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Cfce Billon Btrnlb. (Established April 1804. A. B. JORDAN. Editor. The Dillon Herald is published at the County Seat of one of the richest . agricultural counties in the State. It is the official organ of the county and goes into 90 per cent, of the homes in the county In which It is published. The office is equipped with ltnotype and modern. high speed presses. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ? $150 per year or 75 cents for 6 months. Subscriptions for less than six months will be charged at the rate of 15 cents per month. All subscriptions are payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATES may be had on application, and advertisers may feel assured that through the eolums of this paper they will reach all of Dillon county, a part of Eastern Carolina and contiguous territory in North Carolina. Obituary sketches, cards of thanks, communications espousing th n rn imp nf n nrlvato pntprnrisp or a political candidate, and like matter, will be charged at the rate of 8 cents per line. Contract advertisers will not be allowed to exceed their space at same rates or advertise anything foriegn to their regular business without extra charge. Advertisements to occupy special place will be charged for according to position desired. * COMMUNICATIONS, unless they contain important news, or discuss briefly and properly subjects of real interest, are not wanted; and if acceptable in e*#ry other way thejj will be rejected unless the the real name of the author accompanies the same, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. HULuN, 8. GL, AUG. lo, ion That was a mean advantage Charlotte took of the othei prohibition r? sorts by advertising a water famine in mid-summe.*. Jorry Moore was a hero at the ad. convention in Boston. Now if Jerry can manage to avoid the lecture platform his place in history will be assure ' The Walterboro Press and Standard has recently issued a very creditable trade and industrial edition, setting forth the fine natural resources of Colleton county. The development of Colleton during the past few years has been so great as to challenge the attention of the State, but it is safe to predict that Colleton will make still greater strides during the next decade The people down there are awakening to the fact that their lands, vhefii cultivated on scientific methods, will produce jUBt as well as the lands of the Pee Dee and It will not be very long before an acre of Colleton dirt will be worth just &8 much as the best land in the Pee Dee. Editor Smoak's industrial edition makes a fine showing for his county. I'ass it Along. We believe the editor of the Fountain Inn Tribune would make an ideal "Dad." Evidently he would not bring the boy up strictly to the rules society lays down for the training of boys, but there is no questioning the fact that he would make the boy's life happy, and if the odds were not too much against him he would make a man out of his boy. The editor of The Tribune is boyless and he wants a boy. H e does not want the boy merely for the pleasure of hearing the boy u joj injq sjubai aq ,.!^PP?n.t companion. Read what he has to say about it, and if you know of a real good boy who wants an excellent "Dad" get into communication with him: "Much of the real happiness that Calls to the lot of men and women is occasioned by children. "Marriage, without children, is a failure, and no man has really lived until some atom of humanity calls him 'Dad.' "A house without children is not a home, but merely a lonely empty bouse. "The grasp of baby fingers binds hearts together, keeps men clean, and makes of this drab old world a paradise. "Up in West Newton, Fa., a few years ago, a drunkard, depraved parady on man, returning from the funeral of one of his babies, remarked that he wonld rather 'pay for a coffin for a kid than have to buy its clothes.' "Yet he had five children and I who love children, have none. "80 this, then, is an advertise meat, I want a boy. Hte must be between three and 12 months* of agp, for my- wife want the pleasure of fussing over a baby, and I want ihe honor of mouldting his character from the time ht lisps his first syllable. "He must be blue-eyed, and musl hare some Irish blood?the more the better. I will want his pedigree?want to know much of his parents. "I will teach him to ride, tc love and to spesk the truth. 