! Watch Label on Your Paper Jrl I I jf ||% ^4 44 44 fl The Date on the Label is the gdMiL?????,*,?,,? ItJlilXHl 1ylltUU? ^o"p*p"wfflB' ESTABLISHED 1894 THE DILLON HERALD. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MOBMNU, MAY 5, 1991. VOL. 27. NO. 34. 4 TRACINGS POUND ?, ON HEAD STONES. ROnly Reasonable Explanation is thac Work is Done by Human Agency. i Horry Herald. Quite a bit of interest has been created in town and the nearby country by freakish pictures that have recently made their appearance on two or three tombstones in the Favr Bluff cemetery. I The tombstones in question are of snow white marble, on one of them, erected in 1911 over the grave of a well known lady, there is the very \ distinct outlines of a woman's head 1 and hnHv r>? ? J VH HtUC VUVIU^ VT VI V U W gTave. The most conspicuous feature is the hair. The facial features are dim and vague but the hair surrounding-4he head is as perfect and natural ? as in any photograph. | It is done up in colonial style and L with the othfek* features it appears to > be imbedded in the stone with a thin A veil of stone covering it and partly Kblding it from the onlooker. In the same family plot over a grave of a brother of the lady who died in 1908, there is a perfect reproduction of a addle of the style that is known as Texas saddle, deep seated and with ' *wiie high horn and flanks common with this variety. Even thP heavy ?>s?trap8 and heavy leather stirrups are there. Coincident with the presence of the saddle on the stone it is interesting to note that the young man x. buried in that particular grave was a bit wild and that he spent sonre time In the West at the stock yard. ? me ioregoing aispaicn, wnicn appeared in the New and Observer of ; -Raleigh, North Carolina, having been i pent into that newspaper by some correspondent in Fair Bluff, North Caro; lina caused some interest in Conway As there is prominent people here who have deceased relatives at Fair Bluff. The Herald has taken steps to have this matter investigated to r some distance away from the raveyard. In later years th'.i liker\ np, would be dispenser of patronage and that he had prepared a slate of officers, and that these would be appointed at an early date. "Red" R. Tolbfeft, of Abbeville, was slated for collector of internal revenue; Ernest F. Cochran, of Andeason was slated for the district attorneyship for the western district; S. L. Leappard, of Lexington, was slated to be mavshall for the eastern district, and other officers were tagged with the names or certain prominent Kepublicans. There haB been considerable comment of 1-ate as to why these ap pointments have not been made and today comes the story from Washington to the effect that Mr. McLaurin {has been in the capital, and that he iniay have something to do with the situation. It is stated that the administration does not view with enthusiasm the deadlock between the two Republican factions in this state, and that be' cause of that fact the alternative of 'a prominent Democrat as dispenser Will probably bo seized. It is stated in confidential advices from Washington today that this plan will likely be put into effect immediately. o TWO LIVES SNUFFED OUT. Car Huns Into Negro Carrying Steel Di'ill?Accident Near Newbeny. ] Newberry, April 28. ? John A. | Payne, white-, and John Gilder, a negro, were killed at G?m Spring, ; three miles northwest of Newberry, on the Piedmont highway in an automobile accident this afternoon. Mr. Payne was formerly of Whitmire, but for the past two years lived in Greenwood. He was 26 years old aud recently married to Miss Johnson. of Landford Stantion, Laurens county. He and his brother in law, iM H. Cash ion. of Greenwood, were in a ford couye cn their way toward Greenwood lrem a baseball game at Newberry. a* Gum Springs the Novel Construction company had just knocked off work for the day. Gilder, a nog o laborer was coming | toward Newbr-T} with a steel drill rod about ten feet long on his shoulder. Getting out of the way of a |truck, he stepped right in front of j tlie. couj>e. The rod went endwise through the coupe's windshield and pierced Mr. Payne's eye and entered his brain, killing him instantly. The ccupc ran against the negro and knocked him down and the injuries he teceived front the car and from the rod he was carrying caused his death an hour or so later. The noJgro was 45 years old. I Mr. Cashion, whose wife is Mr. I Payne's sister, was not