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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-04

One of The Herald's highly es.
emed friends in a letter to the
sditor says: Don't fail on that
n wv county," Of course we won't.
It ne New County is nearer the
carts of the people of this section
than anything else in the world
. d if they fail this time it won't
be their fault. Nothing comes be-
Goc ce its time and nearly all the vo-
tars in this section are agreed that
lhe time has come for a New Coun-
~. When our friend next visits
Dillon we shall take pleasure in
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-04

The anaual banquet of Dillon
Lo dge No. 81, Knights of Pyth las
will be held at the Price Court Inn
on the evening of Feb. 10. Th e
com mittee on entertainment are
making preparations to hold one of
the most successful 5anquets in
the history of the order and loc al
Pythians are looking forward to
the occasion with pleasure. Their e
will be number of out-of-tow n
and local speakers.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-04

With feeling so tense between
The attorneys and others interest
I'd in the oper-Carmack trial
here is very little likelihood of the
proceedings amounting to more
than a farce. As a rule when pol
itics walks into the court house
Justice pick up her scales and
walks out.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-04

BY advocating the annexation
Woodbury. Township to Horry
,unty our Marion friends tacitly
.dmit just what 800 voters in
lis end of Marion have been
aiming for a score of years, i. e. D.,
nat the county is too large and
light to be divided. There are
9ily two kinds of people who new
~ change their mind and we are
Eiad that our Marion friends don't
Oe1ong to either class. It's never
100 late to get on the right side.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-04

conducting him through our new
court house and then perchance
give him an auto spin around the
county over our new1y-made ma
cadam roads.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-04

Acontemporary notes that Sena-
or Tillman who used to ignore the
press is now getting sensitive about
It's criticisms. This is encourag-
ing. When q man begins to re-
eognize the power of the press he
is beginning to learn.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22
HAD MANY YEARS ON EARTH
Remarkable Band of Aged People to
the Credit of English coun.
try District.

A medical correspondent has sent Us
an interesting extract from the Chard
and minister News, for the accuracy
of which he is able to vouch, as he is
the professional adviser of all the per-
sons mentioned with the exception of
Sarah Morris. He had attended Jacob
Trott for some years before his death
The extract is as follows: "Chard
has recently lost its oldest resident,
Jacob Trott of Clarke's row, who was
in his ninety-seventh year, and could
thus remember the battle of Water
loo. Trott. however, could not claim
longest residence in the town, as he
was born at Broadway and had only
been in Chard "a years. He was blind
for many years previous to his death.
His two sisters. who pre-deceased him,
attained the ages of 81 and so, while
daughter of the old man Is in her
seventy-third year. Trott's remarkable
age led us to inquire as to whether
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22
0UEENSLAND'S WATER TREES
Of the Curiosities Of the
Region.

One of the curiosities In natural his
tory in the colony of Queensland is
the provision by nature of supply OF
water in the roots OF certain trees
On these roots the aborigines former
~ depended for their water for sew
aral months OF the year
There are several kinds OF trees in
Queensland from which water can
be obtained. including three species
of eucalyptus, and the kurrajong. The
eucalypti consists of gum, which is
The largest Of the back country trees,
box and malice. The first named Is
he most preferred. as yielding the
,reatest quantity. This tree resem
bles the red gum in appearance. the
leaves being a little narrower and OF
a silvery color 1t grows chiefly on
sandy or light loamy soil and throws
out numerous lateral roots at depth
of about nine inches from the sur.
face of the ground. The position of
these roots was ascertained by the
blacks by repeatedly jabbing the
points Of spear or sharpened stick
In the soft earth at distance of about
six or eight feet from the trunk of
the tree. The soil was then removed
with wooden shovel for some 20
feet or more and the root cut off al
either end. This was then cut up
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22
Europe's Highest Vlliane.

THE highest village in Europe" is
the inscription on post card which
shows group of wooden cottages on
a bleak hill, with no sign of vegeta-
ton in sight and having as a back
ground range of Recovered noun.
tains. The name of the place is Cume.
az In the Canton Wallis. 1t lies 2,O47
meters above the sea level, where
Monte Rosa raises its gigantic head
into the clouds" The village consists
OF four families, and the latest cen
sus gives 1t poF s'stion of 26. The
storms of spring sad fall and the
SHOWS of the winter months" says the
sender Of the card, make life
dreary one, and still the people look
happy, and doubtless they are So"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22
The Humble LIhrettlst.