1 wil teach him to fear no man, to have I confidence in himself and count his honor the most sacred thing upon earth. "I will send him to the public school where he will quarrel and fight, compete with boys of his' own age, and become a democrat. | "1 will let him finish the high ( school and then take him into the ; newspaper business, for there is no ' i: more honorable profession, and it i will give him a broad, independent, 'sassy' outlook upon life. ' "His foster .mother will be one of the best women on earth, and his [I foster dad will be rather a poor stick of a man. whose one redeeming quality is that he loves 'kids.' , "Brother publishers, who have II space are requested to copy this ad1| ver*tsement." ' , mm % m BEAUHY Wixs GREAT RACE. Flies From New York to Philadelphia?$3,000 Prize. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 5.?LinI coin Beachy, the hero of many J 1 thrilling performances in the air, ( won the first long distance, crosscountry aeroplane race ever held in the limited States, this afternoon, , when he flew from New York to . Philadelphia, defeating Hugh Rob- 1 inson and Eugene Ely. His time ' 1 from 33rd street and Broadway, [New York, to 9th and Market streets, Philadelphia, about 95 : ! miles, was 2.22 2-5 seconds.^ Ely 'did not finish. He came down'near j Princetown Junction, N. J., with ! motor trouble and did not go up again. All three used Curtice bi' plane.s The race, which was for a prize of $5,000 was witnessed by hundreds of thousands of people in I New York along the route and in this city. It is estimated that 50,000 persons were massed an Belmont plateau, in Fairmont Park, where the aviator descended, i Beachy was given an enthusiastic reception at Philadelphia. Charles K. Hamilton was to have been in j the race, but he did not like the > prospects of taking up a new machine in a tricky wind and xEly consented to take his place. Crossing the Hudson river the * aviators, following the Pennsylva- 1 nta roilroad tracks, started on ( their cross-country flight. Beachy's 1 engine worked without a slip and | he came down for a ten-minute stop near the Trenton Fair ground, j for gasoline and oil. From Tren- J i ton it was a straightway sail of ? 35 miles down the river to Phila- 1 delphia. ' A great crowd was gathered on 1 1 Market street, a tthe departttment J \ I store, where tthe race officially ' , | ended, and Beachy was given a ' great ovation as he passed. He ? j circled the great tower of the City J " Hall, which rises more than 500 feet in the air, then turned to- ( . iward Fairmount Park. In a few j minutes he had made an easy 1 'handing. Robinson arrived some s I time later. ? \ I ? ? 1 \ J SOME SEA SUPERSTITIONS, * 111 Luck In ti Changed Name ami j In a Name that ends in A. 1 Those who go down to the sea in J . I ships are members of a universal J brotherhood whose joys and fears j are the same from China to Peru. From time immemorial the ad- a venturer upon the ocean has ever ' been possessed of a temperament in- a . comprehensible to landmen, by re- ; son of his belief in signs and hap- ' penings that are to him omens j, i either of good or evil. Although many old superstitions died with our increased knowledge of the j globe and although the introduction of steam and mystery of the j1 deep, yet many curious beliefs still : prevail. His environment tends toward a belief in signs and potents, . and however clear-t^ded a man he f1 may be he is seldom if ever free from this dread of some invisible f menace. 1 ? Among the ancient mariners the j wildest superstitions were rife, but . I their belief in the existence of enchanted spots such as the siren Is- 11 : lands of Calypso or of those islets r j which Sinbad likened to the Gar- 0 i dens ot Paradise, were mere pic- a jturesque and prosaic linings which ! (occupy the mind of the modern sea- S j man. All are aware of the ill luck J which is said to belong to the ship j whose name has been changed, but | it may not be so generally known . I that a belief prevails among sea- ? | faring^men that the vessel whose ' I name ends in A rests under an evil spell. Indeed, it would almost seem that the latter superstition is not wholly unfounded, if we consider but a few of the disasters at sea in our own times wherein the ! ill fftfpH fihina havo hnrna arr**xa c which ended with the first letter of ; the alphabet. For instance, H. M. S. Vistoria, s sunk in the Mediterranean, is still 1 fresh in the memory of English- < men. Other well known Instances are the Stella, lost of the Channel < Islands; the Arequipa, ashore on < the west coast of America; the Cuba, a destroyer, which broke her ' ! back in the North Sea on her maid- 1 |Jen voyage, and the Sardinia, burn'ed in the harbor of Malta. I The fate of the last named ves- 1 I sel , in the light of the two super- < 'stitions already mentioned, may be < [fairly said to have been preordain- 3 j ed, for In addition to her name ? ending with the letterA, she had i during her career borne at least 1 j one other, viz: Gulf of Corcovoda. 