHTi tjCAKlUKS. Mr. I?. S. Allm WriK-s Iiit4'irstluj{ly of it llwrtit Visit in tht* tireat Kiirk liiils Near Winnsboro. On Saturday afternoon. May 28, the writer left Dillon and went to Columbia Monday morning was spent in attending to some business matters first and then looking over the place of interest in thecity, but ;is many of your readers have seen these for themselves the writer will mention only a few things. There are a few monuments arouud the State house grounds that r re nice to look at, and are ornaments to our capital. There are a few small cannon around the State house and the last one that was placed there is a small one captured at Santiargo, Cuba, in 1898, and was presented to the city by the Cnited States. The writer having some business in the cemetery of that old and very beautiful church* Trinity, he found the last resting place of some very prominent people Among those noticed wau the grave of the celebrated poet Henry Timrod, who was born in 1829 and died in 18G7. and there are beside him other members of his family. There are also the graves well known public men such as Hugh S. Thompson, Richard J. Manning and others. On Monday afternoon the writer l>oarded the Southern train to go to Rion by way of Rockton. i iiis road runs tnrough a niliy section of country and there are very few houses at any of the stopping places. The land seems to he very good hut would not suit a Dillon county man as it is covered with terraces and the rows are necessar[ily very crooked. There are uIbo an j innummerable number of pieces of j rock from the size of a bird egg to | pieces that will weigh thousands of pounds. There is one that is I known as the anvil rock from its great resemblance to a gigantic an| vil. Arriving at Rock to 11 the writer ' used his wheel to go to Rion, four ! miles distant, and found to his sur! prise a most excellent clay road 011 which he could make :,s good [time as on the streets of Dillo." as the momentum of going do*v?? 'on * hill would carry you witj ex_ v rtion to the crest unothRr At Rion .!** >V. p. c. Bye. of the Bye Granite Co. Mr. Rye is a Penusylvanian by birth but has been in this State for ten yeurs. He is 53 years old and h;is worked in the granite business for nearlv 30 years. While the writer went to see him strictly on business he was taken into their home and was entertained in a very kind manner by him and his wife. He was taken by Mr. Bye over the plant, and was shown how granite is quarried and worked, and to one who had never seen such things it would well repay a visit to the quarry. Returning to Rockton on Tuesday morning the writer met a young lady missionary who had been in Cuba for four years and who is now taking a three three month's vacation at her home at Rion. Miss Ruff is a Methodist and thinks that the cause of Christ, in that priest cursed land is growing and that big crowds attend services. While she is, of course, a stranger the writer was very much impressed with her and thinks that her works will be blessed t?v God. Returning to Columbia the writer again went to tbe cemetery at Trinity church and after accomplishing the object of his visit there and having a few hours to spare he rambled over the State house and grounds, and among other things he saw the ordinance of secession and in scanning over the list of signers he found several that he knew, and also found the name of an uncle of his. While in Columbia the writer saw quite a number of people that he knew, and there were some from Dillon. Dr. Joe Cabell Davis was there and was carrying, it is said, Mr. Manning to the Asylum, but the writer thought that Mr McLaurin was taking them to the three-day cure but he watched them pass the door of that institution and im he has not seen either of them since his return he supposes that they may have all gotten in the Fen. Respectfully, David S. Allen. OlmMteatl-Hurles. At the home of the bride's parents it Hustonville, Ky., on May 31st, Rev. Henry Floyd Surles and Miss 3ue Olmstead were joined in the holy bonds of wedlock. Rev. Surles is the son of Mr. W. P. Surles of Dillon. H o Dillon Herald, 91.50 m Year. . *.