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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30
Races October 7th.

There has been SO much dis
cuSSion over the relative speed OF
Alfonso, the famous Marlboro
trotter owned by M. Walter
Drake, and Marguerite, the little
mare owned by Mr.. l.. Edwards,
that made such fine record last
summer, that stake race has
been arranged between the two
to be pulled off at Bennettsville
tomorrow. On the foil b wing Thurs
day, October 9TH, they will race
again on the Dillon track. 1t is
understood that friends of each
horse are claiming the race and
the meet is bound to be of more
than ordinary interest. The
friends of Alfonso claim that he
did not get fair show" whe n
he was beaten by Marguerite at
Darlington and Dillon, while on
the other hand the friends of Mar
guerite claim that she won on her
merits and she showed faster time
than Alfonso could make. Anv-
way there has been so much arru-
mcnt and discussion over the rcla-
tive speed Of these two favoriteS
of the track that it was decided to
pull off the races and settle the
question for the time being. Mar
guerite was sent to Bennettsville
Monday. She will be driven b,
her owner. Mr.. l.. Edwards. who
has almost recovered from the
serious accident on the Darling
ton track last summer that almos
cost him his foot. Local sports
men are looking forward to the
event with great deal of inter
est, and of course the odds are il
favor of Marguerite among Dillor
turfmen.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30
An Early Surprise At The "Manse.

The new occupants of the Pres
byterian Manse were somewhat
surprised Monday night, the goth.
inst, by the noise of an approach
ing multitude, followed b a
ring of the door bell. DR.. Buck
ner emerged from his study to see
who OF the merry company were
entering and to welcome them.
Whereupon he found the whole
multitude entering and loaded
with packages. The rest can be
imagined more easily than de-
scribed.
This early and unexpected
pounding" by members of his
new flock, little startling at first
was found to be a very effective
and pleasing introduction, making
the Pastor-elect, his gentle help
meet and the little folks all feel
at home Immediately.
An examination of the bundles
and the discovery of names not
met in the company revealed that
other friends and members of the
flock, not present in person, had
sent contributions. To one and
all the pastor and his household
desire to express their grateful
appreciation.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30
GOVERNOR NAMES DELEGATES
Men Appointed to Attend Farmer,
Congress at Raleigh.

Columbia, September "a
Governor Anscl to-day appointed
delegates to the Farmers Nation
al Congress. which will be held at
Raleigh. n. c., commencing |nv-
ember 4. Gov. Ansel has been
invited to attend the Congress
but it is hardly probable that hr
will attend. The following ar"
those that were appointed:
H. McRae, Dillon, S. c.; K.
P. Hamer, Jr Hamer, S. c.; :.
Gibson, Gibson, N. c.; Wad =
Stackhouse, Dillon, S. c.; ID. l..
McLaurin, McColl, S. c.; Sheriff
J. B. Green, Benncttsvil,c, ). c.:
Tom c. Hamcr, Bennctt>viile:
NJ. II. Hayncsworth, Florence, S.
&. K. P. Reed, Ebenezer: Walter
Gregg, Mars Bluff, S. c.; L. f
Carrigan, Society Hill; d. II. Nc
keithan, Darlington, E. c. Ed
wards, Mullins; w. B. Allen,
Mallory, Will Godbolt. Marion
and D. w. Bethca, Dillon.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30
Another Preacher Allen.

The following from the Baptist
Courier tells of the ordination to
the ministry of another member OF
that Marlboro family which has
given so many good preachers to
the Baptist denomination.
The ordination of Bro. B. F.
Allen took place recently at Cat
Fish church, Marion county. Bre-
thern A. E. c. Pitman, w. C. AL
len, and Joel 1. Allen took part
in the ordination. Bro. B. F. AL
len has accepted the call of the
church at Denmark. He is a
graduate Of Furman, and of the
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. He is the son of a
Baptist deacon, grandson of a
Baptist m mister, the late Rev.
w. q Allen, and has brother in
the ministry, Rev. w. c. Allen,
pastor of the Latta church. His
grandfather, on his maternal side,
was the late Deacon Ccxe, of
Florence. Pee Dee Advocate.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30

The average farmer is probably
not aware of the fact that an aver
age mule sells for Sic a head
more than horses. Such is the
case, and the price had been grad
ually rising for a number Of years.
There has never been what would
be called an over-production of
mules, while the market has often
been unable to fully supply.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30

We take it for granted that par
ents are as much if not more in
terested in the advancement of
their children at school as are
the teachers, and no teacher takes
delight in pupils failure. The
management simply wishes to call
the attention of the parents to the
facts in the case and urg emily re-
quest, no demand, that nothing
be allowed to interfere with the
progress of their children in school
work.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30
JOHN A. JOHNSON.


