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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Dollar a Head for Contracts

McAlester, Okla, Speciality. T.
Holman Choctaw Indian, testified
before the investigating committee,
That ne had been employed by ]. F.
McMurray, holder of the contracts.
10 go out arneng the Oklahoma In
dlans and induce them to sign the
documents. AT the same time, HoIl-
man related, he was paid "a dollar
head," for securing contracts ap-
pointing McMurray to act in each
case. In this way McMurray pro-
cured 10000 contracts to sell land.
HOLMAN testified that he himself
mad signed the 10 per cent contract
because he had become discoura eed
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Wore Gross on Honor on Trial.

Savannah, Ga., Specials. S. Bes-
singer, a Confederate veteran, was
found guilty of voluntary manslaugh-
ter in Chatham Superior Court, at the
end of his trial for stabbmg James
Payne to death, on the evening of
May 80, last.
Bessinger wore a Confederate cross
of honor in court during his trial. No
objection was made to this, and Judge
Charlton, in sentencing Bessinger to
two years in the penitentiary, said in
regard to it:
81 do not like to see a veteran
wearing a Cross of Honor in court
when he is on trial for a crime. You
could have worn it for only one pur-
pose, to work upon the prejudice of
the jury. Practices of this nature
would tend to make the Confederate
badge common thing"
Bessinger and Payne formerly were
partners in grocery business. They
quarleled over money, and Bessinger
hilled Psvne in the presence of the lat
ter's wife.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
WOMAN DIES in PRISON,
Higher Court VIII Declare Mis-,
Wardlsw's Guilt or Innocence.

Newark, N. j., Speoial-Miss Vir-
ginia Wardlaw, who, with her two
sisters. is indicted for the murder OF
Mrs. Ocey Wardlaw Martin Snead,
died here IN the house of detention.
Her death, at Is said, will materially
affect the prosecution of her two
sisters. General decline is given as
the cause of death. Miss Wardlaw
was at one time resident of Tennes-
see.
The fate of the aged woman in TINS
respect paralleled that Of her alleged
victim, for doctors who examined
Ooey Snead before her death said her
ailments were all due to lack of nour-
sShment.
In the opinion of Jail attendants,
Miss Wardlaw deliberately starved
herself to death. This has revived ru-
mors circulated at the time of Ocey
Suesd's death when the history of
the mysterious household was under
investigation that a suicide pact ex-
listed between Miss Wardlaw and her
niece.
When she was removed from Jail
there was found in the cell she oc-
cupied a quantity of stale food which
the prisoner had concealed.
At the aged woman's bedside when
she died were her sister, Mrs. Rich
ard Pingle, and her brother, the Rev.
Albert Wardlaw, both of Christians
burg, Va. But her other sisters, Miss
Caroline B. Martin and Mrs. Mary w.
Snead, Jointly indicted with her, were
ri their cell as she expired.
What effect the death of Virginia
Wardlaw will have on the fate of her
sisters is still to be determined She
was the dominating influence of the
strange household, and predictions
are made that Mrs. Martin and
Mrs. Snead may never be brought to
trial.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Railroad Employees as Takers

Chicago, Special.-Passengers tn,
cling over many of the leading raj
road systems soon may be entertl =
ed en- route by dissertations from II
conductors and other train employe
on the advantages to be derived fls
allowing the roads to advance freigh
rates, if the advice of prominent L
way executives to their employees;
followed. "
A pamphlet is circulating u&
among the 10000 employees of th
Illinois Central to study the railrJI1
question and discuss among the
selves until they ape~-thoroughly con
versant with the actual conditiQ
from the financial viewpoint. Han
ing done this each employee is uraf
to try to convert during the coufs
Of a year three or four men who ~
now opposed to the railroads.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18

Grevy, when President or France,
once extricated himself from n pre-
dicament with wonderful presence OF
mind, relates the Argonaut. He was
being conducted round the salon of
an eminent artist, when he saw a
painting which displeased him.
"What a daub!" he exclaimed.
Whose is it?" THAT picture, M. lie
President" said his cicerone, "is my
own work" "Ah'" said the Presi-
dent, without any sign Of embarrass-
ment at his awkward mistake. IN
our country, when we particularly
wish to purchase a thing, re always
begin by running it down." It'd, true
to his part, he purchased the tend
ing picture there and then.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
EVERY BONE BROKEN
Boy BaIloonist Turns Over
And Over 1000 Feet
HEAD SEVERED ON APPLE TREE
Arose Four Thousand Feet-First
Parachute Opened Successfully
Ropes Snapped on Second Drop.

