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Evening journal., 1911-10-20
CROP YIELDS.

TT HAT there is room for improvement in our
4 agricultural methods is shown by figures
from Professor Baileys "cyclopedia of American
Agriculture" In this work the average wheat
yield Of New York is given as 1879 bushels and
tho best yield as 60 bushels; the average OF corn
as 80, the best as 100 bushels. Averages for wheat
in other localities run from to bushels in North
Carolina to 80 bushels in New Mexico. The best
Yields run from 80 bushels in Alabama and North
Carolina TO 7S bushels under garden culture in
Wyoming Average corn yields are as low as Is
bushels in North Carolina and IA bushels in Ala
bama.. Indiana and Wisconsin show as high aver
ages as 40 and Al bushels respectively At the
time the Cycopeda was published no better yields
than 100 bushels TO the acre had been recorded
New York North Carolina and Wisconsin could
boast returns that high.
Professor Bailey remarks that the average
Yields of all crops are greatly lowered from the
average yields attained by successful farmers by
the small crops produced by the careless and in
different The figures make il plain that
the United States is in no danger from lack OF
lands on which TO produce crops to supply the
Aeeds of the rapidly increasing population. Better
cultivation Of the soil would produce crops capable
of sustaining very much larger population than
we have at present.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
DIR. WILEY AND THE PENINSULA.

TN AN address delivered in one of the Western
i cities DR.. Wiley of Washington, referred to
the Delaware peninsula as place where land is
cheaper and more productive than in the best parts
of the west He paid a high tribute TO the natu-
raj resources of this peninsula. The facts stated
are known to the residents of the peninsula al
though not always fully appreciated by them.
The Baltimore American not long since spoke
of the peninsula as the "Plans of Paradise" This
may be a trihe extravagant but the Delaware
peninsula is certainly most desirable\ spot in
which TO live and with little enterprise it could
be made garden. The land is fertile and close
to the markets. Part Of 1t has had but little de-
velopment. Almost every kind of crop be
cultivated successfully in Delaware. Fruits and
vegetables flourish here. Land is cheap, all things
considered, and some day Delaware will have de-
veloped in a manner that will be surprising even
TO the most optimistic of Delaware enthusiasts.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
CALI FOR NEW BIDS.

nNE of the points brought out by the local
~ furniture dealers in their protests against
the manner in which the contract for the furnish
ing of the State House awarded-and it is
a very important points that they did not re-
ceive the identical specifications on which Mr..
Ward bid.
The local dealers think that they should have
received these specifications, which they say we're
promised. Their contention is that they we're
ignored
AS related in the local columns of The Journal,
il would have been impossible for the state to save
$4,000 by the awarding of the contract to the Phil
adelphian. There was no actual competitive bid
ding against Mr.. Ward.
The best thing that the commission can do is to
90 into the matter again, ask for bids and give
the local merchants an opportunity to present
their offers
Considering the fact that Wilmington pays a
large part of the revenue of the state our busi-
ness men should be given the same opportunity
to make bids outsider The local merchants
should not let the matter drop.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
BII,L BOARDS.

II OR a long time the neighborhood about Viii
Il mington was almost free from unsightly sign
boards, but they are appearing in large numbers
just at the time when other communities are try
ing 10 remove them.
If the present rate OF increase in these signs
and bill boards continues, the beautiful country
about Wilmington will soon be dishgured and il
will be hard TO get rid of them.
Washington is taking steps to knock out the
bill boards Last week the commissioners issued
an order forbidding the erection OF any more bill
boards or unsightly signs, and the police have
been given instructions TO remove them. The New
York Legislature at its last session took steps to
have bill boards removed by granting any citizen
authority TO take them down.
Speaking of the matter the Worcester Mass
Gazette pertinently says:
It is TO be regretted that action was not taken every
where years before many cities highways and
railways had been dsfgured by these barbarous shocks
to both artistic and moral sensibties An earlier
campaign would have made the elimination the hill
boards many fold easier Now the work getting rid
Of them must proceed slowly and considerably less
injustice those who this form of advertising
sort OF publicity.
The billboard be ousted at one fell swoop ant
II ought to be tits a nuisance which the public
has given standing by granting it long
Undoubtedly the best and airest method is to decre
that die slow death and this city and town authori
ties can do by making rule forbidding the placing
any more billboards Those up may be granted
reasonable time IN years before they must disappear
There is food for thought in the foregoing arti
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
SHOW YOUR SENTIMENT.

