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ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1911. Vo1- 17- No- 39,
PEOPLE MUST HELP
IN BUILDING ROADS
IMPOSSIBLE TO COVER THE COUNTY WITH
CHAIN GANG AT ONCE i
* TO USE A SPUT-LOG DRAG
Supervisor Wayland Writes Timely
L/etter UrKing Overseers to Help
Work on Roods.
The great problem before the
toad makers of Dillon county today
is the same that is before a
great many of the counties throughout
the State. This is to build permanently
good roads, and, at the
**ame time, give proper attention to
maintaining the rest of the roads.
Thou m?- - -I- iU ? a. '
*?viv uic utaii j i/iih;cs uii uugn- ,
out the county where attention is <
badly needed, and a little work J
would go a long way. Some poor;!
* roads have gone very much to the i
bad in certain spots, and some good \
roads are suffering from wear. A !
very little work, done in the right
place and in the right way, would |
correct the evil nine times out of j
ten. But there are a great many
such places, and a little work in!!
each place means a vast amount of 1
work in all. The question is how [
are we going to get it done.
It is entirely out of the question
to try to do this work with the
chain gang. In the first place it 1
would be too enormously expensive. |
The chain gang is a heavy outfit, j
requiring a lot of work to move It, I,
and to lose a day of its time would
be wasting enough money to do
* the necessary odds and ends of work '
over severa! miles of the average
road. "We must have some permanently
improved highways to show
for the money spent and work done, I
or else give up the idea of having
good roads at all. Build good roads
and the money will be permanently <
invested to the great good of the
county. Do a little work here, a
little there, and the monev will be
sunk in the ground. Consider the i
results obtained at the end of two:
or three years, say. On the one
hand we will have some strictly
first class roads and be in a fairj
T way to complete a system of them
that will make use of our excellent!
native road material and will extend
throughout the entire county. On
the other hand we will have nothing
to show for what he have spent,
the money sunk in the ground,
and the chances of getting good
roads at all greatly lessened.
A small floating gang, equipped
to travel easily and do such work,
as is in its line, is very badly
needed. But even this gang, provided
it was available, would not I
be the proper instrument to use on
the work in question. It should
be used on work that is too heavy
for the overseerers to tackle alone,
and too light to warrant using the
Chain gang. There are plenty of (
just such places. T
Ninety per cent of the poor roads
could be kept in a thoroughly serviceable
condition, and all of the
good roads in perfect repair, by I
either dragging them or else giving
them the services of one man with
a mule, cart and some few tools
for every section of ten or fifteen .
miles, say. But even this cannot
be done in a day, for there are too i
many miles to be covered.
So the only alternative for im-.
mediate relief is for lis to look to ;
* the people themselves. With the,
co-operation of the people themselves
the county forces can ac-]
complish a great deal, and make a
wonderful change for the better.:
, The county will do all within its
power and will gladly render all
possible assistance, but it must have
the active cg-operation of the people
to make 'its efforts count.
A minature floating gang in th?
shape of three men with a team <
of mules, wagon, drag and tools |
will be put on the roads at once i
to travel from place and do such ]
work as is needed most. Another ;
one, of similar proportions, will be
put on the road with the sole duty <
of looking after bridges.
vThese two parties will be able to i
do a great deal of good wherever i
they go, but this good can be made <
a hundredfold more if the people
join in the work of getting all of
the roads into as good shape as
possible and then keeping them
there. There is no reason on earth
why Dillon county should not have
roads as fine as any in the state, or
better, and the time is coming when
it will. The materials are here, the <
people are here;get the two together
and the roads that we can i
build will be a shining example to
every other county in the State of
South Carolina.
j , Edwin M. Wayland, C. E.
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nangor, iMe., uct. Z8. ? cut orr
from the telephone and alone in her
home save for a frightened parlor
jmaid, Mrs. Percy R. Todd, wife of
^he vice-president of the Bangor &
Aroostook Railway and formerly of
New York, had an encounter with
burglars, who were ransacking the
lower floor of the residence.
Seising a heavy walking stick,1
the only weapon she could find, 1
Mis. Todd struck against the ban-M
stern, and the burglars dropped the!
silver plates which they had col- (
lected. In their haste to escape. j
Misses Irene Hardwick and Irene
McOaII, of Mullins, were the guests 1
of Miss Inez Jordan Thursday. |1
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F*rt Worth Editor Says the SpinJvers
Would Tims be Hrought to
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New Orleans, Oct. 30. ? In addressing
the cotton conference,
w.hlch met here to-day, Clarence ?