seriously injured, but was badly shaken up and [the shock to his nerves rendered him 'unable to testify this evening. The inquest was postponed until morning. The families of Messrs. Payne land Cashion were notified of the fagedy and their wives and some 'Greenwood friends came to Newberry tonight. Mr. Payne's body, by direction of Sheriff Blense, after being viewed by the coroner's jury, was immediately carried to an undertaking establishment and cared for. The time of the funeral has not been fixed. o Boosting the M. A. & S., II. It. Fairmont Review. Mr. J. W. Burns, a prominent farmer and business man of the Gaddysville section was a Fairmont business visitor Saturday. Mr. Burns says that the farmers in his section are very enthusiastic over the proposed extension of the Maxton Alma A Southbound Railroad and that they will cooperate with the projectors to the fullest eextent in helping to secure the road by Curtis' store. This is one of the most up to date farming sections In Robeson county and if evter a community needed railroad facilities it is this section. Curtis' store is eight miles from any railway connection and for several years the farmers and business men of that section have been handicapped on account of better facilities to handle products and there is no limit to the service that a railroad will afford them. That particular section will g*o? anything that can be grown in thit part of the state and It is already on? oi tne oest tobacco growing district; in the county, and with its natural re sources this section can be dereloped . into one of the greatest truck growing and farming centers In the state DILIjON BOYS VISIT FLORENCE. Entertained During the Day by Chamber of Commerce The Florence Times of Friday says^ A score of the boys of the argrh jJ tural classes of the Dillon county puJlie schools are spending the day in Florence, where they are going over various farming activities of this section. Most of the forenoon was spent at the Pee Dee Experiment station, where they studied thb various ways and means of conducting experiments and demonstrations. Mr. R. E. Currin, superintendent, gave them a good l(?pt 11 TA or* thlo nKoo? u * ? ---- w WM ?mio |?uuoc vi 1110 WOI R tlie state agricultural farms. Mr. E. S. Prevost of Clemson College, bee specialist of the state, also demonstrated to the boys many interesting features of the apiarist. The rest of the morning was spent seeing crops in the fields, learning more of practical methods and means of making farming pay the man who is producing the natural wealth of the country today. The Chamber of Commerce entertained the boys also during the day with an extensive sight seeing trip over the city, where they bad the opportunity of seeing commercial and industrial development, learning more of the history of the locality, and visiting other points of interest. Mr. J. Ward McLendon, county agent, piloted the boys through the city for this purpose. Members of the party are as foli lows: Dillon. Marion J. Webster, Carroll ! Godwin, Sidney Blum, Walter Rowiland, Johnson Campbell, William ! Flowers U'illinm AHqnic 1 ; Harat-r, J. W. Williamson, David 1 Stuart, Morris Cunipbell, Tim Campbell. Foster Herring, William Roland, 1 Grady Bracy, Wilbur Horton, Worth Townsend. i Fork, Edward Taylor. Bingham, Noilu McLeod, Eugene ! McLeod. Rowland, Vernon Gaddy. i T. L. Ayers, Director of Agrlcul- ' ture, Dillon. The trip today is just another ex- i ample of the adoption of the visual methods of teaching in the public ' schools of the Pee Dee section. Their teacher, Mr. Ayers, believes that they 1 will grasp and retain much by ac- I tmally seeking the subject than they 1 ever would get by the school room study. ! SON ALIVE, MESSAGE SAYS. I I Mother Confident Body Buried That ol ller Boy. ! rri ? I-..