Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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XKWSPAI'KR MEN'S KK HKS. The Sources of (in^t Wealth Fully Kxposetl. It has doubtless been a source "1 wonder to many people, says Thi Oeilla, Ga., Star, how newspapei men get so rich. Helow will Ik found the explanation we havt just given to one of our prospective "customers." This customer is a well knowi hotel company, whose name, if aim pie justice were done, ought to Ik made Known, but he shall be name less here. This company sent u? u letter a few days ago enclosing au advertisement, which it called t "news item," which would havt been worth about $;l.uO to publish The writer assured us of hi6 "ap preciation in advance" for the fav or of letting our readers know thai on a certain date, this hotel, whicl is able to pay its publicity bills veould be open for the season, anc that it was the hope of this com pauy that they could make tliii place THE watering place of Georg ia. Here :s our answer in all narticu lars, except the name and address of the hotel: Ocilla, Ga., May 30. 1911. Gentlemen: ? We are in receipt of your lettei of recent date enclosing a "news item" which announces the opening of the ? Hotel with a request that we publish the same, and paying us in advance in appreciation. In reply we wish to say that we contemplate taking our annual vacation in the near future and would be pleased to exchange courtesies. In our party there will be a wife and two children, with possib ly a nurse, a maid and chaffeur and wo e*i>ect to stay about ten days or two weeks. If you think you would be interested in an exchange of courtesies, will be glad to hear from you further. Perhaps you wonder why a country editor has so large a retinue and to enlighten you will say thai wo make our money, much of it al least, by publishing free notices ol the sort you send us, and are get I ting positively wealthy?in appre eiatiou. Yours truly, TKKKIFFIC SPKK1) IN THK AIR Vedrine, FVencli Aeropliuiist, At tains Velocity of Itio Miles ;ur Hour. Paris, June S.?"1/Auto" esti mates that Vedrine, the winner o the Paris to Madrid race, whos< proper name is Jules Vedrines, at tained the prodigious speed of IS; miles an hour 011 Tuesday, covering the 77 5-10 miles separating Dijoi and St. Laurent-L?es-Macon in minutes. The paper quotes the aviator ai saying that he was pushed by ; wind so violent that at times h< flew with the tail of his machint perpendicular. He also encountered wind pock ets that caused his monoplane tc make frightful drops, sometimes descending 900 feet in a few sec ? onds. Vedrinee suffered onlj through the strain on his eyes. TO HANG WOMAN YVHKN KAItl IS BOKN. Sentiment In Canada is ArouMx Over Pending Kxecution. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., June 8.? From all over Canada letters ol sympathy and inquiry are pouring in regarding the case of Angelii ? Neopolitiana, who iss In jail undei ? sentence to be hanged as soon ai her child is born. The execution has been set foi August 9. The date was determln ed after a calculation by the jai doctor. The woman chopped her hos band's head off with an ax on Apri 16, this year. If public iuteresi spreads at the rate it has beei growing, it is considered likely th< Governor General at Ottawa wil soon find the case one worthy ol his attention. Word has been received here thai net'tions for rlemencv iir?? in firm? * lation in different parts of the I)o minion. There is a pronouncec state of interest in this communitj on the subject. Most of the letters express astonishment that a wo man at this day. no matter what tlx df Ol Aii Af hop lnplltft I Ar mnrol .1 I redation or guilt should he ordere< mto eternity so soon after the birtl of her child. "The middle-age barbarity of ju