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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
FOUR LOSE LIVES
IN EXPLOSION.
GUN PREMATURELY EXPLODES At IN.
DIAN HEAD.
Accident Probably Caused by Bent
or BefOuled Firing Pin.

Washington, Nov. 19.--By the
premature explosion OF five-inch
51 calibre gun at the Indian Head
Md, proving grounds of the navy.
iour men are dead, including Lieut..
arthur c. Caffee, who was in charge
OF the gun, and one man, negro.
seriously injured. The explosion
probably was due to bent or foul
ed firing pin, which projected be-
yond the face of the breech plug of
the gun.
The dead. in addition to Lieut..
Caffee, are: ]. l.. Brown, battery
foreman, INSTANTLY killed: Nelson.
jackson, colored, battery attendant,
fatally injured and died shortly af-
terwards; J. ]. Leary, ordinance
man, fatally injured, died at l1:35
a. m. Sidney Dyson, colored, a mem
Der of the gun crew, was seriously
injured.
The ordinance bureau has order
ed a board of inquiry to develop
details OF the accident, the only wit
ness to which, so far as can be
learned, were John c. Coleman and
Sidney Dyson, both negroes.
The gun, which was a new one
from the navy yard gun factory, was
had already been fired twice. The
accident occurred during the third
round just as the breech was closed
Lieut.. Caffee was from Missouri.
He entered the naval academy in
300 He leaves a widow and one
child. The assistantss who were
killed and injured were all civilians
and lived in the neighborhood of
the proving grounds, 40 miles be-
low Washington.
The naval ordnance board has
been trying for long time to find
ssome safety device applicable to
guns of this callibre but so far
without success and if the gun cap
tain fails to obey the rule to pass
his hand over the face of the breecb
lock before it is closed to detect any
improper projection of the firing
pin, then just such an accident as
occurred to-day may happen at any
time, it is said.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
Maple Dots

ID. e. Dove, afert spending sever
al weeks at Rockfish. y. G. has re-
turned home.
Herbert Rowell, of North Carroll
ma. was down here Tuesday.
ID. H. Hyatt went to Marion Sat
urday.
]. NJ. Bass, OF Latta, was in this
section one day last week.
]. w. Turbeville, of Hamer, Wis
tied in this section Sunday.
Y. w. Snipes visited near Kemper
Sunday.
H. E. X. Smith, of Latta, passed
through this section Sunday.
Charlie Jackson, of Buck Swamp
section visited over here Sunday.
.. c. Webster visited near Latta
Sunday.
A negro wedding took place on
Mr.. A. r. Prices place some time
last week. Friday night the young
people of their race came to take
part in the serinade and while the
racket was going on some one
placed a stick of dynamite under
the house and when it exploded a
hole was blown in the chimney and
several planks were torn off the
house and those who were sitting
around the fire were thrown to the
rear end of the house and one has
beer speechless since. Simon.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
H|GHTOWER To
HANG DECEMBER 23
NEGRO CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL AS
SAUlT IN COLUMBIA
RAPIST GETS SWIFT JUSTICE,
.Nfter Hearing Testimony of Victim
and Several Other Witnesses
jury Returns Verdict of
Guilty i'm Few Minutes.