In the history of opera there are
many curious anomalies; but perhaps
the strangest is the role played by
the librettist. For the most part oh.
scure and unimportant and generally
aforementioned, his ranks have never
theless been recruited from the ablest
and most brilliant men of letters
Among those who have undertaken the
part are such unlikely names as Vol
taire, Goethe, Wieland, Addison and
Fielding; while others Of considerable
poetic talent, as, for example, Metas-
tasio, Calzabigi, Rinuccini, Boito and
Coppee, have tried their hand at II.
bretto writing with assurance, giving
to it their best efforts. And yet the
most successful librettists are few
the merest handful out of harvest OF
three centuries.-The Forum.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22
SMALL BOY SOLVES PROBLEM
Simple Solution OF Trouble That Was
Worrying the Man Without
Family.

Capt. Tom Grasselli is the father of
hree sons, G. A. H., Tom, Jr., and
1enry. But Tom is hardly ever known
by his own name Everybody calls
lin Buddy
The three boys have come to look
ipon Wade park as their very own,
They fairly live in the park and their
parents, who know what's good for
little boys. let EN-. 1t beats doctor
,ills all hollow. Their taste runs in
he direction of the zoo, too, and they
are on excellent terms with the ami
mails. Particularly are they fond of
he ostrich, which they regard as a
stork from his general resemblance in
4 picture book to that wise old bird
The boys are great favorites in
Rock Island. Ill, their mothers home,
and frequently visit there. One neigh
Dor, a friend of the family. has play.
fully proposed to adopt Buddy, and
Buddy has signified his acceptance of
that honor. The last time Buddy was
out there their friend proposed to con-
clude the bargain, but his elder broth
er, Caesar, interposed an objection.
faint fair" he said, with a sense
of duty toward the family, ito take
Buddy away from us this way. We
couldn't get along without Sim, Hen
ry and me-
But haven't any little boy"
argued the friend In serio.comic des.
pair, nor any little girl. What am
going to do about it?"
Tell you what you do" consoled
Buddy. to whom his brothers plea
had appealed You tust cone TO
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22

-.AAAS
into lengths Of about Is inches, the
bark KNOCKED off and the lengths stood
on end In some receptacle to contain
water. In many cases the blacks used
a bag made of the entire skin of the
male wallaby. AS soon as all these
pieces were placed on end the opera
tor, beginning with the first placed.
put the end in his mouth, and by a
vigorous pun expelled the remaining
water. The size of the roots chosen
was. with the bark on, about the thick
ness OF mans wrist. The larger
ones being more woody and less por
Gus, contain little or no water The
water is beautifully clear, cool, and
free from any unpleasant taste or
smell
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22
Havarian Beer.

bavaria remains easily ahead In its
consumption of beer, for last year. we
are told. IL drank 24S quarts for ev.
cry man. woman and child in the king
dom. Though the ladies assist, we
ipy set aside the children and con-
tlude that the. average Bavarian man
Is not far outside gallon day, But
this is not so dreadful as 1t sounds,
since II alcohol in any form be harm.
less, 1t Is surely least harmful and
most delightful In the form of Bavari.
an beer as drunk in its native land.
And the stalwart peasants and noun
tain dweilers love II SO well that they
do not yearn for the grosser indulg-
snce of intoxication. The day Is not long
enough for man to make himself
drunk on Munich beer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22
Hiuh Title Denied Wast,tnuton.

