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''He StUott ^eralb. Established April 18W4. A. B. JORDAN, Editor. m>,. The Dillon Herald la published at the County Seat of one of the richest agricultural counties in the State. It la the official organ of the county and goea into 90 per oent. of the homes in the county in which It la published. The office1 Is equipped with linotype and mod- j ern, high speed presses. ADVERTISING RATES may be j 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ? $1.50 per year or 75 cents for 6 months. Subscriptions for less than six I , months will be charged at the rate I of 15 cents per month. All sub-, criptions are payable in advance. I Obituary sketches, cards of j thanks, communications espousing r the cause of a private enterprise or I a political candidate, and like mat-\ ter, will be charged at the rate of 8 cents per llue. Contract adver- J tisers will not be allowed to exceed I their space at : .me rates or adver-1 tlse anything fcriegn to their regular business v. ithout extra charge. | Advertlsemc: j to occupy special i ?; place will bo charged for according 11 to position desired. i COMMUNICATIONS, unless they Hj - contiin important news, or discuss b?letly and properly subjects of real interest, are not wanted; and if acceptable in every other way they! will be rejected unless the the real name of the author ac-1 companies the same, not necessurily for publication, but as a guar-1 antee of good faith. ????? ?? DILLON, S. C., OCT. 1?, 1911. If grand Juries everywhere will follow the example of the Cumber-; land, Md., grand jury, who indicted the county fair authorities instead of the gamblers, for maintaining gambling machines on the fair grounds there will be less gambling at such places and fewer people will be robbed of their mon- j A rumor is going the rounds that a combination has been formed be-j tween Tillman, Jones and Richards . ( ,v to capture the three highest offices in the State next year. According to the alleged arrangement Tillman is to be re-elected to the Senate, Jones is to be elected governor and Richards is to take second place on the ticket. After serving a short while in the Senate Tillman will resign in favor of Jones who will succeod him as senator and Richards will succeed Jor^es as governor. All of which looks v^ry pretty on its face, but granting that such a combination exists, there is no certainty that it can be worked to a successful conclusion. ^If Tillman serves less than half of his term t his successor would have to be elected by the people, and the h&llot in this State is .very un- j1 certain. If he should serve more than half * ' wi u>o Lei in uis successor ! would have to be appointed by the ! governor or elected by the general assembly. The governor would not dare, j j i-o'jit h.insell and the gen eral'assembly is just about as un-i1 certain as the people when it comes ' to balloting for public officials. The ( truth of the matter Is, probably, ? thar no such combination exists, I hut somebody who has a fondness ' for making political prophesies has ' been seeing "spooks." , tjuet as long as the world stands I and the human family continues to j thrive and multiply there will be many occasions for the use of that ( old- saying about "all the fools noti being dead yet." As we grow older 11 and ripen in experience the truth j of this statement manifests itself t with greater force, but in none of the undertakings of the human fam-' j lly does it show Itself more fre Iquently and more forcibly than when < some person endeavors to excell another in what is designated as a ; "test of physical endurance." If ; such practices contributed anything m to the advancement of science, to i the enlightenment of humanity or to the progress of civiiization in any manner, shape or form, they might be worth while, but in no L sense do they contribute the moraj, spiritual, intellectual or material 1 wellfare of the world. Some years*ago there was held In a western State what was called a "danc-. thg contest," In which some score or more of persons assembled at a dtomrfng hall and danced until they fell out of the waits one by one from exhaustion. There have been numerous instances where men have; undertaken to walk a certain distance In a giyen time; there bave been other instances where men have undertaken to push wheelbarrows across the continent in a certain number of days, and very recently the world has been treated to the brutalizing spectacle JM v of men driving high powered automobiles at & terrifflc rate