Deep regret will be felt the
country over that John n. John
sons brave fight against death
was unvailing. The governor of
Minnesota died early Tuesday
morning in the private hospital at
Rochester, Mimi, where an
operation was performed upon him
in the hope of gaining relief from
the disease with which he had
suffered.
The best measure of the respect
and regard in which Mr.. Johnson
was held by his fellow men is TO be
found in the universal interest
which was displayed in his fight
for life and the many expire >SionS
OF REGRET everywhere heard that
the grim messenger had con-
quered.
There was that in John \.
Johnson's life story that appealed
strongly TO the great mass of hon
est, sturdy Americans. He had
known the bitterest pangs of pow
erty. Like Abraham Lincoln, he
arose, by sheer force of will and
character, TO eminence and re-
nown. And like Lincoln he
maintained, as he progressed
higher, the same affectionate re-
gard and confidence of the plain
people" that were his need in the
days of poverty and hard toll.
John A. Johnson died in the
prime OF life. Had he lived few
years longer there is strong rea-
son to believe he would have
achieved the highest honor in the
gift of the American people to be-
stow. He was the strongest COM
petitor against Mr.. Bryan for the
Democratic nomination in 1908.
Many believed he would have been
successful in achieving both NOM
ination and election three years
hence, had he been spared.
Speculation as to what might have
been is fruitless, however, in the
light of what is. And John A.
Johnson needs no higher Donors
than he had already won to keep
memory green. AS a boy, he was
loving faithful son to a hard
working mother, taking upon his
own shoulders at tender years the
burden of support of the family:
as youth he was still faithful,
plodding, alert, scrupulously hon.
est; working hard all day and
reading half the night to gain an
education. From the humble
desk of country newspaper office
he was called to the administra-
ton of the affairs of state as chief
executive of Minnesota. So faith
fully to the interests of the people
did he perform his duties that
twice again, in the face of large
normal Republican pluralities,
was Johnson chosen governor.
When asked the secret of his sue
cess Johnson is said to have re-
piled: Il tried to make good"
He did. AS faithful sen; an
earnest editor; an honest COVER
nor, he made good. That is cpl
taph enough.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30

Our town has never enjoyed
such trade as it has during the
past few weeks, and every day it
is increasing. The fact of the
matter is our business men have
got right down to business and
are selling goods cheaper than
they can be bought in any town
OF this size in the state, and the
people are fast finding it out and are
coming here from adjoining
counties to do their heavy trading
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30
DON'T BE TOO FRIENDLY.
A Lesson of the Road Learn
ed by a Salesman.
Chicago Tribune.

| CnlCdRO tribune.
"A Salemans desire to extend
MS acquaintance is laudable, but
he must use judgment in the man
ncf in which he does il.
lohn l.. Vance (Which is not
his namc) the best salesman of a
large Chicago house, had Just re-
turned the night before from a
trip through Kansas. He was
seated at lis desk debating wien
two detectives from the Central
Station presented themselves for
admission.
Are you Mr.. John L. Vanc. 80
they asked.
/ am" was the reply.
And is Michigan we
nue."
1t is.
| ! am sorry said one 81 he
detectives, showing his star. but
we will have to ask you 70 &C
company us to the station. We
have had a telegram from the
sheriff at Mcpherson, Kas., Civ
ing us your full name and add,css,
asking us to hold you on charge of
fraud.
Mr.. Vance was dunfoundcd. lie
had only been in Mcpherson over
night had failed to sell his man ,ny
goods, had paid his hotel bill, and
left town the following morning.
AT the police station he convinced
the chief that there must be $, me
mistake, and was released upun
his promise to return the following
morning, at which time further de-
tails were expected.
When Vance arrived at his
office in the morning there was a
night telegram on his desk from
a clothing firm at Mcpherson
which read as follows: Unless
you wire money, will imprison
you for obtaining goods under
false pretenses. The sender Of
the telegram Vance had never
heard of. Nor did the descrip-
tion received from Mcpherson at
I the police station during the day
fit him. The chief was satisfied
of the mistake, and dismissed his
suspect.
Then Vance began to think.
He remembered that on the train
as he was nearing Mcpherson,
his companion in the smoker had
been a dapper young man with
whom he had exchanged cards,
after few minutes of conversa-
ton. 1t afterwards developed
that this man had presented the
card and obtained suit of clothes
asking the dealer to send the bill
around to the hotel the following
evening. His expense funds we're
expected, was the mans excuse
tor not paying cash. h had
missed his check in the last town.
The merchant consulted "ra-
ting book, and as Mr.. Vance's
firm was well rated the credit was
granted. Needless to say, neither
the dapper young man nor the suit
OF clothes was to be found in the ho-
tel the following evening. The reg.
lister showed that Mr.. Vance had
left that morning.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30

