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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
Prohibitionits.

Over at Newaygo, near Big
Rapids, where it is so dry that
the boys" habitually spit cot
ton, there seem to be some
mighty dry prohibitionists, accord
ing to a story that comes from the
desert.
A Newaygo citizen recently re-
ceived letter from Kentucky
whiskey house requesting him to
send them the names of a dozen
or more persons who would like
to get some fine whiskev shipped
to them at a very low price. The
letter wound up by saying:
We will give you a commission
on all the orders sent in by par
ties whose names you send u.s."
The Newaygo man belonged TO
practical joke class and filled in
the names of some of his prohibi-
ton friends on the blank spaces
left for that purpose.
He had forgotten all about his
supposed practical joke whe n Mon
day he received another letter
from the same house. He sup
posed 1t was a request for more
names and was about to throw the
communication in the waste basket
when it occurred to him to send the
name of another old friend to the
whlskey house. He accordingly
tore open the envelope, and came
near collapsing when he found a
check for $3.50. representing his
commission on the sale of whiskey
to the parties whose names he had
sent In about three weeks before.
'-Detroit Free Press.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
Didn't Walk all the Way.

Down in Alabama. said John
ID. Fearhake. in the Woman's $ Home
Companion, there's deputy
marshal who doesn't let any such
trlfics as extradition laws stop
hinH One day he rode into
tovn on a mule leading a prisoner
whom he had caught in Georgia,
M"d up snugly with clothes line.
" he prisoner locked as ii he had
seen hard service.
Why, for heaven sake, Jim, ="
said the Judge. YOU didn't make
him walk all the way from Geor-
gia, did you?"
No, sir" said Jim.
hope not said the Judge.
No" said Jim: part of the
way | drug him, and when we
come to the Tallaposa river he
swum.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
TAKES THE WET GOODS,

Charleston, Sept. 5.-Thc prac-
ticr among the blind tiger element
OF Charleston of using the names
of well-known citizens for the
purpose of getting liquor and beer
passed into tbs city by police
guards may lessen when the
scheme o. gentleman here be-
comes generally known.
He arrived home recently to be
told by his better half that bar
rel of export beer had been dc,
livered to him. The gcntlcmah
had ordered no beer, but he was
surprised to see a barrel of export
addressed to himself very plainly
and standing bodily on his back
porch.
H got wise" and calmy
opened the barrel and cxtraacd a
dozen buds" for icing. The
next day 4 driver came I'd the
house and called for the Ibcer,
saying the stuff had been delivered
by mistake" but the perSonh never
appeared.
The beer is almost gone pow
This custom of getting liquor in
other peoples names and tben
having it delivered by mistake
may be broken up by the scheme
of keeping the gratuitous bever-
age.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
Bermuda Briefs

''''eeeseesss ssssssses sssssssss ssss
Dry weather still is in progress
Ill this place and good rain would
do lots oe good just now.
A. c. Moody of this place spent
last Saturday afternoon at the
home of his father. E. V. Moodv,
of Pleasant Hill section.
d. w. Bowen and family of Mt
Cavalry were in this section Sun
day last.
w. c. Mckenzie of this place
has been appointed Notary Public.
fle received his commission last
week and is now ready for busi-
ness.
Private Liston Moody of U. s.
Army, stationed at Fort Scrivcn,
Ca, is at the home of his pa-ents
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Moody or this
place. He has a furlough for
thirty days. Glad to see you back
and to see you looking well. Liston.
Deputy David Miller of Pleas
ant Hill was in this section last
Monday morning bright and early;
he caught his bird.
Hurrah for the new county and
new railroad. OLD TON.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
YOU GlNNERS LOOK HERE

We have just received car load
OF the Famous Slower Gasoline
Engines, can make immediate ship
ment on ?, 3, 5, s, 10, 10, u, &
20 h. p. at the right price with the
kind of terms that you can meet.
Let us hear from you before they
ali go. Write lis for our prices
and guarantee.
THE SUMTER IRON WORKS,
Long Distance Phone PSF.
Sumter, =. {.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
A True Bill.
Pee Dee Advocate.