A friend calls attention to the fac
that Washington, although comman
der in chief during the Revolution
and again in 1898 during the French
war. which did not really happen, die
not bear the title OF full general. o.
July 2, 1898. President Adams nomin
ated him "to be lieutenant general an,
commander in chief" This was fol
lowed by the act of March 3, 1898. Q
which the ninth section read that
commander of the army of the Unite,
States shall be appointed, and CON
missioned by the style of general Q
the armies of the United States, an
that the present Office and title {
lieutenant general shall thereafter b
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22

every station a comapny OF soldiers.
and a band playing the national an
them. The traveller asked brakeman
the reason of all this ceremony. The
brakeman, lowering his voice, re
piled:
81 don't mind telling you, sir-but
in the strictest confidence, be 1t un
derstood--that carriage in this train
has been engaged for his majesty. Blu;
his majesty, as matter of fact, won't
set off till this evening. Thus the plo'
Matched against him may take effec
on this train, you see, and our gra
cious sovereign will be saved
THE brakeman touched his cal
and passed on, and the traveller, sud
denly grown pale and nervous, staret
from the window anxiously."
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22

there were any other nonagenarians
living in the district. Our quest was
not in vain. for we find that at Tat
worth there is Sarah Morris, aged
SO; in High street, Chard, Eliza Tuck
er 90; at Winsham. Samuel Spurdle.
81; at burlington, Uriah Samways,
80, who still continues his occupation
as shepherd; and at Bath lane,
Chard, Mary ratton, 80, who Is still
quite proficient with her needle. The
combined ages of these five persons
thus aggregate asa years, which II not
constituting record must run very
ose."-Lancet Uondon).
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22
PLEASANT FOR THE TRAVELLER
Russian Method Of Safeguarding czar
Necessarily Led to Some Appre-
hension.

The late William r. Ingersoll, the
noted life INSURANCE manager, was an
authority on insurance rates.
MIR. Ingersoll knew the rates all
over the world" said New York man
ager, recently. THE Russian rates are
very high. Mr., lngersoll once ex-
planned to me, with story, why this
was.
"A traveller in Russia, he said. no
ticed that the train was all deco
rated with flags and banners, and at
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22

Cleveland with us and we'll intro.
duce you to the big stork in Wade
park. You tell him what you want
and he'll do It. He's friend of the
family and my father knows him
we'll. Cleveland Leader.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-22

abolished President Adams, jealous
for the executive preogative as com.
mander in chief, made no appoint.
ment under this act and Washington
died as acknowledgement.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-31
(By Cad Allard.

81 the markets one hundred miles dis
iang. In the gas field the situation is
different, and for a time cheap iuel is
furnished, bu, in the end the results
are far from satisfactory. from the
fact that monopoly first controls
the output and squeezes The consum-
ers. and In time the field plays out and
leaves The factories and power plants
1t The mercy OF the coal companies
There is only one practical solution
10 the proposition. and that is electric
water power. a power controlled only
by nature. not subject to strikes. lock-
outs or fires, and not liable TO give
out That we Of Chickasha-of Okla
homa-haye today
The capacity of the Washita as a
water power stream is inexhaustible
ard within easy reach OF Chickasha
enough power can be cen;ered to run
all the wheels OF industry that may
come 10 Oklahoma within the next
halt century
This company has secured other To-
Gated properties for power plants,
which ii proposes to commence devel-
oping in the near future.
The street car lines and the pro
posed Chickasha. Pauls Valley and
Denison Interurban line win take its
power from Washife river power
houses.
Before the Chickasha Water Power
Company entered the local field. the
rate for domestic current in Chickasha
was twenty cents per kilowatt hour,
since the company has commenced
business the rate has been reduced to
eight cents for domestic consumption,
and for other purposes a sliding scale
is in effect, bringing the rate down
10 a cent and a half for manufacturers
who use large quantities of electricity.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-31

MOI Bisod Disease-cvrsd by on o,
Wintergreen Compound.

For many years eczema was sup
posed to be a blood disease and was
erroneously treated as such, but now
the best authorities agree that eczema
is only a skin disease, and mus, b.
cured through the skin. The eminen,
skin specialist, DIR. d. d. Dennis frs,
discovered the eczema germ, and his
discovery was quickly taken up in
Germany aud France.
To kill the eczema germ. and at the
same time heal the skin, DR.. Dennis
compounded oil Of wintergreen. thymoI
glycerine. etc. The remedy is LIQUID.
not a mere salve. hence it sinks right
into the pores of the skin. Washing
with this oil Of wintergreen compound
seems 20 take away the itch at once.
soon the scales drop away and the dis.
ease disappears. The prescription has
now been used so long as to have prov.
en- its absolute merit. and we do not
hesitate 70 express our confidence in
d. d. d.. Prescription as used with
d. d. ID. Soap.
THE OWL i.suo STORE.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-31
eveRvrHlHc NEW THIS SEASON.