New York, Special.-Benny Prinz,
a young balloonist, met a horrible
death Friday afternoon at the close
of the aviation meet at Asbury Park,
N. j. In making double parachute
drop, the second parachute failed to
open and he fell more than 1000
feet. As the swaying body neared the
ground, it struck the Limb of an ap-
pie three and the boys head was
transfxed ON the limb like an apple
on sharp stick. AS it struck the
ground the headless body was crushed
into an unrecognizable mass.
Prinz was &c years old and dar-
ing balloonist. With Samuel Hart
land. of Newark, he went up in a hot
air bolloon. AT the height of 1000
feet Hartland cut loose with one
parachute and made q successful land
ing. Lghtened by the drop of Hart
land, the craft shot up until it reach
ed about 1000 feet. Then Prinz cut
loose. Those who saw his figure, say
he fell 500 feet before his parachute
opened. He sailed slowly earthward
for another thousand feet and then
cut loose again. There was another
| terrific drop of about 500 feet when
the second parachute opened 1t
checked his fall for a second then
the ropes snapped and the body of the
young man shot straight down. Over
and over the figure turned, faster and
faster and gaining momentum with
each revolution. He was shooting
down head first when he crashed int<
the tree, impaling his head on limb
In the headless trunk every bone wa:
broken. Several of those who wit
messed the accident tainted from tn,
horror of the tragedy.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
There are nearly half a mflli

There are nearly half a millio,
horse and motor vehicles of all kinds
in Paris to-day. with 10000 hand
carts and 5000 wheelbarrows. IL
1909 65,S7O accidents were caused
in the Paris streets by S1,S6S vehi-
cles. These statistics are contained
in a report drawn up by M. Emile
Massard at the request OF the Paris
Municipal Council on the cucumber
ment of the Paris streets. One OF
M. Massard's calculations SLOWS tha!i
the street traffic of Paris, station.
ary. would occupy 445 acles OF the
soTs acres of streets which Paris pos.
sesses. Last year $1,000 900 per.
sons travelled omnibus md tram,
way aad ther n we're 294. 100000 pas.
sengers oyi. the undergrouI1 railway
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Postal Banks in Small Cities

Beverly, Mass, Special.-Post-
master General Hitchcock has made
a preliminary report to President
Taft regarding the plans for the in
stltution of postal savings banks in
different parts of the country in the
near future. The experimental banks
Will be located in the smaller cites.
Sufiiclent money to establish the sys-
tenn in cities like New York. Chicago.
Philadelphia, Boston and other great
centres Is not yet available. There
IS also n desire to perfect the sys-
tenn through the experiments in the
smaller communities before an at
tempt is made to open up the metro
poltan branches.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Senator Hepburn Stopped Dixie.

Seattle, Wash, Special.-Senator
W. B. Hepburn of Idaho, dislikes
"Dixie.'
He created sensation a. recep-
tion given to Congressman T. R.
Hamer lat Wallace, Idaho, Friday
night by stopping the orchestra while
the musicians were playing that pop
ular strain. Colonel Hamer had just
finished his address and the orchestra
had started a medley of well-known
airs.
About the sixth number in the
medley was "Dixie.'' The Senator
leaped to his feet, strobe across to
the musicians and cried out:
''This is a Republican meeting.
We want no such turnes here"
The amazed musicians stopped i'm
mediately. The Senator strobe back
to his seat. After a moment of 81
lence Mayor Hanson arose and closed
the meeting.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18

Kant, the great philoso her, cult
waited peculiar habits VIII: b enabled
him to accomplish a cert; work in
the world, relates the Lo: Ion Globe.
From the day he began tc write until
his death. sixty years la T, we arc
assured that he kept II first two
hours of the morning fr. from liz
terruption, even eating breakfast
alone. No matter what t. emerger-
cy, his family or servant dared net
disturb him in these t, hours os
: meditation. The rest OF moraing
until 1 o'clock was given his work.
At 2 o'clock he dined, ways with
invited guests. usually ose inter-
ested in different pursu: from his
own. Kant's effort WASP rest and
amuse his mind by comet WITH rs
many diverse intellects archaracters
az possible. At night WIN ready to
retire he remained for III an 1our
perfectly quiet alone an witkott a
book--as possible, he sa without a
thought-in order to ca his blin
tor sleep.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
fear IN SIAUNTON.
Earth Swallows Houses and
Trees in Virginia Town.
GEOLOGIST GOES TO The SCENE.
Limestone Foundation Gradually
Giving Away and Rivers Under
Town-People Moving.

