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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Col. Brock Not Guilty..

Col. w. T. Brock, assistant adiu-
taht general in the approaching pri-
candidate for the position of adm
tant general in the approaching pri-
mary. is absolved of the charge of
wasting the States money with Grim
mai intent. but the court of inquiry
which made its report finds that there
were some things for which Colonel
Brock was TO blame and some THINGS
which lack of system in the office of
me adJutant and inspector general
made possible.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Laurens Wants Electric Line

AT a meeting i'll Laurens of the
directors OF the Watts cotton mills
resolution was adopted whereby it
Is agreed to subscribe $25 per spindle
to the capital stock of the Greenyille-
Spartanburg-Anderson trolley COM
pany provided the line is extended
from Greenville via Laurens to Clin-
ton.
The Watts mills has 43,2OO spindles
and the agreement to subscribe on
the above basis is in conformity with
the suggestion of the Dukes, who are
backing the enterprise.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Charleston Church is Reimbursed

Christ Church, near Charleston.
VIII be reimbursed for destruction of
ITS property by military forces of the
United States during the. civil war.
In 1868 these forces, under command
OF Major Gen. Q. A. Gilmer, took
possession of the church building and
used it for military purposes until
after the close of the war, damaging
the property very largely. 1t is re-
commended that $4,000 be paid, in
full settlement of the claim.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Washington Police Record.

Cleveland is n larger and buster
city than Washington, with a large
proportion of foreign population, and
yet the number of arrests averages
only one in fourteen persons.
Baltimore is a larger city than
Washington, and yet the number Of
arrests averages only one in fifteen
persons.
Buffalo has a record of one arrest
in every twenty persons.
Cincinnati has more population than
the entire District of Columbia, and
the arrests average one in twenty
two persons.
Detroit is city resembling Wash
lngton in nearly all of its character
istics. In that city the police arrest
only one in thirty.
But in Washington the figures show
that, upon the average, one person in
every ten has his name upon the books
OF station-house, and is taken to
the Police Court.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Laws to Govern Employers Liability.

Washington, Special.-The creation
of a commission to- Investigate the
subject of employers liability and
rorkmen's compensation is provided
for in a joint resolution passed by
the House Approval by the Senate
and the President is required.
The resolution provides for a com.
mission to consist of two Senators.
two Representatives and two mem.
1ers to be selected By the President
Of tie United States, which commits.
sion Is 10 make report to the Presi.
dent, together with recommendation
for legislation, not later than Novem.
ber 1, 1911.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
seaboard vii Make Big Payment.

New York, Specialize execu.
tive committee of the Seaboard Ali
Line Railway has recommended pay.
ment on August / of the first coupon
of the eompany's adjustment IS per
cent bonds issued under the plan Of
readjustment dated October /, 1909.
and to be paid if earned. The pay.
ment involves an output of about
$500, 900 and it is understood that
earnings applicable thereto approx.
mated about $1,000,000.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Texas to Vote on Prohibition,

Dallas, T1eas, Specially vote
OF 10 TO 10, the Democratic State
executive committee decided to grant
the petition of over $4,000 members
Of the party to submit at the COM
ing State primary election The pro-
position as to whether or not the Leg
islature shall submit to the voters a
Statewide prohibition amendment to
the constitution.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
CAPITAL FACTS.
interesting News Gathered In
the District of Columbia.
rHR AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Personal Incidents and Important
Happenings Of National Import
Published for the Pleasure and In
formation Of Newspaper Readers.
DISTINGUISHED Woman Lawyer.