Ousley, editor of The Fort Worth led
Record, on whose suggestion Gov. ck,
Colquitt called the conference, re-ged
viewed conditions which led up to?a.,
the present low prices for cotton iess
and suggested as a remedial factor
the establishing of a joint bu-ous
xeau of statistics by the Southern A
States. the
Mr. Ousley criticised the Feder- lital
government's plan of issuing sta- iytistics
on the cotton industry, brand- urd
log it as "one-sided," benefiting rfce
largely the speculator and manufac-jer
turer, and working detriment to the [lie
producer. He declared that nine- Hv
cent cotton means the confiscation
of the cotton farmer's labor, and md
presented figures to show that the the
cost of producing a staple is ap-the
proximately eleven cents a pound.
In criticising the government forJidJ
issuing statistics and estimates onlU6|
cotton production without giving thethe
farmer the benefit of statistics re- it
luting to cotton consumption, Mr.'
Ousley said: "The mockery of it
is that when the farmer planted
the crop he is now selling the
world guessed that he would make .
about 12,5000,000 bales, and indicated
a readiness to pay him $65
a bale, or $812,500,000, but now
when an alert Federal government ov. .
announces that his crop 13,800,000 onbales,
the world offers him only is
$48 a bale, or $621,000,000, or ote
$191,500,000 less for 1,300,000 ote
bales more. Only a worldwide pan-hat
ic could excuse such an economic ierabsurdity."
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no other escapes from this in- rou
justice is available, Mr. Ousley said eks
he would favor as a matter of des- sin ;
perate self-defense in the cotton n,"j
states an interstate compact appor-ed-1
tinning cotton production with uni- to!
form legislation penalizing the ex-cle. !
cess under a system of state con- des i
stabuiary to prescribe each man's ase1
acreage: "What is the obvious tod I
remedy for immediate relief?" he ive |
continued. "Manifestly it is to hold ilm |
Tor better prices ? for a demon- des (
stration that the world needs the nly
present crop and will pay a fair tell
price for it.
"If we could stop selling for 30 ral
lays, we could bring the spinners *dto
terms; if we could retain even Uie
one-fourth of the crop until spring iad
ind could exhibit a reduction of lay
one-fourth in next year's acreage, ft,"
we could sell the remainder of the no
crop at 20 cents a pound. ind
"A system of warehouses for
storage and for financing a holding pie
movement is necessary and our >mlegislative
body should make haste wsto
use every device of law and to me
employ every constitutional power?.
of the State to encourage gradual te's
marketing." ! in
In order to secure more gradual L
marketing, Mr. Ousley directed at- rds
tention to the fact that easier bor- *?
rowing facilities must be offered the l I
small farmer who is unable to hold ?ly
his cotton.
Concluding, Mr. Ousley said; "Un be
der the present system of crop re- gth
porting and crop marketing, the ,bie
farmer is selling in the dark, while he
the spinner is buying in the light. ior.
The spinner knows precisely what Inn
the farmer has- the farmer knows an;
nothing of what the spinner needs, rls-,
Supply is proclaimed to all the|ge;
world, but the demand Is hidden
In the secret recesses of trade. t Is j
"I contend that the government obshould
do as much for the farm- 10,
er's benefit as he does for the spin- . a. j
ner'a benefit and should collect t?
cotton trade Information as dill-fee '
arently and as completely as It col- |T 1 j
lects cotton crop_Information.'' (paMr.
and Mrs. Truss Thompson
Wednesday for Columbia, where SC
they go to attend the State Fair.
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girls at Rocky Mount was told in
the papers, and the man, who was
suspected was arrested, and was
identified by the girls, one of them
11 years old and the other 10.
Nothing has been said of tthe matter
lately; it was left like the sensational
stories in the papers, right
where it was the most sensational.
The mob was after the negro and
it was uncertain whether the sher-;
itf could protect him or not.
The story comes from Rocky |
Mount that the whole story was a
fake gotten up by two girls to create
an excitement.
Tuc sheriff was suspicious of the
story w hen it was told by the children
but the mob believed it and
thought that they were doing their
duty by their families and the race
in trying to lynch the negro.
It is understood that the children
had been hearing and reading sen- (
sational stories throughout the coun
try which have been very frequent
in the papers recently and they I
thought that they would get up ai
sensation on their own account, so
they made up the tale and only the
fact that the sheriff was a level
headed man saved that section of
the country on outbreak of lawlessness.
