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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02
SURVEYING PARTY \
REACHES DILLON.
And Leaves Eearly Next
Morning for Albriton. A
Month Before Report will
be Made to Governor.

Prof. Chas. J. Colcock, of the
University of South Carolina, who
was appointed by Gov. Ansel to
make a test of the official survey
of the county made by Messrs.
Handy & Beatty, arrived in town
Sunday morning and registered at
the Price Court Inn. Accompany
ing Prof. Coicock were F. Horton
Colcock, Edward D. Smith, B. 0.
Brooks and c. E. Murray of Col
umbia, j. S. Dantzler of Elloree
and Howard Wiswall, Jr., of
Charleston. Mcssrs. Smith and
Brooks were with Messrs. Handy
and Beatty on the original sur
vev.
The party spent the dav quietly
at the hotel and left early next
morning for point above Albri-
ton where the Marlboro county
and North Carolina state line in
tersect. They will run line from
this point to Dillon, and thence
down to big Pee Dee river. Next
they will run a line from the cas-
tern extremity of the county from
point beyond Nichols to the
river. The running of these
lines will complete the survey.
Of course Prof. Colcock had
nothing to say concerning the re-
suits of his work so far. He will
give out nothing official until his
report has been made to the gov
ernor. He expects to finish the
survey this week, but as he leaves
on a two weeks vacation next week
he will not make his calculations
until he returns to Columbia. 1t
will be about month before his
report is made to the governor.
Prof. Colcock is making the
survey merely to test the length
of certain lines alleged to be short.
The impression seems to have
gotten out that he is making a
survey of the county, but this is
mistake. After running the lines
he can say that he does or does
not believe that Marion contains
900 square miles, according to the
figures of Messrs. Handy and
Beatty. Of course there may be
three or four miles one way or the
other, but there is no probability
that enough errors will be found
TO reduce Marion to less than 900
square miles when it is recalled
that Messrs. Handy and Beatty
threw in" five miles for good
measure when they made their f.
nal calculations.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02
Married at Montreal.

An event of more than usual in
terest to Dillon society was the
marriage of DR.. C. Henslee and
Miss jeanette Mckenzie at Mon
treat, N. c., last Wednesday after
noon. The ceremony was perform
ed at the cottage of Mrs. D. N.
Oliver where the bride, with her
sister, Miss Isla Mckenzie, has
been spending the summer. No
cards were issued and only the rel
atives of the bride and few init
mate friends of the groom were
present at the ceremony DR.. and
Mrs. Henslee left Immediately for
the groom home in Gratiot, Ohio,
where they will spend their honey
moon. The bride is a lady of
many graces of mind and person
and is greatly loved and admired
by large circle of friends. She
has been a teacher in the Dillon
High School where she was de-
servedly popular with the student
body, the faculty and the patrons
of the school. The groom is man
of sterling qualities and during his
ten years residence here his name
has been linked with every i'm.
POI tant movement looking to the
development of Dillon. DR.. anc
Mrs. Henslee will be at home tc
their Dillon friends after Sept. IS
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02

The jury of II men drawn sew
eral days ago to appraise the prop
erty in front of E. II. Elliott's
stables for the use of the new
railroad met Monday afternoon
and after viewing the property
made the following appraisals:
Johnson Moore 81, 100; Penny In
gram 81, 100; Thos. Johnson $500.
All of this property belongs to col
ored people who. it is said. are
willing to dispose of it at the ap-
praised value in order to buy more
choice locations further from the
business part of town.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02
RURAL CARRlERs ASSOCIATION
President Micker Active in Work OF the
Organization. Congressman
Aiken Commends association.