Stauntou, Va, Special.-A two
story house and large tree have
been swallowed up into the earth,
many other residences are sinking
and have been abandoned by the1i
occupants and public buildings are
endangered as the result of the bor-
ing of an eight hundred foot we'll
In the public square here.
Wide cracks in the earth are
spreading, threatening the postofice
and public school building. The
walls of the school house already are
cracked. Residents are much alarm
ed and heroic efforts are being made
to prevent further caving of the
earth.
Washington, Speeial.-In response
to an appeal 20 the geological; sur
vey from Stauntm, Va, F. r. Van
Horn, assistant chief geologist, has
gone TO investigate the cave-ins,
which have caused heavy property
damage in the Virginia town. The
theory held by the 2overnineni geo.
logist is that the trouble was caused
by water percolating through the
limestone, which underlies the entire
section, and thus has weakened the
foundations of buildings and caused
them to give way. Mr.. Van Horn is
familiar with the geological structure
of that portion of Virginia and from
press reports he judges that diSsol-
wing limestone is responsible for the
trouble.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Creditors Wait so Years

Paterson, N. j., Special.-After
waiting 5o years the creditors of the
defunet Cataract City bank here are
TO receive a first dividend on their
claims; The receiver, John L. Gricrs
mas $500 to distribute among the
claimants. the money having been Oh
laiied AFTER a series of legal battles
wtph the estate Of former receiver
who died in 1872.
The bank was chartered in 1856 and
failed fou- years later.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Patterson Says Put It to Test.

Nashville, Tenn, Special.-As an
outcome of the recent judicial cleo
tion in Tennessee, in which the reg
ular Democratic nominees. which he
supported, were defeated by indepen-
dents who had the active aid of the
Republican organization, Governor
NJ. R. Patterson has issued state
ment expressing willingness to waive
the Democratic nomination for a
third term, which he has already
received and again test the question
of choice of the Democracy in any
sort of a primary. Thus he would
hope, he says, to save the State to
Democracy.
The address among other things
says:
"If the majority of the Democrats
are opposed to me, as it is claimed,
l should net represent them as their
candidate for Governor.
The Governor then offers to enter
a new primary and adds:
"The only condition ; 'u.@- /,
the successful nominee .. -. .r-
ported in the Novemb ,.,.. .a ~
ali who participate in ~~.~a-. :
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18

One spring, for some reason. old
ELI was going round town with the
face OF dissatisfaction, relates the Ar
gonaut. and, when questioned, poured
his volutle tale OF woe thus: "Marse
Geo'ge, he come to me last fall an he
say, ELI, dis gwine ter be hard win
ter, SO yo' be keerful, an save yo'
wages fas' an tight An I b'lieve
Marse Geo'ge, yas, sab, b'lieve him,
an save an save, an when de win
ter come it amt got 10 hardship, an
dere was / wild all dat money jes'
frown on NAH hands!"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Criticises Northern Negro.

Washington, Special. - "Thim,p
cents' rs what w. E. Stewaf ~ d
negro financial agent of the Arkap-
sas Baptist College, at Little MEX,
Ark. said he had gotten fronass an
appeal to the Colored Preachers 9ifi-
ance of Washington, for assistsace
for his college. Stewart came 80
Washington, it is said, to attend.sthe
memorial services for Rev. GNge
w. Lee, pastcr of Vermont avpRue
church, and during a meeting o. f0ke-
gro preachers was asked to mals q
speech. He told of the conditio OF
the negro race in the South and Iae.i1
the negro had many white fir fsEds
there, as in the North. He proteSed
against negroes condemning Sout2 Urn
white people because of sporadicSip-
cidents like the recent lynching al
Palestine. Texas. He concluded With
his appeal for funds for his colNse
"My appeal resulted in a donaiou
Of 30 centS,' Stewart said. eff lis
is a measure of the sympathy .Selt
by the negroes of the North for Ssiie
negroes of the South. l say they Lad
better attend to their own busiNlss
instead of sending kilograms to Gsy.
ernors and sheriffs of the Sort 81 IA
States expressing their indignatioHnad
the lynehing of negroes. Their 20
lutions of sympathy are meaningless
to u.s.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
FAMILY Die AT AGrJp
Strange Coincidence That Fob
Tenth Georgia Victim. :