* Iuiccuiiiic, .uuj a. a iruer ing that her son, whose body she 1 thought she buried here in Septeni-i bet of last year, is now a patient in a;. i Chicago public health service hospital; has been received by Mrs. Josiej Stuart, of McBeth street, Monaghan, fbut Mrs. Stuart states that she is pos-i! ; ilive that the body over which the J reading rooms at all times. The Club begins with a paid memi bership of 176 and new members will be added from time to time. The dues ai?d very low?in fact so low , that membership is within reach of ' everyone. At the formal opening Monday night refreshments and cigurs were served and delightful music was furnished by a four-piece orchestra from Dunbar. Short talks were made by Dr. J. H. Hamer, Judge Davis, O. M. Page and A. B. Jordan in which the boys were commended for having provided ao delightful a gathering plac^ for the young men of the town . and community. I The officers of the Club are: Jack Henegan, post commander; > Frank B. David, vice post commandi er; Smith Stubbs, adjutant; Jesse > Evans, historian; Tom David, chapi lain. The board of directors is com. posed of Maj. O. M. Pace, Capt. F. t M. Niernsle, W. B. Thompson, BUI David, Carlisle Braeey and Capers . Braddy. COUNTY NEWS Fork. Miss Ormie Mackey of Heath i Springs spent last w^k with Miss vuiuib v/t>i niituiiei ana ai r8. l. M. itogers. Miss Surah Taylor spent the week ?nd at Floydnle with Mrs. Perce Mc-j Donald. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Rogers of Dilon and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rogers' >f Mullins spent Sunday with Mr. I ind Mrs. J. O. Rogers. Miss Louise Pearce of Marion has >een visiting her brother, Mr. Colon Pearce. Mr. Elbert Fort and Mrs. Ruby Port Carinichael spent Sunday with diss Annie Berry of Dillon. Mrs. Angelyne Lane luis returned lome after spending a week with Mrs. tfaxy Adams of Dillon. The monthly meeting of the Fork lome Demonstration Club was held it the school house Tuesday afterloon, April 26tli. The following progam wa3 carried out: Song. Roll call and minutes of last meetng. Demonstration of churning by Demonstration Agent, Miss Etta Sue. sellers. Close with Mizpah. Mr. and Mrs. Maxy Adams and >aby and Mr. V. B. Moody spent Sun lay here with Mrs. S. A. Owens. o Floydnle. Mrs. A. 13. MeElyca has returned some after spending some time with Iter daughter Mrs. J. L McLaunn. Miss Sarah Taylor of Fork spent be week end with Mrs. Percy MoDunald. Mrs. H. B. Floyd visited H. B. Floyd. Jr., at Marion last. week. Misses Catherine and May Murchison and Helen McDowell visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sla^khousc Thursday. Rev. P. K. Crosby closed a two week's meeting at Zion Sunday night. Twelve united with the church. Misses Evelyn Moody, Ilpeti Roberts and Messrs. Fred Moody, Tom Rozier and Ben Stackhous? spent TlltMfirinV nf Qneinc?i! XT n Miss Mamie Betrry who is taking training at Thompson Hospital, Lurnberton, is spending lior vacation at borne. Messrs. H. B. Floyd, Jr., and Alton Hayes of Marion spent Sunday with home folks. o Queer Happenings at Fair Hluff. Dear Old Herald: This old town is In the throes of not by any means a desirable position ?that is rather embarrassing, not only to the good people of the town, but especially to the relatives of the lady buried in the cemetery and at whose grave a beautiful white marble monument has been erected. The occult idea seems to prevails omong ihe hundreds of visitors that throng this sacred enclosure where rest the utttu oi in is community and on Sunilays the crowd reaches hundreds ? within a radius of fifty miles they come, horse-foot and dragoons, and the object of this great influx of visitors is to view what is claimed to be a perfect and distinct portrait of a woman's head and the face clearly defined on the monument to the lady there buried. How long this object has been seen on the monument no one seems to know or the iterson who discovered this wonderful picture. Wonders around this bailiwick never cease. One of the prominent citizens, merchant, farmer and a grand success in raising n large number of children and is 111 a fair way to educate them. He has a cozy home in town, has a few improved breed of domestic animals and his poultry yard is also stocked with up to date chickens; only the best?no mungroels or bantoms on his yard. About a month ago one of his famous Rhode Island hens hatched out a brood of young chicks; among them was one whose head was slightly larger than the others. When 3 weeks old his head was crown , had to make lip deficits from year totj year. ia The season tickets for adults are ^ $2.76 and $1.38 for children. There , art. twelve attractions which cost the ^ adults 25 cents each and the children !j 12 cents each. Either of the 12 at- j tractions is worth the price of a ticket , 'and if the attractions were put on in', single numbers it would be necessary , ,to charge for each attraction the full , |price of one ticket. Th<. Redpath idea, j which has become popular through-'< 'out the world iti the last few years, makes it possible to