Pee Dee Advocate.
The Dillon Herald remarked
some weeks ago that if the races
were kept up they would break up
the summer resorts, because peo-
pie would not leave the races to go
away. Does that explain why our
friend, J. b. Gibson, himself an
owner of a race horse and patron
OF the track, is gcing to develop
summer resort right in the cen
ter of the Pee Dee Driving Asso-
citation?
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16

There is nothing new III the
New County situation. So far
as can be learned Prof. Colcock is
making the calculations ON his
test survey of the lines run by
Messrs. Handy and Beatty and
it may be two weeks or a month
before he is ready to report to
the governor. If Prof. Colcock's
report is made within the next
month the;e will be plenty of
time to hold an election before
Jan. l. If an election is not held by
the first of the year It is not like
ly that one can be held early
enough in the new year to get a
bill through the general assembly
creating the New County, and in.
that event it will be another year
before the New County can be
formed, provided it prevails at the
polls, which is not all improbable,
If one is to judge by the sentiment
of the people. &
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
Zee Dee Advocate:

Referring to the article abou,
+. |. Watson originating the sanG
clay road, the editor of the Ad.
vocatc was teaching school il,
Marion county at that time. Mr.
Watson was patron of the school
and the road in question passed
by the school house. We often
heard the comments OF people
who passed along the road, and
they would not all DO to go in a
Sunday school book. The prin.
cipal objection to Mr.. Watson S
road was that he threw it up too
high in the middle. and vehicles
could not go down on The side of
the road TO pass each other with
out almost turning over. MIR.
Watson left Marion county on ac-
count of the indignation of his
neighbors. In a year or Two the
road settled down and became
hard, and vas not so steep.
Several years afterward Mr..
Watson was offered a good salary
to come back to Marion and sup
erintcnd the building of roads in the
county, but declined the position.
MIR. Watson, by the way. married
Marlboro county Emanuel, and
is brother in-law of Capt. p. L,
Brecden and F. M. Emanuel of
BcnnettSville.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
Stopped His Paper For Spite.
(kings Mountain Herald.)

A couple of years ago a cranky
sort of an old man came into this
office and stopped his paper be-
cause something in it did not just
suit his fancy. We have fire.
quently met him on the street
since that time and it is amusing
to note the look of surprise on the
old fellows face that we are still
in existence regardless of the fact
that he stopped his paper. Some
day-aad it won't be long either
that old gentleman will turn I'D
toes. His heart will be stilled
forever. Neighbors and friends
will follow his lifeless clay to the
silent city and lay them to rest
among the flowers. An obituary
will be published in these columns
telling what a kind father, q good
nelShDor ana beloved citizen he
was-which the recording angel
will overlook for charity's sake,
and in very short time he will
be forgotten. AS he lies out there
in the cold, cold graveyard, wrap
ped in the silent slumber of death,
he will never know that the last
kind word spoken of him was by
the editor of that paper which he
so spitefully stopped" Did you
pause just a moment to think that
your editor, whoever he may be,
will write your obituary some day?
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
Free State News.

Mrs. 4. c. Richardson, of
Lake City, spent a few days last
week at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. S. Rogers.
Mr.. J. w. Rowland moved his
family. to Dillon last Thursday
We miss them very much.
After a weeks stay with rela-
tlves in this section, Mrs. E. G.
Newton returned to her home in
Bennettsville last Monday.
MIR. Dargan Odom and sister,
Miss Emmie spent Saturday and
Sunday with their aunt Mrs. An
drew LcGette.
Rev. B. F. Allen expects to
leave Thursday f or Denmark
where he has accepted call to
preach.
Miss Virgic McLaurin, of Nc
Coll visited friends down here last
week.
Miss Lorcna Newton of Gibson
who has been visiting Miss Belle
Moore returned home this morn.
ing
Mrs. D. E. Allen is visiting he1
daughter, Mrs. J. p. Wallace oi
Hartsville. Cor =
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
ments and her despair.