The sheriff got the story from the '
children after some persuasion.
Al'riX) TURNS OVER.
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One Man Killed and Man and Wo- ,
man Kadly Hurt.
S. M. Butler, of New York City,!
was instantly killed near Tifton.i,
Ga., Wednesday morning when the|
automobile which he was driving in i
the Glidden tour was overturn
T. J. Walker and his wife were
jured. ..
Mr. Butler was chairman of 1
contest board of the American J
tomobile association. Walker is t
referee of the Glidden tour now i
progress. (ro
The accident was caused by t c
steering knuckle on the car bres !|Ll
ill IT Th<l pur u'fiU ujrurbu/1 un/l M '
Butler was instantly killed when ^ ',.1.
was crushed by the wheel hub. R '
eree Walker's injuries are believ MU
to be serious. l?.
Referee Walker is president P{
the California Automobile assocj . 1
tion. Mrs. Walker's arm was br< )"
en. The injured people were c '!
ried to Tifton hospitals. The fa j*11*
accident took pluce at 9.20 o'clc 'n.f
three miles from the city. '
The machine was running at ^la
good speed, when the steering i,*\
paratus went wrong. It plunj '. .
forward on its nose and turned
somersault and settled on its b1
Butler was caught beneath a wh< f 01
while the other occupants w< :r<J
thrown to the road. '
Other machines came to the q1 "
cue and with the aid of a rd; :'m
pulled the car off Butler's body. |!in.
was badly cut and crushed. 1 '!
body was placed aboard a train a *
brought to this place. "
The Walkers, who also are fr< :
New York, were brought to the jtel
cal hospital. Walker has a die
cated shoulder and broken col 'J11
bone. Mrs. Walker is suffer lla
more from shock than from H to
broken arm. aC(
unaries F. Kellman, of StochesBj
N. Y., was In the same car, but w
c&ped injury.
TRAGEDY IN LAMAR STORM ^
Albert. Windham Ktkis Joe HM
Before Many Witnesses. 1
Umar, Oct. 28. ? Special:
bert Windham, a young white fa Jcr
er of this section, shot and kifl
Joe Slater, a negro, in the storeflP!
B. 9. Stokes, here, this afternoflhi
It seems that Windham and the Jj
gro had some words a day or
ago, and happened to meet in tcfl
this afternoon, when the uuafl
was renewed, with the above res^ap
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the second going into his abdomen, I
entering from near the point of I
the right hip.
After the shooting Mr. Cooper
was iissisted to the drug store by
Mr. Hammond Salley.and later taken
to his home, where he was attended
by Dr. Robert Gardner and Dr H. J.
Salley, who called in L>r. Paul A.
Phillips this morning. After hold- :
ing a consultation, the wounded i
man was hurried to the Columbia i
Hospital, where an operation will be
performed.
N'ot Kxpecte?l to Survive.
Prom a statement made by the
attending physicians it will be a I
miracle if Mr. Cooper recovers. It
was reported in the town of Salley
that the town council of Salley
haa required Mr. Corley to put up
a bond of fifty dollars, and that he
had not been put under arrest.
From Information received it
seems certain that Mr. Corley will
plead self,defense, but no statement
was received from either Mr. Corley
or Mr. D. Hammond Salley. The
prominence of the parties concerned
only adds to the seriousness of the
matter.
1 totli Well Connected.
Mr. Howell Cooper was raised
from his infancy by his uncle and
nunt, the Rev. and Mrs. Howell W.
Cooper, the former of whom died
several years ago. The grief of hiai
aged aunt, bent with the weight
lime, fully four score years old,
she bent her white head over '
strong form of him who was de
er to her than a child, as she H ers
never known any other motherho b"
was .almost beyond the power ,or
description. I,e'
Mr. Henry H. Corley is a son s'?
