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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Death Of Mr.. Archie McRae.

The subject of this notice was
born in Marlboro county about six
ty three years ago-a member of
the we'll known and historic fami-
ly of upper Marion and Marlboro
cOunties-and had inherited many
of the characteristics of this time
-honored name. AT the time
when the alien and carpet bagger
infested our land and country none
came more promptly to the rescue
OF the p1oStrate State. A good
farmer, good neighbor, generous S
to fault, passed to his final re-
ward at his home in the Mullins
community last Friday and was
funeralized from the old Pee Dee
Presbyterian church on Saturday
following of which for generations
the connections had held member
ship.
Peace to his ashes.
"A FRIEND.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Capt. E. H. Carmichael

Capt. E. H. Carmichael was
painfully hurt in a wreck on the
Coast Line between Savannah and
Jacksonville last week. The par
ticulars of the wreck could not be
learned, but letter to his mother,
Mrs. Agnes Carmichael, stated
that he had received several bad
gashes in the face and head. His
injuries are not serious and at pres
ent he is resting comfortably at
his home in Savannah. Capt. Car
michael has been in the employ of
the Coast Line for a number of
years and although he is still quite
a young man he is one of the COM
pany's most competent any trust
worthy conductors. His manv
Dillon friends will be glad to learn
that his injuries are not more Sc
rious and that he will soon be able
to take up his regular run again.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Dog Savtd Woman from Bull.

9 Attacked by maddened bull which
she w:s trying to drive into an en-
9 III dYe on her farm near this city.
Mrs. George Cook was saved by
the family dog from being gored
tn death.
The first rush of the bull hurled
Mrs. Cook to the ground, break
iuE her left arm near the elbow
Her young son, hearing the cries
eame with the dog. which, seeing
IT, mistress pro.trate, made a flu
r}os1s attack on he bull.
While the ANNALS were fight
544 Mrs. Cook managed to make
er way to a fence, over which she
Vmbcd to safety. Rockford Cor
pondence Chicago Tribune.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
More New Counties
McCormac Messenger:

The General Assembly has es-
tablished the new County of Dill
Ion, and made it part of the
fourth judicial circuit. There are
now lust forty-thrce counties in
South Carolina, while the area Of
the State is sufficient for more
than sixty counties, according to
the terms of the constitution; and
the people desiring convcniences
pertaining to County-seatS will
continue to form new counties.
The last county formed (Dillon)
is on the eastern border Of the
State, and we are hoping the next
one to be established will be on
the opposite side, the western bor-
der, and that McColmik will be
the county-scat. For about ten
years the people of this section
have worked anG waited, and they
will now have the opportunity of
another effort to form new coun-
ty. The money has been pledged
for the expenses incident to an
election on the issue, and the sur
vcyors are at work running lines
to determine the area of FdpefieId
County. From credible reports
there is not likely to be any for
nidable opposition inside the new
county lines, and parties on the
outside should not interfere.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
On Time.
hadlus S. Druyton, in Harper
Weekly,

w SChIy,
Among every one huudred
men who become irenlcn only
seventeen arc eve" made enei-
nccrs, says Warren S. Stone,
chief of the Brotherhood Of Lo-
comOtlvc Engineers, one of the
most powerful labor organizations
in the world. Out of every one
hundred engineers only six ever
sc; passenger runs. The next tin,
You see a white haired man on the
cab OF big passenger locomotive
don't wonder at all AT his white
hair, but make up your mind tho,
he has the goods or he wOuld'n'
be there. 1t is case of the Selec-
ton and the survival of the fittest.
1t takes nerve to run the fast trains
these days, for YOU sit at Your
throtilH. tearing across ht'coun-
try II - .Llv "t more than a mile
minute, and if any one of the
dozen people, down to the man
who spiked the rails, has mad a
mistake YOU ride u certain death"
The day when IN engineer could
drive his train ahead at full speed,
ut his own discretion and make up
as much lost time as the reckless
ness of his daring permitted has
passed with the romantic age of
railroading. No longer does he
gamble thus with death to win
back minutes. \ cool-nerved hu-
man machine sits in an Office milec
away and tells him exactly how
fast he may go. Mute signals
stretch out their arms to him by
day or glow red eyed at night a
long the track and halt him if he
rides too fast or if there is danger
ahead. AT intervals of from a
thousand feet to five miles there is
n tower with man in it who notes
the minute and second of his Pass
ing and telegraphs it forward and
back over the line. Nowadays the
engineer is rarely out of touch with
possible orders for more than a
few minutes at time. In place
OF the daring and the old speed
MADNESS that used to characterize
the making up of time the man who
lasts the longest now in the cab is
the one who possesses the calcula-
ting skill developed by long exper-
ience. lie accomplishes much
more simply by taking advantage
of every trifie in winning back his
time second by second.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
SKIDOO MILES,
WHAT is q?

