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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-26

here is no escape from the
drummer. Drop him down in a
St. Regis drawing room or pitch
him into the middle of the Sahara
and he is as much at ease as if he
were discussing politics with fell
low travellers in the lobby of a
village inn. He leaves the main
line of railroad and rides 10 extra
miles to spend the night at Jack
son Springs. He arrives on the
evening train and leaves carly
next morning. Perhaps you have
never seen him before but he
boldly approaches you and bland
ly asks What's your line?" This
enquiry opens the way for a con-
versation and before he is nalf
through telling you how many big
orders he got last week from mer-
chants who did not want to buy
you are on familiar terms with
him. He may have a wife and
half dozen children at home but
he is fond of the ladies and plays
the role of gay Lothario to such
charming perfection that scarcely
an hour elapses after his arrival
before he knows everybody at the
Springs and is introducing you to
guests you may have known Il
week. He is everywhere and on
ly those who die and go to heaven
ever escape him
There is nothing like a week at
popular summer resort. 1t re-
volutioniZeS ones life and YOU dc
things there you would not dream
or doing at home. When you are
not walking or rowing or, bowl.
ing or eating or talking or dane
ing you are PLAYING set back. "
Setback is the popular game a,
the Springs and the best players
are the church deacons and stew
ards and elders.
They play from mornin,
till night and then rush in to the
dining room and gulp down a
hasty supper and rush back to the
tables and resume the game un-
til bedtime. They retire and
their dreams are disturbed by Wis
sions of aces and duces and Jacks
and tens that fit back and forth
across their closed eye-lids. If
you are suffering from ennui or
nervousness or over-work go 20
the Springs. If you survive the
week of strenuous life you will
return home a reconstructed man.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-26
Marriage.

The following were married by
Rev. Hugh Harrelson at his home
near Hamer:
On August 18TH, Miss Annie
Scott to Mr.. John Miller, both of
Robson county.
On the 22nd. instant Miss
Annie Grantham to Mr.. ]. M.
Murray, both of Robson county.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-26

cousins have been burning mid
night oil over for the past sever
al weeks must be shown to the
best advantage, and at 7 O'Clock a
burst of music from the Italian
orchestra is the signal for their
appearance. They come from
everywhere. Some fly down from
the heavens like angels and others
rise up out of the ground like
fairies. The collect in the hall
ways and the lobbys and their
beauty dazzles you. You rub
your ewes and look again and now
they are promenading on the
piazzas. They do not sit; they
simply walk and walk and walk.
The chairs are reserved for the
weakened men who lounge and
look and ogle and rubber" until
the vision dulls their senses and
they fall back into state of coma.
After while some bewitching
woman leans over gracefully (they
can't bend very far) and whispers
something in the ear of semi
conscious man. The words seem
to electIify him. He springs from
his chair and catching her arm
they stroll over to the dancing
pavilion. Then others follow and
soon the music starts and the dane
ing begins. Here there is more
promenading and the dancing
lasts until very late hour when
the crowd disperses and the
sleepy and exhausted husbands
are dragged back to the hotel
where they swear like sailors as
they prick thei. fingers unpinning
shirtwaists.
THE MERRY WIDOW.
The social life of a summer re-
sort is not complete without the
presence of widow. Every sum-
mer resort of pretensions must
have a widow or its popularity
suffers. And as rule the sum-
mer resort widow is a most charm
ing person. She has a most gra-
cious smile for everybody and she
dresses SO magni6cently that sne
is always the centre of attraction.
When she sweeps down the veran-
da with the majesty of a queen
scattering smiles among her SUBJ
.jects interest-in cards lags at once
and the professional player is just
as apt to lead a duce as an ace.
She is popular with everybody and
contributes no little to the plea
sure of the guests.
only NICE PEOPLE,"
A petite French maid dressed in
conventional black keeps your
apartments as neat as a pin. She
makes friends with your wife at
once and can tell you the history
of every person who has occupied
your apartments since she has
been in the employ of the hotel.
She is loquacious and knows some
thing about everything She will
tiatter you by telling you that
only nice people" occupy your
apartments and casually remarks
that Mrs. Newrich. who occupied
these apartments only a short time
ago, must be very wealthy wo-
man as she was so liberal with her
money. And then there is the
aute-bellum darkey who sweeps
and dusts and calls you honey"
and child" She too has a very
pleasant recollection of Mrs. New
rich and opens her big white eyes
with an expression of well-feign-
ed astonishment when she tells
you that her former patron "wuz
jist kivered wild dimonds." She
takes keen interest in your per-
sonal welfare and makes a vigor-
Gus protest if you attempt to rise
before eight in the morning.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-26