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k. W. <?. ItutJcr, of l*agcs Mills ''
Knocked I>o\vii by Machine r<,,
\lthough there was a very large
wd in town Thursday to attend nu
> John Robinson circus only one
ident was reported during the f.
r. Mrs. W. G. Butler, of Pages ^
lis, who came up to attend the sm
rus, was struck by .Mr. J. W. Ha- .
r's automobile as she attempted
cross the street near the circus
>und. There were quite a num
of vehicles in the street going
both directions, and Mrs. Butler ...
empted to cross the thoroughfare 11
it as a large machine passed go:
toward the circus tent. Imme- |
.tely following the first machine .
s Mr. J. \V. Hamer's machine and i
s. Butler was caught between ' ^
> two. Mr. Hamer did every- ' "
ng in his power to slacken the
?ed of his machine but before it 1>:
lid be brought to a standstill the r(H
lit wheels struck Mrs. Butler and
rled her to one side of the road. !*'?
e machine did not pass over her 1
ly as was first reported, and no 1111
ibg were broken, the only injury n'c
ng a slight bruise on the hip. !s
s. Butler suffered badly from the 1,1
ick and after being given medical
ention she was carried to a ho- J1*1'
where she remained until she
s able to be taken home. Mrs. ,l 1
it lor attaches no blame to Mr. J1*
uner as it was Tnrpossible for him a,a
see her in time to avoid the ~P,;
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Woman a Mississippi Pilot.
Alton. 111., Oct. 28. ? Holding JJ"
pifot's and master's license and l)U
th a thorough knowledge of the w(
iftsiasippi and Illinois rivers, a ,)f><
>man at the wheel of the steam- foi
at Mary is one of the competitors
r transportation of the apple ge^
op from the Illinois district. h
Mrs. W'lla C. Ilulett, captain and '
lot of the hoat, belonging to her ^
ishand, is the only woman steame
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'at maoici iii lino mvvv.x/i, v?* y y
isslsfiippi Valley. jy
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Miss Irene McCall, of Mullins, Is
ending a few days with her court,
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three years. Have been using Noah's Li
ment, an?l will say that It cured ine coi til
pletely. Can walk better than I have In t ,,,
years. Rev. 8. E. Cyrus, Poiu.ld, 8. V " ^
For Cuts and Bruise* ; c<
"While working at my trade (Iron worlct s?
get bruised and cut frequently,and I find tl eNoah's
Liniment takes all the soreness ?i '
and heals the wound immediately. Edwfl J
Ryan, Swansboro, Va." | b
Rheumatism lr> Neck
"I received thebottleof Noah's LiniraJ t
and think It has helped me greatly. I hfl 1
rheumatism In my neck and It relieve^ e
right much. Mrs. Martha A. Lambert, HB ?
ver Dam, Va."
Pains in the Back I t
" I suflerod ten years with a dreadfl t
sore pain In my back, and tried different s
medlea. I>ess* than half a bottle of Nod *
Linimant made a perfect cure. Mrs. Tied 1
D. Pllllngaley, Point Eastern, Va." t
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The wet weather that is prevail- b
; now is greatly against the farm- b
; of this section. As tliey have on- C
about l>all" of the ir cot- <*<
i gathered and cannot get any v
lp they are getting along a
w. tl
A good many of our farmers si
nt last Thursday at Dillon tak- w
; in the show, and report a fine tl
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There has been no weddings to ft
>ort at present, but it is likely cl
it there will be soon, judging
un the way some of <>i?" young
n are sporting. tl
Miss Neva Moody lias been con- U
ed to her room for the past a
elc with typhoid fever. We are si
ry to report that she is not do- tt
; so well.
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rtlier Details Which Throw New a
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Further details concerning the w
joting of Dr. J. G. Rogers by a ii
. Sparkman at I'ages .\UHs last
ursday a week ago show that Dr. e
gers was not advancing on p
arkman when the shooting occur- si
l, as was first reported. Dr. Rofi- c
[ was at his race track working tl
; horses preparatory to entering i.<
; races at Payetteville and Co- p
nbia. Sparkman and some other
n were at the track also and it
said that Sparkman used abusive u
iguage toward the Doctor. Dr. p
gers told Sparkman that if he p
d come out there to raise a row f<
it he could get it in the shape of e
good square fight. Sparkman re- a
ted to fight and Dr. Rogers ii
rted back to his work when p
arkman began to curse him. At si
s moment Dr. Rogers turned to si
tent the language when Sparkman ii
gan firing at him. The first bul-'d
onforo/1 fVio 1a*? ---^?? l*v? > w.
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gers fell to the ground Spark-'
in. It is said, fired three more
nets at hiin, all of which went p
Id. It is said that Sparkman has a
sn in shooting difficulties be- e
e. Dr. Rogers' wound is veryie
infill, and although it will be tl
reral days before he can leave his fl
J he is at present doing as well ?
could be expected. Dr. Rogers n
s legions of friends throughout fi
i county who deeply regret the
fortunate occurrance and sinceretrust
that his recovery will be
l)id and permanent.