Mr.. II. +. Wicker, president of
Rural Letter Carriers Association
of'thiS State, has been very active
and eXcrting his best efforts to in
crease an interest in the assoCia-
ton, and to enlist the cc-opera-
tion of all the letter carriers in the
State. Mr. Wicker in order to
secure, as far as possible, the at.
tltude OF the government officials
and congressman towards the as
sociation, addressed a ccmmunica-
tion to Congressman Aiken, re-
questing his opinion of the subject.
In reply, Mr.. Wicker has received
from Congressman Aiken, the fol-
lowing letter:
Abbeville, S. c., Aug. p, 1909.
Mr.. Thomas Z. Wicker.
Newberry, $. G.
Dear Sir:-Iour letter asking
what | believed to be the attitude
of the Government toward the ru-
raj carriers, and especially with
reference to the carriers organiza-
ton, was duly received.
| am sure that the Government,
and especially Congress, is dispos-
ed to do the best for the carriers
that the circumstances each year
will permit. / am also sure that
the government does not look with
disfavor upon the carriers oreani-
zation. 1t recognizes the right OF
the carrier to present his cause in
the most forCeful and inteiligen,
manner, and this he can do Only
through organization, bringing
him in touch with his fellows.
The carriers, in their organized
capacity, can render valuable ait
to State and Federal authorities il
stimulating road building and il
making other suggestions in aid o.
rural development. 1t is not tn,
purpose of the organization to ur
dertakc t" enforce demands, but tt
present its requests intcliigently
and forcefully.
speak as a friend of the rural
carrier. My first speech in con
gress was in support of bill, pro,
posing to pay rural carriers some
thing like adequate compensation
1t was one of the first of such bills
introduced; and from time to time
since. / have aided in the passage
Of similar measures still further
improving the carriers condition
| have felt that the rural carrier
was not fairly treated when com
pared with the city carrier, and
have felt no little pleasure in the
increasing recognition that he has
found in congress. | do not hes
itate to say that the association has
given me valuable data; and except
for organization, do not believe
that the data would have been
easily obtainable. All carriers
share in the beneficial work of the
organization; it seems but fair that
all should unite in making it as
effective as possible.
Very truly yours,
Wyatt Aiken.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02

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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02
Standard Ware

lection. The Standard Ware
house company, we think, is rem
dering them some assistance TO
this end and our success in max
ing arrangements to offer money
at s per cent. on wareho use re-
ceipts as compared with 8 last
year should be an argument of
some convincing force"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02

Looks like 6 per cent will be the
polular interest rate in this State
from now on-thanks to the
efforts of our good friend, and the
farmers friend, Col. II. B. S tack
house, of the Standard Warehouse
npany.-Orangehurg Sun
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02
LAST RACES
BIG SUCCESS.
Large Crowd of Visit ors and
Home People See Some
Fine Racing on the Dillon
Track. Last Meet of the
Season Passes Into His
tory.

Despite the busy season a large
crowd witnessed the last meet of
the Dillon Driving Association
for the season 1909 at the track
Tuesday afternoon. Those who
came from a distance to see the
races were not disappointed be-
cause they saw some of the best
racing and some of the fastest
time ever made in the history of
the Pee Dee Circuit. Although
the official time in the free for all
race was given out as 14A
experienced race horse men say
that some of the winners could
have gone faster. There was
nothing to mar the pleasure of the
occasion. The weather was ideal
with the exception of 4 little show
er which came up between the
heats but after it had passed away
the track was in better condition
than ever.
Marguerite, owned by L. Ed
wards. came out first in the third
heat in the free for all with Alton
so close second. Marguerite
won in the first two heats and il
was generally conceded that she
had won the race, but Mr.. Drake
protested the third heat on the
ground that Mr. Edwards who
was driving Marguerite had
changed his position on the home
stretch which was against the
rules of the National Trotting
Association. The judges set Mar
guer1te back, but the protest will
be carried to the National Trot-
ting Association for decision
Should the National Association
decide in favor of Marguerite this
will give the game little mare two
| successive victories over Alfonso
as she was the winner at Darling
ton on August 25th. Sandy Hal
came out third, with Albuta hold
ing fourth place. Albuta did not
seem to be in good trim and was
left in The rear in all three heats
but one.
2.1S class: Roy Wilkes first,
Belle Of Darlington second, Sir
Henry third.
2.25 class: Hebe first, Dolly
billiard second, Bessie Gentry
third, Brownie fourth.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02
SHOOTING AffRAY At MARION I
n. n. Brigham Seriously Wounds Jack
Altman

