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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
COTTON iPICKING MACHINE is
RIGHT.
eOne Of Wonderful Devices 70 BE
Used in Charleston for Next Har-
VPSt

Evening Post
Charleston farmers next fall may
pick their cotton by machinery in
stead of by hand, local interests
having investigated a cotton picking
machine which seems to fill a long
felt want and which can do
the work of 25 able-bodied men.
This machine was inspected at Char
,lotte a few days ago by l.. Harry
Mixson, who is much impressed with
its performance and with the pos
;sibilities of using the cotton picker
in this section.
$50 far as l am able to discov-
err said Mr. Mixson to-day, "the
cotton picking machine is practical
and economical. There is no doubt
that it picks matured cotton clean
1ly, does not disturb unopened or
partly opened bolls, and that it
can do the work of a score of fast
hand pickers without being at all
distressed. The machine which 1
examined and saw in operation costs
now $4,000, but its price will drop
later on, when manufacturing ia
cilities for building it have been
enlarged. Local interests are now
considering purchasing one of these
machines and using it next season
on a rental basis, for it would not
be practicable for any one farmer
to undertake the use of one for his
own work only"
The machine in question runs
by gasoline power, and readily
passes through cotton field with
out the plants. For local use, a
slightly different model will be
necessary, as cotton here grows
taller than in many other sections,
but no difficulty is felt in build
ing a machine which will pass ov-
er the Charleston cotton as the
present machine does over less lof-
ty plants.
The trouble which local planters
had this year in getting hands to
pick their cotton, and the heavy
cost of this primitive method have
set the cotton growers and the cot
ton seed men to thinking. If one
cotton picking machine is introduced
here and proves successful, other
machines are bound to come in, and
it is not radical to predict that in
a few seasons cotton picking by
hand will be largely a thing of the
past.
1t might be argued that one ma
chine would do little good in this
section, but the speed of the power
picker is so great that it could
readily handle several farms with
out difficulty. The proposition Of
picking cotton here by hand is nov
ell, but it is of considerable inter
est, and progress along this line
will be watched closely.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
Change OF Schedules.

Wilmington, N. c., Oct. IA, 1911
commencing Monday, October 16
the Palmetto Limited. which has
Deen operated by the Coast Line
during the summer months. be-
tween New York and Charleston
Will be extended to Jacksonville.
and will undergo number of
changes in schedules North of
charleston. 1t will continue to
leave New York at 3.3S D. M.
and washington $40 p. m, but will
arrive at Charleston 1856 D. m,
savannah 3.17 p. m. and Jackson
vile 7.45 p. M. Returning this ad-
oltlonal train will leave Jack
SonVllle 7.30 a. m, Savannah 1905
Noon and Charleston 4.35 p. IN. and
arrive at Washington 500 a. NJ
INSTEAD Of S.40) and New York
z."i p. M; Connection will be
made at Jacksonville to and from
South Florida points.
BY the extension of the "Palmet-
to Limited" to Jacksonville. the
Atlantic Coast Line will have three
nigh class trains a day each way
between New York and the South
and this number will be increased
TO four when the New York and
Florida Special" is put on early
IN January, for the twenty-fifth
consecutive season.
Additional service will be inaup-
urated, on October 16. between Fav-
etteville and Charleston by the re-
esta blishment of Number 70, which
Will leave Fayetteville $50 2 m.
daily, and arrive Charleston 40
p. m, and of Number rs, which
VIII leave Charleston $40 D. IN. and
arrive Fayetteville 1866 p. IN.
The time of these trains at Dill
on will be as follows: No. 10
teaVe S.27 a. m. No. rs leave
S.44 p. m The palmetto Limit
ed No. SO, southbound, leave
S.44 a. IN. and No. Sc, northbound,
leave S.41 p. m. Time of other
trains at Dillon will not be chang
ed at present.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
COOKED AND EATEN.
aCnnnibaIs Caught and deyoured
People, Including Missionary.

A cablegram from Sidney, N. S.
w, says that news has just been
received of the murder of several
Europeans in the South Sea Islands,
some of the victims being cooked
and eaten by the murderers.
The Rev. Frederick Daniels, the
Queensland missionary, killed in the
b. Solomon Islands, was conducting a
Sunday service in the open air when
suddenly a shot was fired by a ma
tive who was concealed in the scrub.
The bullet struck the missionary in
Nthe breast. He fell backwards, MUIR
INJURED, Lord save me-" and then
died.
1t is supposed that Mr.. Daniels
was shot because he was a mission
ory. "The natives" says an officer
of the mission, take a pride in get
ting scalps, so to speak, and the
murder OF a white man Is special
glory. Mr.. Daniels is the first white
missionary to be killed in the Sol
omon Islands,"
From New Calendonia comes an
account of the butchering OF a
family of three, father. mother, and
child. The names of the victims was
Devaux. There is no clue to the
perpetrators OF the crime. The bod
les had been treated with great
brutality.
The French warship Korsaint has
brought news to Sydney of an out
rage at Maewo, one Of the north
ern islands of the New Hebrides
group, two French residents, named
Gerlin and Baleu, having been kill
ed by natives and afterwards eaten.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
CaterpiIlers Stopped a Train.
Charlotte Chronicle.