Ulot1uS ulSucu WOmau hdWycI.
Mrs. Beeva Lockwood, the first wo-
nan to be admitted to practice be-
lore the United States Supreme
Court, as a result of bill she caused
TO have passed by Congress in 1879
was sued recently for $4,000 dam
iges for alleged malicious abuse Of
criminal process" The plaintiff was
Pames r. Bracket, whose arrest she
caused on a charge of larceny after
trust. Mrs. Lockwood was one of
The attorneys who secured a judgment
against the United States for the
Eastern Cherokees in 1906 and tho
suit grows out of the payment Of
his money to the descendants of the
indians. Bracket, after receiving
$1,000 on behalf of his family, re-
fused to pay the commission claimed
BY Mrs. Lockwood.
Mrs. Lockwood is in her eightieth
year. She once ran for President Of
:he United States.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
The Congress of Road Builders

South Carolina will be represented
at the meeting of the international
Congress of Road Builders, which is
to be held in Brussels, Belgium, from
July 81 to August z. Gov. Ansel has
appointed A. C. Moore and p. r.
Freeman, two South Carolinians.
who are now in Europe, as delegates
to attend congress and represent
this State.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
southen Operatives Get Increase

Washington, Special.-An increase
IN wages amounting to more than
$S8,000 n year, and'a decrease in the
working hours, have been granted to
The telegraph operators of the South
ern Railway by the arbitrators ap-
pointed 'nder the .Erdman act to
mediate lie differences between the
railway company and its 2,1OO tele-
grapters.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Senator Smith Speaks His Mind

In an earnest speech in the Senate.
Mr.. Smith, referring to the charge
that the brokers had eornered the
visible supply of cotton, the South
Carolina senator vehemently declar-
ed that "never was more bare
faced /falsehood or a greater fraud
perpetrated than in this Indictment. -
lie repeated his previous charges
that the law had been invoked to
put down the price of cotton in the
interest of foreign spectators and
said he had been informed that the
attorney general had been at one
time partner of the attorney for the
cotton exchange.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Negro Operating Big Cannerv.

An encouraging sign of the times
IS the fact that j. w. Newton, a
negro, who has been operating
modest truck farm cannery at Shell
ing, near Barnwell, has met with
such success that he has been en-
abled to install larger plant, with
capacity OF 1000 cans day. He
expects more work than he can do
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Victim Of Pellagra Suicides

Becoming deranged as an effect of
pellagra, Mrs. j. E~ Pilgrim, aged IS
years, committed sueide at Anderson
by drinking laudanum and jumping
INTO pond at the Pendleton cotton
mills. On the bank of the pond near
by was found an empty bottle that
had contained laudanum. Mrs. PHI.
grim is survived by her husband and
several children.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Winthrop's Successful 18th Term

Nlnthrop'S 18th commencement is
history and again this grand institu-
ton has sent out to bless the State
Oh South Carolina class of young
women fully equipped for the duties
and responsibilities of life in what
ever sphere they may be called.
whether that be in the home or in
the school room.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Warning Bulletins About Drugs.

In its effort to protect the public
against the insidious efforts of prepa-
rations containing drugs injurious to
health, the Department of Agriculture
has issued Farmers Bulletin treat
ing the subject.
"The Harmfulness of Headache
Mixtures" was issued in September,
1909, and 10000 copies have been dis
tributed; now "Habit Forming
Agents. Their Indiscriminate Sale and
Use Menace to the Public Welfare"
giving the results of recent ;,,vestiga-
tlons by the department has been is
sued as a warning to mothers, inva-
lids, and users of medicated soft
drinks, of the dangerous contents of
many OF the infant syrups, so-called
remedies, and soft drinks containing
cocain, caffein, and similar drugs.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Better and Cheaper Eatables.

Uncle Sam will go into business
against the food trust, the army and
navy will gel better land cheaper
eatables, and Washington will have
a cold storage plant built by the gov
eminent at cost of 81, 5000 if the
bill to be introduced by Representa-
tive A. c. Stanley, Of Kentucky, be-
comes a law.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Asylum Commission ON Tour

The members of the. commission
appointed by Gov. Ansel to devise
plans for the Improvement of condi-
tions at the State Hospital for the In
sane as provided under an act of the
last general assembly are on a trip
OF inspection of the asylums of the
various States.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Have You Got Your Share?