race whose wild and romantic life
has for generations fired the inn
agination of writers in prose and
poetry. The waters are cool and
clear and light and if you drink
freely of the bubblipg spring you
fee. an exhiliration like unto a
draught of ale. Its analysis shows
a good per centage of magnesia
which gives it great virtue as a
tonic for diseases of the stomach,
produced by over-eating and i'm
perfect digestion. The water is
very light and persons who drink
it in large quantities do not feel
any i'll effects afterwards. Anoth-
er peculiar virtue it possesses is
that the first day you drink it you
perspire as freely as though you
were in the sweating roor. at a
Turkish bath. The Spring is the
most popular place at the resort.
The hotel guests and the Gotta
gers seem to think the chief OBJ
ject of their stay at the Springs is
to drink as much water as the
laws of nature will allow and
every now and then one is unfor-
tunate enough to stumble over
the braggart who seems to take
keen delight in boasting that he
drank as many as FIVE or ten dip
pers full without stopping. And
there is the stout old lady dressed
N sombre black who has journey
ed hundreds of miles to take the
waters in the hope they will cure
her of chronic indigestion. She
corners you where there is no pos
sible avenue of escape and pours
out her troubles as fuently as a
phonograph record reels off pop
ular vaudeville air. If some one
does not come to your rescue YOU
swoon at her feet and then sym
pathizing friends rush in and bear
you off to some place of safety.
Her doctor has prescribed a course
of very light diet and she is sim
ply starving to death, but maybe
at the next meal hour she sits at
your left and when she sends in
her second order for greasy gridle
cakes with maple syrup you SIM
ply gasp in astonishment and then
marvel at the idiosyncracies of
human nature.
THE DYSPEPTIC.
Another character that one
never fails to find at the summer
resort is the confirmed dyspeptic.
In general appearance he is small
and wiry of stature with the
usual stoop from the small of his
back to the crown OF his head.
His complexion is pale and sallow
and his features are dry and hard,
showing deep burrows at every
point where the skin is exposed.
His hobby is nervousness, and as
he spins out.a tale of woes his
hands shake and tremble like a
man afflicted with palsy. His
slum oers at night are disturbed
by the most horrible dreams and
his most refreshing sleep is gained
when he dozes in a rocker after
the MONDAY meal. Nothing
pleases him. When the sun is
bright the glare affects his eyes
and if the day is cloudy his case
of melancholia suffers a relapse.
Despite his failings you learn to
sympathize with him until you
reach the dining room and watch
him devour huge hunks of meat
and then abuse the. waiter be-
cause the extras are not brought in
fast enough. His physician sent
him to the Springs also and re-
commended a course of very light
diet. After stay of two weeks
he returns home and tells his
f,-;ax5e tbara q. ~ ,x:~x,.o .A-:
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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-26
ON DRESS PARADE.

The could be no continuous
round of enjoyment without a
climax and the height of the days
pleasures is reached at about 7 p.
m, when the ladies 60 on dress
parade. They have been slum.
bering all the afternoon refresh
ing themselves for the crowning
hour when all the finery. that
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
With a Church for Every 20.

Bates City, a pretty little village
eve miles west Of odessa and SO
miles east of Kansas city. has more
churches in proportion 10 the number
Of its inhabitants than any other place
in Missouri. The village contains only
100 persons and five churches, and
all of them substantial building. For
several years there were only four
churches there, but the fifth is now
completed. The new church was built
by the R~eorganized Latter Day Saints.
The other denominations which have
churches in Bates city are the Presby-
terrain, Southern Methodist, Baptist
and Christian.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
NEWS FROM MISSOURI
To Use the Mississippi.