Atlanta, Ga, Special.-Freder
w. Cooper died here Friday0 ~
death being remarkable because
occurred in his twenty-ninth \ -.
That was the age at which
father and eight of his fathers D,
ers all died. Illness, and not ae
dents, were the cause of ~
deaths. Cooper became uneaiy
dis twenty-ninth Year approach l
half way mark, a presentment see
ed to come to him and he said, -
ing of his thiriieth birthday NJ
January: O.
"If I can only live until then, WI
= IL live tc he = thousand 4"
A short time ago when Cooper y
taken sick with typhoid, the { y
table brooding over the fate Of
father and his uncles hastene n
progress of the disease. He ID
while his near relatives were I'd u
away to be summoned to his bedsi,
His mother, Mrs. M. J. CT -
has returned from Europe on
steamer st. Paul, landing in u
York, and his sitser, Miss Kather;
Cooper, is in Paris. Cooper 5S
prominent here, member Of
Capitol City Club and connectedB.
a large cotton firm. He was bonn.
New York. B
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
All Took Sugar in Theirn'.

Washington, Special.-The aver
age American ate 81 pounds Of sugar
last yenr, which was more than he
ever mad before in the history of the
country according to figures made
public by the Department of Conn
merce and Labor for the IL months
ended June 80.
The total amouat of sugar eaten
by Americans during the year is esti-
mated at seven and ono-half billion
pounds. Only in two previous years
did the total ever approach the T.
OO0,OOO,OOO mark and only on four
other occasions did it exceed 6,00O,-
100000.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Harrassed to Death.

Newark, N. j., Special.-The prose-
cutlon OF Mrs. Carolina B. Martin
and Mrs. Mary Snead will not be in
terfered with in any wav by the death
OF Virginia Wardlaw, the third Sis
ter indicted in connection with the
mysterious death of Ocey w. M.
Snead, the East Orange bath tub vic
TIM. This statement was made by
LOUIS Hood, special counsel for the
State In the Wardlaw case.
An autopsy performed showed con-
eiaslvely that Miss Wardlaw had died
or starvation. She will be buried in
a cemetery near here beside Ocey
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Collar Stay Causes Big Fire

Portland, Ore, Special.-The TX
device utilized by women to hold NI
their lace collars-a piece of cell
loid about two inches long, and
quarter of an inch wide, worth fi<
cents the half dozen-cost the Unit
ed States Laundry Company O fit
loss here of 100000 and imperilet
200 laundry workers. {
The collar stay had been left un
noticed in womanSs waist. whicl
with hundreds of similar garments
had been PLACED in the dryroom in til
basement. The waist was hung clos,
to the super-heated pipes that line(
the room. Suddenly the celluloid ex
pioded and the room was in flames. [
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
crippen's Girl Buys a Wiz.

quebec, Special.-Ethel Clare Le-
neave wdl return to England to stand
trQal on a charge of murder, wearing
one OF the best wigs to be found in
Quebec. The girl gave $50 to matron
rhiiIps OF the provincial jail, all
cnat was left OF the $50 she brought
from Antewerp, and told her to buy
a peruke" that would repair to
best advantage the, ravages inflicted
by Crippen when he cut off her light
brown tresses TO disguise her as a
hoy.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
White Man Takes the Office.

Atlanta, Speeial.-Henry 8. Jack
son, appointed collector of internal
revenue for this district of Georgia,
is a son of the late Justice Howell
E. Jackson, of the United States Su-
preme Court and a brether-ih-law
OF Mayor Robert F. Maddox, of At
lanta. having married Miss Maddox.
de was. the president Of the State
League of Taft Clubs in Georgia,
and took par. in the organization of
many Taft clubs in the Sta.e.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Cotton $93 a Bale

Atlanta, Ga, Special.-News of big
prices for cotton was received here
Monday in dispatches to The Consti-
tuition, from rural districts in Geor-
gil AT Camilla $4,000 was paid for
600 bales from the Bush plantation
This was all from the 1909 crop.
AT Leesburg a farmer sold one bale
OF new crop cotton for S93
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Mysterious Death VI
W;,m;noton Sno, Wilmington Lad.

