The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, December 07, 1911, Image 9

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12 PAGES THIS WEEK. Q[Jt^ tll0tl M19DUNG COTTON 8.75 ^ ESTABLISHED IN 1896. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMB R 7, 1911. Vo1 17 No 44 e= =s ? , Gov. Refuses Pi Tol^ Garlington and Young M Sentences DEFENDANTS VOLUN GOV. BL?A8E INTTMATK8 THAT H BE PUNISHED AND HOLDS O IF MEN BOHULJ> T'.'R N John Y. Garlington, and James 8 to bo Young will begin service of j their sentence of three years and' 1 one year, respectively in the Peni-| - . tentiary to-day, having been oon-j victed of breach of trust in connee-'1 tion with the funds of the defunct Seminole Securities Company, the amount involved being $55,000. Garlington and Young's hope of ( executive interferences with their sentences was blasted yesterday i f morning, when Governor Blease-J declined to interfere with the judg--| ment of the Courts. Bench Warrant Issued. A bench warrant for their ar-; rest has been issued by the * clerk of Court and turned over to the Sheriff who stated to , The News and Courier represents-1 j tive that Garlington and Young j are at Laurens and that they will arrive Thursday morning and sur-1 render themselves. * : "Prom the showing made before me and from the petitions present-. ed," says Gov. Blease, "I do not t see that I now have sufficient grounds upon which to modify or set aside the judgment of the * '4 Courts by granting either a com- * mutation or pardon to the defend- 1 j ants. "However, if later on satisfactory , 1 evidence of their innocence should | be presented, I will exercise such j | clemency as I think is just and proper. I feel very sorry indeed for the parents of these youngf men; they have my heartfelt sym-1 pathy and 1 firmly believe that there arc others connected with the matter who should be punished, but the fact of the guilt of others does not justify me in undoing . what has been done by the Courts' in this case, and, in dismissing the petition. It is my hope that for their good name and that of their I parents the defendants will do > later what, in my - opinion, they . should have done at the time of their trial ? make a full and op^ en statement of their transactions ^ in this matter and in doing so at- * tempt to shield none." IF. 8. TAKK8 50 YEARS TO PAY. Soldier Collects $7.84 of Bill for* $8.54 Presented in 1881. 8 6 -* Los Angeles, Dec. 2. ? "Pay an allowance, $7.04; subsistence short pa^d, $1.50; deduction for clothing, p 70 cents." Thus reads the bill which y has just been paid by Uncle Sam to 4 A. O. Garlock, of Kscondido, fifty ^ears after it was presented. The account between the Govern- j| ment and Mr. Garlock grew fromC the service of Mr. Garlock in the Forty-second Illinois Infantry, in which he enlisted from Dekalb county, and in which he served as first. and second lieutenant during the Civil War. At the close of the conflict Lieutenant Garlock found that the Gov-; 1 g ernment was indebted to him to the sum of $8.54. It appears that Up- i' cle Sam did not consider the claim I ? pt outlawed, even though a half cen-1( tury old. The claim bears the date I of August 4, 1861. Fifty years to i 1 a day from the contracting of the ' ( debt a draft was drawn in favor of Mr. Garlock for $7.84. A Mighty Hunter. , When a man more than 90 years ' old can not only endure the exertion and exposure of a deer hunt, I but can bring down a buck at 1 topbrting distance with his own | rifle, he is deserving of more than ! local celebrity. Mr. J. p. uidsou, or! t Bennettsville has done the general | frateflhity of sportsmen a service ! by recounting a recent exploit of! a doughty Marlboro hunter, past j <l fourscore and ten, Mr. Edmund j McQueen and Col. J. N. Drake have been indulging in a "camp hunt" c on Waccamaw and Sampit. One of ? the bucks brought back, in order that portions of venison might be 11 sent to friends at home, was killed c by Mr. McQueen and Mr. Gibson ^ says in theP ee Dee Advocate: "Mr. McQueen is more than 90 years of age, yet he can see the sight on his trusted rifle as well as ? \ he could 60 years ago, and when a . buck goes leaping within one hun- . dred yards of this Scotch deer hunter his meat belongs to Uncle Ed." _ ?Columbia Record. ^ Officers Elected. j j, - ~~ At a regular communication m . Ma^cy Lodge No. 77 A. F. M. Mon- J day night, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Dr. C. S. Browne, W. M.; Prof. D. T. Kinard, 8 W.; R. P. Hayea, ? J. W.; F. McC. Curtis, Sect.; Dr. * D. M. Michaux, Treas. f The V>ther officers will be elect- t ed later.