dicial procedure in this case is mad< oven more appalling," says one pro testant, "by the cold-blooded cal culation of the officers of the law.' The Neapolitana woman is a prob lem to the alienists who have ex amined her. They do not knov whether to ascribe her extraordi nary indifference over her fate t< blunted mentality and m^al percep tion or to what might be expecte< to be the terrible palsying shocl to which her mind was subject?! when she slew her husband. "1 am ready to die," is the e: press ion the woman keeps repea ing. 1 Even with the vision of the ga lows growing closer, she steudfus ly refuses to make any plea fc clemency or to consider an iuquii as to her mental condition Sli ? j has asked no favors since she w. put in the cell. She reads the B 1 hie. if the prospect is terrifyin ' to her of having her new-born hi * by torn from her breast in ordt ' that she may be put to deatlv. in du 5 form of law. she does not show ? in her manner. 1 "1 am ready to die and meet m ? Maker," she said recently to th * keeper of the jail \VOl'Xl>ED BY HAMILTON. i 1 Col. Civws Mistaken for Kuem Says Gen. ltr?M>ks. ' Gen U. R. Brooks, an authorit * on Confederate history, made th ' statement tint rvi '? > e. - wi. 4. i). v?rwo, i " Lau;ens, who died recently, w?i wounded in the war once. It was stated by Gen. rtrooki 5 that when General Hampton wa sending out two scouting partit one of which Gen. Hampton le and the other was led by Col. T. I Crews. The two parties were lool ing for the Yankees, always expeci ing attacks. The scouting partic were kept on the go In Virgini< ' This was in 1863. The instruction to Col. Crews were that if there wa ' anything in the road to charge. 1 so happened that one of the Cor federate scouting parties took th wrong road. It met the other part and the firing commenced. Hot sidse having exhaused their fire, th fight was at closer range. Gei Hampton reached out with his st bre and cut a man in the head. 1 was Col. Crews he cut. The partic recognized one another when Co Crew* called out: "Eh, it's Gei Hami?ton and his men," and the ^ Gen. Hampton said: "Tom I woul not have hurt you for anything i the world." Two horses were kille I *lao. Gen. Brooks stated that thi ' was the only time that Col. Crew ^ was wounded in the war and li j. was surprised that the incideut ha been overlooked. Another comrac of Gen. Brooks, who was asked a so, said that this was a correi statement of the incident whs Col Crews was wounded'by a sbai cut. SHOT KVKIjYN THAW PHOTO i Then Watcliiuan Fired a Bullet li U> His Own Brain. f Washington, June fc.?James Mu a phy, a watchman in the State I> - partment was found dead early 01 "? morning recently with a bullet ho ; through his head. A note left h t the suicide read: ) "See the picture of that gi holding a cat in her arms? I'rett i cat, eh? Well, watch me plug th i lady and her feline majesty betwee ? the eyes. Then 1 will finish Mu ? phy. ". S.?Well, 1 guess you see th - hole in the lady's head I didn > miss and 1 won't miss the secon J shot, either." The picture is one of the moi T popular poses of Evelyn Nesb Thaw. ; GOVERN OK REFUSES HIGH .AM' PARDON. i Fugitive* From J ustiee Not Reco. nixed by Governor. Columbia, June, 8.?Got. Bleue f baa refused to pardon Dr. G. Bij C ham. Ho refused some-time ago t i pardon W. B. Avant. Bigham an r Avant were complicated In the kil * ing at Murrella Inlet, Septembe 1909, of I>r. B4gham's young wlf< r a former student of Converse Co - lege. Avant fired the fatal sho 1 He and Bflgham both are fug vee from justice, .avant under $3 - 000 bond. Bigham under bond c ? % 1,500. I Avant's bond has been estreate< i The petition for the pardon t 1 lfigham, was presented by the d< 1 feudant's mother, Mrs. M M. B1( f ham. t WALKS OFF MOVING TRAIN. - When Miss Grace Mnrdock, t 1 Hcotta, Taking First Trip ci r Train, is Painfully Injured i j | Alighting From Train. Statesville, N. C., Juue 8?Teste 8 day morning a peculiar accidnet oi - eurred near the town of Loray, o 1 the Southbound railway. Th s northbound train was in charge < Captain Tom Rowland and at tc - station of Scoits a young lady. Mb ? '5race Murdock, boarded the trni - with a ticket tot Iairay. "VheT Hie pone." 