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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30

five acres of ordinary land the
yield ought to be 40 bushels &c the
acre. provided some nitrate is ap-
piled in the spring.
If a higher grade is wanted
this formula would fill the require
ment:
l.2OO pounds acid phosphate.
800 pounds muriate potash.
900 pounds cotton seed meal.
That would give on analysis
9-7-50-2. The potash is high in
this mixture. but oats need potash.
There is no reason why farmers
on good land by applying 600 to
500 pounds of high grade fertilizer
and one hundred pounds of nitrate
OF soda should not make 100 bu-
shells of oats to the acre. 1t can
be done in this State, and many
farmers ought to make attempt.
BEST SEED.
1t IS generally better to get
seed raised in the 1leighborhood or
IN latitude corresponding to this.
1t will be safe to SOW either oats
or wheat raised at the foot of the
Blue Bridge from Fredericksburg,
Va, to Birmingham. Such seed
are acclimated. We have seen the
finest oats grown far North that
would make nothing here. The
Appler is now the favorite variety
in this State. They are an i'm
provement on the red rust proof.
There are other varieties adver-
tised, but investigation leads us to
believe that none of them are su-
perior to the Applcr or red rust
roof. Perhaps the best con. .bina-
ton is to sow the hairy vetch with
oats. They grow together and if
cut just as the oats are in the
dought state, they make a great
abundance of feed, whether in
the green or cured state. The
vetch is also nitrogen gathercr,
which improves the land. 1t is
said that crimson clover also does
we'll sown with oats as they are
ready to cut at the same time.
But as general thing it is better
not to mix crops. Sow all these
forage crops on separate lots, un-
less on small, rich lots that will
bear heavy seeding.
CULTIVATION OF OATS.
When nitrate applied in the
spring of the year, a smoothing
harrow should be run over them.
That stirs the soil and opens il up
to the influence of air and sun
light. The narrowing Knocks
down all the ridges made by the
oat drill and leaves the land very
smooth. 1t is easy to run the reap
er over land thus prepared. Some
farmers have no reapers, but a
rapid and good way to harvest
oats is to use a mower. A hand
and two mules can cut about eight
acres a day. If they are quite
ripe they may be hauled up and
stored in the barn without any
danger of spelling. OF course,
the reaper and self-binder is best,
and does more satisfactory work.
Charles Petty inNews and Cour-
ier.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30
ATS WORTH PLANTING

heapest and Best Food For
"a Work Animals. How To
iPrepare Land For Oats.
'Generplly reports of large yields
@ corn reach the public. When
~ farmer has field that promises
'~to IS bushels to the acre, that
a. made known and the yield in
%sreases the more it is talked about,
Ahe big crops always get in the
Sapers. While there are ten acres
That will make 500 bushels of corn
Hhere are 500 other acres in the
ame township that will not make
eusbushels to the acre. From
many of the counties of the up
8eountry reports indicate that the
tcorn crop will be very short.
5Whereever that is the case an abun
liant oat crop should be Sown.
Ihey are the cheapest and best
food for work animals. They come
2Sin the last of May just as thcv are
sIgreatly needed. Even if a farmer
has made an abundant corn crop,
0it is cheaper to raise oats for horse
: feed and sell his corn to needv
s6neighbors. Another great advan-
0tage that results from sowing oats
II Is that the farmer has land to sow
peas on, and thus the soil is i'm
= proved.
~ DO OATS IMPovERIsH SOIL?
; The belief of farmers in former
i days was that oats impoverished
- the soil rapidly. That belief was
founded on the fact that farmers
i generally sowed their poorest land
IN oats, and they sowed in the
spring of the year. When thew
were cut in June the ground was
AA' oe'iS' s'iiu IL was 100 poor to
~ zporduce weeds and grass. Oats
are as worse on land than other
crops. An acre of land that would
ASmake IS bushels of wheat would
require "a pounds phosphoric acid,
vi pounds of potash and 50 pounds
Ivdof nitrogen. That is the straw
chaff and grain would give that
Iamount on analysis. Sixty pounds
Iusof oats would require 22 pounds of
sphosphoric acid, 62 pounds of pot
y ash and 55. pounds of nitrogen.
cssThe plant food required to make IS
bushels of wheat OR 90 bushels OF
a oats is worth nearly the same;
- that for the wheat being SlO.77,
and for the oats $11.68. Then
Z money value of the oat crop is
than the value of the wheat.
= Any crop will draw plant food from
1.-THE soil and impoverish land if it
lis not kept up. Oats or wheat
sown on even thin land and follow.
led by pea crop will improve land
very rapidly.
PREPARATION FOR OATS.
8 If stubble or corn land is to be
sr'sown in oats, it should be well
broken and narrowed. About two
5 inches of the sub-soil should be
srbr ,ken SO as to mix with the top
soil. 1t should be narrowed until
the land is smooth and the soil
Erwell pulverized In all the upper
counties the oats should be put in
during October with an oat drill.
There are two good drills, one
made in Georgia, the other in
& Charlotte, N. c. There lay off
1.-THE rows, distribute the fertilizer,
plant and cover the seed at the
same time. If a four inch pl ough
sis used the rows will be about
twelve inches apart. The larger
the plough the wider will be the
rows.a One hand will put in two
acres day. In the lower counties
the oats will, no doubt, stand the
swinters if sown broadcast. Six or
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30

