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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-25

ASoys
Some time ago Mr.. Jas. w.
johnson took the Dillon CORES
pondent of the News and Courier
to task for some alleged errors
in his reference to the Woodbury.
Township matter. Mr.. Johnson
charged that the correspondent
I'd fabricated" Mr.. Jno. c..
tellers, who seems to be in pos
session of the facts bearing on the
d matter, publishes the following
reply in the News and Courier to
Mr.. Johnson's attack on the Dill
lon correspondent:
To the Editor of The News and
CourieE,
I seeny good friend, Jas. w.
( 1ohns,, is out in an article in
The pws and Courier, in which
~ nooses to correct a few of
jthe most glaring errors" in ref
erence to the new county question
in Marion County, and the Mar
ion Star of this week publishes
the letter and makes very favora-
BILE editorial comment on same.
In the first place the question of
whether the new county was de-
feated at the last election by as
votes or 1873 votes is a mere Jug
CLING with figures. The first is
based upon the admitted fact that
there were ,223 votes cast, and
the second, on the assumption that
there were 1856 votes cast-135
!, more than were actually cast. If
Mr.. Johnson was running for
Judge (and he would make a good
one) 100 votes were cast and he
was to receive 80, would not he
and everybody else claim that he
lacked only one vote Of election,
and in the ballot he would have to
| get that one vote from some one
who failed to vote for him and not
from one who had not voted at all,
before he could be declared elect
ed? Just so in the new county
election, the new county would
haye to have gotten as votes from
those voting against it before the
required two-thirds majority could
have been secured. And if tho Sc
as votes had been forthcoming the
new county would have carried,
Just as Mr.. Johnson would have
been elected, in the supposed case
if that one vote had been secured
to him. But what is the use of
arguing so plain proposition? 1t
is like case of splitting The hairs
so as to befuddle the jury-a trick
for which Mr.. JohEson S profess
sion is famous. An experience of
4 -enty years at the Bar in active
j ctice and often, in the nature
ofrfie case, forced to make the
worse appear the better part" l
fear has disjointed my friend S
logical powers and made him a
sophist for the time being.
My friend is away off" when
he tackles the second error" so
called. After quoting from The
News and Courier about the Wood
bury and Britton's Neck Town
ship proposed election fourteen
years ago. he says: The election
IN question was ordered and held
-snd was defeated at the polls"
My friend is previously in er-
r. No election was ever order
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-25

~ eNu, llSiSlolS, llO NolC was
ever taken. In order to refresh
my friends memory, let me relate
a little history. only fourteen
years old, which some of the poli-
ticians at Marion Court House
would prefer TO be buried in OBJ
livion.
1t Was in the years 1894-5, dur
ing Governor John Gary Evan $
administration, that t h new
county was first talked about in
the new county, and petitions got
ten up for an election. In order
to thwart the new county the poll
:icianS at the Court House got up
a petition purporting to be signed
by citizens of Britton'S Neck and
Woodbury. townships, in the eX-
trerne lower sections of the coun-
ty, praying that those two town
ships might be annexed to Horny
Comfy. The idea was, BY kick
ing those two townships off into
Horny, the area of Marion County
would be so reduced that it woul d
forever be impossible for another
new county to be formed in the
upper portion of the county.
The idea was a brilliant one,
truly Machiavelian, and was >vor-
thy of better ending. Urtor-
tunately for the schemerS, the
people f Britton's Neck and
Woodbury. had not been consu ted
IN the matter at all. 1t soon got
noised around in those two town
ships the job that was proposed 70
be put on them, and indignation
was greatly aroused. Curses not
loud, but deep and full of mean
ing were heard OIL every hand.
The Schemers at the Court House
became alarmed. A mass meet
ing was held at Nebo, in Britton S
Neck, to pacify those benighted
people, and make them see things
as the schemcrs saw them. 1t
was proposed to build them a
bridge free of cost across the Lit
tie Dee Dee so as to enable them
to get to Conway more easily than
to Marion, and thus to bribe them
to go to Horny and stay there.
The most brilliant orator of the
Marion Bar was engaged to make
the principal speech at the meet
ing at which he proposed to show
those misguided people at Brit
tons Neck and Woodbury. how
unreasonable they were in wish
ing to remain in Marion, when
the Court House crowd was so
anxious to be rid of them. The
day of the meeting came and with
it a large outpouring of the people,
including a small contingent of
speakers from the Court House.
An enterpr;sing citizen of Brit
tons Neck who don't mind talk
ing right u in meetin' "
took charge of the meeting and
proceeded to read the Riot Act,
a good portion of the Declaration
Of Independence and a rough
chunk of his own mind The
crowd became excited and bribery
and forgery could be heard on ev-
cry hand. The Marion crowd in
stead of making speeches as was
expected, was as harmless as
doves and mute as mice. A free
ride on a fence rail and coat of
tar and feathers was not an invit-
ing prospect. That speech, pre-
pared with so much care, and ov-
er which so much midnight oil
was burned, was not delivered,
and has not been delivered up
to date.
The Court House crowd return
ed posthaste to Marion, and hat
night one of their number took
the right train for Columbia. Ear
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-25