You do not have TO be a college
graduate or a bank president to be
present at the hearing on the Public
Utilities Light, Heat and Power Com
pany franchise before the Street and
Sewer Department on Tuesday next.
You need only to be a Wilmingtonian
and you have a right to speak. If you
do not and allow competition to go by
default you must blame yourselves
One member of the Street and Sewer
Departmest has complained that sew
eral persons have spoken to him
against the franchise and only one
for it. We all know who the oppon.
ents were. They were not users q
electric light, but out and out friends
and cohorts of the monopoly II is NJ
to the public TO see that manufactured
sentiment does not outweigh genuine
| sentiment.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
NEEDED FOR REPAIRS.

"I see," said the new customer at a
Euclid-ave automobile repair shop,
Saturday, that you advertise to sup
ply drivers Of motor cars with all
necessary parts to replace those lost
or damaged by accident
Eyes. sir" answered the dealer.
1--WE can replace anything
That's good" said the customer.
taking his list from his pocket. Il
want the fingers and a thumb for a
gentleman of so, a decent sort Of a
nose for girl of 49,, two right and
three left ribs for myself-you can
measure me now and get 'em exactly
right. And two gallons Of gasoline
lease,"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
:: With the ParagrapherS 3:

President Taft while in Colorado took a rap at
formers leaving them, however several ahead
Los Angeles Tribune.
Plenty of benzoate Of soda Solicitor McCabes sys-
TEN. but it couldn't preserve him when the lid was
on-New York Press
The eminent smugglers are sti Of the opinion that
the Government is rich 1t doesn't need the money.
Atlanta Constitution.
Nor is the Presidents plan 20 kill the trusts with
kindness entirely new. II has been tried before and
;hey didn't die %erth eeat--Eansas City Star
I'VE have never had cookoo clock or canary at
our house, remarked the Man on the Car "because
nobody would assume the responsibility of keeping
the lean.'-roledo Blade
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
Peoples Column
CITY COUNCIL A ~MORGUE."
Daniel w. Lynch Thinks the Remedy
Would be the Recall.

Daniel w. Lynch Thinks the Remedy
Would be the Recall.
Editor of THE EVENING JOURNAL.
The caption ON the news item on
the first page Of your newsy news
paper-"Says Council is a Morgue"--
is amusing-the item in which you
refer to Board of Health proceedings.
The phraseology, "City Council is
Cold Storage Plant or Morgue for
Board of Health Ordinances for the
Betterment of Health Matters In this
City" expressed by DIR. Cleaver is
true.
My experience in City Council for
four years, 1903 to 1907, is that there
is a mysterious cemetery in which
many measures that interest most
people are buried. No funeral notice.
no wake, no ceremony, buried at night
by candle-light is my experience. And
this mysterious condition exists in all
legislative bodies. The remedy is the
recall Daniel w. Lyhch.
Wilmington, Del, Oct. II.
because of typographical errors In
the original publication. Mr.. Lynch's
letter is reprinted)
Evening journal., 1911-10-20

The public is already showing considerable in
terest in the proposed investigation of the busi-
ness affairs of the country by the Congressional
Committee. Every day the committee is receiving
letters asking about the scope of the inquiry The
membership of the committee includes men OF
radical turn Of mind as well as conservatives and
their powers of investigation are practically un-
limited. The sessions will begin in New York
on November 5 when some of the most promi-
nent social workers and business men of the coun-
try will appear before them. Among those invited
are Francis Lynde Stetson, George w. Perkins,
Samuel Gompers, President Hadley of Yale, and
former President Eliot Of Harvard. The commit
tee expects to secure much valuable advice.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
Wilmington, Oct. 10. 1911.