- ' ^ e? c Owing to the absence of the pas- t tor. Rev. H. N. Brunson,, who was 1 attending Conference at Bennetts- e ville, there was no preaching at s the Methodist church 8unday, t irdon Seminoles Men ust Begin Serving Their Today TARIL Y SURREND 'R RN "HIGHER UP" SHOULD IT HOPE OF CLEMENCY. I STATE'S EVIDENCE. a nee. iiiiiiiiiiiiini m m s OUR CI Fiml thry can | bettor prices aj here thu.ii elwml S Fine Fres you sohuld deal caJHiel goods, I ci Meats, 1-Vuits, I brat that money S TEA AN We make a s|K will guarantee buy here will ji a FRESH Mine*- Meut, 1U rem, NT ut?, etc. fine line of ce S w. w. c il liiniiimiin Mr. Date Prevatt, of Dumberton, N. C., was visiting his son, G. C. Prevatt, last week. Miss Ruth Turner and Miss Shaw wo of our popular teachers^ went t< i fish fry near Mullins last Thursiay. Dtr. C. M. Mears, of Keinper, was n town last Friday and Saturday ioing some dental work. Mr. Shelle, Regan, of Caddys Mill, was in town Saturday on business. Mr. Allen Haves, u/ith th^ a c j, railway at Marion, came over to ittend the marriage of hie brother, Chaddie and Miss l^etha Price, )f Nichols. Miss fcillis, with the Helm Co., vent to Marion last Thursday to risit friends. Mr. Bonez, architect, of Wilmingon, N. C., was in town hist Friday ooking over the high school buildng, which is now being built by k>ntracfor Cecil. The Pages Mill Furnishing Co., nc., opened up business last Monlay morning. Mr. R. P. Horn has iccepted the position as manager, dr. Horn is a wide-awake man and to doubt he will hustle the business. Mr. P. W. Townsend, with the ieaboard Railway in Florida, reurned home last week. We are sorry to learn that I>r. . O. Rogers, while being rolled in t chair on the street last Wedneslay accidentally fell out and rehurt lis broken leg and it has been givng him much pain. Mr. Wiley L>upo and Miss Madge ^well were married last Wedneslay evening at 4 o'clock at the tome of the bride and was witnessd by Quite a number of neonle. "he bridegroom and bride left late n the evening for their future iome at G-addy's Mill. Two tracts of land were sold at naater's sales Monday. The first ras a one-half undivided interest of ^ora J. Barnhlll in Hillsboro ownshlp, which was sold under oreclosure proceedings. This tract ontains 200 acres and was bid in >y J. W. Dillon & Son for $70. ^he second was the Bnrfleld Rogrs estate in Hillsboro, which was old for partition. Tills tract was >id in by J, F. Oliver for $9,600. COUNTY NEWS ! AND HAPPENINGS: i NEWSY LETTERS FROI DIFFERENT SEC-j I HONS OF THE BOUNTY COMING AND GOING OF PEOPLE : I | News Items of Interest to Herald ; Headers. Kbb and Flow of the Human Tide. Hanner. Miss Ethel McEachern, who la in school at Marion, spent Thanksgiving with her mother, Mrs. J. B. McEachcrn. Mrs. William Dracy, of Rowland, N. C., spent Thanksgiving with j her father, Mr. Mark McDonald. I Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hubbard, of Rowland, Route 2, spent Sunday j near nere witn relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pasehael, of1 Rowland, spent Saturday night and I Suunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Graham. Mr. lvockie Bird and sister, of Fairmont, N. C., spent Thanksgiving with their cousin. Miss Virgie McDonald. Mr. W. N. Cobb, of Rowland, spent a few hours near here funday afternoon. Mr. John L.. Bethea drove to Row land Saturday afternoon on business. Mr. G. Regan, of Route 1, was in town Friday on business. Mr. H. K. McOornuck, of Rowland, lost 2 small houses Saturday