Fork, Ian. 51.--At the usual
gathering here of the afternoon a
discussion arose as to the shortest
length of time it would require a
tOOtman to cover the distance from
Fork to Marion and then back, a
distance of % miles. a young
man, d. w. Tart, accepted the
wager to make it within 225 min
utes. He left Fork depot at 4:3O
p. m. and arrived at Marion depot
within 100 minutes from the time
Of starting. From Marion back to
the starting point he covered with
in 124 minutes, having gained one
minute to his credit.
The remarkable feature of the
race was the record made with no
preparation. The athlete has new
er been trained, was clad in heavy
clothes, had eaten big dinner and
stopped on the way back and Sc
cured a second dinner of heavy
diet. He followed the railway
track, which was at places very
rough, crossed two long trestles,
while the way was constantly OBJ
structed with loose cross ties. He
made his last 10 miles in the dark.
A large crowd was present to greet
him on his return. He came in
with good speed and showed no
signs of exhaustion.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03

The Woman's Club was enter
tanned on Monday Afternoon by
Mrs. L. R. Craig. An interesting
progrom was carried OFT, after
which delightful refreshments were
served. Those present were:
Mesdames. R. NJ. O'Ferrall, E..
L. Moore, D. N. Oliver. A q.
Buckner, A. ]. Evans. T. w. Be-
thea and Miss Eleanor sprunt.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
A Timely suggestion.
Mr.. Editor:

Ii seems as if the bill es-
tablishing the County of Dillon
will soon become a law, it now
needing only to be engrossed and
to be approved by the Governor.
This Act provides that the cleo
ton was to be held on the second
Tuesday G1th) of April proximo
for the Sheriff, Clerk of Court
OF Common Pleas and General Ses-
sions, Probate Judge, County Sup
crintendent of Education, Super
visor, -Four County Commission
ers and such other County Off
GERS as are now provided by law
for the County of Marion. All the
white voters, or at least the vast
majority of them, residing within
the territory constituting the new
county, are members of the dem
ocratlc party, and have taken an
obligation to abide by and observe
the constitution and rules of that
party. According to my recollec-
tion of the constitution, it is there
in provided that prior to any gen
eral or special election a primary
shall be held to determine men,
bers of that party to be voted for
at such regular election. Will it
not be necessary, therefore, that
the party be regularly organized
in this county and make arrange
ments for a primary election or
take such steps as may be deemed
necessary and proper under the
constitution and rules OF the party
The club or clubs in the townships
of Manning, Carmichael, Hairless
vile and Bethea are, l presume,
already organized, leaving it ne
cessary only to organize a club or
clubs in those portions of Hills
boro, Reaves, Moody and Kirby
Townships which are now embrac-
ed within the boundaries of Dillon
County. Would it not be well,
therefore, that the members of the
County Executive Commit tee of
the townships as above named meet
in Dillon at some early day to per-
feet the organization of the party
machinery and take such other
steps as may be deemed necessary
to effect the important purpose of
complying with and abiding by the
political party to which We all owe
allegiance.
There is a maxim to the effect
what is every body's business is
no body's business" and as no one
has taken it upon himself to call
attention to this important subject,
| have thought proper to do so.
hope, however, that no one will
charge me with officiousness. as
my only object and purpose is to
call attention to this matter, leav-
ing 1t to those whose duty it is to
proceed with the organization as
provided by the constitution and
laws of the democratic party.
Very respectfully,
VIM. M. Hamer.
Dillon, S. c., Jan. Goth. 1910.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
New Railroad Increases Stock