of speed for hundreds of miles, such tests usually ending in a number of diaR asters and futilities. And now <g>mee the announcement that a man at Bethlehem, Pa., has broken the world's record for "long distance" i piano playing, having played a 1 piano for 27 hours, 4 6 minutes and 1 3 seconds without stopping for t sleep or nourishment. We are told t that "during all that time be did i not remove either hand from the * keys" and at the conclusion of his J foolhardy performance he fell from jj the piano completely exhausted, r Such performances are worthy of 1 note only to show to what extremes foolish persons will go to j win temporary and transient j notoriety. If this man had fc weilded an ax or pulled a jcross cut saw for the same number ^ of hours his "test of physical en- a durance" would have been a far a more creditable exhibition of man's J marvelous vitality, and the world t would have profited from the t enormous amount of energy he c wasted in such a frivolous and un- ? profitable performance as "long dis- t' tance" piano playing. But somehow a in ail of these notable "tests of h physical endurance" It seems that * particular care is taken to evade c anything that resembles real work. n 88 8 8 8 8 8 8 S 8 8 8 8 8 88 S' 88 88 j f 88 Opinions of the Press. 88! 88 88 j1 88888888888888 88 ' > IValterboro Press & Standard. When Tillman says that Rich- n irds "should have been elected cl 3overnor last year, if character and ai ibility to serve the people creditab- j ir y had been considered by the peo-1 tl >le," he throws a bombshell into di lie Blease ranks. Does he mean d; hat the present governor has neith- n >r character nor ability. fc Chesterfield Advertiser. b J. M. Massey, the blind musi- g< ian, known in this town and sec- n ion for a long time got out of d he penitentiary about three months tl tgo and has gone back to his old w ricks. He was sent up from Vance c< or twelve months for passing a u worthless check. He has just been t? irrested by Pinkertons in Casa, a \rk., for passing a worthless check w jn the Bank of Union. He passed y :he check at Darkinville, Ala., and h It was for ten dollars. s< f( Florence Daily Times. We are mighty glad to know that Citizen Josh Ashley was not in the u party that did the lynching of the negro near Honea Path recently. It ' would have been a grave reflection B( on the State for one of her law c makers to be in the lead in the de- j( fiance of law, such as lynching. We can spn n rpntnn that is outraged taking steps to ?. remedy ills that are not touched by law, but we could not bring ourselves to consent to the people set- ^ ting aside law and the courts that they have established to wreak ^ vengeance, as is the case in a | lynching. The courts are adequate to handle these matters, and to step aside from the law begets a . lawlessness that is too hard to check and the lawless element is al- I ways in readiness to take hold of every community, and can only be Btopped by never letting the reins loosen on the bit and bridle with |. which the community holds them n In check. ! j fi OBSERVER NOT SOI,I>. b t( SupiMjpetl Purchaser a Thief. Is p Wanted Out West by Bankers (j Association. Tried to Pass Bo- sj Kus OifckN in Several Places. Old al One at the (lame. tl t< Latta Observer. * q About a month ago a report was b drculated to the effect that the Ob- j, lerver had changed hands, having f( ieen purchased by a western man. j j-, [*he report went so far as to get in- w ;o other papers that the deal had b( >een made. We have been asked so u nany questions about the sale and b what would become of the would-be I c< jurchaser that we have decided to w write a Htrvrv of the whole Irons iction for the benefit of our read-'|t srs. On the 7th and 10th of Sep- ^ '.ember the Observer man saw an ]( id. in the want columns of The I K 3tate that read something like this: j, 'Wanted, to buy a country news- jj [>aper for cash." We answered the ad. and on Monday night the I 11th, the same day we answered the p ad. a stranger got off the train here and registered at the hotel un- j ' der the name of I?uis K. Hunter, i ! of Los Angeles, Cal. Early Tuesday i morning Hunter came to the office " and not finding the Observer man in took a look at the plant and gave " the boys a bit of copy abont him-1 p self, which appeared in that week's j . paper. Later in the day we came | to the office and found Mr. HunterJ ? who introduced himself, saying that he had come, as we had asked him!' to do, to look over the plant. After f* a few minutes conversation Hun- j* ter