Wilmington, Oct. 10. 1911.
Mr.. Rutabaga S. Won Innes, VIII
mlngton, Del.
Dear Sir: wish TO protest
against your recent characteriza-
ton Of the onion as the most
humorous of vegetables. be-
lieve l can prove you lacking In
information. Most certainly
shall prove you deficient in feel
ing.
My opinion, sir, and I believe
that every right-feeling person
will substantiate me. is that the
onion Is naturally and essentially
an exponent. the personification,
If you will, Of pathos. Is not its
very form (when not too agedly
obese) the very simulacre Of a
tear? Has Il not, In its original
state, before II has been robbed
of its natural qualities by the
fires Of cultivation, the power TO
draw from us those quiet, un-
bidden-one might say unwilling
tears which we'll from the very
depths of our sensibilities? These
are quiet, intense tears. No cater
wauling here, no blubbering or
unseemly sobbing and wailing--
albeit a quivering catch of the
breath now and then Is heard,
profanely called, / believe,
sniffie.
But for innate humor, sir, you
must go to the potato. In him
OF twill you find all kinds and
degrees OF wit and witlessness,
from the obvious, transparent
comicality OF the new potato Zone
cannot sufficiently regret that
they are not grown any more
at least our table sees them not),
TO the crude, buffoonery of the
old, grotesquely-di disguised veteran
Of the storage-bin. Humor. sir7
Wit? Look to the stage, sir, look
10 the stage. Consider the charac-
ter comedian with weird, NANCY
whiskers. Where did he get his
idea but from the sprouting po.
tatos Recall the awkward lollop
with abnormal knee joints and
strange bumps upon his anatomy
then recall some of the rheu.
matic-appearing potatoes you have
met. Take the alleged comedian
whose enormous abdominal girtf
is of so convulsing a contrast
with his cranial periphery-anC
take certain potatoes of a not
unusual conformation. Take an
other potato.
Thus. sir. could run on FOR
pages, adducing other and ire
futable proofs OF my contention
did I not find IL impossible tC
think Of another one. BY which
you will see I have carried m,
point.
You will note that l have no
once used the word "tuber"
r. S. McGinnis
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
GUNPOWDER AND KID
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.

BY reference to our history
books we discover that in Octo-
Der, 1899, General Sir Redvers
Butler and his army were busy
crossing and recrossing the
Tugela river This was dur
ing the period on the Boer war,
which was considered some
conflict in those days. We seem
to have forgotten many of the
particulars. just as we have
those of the more recent war
between the Turks and the
Italians.
Oh, yes. come TO think of It,
Mr.. William Randolph Hearst,
omnipresent settler of every
thing except trouble, settled this
affair by a ringing address be-
fore the Hoboken Turtle Club a
week or so ago.
This lesson in history teaches
us that we may cease to regard
even a sublimated war as a
matter Of vast Importance. For
the moment Frank Baker is
about as interesting as anything
we can think of.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
:: Personal and Pertinent 3:

The earliest known joke. according to antiquarians
perpetrated in the sixth Egyptian dynasty, about
5000 B. O., the record having been preserved in one
OF the Berlin papyrL According to this document,
certain scribe. working for the temple of Thoth had
for neighbors coopersmth and carpenter either
side Annoyed by their ncessant dir he carefully but
tOnhoed the artisans separately and bribed them TO
change their lodgings, which they did-with an
other~-Washington Post
:-.-.-.
How has the old place been paying this yearl'
Fine" replied Farmer Corntassel. "Aie and Mandy
got enough summer board money TO keep us In con-
densed milk an canned meat for the hun winter
Washington Star
Evening journal., 1911-10-20

Notice this picture; II
shows the little hard rub
Der HYOMEI inhaler the
exact size.
If you own one you can
get a bottle of HYOMEI
(liquid) for only so cts.
If you do not own one,
$1.00 will buy you a COM
plete outfit which in
cludes inhaler. And now
you have in your posses
sion a remedy that has
banished more cases OF
tarrh specialists on earth
tarrh specialists os earth.
Just breathe HYOMEI
that's all you have to
do-no stomach dosing
It passes over the In
famed membrane, kills
the germs and heals the
Inflammation.
It is guaranteed to end
catarrh, asthma, coughs
and colds, or money
back. Sold by Miller
Drug Co., and druggists
everywhere.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
THEIR MARRIAGE OUT.

Miss Blanche Charsee and Edward
Speaks, of Baltimore. were married
by the Rev. George l.. Wolfe here on
April 22. The announcement has
been made by Mrs. George Charsee
mother Of the bride, who discovered
the marriage certificate in the room
of her daughter.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
Stories of the Day
A FATHRR,S SACRIFICE.