Mrs. A. L. McCorquodale is vis- a
ng her parents at Dunn, N. C. r
DID YOUR COTTON
REDUCETHE ACERAGE
VERNORS PLAN FOR RELIEF OF THE
SOUTHERN FARMERS
) PLANT LESS_ NEXT YEAR
;?C|? ("iisold Portion of Prm?nt
Crop Off tlir Market. Slate \Vav??
Ikium* System Iteeuiiunended.
New Orleans, Oct. 31. ? The
rmers of the ijcuth iiiu&i withhold
am the market every remaining:
ie of the present season's crop of
nun una iouow tins with a conrted
and blinding agreement to
dure next season's cotton acree
at least 25 per cent., if they
?pe to restore the South's great
oney staple to a normal price levand
retrieve the losses sustained
reason of present low prices.
This is the plan which the Conrence
of Southern Governors
opted at its concluding session toy,
to secure immediate relief
oin the depression in the price of
e staple.
ve at Home?Cotton as Surplus.
"We earnestly recommend to the
anters of the Southern States to
llow the example of Louisiana
id so diversify their crops as to
oduce everything necessary fot
nsumptiou on the farm aud let
tton be the surplus crop, even if
e quantity raised shall be twentyre
per cent, less than the present,
op, as then they will get just a*
uch in return for much less labor
tan this year's crop will yield at
resent prices. They will soon free
lemselves from debt and be in
>ndition without financial aid to
ill gradually as the demand shall
xist and not market the work of a
ear in GO or 90 days as they have
ecu accustomed to doing.
Crge Consumption Figures.
"We call upon our Representaives
in Congress to have the presnt
crop reporting system so amendd
as to require the periodical pub
icauon or reliable statistics of eot011
consumption and trade informaion,
gathered from all cotton conuming
countries, and we recomnend,
also, and for ourselves agree
hat the commissioners of agriculure
in the cotton States gather and
>ublish like information and we
iuggest to the legislatures of the ^
otton States to adopt to this end,
my uniform legislation enabling
lie agricultural commissioners to
ict in concert and to constitute a
>ureau of cotton manufactured, coton
trade, and cotton consuming inoculation,
to the end that, with the
stimates of production which are
ow furnished by the Federal Govrnnient,
there may also be estimats
of demand and thus put the
lanter in i?osition to fix a fair
rice for his products.
Prosecute Ileurs, Also.
"The members of the conference
ave been reliably informed that
nils on the cotton exchanges have
pen indicted in the United States
ourts under the Sherman Act for
inspiring to buy cotton and adance
the price, and if this is in
ccordance with the provisions of
lis Act then we respectfully in
st that the boars in the exchange*
ho conspire to sell cotton, which
iey do not possess, with the exectation
of a decline in price, or
>r the purpose of affecting a tieline,
be likewise prosecuted.
State Warehousing System.
It is earnestly recommended that
ie several State- Governments shall
ike appropriate action to bring
bout such warehousing system, or
/stems, as will best serve the inM'ests
of the producer of eotton.
"In view of the apparent denied
for cotton during the next
ilrteen months we recommend that
ie unsold cotton of the present
rop he withdrawn from tlie market
nd disposed of by a system of
radual marketing. We urge bankrs
and business men to co-operate
ritli the farmers in this undertakig.
"We report to the cotton fa "nits
that tentative and attractive
ropositions have been made by rriionsible
financial interests for purlias.
ng some two million bales of
lie present crop. This negotiation
i referred. for development in
radical form, to a committee.
1*1 nil to Iteduoe Acreage,
"deduction of acreage in 1912 is
rged as a necessary part of any
lail ill holdine unrl finnnelnor tile
resent crop. We recommnerl, and
:>r ourselves agree, that the Govrnor
of each cotton State proceed
t once to appoint a representative
i each county, who In turn will apolnt
a representative in each
chool district or young precinct, to
ecure from every farmer a bindig,
written pledge to reduce his
otton acreage in 1912. 25 per cent,
elow his acreage in 1911.
After All, Up to Planners.
"It is our firm opinion, that by
roropt action under co-operation
nd organization, the cotton farmrs
and business men of the Southrn
States can speedily rescue
tiemselves from inpending sacriIce
and can restore the fair price
r). Jatnnnot ?J
uvu uciuuimiinmi uriaana warante
and can insure stable values
rom year to year."
There are men who will wait patently
for the free lunch to be
orved and then go home and start
rough house because dinner isn't
eady on time.?Atchison Globe.