The Dillon Herald S1.so a year.
The Newtown bee., 1909-07-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Frank Bouton visited his parents, MT and Mrs Floyd Bouton, recently.
 J. V. Began is spending a few days in New Milford.
 Mrs John Davis is visiting friends in Brooklyn.
 Miss Jennie Olmstead of Norwalk was the guest of her sister, Mrs Charles Stanley, over Sunday.
 Through the kindness of Mrs Ed win Gilbert, Mrs Absalom Nash, who is S2 years of age, took her first automobile ride on Wednesday. Mrs Nash was taken to Ridgefield where she spent a few hours with her daughter, Mrs Albert Avery, and then Mrs Gilbert's auto called for her and took her home.
 Miss Marie Bouton of Westport is visiting her grandparents, MT and Mrs Floyd Bouton.
 Mill Derringer and mother of Nor walk spent the Fourth with Mrs F. M. Benjamin.
 MT and Mrs Alex Shelton are visiting friends in Worcester.
 Miss Laura Bennett has been i'll at her home for few days.
 Mrs John Ferris entertained Mrs
The Newtown bee., 1909-07-16
Eliza Wood over the Fourth.

Eliza Wood over the Fourth.
 Roswell Bouton, formerly of Dan- bury, has moved into the house with his niece, Mrs Stephen Harrs.
 Miss Esther Anderson, who has been i'll with pneumonia, is able to be out.
 AIthur Anderson of Bridgeport spent the Fourth with his mother.
 Jane Garfield entertained guests from Norwalk over the Fourth.
 Miss Florence Mills is taking the place of Miss Alice Stocking in Burr Mills store.
 The,ball game, Friday, between the George town team and team from Little Boston re- suited in score of r to 9 in favor of the Georgetown boys, who appeared for the first time in their new uniforms.
 Henry Hoffman, who lived in the 0'Donell place in Little Boston, has moved into the Banks place in the same district. MT and Mrs Clarence Burr, who occupied the Banks place. has moved to Danbury.
The Newtown bee., 1909-07-16
SUDDEN DEATH OF CHARLES A.
 RODEMEYER.

Charles A. Rodemeyer, who has been suffering with rheumatism, passed away very suddenly at the home of his sister, Mrs Leroy Stone, of East street on Sunday, July 4, of paralysis of the heart. The body was taken to New Canaan on Tuesday, July 6, where the burial tock place.
 William A. Freide made the state ment to your correspondent that the price paid him for his land has been taken for Bethel's new reservoir as allowed by the commissioner, was within $40 of what he had offered to settle with the local water con- mission and it was his opinion that had the local commissioners settled with the different land owners, it could have been done for about $500 more than the local board offered for the land that was taken. This to his mind, and it seems to be the opinion of many of the taxpayers, would have been much better and cheaper than to have called out the commlssl >s CTS. which at a conserva- tive estimAfe has cost the taxpayers of Bethel borough 5000.
 Mrs David H. Taylor of Chestnut Street spent last week in Newtown, the guest of her parents, MT and Mrs Birdsey Glover.
 w. A. Mcdowell of Chestnut Street, who has been suffering for several weeks with muscular rheu- matism, does not gain as fast as his large circle of friends would wish and is still confend to the house.
 MT and Mrs F. E. Tomlinson of Center Street, spent last week Thursday in Bridgeport with friends and while there enjoyed a fine shore dinner.
 J. A. Lynch, the marketman on Center Street, has fitted his store out with electric fans, which is greatly appreciated by his customers and he also has had electric lights placed in his coolers.
 F. B. French, the Center Street dry goods merchant, in company with his wife spent few days, last week, in Boston, on business and pleasure
 Ex-Representative c. T. Hickok of East Street spent day in Hart ford, last week, and while there at- tended the session of the Legisla- ture.
 w. F. Bassett of East street has been greatly improving his house with wide veranda built on the west side.
 State Engineer H. G. Scofield was in town, last week Thursday, look Ii ing after the work which is being done at the new reservoir in Wolf
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The NewtOWn Bee.
 Newtown, Friday, July 23, 1909.
New Preston
FINE SEASON AT THE LOOMARWICK.