combine the best!, talent of the nation, and by giving a a series of entertainments twice daily I i in a town, thP price is reduced to a 'j | minimum. The original idea of Mr. i. I Redpath was not to make money but',, ! to provide wholesome and instruc-lr Itive entertainment for th0 masses of;., the people who were not able to go to the larger cities each year to en- ^ joy this class of entertainment. He j v i im? uruugui liifse uiwhi.s ngni lO lHPJr doors of the people?In other words he has shifted the great playhouses j| of the larger cities to the smaller towns where they are in reach of v everybody, both rich and poor. Mr. Redpath himself was an edu- f. cator and his idea is being carried ? out by men who are interested in the educational development of the r masses. They are in no sense show- j men. Even the advance agents are college-bred men of high i<)eals whose'? purpose in life is not to accumulate., wealth, but to scatter broadcast,,. j i viiivii^iiuuv ii'o lauu ui hh? ul j pood cheer and to encourage a spirit ^ of optimism among the masses of the people. The Chautauqua gives afternoon and evening entertainments. The afternoon entertainments begin at 3:45 o'clock and the evening entertainments at 8 o'clock. The Chautauqua p will he tteke five days, ending next 4 Monday night. o T ?? 3 IAXY DELEGATES TO ATTBNDL >tatc Wide ttracted to South Carolina but will tclually rob us of many of our own itizcns. North Carolina is preparing to spend $50,000,000 111 the building o? mproved highways. Georgia in*. roving her roads -and Florida, not :ontent with thfc splendid highways f which she already boasts, is plannine to spend more money 011 them South Carolina instead of going forward in tin mallei ol road building is going backward. Kealizing thfe gravity of the situation which emit routs us the represeuluthes of various state-wide associutions have decided to call a uiase meeting of the people of South Carolina to be held in Craven Hall, in the city of Columbia on Wednesday, May IS at 110011 to consider the matter with hope that some plan may be evolved to remove the terrific handicap under which our state has been laboring and which will be felt strongly in the future unless souieihinir 10 rl D. C. Hey ward, Temporary Chairman. A. B. Jordan, President S. C. Press Association. K. C. Hamer, President, S. C Cot1011 Association. J. Pope Matthews, representing S. C leakers Association. James Cole, President of S. 0. L'lation of Labor. \V. 11. Coggswcll, President Travelers Protective Association. A. Mason, Gibbes, President S. CAutomotive Trade Association. W". B. West, representing S. C. Cotton Seed Crushers Association. L. W . Perrin, representing Rotary Jiubs. Dr. Julius H. Taylor, reprejH-titint s. C Medical Association. L. M. Pickney, President Fire UnSerwriters Association ol S. CFrank F. Brodnax, President Life Underwriters Association of S. C. M. Goode Homes, .S. C. iloatls lustiu te. L. Thos. Arnold, representing Kitnnis Clubs H. O. Black, President Columbia Chamber of Cominerce. A. J. Greer. President Charleston Chamber of Commerce. o 15K.YDY l oll KOAD WOK It Messrs. Lawler and Cartlcdge, who viU construct the piec^ ?' h'Khway roin Dillon to the Muiion county inc. arrived in town last Saturday nd their equipment arrived Sunday. I'hcy brought with them about 35 lab rers and the working force of 6C? viil be completed by employing local abor. Messrs. LavvK r and Carlledge tave a complete road building equipnent and when the work is started here will be no let up until the con. ract is completed Camp will bo itched about half way between Dil on and Datta. The contractors bavo 100 davs in which to comnlide (ho vork, but if the weaths 'cry heavy and it is the opinion of nad experts that a gravel surface on his road would be economy in the ong run. Commissioner McLaurin is stiir lorking on the highway road from)illon to the North Carolina line. A oncrete road will be built to the iouth Carolina line and all that is clf.o'il nf TlHlrir* Jc* ? - > n 1VII ID %\/ UUdVi c? QUVU oad of sand and clay from the state ine to connect up with the steel >ridge over Big Pee Dee. Arrangonents have been made In other states, hrough which th# highway pwssoe,. nd if Dillon can arrange to do her >art the highway from New York t? "ampa is assured. o NOnCB. There will be a meeting of the Imrovement Club on Friday ereCteg * > o'clock in one of the claa* ? t the new echool building. WKKKHKF s. HkIUl , .