eiol Ill GIL SlSSllpll III NOOdDulN
Township was a few weeks ago
presented to the Governor. That
Brittons Neck petition some
how or somehow else got lost"
between the Governor office and
the office next adjoining, and has
never been in the hands of the
Attorney General.
This is no fabrication" Mr..
Johnson, but the plain unvarniSh-
ed truth. The Governor never or
dcred the election, and | defy Mr..
johnson or any other man to show
from the record that he did. He
would not even consider the petit
ton until the Attorney General
passed upon it, and it disappear
cd before it reached the Attor-
ney Generals office, and that Of
/ tlclal never saw it.
Another mistake of Mr.. John
son has made in his correction of
errors is in saying that, at
one of the elections, the people
living in the extreme northern
section Of the county, thirty five
miles from the Court House, act
ually defeated the scheme" |
think little reflection will con-
vince Mr.. johnson that he is mis-
taken. The Judson poll, to which
he evidently refers, has been es-
tablished only a few years, and
there never has been a new coun-
ty election since the establishment
of that poll. The people of that
section formerly voted at Little
Rock, and Little Rock has always
been practically solid for the new
county.
1t is generally conceded that
Latta has always defeated the new
county, and hence, looking at it
from a new county standpoint,
would it not have been suicidal
and the height of foolishncss to
have included Latta where it
could easily be left in the old coun-
ty, and still have the required
constitutional area of 400 square
miles. With the Latta vote elimi-
mated, it looks like forcgone
conclusion that the new county
will carry by an overwhelming
vote. | notice that Mr.. Johnson
cites no law against the direction
of the line around Latta, but con-
fines himself to simple protest
! against such a line. Able law
yer as he is, | am sure he would,
if he could, but unfortunately for
him the Constitution of the State
only puts two limitations on the
direction of a new county line:
First, it must not run within 8
miles of an established county
seat; and secondly, it must not cut
the lines of an Incorporated town.
| don't believe Mr.. Johnson, with
his splendid legal ability, could
frame constitution that could
specifically define in advance the
various directions of a surveyed
line, and still retain the right to
the people of a county or parts of
counties to form new counties
whenever, in their judgement, it
was to their interest to do so.
| have always been in favor of
new counties, where the constitu-
tional requirements can be COM
piled with. Counties are estab-
lished primarily for the conven-
fence of all the people, country as
well as towns, in the transaction
Of the public business. They are
not formed for the purpose of
building up county seat, neither
are they the great advantage to a
town that some seem to think.
Towns spring up, increase
and grow, and even rival
the county seat, as witness, Easily
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-25
SURVEYORS COMPLETE \
THEIR WORK.

And Report will Probably
be Made to the Commis-
sioners this Week. Com
missioner Mace Holds that
Survey is Illegal on the
Ground that MIR. Beatty
had been Dismissed as
Old County Surveyor and
Matter will be Heard Be-
fore the Governor.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-25
ONE FACTS ABOUT
WOODBURY. PETITION

II J%. c. Sellers Corrects
Mgyas. w. johnson in
Regard to the Woodbury.
|, Natter. Effort to Cut off
"oodbury Almost Caused
tiot. Proves that New
,untS did Lack only As
otes of Winning. A
tatement of Fact Which
Clears the Atmosphere
and Ought to Give the
People of the State a
Clear Understanding of
Conditions as They
Exist in Marion County
Today.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
REAL ESTATE MARKET
Record of Realty Transactions in the
City and Parish.