ments and her despair.
The only society that calls on
me is the riff-raff Of the pinch
back nobility. Whether they are
what they claim to be or not, the
only thing that | am sure about
them IS that they all want money!"
she moaned to this woman.
AT first l believed their claims
that they could introduce me into
the lnncrmost circle of the royal
set in Europe. know better
now. AS soon Gs one lot disap.
pears antoher takes its place.
Some of these people are French,
some English, some Italian or
Russian, and some the Lord
knows what. They form a So
clety of their own, and even in
that have narrowly escaped be-
ing snubbed more than once when
| have dared to question the So
clal omnipotence of some near
count OR bogus duchess.
can go into the shops and
buy whatever l please, gowns,
Jewels, anything. can have
horses and carriages ard motor
cars. live in a palace, and
could have bigger one if l wart-
ed 1t: But no person of the kind
that | care about calls on me.
All can do with my money is to
buy, buy, things that real
ly don't want"
| can't stand this life much
longer, She said. Il am going
back to the stage. That is the
place for me, after all. l love it
and l have never ceased to love it.
ought never to have left it. l
care for it more than e,er now.
1t IS the one thing that seems
worth while.
Oh, | don mind the money.
Money is good thing, but it
cant buy happiness and a lot of
othcr things. | know by heart
the list of things that ! haven't
been able to purchase, and it's
long one. I'm SO unhappy"
Since William E. Corey, one
of the heads of the steel trust and
many times q millionaire, put
away the wife of his youth and
married Mabelle Gilman a few
years ago he and his new wife have
not been recognized by society.
They tried to make headway by
living abroad for a time, hoping
to force an entrance to the social
cltadels of those who considered
themselves among the elect.
They failed. They saw actresses
from chorus girls up to stars
who had married titles and who
were received in good society.
But society abroad would not ac-
2ept the Coreys.
The story of Ccrey's early life how
he struggled for fortune and won
1t, largely through his first wife's
aid and counsel when they were
young. is well known. The tale
of how he divorced her in his davs
OF prosperity also is we'll known
so we'll known that it followed
them wherever they went.
Only the servants in the hotels
smiled upon them. Those who
called on them were mostly men
business friends of Corey, who
could not afford to antagonize him.
A few of these were able to caiole
their wives into calling. But they
went under compulsion and were
not slo :; to show it.
1t was even worse than that
when the Coreys returned to Amer
lca. They stopped for a brief
space in New York and then went
tor trip through the West. The
West cares less for social tradi-
tions than the East, but the Co.
reys had only themselves to asso-
ciate with there as elsewhere.
Now she is ready to give up,
toss the cards on the table and
start all over again.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
Rattler Attacked a Boat.
Florence Times.

u ioiSiiC lines.
Mr. Howard Cannop~%as ex-
hibitinG the rattlss~of a big snake
>Which attaeSea~his boat on Black
Crc-*veSterday. The snake was
mad, and asked no questions when
tne boat came near where he was,
but plunged in the creek and went
tor 1t. MIR. Cannon Tended it off
with his fishing pole until he
could get the paddle to kill it.
When killed he was SURPRISED to
lnd 1t was a rattlcr instead of a
water snake, and it had IL rattles
and a button.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
Track Laying on N. & S. c. Railway
Mccall Times :

The road bed of the North &
South Carolina Railway has been
graded to Dillon and the rails are
being placed between Clio and
Dillon. Mr.. Bonsal says that he
expects TO operate trains between
Hamlet and Dillon before October
lst. When this link is completed
the company expects to give a
much more satisfactory passenger
service than at present as they
will then have exclusive passen-
ger trains
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16

The little two-year- daughter
of Mrs. r. K. Brunson swallow
ed rs cent piece Sunday night
and it is feared that the money
has lodged in her throat. Mrs.
Brunson took the little one to
Florence Monday morning and
a telephone message from there
Monday afternoon stated that she
was not doing so well.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16