Treasury officials figure out that if
all the money in circulation in the
United States were divided equally,
every man, woman and child would
have :S34.59. This is ID cents per
capita more than they should have
had by the same process of reasoning
month ago. Compared with a year
ago, there was on June l $4,000, 900
more money in circulation, and yet,
strange as it may seem, the per
capita was AZ cents less This is due
to the increase in population, it be-
ing proportionately more than the
grbwth of the circulating medium.
The general stock of money in the
United States on June l was $3,419,-
3S2, ,2S4, of which $295,O76,537 was
held i'll the Treasury as assets of the
Government
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Boyd-Brock Inquiry Cost $1,000.

The sum of $ls005.40 represents
the amount that the Bovd-Brock court
OF inquiry cost the State of South
Carolina. Just what provision will
be made for the payment of this sum
is not known, although Governor
Ansel has promised that when the
matter was presented to him he would
decide the question.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Mr.. Aiken in Language Plain.

Mr. Aiken began his recent speech
with the following:
"Mr. Chairman: When the gentle
man from Ohio, Mr.. Rowland, made
his speech he stated that the South
Carolina delegation in the House was
IN favor of a protective duty on tea.
He refused to be interrupted and 1
did not attempt to interrupt him, but
L want to denounce that statement
as an absolute falsehood. There is
not a word of truth in it, as I am
positive that no member of the South
Carolina delegation of the House
favors any duty on tea at all. 1t is
a fact that the only tea farm in the
United States is located in the State
of South Carolina, but none of us.
certainly in this body, has asked
that their product be protected to any
extent -
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
!|VI OF DISPFNSARY
Anotlser South Carollnian Tn.
der a Cloud
HUB. II. EVANS Is INDICTED

Newberry Grand Jury Returns True
Bill Against Former Head of State
Z Dispensary System-Charged with
Taking Rebates--Prominent Politi-
3 cally and Socially-Attorney Gen
eral Lyon Pursues the Wicked.
Newberry, S. c., Special.-On a bill
of indictment handed out by Attor-
ney General j. Frazier Lyon and
Solicitor r. A. Cooper, the grand
jury in the general sessions court for
Newberry county Tuesday returned a
true bill against H. H. Evans, ex-mem-
ber and ex-chairman of the old State
dispensary board of directors, charg-
ing his with. receiving rebates while
In office.
Immediately following the return
ing of the true bill by the grand jury,
Mr.. Evans, surrendered to the sheriff
and upon motion of his attorney,
Eugene S. Blease, Esq, was admitted
to bail in the sum of $1,000.
Mr.. Evans was elected a member of
the board of directors of the old
State >dispensary in 1900 and served
for four years as a member of the
board and then for two years as
chairman of the board. His home
Is in Newberry.
The indictment charges in the first
two counts, which charge fhe same
offence in different words, that Evans,
accepted draft from Goodman,
drawn on the National bank of Sa-
yannah for the sum of $3.50, bearing
date the 10th of December, 1900,
/. which said draft, it is alleged, .that
3 Evans, had cashed at the National
bank of Ncwberry.
/ The last two counts charging the
same offense in different words allepe
that Evans accepted n draft from
Goodman for 5000 drawn on the Ma
tlonal Bank of Savannah and bearing
date the 11th day ..of" April, 1902
which said draft it is alleged that
Evans had csshel at the Newberry
savings bank.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
College of Charleston commencsms,,

In the presence of large and cul-
tured audience the 18th annual com
mencement exercises Of the College
OF Charleston we're held when degrees
we're conferred and an interesting
programme observed.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Seed crushers Going to Wrightsville

The South Carolina Cotton Seed
Crushers' Association will meet at
Wrlghtsville, N. c., July and 7.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
New Desks for IeQislators

The contract for 124 desks for the
hall OF the House of Representatives
was awarded to a Columbia firm. The
contract was $25 for each desk.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
What Offended the President.