Columbia, Nov 21-Special: For
the atrocious crime of assault, Min
us Hlghtower, negro youth. will
pay the death penalty on December
20, at the county Jail yard in this
county.
The hand of the law moved swift
~ and with unerring decision to-
day, In the trial of the young negro.
VINO, on October IS, ravished a
married woman of this city. Placed
OH trial this morning, at a special
I term of Court ordered by the GOV
ernor, the evidence in his case com
pleted at 5 O'Clock this afternoon.
Hlghtower knew his fate within
threc minutes after the Jury retired
ihe sentence of the Court was i'm
medlately announced, following the
verdict of guilty"
Returned to Penitentiary.
Tonight, shortly after the court
room was cleared, Hightower was
whisked away to the Penitentiary
In a waiting automobile. Behind
the automobile that carried the
negro was another with guards.
Immediately upon the clearing of
the court room, the court house was
Garkehed so that not one of the
hundreds of persons outside of the
SAVE lHOSc whose DOSl-
ness 1T was, knew when the negro
was taken away. Before the trial.
even before the break of day. High
tower had been brought in from
the Penitentiary, where he had been
ever since the day of his crime.
Many Spectators.
Around the court house. ever
since early morning, a crowd of peo-
PIE, at times numbering a thousand
Or more waited. In the court
room, save for the period during
which the prosecutrix testified
there was crowd all day.
The was no special demonstration
against the negro, although the
crowd appeared eager for the law
to be carried out. 1t is only with
IN the range of surmise what might
have been done if the verdict had
question as to how many of the men
had pistols. The Governors Guards
and the Richmond Volunteers were
On guard during the trial. These
are two of the oldest military COM
panies i'll the State.
Husband Relieved of Pistol.
The husband of the prosecutriX,
curing the morning haurs had a
pistol in his pocket. When this was
lound out by the sheriff, the pistol
was taken away. The talk around
the court room was that the hus-
band intended to start something"
II his wife had to testify before the
crowded court room. This after
noon. the husband was closely
watched in court He is a painter
by trade, and there were many of
his friends, both inside and outside
the court room. The local police CO.
operated with the militia and Off
clals of the county and court in
handling the case Systematically.
The foreman of the jury was Van
der Myers. Before the indictment
was handed to him, as is usual in
criminal cases, to write the verdict,
Mr.. Myers had started to Doll the
jury. The sheriff asked the jurors
to retire. However in three min
utes the jury had returned with
the verdict.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
SPECIAL NOTICE.

We wish to call to the attention
of the contestants and their friends
the change of the hour set for the
closing of the contest. I'm order to
give the Out-Of-tOwn contestants
equal advantage with those i'm
Dillon we have set the closing hour
ut II O'Clock noon, "Wednesday
November Both, instead OF mid
night, November 10Th. All money
and subscriptions must be deposited
in the box provided for that pur-
pose i'm the Office of The Dillon
Herald, Dillon, 5. &. No money will
he accepted unless accompanied 10y
bona fide names for which the sub
sCriptions are to he issued. No
money will he received over the
telephone. IL you cannot bring il
yourself, send it by registered mail
or by telegraph. The box will he
sealed at ~ O'Clock, sharp, Wednes-
day. BE sure you get your money
in before that hour.
The splendid offer of double
votes on new subscriptions and a
5000 vote bonus on every $500
sent in for subscriptions both new
and old will expire at midnight.
Saturday, n ovember 26th. This
gives you several days longer in
which to collect those new and old
subscribers who have promised you
their help. Tell them they can do
You much more good by paving
this week than by waiting until the
last day or two of the contest. Ii
YOU have not sent in your subscrip-
tion for ten twenty or thirty years
YOU had better do so without fail
this week. Remember you can hold
your votes on these until the last
Gay If you wish. but you will get
many more votes on these subscrip-
uons if sent in this week than if
held until the last day Do "0t
fail To send or mail thnm on Sat
urday if you wish to get these OK
ira votes.
We again caution the contestants
TO take q large dose of salt with
these rumors being circulated about
this or that contestants immense
number of votes being held back.
10 not let them scare you in the
least for that may be what some
one is trying to do. scare you into
quitting. The contest is going to
have tight finish. and no one will
have a cinch to win. The contest
manager cannot himself pick a win
her or even probable one. There
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
DEATH OF TOLSTOI
OCCURS IN RUSSIA.
FAMOUS NOVELIST AND COUNT PASSES
AWAY AFTER LONG AND Sc.
we're ILLNESS.
STORY or HIS NOTABLE CAREER
"A Review OF Famous Author't
Book. Death Followed Long
Pilgrimage.-Suffered
Several Heart
Attacks.

