The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-03

TraEsfsr OF Parham Property a
sEailory-Other News Items.

Mallory. Oct. 24.-Special: A
real estate deal OF some magnitude
was closed here yesterday. when w.
w Parham. OF Bingham. purchased
from Thos. c. Parham all of the
lands and other interests of the lat
ter here. The deal consisted of
approximately 600 acres of farming
lands adjacent to and in Mallory, at
$50 per acre, store building, inter-
est in the Parham ginnery and 9TH
er minor items, which, all told, will
approximate $4,000 in 1.-The coin
of the realm" Several days ago
A. l.. Parham bought the interest
Of T. c. Parham in the stock of
merchandise of A. l.. and T. C. Par
ham here, and in future will con-
duct the business under the name
of A. l.. Parham. On the first of
the new year w. W. Parham will
open a large stock of general mer-
chandise here. which will be under
the management of Chas. R. Scott
t c. Parham will resign as post
master here, and expects in Decem-
ber to move to some point in Geor-
gfa, where he will engage in farm
ing.
Mr.. ID. Mel. Bethea is having
very handsome residence erected in
Latta, and viii move to that town
the first of the new year. His
large farming interests near here
win be carried on by his son, Mr.
j. Stephen Bethea, who, since his
graduation at the Citadel some
years ago, has devoted his entire
time to improved farming and with
much success.
A competitive examination was
held here to-day for the purpose of
selecting a permanent carrier for
the rural mail route from here. The
following expressed willing
ness to enter Uncle Sans service
by appearing for examination: M
Bounds. w. H. Berry, Edward
Collins, James Jackson and Monroe
Porter. Mr.. Ed. Collins has served
the patrons of this route in a very
satisfactory manner for the past
three months, following the suspen-
sion and subsequent resignation OF
w. G. Dickens, former carrier,
charges of Irregularities having
been filed against him.
The gale that has just passed
over us did but little damage here.
Cotton that has not been picked
land there is lots of it) has been
darkened somewhat, thereby lower
ing the grades. Some hay had been
cut and was still on the ground
when the rains struck it, but it is
not necessarily ruined.
The Dalcho School opened sever
al days ago under very favorable
circumstances. Miss Annie Allen,
the principal. is a very capable in
structor, and this with her many
personal charms renders her very
popular with both patrons and pu-
pills, and 1t is safe to predict a very
successful term for this school.
Policeman Bailey has been kept
unusually busy for the last two or
three weeks running down the evil
doers and keeping peace and quiet
amt rs the colored population. The
TOW treasury has been helped
up considerably by administering a
ilhe II application of justice to the
heads of the booze-laden negroes.
DIR. Thomas c. McSwain has Just
returned from an extensive and in
teresting tour through the north
western, western and Southeastern
states. He, with his son. McCallum,
spent about five weeks on this and
visited all the principal cities on
this route. They spent a great deal
OF their time in Washington, Ore
gon and California, returning
through the southwest and the Gulf
states. The genia; doctor has very
probably travelled more extensive
ly thu any other person in this
section OF the State, having served
three years in he navy as surgeon
during which period he saw service
in pany ports C the world. He has
also almost com Dletely covered the
United States. AMI Is a close obser.
Yer of conditions He says that
right here in South Carolina is the
best place in the world to live in
prosperity and happiness.
1t wa necessary for Mrs. James
r. Berry to enter McLeod's Inflrm-
airy at Florence this week To under
go q slight surgical operation. Re
cent reports from her indicate that