'tilted the "?: ' tion of I^oray, Miss Murdock le i- her sect and went to the plat'or. - and walked off the train, wit hoi r waiting for .he cars to stop. 41 - was not seriously injured, but .u > arm was broken. The accident w? - not known to the trainamen as *uoi 1 of them noticed Mias Murdock wh< i she went to the platform, nor dl i they miss her from the car. Tt krtlufe'ni > - hi young woman managed to get to a i-; negro cabin close to the track and t- fainted at the door. A physician 'was summoned and after she reviv1 ed she told the story of her walkt ing from the cars >r Miss Murdock is seventeen years y old and this was the first time she le ever rode on a railway train. Sh?svd she had ho idea the train was i-1 running so fust and did not think g it v ould hurt her to get off. >r MKXIOO Ql.AKK KlliIjKl> MANY le it 1 11 Country lfevosted in Many lMrections?Accurate Count of Itead is yImpossible. e, Mexico City, June 8.?Rolling ! from coast to coast through Mexico yesterday's earthquake brought [death to at least 15o persons, acI cording to latest accounts received y ] to-night. The area of the quake's I destruction is rectangular, with its y northern boundary less than 50 1 miles from the capital and a southI ern liue cutting across the lower IS part of Guerrero rne death toll grows as belated s.; reports come in. The number of |S! casualties in Mexico Cit>, as cotn's | piled by the police, remains 63. d | Fifty-nine corpses have been taken 1-! from the ruins in Ocatlan, Jalisco, j It will never l>e know how many ' perished In villages in remote parts '8 { of the seismic zone. Catr.sti ?plies ? I In those parts are taken are taken l8;as a matter of course. For inib i stance, Tanala Japiaco was wiped It out, to all outward appearances, but l"!the details there cannot be accu? rately numbered. y Not many persons were killed in h the city of Colima, but a considere j able amount of damage was done. i-i BICi (HIMI.VAL KKCORD. lt L [S i Man Swys He Has, \V ith Aid of a 1. j Doctor, Killed Forty-Seven l*eo1.1 pie. n! St. Petersburg, June 8.?Startling d | revelations were made by a criminal n who murdered an army officer and d the officer's wife at Sebastopol. The it man was arrested at Tsaritsyn and rs says he has, in course of his caie reer, killed fifty-seven persons, tori eluding Dr. Popoff, a surgeon of le Kazan. The doctor's assistant and i-|U iiiiuwjit" *erp accused ol nis ct I dentil, sind being convicted they are n i now serving terms of itnprisonre 1 ment. I'OSTOFKICK SAIjAHY OHANGKS. Iiu'rcii-M's for Many in South t 'Jtrog. linn?Three Decrease*!. Washington, June 8. ?Special: r-j Changes in the salaries ol" the poatb j masters at the following South Carle lolina places will occur on July 1, lc! 1911: ,v Increases: Allendale, $1,400 to $1,500; Karnwell, $ 1,500 to $1,600; r] Hlackville, $1,500 to $1,UOO; j llranchville, $1,300 to $1,400; Chej raw, $1,800 to $2,0U0; Chester, i $2,300 to $2,400; Clemson College, r. j $1,500 to $ 1.600 ;Cllnton, $2,000 to $2,100; Columbia, $2,300 to $3,ie|400; Conway $1,500 to $1,600; *t I Darlington, $2,1 oo to $2,200; I)end | mark. $1,400 to $1,500; I>lllon $1,1800 to $1,900; Due West, $1,300 to it! $1,400; Gaffney, $2,100 to $2,200; it , Hampton, $1,200 to $1,300; llartsI vllle, $1,800 to $1,900; Johnston, I $1,400 to $1,500; Kingstree, $1,H j 500 to $1,600; Cake City. $1,400 to 91,500; Uuuar, $1,000 to $1,100; Ijuncaster. $1,900 to $2,000; I>atta, $1,300 to $1,400; Iaixlngton, $1,300 to $1,400; McCall, $1,400 to $1.