Marion, August 27.-Spccial:
AT about $50 O'Clock last night
Mr.. w. H. Brigham shot and
seriously wounded Mr.. Jack Alt
man at the Atlantic Caost Line
station. just after the arrival of
the north bound train, the ball TAX
ing effect in the abdomen. Mr..
Brigham, who has been living in
the vicinity of Marion FOR the past
several years, is successful far
mer, at present conducting a farm
for Mr.. T. L. Manning, about
three miles southeast of Marion.
The young man Altman, it seems,
had been at work, for a short time
for Mr.. Brigham, but had left
and had gone to Pee-Dee station.
After his leaving Mr.. Brigham
found that his house had been bro
ken into, and he applied to Magis-
trate Oliver early last night for a
warrant. Meanwhile, Altman
had been arrested at Pee-Dee by
local constable, and was on his
way to Marion. AS soon as he
stepped off the train he asked to
see Brigham, and Deputy Sheriff
Dozler, who was there with the
warrant to arrest him, thinking
that he wanted to see Brigham to
arrange the matter amicably, did
not interfere. AS soon as Brig
man and Altman net, however a
fight began, with the result that
Brigman was knocked down.
Sheriff Blue, who happened to be
present, and others interfereG and
parted them, but as the combat
ants were being separated Brig
man fired his pistol, with the re-
suit above stated. No one had
seen the pistol and before it could
be fired the second time, the sheriff
wrenched it from his hand.
The wounded man was taken to
the office of DR.. E. B. Utley, who
with the assistance of DR.. A. Nc
Intyre, found upon making a sur
gical operation that the hall had
passed through the lower part of
the abdominal cavity without
wounding any of the organs, and
had lodged in the back. After the
operation the patient was taken to
Jail, and there, in one of the low
er rooms in the jailer's apartments,
he is resting quietly to-day.
The physicians think that the
chances are in favor of Altman's
recovery. Mr.. Brigham was kept
in custody by the sheriff until to-
day, when bail was granted in the
sum Of 81 900, after warrant for
assault and battery had been sworn
out for him by Mr.. Curtis Altman,
a brother to the wounded man,
who came in to-day on the 10
O'Clock train.
The shooting ways witnessed by
a great number of persons, and
there are almost as many conflict
ing stories as to how it actually
occurred, the relative position of
the combatants, etc, as there are
witnesses.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02

Reedy Greek Springs have passed
into The hands of Dillon men who
will begin at once to develop the
property and make it one OF the
Leading summer resorts in the
State. The purchasers are
MeSsrs. w T. Bethea and !. B.
Gibson who purchased thu proper
ty from Col. J. B. Edgcrton, of
Goldsboro, and Mr.. r. p. Hamer.
of Hamer. The tract around the
springs contain l2O acres which
will be laid off into pretty avenues
and shady walks. The under
growth will be- cut away, the
grounds will be cleared and the
whole place will be given such
transformation as to make it an
ideal location for a summer resort.
The hotel building will be remod-
eled, more rooms will be added
and the entire structure will be
equipped with water works and
sewerage. A competent man
will have charge of it during the
summer season and guests will be
assured every comfort to be found
in the modern resort designed for
rest and recreation. A dancing
pavilion will be erected and the
hotel management will employ a
band during the season. E.
The origin of Rcedy Greek
Springs dates back to time be-
fore the war. Long before the
struggle between the states the
people from miles around gathered
there to spend their holidays and to
drink of its health-giving waters.
Before the hotel was built they
lived in tents, but now in addition
to the hotel building there arc
several cottages always filled to
overflowing during the summer
months. For diseases of the stom-
acn, particularly indigestion, the
springs are without a superior any
where and it is surprising that this
valuable property has not been de
veloped long ago by some enter
prising person who knew the vir-
tue of its waters. b. now it
seems that its day has come and
Messrs Bethea Gibson will do
everything in their power to make
it one of the most comfortable and
attractive watering places in the
state. 1t is their intention to
build clay road from Dillon to
the Springs and make it a speed
way for automobiles. Persons
living IN Dillon can spend their
nights at Reedy Greek and return
to town the next morning in time
for the opening of business.
There is every reason why the re-
sort should Immediately become
popular. There is not resort in
this section of the state. the near
est one being in North Carolina,
about 12O miles from Dillon. The
Herald will have more to say
about the developement of this cx-
cellent property later on.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02
VOL. IS, NO. {,
REEDY CREEK
CHANGES HANDS