made a request for a private j conversation and an engagement was made for 3 o'clock that even- i n ing at the hotel Tuesday morning; h being a rather busy one always with us we did not have time to C entertain Mr. Hunter just then. At t< the appointed hour we went to the hotel and was Invited to Mr. Hun- h ter's room, where a general discuss- o ion about the paper, the aubscrlp- A tion list, monthly income, etc., took g place. As soon as we mentioned our o price Hunter informed us that we! ?had sold a newspaper, saydng that tl he had expected to pay more for 1G It. He then told as about his life " out West, how he bad cleaned up U several thousand in the newspaper g business and had decided to sell I out and come east and seeing a h good bit of advertising about the f< South and South Carolina was on( ti the lookout for a location in the n Palmetto State, and this proposition a looked good to him. We left him d with a promise that he would take r an Inventory of the office next li morning and if found as represent- c ed he would immediately draw a e draft for his money and take over b the plant. Hunter came to the of-'c< fice Wednesday morning but did not' li nvestigate our claims but proved llmself a good newspaper man tu lelpin'g us out with the paper. We were short a man and his telp was badly needed. Thursday i ?e came to the office and requested ia to go with him to the bank as i ie wanted to draw a draft. We, olitely offered to do so but in-! ormed him that we would not en- j lorse his draft as we made it a I ule not to endorse stranger's papers. We then went across to the bank; nd introduced him to Mr. A. S. j tanning, the cashier. Hunter im-| nediately told Mr. Manning that he, tad purchased the Observer and hat he wanted to draw a draft on j he First National Bank of Los Ingeles, Cal., for five thousand dollars. Mr. Manning drew the draft ] nd presented it to Hunter to sign | mien ne did without even reading he amount. Hunter also requested he draft sent direct and not hrough a New York bank so it ould be collected as early as posible. Thursday afternoon we came 0 the office about seven o'clock, afer the office force had gone home r?d everything was supposed to ave been locked up and found lunter doing some printing. He ad remained In the office after ( losing hours in order he claimed ot to be in the way. When we Irst entered he was picking up ?me papers off the floor and seem- J d to be In a hurry. Upon er.am- J lation we found his name set up J 1 type on the job stone with red j 'k on the face of the type. This J as somewhat unusual to use red j ik and especially in printing one's ' ame on a card case, which he laimed he was doing. His very ctions and the work he was doig looked suspicious, so much so lat we remarked about it next ay to the boys in the office. Friay night we left town and did not iturn until Sunday morning, inirming Hunter of this. Saturday lorning Hunter came down to his reakfast dressed as if he intended oing away. The lady at the hotel oticed this, owing to* the fact, hie ress during the week had been on le sporty order, consisting of hite trousers and soft shirt and sllar and went so far as to figure P his board bill. Pretty soon af5r the banks opened he appeared t the Bank of Latta and asked ir. Manning to cash a little New ork exchange for him, saying that e needed a little money for expenbs and it would be several days be>re his draft would return. To make a long story short he go urned down but only after putting | p such a strong argument that ir. Manning became suspicious, nd sent his assistant clerk out to Be if he boarded tho train Mo laimed he knew a banker in Chariston and would run down there: nd get his check cashed. The lerk failed to see him board the rain but he left, however, without aying his board bill or getting his aggage, and wrote a card to the! otel from Florence, saying he rould return Monday and to keep is room just as he had left. Monday morning Mr. Manning eceived a September number of tie American Bankers Association iagazine and found a photograph | nd description of Hunter who had perated out West under several liases. The association was im-! lediately wired that he had been ere and plans were made to trap im in case he returned Monday ight. He failed to show up, butj uesday's mail brought a letter roin him postmarked in Columia saying that he had been forced ) go to Columbia to get some exense money and that on reaching; lere he found a letter from his ster saying she was critically ill nd that he was leaving Columbia