The climax OF all tented amuse-
ments. A. G. Aliens Big Colored Min.
strels, will appear here under canvas,
The company includes some OF the
best singers, dancers, cake walkers
and colored specially artists known
among the colored race. This is the
first minstrel show in the United
States to appear under canvas and
Mr.. Allen is the originator of the idea
and has succeeded in getting together
a musical organization Of such magni.
tude that would be impossible to be
produced in an opera house. Owing to
the large seating capacity of his tent
he is enabled to place the price of
admission at 35c and 25c. At Chicka-
sha Saturday, July n, corner Fourth
and Choctaw.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-31
Future Manufacturing City of the Southwes
Chickasha Oklahoma, Has Electric Galore
Cheapest Power III Earth

On January End he power from the
electric water power plant was con
nected up with the wheels Of industry,
commencing new era in the history
Of Chickasha--of oklahomain fact
This last great move was the one
thing needful 70 round oa- chlckasha
as an important factor in me CONNER
cial world.
There was sufficient in what We had.
prior to the bestowal upon us OF that
great Commercial factor, cheap power,
to make us feel that we were favored
people, and this great gift in addi-
ton is cause for exceeding crate
fulness.
Not only must the promoters and
builders Of this great power plant have
the pleasure Of knowing that they
have builded a recompense for the
future. bu, they have al re same time
erected a lasting moHumen. % their
pluck and energy Ttev have siven
TO the Paragon state lroaeh The
cheapest method OF furnishing power
known to man De incentive tor ioea.
ton Of manufactures seeking homes
in the New Southwest
Many are the industries ,hat viii
come 10 Oklahoma because 81 his
cheapest a all power, generated
through the barn ss'ne 81 medium
that runs on forever Unlike ihe va
pors which come from ha bowels of
earth and are temporarily 70 furnish
heat for generating power this har-
Messing of the Washita insares manu-
facturers against the possibility Of the
prime factor running out And when
we, here in Oklahoma, the land that
but few years ago, as time is meas
ured, was vast, unimproved territory
are boasting Of modern advancement
that places Oklahoma factories on a
level with the factories depending up
on the harnessed Niagara for their
power, we must indeed be proud OF our
position. And the claim is not built on
a frail foundation. either, for we are
assured that to large consumers this
electrical current win be furnished as
cheap as is that generated by inc
mighty Niagara.
Cheap power Is one OF the great eie-
ments in city building. and 70 Obtain
this is the problem which confronts
all enterprising communities
IN the coal producing uis'rlc's =
would seem that the problem is solved
but such IS not the case, for the res'
son that combination among operators
strikes among miners, lockouts anO
flooded mines result in keeping W
the price OF coal at the mines ioi
local consumption about the same a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-31

confidence because the ground for
trust or reliance is found in The thrift
and energy
And as Chickasha grows, the power
plant will grow. for the men behind
the dan are men who are not influ
enced by what the common people
think. Lawrence Martin. who financed
the project: C. f. Ross, engineer in
charge; and Dennis O'Brien. wealthy
property owner OF Chickasha, were
confident that they saw just what
Chickasha needed. and despite the fact
that $4,000 was needed TO put into the
building Of the plant. they readily got
behind the move when some reserved
support until the realization of just
what the plant meant to Chickasha
was thrust upon them,
But the rapid strides did not end
there No later than Friday, the above
company which has been known as the
chickasha Water Power Company
consolidated with the Chickasha Gas
Company. and viii be known in the
future as the Chickasha Gas and Elec-
trio Company. capitalized at sl75,OO0,
with the above named citizens as di-
Arectors. including A. A. Humphrey and
f. f. Johnson. who were with the gas
company
The present plant, as shown here
with. is built OF solid concrete, with a
width Of 80 feet at the base, top width
OF feet, height 1914 feet, and width
of S5 feet over the spill-way. There
are good substantial bulk heads at the
ends to protect the banks fully. OF
the equipment found at the plant,
there are two 40-inch trunk turbines
or horizontal shafts; one 375 XIV. a. c.
generator with space left for three ad-
ditional 61-inch turbines and two gem
orators of the same capacity as the
one now in use. In fact, the installa-
ton TO the generators is now under
way.
The present power house is merely
a temporary structure and when the
additional nnits are added, a concrete
power house will be erected, The
plant, now with an aggregate horse
power Of 800. is about one-third loaded
but when the heavy motors are in
stalled the largest concerns, such as
factories now figuring will require a
larger equipment. From the power
plant to the center OF distribution
there is used about four miles Of wire.
In the business houses and through
out the residence section there are in
stalled So arc lights of the new West
inghouse metallic flame pattern, the
first Of the kind in the state and the
citizens have expressed delight at The
results.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-31
WHAT OUR NElGH5oR SAYS
ABOUT US.