Dad" said young Jack Shiftless,
of Osborne. to his father, old Bill
Shiftless. the other night. q want 10
go TO the show tonight"
"A show at night is no place for a
kid like you. You should be at home
in bed"
but I peddled bills and have two
tickets" said Jack as he began to
snifiie.
"All right then" answered Old Bill
Il will go with you TO see that you
don't get into trouble. osborne Far
Evening journal., 1911-10-20

When the municipal group" of buildings at
Springfield, Mass. is completed there will be
among other things an auditorium capable of seat
ing 5000, which will be available for the use of
conventions. Such an auditorium is highly neces-
sary' in city that makes practice of entertain
ing large gatherings.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
WHISTLER TOOl

A very loyal lady of British birth
asked an American dame in England
whether they had any painters IL
America.
"Oh, yes" said the American, you
have some Of them here-Sargent
and Abbey and Mrs. Merritt and Nc
Clure Hamilton"
Dear me-" said the English lady,
you'll be claiming Whistler next!
Evening journal., 1911-10-20

Gle for Wilmington and Delaware. The DUPONT
road should not be dishgured by bill boards, but
it surely will be unless there is legislation against
them.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20

We have received the following re-
markable communication:
Evening journal., 1911-10-20
This Is Ii

Millions Of Catarrh Victims Have
Used il With Wonderful Results.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20

Pleased as we are with Mr.. Nc
Ginnis's letter, we must again insist,
as we have done repeatedly, that our
name is not Rutabaga. By our fond
parents at our christening we were
named Roger,-from our fathers flag,
the jolly roger. Our father was an
eminent pirate. Doubtless he hoped
we would follow in his path, and We
have been accused Of piracy many
times,-more especially by those OF
our fellow paragraphers who think
their ideas are new.
But to return to Mr.. McGinnis's let
ter: He says, you will note that
have not once used the word "tuber.
And it's a mighty lucky thing he
didn't Next to probe as applied to
an investigation, and "clash" as ap-
piled to an otherwise perfectly good
game OF baseball, we dislike the word
"tuber" almost as much as Sairy
Camp used to spige gin-ceptin' it's
hot
AS to the essential humor OF the
potato. We are inclined to agree with
our correspondent We admit that q
cold boiled potato is as humorous as
the ice in the river.
"why the ice in the river? yoJ
ask.
BLESS you, all through last winter
when we were not otherwise hu
morously entertained, We spent all on
time down by the waterfront jus
listening to the ice making funnl
cracks.
Don't strike us. papa. II hurts III
worse than il does you.
R S. Won Innes.
Evening journal., 1911-10-20

Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell Of
sThe AnecdOte that was Thurl0W
Weeds UndOing."
Evening journal., 1911-10-20

But to return to Mr. McGinnis's let
ter: He says, you will note that
have not once used the word "tuber.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
tx books for Dillon county will be
open for the collection of taxes
from Oct. 18th, 1910 to March 18th,
1911.
The following penalties will be
added:
January, one per cent. February,
two per cent, March, seven per
cent
All persons between the ages OF
81 and 60, except Confederate sol
diers and those otherwise exempt
oy law are liable for poll tax.
The Communication of two dollars
(2.O0) can be paid till March 1st,
1911. All persons between the ages
of 81 and 65 are liable.
The state, county and 3 mile CON
stitutional is 13 3-4
The following school districts
have extra levees:
Carolina No. 2, mills.
Little Rock No. 4, mills.
Reedy Creek No. 6, 4 mills.
Hamer No. Z, mills.
Dillon No. 3, mills.
New Holly No. 10, mills.
Bingham No. II, 2 mills.
Kentyre No. IL, 2 mills.
Union No. 13, 6 mills.
Pages Mill No. IA, 6 mills.
Mt. Calvery No. IS, mills.
Kemper No. 16, 3 mills.
Bermuda No. II, 3 mills.
Manning No. Is, mills.
Mt Andrew, No. 19, 3 mills.
Latta, No. 20, 8 mills.
Dalcho No. 81, 2 mills.
Oak Grove No. %, mills.
Pleasant Hill No. 25, mills.
Fork No. 20, mills.
Anyone wishing to pay taxes by
mail can get the amounts promptly
by writing me.
w. MCInnis,
9-22-tf Treas. Dillon County.
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For Sale by L.
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TAN RETURNS.