Real estate transfers furnished by the
Caddo Abstract Co. Ltd, 5I7 Marshall
street, opposite court house. J. d. Eu-
bank, president; F. A. Leonard, vice
president: Sam W. Mason, secretary !;
D. p Eubank, treasurer.
Mrs. Mary Q. eagle to A. P, Sale,
undivided half interest in north ahlf of
southwest quarter section 36-21-16; !;
$4,000.
]. w. Agurs to J. c. Prunty ct al,
part Of lots E. 7 and IL J. f. Murray
subdivision! $575.
Succession Of Angelo White to ]. 6.
Hester. northeast quarter of southwest
quarter and southeast quarter of north
west quarter section I7-IS14; $425.
Ernes Solomon to Gulf Refining Co,
northeast quarter of northeast quarter
section l-18-I5; 5000.
J. II. Boisseau ct al to Miss Nettle
p. Boissea,1, lots 10 to 22 Io-acre lot 8
Allendale: $4,000.
Nettie p. Boisseau to J. II. BoiSseau
and r. w. Boisseau part of lot AZ of
Boisseau subdivision. l., interest III lots
e to A Boisseau subdivision $1,000.
G. w. Brown to r. f. Bell, 4 acres
i'll northwest quarter of southeast quar-
ter section 2-2o-I6: $1,000
r. B. Jones to Gladstone Realty Go.
lots I and block A Gladstone: $3.50.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
HIGH PRICED PROPERTY
The Three Stores Adjoining from the
Corner Of Marshall and Texas Street
Sold for Eighty Thousand Dollars.

The three stores fronting Texas
street from the corner of Marshall have
been sold by E. Kahn of Marshall.
Texas, to Hutchinson Brothers and
Comegys, the price named being
$4,000 The space front is 50 feet and
extends to the alaley. The stores are
occupied by Wiener-Loeb Grocery Co.,
Gardner Blades. dealer in paints and
wall paper, and Cornwell's bakery.
This property, owing to its desirable
location, is desirable and therefore val
liable, but there are those who perhaps
believing they knew have expressed the
opinion that it is high priced. At any
rate, the price concerns the purchasers
and not the public. and is fine indica-
ton that Shreveport is not dear nor is
it going to shoel, as some individuals
would lead people to think
The advance in the price Of the
property, which in 1895 was sold for
$4,000, is amazing. Indeed, Shreve-
port property well situated commands
its fullest valuation.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
GOVERNMENTS AID TO
PROHIBITION

hat the influence of the prohibition
movement has made itself felt i'll the
halls of Congress is evidenced by the
penal code adopted by the Senate as one
of its closing acts The amendment to
the penal code offered by Senator Knox
and accepted by the Senate is a general
law making an offense penalized by the
law of a State an offense against the
Federal law when committed within the
State, or within a territory subject to
the authority of the Federal govern
ment. says the New Orleans States
The purpose and effect of the Knox
amendment will be to deprive all trans
actions i'll violation of the prohibitory
laws of the individual States of the pro-
lection of interstate commerce rights
Thus the distribution of liquor through
the agency of express companies will
be greatly restricted. because the law
will confine it to bona fide delivery of
goods to individual purchasers In other
words, the new law will prevent con-
traband shipments of liquor to fictitious
consignees for general distribution in
the prohibition States which are reached
by the lines Of the express companies.
The law docs not attempt to interfere
with any nf the rights of the individual
to purchase such liquors as he may dc
sire for his own use. but on the con-
trary. protects his shipment from inter
ference over an interstate route. The
purpose of the law is to stop the abuses
resulting from large shipments of
liquors from wet territory into States
having prolibitory laws. and to prevent
also express companies serving as dis
tributing agents for corporations en-
gagged i'll the liquor traffic by receiving
and handling shipments sent to fictitious
individuals. ~
From all accounts the Knox amend
ment to the penal code carries out the
spirit and the purpose of the Hum
phrey's bill. which was favorably re-
ported bv the House committee, but did
not become a law
And should it become a law, its en-
| forccment will operate materially III
strengthening prohibition by minimizing
| the evils and the abuses Of the liquor
| traffic
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
MONROE HAS EN-.