night by fire. A good many from here attended the picnic at Kentyre Thanksgiving, and reported a nice time and plenty to eat. Miss Sallie Carter gave a party for a few of her friends Nov. 22. from eight to twelve. All departed declaring Miss Sallie a charming hostess. Rev. W. S. Ballard, of Rowland, will fill his regular appointment at Mt. Zion near here Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. Most people around here have lots of cotton in the field yet. The weather is so cold they cant' get s it picked. ' Best wishes to The Herald and ; its readers, 1 am the same, " "Peg." Kentyre. lj So many things are happening around Kentyre this week, we are * like the "old woman who lived in a shoe," we have so much news we L don't know whet to do. } Of course everybody enjoyed the annual ingathering picnic at Kentyre church on Thursday evening, though the day was rather cold. Every year cotton seed is distributed amoug the people of the Pee Dee and Kentyre churches. Each family plants a quarter of an acre, 1 which they call their "missionary patch." Before T hanksglving the cotton is gathered, ginned and weighed, and at the picnic a prize is given to the one who makes the most cotton. Then all of the cotton is given for missionary purposes This idea was originated by Rev. J. A. Wilson, some eight or ten years ago and its growth shows the fertility of the seed sown. This year ' Kentyre and Pee Dee churches raised 3,718 pounds of cotton for missionary work. Kentyre raised 2,' 724 pounds, and Pee Dee 994 ) pounds. Mr. R. B. McEachern got 551 pounds from his patch and won the prize in the Kentyre congregation. Mr. P. B. Sellers, of Dillon, delivered this prize, a handsome silver sugar bowl and twelve silver tea spoons. Mr. P. M. Stuart won the prize , which was the same as Kentyre's, for Pee Dee and Mr. McNeill, of FHorence, delivered it. | The Misses Nancy and Sallie Mci Leod, of Bingham, S. C., are visiting Miss Mack Carmichael thsi week. Miss McGill, from the Southern , Presbyterian College, Red Springs, N. C., and Miss Portia Lindsay, of j Rock fish, N. C., are visiting friends i and relatives around Kentyre. Mr. A. E. Spencer, the well known pastor from Florence, is coni ducting a series of services at Kenj tyre church. We hope to have him with us the entire week. The school children are especially fond of Mr. Spencer and enjoy his fine singing. A Woman's Betterment Associaj tion for the Kentyre school was , organized last Saturday. Miss Mack j (Ihrmichael was elected president, Miss Katie Lee Mclntyre vice president, and Miss Grace Mclntyre, secretary and treasurer. Mis? Loretta Mclntyre has returned home from a pleasant visit to her sister in Augusta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Hunter and little son spent a few days with Mrs. James McLellan. Mias Ethel McEachern from the graded school, spent Thanksgiving with her mother. Among the visitors at the Thanksgiving picnic were: Mrs. Oliver Carmlchael, Messrs. Roy Carmichael, Stafford Rogers, Spencer and Ottie Carmichael, Misses Maggie and Suda Melvin, Kate Moore, Sleetie j Carmichael, from Fork, S. C. Correspondent of Kentyre Literary Society. ___ ' I CUwjr, Mr. Wells Brown, of Kayetteville, N. C., Is in this section for a few days. Th&oksgiving day was spent very NEGRO MURDERED I AT HOT SUPPER RUFUS MCRAE IS SUBBED TO DEATH BY COMPANION PAGE CONFESSES^ THE CRIME Etatd Body Fpund Next Morning With <J!Lastly Knife Wound Ov- ' er Heart. Another crime was added to Dill- ! on county's chapter of homicides; Firlday night when Rufus McRae, a , young oolored man, was stabbed to death at a negro hot supper on Mr. j Jno. D. Bethea's place near Latta. Rufus and a number of companions were enjoying a genuine harvest ! moon frolic at a negro house on Mr. I Bethea's place. Liquor flowed tree- ! ly and a difficulty arose. The next n.nrnln., llnD? V 1- - uix/iut.ig mvivac o UCttU UOU) WUO found a few yards from the house with a gastly knife wound in the heart. The post mortem showed that the blade penetrated the heart and death must have resulted