lat night to go to her, but failed ) state where she was. He reuested further that we have the otel proprietor to take charge of' is baggage, which he would send \ ?r at some future time. We suprsed then that he had left some ( orthless baggage along with his oard bill and immediately hunted p the chief of police and searched is baggage which was fonna *? >ntain about one hundred dollars | orth of wearing apparel. His and hag was securely fastened and t was sometime before we found a 3 ey to fit so it could be examined. t was found to contain a protecto- I raph and some type with red | ik on the faces Hanover National i lank N. Y. '1 he whole thing now was ex lained. Hunter's reason for ad- J citislng to buy a newspaper was l I } ge* access to the plant so he | ou'.d print his bogus checks and j li-it was what he was doing in the i ffice the Thursday evening before. ' he New York exchanges used by . lost tanks are similar to the re- | ular checks but have printed in j ed letlc-rs in the left hand corner i he name- of the New York Bank ! hey do business with. This ac- | ounted for his using red ink. He | o doubt prepared several checks on ome bank in the West and would ! ave passed one on Mr. Manningj I ad he allowed him. A detective came here the Wed- j | esday night following and fol-11 jwed him to Columbia, where he is ound that Hunter did not leave 11 oiumbla Monday night as his let er stated but left Tuesday morn- .I ig without dlaclothlng where he | ad gone. He tried to work off one f hia checks on the clerk at the > ilbert Hotel but failed. He also ot his mall there, which consisted I f several letters in answer to this | ante ad. Later it was learned J bat he went from Columbia to | raffney, where he succeeded in ? leeclng one of the banks there. It i supposed that he left his bag age here because he was broke. I le has failed so far to send for | is baggage and probably never will | or he is no doubt wise enough not d retrace his footsteps. We are ! ot depending upon htm to return j 1 nd take over the Observer. The | raft for five thousand dollars was g eturned unpaid and Mr. Manning i no doubt looking for another,5 ustomer. The hotel man has glv-: I n up the idea of getting his board 11 111 and we are expecting to re- g 9lve an ad most any time announc- | ig the sale of old clothes. ! 5 | A Thumb | Fills and 1 I Self-I h w Founta 1 . Insl Ejj You never have , fl? empty Conklin Peu fjTs any inkwell is a source IV ply. Neither do you h IX force the Conklin to wri IV touch of pen to paper 1 In instantly and writes s I? scratch, skip, blot or si jjfl fttk reservoir guaranteed fo IV Finest 14-k hard iridium in all points and for all speci M ing. bookkeeping, stenograph; 9 PRICES F 3 $3 to $ | EVAN'S I Agent for Belle Mead Swci g| DILLON, THEi THREE REASO. ? FIRST?We want to introduce our SECOND~We want to attract a 1< doing business at this store. THIRD?We want to raise money get liberal discounts. We ha^e assembled for this seaso soitment of high grade merchandise state that the values we offer leave tages of buying from this store a c suits, coat suits and the prettiest and Ion. Prices from $1.00 to 15.00 A pretty and attractive line of Li and notions to suit the most fastidioi Kabo corsets the best that's made We invite you to come and see tli dise and to share in the distribution < For this fall we have made the pri to take advantage nf *K?m Y?.. __ i ? a ww WI An examination of the prices alon< I iton of both goods and prices will lea of the bargains and the advantages t I I I - ? j W L LIA f | The Store thai ! ? Pressure | I Cleans M H | I <lli MB tantly MP- g iave to coax or a! uses?manifold-', ill mark ir, etc. $3.00 and up7 MK JJ Reg U.S. U PHARMACY I 'ts The Rexall Store S3 SOUTH CAROLINA || BisaiiNiiuimiii RE ARE | NS FOR THIS AD ? Hi new fall stock of goods to the public. >t of new customers to the advantages of to pay for these goods now, when we can s n's business by far the most extensive as ; ever shown here and we can truthfully A no room for doubt regarding the advan- 8 complete line of ladies dress goods, ladies 2 1 I most complete line of ladies skirts in Dil- JJ 1 idies and Misses millinery. Also dry goods is taste. S will be found at mi** ? ? ?? ? ? wui aivi Ci lis great showing of dependable merchanof these uncommon values. ices decidedly attractive, and we urge you ill be dollars ahead if you do. * may not convince you?hut an examina- 5 ive no reason for doubt as to the genuiness g o be gained by purchasing here and now. I A BRICK | t's Built on Qua/ity S V _3 (