Monroe News: Poor Monroe! 1t
must depend on its public spirited mid
die class citizens to sustain its civic
pride. The men with money. derived
ircn IT'S resources, are too pcnurious tt.
hip the city in any of its enterprises. -
But as ''leec!1es" they would suck the
vitals of the town. If Monroe is af-
ncted with these 'abSorbers so is
Shreveport. Indeed. these "skinners'
who wax fat from their penuary and the
advantages resulting from the enterprise
of the public spirited citizens. are I'M
fortunately to be found in every town.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
BOARD OLE HEALTH

Vital statistics OF Shreveport for the
week ending March -, 1000,
Marriages - George Lambert and
Phebc Doris.
Births-W l.. Dinkins and wife,
boy. J. b. Files and wife, girl; w. T.
II Lassiter and wife. boy; S. A.
York and wife, girl Colored Ike john
son and wife, twins.
Deaths-F ]. Wardcll, 81 years;
Mrs NJ Weinstock, u years; Mrs. T.
+. Flournoy, 70 years. Colored: Jeff
Washington, II days; J. B. Penn, 20
years; Emeline Kelly, Is years. Nom
residents: Wash Parker, 80 years Iu-
cindy Boswell, 45 years; \. J. john
son, 70 years; Oliver {. Massey, 2
years; J. {. Orr, 80 years.
OF the above two died at Charity
Hospital and three at Shreveport Sani-
tarium. A. S. REISOR,
Health Officer.
d. 3. SEAI. Secretary,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
THE "STANDING EVIL"
I've Just Been on My Feet Every
Minute.

10 require man to stand all day at
his work may not be to lntlict on him
any very great hardship. although the
luqulrlng person who can not quite be
easily satisfy himself on the point by
standing on corner waiting for 4 car.
from seven in the morning until twelve
and then. after an hour rest. from one
in the afternoon until six.
If women could be regarded simply as
delicate men. the argument for provid-
ing them with seats would be convinc-
ing enough. But women differ from
men not only, usually. in muscular
ably. in the fact of being women 1t is
the wife and the mother in a woman
that make continuous standing for her
not only trying but dangerous
1t is for this reason that when any
woman. worker or non-worker. wants
to make out that she has had really a
hard day, she will say: I've Just been
on my feet every minute" And it is
for this reason that among working
women no complaint about dust. damp
ness or bad ventilation. no complaint
about over-driving and over-speeding.
no complaint about low wages, is heard
with the frequency of the complaint
about lack of seats-From The Wom-
ans Invasion III March Evcrybody's
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
THE STATE FAIR
/ ne Houston East and Yves, Texas As
signed Its Ian.

Secretary HrueegerhoH has been adj
vi>cd officially that the Houston East
and West Texas Railway Company will
assign it, tax paid the Clluglnan road
to the State Far, This Is encouraging
and is being fully appreciated a, have
been the assignment, oi other railroads
and corporations which have already
been mentioned in full acknowledge
mcnt Of their subscription The fact Is
that the property of the Staatc Fair is
increasing III value and will have bear
held as a safe and profitable Investment
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
BASE BALL
y Winning Team Promised Shreveport.
Pirate Penuout Chance, bright.

Dale Gear manager oi the Shreveport
base bali team reached the city last
WceI, and ha, been quite busy since his
arrival I ran,purtation has been sent
Ill the men signed by Shreveport, and
ny the 18th all the players will be OH
hand, The following men have beer
signed Garvn. krebs. Moore, Petit and
Hiding. catcher~: kcjser BODIES. An
,Icr>ou. Ray Chc)cttc and Wait. pitch
rre Whaling and Harmon. first base;
Danny Claire. short stop: Hoffman.
tInrd base; GRAY. Ihcbo. Pedrotti. kla-
wittc, Gardner aud the manager, Dale
Gcar outhcldcr> Most of the men
signed played with the team last year
and Manager Gear feels confident that
>hrevtpirl will finish near the top. 1t
is now TIP t" the hosc ball public 10 ap-
prcc,ate aud support the game. or else
Shreveport Will have to drop ont next
season. which would look bad for a city
of this SIC.
he Chicago Cubs will arrive from
tIo, Springs about Monday and will
Get down to hard practice. \ game has
been arranged for the Goth and u be
tween the Cub, and the Pirates which
will give the fans an opportunity to sec
the worlds champions and Gears men
III action.
Garry Hoffman was the first player
to put III his appearance On his way
south he stopped over III New Orleans
and enjoyed the AIardi Gras festivities
and then took a trip to Havana. Cuba.
and from New Orleans came to Shreye-
port. where he was warmly greeted by
his many friends He is in excellent
health and will give Shreveport his best
services He did splendid work on third
last year until taken III with typhoid
fever rs Gear is confident OF his abil-
ity he viii have no competitor.
+ {,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
THE BOIL WEEVIL IN M[SSIS-
SIPPI