Charlotte Chronicle
The caterpi'lers, which have been
feasting on tn. cotton leaves In
this section of the State have been
here Hsfore-that is, their ances-
tors Ave been here. In 1894 this
writer came in from Wilmington
with a caterpiller story which he
published in the Charlotte Observer
that the people thought rather
doubtful, if not altogether a lie.
He told of the train having been
stopped near Lumberton by cater
'pillers crossing the track. The gov
ernment thought the matter worth
investigating and sent an agent
there who more than confirmed
what the repoEter had said. This
army of caterpillers was a quarter
sof a mile wide and long enough to
continue crossing the railroad
track for eight days. 1t came up
from the dirRction of Marion coun-
ty, South CxEolina, moving from
southwest I'd northeast. The mass
of crushed worms made the rails so
slippery that the engine drivers
would simply spin around. The old
Carolina Central management had
to send gang of workmen to
the scene to scrape and sand the
rails and this trouble continued
through the migration of the ar
nv
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
A GOOD SCHOOL FOR EVERY
CHILD; EVERY CHILD IN
SCHOOL
A Suggestion From the State SUI
pervisor of Rural Schools, to
the Country Teachers, Trustees,
Parents and School Children.

The country school of our State
are now beginning the session OF
isll-1s12. In my visits among
these schools, l find only one-third
to one-half OF the children in at.
tendance. The fields are white with
cotton to be picked and realize
the difficulty, and in many cases
J experience as a boy on the
/ children in school at the beginning
Of the session. Allow ME to make
suggestion which grows out of my
+ my experience as boy on the
ltarm, eager to enter school at the
beginning of the term, but unable tc
go SO because of the pressing farm
y ork.
VI Let every parent See that the
"h,ildren are at school at least one
cbhy during the first week for class
10 lation. The ambitious boy can
ifi3L1 get his books and, in many
tbees, can do enough work at home
Unable him to enter his class
- alput serious loss when the farm
uei+b, is done and he can attend
rori,S regularly. There are many
scbno, when he cannot work on the
a.. On these days he can go to
far,, land get assistance on points
schnol aculty.
81 Gisf; avery country teacher in the
Let apke q list of all pupils of
S,oto n.-Se in her district and en-
scbCo, 90, get everyone to attend
deayor tof year. A little personal
scbooI tbjS parents and children will
worl with harvest, and a broader
vieId = ricne with your people will
y acnn,int,noIyork in the school it
maka tha ,Sicult. Let us do all in
self Iess dif% help the pupil who is
our nower ing to study at home.
NJ wnrl, tryi, school trustee in the
Let evary lie weight of his influ-
State lend tlGI .. sal the pesC
ence to Securs :, C,, III me
conntrv scbooTh Carolina. In this
bistorv nc contPt only make better
Wv yo, ,,iII ,,Int men and women
and more efficie, no alIeiu school
of the children e nt WI aiso lhcrease
this year, but yolNlt fo LOT neHI
your school appoiS| to tor ohi thi waCcn
year. Let us adoE LOT um's year year:
word in this State3l "''o'
A good school for 4: ~.
every child in schoSy VINO works.
Just a word to be Heterminatlon
The same grit and !our Work
which makes you do ui ~ nioumu Jun
we'll, will enable you III your
the difficulties you finass L se'iUol 90
books. If you cannot e y! ~.
now, get your books an 10 NeeP
tie home study each day t. al
pace with your class. Ne'h success
the men who have achieved Ill d.
have surmOunted difficulties
curing an education.
w. X. Tate. S2ols'
State Supervisor of Rural ScM'
Columbia, S. c., Oct. "a, 1919
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
STORY OF a CRIME
May Bring To Light the Foul MUIR
der of Boy.