The following, taken from Tues
days State, will be read with in
tcrcsi by those interested in the
new railroad now headed for Mu}-
lins:
The directors of the North &
South Carolina railway yesterday
filed a petition with the secretary
of state to increase its capital
from $50, 600 to 81 100000 and
to extend the length Of its line 20
miles. This was decided al a
meeting OF the board held at Nc
Coll several days ago. The road
with the old line is not TO exceed
60 miles within the State The
proposed extension will p a : 5
through one of the best sections
of the State and will touch the
county seat of Dillon county.
The larger places TO be touched
will be Dillon and Mullins. The
North and South Carolina railway
runs from a point on the North
Carolina line in Marlboro county
to a point in the township of IIar-
lceSville in the county OF Marion.
a distance of 40 miles. The Off
GERS of he railway, as taken from
the old charter, are: w X. Bon
sal, president: J. +. Hancock, vice
president; secretary, S. @. Ban
ersfeld; treasurer, w. II. Bonsal
The following resolutions were
adopted at 4 meeting of the board
OF directors of the Moth anu
South Carolina Railway company.
that application be mad" for the
amendment OF the charter of this
company in the following respects:
rlr,l by authorizing the ex-
tension of its line of railroad from
its present authoriG ed terminus in
the township of iiarlcesvillr
Marion county; through the town.
ships of Manning, Moody Al !
ReavcS, in Marion county. pass
ing through the townS of Dillon
and Mullins. making an addition
al length OF railroad of apprc
Ximatelv 20 miles or a total length
of road within the State of South
Carolina not exceeding 90 miles:
with all powers with respect to
such extensions as are conferred
by said charter or bylaws With
respect to said original line or
route.
Second, by increasing the
maximum amount to which the
capital stock of said company may
be increased to 81 900, 900 instead
of S15O,OOO.
And said resolutions, upon bc-
ing put to vote, were unanimously
adopted by the vote of all stock
holders present or represented at
the meeting, comprising the hold
ers of all of the capital stock of
the company"
Another resolution was offered
and adopted that the number of
directors be increased from the
present number of five to nine.
The meeting then proceeded to
the election of additional directors
to make up the number provided
by such an increase, and the fol-
lowing were nominated and elect
ed: G. B. Lewis, II. D. Hatch,
H. Z. Gibbons and D. L. Whit
inc.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
VOL. l6, NO. l
DILLON COUNTY BILL
Will be Signed with Gold
Pen and Mr.. J. w. Dill
lon will be Present when
Governor Attaches HIS
Signature.

Mr.. J w. Dillon will go to Col
umbla as soon as the new county
bill is ready for the governors
signature and will witness the
signing of the bill which estab-
fishes Dillon county. MIR. Dillon
Viii be accompanied by Col. Knox
Livingston and thee will be others
IN the patty who will witness the
signing of the bill. MIR. Dillon is
appropriately the father of Dill
Ion county and despite his ad-
vanccd years he has kept we'll up
with th2 nsh, and has always
taken u Keen interest in every
movement looking TO the forma-
ton of the county that will bear
his name. On account of his
years he has been unable. to take
an active Dar' III the campaign,
bat he has consented to accom-
Danv Col. Livingston TO Columbia
and bc present when the last
chapter in the fight for Dillon
county is finished. Mr.. T. A
Dillon has ordered a handsome
gold pen which will be used by the
governor in signing the bill. Th.
pen viii have graved upon it ap
pronrIatc inscriptions and will b,
k"r' - :. !%.,rs.i',9entu of the enidu,
".C'Sipn. The governor VIII llKt
l. sign the bill the latter part OF
the week.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-30

to be here talking to you at all"
 Well, why not? Whats the par ticular matter with me, anyway"
 '1t's only-only that The count ess glanced about in desperation. "Well, I will ask you. Do you con slider yourself a-a gentlemanY
 For moment MT. Devine stared at her speeches.. He had insisted on knowing, and now that he had her answer he was too much astonished to frame reply. He had expected noth- Ing of this kind. The question opened up before him a wholly unexplored field. In all his career he had never before been confronted with such a query.
 Here was something new. Did he consider himself gentleman?
 "Now that you mention it, he said, T don't remember that I have ever been accused of being a perfect gen. tleman. But what is a gentleman? Whats your idea of one?"
 "Why-why''- The Countess Vecchi hesitated. Why, gentleman is man of honor, one who has regard for the rights and feelings and sensibilities of others''
 What about his bank account? Doesn't that cut any ice?
 Gro Be Continued)
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-30