>e 500; Marion. $1,900 to $2,000; 5- Hayesville, $1,000 to $1,100; ProBo perity, $1,100 to $1,200; St. George, d $1,300 to $1,400; Timmonsville. 1- $1,600 to $1,700; Walterboro, $1.r. 500 to $1,600; Wllliamston. $1,200 0, to $1,400; Woodruff, $1,200 to $1.1 300; Youge'a iBland, $1,400 to $1,t. 700. 1- Deere; uses: Blacksburg, $1,800 ,- to 1,200; Ferguson, $1,200 to $1,>f 100; Walhalla, $1,500 to $1,400. 1.; GIRL OF TWELVE IS BRIDE. >f' x.' (touple Comes to South Carolina to r. j Kviule Georgia License. Athens, Ga., June 9.?Mrs. J. B. I Toomcr, Miss Ruth Toonier. the adopted twelve-year-old daughter of | Mrs. Toonier and the lute J. B. >f I Tooiner, aceompanied by Horace 11. n ; Wilson, went to Westminister, S. C., n | and on their return Miss Ruth is . now Mrs. Wilson, r-; The pair, under the chuperonage b- of the adopted mother of the bride, n j went to South Carolina on account ie | of the fact that the ordinary here if refused to issue a license to a girl ie not quite thirteen years old even is! with the consent of the guardian, u ; The girl is pretty and lather small for her a"e. She is the only lega i tee, it is said, nfter Mrs. Toonier, ft in the will of the late J. B. Toonier, n! who is reputed to have left a for t ! tune in r??!?l ostnto on.l ie! other proport'- amounting to $100,??< 000 ?s The young man who had won thi^ ie perhaps the youngest bride in the a State of Georgia Lb in the employ id of the Central Georgia railway in ie the commercial offices College of Charleston. 127th year begins September 2i?. Entrance examinations at all county-seats on Friday, July 7, at ! a. m. The college is well endowed, enabling it to maintain the highest standards. It offers complete 4-year course j in ancient and modern languages., mathematics, historv, rhetoric,! . science and engineering Courses for 11. A., 11 S.. and 11. i S. degree with engineering. A free tuition scholarship to each county of South Carolin. Vacant lloyce scholarships, giving $100 a ear and free tuition, open to competitive examination September. Expenses reasonable. Terms and catalogue on application. Write to Harrison Randolph. President, Charleston. S. C. I'MVEKSITV OF SOITH CAHO-j LIN A. Scholarship Examination. The University of South Carolina offers scholarships in the School of Education to one young man from each county. Each scholarship is worth $100 in money, and $18 term fee aud free tuition. Examination will be held at the county seat July 14, 1911. Examination of students generally for ad-' missiou to the University will l>e held at the same time. Write for information to S. C. Mitchell, President, i Columbia, S. C. 5-18-3t HKLLLO! This is just to remind von mat the Carolina representative of the Saturday Evening Post and the Ladies' Home Journal is Sion J. Thompson, of McColl, S. C., and that your order for either, or both, of these publicatinos will be appreciated. 1 must win a big cash prize in June. Tell yoer friends I want t. eir annual subscription to these first class publications and want them at once. give a hoy a chance. Price $1.5(1 each per year. Hov ?7?. 'Plione No. 71. McColl, S. C. C-1 ?It THE WINSTON-SALEM SOUTHHOUND. important New ltnilrnad t Vuinec-1 lions For Dillon. On May 1st, the Winston-Salem' Railway, ninety miles in length, in coiiiic>.iiou wiii. the Atlantic Coast. Line inaugurated through train> service between Winston-Salem, N.! C., and Florence, S. C.. where close i connections are made to and from j Dillon and thereby opening up an entirely new territory already hav-1 ing twenty towns and regular sta-1 tions with this section. The train leaving Dillon at 8:53! a. ni. daily and reaching Florence 9:55 