1 I Nevertheless to say, many ships 11 have been wrecked whose names did i not bear the unlucky final letter, 1 and there are hundreds afloat which I do possess it, and in which it is : safer to travel than on the rail- I . way. il A very common superstition, 1 among sailors of to-day is that i 1 which attaches an evil influence to < ,a particular member of a crew, and I sometimes to a passenger. Equal-1 1 ly common is the belief which at-11 ' I taches to a particular man the ' < ! contrary reputation of possessing a 1 j , personality or quality tending to! < . good luck, and according to which ' < I the vessel he sells In Is blessed by 'ihls presence, Inasmuch as whatever I the vicissitudes of the voyage the issue will be favorable. ? l^ondon Globe. A GHKKNWOOD COUNTY BHOBT. I Story ?f the Voice That HaunUnl the Old Isaac Burnett Place. After leaving the old DeVore place we come to a house, the site | of the old homeeof an early settler, | Isaac Burnett, where in the year 1829, almost one hundred years ago, was obser/ed by hundreds one of the most peculiar phenomena in this or any other country. This place was referred to as the "Haunted House." of the "House with the Spirit," etc. in early childhood the tales of what had happened here used to make the writer's hair stand on end, especially when told by rkiny nights with other ghostly tales. This "thing or that thing," ( as it was ennprallv was a voice that spoke from out of , 8 space, recognized human beings by j1 name, told their history, and made ! x the house a point of interest to r hundreds of visitors while it last- 8 ed. The writer has one or two old I newspaper clippings about it and 8 has heard of it, as has every one ' else in that and neighboring secLions, as far back as he can re- 8 member almost. E Mr. J. H. Burnett, here in Green- ? wood, is a grandson if the Isaac c Burnett who owned the place then 1 ind from him a short statement a was secured. The voice was first heard in < 1829. He only knows what bis; f father, S. J. Burnett, told him of it. e It was first heard as a whistle in a i a Jlum thicket near the house. It 1' ittracted attention because it was e tept up and the family thought it! * vas some of the boys in the neigh- ! " jorhood hiding in the thicket and 1 31 rying to get someone to look for * hem. The whistle left the plum * hicket and gradually drew near!} he house, that it would be heard # it intervals, not all the times, butjf rnch time it would be nearer than)* )efore. When it had ai.nsto reach- ! >d the house the family noticed ; ~ hat it was forming words with a' vhistling sound. Soon what was ir.id could be distinguished very dearly, though it was always with his whistling or wheezinc sound rhe family not being able to see my one and not being able to solve i he mystery, became greatly annoy- j id and some of them more or less ? ilarmed. The voice apparently rec-1 " )znized this, for it said frequently hat it would harm no one, that it 1 vas useless to move out of the louse, that it would follow them, ind several times it said that it vas 125 years old. People from _ miles around came to hear it. The, y itev. Nichols W. Hodges, the pioneer j 3aptist preacher, the one who is juried at Mt. Moriah, came to hear t and talked with it. The voice ; teemed to get angry with him and = 'inally refused to answer questions. H The voice seemed to get nearer a laughter of Mr. Isaac Burnett, Vlartha by name, than any one else md greatly annoyed her. At the luggestion of the Rev. Mr. Hodges K ihe repeated to it the New Testanent verse, 1 Tim. 1:15. "This is i faithful saying, worthy of all acteptation; Christ Jesus came into he world to save sinners," and it eft her. Whereupon Mr. Hodges ci jronounced it an evil spirit. The 2 roice was heard in two other places ! n the neighborhood for a short ime once or twice only, one time j it a Mr. Rogers' and another at l Mr. Shettleworth's house. Once 1 man named Wash Hall came from J leorgia to hear it. He had lived n the neighborhood. The voice ? ecognized him and told him what j lad happened to him since he left. 1^#. ?- u * . .vn,c me nuuae hi II. nau ome, after a time being heard ony in the yard, then a little farther iway, a little farther each time un-| il it had disappeared entirely. It asted almost a year. This then is the statement at first land from a member of the fam-; ly. This remarkable "thing" ex- ? rcised itself in 1829, What it was ^ .t that late day and time is a probem we will not attempt to solve. J ""he easiest explanation is that here was a ventriloquist in thatj ? leighborhood or in the immediate P adius of the house and that the wner of that voice used it as .bove described. The older people ight around it would not admit of his solution, as no person could be ound who had such a voice or at east it was never exercised around here anywhere, and if such was he case the owner carried the mysry with him or her to the grave.1 dr. J. H. Burnett