The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23

D"' 'ocate permanently
= "'#f .. ming. Oklahoma
t,'Hf' Idly and offers fine
=. Jrtunities for young men with
thrift and energy.
Mr.. and Mrs S w jackson have
issued invitations to the marriage
OF their daughter. Miss Eula Lee,
to Mr.. Jno. Franklin Dewitt, of
Tampa, Fla. The happy event will
&e place at the brides home ON
First avenue on July 4. at p. IN.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt will be at hom
TO their friends in Tampa after Ju-
ly 18th.
Hon. I. l. Rogers has withdrawn
from the race for congress. Mr..
toSers gives as his reason for with
drawing the fact that a campaign Is
too expensive and that il he were
elected he would have to sacrifice
his law practice to properly attend
TO his duties in Washington. This
leaves Messrs. Ellerbe, Browne. Sell
4ers and Hodges in the race.
A trip through the Little Rock sec
tion shows that crops in that commu
nifty have Jared badly from the re-
cent rains. In many places cotton
has been drowned and in others
deep gulleys have washed across the
fields. 1t seems that the rains In
that section were heavier than in
any other part of the county. About
half OF the oat crop was lost
beginning Sept. 1st The Herald
will inaugurate a voting contest and
a 100000 piano will be given to the
person receiving the highest num-
Of nd
be given to the person receiving the
next highest number. The contest
VIII extend over period of three
months and a competent person who
has wide experience in this particu-
lar line of work has been employed
to conduct the campaign. 1t is the
purpose of The Herald to make this
one Of the most interesting contests
In the history of Dillon and it will
pay you to keep OH the lookout for
Ehe conditions, which will b, an
nounced later.
Sandy Mckay. IL colorcd tenant
on Mr.. III. McRae's plantation.
brought to The Herald office Sat
urday four well-developed stalks
Of cotton, averaging two feet in
length. Each stalk was we'll load
ed with bulbs and fthey had re-
manned in the field two days long
"r the blossoms would have been full
;y developed. The stalks were tax
Oil from a 10 acre field and are a
fair average of the other stalks.
Sandy said the heavy rains had pre-
vented him from working the cotton
but even with the adverse seasons he
expected to make bale to the acre.
: He used 700 pounds of efrtilizer and
srfx fh4
Z soda at the proper time.
On his plantation above Little
Rock Mr.. l.. &. Braddy has an acre
OF corn that promises to make the
corn contest interesting TO many Dill
Ion county farmers. 1t is Mr.. Brad
dy's prize acre and he has spared
neither time or expense in the effort
= to make it the winner in the con-
test between the several farmers Of
{ this community. Mr.. Braddy places
: the minimum yield at $50 bushels,
but IL the seasons are favorable the
indications are that he will make
200. But yield of 200 bushels
would not be SO remarkable after
all when 1t is recalled that the cult
walton of the acre Is under the SUI
pervision of both Mr.. Brady and
Mr.. Walter Stanton. two Of the best
farmers i'm the county.
Several weeks ago it was stated in
The Herald that Dillonites witness
: ed the novel sight fa young 'brid-
al couple tramping through town;
that shortly after the young couple
married the husband was thrown out
OF employment and several Dillon
gentlemen made up purse and gave
IL to them to pay their way to Nor
folk. travelling man VINO saw the
+ article said the husbands S story was
absolutely without foundation. inc