within a few minutes. Clarence Crawford and John and ! Henry Page were last seen with I MrRae and suspicion fell upon them. Sheriff Italic went to work ion the case and Monday he plac' ed Henry Page under arrest. Hater ; Henry made a confession to the sheriff and admitted having stabbed McRae. Henry plead self-defense as he alleges that McRae was I attempting to cut him with a knife j when he struck in defense of his life . Further investigation developed the fact that the difficulty started in the house and was renewed outside. It is said that Page stabbed McRae while they were in the house, but inflicted the fatal wound after they had gone outside tb settle the difficulty. quietly in this section. There was not much coming and going, jis the i day was very cold. Some few attended the races at Dillon, and , reported a lively time there, i Mr. M. R. Moody lias gone over tc Fairmont, N. C., to look after his place of abode. He intends to move I his family and furniture one day j this week. Mrs. Martha Rogers, and Solomon ! Bryant, of the Fork section, were i here Saturday and Sunday last. | Rev. J. 1. Allen, of Dillon, preach i o ? ?? r.?.? 1 -- ? * I uiuai iiurif.Mlllj; BCrillOll lien Sunday last. His discourse was of the "Five Talents." Ills sermon was not the old, old story, of the talents, but one of perfect newness, j I would that many could hear this sermon. A most serious accident occurred here on last Wednesday afteruoon, Nov. 29, when the little daughter of jj. A. Herring caught afire, which caused some severe burns. The child was standing before the fire in ! the house and by some means the fire caught its clothing, and bej fore it could recover the fire had gone to its head. It is suffering from the burns. We hope it will soon recover. 1 wonder why it is that Honey . Boy thinks I am trying to meddle with Casey, and Blue Eyes? Why, of course, 1 am not. Honey Boy must be in love with Blue Eyes and don't wish me to interfere. Of course he knows CUsey can't stand ; any hand, and he is all O. K., even | if Casey can't be present. lookout, .Casey, Honey BOy is a rounder. If j you don't mind he will give you .trouble yet. A word of welcome. We are glad to have '"Miss Peg," from Ha1 mer, in our midst. Hope you will 1 continue to come. We will try to give you a warm reception, and will try to make it as pleasant for you as we can. 1 said sometime ago that "I hoped we would soon have a friend writer from Hanier," and as you have come, now, please don't do like Ked Bluff, "forsake us." "Sub." I.ittle Bock. Hello. Red Bluff. This is Casey. We are patiently and anxiously waiting to hear something from you. We have such a thriving lit1 tie city, we have to let the people hear from us more often than we did a year ago. The people of this community took Thanksgiving very quietly. Miss Ethel Murray, of Rowland, is spending a few days with Miss Flora Hamilton. Mr. I.?ewl8 Stanton, of Bennettsville, spent last week with Mr. C. | C. Bridgers. Mr. M. S. Britt will soon have his handsome residence completed. He hopes to occupy it by the first of the year. Mr. John Mclnnis will succeed him at his country home. Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Davis visited their daughters, Miss Burtiice Bavin c. ?. .< ur<, n n Ir,? | Sunday. i Messrs. C. C. Stanton and Marvin ! Hamilton visited near Dothan Sunda" afternoon. With beat wishes to The Herald .and it constant readers. 1 Mrs. Casey. The bank of Dillon has heard I nothing further from the notes aggregating $25,000 taken from the mail pouch by the man who held up and robbed the A. C. L. train near Columbia several weeks ago. j The bank did not sustain any loss, however, as the stolen notes have been duplicated. The notes were consigned to a Oolurabia bank by | registered mail. r' McNamara Brc Given Pi James B. McNamara Ge J. Is Given Oi WILL TESTIFY BEFC DRAMATIC CLOHK OF ONE OF 1 K8 IN THK HISTORY OF TI KR8 JIST1CK WITH MlFKin i * ALTO CARAVAN WITH LIVING ROOMS. Ontario Physician Plans to Tour : I'-Aited Htatm in Machine With Tw Trailers. Ontario, Dec. 2. ? The