Wilminoton Snec Wilmington Lad.
posed murder of ial.-The sup
cure $500 insurancey youth to Sc
quitting of the Rock on his life, the
combination hotel and dSprlng hotel, a
on the wharf, the lodging house
of the housss Years old, proprietor
the SanasifH, erstwhile preacher of
the ttl1ication faith. constituted
fiSsf transitional features of a tragic
3e which occurred in this city early
! Wednesday morning.
The seriously burned body of the
youth, Edward Cromwell, 19 years
old, who is said to have come here
four months ago from an orphan
home in Charleston, and was cook at
the hotel, was found lying on the
floor of his room, in his night clothes,
nearly an hour after the fire was dis
j. H. Scull testified that on Mon.
day, acting as notary public. he sign
ed certificate of transfer of insu-
rance policy for $500 from Crom-
well TO Holly, the premium on which
ne was Informed was paid by Holly.
who had applied for insurance to the
amount of $4,000, the company re-
fusmg more than $500. This is
supposed to have furnished the mo-
i've for the crime that is believed
to have been committed.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Twice . Widow-Doubls Pension

Athens, Ga, Special.-County Or
binary Judge Wingfeld announced
Saturday that he had received an ap-
pEeation from n widow for two Con-
Tolerate veteran pensions, which she
claims as her due because she had
two husbands, bota Confederate vet
erans. The first was killed in battle;
the second she married after the war.
Soldiers widows worth under $500
are allowed $50 per annum pension.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Rear End Collision at Raleigh.

The Seaboard AIR Line north
bound train No. "a, at 10 Friday
morning ran into the rear of an ex-
cursion train on the Southern rail
way just returned from Durham,
while standing under the shed of the
Union depot at Raleigh, killing one
negro man named William Jordan,
and injured probably fatally a col
ored man from Norfolk. Others in
Iured were some ilalf dozen.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Boston 8 Million Dollar Fire

Boston, Special.-A loss of up
wards of 81 100000 was caused Tues
day by a fire in the wholesale lum-
Der district. Starting from an un-
known cause in the lumber yards of
Blacker & Shepard at the corner Of
Dover and Albany streets, the blaze
assumed early proportions Of such
magnitude that general alarm-the
first sounded in this city since ls72-
followed within ten minutes
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Says She Avenged Her Wrong

PiStsburg, Special.-Catherine Bot
II, aged l3 years, seized an ak and.
creeping unawares upon Pasquale
Bolpe, aged 1S years, as he stood in
MS doorway, crushed the youth s
sknll, killing him instantly.
The gird HISTORICALLY cried to eve
witnesses that she had avenged her
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18

There should be no assumption by
this Government Of permanent obli-
cation for the affairs Of Nicaragua,
contends the st. Paul Pioneer Press
We do not believe such course Is nee
essary, any more than it was In Ven-
ezuela or Cuba. The national and In
ternational effect of such a course
would be disastrous.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18

We are proud CT our rco2le, boasts
the Green County (Ohio) Journal.
They have all been brought up right.
They are homegrown and hand
spanked.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Rate Advance on Stock Suspends

Washington, SpeciaL-Proposl
advances in the freight rate Of liz
stock of 2 IA cents a hundred pount
between Missouri river and Miss
sippi river points which were
have become effective August Is, WI
be suspended pending an inquiry
the interstate commerce commissis
into the reasonableness of the il
cr,aaSaS
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Saloons For Bluefields

Bluefeld, w. Va, Special
vote of 3 to 2 the State sun
court at Charleston decided
Biuefield shall have saloons.
case wens up on appeal from
county court which refused to
saloon licenses although the
authorities had granted them.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18
Immigrants Pouring Into America

Washington, Special.--Commission.
er-General Of Immigration Keefe hal
made public statement Of the immi-
grant aliens admitted into the United
States during the fiscal year ended
June 30 last, arranged according N
racial characteristics.
The largest number from any onl
country were natives of the south T
Italy, of whom 192.673 were admi{a
ted, In addition to 30,7s0 from Mort
ern Italy. ~