The following. taken from the Daily
oklahoman. of Oklahoma City. sets
forth the true conditions of Chick
ashas water power advantages;
Three miles southeast of Chickasha
is found the first dam that ever turned
a water wheel on the Washita river
within the state of Oklahoma, and y
NAV be said that the wonderful power
nlant stands as an everlasting mon
ument 10 the thrift, energy ana
confidence OF the sturdy citizenship
of the city.
Thrift, because the foremost citizens
Of Chickasha have and are demonstrate
ing that they enjoy a vigorous town
growth; energy, because the life, spirit
or inherent power are in evidence
among the best citizens; and lastly
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-31
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.


A Encouragement is one in which no.
body gets angry.
As weeping experts women can put
1t all over the men.
Many good reputation has been
stabbed by pointed tongue.
Many man squanders a dollars
worth Of energy in an attempt to save
a nickel.
II you would keep your friends don't
let them permit you to indorse their
notes.
Some wives are wise enough to pre-
tend to believe everything their has
bands tell them.
They should be called hay widows
instead OF grass, for there is certain
~ nothing green about them.
German scientist has succeeded in
photosraphing the breath. Now will
you night owls be good?
Almost every day man is com
PEELED to submit to some injustice that
he once declared he would never stand
for.
Ihere are times when every woman
imagines she suffers in silence, but at
such times there is something wrong
with her Imagination Chicago News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-31
REFLECTIONS OF A sAcAELoR.

REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
A girl wants hammock on the pi-
azza either because she is engaged or
because she is trying to be.
Even the man who cuts the lawn
thinks the ways he does it is proof he
understands public affairs.
A widow has learned better than to
trust a man, but she has also learned
how to bear disappointment.
The great trouble woman has
about keeping secret is that if sha
does It doesn't seem to her a real se-
cfet.
A man doesn't seem to be anfo tS
put In hook for the hammock unless
the whole family stands around ana
admifes the brilliant way he screws 1t
in.--New York Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-31
(First Published July 80, 1909
PROPOSALS FOR BONDS.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office of
the city clerk of the city of Chicka-
sha, Oklahoma, for the sale of
$3.50, 100000 city bonds, said bonds to
be voted and issued for the purpose Of
constructing storm sewers, water
mains and sanitary sewers in said city.
Said amount to be divided for each
Of said purposes as shown by the esti-
mate of the city engineer on file in
my office.
All bids must be filed no later than
2 o'clock p. m. August 9TH, 1909, at
which date the city council of the city
of Chickasha, win meet at the coun.
ell chamber in said city for the pur-
pose of opening. receiving and consid-
ering said bids.
M Joe Dews,
Z 7q0.St Cffv Clarl
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-31
NOTICE.

Ordinance No. 204 requires that all
garbage cans be made of galvanized
iron with close-fitting covers. Would
suggest that they be made feet in
diameter. feet high and with handles
on each side. Please let all comply
with this ordinance
BY order Of the Superintendent OF
the Board OF Health. 21-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-31

Tickets for Charles Aunt to be
given at Convention Hall Friday. Aug.
6, are now on sale at Booths and Dun
laps book stores and all the drug
stores. 7-s0-Sk