No, but papa was talking about you again last night, and he"-
 "Oh, that's the trouble! He got out his scrap book. Which chapter of my many wickednesses furnished the text this time?"
 He read to me about that French singer"
 La Belle Savoy"
 "Yes; the one to whom you gave the diamond tiara which was stolen"
 "Oh, yes. That was Kittie's birth day present. Nice little thing, Kittie. Her real name is O'Neill, you know"
 The countess was retreating up the path, but she still kept her brown eyes fixed on MT. Devine. There was a curious, apprehensive look in them such as a small boy bestows on a can non cracker to which he has touched a match.
 ''Yes, I ought to go directly back"
 But how about the reform? l thought we were to have a talk and that you were going to give me some pointers on breaking into good so- ciety. You're not going to quit like this, are you?"
 The countess shook her head.
 q was mistaken. It was very silly of me to make such a promise. But II Oh, can't you see? ought not
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-30
CHAPTER III.

E s to the matter of raiment, MT.
 A Cherub Devine was fastidi-
 ous in but one particular. He A ~ was fond of fancy waist coats. His fastidiousness began and ended with waistcoats. His trousers and coats were invariably of the same cloth and cut, summer and winter, year in and year out His waistcoats be- trayed a catholic taste for color and variety. Whenever he felt like in- dulging himself or celebrating a vic tory or forgetting a defeat he went out and bought new waistcoat.
 As he was "travelisg light" he had brought to Hewington Acres bare half dozen of them, and of these he had narrowed the choice to two-one a creation of tobacco brown silk with red dots in it, the other white piuue with buttons of smoked pearl. Which should he wear for Sunday morning stroll in the garden? In the end he tossed quarter. The brown silk won. much to his satisfaction, for he had a newborn suspicion that the white one made his waist line appear more rotund than it really was.
 Still, he was in the garden at 9 o'clock. Probably it was mere curi- osity that led the Cherub to pace up and down the trimly kept walks for a long half hour. He was about to give up the vigil and leave when he caught sight of the countess peering from be- hind one of the stone gateposts.
 Making pretense of not having seen her. MT. Devine sauntered by to the gate and seemed surprised when he found her before him. He noted that this morning she was in gray, with something white at her throat. He even remembered that last night she had worn black.
 You must not misunderstood my coming here,' she began hurriedly. Ut was very wrong of me to think of such thing. l came only to tell you so.''
 Anything new about me in the Sun day papers?"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-30

of forty chorus girls" She delivered this parting shot over her shoulder.
 But Mir. Devine had not seen the last of the countess for that night. In a moment she came back.
 'I--l hope did not say too much," she began, glancing timidly at him. You are not offended. are you?"
 MT. Devine smiled reassuringly. Do I look very savage|
 q was afraid. you know, that on thinking 1t over about the clippings and so on you might be angry. If you should meet my father you wouldn't say anything about 1t, would you?"
 There was look In her eyes which somehow made the Cherub feel as if he had been shaking a club at her.
 "Not q word from me Why. I would act as If we were the best o1 friends"
 Papa, you know, is merely shocked and indignant at the wild things you do. He thinks that you should be re- strained or punished, but l believe that perhaps 1t is all owing to the in- fluences which surround you-your companions, you know, and the men you meet in business. They are not Nery nice men, are they?"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-30