most un- , ique automobile tour ever under- . taken in any country in the world will start from this city within the next few weeks, when Dr. I. V. liar-' vey, of North Euclid avenue, who is ; now having a special engine con- i structed, will take his family on a j I six months' tour of the United States in an automobile caravan of three cars, one of which will constitute a living and sight-seeing room, housed in, and the others ? i two trailers ? a sleeping chambei and a kitchen and dining room. I Dr. Harvey is experimenting on i an ideal engine to haul his car*van. Speed is not essential, but he wisht es sufficient power to pull the three, cars up any hill, and oyer any stretches of bad roads that the par! ty may encounter. The engine under consideration is a four-cilinder engine of the revolving type?that is, the cylinders t will revolve about the crank shaft, thus forming at the same time : fan and a fly wheel to cool themselves, thus doing away with the ; usual heavy fly wheel and water cooling system. This will both lighten the engine and give an additional supply of power. Tlio piitirn milfil u'ill fiini nlntuf > $5,000. i , ? Little Hock. i Miss Mamie Young is spending some time relatives in Darlington Mr. S. M. Davis and family, of Marion, spent Thanksgiving with Dr. and Mrs. DuRose. Mr. Walter Harrington entertained a number of friends at supper last Friday evening. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Diebler, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Norton, Dr. and Mrs. D. O. DuBose, Miss Bernice I j Davis, Miss Bonnie Ostwalt and Miss Virgie Britt, Messrs. J. T. Welch, W. B. Gullege, Dunk, Jim and John . Britt, Palmer Bethea, J. P. Stack, house. S. B. Stoney and Prof. W. A. i Walker. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Clark, of Me; Coll, are visiting relatives in Liti tie Rock. , Prof. W. A. Walker, spent ; Thanksgiving at his home in Gaffi ney. ' i Dick Harrington spent Sunday last with friends at Tatum. Imtta. . Misses Vivian McCutcheon. Olive and Agnes Davis returned to Ooker college Tuesday, after spending the holidays in Latta. Miss Nan Easterling has return ed to her home in McColl. Miss Nellie Callahan, of Red Springs, N. C., spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. J. J. Tolar. Miss Grace Lumpkin has return'd from a visit to Reman College at Gainsvllle, Ga. Dr. A. M. Crimminger spent Thursday in Florence. Mi-. Worth Stafford celebrated his birthday Monday even in go. Mrs. J. J. Tolar entertained Friday evening in honor of Miss Callohan, of Red Springs. ' RATS DKSTROY HIS FORT INK. I'lvnidrnt'ti A hi Sought in Hcdeiuption of l'lilverizcd Rank Xotrs. i I Wasiiington, Dec. 2. ? The life savings of Jack Simpson, of Aitken, Minn., amounting to $2,565, securely hidden from burglars, were reduc ed to pulp by hungry rats and mice, and in a letter received by President Taft he appealed for the re- j demption of the pulverized fragments by the Federal treasury. Tlis wealth, accumulated to buy a farm, Simpson explains, was placed in a( box and deposited between the upstairs floor and ceiling. No human being disturbed it. but when he took it from its hiding place he found it had been reduced to dust by the -avages of rodents. The resident has referred the matter to the treasury department for investigation. CauKlit I'ofwum M^hting ! ( Mr. W. D. Kdwards, who lives | near Tranquill, was talking yester- ' day about possum hunting, possum catching, etc., and mentioned a pe- ' culiar fact. One of the boys out ' hunting one night recently heard ' what he supposed at first were dogs 1 or cuts, fighting In a field. Ooing j 1 closer he found two old possums, in a real fight, and both were bag-| ged without any trouble. They are 1 being fattened now. ? Greenwood < Index. 