Representative Harrison was re-
fused an audience with Mr.. Taft at
the White House.
Mr.. Harrison was quoted on May
13 as having said, in a speech in the
House, Of the back-dating of the
Wiskersham summary of the Balln-
ger case:
'This confession of the Att@eef.
General amounts to a conclusion that
the President and the Attorney
General had agreed to furnish TO
Congress misleading information-te
supply an official document as of one
date which was really prepared many
weeks later"
Charge Against Army Medical Officer
John j. Sheridan, of Chicago, conn.
sci for the Illinois Voters and Tax.
Payers Association, testifying in op,
position to the proposed Department
OF Health, told the House COMMITTEES
on Interstate Commerce; that the
medical officers of the army, navy
and marine hospital service so arrane.
ed the entrance examinations into
those branches of the government M
to exclude all but allopaths.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23

IL INC WOrlu, he mas carried new ideas
and education to many, alleviatine
human suffering and squalor, beauti-
fed barren places and has done a
thousand and one things from dis
tributlng free flower seed to exploit
ing a country where victims of the
great white plague may find hope, and
yet he has made money for himself,
and has what is more than wealth.
the satisfaction Of knowing that he
did what he could to make this world
better than he found it. The labors
OF the press are largely performed
with this same spirit. Countless acts
are done by the newspaper man, for
which he neither gets nor expects to
get anything whatever, not even
thanks, but he finds pleasure in the
work.
This good roads question is out
ranked in importance by no other
question. In it is bound up the hap
piness and progress and prosperity
of the country. The press can lay
its hands on nothing that will re-
dound more to the welfare of the peo-
pie than the cause of good roads, and
it must answer to the fullest degree
the call that duty makes. With good
roads, North Carolina will he immeas-
urably bigger and better and greater,
and all other improvements will be
added 20 this improvement. The
South with good roads will be a
greater South, and the seers tell us
through a Greater South will come
the Greater Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11

THos. J. OWEN & son. AUCTIONEERs.

Trustee
GEO. FRANCIS WILLIAMS,
Office Columbian bldg.
cr4-d6dseSu Trustee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11
ADAM A. wESCHLER. AUCTIoNEER.
Trustees Sale of Brick Stores:
and Dwellings Nos. 7o8-71o 9TH
FUTURE DAYS.

Under and bv virtue of the last will and tesla
ment Of James C.. DeAtley. deceased will
offer for sale by public auction. in front OF the
TENTH. 1910. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM the
following described real estate situate in the
city of Washington. District Of Columbia. to
wit: Original lot sixteen tl6) and the north 22l2
feet front and running back an even width full
depth Of original lot fifteen Q5) in square four
hundred and sixty-eight t46S), together with the
improvements thereon.
Terms: Subject to two deeds of trust aggre-
ga ting "a. 100. balance cash. deposit Of 500
required at time of sale. Conveyancing and re-
cording at purchasers cost. Terms Of sale to
be complied with within fifteen days. otherwise
trustees reserve the right to resell at the risk
and cost of defaultinx purchaser.
CHAS. L. WOOLARD. Trustee,
914 B st. s.w.
CHAS. c. DeATLEY. Trustee,
7O6 B st. s.w.
c. G. JAMES Attorney for Trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11