Astapova, Nov. 20.-Count Tolls
toi is dead.
AT 6:05 a. m. Count Leo ToIstoi
died peacefully. The countess Toll
sti, DR.. Makivelsky and other at
tending physicians were at his side
when the end came. 1t was recog-
nized long before that his case was
hopeless and at o'clock in the
morning after the Countess had
been summoned and the other mem
bers of the family had gathered in
an adjoining room, the physicians
issued a bulletin, announcing that
the activity of the .ienrt had almost
ceased and that Tolstoi's condition
was extremely dangerous.
Several of the physicians were
greatly overcome by the approach in
death of Russia's great writer. Toll
stoi, accompanied only by DIR. Mako
uelsky left his home for the purpose
of ending his days in solitude to
which he more and more inclined
during his latter years.
Learning that his retreat had
been discovered, he insisted upon
proceeding on his journey to the
caucasus, where he hoped to spend
his last days close to the Tolstoian
colony on the shores of the Black
oCd nut uuItnS the railroad Jour
pey he was overcome with exhaus-
ton and the cold, and DR.. Mako
Selsky was compelled to have him
transferred to the flag station at
Astapova where he was made as
comfortable as possible in the rude
wooden building.
For five years he has been
suffering first from bronchitis and
later from inflammation of the lungs
Specialists were called from Moscow
and other places but notwithstand-
ing their utmost efforts the heart
of the great Russian responded but
feebly to the restoratives and
stimulants administered.
Count Lyof Nikolaivitch Tolstoi,
usually called Count Leo Holstoi,
novelist and social reformer, was
born August %, 1928, at Yasiaya
Polonia, in the Province of Tula,
Russia. When 23 years old Tolstoi
entered the army and served in the
Caucasus and in defense of Sebasto-
pol against the British and French
allied forces. He first made a repu-
tation in literature by a series of
vivid sketches written from Seb-
astopol and when he left the army
soon after the Crimean war he de-
voted himself entirely to literature.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
SAD AND PECULIAR STORY
OF WIFE'S MENTAL CONDITION Be.
FORE SUICIDE.
WAS MENTALLY UNBALANCED
AFTER Being Acquitted of Having
ihcited His Wife to Kill Her.
self Tells Story of
Tragedy.

A rather unusual story is told
a reporter of the News and Cour-
Ter by Sam r. kirkland who was
luesoay acquitted in a Lexington
court OF the charge of having in
cited his wife to commit suicide
READERS of The Herald will recall
that after a drive with her hus-
Dand Mrs. Kirkland returned home
WIN her neck bleeding from knife
wounds, poured kerosene over cloth
ing, applied a match to the cloth
ing and was burned to death. Kirk
iahd was accused of having forced
inc woman to kill herself and af-
ter his acquital Tuesday he made
the following statement to News
and Courier reporter:
When | came home" stated Mr.
kirkland, my wife asked me to
ge' into the buggy and we drove off
we went in the direction of Friend
snip church. AS we neared the yard
my wife almost broke down.
thought, for she commenced to say.
There's the little brook she used
10 cross as she came to church to
learn the lessons that |, too. tried
TO teach her of right living and vir-
tue lhen, as we camefnearer the
CHURCH yard and were within sight
OF the baptismal pool, my wife said ::
There's where Mary was baptized.
foor little girl. You know, Sam,
the folks will blame me more for her
condition than you, for she was with
me most of the time while you were
away, and l am responsible for her
bringing up Then told her OF
what l had done in Columbia and
we decided to go on to a woman we
Knew, further on in the country.
We wanted to ask her what sort of
place that was in Columbia, to
which our daughter might be sent
In the meantime, we stopped
the buggy and wanted to take a
drink. took out my knife and
pulled the stopper and handed the
knife to my wife to hold. That was
while we were still' in the church
yard. To my horror the first thing
knew my wife was trying to cut
her throat. That's why you heard
them say on the trial that my
wife's face was bloody, that there
was blood on her bonnet and that
SD OTIS of blood were on my shirt.
or course, there was a struggle for
me to take the knife away. That is
why the ground my have been torn
up.
Seeing that my wife wanted to
kill herself, L turned around and we
went back home. AS we got into
the yard, as my daughter testified,
l said: Belle, go on into the house
and for Gods sake behave your
self. l meant for her to do just
what | said.
AS for as what happened after
ward. i know nothing. was in
one room and she in another. The
first thing l knew Belle was on fire
and we were rushing out to her in
the yard. This trial has cost me
money and trouble, and l believe
It was brought by some one, out
of spite, to cause that trouble for
me. l was innocent of any knowl-
edge of my wife's suicide until it
happened"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24