The Famous Spring is Pur-
chased by Dillon Men who
will Develop It into a Pop
ular Summer Resort. Its
Health Giving Waters to
be Bottled and Shipped
Abroad. Next year Dill
lon will have a Summer
Resort Right at Its Doors.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-28
WHAT DRY FARMING" MEANS.
New Method as Described in Review
of Reviews

OF reviews.
In all the discussion of the term
dry farming much misunderstand-
ing exists. At the recent congress
there was an attempt to change the
organizations name to Arid Farm
ing congress-. In simple phrase it
means method of farming that shall
-ncIude deep blowing and frequent
puIVerlzlng of the top soil out of as
Wen as during the growing season.
II IS based on the principle that the
moisture falling in rain or snow NAV
SINK into the earth if the soil be
!oosened. Then that there shall be
Kept above that molstened bed a
close, finer blanket. of dust that shall
prevent evaporation. If the burrows
be turned at right angles to the pre-
Valllng winds of winter the snow
may De caught, and if the pulveriz-
ing harrow be sent over the field
AFTER every rain the seed is certain
10 ercelVe maximum amount of sus-
tenance. If it does not get enough
IN one season it may in two, and a
crop every alternate year, if a good
one, is ample return on cheap land.
vi course Inere must be good soil as
a basis-only irrigation can conquer
sand
To accomplish all this special ma
chinery has come into use. Horses
could not pull plows biting deep into
the tough centuries-dried soil, so
powerful engines that roll majesti-
cally along with two dozen plows en-
train are in their places. Press
drills that plant the seed deep; pull
Verlzing harrOws that break the sur
face into powderlike fineness, and
other appliances are used. First
get your moisture, then raise a crop
on it, is the formula adopted by one
successful farmer. He told how he
had plowed twelve inches deep, had
narrowed and cultivated-and then
raised thirty-fve bushels of wheat,
fifty bushels of corn, and generous
crops of rough feed on each acre.
finally starting profitable fruit or
chard-all this on a rainfall of less
than fifteen inches annually. Year
after year moisture-preservati has
increased his supply, and the soil-bed
has constantly grown richer and
deeper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-28
THE PRICE OF COTTON.
Only Sure Way Raise 1t Is by Growing Smaller Crops
ills Experiment. with Coffee Marehousing Recalled.

Dan Sully is not a populist politi-
clan, and is doubtless not imbued
with the same zeal in behalf of the
dear people that once inspired "Cy-
clone" Davis, "Sockless" Simpson
and some other politicians of the lat
ter eighties and early nineties to de-
mand the establishment of govern
ment warehouses for farm products,
in order that the prices of the same
might be hXed at a profitable figure.
Dan is no politician at all, and has
not heretofore ranked as a philan-
thropist. He is not on record as hav-
ing given much thought to the good
of the public, but he was at one time
a daring plunger who came very
nearly doing a great thing for him
self in the way of a corner on cot
ton. Nevertheless Dams later mo-
tives appear to be entirely pro bono
publico, and he has scheme very
nearly akin to that of the former
populist statesmen.
The price of cotton is at times
temporarily affected by speculation
or other causes, but in the main it
depends, as does the price of nearly
all other commodities, on the basis
Of supply and demand, and that is
law Mr.. Sully has no power to
control. The experience of Brazil
in the attempted ''valorization" of
the Sac Paulo coffee crops was an
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-28

apt illustration of such folly. That
embodied an idea similar to that
which Mr.. Sully has in mind. The
state government of Sac Paulo first
purchased the coffee at a liberal
price and stored the surplus in ware
houses waiting for the rise in price
in the foreign market and expecting
small crops in the years to come.
but the price in the foreign market
never rose, and the production in the
succeeding years under the stimu-
liant Of this generous aid was greater
than ever. The result was that the
state was bankrupt and the national
government of Brazil had to assume
the debt and take over the coffee,
both Of which it still has.
The only way to insure a cOntin-
ued high price for cotton is to grow
less of it. During the civil war,
when little cotton was produced, the
price of the staple reached a dollar a
pound, 1t may be impractical to Sc
cure that concentrated effort on the
part of planters that will reduce the
production, but if over the south
generally less land were devoted to
cotton and more to other crops there
is no doubt that southern agriculture
would be more profitable This
sound doctrine has been preached for
many years without visible effect, but
it is more to be trusted than any
scheme Dan Sully may advance
Nashville Banner.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-28
STOLE CARLOAD OF sDE BANAN''
An Enterprising Albany Chap Tried
the Get-Rich-Quick @PIan.