does not believe t was a ventriloquist, though he i lays he cannot offer any explana- ; inn. ? Greenwood Index. The Joy of Living. F "Life is just a disappointment/' j laid a woman who had really a jreat deal to make for happiness. _ "Then you do not live right!" aniwered her friend, a woman who lad bone much?even disgrace for >ne she loved?with fortitude. "Do you mean to tell me every I. >ne can be really happy?" exclaim- ^ ?d the woman. I . "I am," answered the friend. | ?' And I have taught my children to 1 A "Teach me, too, if you can." "My dear, you have got to learn ? :o enjoy every little bit, and justi ine bit at a time. When you waksn, be glad you cau get up ? that rou need not be chained to a bed * 3f sickness or pain. / E^joy preparing the breakfast; it is really the i finest meal of the day if you take it ^ nappily. "Watch the out-of-doors, and see ? its beauties ? the majestic storm, :.he caressing sunshine and the sing- ? iig inras, me glorious sunset; Ifj" .'ou chanced to be traveling iir a ^ foreign country, you might see these ~ ?ame things and call them wonderful. . iC Enjoy each piece of work as it 2 Jomes. Nothing is really bad to do if we think right about It. Some of It is a little strenuous, but think of 3 :he beauty of lines of gleaming :lothes, of rows of smoothly Ironed j garments, of glistening windows and llshes, of well-made beds and well-; lusted furniture. "Once there seemed no happiness | in the world for me. But I de-11 V . lermined to get happiness out of mere living. I made my bed s ith axquisite care, so that I loved to ;et into it at night. I set my table J is if for a guest, and learned to en)oy my simple food. 1 liked my new clothes, however simple they were, and my household furnishings. However inexpensive. "I ienjoy my neiighbors, and my >wn family. 1 enjoyed every book ind magazine as if it were the only >ne 1 possessed. I enjoyed my sim- i ?le recreations as if they were rarey unusual. What gratifies me most s, that the children have fallen nto the same habit. 'Nice beds,' >aby says, then pats her pillow, rhen she nestles down contentedly, md drops off to sleep. It is nr.t a lisappointment for her to go to i >ed. " 'Let's have a picnic mother,' I lobert is very apt to say. Then we pack a basket* of vlaln, wholevome food and sally forth.' We lave no horse or power boat with which to travel, but we walk or i ow to some secluded spot, gather! ticks for a fire, and cook our simile meal. We get close to nature, ind I never hear a repining word. , Ve all enjoy it thoroughly. "Both boys and girls enjoy all eorts of yreather; all sorts of exleriences. The girls take actual lelight in seeing how pretty they an make their inexpensive gowns. Che boys are proud when they canK dd some home comfort from their ittle workBhop. ? "There will, of course, be troubles Or each of us. But if we persistently enjoy each minute of the day ; s it comes, there will be little time j eft for repining, and repining never helps a misfortune. ? The lousekeep^er. | CLASSIFIED COLUMN j ] ************************* \ W ATKINS THW AI! fTTTflN VRR . ?If you have a farm, lots, horses or anything else to sell, I Wat kins is the auctioneer to get. | He is an experienced auctioneer and knows how to get the worth I of anything. Sale of horses, | mules and anything you have begins promptly at 2:30 every Sat- I urday. HE BOOT BLACK DEPARTMENT I will give you good work at H. K. | Cottingham's barber shop. Good shines and satisfactory work. Call I for Deck, the boot black. I VANTED. ? BY RELIABLE PAR- | ty. a good driving horse for 30 . or 60 days for his keeping. Guarantee best of attention. Apply | A. S. K., Herald. 8-3-3tI. tETTER! PURER!! CHEAPER!!! | Wesson Cooking Oil, 90c. per gallon?12c per pound. W. W. Owen & Co. | (ETTER! PURER!! CHEAPER!!! I Wesson Cooking Oil, 90c. per , gallon?12c per pound. W. W. Owen fc Co. ,< 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any [| ase of Chills and Fever. Price, 6c. iTANTED. ? PURCHASERS FOR * late maps of South Carolina,' showing Dillon county, popula- 1 tion of towns and cities, rural ? routes, etc., 15 cents each at The Herald Book Store. ' 'ARM LAND FOR HALE. ? 4,000 J acres in tracts of 50 to 1,000 acres, near Raeford N. C., in the ] new county of Hoke. Excellent farming section; real bargain. * it will save you money. For oar- ? ticulars write, or better call or | Hoke Realty, Loan & Trust Company, Geo. A. Graham, Secretary j j and treasurer, Raeford, N. C. ETTER! PURER!! CHEAPER!!! j Wesson CookiDg Oil, 90c. per gallon?12c per pound. W. W. Owen & Co. I KCHASKK WANTED, FOR FINE (J plantation in Sumter oounty, S. j C., containing 485 acres ? 