The Mississippi Valley T%ransporta.
ton company, by its charter filed al
Dover, Del, certifying a capital stock
Of sl0,O00,000 proposes TO revolu.
tionize industry on the Mississippi
from the rivers source to its mouth.
The concern will put into operation a
new system of power and steamboats,
10 engage in commerce. Warehouses
will be built and wharves. piers, jet
les and deeper channels will be con.
structed in the river. The ia incor.
porators include business men Of the
south and middle west. The corpora.
ton will organize at once, probably In
ST. Louis. The incorporators include
Champ Clark, Bowling Green, Mo-; w.
J. McGee, Washington; j. NJ. Griggs,
Dawson, Ga; f. p. G%rincgar, San
Francisco; Edward H. Paterson, Chi
cago; John f. Parker, New Orleans;
J. Whcelock, Little Rock. Ark; Alex.
andor Van Halter, Minneapolis, Mimi;
Jerome Twichell, Kansas city; Thorn
as II. Niedringhaus, ST. Louis; Ma.
thaniel French, Davenport, Ia, and M.
l.. Henderson, Rock Island.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
Child Did Mems Work?

Beaten. starved and forced to do a
mans work in the fields in addition
to doing the homework for a number
Of farm hands. was the condition in
which the humane officer, Mr.. Ziemen-
dOrff, says he found two adopted
wards of the Home for Little Wander
crs. who had been placed with wealthy
farmers near st. Joseph. lnvestiga-
ton into the conditions Of other chill
dren adopted by the farmers of the
community will be instiglted at once.
From ~neighbors the officer learned
thai the girls pitched wheat and hay
last summer, got up in The morning
az 3 O'Clock, MIXED t. cows, got
breakfast, where at work by 6 o'clock
and until 1880, got dinner, went d.
Iect from the dinner dishes to the field
and plowed until 8 O'Clock, got supper,
washed dishes and did the milking.
They retired not earlier than II
O'Clock each night.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
The Blouse.

There are many new developments
in the woman's blNise. as separate
waists are nc longer considered fash.
ionable when they are Of al entirely
different color. The blouse must be
very serviceable, and many of the
present-day dressmake-s are attempt,
ing to disguise them in such a manner
that they will appear to be a part OF
the frock. Yet they are separate and
distinct in themselves, They are de.
tachable and can be worn with other
skirts. A ribbon girdlc, especially
with n knot of blue, often aids in Civ.
ing q touch of color TO the dress, being
folded across the front and cut in a
deep v over the puritan collar. A but.
ton OF the same color is worn on the
belt.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
CHARACTER REVEALED BY HAT
The Observant Can Tell at a Glance
What Manner Of Person Is
Wearing II.

That there is any character to be
displayed in the choice and
of wearing a hat will doubtless be a
revelation To many girls. But a girl
who is at all observing can tell from
the hat another woman wears what
manner of person it is with whom she
is dealing.
There is a little round black hat.
with scarcely any attempt at trim.
ming, except n HAT, black bow. This
hat is sure to be worn by a little old
maid, one who is swectenod rather
than soured by her single lot. She is
one who is absorbed in other peoples
children.
A simple little toque worn with a
veil indicates the girl Of great com.
mon sense. Nothing especially star.
Ting or original about her. Just a
good sort.
The girl who chooses a hat with
abrupt angles, who always has wings
or stiff, conventional trimming on her
hats, and who never wears flowers, is
another kind altogether. You may al.
ways know her to be determined, in.
dependent, and if given half a chance.
she will be domineering.
There is a sort of soft, elusive,
!eathery kind of creation that Is worn
by some women A man would say
she was distinctly feminine, wumanly
in all she did. But she is more than
this-she is subtle, elusive and charm,
ing. She is the girl all men think
they would like to marry, but there
are not enough of this sort to &C
round.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
OLDEST LAND IN THE WORLD
according to Scientists Our Earth
Had lts Origin In the Lauren
tian Highlands.