FINE SEASON AT THE LOOMARWICK.
 The Loomarwlck is enjoying a fine business and already has a large number of guests. The enlargement of the front piazza and the improvement of the rooms and hall gives general satisfaction. The table service is fine and the season bids fair to be the best iu the history of the Loomarwick. Recent arrivals at the Loomarwick include:
 John w. Greene, MT and Mrs George Allen, Mir and Mrs Van. Hammel, John lzat, Charlotte A. Ulrich, K. M. Mont gomery, Jr., Florence c. Burke, Brooklyn.
 MT and Mrs J. s. Adams, Jersey City,
 E. J. Dolon, Florence O'Brien, J. B. Moore, Bessie Woods, New Milford.
 MT and Mrs David Cowles, George B. Cowles, Woodbury.
 0. s. Cowles, Waterbury.
 L. H. NettletOn, MT and Mrs E. A. Elan agan, Mrs s. D. Brown, E. L. Brown, New York.
 H. P. Spaford, c. P. Carter, Glastonbury.
 w. L. Thomas, J. M. Langay, F. W. Moore, w. R. Wright, R. L. Strobel, Camp Columbia.
 George Christian, Freeport.
 MT and Mrs Frank M. Wells, Miss Bessie Meyers, New Rochelle.
 Mrs c. R. Smith, Miss E. L. Wergand, Miss Mabel Richter, Walter c. Major, Brooklyn.
 MT and Mrs H. P. Fairchild, Frank H. Ward, New Haven. .l.
 Edward Keon, Mrs R. E. Math, F. N. Goldsmith, Mrs Helen Foren, Mir and Mrs James R. Gleason, MT and Mrs T. D. Coch- rane, MT and Mrs E. Hahne, New York
 C. s. Newton, L. J. Wadhams, Clarence Rowe, c. H. Newton, Torrington.
 MT and Mrs w. Sloane Inglis, Miss Inglis, Miss Evelyn s. Inglis, Master John Inglis, New Rochelle.
 Allison P. Smith, Newtown.
 F. s. Brown, New Preston.
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AT THE WILSON HOUSE.

Alma V. Clausen, Waldemar Van B. Clausen, MT and Mrs Frederick Cushman Doris Cushman, Thomas S. Clark, MT and Mrs Eugene Hahne, New York.
 Jessie B. Brown MT and Mrs J. Carlisle Landon, MT and Mrs Charles w. Hubbell, Mir and Mrs Arthur J. Murphy, Mrs W. c. Bigelow, Lester B. Bigelow, Brooklyn.
 May s. Clark, Washington, D. c.
 Turney Soule, MT and Mrs J. H. Nettle- ton, Miss Mary s. Beardsley, Miss Ophelia Beardsley, New Milford.
 c. E. Paddock, Bridgeport.
 Allison P. Smith, Newtown.
 J. M. Kraft, M. w; Machol, New Haven
 MT and Mrs J. C. Lou don, MT and Mrs Hubbell, Brooklyn.
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M. G. KEANE'S Monumental
 Works, Housatonic Ave, Bridgeport.

Bridgeport. After their wedding trip MT and Mrs Ferry will reside in Bridgeport, where MT Ferry has position.
 A. H. Senior, the contractor and builder, was in New York City on business, last week Thursday.
 The P. T. Barnum memorial fountain was greatly improved by being newly bronzed, last week. George w. Roe did the work, giving his services, and the merchants of Bethel paid for the material. The fountain now is an ornament to any village, especially when it is all lit up at night with the electric lights.
 Herbert B. and Wilbur w. Bene- dict of Highland avenue, are camp ing out at Fairfield Beach for a month.