A little girl, the two years and
six months old daughter of the
late Ragland Brunson, of Dillon
is in the Florence ;nfirmary here
suffering from an unusual maladv.
The child swallowed a rs cent
piece OF money at her home il
Dillon yesterday afternoon and II
lodged i'll the esophagus, causing
much pain and suffering. D :.
Mcleod located the piece of mo l.
ey by means of an X-ray shor .lv
after the child was entered in rhe
inhrmary, but he is undecided rs
To whether to perform an opera
tion or not. Should an operation
be performed it will libely be per-
formed this evening, sometime.
Since the above was put in type
an operation was successfully per-
formed the piece of coin removed
and the child is doing nicely.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16

The Dillon Herald s1.so a year
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16

The Dillon Herald 81 so a year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-04
Not Probable That Tax Ferret
Will Secure Contract From
The County Council.
METHODS NOT APPROVED
ONE COUNCILMAN STATES THAT
HE NEVER SANCTIONED RE.
CENT DEAL AFFECTING LOCAL
MANUFACTORY.

There is but very slight probabil-
ity that William E. Lowe will secure
a contract as a tax ferret in this coun-
ty. A member of the Wayne county
council said this morning he does not
believe in tax ferrets and he does not
think other members of the council
will. to such an extent that they will
contract for one. 1T is not the ferret
personally, that I oppose said the
resort to crooked means and have an
influence on other county officials
that is not for the best
Gives His Opinion.
Reference was made by the coun-
Gilman to the recent addition of $75,-
900 in taxes paid by one manufacture
ing plant and de clared it was a shame
He said: There was question about
that whole affair that l did not like
The money was on notes held and it
is doubtful if ever those notes could
have been realized on. But the COM
pany saw it was up against it Or go to
law and drag out a long case, so paid
L
that way of doing business"
Refers to Customs.
The speaker referred to the custom
of ferrets to compromise and said this
is another reason. why he does not
believe everything is fair. He said
ferrets try to intimidate property own
ers by threats and then compromise
the claims in order to get their COM
mission. The county loses on the
whole, but the ferret comes out to the
good
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-04
Pan HANDLE TRAIN
HITS FIRE TRUCK
Serious Accident at indian.
apolis Yesterday.

Fast mail train No. II on the Penn
Oylyania lines which leaves Richmond
westward bound at about 6:3O o'clock
In the evening struck fire truck an
Owering an alarm at Indianapo-
lis, last evening. The truck was
smashed so it cannot be repaired.
The members of the crew with the ex-
ception of the driver and lieutenant
aeaped and were uninjured. The lieu
tenant suffered the fracture of the
skull. It Is believed that he will die.
The truck was struck fairly in the
middle and carried 500 feet before the
train stopped. The horses broke loose
anG we're not seriously injured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-04
tNS AND OUTS FEES
MEASURE WAS Passed
Friends of Sunday Baseball Bill
Succeed in Keeping 1t from
Morals Committee - Other
Measures.
Palladium Bureau.

Indianapolis, req. r.
The senate today passed the bill al
lowing ms and outs fees to sheriffs
This bill passed two years ago but
Hanly vetoed it. This time it has pass
ed the house and senate over his veto
and is now law. 1t allows sheriffs
25 cents for locking in and 25 cents
for locking out prisoners and fixes the
legal rate for the board of prisoners
at forty cents a day. Representative
Wells and Senator Ranke both of Ft.
Wayne introduced bill to allow tele-
phone companies to own and control
other companies. A bill was introduc-
the second class. Senator Ranke in
troduced bill appropriating 100000
1or IN armory at Fort Wayne.
Ratliff is Waiting.
Local option fight did not come on
In the house this morning but may
come up this afternoon or tomorrow
morning. Ratliff of Wayne county is
still the center of interest. The re-
pealers cannot win without his vote
and he refuses to state his position.
It Is believed he is waiting for the re-
suit Of the local option election in
Wayne county tomorrow. The repeal
ers are counting ON him, however. A
bill regulating the construction and
maintenance of apartment and tene-
ment houses occupied nearly all the
day In both houses.
Many New Bills.
Twenty-Five new bills were introduc-
ed In senate. Among them one to
les second class, elected at election to
levy tax twenty-five cents square mile
An county for support county institute
create public play grounds in cities,
second, third, fourth class, require
seventy-five percent cars in train have
hand brakes and ash pans on locomo-
tives.
Sunday Base Ball Bill.
The Sunday ball bill is in the hands
of Judiciary committee "B." Friends
of the bill insisted that it be- kept
out of the hands of the morals COM
1nfttee, of which Mattingly is chair
main. A large number of protesting
petitions are coming in from different
parts of the state.
The crowds in the gallaries were
disappointed because the option bill
did not come up in the house. The
session is being devoted to yesterdays
unfinished business.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-04
State Organization, Formed
Here, Wants Uniform Ac-
counting and Tenement
House Bills Enacted.
ASKS VARIOUS CLUBS
TO ASSIST MOVEMENT
Executive Committee of the
Federation Will Hold Meet
ing February II to Reach
Final Decision.