Stretching across Canada, north Of
the st. Lawrence, and ending in the
regions about the source of the Mis-.
sissippi, is a range Of low granite hills
called the Laurentian highlands. These
hills are really mountains that are al.
most worn out, for they are the old.
est land in America, and, according
to Agassiz, the oldest in the world.
In the days when there was nothing
but water on the face of the globe,
these mountains came up-a long is
and of primitive rock with universal
ocean chatting against it's shores. None
OF the other continents had put in
their appearance at the time America
was thus looking up. The United
States began to come to light by the
gradual uplifting of this land to the
north and the appearance of the tops
OF the A~lleghenies which were next
in order. Later the Rockies started
up. The United States grew south.
ward from Wisconsin and westward
from the Blue Ridge. An early view
of the country would have showed a
large island which is now northern
Wisconsin, and a long thin tongue Of
this primitive rock sticking down from
Canada into Minnesota, and these two
growing states looking out over the
waters at the mere beginnings Of
lnountain ranges east and west. They
were waiting for the rest of the Unit.
ed States to appear.-The Atlantic.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
One Saloon for Every 46.

Tho grand jury reported hat there
are too many saloons in st. Louis
every forty-siX and a half taxpayers
in the Luxembourg district. AS a
remedy the grand Jury urges that the
saloon license tax be made SO high
that only men Of high standing and
good character could afford to enter
the liquor selling business. The report
also says the law forbidding sales Of
intoXicants is not observed at all. and
that many saloons side doors are open
SUNDAYS.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
HUMOR BURNED AND ITCHED.
Eczema on Hand, Arms, Legs and
FACET Was Something Terrible. -
Complete Cure by cuticura.

"About fifteen or eighteen years
ago eczema developed on top Of my
hand. 1t burned and itched SO much
that I was compelled to show it to a
doctor. He pronounced it ringworm.
After trying his different remedies the
disease increased and went up my
arms and to my legs and finally on my
face. The burning was something
terrible. / went to another doctor who
had the reputation Of being the best
in town. He told me it was eczema.
His medicine checked the advance of
the disease, but no further. l finally
concluded to try the Cuticura Rene
dies and found relief in the first trial.
I continued until l was completely
cured from the disease, and l have
not been troubled since. G. Burkhart,
236 w. Market ST., Chambersburg, Pa,
Sept. 10, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.. Boston.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
Blue Tweed Suit,

A tweed suit for the autumn is of
dark blue with a suggestion of pur.
pie and sepia in the pattern. 1t has
a long coat, not fastened with the
ubiquitous three buttons above the
knee. but with a loose dropping belt
resting on tho hips and falling lower
in front like a small boys French
suit. This belt end the facings of
the coat are of purple kid or fine
leather.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
Now Is the Time to Subscribe.

A South Missouri editor has thought
OF a great scheme. He says he will
lend Il pullet 10 anyone who can't af-
ford TO subscribe for the home paper.
'fecd the chicken the table scraps
II bring me her eggs to pay for the
PAPER he says. when she stops
laying, bring her in and ! will make
a pot pie of her and furnish a younger
chicken to carry on the good work.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
Mark Chudren's Clothes,

Buy a five-cent bolt of white linen
tape; cut in small pieces and write
a child's name on each piece. Paste
their James written in black ink on
white pieces. inside each overshoe,
gloves. mitten anc cap, and as a re
suit the children's garments never
get mixed up or lost at school o.
church.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
STATE OF ONO CITY or TOLEDO =.

LUCAS CoUETY. "
FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath tina. he r. senior
partner of the ilrn OF +. ]. CHENEY 4 CO.. doing
business In the city Of Toledo. County and state
Aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE DOLLARS for each and every
case ot CATARlH that cannot be cured by the use q
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed n my presenrs
this 9Th day OF December, A. D.. 1886.
A. W. GLEASON.
80 NOTARY PUBLIC.
Hairs Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for Testimonials. free.
I. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. O.
sCid by all Druggists, &c.
Take Halls Family Pills Tor constipation.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
LAWYERS at PertIe SPRINGS,

The twenty.seventh annual meeting
of the Missouri Bar association ended
81 Pertle Springs with a dinner at the
Hotel Minnewawa. One Of the princi-
pal features of the meeting ~as the
address delivered by Mr.. Justice Rid
die of the Kings Bench, Toronto,
Canada, on The Judicial Committee
OF the Imperial Privy Council
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
Sprirgfe!d's New Theater Opened.