Most of them manage to keep out of jail"
 ''Yes, of course. But, tell me, don't they drink heavily and gamble and and do other things which they shouldntW
 "Well, there are good many high rollers in our bunch"
 And they lead you on to do as they do, don't they? And there isn't any one to tell you that you are worthy of better things? l knew it! But if you could be brought into contact with a different class, if you could mingle with persons in the higher grades of society, l am sure you would wish to live differently"
 Think l ought to go in for society, do you" The Cherub's beaming face presented a picture of complacent in terest.
 "Well, in a way. Of course you would find it difficult to step at once into the best society, but you could make beginning
 ''I could work up, eh?'
 Ut would be slow, there is so much reserve about our best families. In fact, there are certain circles which you would probably find it impossible to enter"
 Couldn't break in with an ax, sup poseY
 The countess smiled. "You have such an odd way of putting things. It wouldn't be necessary for you to en- ter the most exclusive sets, but there are plenty of nice people that you could meet-that is, if you wanted to change your associates"
 "You think it would be a good scheme, do you?"
 "Oh, splendid! You'll not mind mt speaking to you about it, will yout You see, l have wanted for a long time to do something of the kind foy some one Our bishop has urged mr to go into home missionary work. have tried, but the villagers here are so unresponsive that l haven't had much success"
 "Well, you can try any kind of re- form on me that you like"
 "Oh, the bishop will be delighted when I tell himr'
 'It's what you might call q stroke of luck for both of us, isn't it?" queried the Cherub. But just how are you going to tackle the job?'
 "I'm sure l don't know" Perplexi- " dwelt in the brown eyes for an in stant. ''It is my idea, you know, that personal influence and example count for good deal. If I could only talk to you about your reckless habits'-
 'Well, why not? There'll be all day tomorrow"
 But probably shall not see you again. Papa doesn't expect me to-
 "Oh, say, you're not going to stay shut up in your rooms all day, are yOu?"
 Except for little walk in the gar den right after breakfast"
 About elock, eh? I'll be there" "No, no, you mustn't! That is, you mustn't plan to be there. Of course if it should be purely by accident"- "Pll see to that part of it, all right. You'll be in the garden, will you?"
 The countess hesitated. Then she half whispered, Possibly" gave him an elusive glance and fled as if to es- cape the results of her daring.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-30

"Oh" The Cherub spoke as one who has seen a light. Something about how 1 spent half a million in Paris one week. or was it mllllonT
 Half million. the paper said. But you won it all back at Monte Carlo the next week. didn't you? We read about the big poker game, too-the one that started in Liverpool and end ed off Sandy Hook"
 "That was corker!'
 And the champagne supper you gave to forty chorus girls"
 "Yes. believe there were forty. You have certainly kept well posted"
 "I-I suppose that should explain" she began. Papa. you see, is inter- ested in sociology, the study of social conditions and all that. He reads books about 1t and gathers statistics, He is writing pamphlet on the sub ject."
 Mir. Devine nodded uncomprehend- ingly
 ''He has been particularly interested in-in your career. In fact, he has made quite a study of it. He gets everything that is printed about you from newspaper clipping bureau, and he has the pieces pasted in big scrapbook."
 "Must make lively reading"
 "Oh, it does. Papa says that you are typical product of the present commercial age"
 'Well. that's nice of him. I've been called worse names."
 'Of course"-here the countess nerv- ed herself to look sternly at the smil- ing Mir. Devine-"he disapproves very strongly of you. He says it isn't sim ply that you spend so much money foolishly. but that you set such bad example to other young men who can not afford perhaps to follow 1t. Of course know that the newspapers of ten exaggerate," admitted the count ess. Perhaps they have about you" '"Think so? Why"
 The Countess Vecchi gazed at the clear skinned. chubby face of Mir. De- vine.
 "Well you don't look at all as l had expected"
 Horns and hoofs not in evidence?' chuckled the Cherub.
 You know what l mean." protested the countess. "One can usually recog- nize the marks of-of dissipation"
 "Oh, you can't always tell by the looksp'
 'No, you cannot" she said decidedly. "and papa is quite certain that you are an improper person."
 ''Too wicked for you to eat dinner with, am IF"
 Papa thinks so.'
 And he has read the newspapers, eh? All right But it's dull business eating alone"
 'I couldn't make up foc the absence