The prizes and blue ribbons Civ
lows:
Class No. L; babies from one to
six months old, Henry Claussen
Graham. Babies from six months to
one year old, Harvey Cabell Jordan.
Glass No. 3, Sue Herring. Glass No.
4, handsomest little boy III town,
Eugene Watkins.
Bicycle Parade: The couple rid
ing best and receiving blue ribbons
was Louise Bass and Charlie Her.
ring. For the prettiest decorated
wheel and smallest rider, Dorothy
Moore.
Preserves, jellies, pickles, etc
Mrs Robert NJ. OFerrall, first prize
Tor watermelon rind preserves;
Mrs. Wade Stackhouse, second
'fsEize; Mrs. Sue Peterkin, first prize
for sour pickles; Mrs. F. r. Hamer
for sweet peach pickles; Mrs. j. H.
Hamer, first prize for came fruit
Mrs. r. A. Brunson, Jr., received
a box of stationery in the voting
contest for being the most beauti-
lul married lady in town.
Miss Winnie Jackson was voted
the most marriageable lady in town.
Mrs. F.M arion Higgins was pre-
sented a handsome cut glass vase
fer guessing the number OF seed in
the pumpkin.
The one who guessed the contents
of the box from the japanese booth
was Mr.. G. c. Graham.
The proceeds amounted to over
two hundred dollars which will be
devoted to the Civic Improvement
work.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
NJ. & p. Bank to Increase Capital.

AT meeting of the stockh olders
Oh the Merchants and Planters Bar
huesday resolution was passed al
tkorizing an increase in the CAN'T.
stock to $4,000. The present ca
ital of the bank is $4,000 and IN
increase of capital is made to guar
antec every accommodation consistent
with sound banking principles to itI
patrons. Fifteen thousand dou >.
OF the additional capital has
ready been subscribed and a OF y
mlttee was appointed to place
remainder of the new issue i'm )
most advantageous places. It
Merchants mad Planters has al
purchased the building occupied n
Evans Pharmacy which will he ~
modelled into a modern bankin
house
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
Saw the AirshiDs.

Rev. w. c. Kirkland was a speA
tator at the great aviation meet in
Baltimore last week and he had an
opportunity to see the great won
ders of the goth century in actual
practice. Curtis, Leblanc, Wright
and all the other great man-birds
were there with their machines and
some wonderful heights were attain
ed during the practice. Mr. Kirk
land says 1t was the most wonderful
sight he had ever witnessed The
great machines rise into the air as
gracefully as birds and they seem
to be under the most perfect con-
troll. DR.. Kirkland was very much
impressed with the sight and he Is
OF the opinion that in a
very short while the aero
plane will be used in transport
ing the mails and for other CONNER
cial purposes. He thinks IL is a SAT-
er machine than the automobile,
provided it is not driven to a dan
gerous altitude. If il is kept a rea-
scnably safe distance from the earth
and an accident should happen to
any of the machinery the engines
can be stopped and the machine will
\glide to the earth like a bird. 4
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
Among the important bushes

Among the important business
changes that will take place on the
first of the year is the liquidation of
the Stubbs Co., and the opening of
a new business in the store occupied
by w. H. Dunbar. The members of
the firm will be NJ. A StuObs, J. ID.
Hargrove and W. +. Hall The
company will do large cash busi-
ness and a time business on a linn
tied scale. Mr.. Stubbs will devote
more of his time to farming, but
viii also operate a wholesale gro
Gerry and grain business in the ware
house building owned by the Dillon
hardware Co. near the A. c. l..
tracks. Mr.. Dunbar will move into
the building occupied by the Dillon
Cash Store and the Dillon Cash
Store will discontinue business.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
CONTEST ENTERS UPON
ITS CLOSING WEEK.
DATE CHANGED TO NOON, NOVEMBER Both.
MISS STANTON WINS STATIONERY AND MISS MCLEOD
REGAINS LEADERSHIP.