lhe town of Gaffney grew eXcit-
ed last Wednesday when a rumor
reached there that a red handed
murderer was living in town un-
suspected. The excitement was
caused by the following item which
appeared some weeks ago in a
North Carolina paper:
In Rutherfordton county evil
dence is being gathered to incrim-
mate one of it's foremost citizens.
who has moved to South Carolina
recently, of one of the most hideous
crimes. 1t is asserted that he is
guilty. of murder and arson. II is
charged that the man, whose name
VIII be given out in short time,
murdered young boy near Island
ford some years ago, and also
Durned a government store house
fter stealing the whiskey. The
an in question will probably en-
major to escape on the plea of in
deaTe but steps are being taken
sanityGent this, while detectives
to prett he trail and a sensation is
aro on soon."
promiseG lister of Gaffney who read
A min article stated to a news
the abovlorter that the finger of
paper reIpointed to certain man
SUSPICION circumstances led him to
and that cr the man was then in
believe that e story goes that
Gaffney. Thrfordton county hired
man of Ruthe for him, or rather
a bov to worksund to him. The
the boy was bo her penurious dis
man was of a ratnot provide for
position and did Die clothing.
the boy very suit;Lngster prevailed
Finally the W, purchase new
on his employer ti thls was done
suit of clothes ard, the employer .
but shortly afterw er trivial offence,
became incensed hOuse of a neigh
and going TO tb,his assistance and .
Dor, he securedl of the boy. 1t is
went on the trato IS sald 10 De
this neighbor wlat thls time.
living in Gaffney II pursued the
Together the nFord referred to
bow to the Island caught him.
above where the~n to remove the
They then forced him his choice of
clothing and gave River at that
swimming Broa twenty-five lashes.
point or taking sfto try the swim,
The youtn decided en- the two men
and had started W 1t is said that
opened fire on him. llreu from pls-
several shots were)y sank.
tolls and that the b ru Oh or seen
He was never he the skeleton
after that but late river. IL Is
was found down theihe man VINO
further stated that i uled snort
first had the boy hire'n ms ueath
time after this and 'me,ahd stat
bed confessed to the c!=nnau since
ed that the other man.
moved to South Carolin(-
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02

course and all its adiuucts, list of
rates from principal points, pictures
OF some of the grand prize winners
OF recent years and lot of other
matter of interest to those who con-
template attending these interesting
and famous events. The round
trip rate announced from Dillon is
S7.7O. Copies of this folder. to-
gether with any desired informa-
ton may be obtained by addressing
I. c. White. General Passenger
Agent, Wilmington, n. G..
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
TO AILING WOMEN.
- Little Sound Advice Will Helm
Many sufferer i'm Dillon

Many Il sufferer i'm Dillon.
NO women can be healthy and
well II the kidneys are sick. poi
sons that pass off in the secretions
"nen the kidneys are well. are re-
tanned in the body when the kid
neys are sick. Kidneys and blad-
uer become inflamed and swollen
and worse trouble quickly follow.
ms is often the true cause of
bearing down pains, lameness. back
acne, etc. Uric poisoning also
causes headaches, dizzy spells. Ian
guor, nervousness and rheumatic
pain.
When suffering so, try Doan,s
hluhey Pills, remedy that acts on
SICK Kidneys. You will get better
as the kidneys get better, and
health VIII return when the kid
heys are well. Let a Dillon wo-
Pills.
Mrs. w. H. Breeder, L. Main ST.,
Dlllon, 5. C., says: Il consider
Goan's Kidney Pills valuable kid
hey medicine and do not hesitate
10 recommend them for the purpose
Tor which their use is intended. /
nave taken Doan's Kidney pills
when suffering from backache and
kluhey complaint and they have
greatly benefited me-"
For sale by all dealers Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffa-
10, New York, sole agents for I'm
tied States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
Grand Prize Automobile Races.