By virtue Of a certain deed OF trust. duly re-
corded in Liber 24O2, folos 1872 ct seq, Of the
land records Of the District of Columbia, and
at the request Of the party secured thereby.
ton. in front Of premises. on WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER NINETEENTH, 1910, AT HALF
PAST -FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following de-
scribed land and premises. situate and lying in
the county Of Washington. District Of Columbia,
namely: Lots numbered three (3). four "a
900. in John Sherman: trustees. subdivision
of part of the tract Of land known as Co
LUMBlA HEIGHTS as per plat recorded in
Liber Governor Shepherd folio 15S Of the rec
ords Of the ofAce of the surveyor O. the Dis
trict Of Columbia, subject to the covenants that
lots 1t shall not be within thirty 800 feet Of
the street line. nor shall 1t be used for manu-
featuring mechanical purposes, nor shall
spirituous LIQUORS be sold therein: and the COW
enant to the building line shall with
the land
money to be paid in cash. balance in three ca
equal installments. payable In one a., two ~
and three 90 years. with interest at $40 per
annum payable semi-annually. from date Of
SALE secured by deed Of trust upon the prop
erty sold. all cash. at the option Of the
auired upon each lot sold separately; or $4,000
II the property is sold as an entirety. All
conveyanclng. recording, etc, at the cost of
the purchaser. Terms Of sale to be complied
with within fifteen u5) days Of the day of sale,
otherwise the trustee reserves the right to re-
defaulting purchaser. after ave (5) days ad-
vertisement Of such resale, in some newspaper
published in the city Of Washington. District
Of Columbia. JOHN B. LARNER,
Surviving Trustee.
501-S Washington Loan and Trust bldg.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF THREE BRICK STOR ES
IN BEST BUSINESS SECTION OF ST.

TRUSTEES SALE OF THREE BRICK STORES
IN BEST BUSINESS SECTION OF ST.
NV. NOS. 1918. $3.50 AND 1882.
Ry virtue Of a certain deed of trust duly
corded in Liner No. BAT. folio 3O1 ct seq, Of
the land records Of the District of Columbia,
and AZ the request Of the party secured thereby.
1he undersigned trustees will sell. at public
auction. in front Of the premises. TUES
DAY. THE ELEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER.
A D. 1910. AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK
PM the following described land and prem
ise< situate IN the city of Washington, District
81 Columbia. and designated and being part
of lot II. in square 11S6; fronting 50 feet 8
inches on the south side Of NJ st. NV. and
moro fully desert Jed in said deed OF trust ref
ereucr To which is hereby made.
Terms of sale: Sold subject to a prior deed Of
trust for Sc, Oo0. co. and the balance to be paid
In cash \ deposit of $4,000 will be required
AT time of sale. All conveyancing recording,
etc at cost Of purchaser. Terms OF sale to be
complied with within Is days from day Of sale,
otherwise the trustees the right TO re-
sell the property the risk and cost of default
ing purchaser after five days advertisement Of
such resale in some newspaper published In
Washington, D. C.
FRANK T. RAWLINGS,
FRANK s. COLLINS,
trustees.
or1 -d&ds. eSu 1908 Pa. ave.
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ADAM a. wEsCHLER, AUCTIoNEER.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF LARGE TWO
STORY FRAME DWELLING. NO. 1915 4TE

ADMISISTRAToR'S SALE OF LARGE TWO,
STORY FRAME DWELLING. NO. 1915 4TH
ST NORTHEAST (ECKINGTON).
by virtue Of an order of the Supreme Court OF
the District OF Columbia, in the estate Of Joseph
$. Potter. deceased Administration. No. 17211,
the undersigned administrator will sell at public
auction In front Of the premises. on THURS
DAY. THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER.
A.D 1910 At FIVE O'CLOCK PM. the fol-
Washington. District Of Columbia. to wit: Lot
e. In George Truesdell and the lexington and
Soldiers Home Railway Company subdivision
of square II. in George Truesdeil's subdivision
Of lexington, together with the improvements
thereon.
Terms Of sale: One-half cash. the balance in
one and two years. with interest at six per
centum per annuin, payable semi annually from
day Of sale. secured by deed Of trust upon the
property sold or all cash, at the optton Of the
Of the purchaaer at the time of sale. Ali con-
veyancing, recording and notarial fees at the
cost Of the purchase Terms Of sale to be com
otherwise the administrator reserves the right to
resell the property at the risk and cost or the
defauiting purchaser, after Eve days advertise
ment Of such resale In The Evening Star, a
newspaper published in the city Of Washington
d. O.
n. ANTON HErTMULLER. Administrator,
~~~s'eSo 4oS La. ave.. NV.