are five or six contestants who
are so closely punched that the win
ner could not be picked with any
degree of certainty. So do not
slow down even for a minute until
the clock strikes IL next Wednes-
day. To stop for a few hours may
mean the loss of the Piano. Can
YOU afford to lose the prize after
nearly three months of work?
To Miss Blanche Stanton, of Lit
tie Rock, belongs the prize of the
$3.50 box of stationery offered by
DR.. Workman's Pharmacy for the
largest number of votes received
during the week ending November
22nd. She received 159,2O0 votes
during the period. To Miss Stan
ton also belongs the unusual honor
of being the last contestant to en-
ter the contest, she having entered
on October 31st. She deserves es-
pecial credit for her energetic work
and her pluck in entering the con-
test when il was two-thirds finish
cd. May she keep her splendid
record not only till the end OF the
contest but through all her life.
There are many old subscribers
who are in arrears and it is up to
the contestants to see them aud get
their money. Many such subscrib-
set been asked and are simply wait
| ing to see who will be energetic
enough to come to them. To such
! we may say that we hope they will
come forward and pay up in order
TO help the hardworking contestants
along. Perhaps you have been call
ed upon but could not Je seen at
the time. Show your friendship and
Willingness to help by sending in
your subscription at once as delay
may mean that your friend will lose,
! the prize
Contestants, look over your listI
or subscribers or call at our office
and see how many subscriptions are
now due and can be collected If
you will only go for them. Per-
haps a note to the person will bring
, the money in. Try it at any rate.
And don't stop work until noon.
Wednesday, November both.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
To the Pubic.

The public is cordially invited to
be present at the announcement oe
tne winners of the prizes at The
Herald'office. Wednesday AFTERNOON.
November Thirtieth. at 8 O'Clock.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
Crippen Executed.

4 London, Nov. 23.-Crying in
terror, DR.. Hawley CrippeA, the
murderer of Belle Elmore, his
actress wife, was executed in
old Pentonville prison at nine
o'clock this morning. The body
will be buried I'm quick lime in
the prison yard. The execution
of Crippen ends a murder case
of worldwide interest.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24
SUMMARY OF PRIZES.

First Prize, S4OO Piano.
Second Prize, Choice of $500 Ger
tifi'ate or 500 Durham Buggy.
(Offered by the Holiday Coz
Third Prize. Choice OF $175 Re
bate Certificate or $45 Princess
Range. (Offered by the Palmetto
Hardware Coz
Fourth Prize, $3.50, Rebate Ger
tificate.
Fifth Prize, 1925, Rebate Certif-
icate.
Sixth Prize, 500, Rebate Certif-
icate.
Gentleman's Prize. A Lewis Plow
(Offered by the Dillon Hardware
Coz
SpE("lI NnTIf'I,'
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24

Why not renew for two or three
years ahead? You cannot lose any
thing By doing SO and you will have
the pleasure OF helping a friend to
win a prize.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24

Everyone is invited to The Her
aid office Wednesday to see the
close of the contest.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24

Old Sdbscribers Renew ana
vote to-day. Non-Subscribers, Send
In your subscription and helm yonr
contestant to-day.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24

Our milliner leaves December b.
Prom now until then all millinery at
cost. E. l.. Moore a. Co.
Ladies get you hats at cost now
Il l.. Moore & Co.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-24

Miss Nancy Mcleod,
Bingham, 35S, ,2S0
Miss May Belle Parilam.
Binhnm, $4,000
Mrs Monroe Rogers,
Dillon, 205,525
Miss Bcrta McInnis,
Carolina, 2I7,425
Miss Blanche Stanton,
Little Rock, 2O0, 800
Mrs. &. X. Taber. Dillon. 81 .0z5
Miss Ethel McEachern.
Hamer, 7O.ao5
Miss Cora Grantham,
Pages Mil. r. +. ID as,sooi
Mrs. VI. II. McDonald.
Pages Mill. II. Ed. 1850 y
Miss Ada Hayes, Il
Latta, 44LAPS
Miss Sallie Moody Hamer. 49,
Miss Ida Dunbar, Dillon,
Miss Anna B. Stanton.
MI, Dillon my cor
Miss Estelle Ellerbe. Latta, Is
Miss Bessie Mcdowell,
Mallory, 1s,oGor
Eastern Stars, Dillon, 15,O2tis
Miss Virgia Britt,
Little Rock, 1S.17J
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