A series of events which is at
tracing wide interest in the grand
prize automibile race scheduled or
the new automobile course, at Sa.
vannah, from November 27th to
Both.
The course has been shortened
to II miles, and has been improved
by the elimination of numerous
curves, the widening and oiling :
the track TO insure freedom from
dust, and in many other ways. SC
that the course has been pronOunc-
ed one of the finest in the world,
not only by expert road builders
but by the worlds most famous
drivers, nearly all of whom will
enter for the various prizes. Grand
stand "A" has 9S private boxes and
seats IL, 900 people, and grand stand
'B' seats 16,750 people.
The program for the races are
filled with national and internation-
al events as the following schedules
for the first and last days will in
dicate.
Monday, November 81. Wander
bilt Cup Race, distance 2S9 miles,
first prize $4,000, second prize
$500, third prize $3.50. Tiedeman
Trophy Race, distance 10 miles;
first prize $1,000, second prize
$3.50. third prize $125. The Sa-
vannah Challenge Trophy, distance
2Z1 miles; first prize $1,000, sec
ond prize $3.50, Third prize SIPS.
These races will be run simultan-
eously.
Thursday, November 80. Third
Information Road Race of 4OS
miles, for the grand prize of the
Automobile Club of America for
the gold challenge cup, valued at
$4,000, and $4,000 in cash, second
prize $4,000, third prize $1,000.
Many special and handsome gold
and silver plaques and other prizes
will be awarded
On the afternoon of November 20,
at the grounds OF the Savannah
Athletic Association, the football
teams from the University OF Geor-
gia and the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, Auburn, will again bat
tie for the supremacy OF the South.
This game Is an annual event, and
one that has always proven inter
esting and exciting to those inter
ested in athletic sports.
Low excursion rates from all
points In the Southern States and
from all eastern cities, have been
authorized. Tickets will be on
sale from points in North Carolina
from November oath to 29th, and
from South Carolina points from
the 26th to 29th, inclusive, limited
returning to December 4th.
The Atlantic Coast Line is makinl
extensive preparations to handle the
crowds that are expected to attend
these races. There schedules are
most convenient and ample equip.
ment and special cars of all classes
Will be provided and, whenever
necessary. extra trains will be op.
Grated. They have arranged tracks
convenient to the grand stands fol
parking private car parties.
The Coast Line has issued a
handsome IL page folder, contain.
ing comprehensive map Of the
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02

ic appendicitis, which was aios
troubling him for several 'ii,S bs a9-
only recently the maladys I soor FOR
nosed by his physician, al
poets to go to a hospital,hiepressio
treatment. OF. as tho.
We found considerable t.ihsent low
existing among the farmersts Some
section, on account of pr9atbe mar
prices for their staple crop rk, Others
of them are rushing 1t on tths Tbe
ket as fast as possible, while b}tensive
are storing for better price! on an
acreage set to cotton is eNatheripp
down there, and the crops hb hun7
average are fine, but the gat nj and
seemed to be very backward, gould
dreds of acres as yet untouched 6rivere
but few pickers so far as we Gaa of
see. The corn and hay crops NoGed
also generally good, and outsid>tS at
cotton prices everything betokeis we
prosperity, and found ZEN
Mr.; McLaurin's a luxury which Gus
failed to have this year and esre
joyed very much, the luscioa .S
grapes, pears and apples that We
hanging in luXuriant beauty ar
freshness around his home.
But l have wandered far into the
past, and will recall myself to tell I
you that we saw during our ride
through Dillon county, in the vicin-
ity of Little Rock, the devastation
CT the army worm which had at
tackled a field of cotton by the
roadside, leaving the stalk literal
ly leafless, but doing no damage to
the bolls. The Squire inquired of
some negroes who were picking il
the field, how long since these
marauders had made their appear
ance there, and they replied about
three weeks. They seemed to have
confir@d their attentions to this par
tlcul2r ialm, as we saw no signs of
them elsewhere, although they
were as thick as the sands of the
seashore and looked like caterpil-
lers.
Some of the good neighbors call
ed on us down there, among them .
Miss Kate Page, who is a native
Robesonian Miss Burns) and the
mother of Billy Burns Page, the
notable heavyweight four-year-old
to whom The Robesonian referred
some time ago. / did not see Billy
Burns this time, but l saw his sec
ond addition in the person of his
young brother Jack, who is now
months old. and bids fair to be as
big as Billy, his weight at four
months of age, having been twenty
three pounds. He is certainly a
fine, handsome specimen of baby
hood
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
Eels Stop u Mi

Several nights ago ates the
Nalley, who owns and op Is IRON
old McFall mills, six n 'as very
the city about IL o'clock, uea 10
tired from work, and dekwneels,
shut down one Of the watt mus on
He turned the wheel which nj ina.
the water, but it was eVi9 IT, anu
obstruction had gotten intAe stop-
the flow of water could not gate
ped. He then opened a fl Oh wa
which emptied the wheel p. lsaIe'
ter and went down to Inv eels,
and found the pit filled eeis
big and little. Some of 10
was so large that it is un lsome
state the size of them for f. 1Lory.
one may think this is a fl hlee
Help was secured, but it to heei
men two hours to get the pc Vi
cleared of eels with the Ihal
hooks, rakes and other thiI were
were handy. All of the eel Iheel'
dead when gotten out of tn,
Anderson Mail.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02

that he Is far from living in vain;
and when he comes unto his own
In The worlds remuneration and
advantages he will get the edu-
cation that will enable him to
reap the harvest of a full life and
his abundant experience. - Hoke
County Journal.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
A Trip ''DOwn South"

Aunt Becky" writes in the Lum-
berton Robesonian of a recent trip
through Dillon county:
The Squire and i have just re-
turned from ten-days' trip
down South" and truly we found
it land of cotton. BY private con-
veyance we travelled 25 miles to the
home OF our son-in-law, Mr.. ]. L..
McLAurin, in Dillon county, near the
thriving town OF Latta. We found
Mr.. McLaurin suffering from chron-
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
starts Much Trouble.