The Auditors office will be open
for taking tax returns form Janu-
AIRY 1st to February goth, 1911.
The law requires that the proper
ty be listed for taxes this year, in
Guiding personal property, notes,
mortgage moneys. etc, also an in
come tax on income OF $2,50O.UO
and upwards, and all real estate
that has been transferred from one
party to another since last return.
There shall be capitation tax Of
." cents on all dogs, the proceeds
tC be expended for school purposes.
Dogs not returned for taxation shall
net be held to be property in any
OF the courts OF the State.
! All males between the ages OF 81
aid so years, except Confederate
soldiers or those persons incapable
of earning support by being
uaimed or from any other cause
are liable to poll tax.
, All property must be assessed at
its true value in money" which is
construed to mean the sum at
which said property under ordi-
nary circumstances would sell for
cash"
Don't ask that your property &c
takeE from the books the same as
last year.
All property must be listed on
proper blanks and sworn 10. Town
ship and number of school district
must be given.
The auditor or his deputy will be
al the following places on the dates
mentioned below 10 take taN re-
turns:
Sellers, Wednesday, January %.
1871.
I.atta. Thursday and Friday. Ian
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Fires While Fleeing
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II Caught, Perhaps Lynched.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church will give a
George Washington birthday party
at Or. w. Stackhouse's residence
Friday afternoon from 4 until 6, and
in the evening from until IL. Re-
freshments will be served and the
proceeds win be used for making
improvements on the Presbyterian
Manse.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

ANSA ANoASANfkL N[AANDS
DIR. l.. Il. CRAIG.
Residence Phone ltG.
Office Phone l3s
Residence ut the HON. or
Mrs. Burt on East Main st. -
Office over Bank oI niItOn.
o. NJ. PAGE, G. f.
Civil Engineer, Land Sur.
veying and General Engt,
neering, DraugLting and
Blue Printing.
Office over McLaurin's store I
4
James Il. Coggershall,
Darlington. y. q,
u. X. Pettigrew, Dillon. y, -,
tOGGESHALL q
PETTIGREW
Attorneys-at-Law {
once over Bank of Dillon
Building
Dillon. South Carolina
=.
y. b. Hargrove, Joe j. Lane.
HARGROVE & LANE
Attorneys at Law
Dillon. S. c.
offices over Evans Pharmacy
=
WALTER +. STACKHOUsE
Attorney at Law
Marion, South Caro)jpa
Phone No. 8.
LANNEAU ID. LuDE
Attorney at Law
Marion, S. G.
Office in Graham Building.
Knox Livingston, ]. B. Gibson,
Bennettsville, S. c. Dillon, $. g.
LIVINGSTON a GIBSON,
Attorneys at Law.
Offices on Railroad Hye,
next door TO Cotton MD OF.
fices.
Dillon, s. &.
JOHNSON Il JOHNSstH,
q. Els.
Surveying and Engineering.
Drafting and Blue Printing
Represented by
w. +. X. Johnson.
Office over Cotton Mill Office
Dillon, S. c.
" -
- Office OF
d TOWNSEND, ROGERl'
q McLAURIN,
Attorneys at Law.
Dillon IS. c.
Office above McLauriB RruH
Store.
JAS. W. JOHNSON "
Attorney at Law 80,
Marion, South CO e"'eH
Practicing in the Coz.
Dillon County. .-Ll-u
-
p. B. Sellers w. c. NoOrc
" SLLERS a. MOORE
Attorneys at Law
Practice in State and
Federal Courts. Special at.
tention given to collections.
Office over Bank OF Dillon.
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The Supreme Proof of Ideal Management

A record unequaled by any COM
pany Of its age or order.
A policy issued by this com
pany eliminates all embarrass-
ment for our loved ones shoulI
death overtake you. It insures
confidence by giving saostantial
aid when assistance is most need
ed.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16

! out most of his
IS been merchan-
on Broad street,
by ID. r.. CdonI, ,
move to Society
he lands recently
by ID. n. Fowler.
w Dillon county
: with the inten-
little daughter TO
,turchison school
,,Ir, however, as
S'he middle OF the
67ere not enough
ga new class for
;" uter her in tho
:, n'Gl Il If he moves
Mas
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Dillon Storage Go.

We want our friends to know we bought our
Fertilizers last spring when prices were right.
We handle anything in the fertilizer line and can
save you money on your fertilizer bill. We have
a permit to do mixing and Can furnish the best
of mixed goods at prices that are attractive We
can sell you any mixed fertilizers Kainnit,
Muriate and Sulphate Potash, Nitrate Soda,
Peruvian guauo, Dried Blood, Bassic Stag, Lime in
stock, Fish scrap, Raw ground Bond, Cotton
Seed Meal We now have in stock about 800
tons of fertilizers and can supply wagons any
time you come to town. Come in to see us and
let us make you prices.
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urTcnt and drowned.
OtninE on his person
ould be identified.
s any clue as TO the
is requested 70 COM
Nr. c. Perett. of Pee
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and Miss Essie
some time with
at Four Oaks,
! home.