An enterprising "sella de banan"
man tried to work a get-rich-quick
scheme in Townsville, but with dis
astrous results to himself, as he was
arrested and taken to Albany to an
swer to the charge of stealing a
whole carload, of bananas.
The car was at the Thomasville
depot consigned to party in AL
bany. The banana man, in some way
not learned, managed to get hold of
the bill of lading for it and present
ed it at the office, claiming to be
the party owning the bananas. They
were turned over to him and he
readily sold them out to dealers in
Thomasville. The Albany party in
the meantime had wired and had
him arrested. He was taken to AL
bany to explain to the proper author
tiles why he appropriated to his own
use carload Of bananas belonging to
some one else.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-28
FINED ONE CENT BY COURT
Then the Fine Was RENTED Be-
cause 1t Was So Trouble
some to Handle.

some 10 Handle.
A fine of one cent was the punish
ment imposed by Judge Sheppard in
the United States court upon one
John Brown, who admitted that he
stole about 100 pounds of copper
from the Atkinson still on the Au-
gusta road, which is in the custody
of the United States marshal. The
prisoner had been in durance vile
for eight months, and is in bad
health.
Brown promptly rendered a cop
per- to Clerk Johnson, who at once
became a special advocate for the
accused. The clerk very solicitously
begged the court to remit the fine
because of the immense amount of
red tape incident to the transmission
of money received into court through
fines to the credit of the United
States treasury. 1t would entail
numerous entries on the Office books,
and considerable other work would
be required TO land the one cent to
it's proper place.
While those who were lingering in
the court room enjoyed Clerk John
sons predicament the Judge acqui-
esced and the clerk hunted up Brown
and returned his money to him. The
negro didn't understand the clerks
generous impulse, perhaps, but ac-
copied the situation without asking
for an explanation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-28
THEY MAKE LONG JOURNEYS
Icebergs Always Come From Near the
Very Ends of the Earth.

ICebergs Always Come From Near the
Very Ends of the Earth.
1t is an interesting fact that the
actual iceberg always comes from
near the ends of the earth. Becom-
ing detached from the immense ice
masses of the north or the south
polar regions the huge pinnacles and
mounds and other formations too
often in the path of vessels crossing
the Grand Banks of Newfoundland
have made a long journey before
reaching this locality, for they have
come the length of that interesting
river in the ocean, the Labrador cur
rent, besides floating hundreds Of
miles in the waters about Greenland.
The distance covered by an ice
berg of the north Atlantic from the
time it is formed until it reaches the
Banks is fully $500 miles. 1t may
have been afoat for year, exposed
to wide changes of temperature, bat
tered by ice foes, possibly other
bergs and ceaselessly washed by the
waves. Yet some of those seen 1000
miles south of their starting point
are nearly 800 feet in height and
truly of majestic proportions, often
a thousand or more feet in length,
while it is an established scientific
fact that so much more of the bulk
is under water than is visible that
the largest bergs may extend into
the ocean to a depth of over half a
mile.
AS Arctic navigators who venture
far north often see a score or more
of great bergs in a day the tremen-
dous glacial activity in this region
can be appreciated. The majority
of these that drift to the Grand
Banks come from Melville Bay. Some
Of the distinct glaciers that termi-
nate the Greenland ice cap on this
coast extend along it a distance of
fully % miles. Their thickness or
height can only be estimated, but in
places near the open sea it is be-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-28

curing between the president and
the ex-president
however, in spite of his chagrin
caused by the action of his successor
IN allowing his policies to fall by
the wayslde it is not believed Roose-
Veit VIII repudiate Taft in a way that
VIII reach the public. Such action
would be un-RooseveItian. 1t would
be admitting that he had made a
mistake. In no single instance is his
entire public career did Roosevelt
ever make such an admission.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-28

lieved to be several hundred feet.
Recent examinations of this coast
show that during the short summer
the formation of bergs in the bay is
almost continuous. The glacial move
ment keeps pressing the ice forward
until a thick stratum often projects
many feet beyond that beneath. At
ter time the great weight over
comes the tensile strength of mass
and it falls INTO the sea and a berg
is created