a. m., connects with the newtrain leaving there at 10:00 a. m. daily and arriving at Darlington 10:25 a. m., Cheraw 11:43 a. m. Wadesboro 12:42, noon, Lexing-ton 4:09 p. m. and Winston-Salem 5:15 p. m. The return schedule is to leave Winston-Salem at 12:10 noon daily and reach Dillon 8:47 p. m. W. J. Craig, Passenger Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. NOTICE. State of South Carolina, County of Dillon, Court of Common Pleas. J. \V. Dillon & Son Company, a corporation, Plaintiff, va F. L. Harrelson and Bathonia Harrelson. Defendants. To the defendants, F. L. Harrelson and Bathonia Harrelsou: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for the county of Dillon in the State of South Carolina, anil to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint on the subscribers at their office in Dillon, S. C. within twenty days from the date of the service of this summons upon you exclusive of the day of such ser- j vice; and if you fail to answer the I complaint within the time above i nnmed the plaintiff in this action I will apply to the Courts for the relief demanded in the complaint Hated the 29th day of May, A l>. 1911. Sellers & Moore, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the defendant, F I.. Hnrrelson; You will hereby take notice that the complaint in the above stated action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for the county of Dillon in the State o* South Carolina, in l? on the 29th day of May, A. D. 1911. Sellers & Moore, Plaintiff's Attorneys. 6-l-6t The Dillon Herald, $1.50 a Year.' I Sale. it Pursuant to an order granted by ;i his Honor. S \V. Shipp, Presiding ? judge of the Fourth Judicial (Mr- ^ cuit, hearing date of the 12th day of May. lSil, in the case of <J- D linrlow, Assignee, against Sallie H. Kwing. 1 will sell at public auction to the highest bidder before the court house door in Dillon, S. <' , ? during regular hours of sale, on _ Monday, July ;'.rd. liHI all of the following described real estate, situnte and being near the town of Dillon, in the county of Dillon, in the State of South Carolina, measuring one hundred and fifty (150i feet on Hanicr avenue and running back therefrom at right angles three " hundred (SOU) feet and lioutided on the north by lot of Wade Stackhouse; Fast by liatner avenue; South by lot of estate of Marion McSwain, and WtS' by Twelfth avenue. Terms of sale: Cash; Purchaser to pay for all papers. A. It. Jordan. t>-l r>-;'.t Master. CITATION. Ic f? State of South Carolina, County of Dillon. ol Kx Parte I Hl John R. Jackson, f., In Re K1 Estate of Martha Jane Jackson, j,. L?rcc;ased. w Whereas, John R Jackson has ;. made suit to tne, to grant him letters of Administration of the estate O and effects of Martha Jane Jack- J son, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Murthu Jane Jackson, deceased, that the> be and appear before me. in * the Court of Probate, to be held at ( | Dillon, S. C., on the 16th day of, _ June, 1911, next after publication, hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon to show cause, if any they have, why said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of May, A. D.. 1911. Dillon, S. C.. May 2nd, 1911. K. A. Hrunson, Judge of Probate for Dillon Co. 6-8-21 State of South Carolina. County of Dillon. Court of Common Pleas. .1 \Y. Dillon & Son Company, ;t corporation. Plaintiff, vs F. I.. Uarrclson, I >efcndant. To F. I,. Uarrclson, defendant in the above stated case: You arc hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in. this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of 1 Ml Ion, and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint < the subscribers at their office in Dillon, S. ('., within twenty days from the service ot this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apqdv