The l.anders Theater, just complet-
ed At Springfield at a cost of $4,000.
was opened with The Golden Girl"
The playhouse was erected to take
the place Of the Baldwin Theater, de-
stroyed by fire last January. More
than 1000 people we're unable 10 gain
admittancc.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
Good Roads Mean Money.

The people need to be educated to
the fact that money spent for good
roads is not money thrown away.
whereas money spent for makeshift
improvements is worse than thrown
away.-Louisyille Courier-Journal.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
Uniforms for the Guards.

The convicts at the Missouri peni.
Tertiary are TO don their striped uni
forms and wear plain clothes, while
the guards are TO change their citizen
clothes for uniforms-not, however,
striped ones.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
She Took a Pair.

How much are these shoes?" asked
the lady who had the reputation of
being a keen shopper.
Those shoes are not for sale" re.
piled the salesman, who had some.
thing of a reputation, too; we're Civ.
ing them away with every pair of
shoe laces at 49, 0."-Judge.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30

Cream serge costumes are always
so nice, and this would be a smart
style in which to make one. The skirt
Is made with Il seam up the left side
Of front, it is wrapped and stitched
twice, and has "silk.covered buttons
sewn on the inside. The semi-ftting
coat fastens on the bust with buttons
and cords, braid to match is put twice
round the entire coat, and also edges
the sleeves.
Hat of white straw, trimmed with a
wreath of flowers.
Materials required: Six and one-half
yards serge As inches wide, seven
yards braid, two dozen buttons, 3h
yards coat lining.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30

For chaiing or prickiy heat, brown
-four In the skillet and sift twice until
fine. For ordinary use a preparation
of one-third boric acid to two.thirds
cOrnstarch is sufficient.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
Senator Bristow Son at Baker.

Edward BriS,ow, the youngest son
OF Senator j. l.. Bristow, will enter
Baker university at Baldwin.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30

The costume at the left is OF soft cloth in a "drcgs of wine" shade.
trimmed with a heavy raised embroidery in the same shade. This embroidery
Stimulates n bOlero and trim the underskit
The princess tunc is ornamented at the bottom with buttons IN forms
q sort of Rltr attached on each side to a gNule of the material, the rounded
ends OF which are fastened with buttons.
The yoke is of white ace bordcr,d o each side with a band Of tafda
or liberty.
The othcr costume is of plum colored tafeta or cloth. 1t forms a princess
tunic with little sleeves ad is turned II att the bottom. 1t is ornamented in
front with straps of cord and passcmontIic buttons and is finished around the
neck and sleeves with a cord embroidery.
The undcrsNrvos are of Irish lace colOred o match the gown, and the
little chcmsette is of white tucked Julie The lower part OF the skirt is gath
cred at the o. and set OF underneath. the tunic, forming a deep nounce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-10-18

Real melodrama Is what patrons
81 the Seattle theatre want. and
that's What they received yester
day when ~The Confessions 81 a
Wife was flung over the foot.
lights. The story concerns the
life Of woman whose mat.
rimoniai taugles require consid.
cradle time to unrnvci Miss
West makes a good heroine. and
Mr. BoaTdman and MIR Humphrey
as the brothers ARhm0re do 81.
fe~tlve work Eva Earle French
does dlaaEreeable aunt. aud she
"A a. good ns ever
Dick French has given the play
. most effective setting. the snow
storm scene being one III the most
realistic affairs seen on Seattle
stage in many n day. The black.
smith shop scene OF the first act
Is also a we'll devised bit The
parts are impartlaily distributed.
and the company makes the most
OF them
Owen Davis Is responsible for
the melodrama. and Il goes With
the regulation Davis action.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-10-18
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