250 under cultivation?balance wood-| land. Healthy locality, fine wa-l; terc Several tenant houses, good school and churches near by, half mile from depot. Fine crops growing on it nc*v. Adjoining lands can't be bought for $100, per acre. Price of this to quick' purchaser $65 per acre. Terms easy, 140 acres under wire fence.! Possession given January 1st,, 1912. H. S. Cunningham, Blsh-i opville, S. C. 7-14-4t OINI)?ONE HUNCH OF EIGHT keys. Owner can get same byj calling at Dillon Herald office and paying for this ad. I).. ? - ?i?im s i" of in a uem. From Rev. H. Stubenvoll, Allison, a., in praise of Dr. King's New .ife Pills: They're such a health necessity, 11 every home these pills should be. f other kinds you've tried in vain, USE DR. KINO'S ^nd be well _again. Only 25c at Ivans' Pharmacy. A Peep Into His Pocket. rould show the box of Bucklen's irnlca Salve that E. S. Doper, a arpenter, of Marilla, N. Y., always arries. "I have never had a cut, round, bruise, or sore it would notj oon heal," ho writes. Greatest; ealer of burns, boils, scalds, chaped hands and lips, fever sores, | nin eruptions, eczema, corns and' lies. 25c at Evans' Pharmacy. 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any aso of Chills and Fever. Price, 5c. *Y HUSBAND, DOCK tX)NNOR, left me without cause and took with Mm mv little boys, 3 and ? yeais old,named Mark and Buren. 11 utband's description: 5 feet, K inches, dark browa hair and mustache, one eye, wears glasses, ledium complexion. Mrs. Connor. \\ . y _ V . / S .? J..< '* J f f jw^nr. / HJjP? - mm Knowledge of what i 1S proper ana in "' px>d taste is shown Belle Mead Sweets Chocolates and Bon Bons ? \ Enclosed in a box of rich simplicity the candy, by its delicious and delicate flavor, delights the recipient and assures her of the good taste which prompted the giver. Belle Mead Sweets are made of the purest ingredients?ever}* possible care being taken to insure their purity and flavor. Each piece of confection has an exclusiveness that at once suggests perfection in the art of candy making. Put up in attractive sealed packages?always fresh, as they are i made and shipped to us the day our order is received. EVANSPHARMACY Dillon, 5. C. H Special Agency of : DAVID S. ALLEN x ? In the sale and erection of any and all cemetery work in eluding monuments, tombstones, cradles and copings tor cemetery lots, made either of granite or marble. I handle am and use the famous Winnsboro, S. C. Granites, genuine ^ Imported Italian, Georgie, and Vermont marbles, direct m k from finishing shops, erected on concrete foundations. My prices are as low as is consistent with first grade granite, I or marble, and high -class workmanship. Special attention ? given to special designs. I carry also an extensive line of high grade mailable wrought iron fencing, especiallv ad- ^ apted to cemeteries, and lawns, sold from designs, and erected. W ite me when in the market for anything in above lines, and I will make it to your interest. 1H David S. Allen, Dillon, S. C. jffl 1 ' " " " ' * 1 TT*"** y y DON'T WAD To have jrour orders filled for rough /\M * ?r dressed lumber when 1 can (leiver it to you on short notice. |V^/ our\Kiir r\ n *m a w r I , nwc KJK MAIL. ^ew ..Rock H1U? Lightes{| {ring's jour lumber just as quick as 11 i personal order. My equipment is I RlHlIlifllJ, MOSt Stylish iucIi lbut 1 can furnish you any- iilld DllFdblC Oil bint; in the lumber line just when on need it. -t Market Tl 11/ /in q Patented Long-Distance Spindles, * rr JL#C^C.MM LsCL oiled without removal of wheels. t DILLON. S. C. <1 Patented Side Spring. _________ <1 Strongest braced Body made. qNew style Seatq Every feature of high class make. 1 q Phaetons, Surries, Runabouts of same High Quality. q Our guarantee your protection. It's Easy to StopPain r N j ^ROCK HILL' A Postal Card To Us Will Bring An lEZUC Agent To You At Once R0CK HILl bUG Y COMPANY / _ t^< I Rock Hill, South Carolina fflfk EV T. KJXIOTT, JfS>' +*rij SFkth2SE MRock HHI" A8ent~ j V'Y LITTLE Dillon, 8. C. ^GONE. YOUR GROCER HANDLES "1 use Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain /?> mw'e^nSfiitm Pills for N'euralgia, LaGrippe ?nJLL^RD and all pains. I don't intend Gp\^._r Q.\^ to be without them, for I find l^fy TYPY-Vf A Stf ready relief in the?h for every- M ^ ****t thing 1 use them for." lj|gv&?j|SZ:MAKES HEMSRAKE MRS. L. F. MILLER, _ * 120 W. 6th St., Davenport, la. It doea more tfiaiv that-it makes themi. All Pain HAY or' bust "In my family Dr. Miles' "' A I Anti-Pain Pills are used for | ? ?. > - headache, colic and other . iou never saw unicnens lirow pains and always give relief THE PARKPOLLARD THOS. R. FOWLER ' GRGROFWTN"feed"'1 R. D. No. 3, Dunn. N. C. ? ?!?. rc Mt kit w? dusi. Sold by druggists everywhere, who r? authorised to return price of first Dillon Wholesale Grocery package If they fall to benefit. MILKS MKDICAL CO., Klkhart. Ind. > DISTRUBTORS \ I- : i"' k y -v.. v. J