The first general letter sent out by
the Indiana Federated Commercial
clubs was received by Secretary E. NJ.
Haas today. In it highly compliment
ary references are made to the Rich
mond convention held last November.
OF the things in which the federation
is interested the letter states: 1T is
imperative, for instance, in many
matters of legislation that there should
be cooperation of all clubs in secur-
ing the enactment of such wise and
system of public accounting under
state supervision; adequate tenement
housing; the promotion of inland wat
erways. and other measures of deep
concern to all. There are municipal
questions arising in different sections
of the state which would be much
easier of solution il the combined wis
dom and experience of many cities was
easily available when needed.
Purpose Of League.
1t is the purpose of the Indiana
Federated Commercial clubs through
NAC val ioSdi Siuuo " nSVD IA NAoSO
touch with the progress ond develop
ment the state is making along indus
trial, civic and other lines. To this
end it needs the cooperation of and
assistance of local organizations. il it
is to accomplish the greatest good.
Aid Is Requested.
1t is also urged that the local clubs
lend their aid in the passage of two
measures now before the legislature.
viz. the uniform system of public ac-
counting bill and the tenement hous-
ing BILL the first being vital to good
business management in all public Of
fees, and the second is necessary for
the comfort, health. morals and good
citizenship of hundreds of people in
our cities.
The next meeting of the executive
committee will be held at Indianapolis
February II. at which time reports
from the various clubs will determine
the course of the federation in rela-
tion to various important matters.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-04
Believing Local Option Conn.,
mittee Had Planned to Dis
credit Saloons All Were
Closed This Noon.
Rev. Wade of Option Commit
tee Denies the Alleged Move
considerable Excitement
Was Caused.

Charging that the county local op-
ton committee for the purpose of cast
ing reflection on the respectability of
the saloons intended to import tonight
disreputable characters to create trou-
BILE in the local liquor establishments
and will not open again until Satur-
day morning.
The committee which has been con-
Quoting the wet campaign got together
this morning and as soon as the de-
cision was reached that the saloons
close at noon one member of the COM
mittee communicated with every sa-
loon keeper in the city informing Of
the decision reached. Every saloonist
complied with the committees order.
Statement Of Vets.
"We heard last evening on reliable
information that it was the intention
of the dry committee to import lot
of toughs and rowdies and tonight
SSuu luCIu W oGSC al vi lAC odiOohG.
We understand that the purpose Of
this move was to have these thugs get
drunk. or pretend to get drunk, then
start a brawl in the course OF which
considerable damage to saloon prop
erty would result" stated one of the
members of the wet committee.
"Of course. you understand con-
tinued the man referred to, this
would be hard blow to our faction
for such disorders. coming as they
would on the eve OF the election would
be sure to create an unfavorable i'm
preston against the local saloons and
might be the cause of losing us many
votes. Consequently when the execu-
tive committee of the vets met this
morning we decided that the only way
TO avoid such a move would be to
close all the saloons in the city this
noon.''
Report Is Denied.
Shortly after the announcement that
the saloons had closed at noon Rev.
r. J. Wade of the county local option
committee telephoned to the Palladium
making a vigorous denial Of the re-
ported action of his committee.