II all people knew that neglect OF
constipation would result in severe
Indigestion, yellow jaundice or vir.
ulGnt liver trouble they would soon
take DR.. Kings New Life Pills. and
ehd II: Its the only safe way. Best
lpr olllousness, headache, dyspepsia
Cnllls and debility. 25 cents al
Evans's Pharmacy.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

DIR. l.. II. CRAIG,
Residence Phone 1876.
Office Phone 13S.
Residence northeast sec
ton of town.
Office over Bank of Dillon.
o. Nj. PAGE. c. E.,
Civil Engineer, Land sur
veying and General Engi-
neering, Draughting and
Blue Printing.
Office over McLaurin's store
james r. Coggershall,
Darlington, S. c.
II. Il. Pettigrew, Dillon, s. c.
COGGESHALL &
PETTIGREW
Attorneys-at-LaW
Ofllce over Bank OF Dillon
Building
WALTER F. STACKHOUSE
Attorney at Law .
Marion, "outh Carolina.
Phone No. 9. q
q
LANNEAU ID. LIDE 4
Attorney at Law L.
Marion, S. c. .
OFFICE in Graham Building. .
.
Knox Livingston, J. B. Gibson, 3"
Bennettsville, S. c.. Dillon, S. C. 9
LIVINGSTON & GIBSON, .
Attorneys Mt Law. .
OFFICES on Railroad Ave, .
next door to Cotton Mill Of .
fices. Q
.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON, .
G. Els. .
Surveying and Engineering. &
Drafting and Blue Printing .
Represented by .
w. F.. II. johnson, {
Office over Cotton Mill Office .
=
- Office OF - .
TOWNSEND, ROGERS Z
& McLAURIN, Z
Attorneys at Law. Z
Office above McLaurin Drug /.
Store. .
Q
JAS. w. JOHNSON =
Attorney at Law Z
ma1on, South Carolina. Z
Practicing In the Courts of 9
Dillon County. 7-21-tf .
q
P. B. Sellers W. G. Moore /"
SLLERS & MOORE .
Attorneys at Law .
Practice In State and .
Federal Courts. Special at 4"
tention given to collections. "
Office over Bank of Dillon. .
. .
s. q .
j. p. LANE. .
Attorney-at-Law. .
office over Evans, Pharmacy. .
=
d. o. DuBOSE, M. D.. .
Little Rock, s. o. .
Office at Drug Store. >
. y
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02

cypress water tanks have been
known to defy decay for more than
a quarter of a century
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-29
WHY NOR?

a Kansas college professor rises
to suggest that the campaign en-
penses Of candidates for office. both
In primaries and In general elections,
be paid out Of the public treasury.
Novei9 Yes. Hut why not3
Many novel ideas have been found
to he good ones after they ceased 20
be novel. This one has much "a
commend II. In the first place. n
would rcsui, In a definite determine
ton Of what are Legitimate cam
paign expenses. AZ present that In a
question which the wisest savant
would hesitate to answer. What
could be- simpler than 10 have the
legislature set out In black and white
what campaign expenses are "iegili-
mate" pay them cut OF the public
treasury. ana forbid any other ex-
pcnditnres on ~ part of candidates
scr nm.or
Again. az the professor sets out
there are many worthy men who's,
services would he of inestimabls
value to the commonwealth. who arr
deferred from entering political ~,
on account Of the expense that IL en-
tailed Less worthy men are elected
10 office for the simple reason that
they have the money 10 put up, on
others have II TO pat up for them
10 pay the expenses of their cam
palgn, The poorest man In the coun.
Try Is permitted 10 vote--why should
his poverty be the sole bar 20 his
ability to hold Officer II the pro.
fessor's scheme should prove to b,
feasible. No 'pbiitieal gem need bs
buried In the dark. unfathomed caves
OF ocean--no flower Of ssatesmanshiT
need waste its sweetness on the des'
ert air.
And. when all Il said and done. the
expense TO the state. N the plar
should work out. would not be hall
~ much as that which IN now indi'
rertly borne by reason OF the cleo
ton Of incompetent and dishonest
officials.