1 If others ison Sentences ts Life Sentence and J ily 15 Years }RF FEDERAL JURY rHE GREATEST CRIMINAL CASIE (X)lN niY. JUDGE TEM:iMT AH MATTER OF KXLos Angeles, Cal., Dec 5. ?Jas. Barnabas McNlimara and John J. McNamara, brothers, natives of Cincinnati, Ohio, to-day felt the strong hand of justice, which they had long sought to evade. J. B. McNamara was sentenced to imprisonment for life for murder committed in dynamiting the Iajs Anmitttd in dynamiting the Dos Angeles Times building and killing 24 persons and his brother to 15 years in the penitentiary for blowing up the Llewellyn Iron Works. Though the younger brother, James B., in formally presenting his confession to the courts to-day, declared that he intended no murder when he placed 16 sticks of dynamite beneath The Times building on October 1, 1910. John J. McNamara, recounting to-night to his attorneys his principles broke down as he muttered that lie fought against great odds in the best way he could. Will 1m? Sut?iHH>naeiI. A few hours after the sentence was pronounced b> Judge Rordwell, word went forth that subpoenas would be issut d for both McKfimaras. But whatever fortitude the two ? ii iiiiifliri I (1 1 U1 1 IT fiicni receivi d a setback and dismay threatened them for a moment, as Judge Hordwoll, in passing sonteniv on James 1$. McXamara. seemed to l?e inclined to inflict tlie death penalty, and though tt did not come, the severity of Judge Bordwell's remarks cut deeply and John J. McXamara"s accustomed expression, half smile and half sneer, passed into one of dejection. Passing K mot ions. ' "I never saw a man change so much within a few minutes," declared Judge Bordwell. later. Attorneys close by saw tears in the eyes of John J. McXamara. The younger man. the confessed murderer, took his sentence calmly. As lie resumed his seat he smiled in recognition of an acquaintance. SOMK OI,l> AM) ACTIVK MKN. In His Travels Judge Koiv .\l?-ets With Seme Old Men of Wonder*fid Vitality. Judge Jno. A. Fore, who has been traveling through Dillon, .Marion and Robeson counties recently, tells The Herald of some very old men he met during his travels Over in Marion county lives Mr. Mitchell Powers, who is 80 years old. One naturally thinks of Mr. Powers as an aged and decrepit |old man hobbling around with the assistance of crutches, but such is not the case. In a sense Mr. Powers is still a young man as he walks around without the aid of crutch or stick. Another aged gentleman Judge Fore met in Marion is ('apt. Matthew Stanley. ('apt. Stanley has passed his Sdth birthday, but lie is still an active man, both mentally and physically. He is one of the few suriiving veterans of the Mexican war. Although long since past his three score and ten ("apt. Star.li y knows and can recite more local history than any half dozen men in Dillon or Marion counties. lie remembers incidents that happened 70 years ago with a distinctness that is truly remarkable. Most men who reach the allotted three score and ten feel that their day of usefulness is ended, but such is not the ease with Mr. John Spivey, another very aged man who lives in Robeson, and whom Judge Fore had the pleasure of meeting on his travels. Mr. Spivey has reaelied the remarkable age of 93 years, and is still an active man. When Judge Fore drove up to his home Mr. Spivey was engaged in the rather strenuous work of tossing corn into a barn. He is still hale and hearty and if outward appearances count for anything the indications are that he has many years of active life before him. Mr. Thomas Ttritt. of Dillon mnrH?a ? grand daughter of Mr. Spivey. Another well preserved old gentlemen whom the Judge met is Mr. Galtley, who lives near Rowland. Mr. Gaitley is 87 years old, but he wears his age so easily that he would be taken for a man many years younger. Neither has Mr. Gaitley lost interest in life. His mind and body are still active, and he takes a deeper Interest in human affairs than most men a score of years his junior. Mr. Gaitley is the father of Mr. Jule Gaitley, of IMllon. ' The active life led by these very aged gentlemen is conclusive proof that Dr. Osier is wrong when he lays that a man should retire at SO, and then be cloloroformed at SO. 1 Mr. J. G. Regan has rented out lis farm several miles east of Dill>n and will move to town about the first of the year. 1 " : ' ,. ; a