The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-26
AROUND ABOUT TO WV
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS PICKED UP
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

Earl c. Page, representing the
State newspaper, was here Satur-
day.
Miss Maud Mcdonald is spend
ing the week with relatives in
Columbia.
J. b. Gibson and P. B Sellers
were in Marion Monday On pro-
fessional business.
Mrs. Lyvers, of Braidentown'
fla, is the guest of her uncle,
Mr.. w. G. Easterling.
Miss Nina David has returned
from a pleasant stay of several
weeks with friends in Richmond.
The Civic League will meet in
the Town Hall tomorrow (Friday)
afternoon at 5 O'Clock. Business
OF Importance is to be transacted
and a full attendance is urged.
A. A. Roberts, a tobacco man
at Nichols, died at an infirmary
in Florence Friday, where he has
been receiving treatment. Mr..
Roberts native home was Dur
ham, n. G. =
Messrs. l.. c. Brady, E. L.
Moore, VIM. Brick, r. NJ. Ed
wards, Jr., Morris Fass, Isadore
Blum, and w. L. Bethea left last
week for Baltimore and New York
on business and pleasure.
w. A. Reckling, the well-known
Columbia photographer, was in
town Tuesday and has made ar
rangements to be in Dillon all of
next week. His headquarters will
be at McLeans' Studio, next to the
postoffice.
A. M. Virgins and'J. M. Wig
gins sold the first bale of new
cotton here August Is to w. NJ.
Hamer. This bale of cotton came
from a farm on Wiggins place
two miles from Dillon containing
1O2 acres which will average 1000
lbS.S per acre.
The Atlantic Coast Line has
force Of hands at work raising the
track from Pee Dee to Fayette-
vile. The track has been raised
four inches through the town. The
object is to raise the tracks high
enough to shed water which settles
between the ties and causes de-
pressions in the road bed.
Some boys out hunting on
Jetfrys Creek in Florence county
mistook an old negro for an alli-
gator and fired load of shot into
his body with fatal results. The
negro was lying beside tree and
the boys claim that the color of
his garments led them to believe
the object was an alligator.
The public is indebted to Mrs.
c. r. Taber, and Profs. Nickels
and Gentry for the last issue of
The Herald. The editor was
away and Mrs. Taber and Profs.
Nickels and Gentry kindly con-
sented to take his place during
his absence and he makes this pub
lie acknowledgement of their kind
services.
Under the caption of Round
Upper Marion in Horseless Cars"
in our issue of the 18th. it was
stated that Mr.. w. B. Horton was
managing the ]. l.. Bennett place
at Judson. This was an error as
the place is in charge of Nh. J. G.
Bryant who is also a successful
farmer and deserves credit for the
fine crops seen on this plantation.
Mrs. Agnes Carmichael spent
Sunday in McColl with her son,
Prof. VIM. Carmichael, superin-
tendant of public schools at Dur
ham. Prof Carmichael has been
conducting summer schools in
North Carolina and has just COM
pleted brief session at Laurin-
burg. Prof. Carmichael will
spend several days with his
sister. Mrs. Watt Tatum, at
McColl before resumin G his work.
beginning tonight special SER
vices will be conducted at the Pee
Dee church in which the pastor,
Dr.. Buckner, will be assisted by
Rev. A. E. c. Spencer. The
: meeting will continue through the