Mansfield Journal: The boil weevil
authorities are looking for the weevil
during the coming season to be we'll
over the States of Texas. Louisiana,
parts of Mississippi. Oklahoma and Ar
kansas. The greatest new territory the
weevil will annex during the fall of
1000 will be in the cotton fields of Mis-
sissippi The weevil only last year got
a foothold in that State and it is ex-
pected to make the advance across part
of that State to Alabama.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
TWO OH, WELLS
MINDEN, EAST AND WEST
Sold to Louisiana and Arkansas Rail
way Company-Papers Passed This
Wcek-Road TO Be Completed to
Shreveport at Once.

The Webster Signal: The Ninden
Fast and West railroad. projected from
this place to Shreeport. has been sold
to the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
Company, the papers having been
passed this week before Attorney f.
l.. Stewart. who is also a notary public.
The Minden East and West road. OF
which Mr.. F. H. Drake of this place
was the principal promoter. had already
been constructed some ten OF twelve
miles toward Shreveport The Louis
lana and Arkansas will at once put on
large force of teams and men and
complete the road as soon as practical.
In few months at best it is under stood
the Lo,,i,i'an and Arkansas will be ope-
rating trains over the new road between
Minden and Shreveport.
While the transfer of the property
was made to the Louisiana and Arkan-
sas Railway Company, yet it is currently
r,mored that the Frisco Rock Island
system is interested in the deal and will
use this branch of the Louisiana and
Arkansas i'll operating trains in and out
of Shreveport.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
THE TREES WELL
Has Developed into Splendid Pro
drCcr

II WIS reported on Friday that the
we'll located in the /, \ Stiles tract III
section p, northwest ,of MooringSport.
has developed into a producer ol about
SEQ barrels Of oil per day This is a
new field The we'll was opened by the
Trees Company and is the second pro
duccr of this company in this section
\ number OF capitalists are interest
ed i'll this company aud it, Development.
Who could compute the benefits already
derived from the discovery OF gas and
oil IN Caddo3 Lands which had little
value has yielded most satisfactory
prices to the oWncrs. while III a number
If instances small fortunes have been
realized, all of which have been helpful
to our friends in the country and have
had its effects IN the city.
NJ the rate the gas and the oil fields
IF Caddo are being developed. II is only
Shreveport will become center Of
great industrial development
TWO OIL WELLS.
Two oil wells were reported ycster-
day from AlooringSport by the Cult Re
frine Company One is on the Mason
Pittman tract. and the other is on the
Edwards tract. and are said to be good
producers
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
SUIT FOR DAMAGE
Decision of Judge MurfI Against Dir.
IaNrason and in Favor OF the ]rac-
ton Company

Judge Murn of the District Court
yesterday morning handed down an
opinion IN the case Of Dr c. T. Law
rason against the Shreveport Traction
Company to recover $500 damages
done to his automobile in 4 collision
with a street car Of defendant company
near Hope street on Texas avenue.
The decision was in favor Of the rail
road cornpan,. the court being of the
opinion that no negligence on the part
OF the company in the management of
its car. The court held that the acct
dent was due to the fault and careless
ness Of the negro chautter IN attempt
ing to cross the track i'll front Of the
MOVING car
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-14
RIVER AND WEATHER.

The weather yesterday was rainy.
River: Arthur City 8 7. a fall OF OIL;
White Cliffs p o, rise of 5 2; Fulton
ia, rise of IA; Spring Bank ID O,
a rise of 20: Shreveport 5S. rise ~.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Fair Sunday
River forecast: The change will be
unirnportant at Fulton during the next
4S hours, unless heavy rains intervene,
and the rise will continue at Shreve-
mort