to the Couit for the relief demanded in the Com- \ plaint. j Dated this ItOth day of May,; 1911. Sellers & Moore, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the defendant, F. L. Harrel-' son; You will take notice that the; complaint in the above stated ac-. ? tion was filed in the office of the i Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for ^ the county of Dillon in the State of [| South Carolina, in IMllon, on the : 1st day of May, A. D. 1911. . Sellers & Moore, k Plaintiff's Attorneys. to-1 -61 1" H(H KKHOM) ( AKK,S. ? Tn* the Women of Dillon the Same '' tiK Elsewhere. Hard to attend to household du- ' ties. ? j] With a constant aching back A woman should not have a had H hack. si And she wouldn't it' the kidneys, were well. Doan's Kidney Pills make well >'< kidneys. . Dillon women should profit by the following experience. ^ Mrs. F J. Whitton, 10f? K. Darlington St., Florence, S. (".. says: "I have no hesitation in recommend- J| ing Doan's Kidney Pills, for they <? have benefitted me greatly. For aj _ long time I suffered constantly from dull nt.trrrl.w. - ....... ..,ihr>inft nn> nurum illUl pulllK ' through my kidneys and often I was hardly able to Ret around to at- {," tend to my housework. About two months ago I got a supply of Ikuin's Kidney Fills and used them as di-' rected. They reliveed my aches\ tta and pains and made ine feel strong- I er and better in every way." F)or sale by all dealers. Price 50j i?r cents. FV)eter-Milburn Co., Buffalo,' **' New York, sole agents for the Un-| ed States Kemenilwr the name l*>an's? lid take no other. lOAItlMNG?SINN YSIDE BOARDHouse on Murrels Inlet open June 20th. Delightful place to summer. Write for terms. Mrs. il. G. Smith. Laurel. S C 0-l-2t i -I* * * pjjjjp C yi . ' 1 'il!'1 fcg&, ?r ^ J l^pl A (JK.NKIUHS PIxATKFUIj f 'the most delirious, refreshing v * renin ever manufactured is of red daily ai tli.si store purest !Predients, freshest creams, best flav ii?K. put together in sjiotless clean irrouudiugs. For the well, an uniling delight. jFor the invalid and owing child, nourishing, sustaing. Visit our parlor when you ant to crowd till hour of delight to half that time. ALEEBY'S CANDY KITCHEN Opposite A. ('. L. Depot. Vew "Rock Bill" Lightest Running, Most Stylish | and Durable on ' Market Patented Long-Distance Spindles, oiled without removal of wheels. Patented Side Spring. <|Strongest braced Body made. CfN'ew style Seat. <1 Every feature of high class make. <J Phaetons, Sucries, Runabouts of same High Quality. <JOur guarantee your protection. >UlTTL^^^CC.8ut? ^ROCK HILL* Postal Card 1o Us Will Bring An Agent To You At Once ROCK HILL BIGGY COMPANY Rock Hill, Soutti Carolina E. T. ELLIOTT, "Kock Hill" Agent. Dillon, 8. C. mmhhmhbi DON'T WAIi 'o have your orders filled for rough r dressed lumber when I can (lover it to you on short notice. *HONE OR MAIL irings your lumlier just as quick a* personal order. My equipment is ncli lliat 1 can furnish you anyling in tlie lumber line just when on need it. -:- -:- -:- -: T. W. Beth DILLON. S. C. I ate of Ohio. City of Toledo. i I vcab county. f ssFrank j. Cheney make* oath that he i* senior rtner ol the Arm of F. J Cheney 6r On.. doing aIiichs In the City of Toledo. County and State irenald. end that aild Arm will pay the sura ol ?K IICNDKKIY luil.I. A Its for each and every m of Catarrh that eaiiuot be rurco oy the use of ill'm Catarrh etna. FRANK J. CHENEY, twom to before n>e uud aubecrlbed In ray preaenee. a sth day of December, A. D.. I???.. ??? , A. W. OI.EASON. sbal [ Notary Pubuc. Kail a Catarrh Cure la taken Internally and acta eetly upon the Mood and mucoua aurtaeea ol the item. Band for teaUraon lata. tree. F. J. CUENKY * CO.. Toledo. O. tetd by all DracrtaU. 71c. rake HaU'a tanly puia tor eoeatlpattae.