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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07

have never been able to see why
a newspaper should not be taxed
just the same as any other business
institution. We are not quite as
well off in worldly goods as some
of our contemporaries who are
kicking over a SIS and $40 license,
but we do not object to paying the
S15 per year it costs us to do busi-
ness in Dillon. The day is coming
when newspapers will cease to be
objects Of special consideration. 1t
is hard to live down a custom and
the newspapers of to-day are suf-
fering from a custom that obtain
ed half a Gentry ago when the edi-
tor lived on the bounty of the pub
lie and gave in exchange more than
twice as much as he received. The
newspaper that can live close to
its people and maintain its spirit
Of independence without being self
ish, arrogant and dictatorial, weilds
a far greater influence for it's COM
munity than does the newspaper
hampered by special favors from
individuals or public service cor
porations. The pay for what you
set policy and make the other fell
low do the same is a pretty good
rule to apply to any business.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07
AWAITING FIANCEE, KILLS sEI1
Suicide of Wealthy st. Louis Man in
New York Hotel.

New York, September 2. While
waiting here to meet his fiancee
upon her return from Europe, DAN
iel f. Carlson JrI, member OF
one of the most prominent and
wealthy families in st. Louis, COM
mitted suicide to-day because he
believed that he was too i'll to
marry.
When his body was found to-day,
shot through the head, at the Wal
dorf Astoria, there were two letters
beside him. In one the suicide told
his father that he would rather die
than to continue to suffer and that
it would be unjust to his fiancee to
marry her in his present state Of
health. The other letter was writ
ten by the girl he expected to mar
ry and urged him to "cheer up mad
think of the better days to come" "
Mr.. Garrison's father and his
son by his first marriage, who came
here with him yesterday. decided
to tell his fiancee's name, saying
that this course was best for all
concerned. She is expected to ar
rive from Europe, either to-day or
tomorrow. Her letter was dated
August and written while abroad.
1t was signed Mary
The suicide left a note addressed
to his father, saying that he would
rather e dead than suffer any
longer the pains of kidney. trouble,
hay fever and asthma. The body
was found by h,s SON when he went
to call Him for breakfast. lMr.
Garrison lay in bed wearing his
night clothes With a pistol by his
side and a bullet hole over the
right ear. None heard the shot.
Mr.. Garrison, Jr., went to the
theatre last evening with his son,
and when the father returned he
seemed in excellent spirits. He
asked his son to call him in the
morning, saying that they might
be able TO take an interesting boat
ride to-day. The Garrison family is
one of the most prominent and
wealthiest OF st. Louis.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07

He said that Father Major had
told one of his brother priests only
short time ago of an interesting
incident that happened just at the
close of the civil war that came to
his knowledge when he (Father
Major) was in Canada This incl
dent was as follows, and throws
some light on the assassination of
President Lincoln by Wilkes Booth.
While in Canada Father Major said
five Confederates, who had taken
refuge in that country, decided to
continue the fight by attempting to
kidnap President Lincoln; and that
these five men went to Washington
in disguise, but before they did
anything one of them was captured
TO be shot or hanged. The man
was friend of Wilkes Booth, and
the latter went to President
Lincoln in an effort to have the life
of his friend saved; that Booth
stated afterward that the president
granted his request for the re-
prieve or pardon. For some reason,
however, the presidents reprieve or
der was never delivered to the prop
er officer and the man was exc
cuted on Good Friday. According to
what one of the other four men af-
terward told Father Major, the
fact that his friend was executed
incensed Booth greatly, and that
night at the Ford theatre he shot
and killed the president.
Father Major always believed
that the assassination of Mr.. Lin
coin was solely due to the anger
of Booth over the idea that the
president had not kept faith with
him and had allowed his friend to
be executed. Some minor official
had probably held up the reprieve,
but neither Booth nor Lincoln knew
this
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07

The Dillon Herald is published at
the County Seat of one of the rich
est agricultural counties in the
State. 1t is the official organ of
the county and goes into 80 per
cent. of the homes in the county in
which it is published. The office
is equipped with linotype and mod
ern, high speed presses.
INSCRIPTION RATES - S1.50
per year or rs cents for months.
subscriptions for less than six
months will be charged at the rate
of Is cents per month. All sub
scriptions are payable in advance.
ADVERTISING RATES may be
had on application, and advertisers
may feel assured that through the
columns of this paper they will
reach all of Dillon county, a part of
Eastern Carolina and contiguous
territory in North Carolina.
Obituary sketches, cards of
thanks, communications espousing
the cause of a private enterprise or
. political candidate, and like mat
ter, will be charged at the rate of
g cents per line. Contract adver-
tisers will not be allowed to exceed
their space at same rates or adver-
:ise anything foreign to their regu-
lar business without extra charge
Advertisements to occupy special
place will be charged for according
to position desired
COMMUNICATIONS unless they
contain important news, or discuss
briefly and properly subjects of
real interest, are not wanted; and
acceptable in every other way
theY will be rejected unless the
che real name of the author ac-
companies the same, not necessar-
lily for publication, but as a guar
antee of good faith.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07

There has been such a wonder
ful Improvement in The Fairmont
Messenger that Editor Wilson de-
serves the congratulations of the
newspaper fraternity. Last week
the messenger came out carrying
ten pages of splendid reading mat
ter. Not so very long ago a gen.
tleman whose business keeps him
In close touch with nearly every
newspaper in America told us that
the best weekly newspapers in the
United States were published in
North and South Carolina. There
has been a wonderful Improvement
In the weekly press of the two
states in the past five years and
The Messenger, of Fairmont, is
among the number.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07
DILLON, $. c., SEPT. Z, 1911

When we see the other counties
III the State preparing to hold
fall fairs it makes us feel
more keenly the need of a coun-
ty fair for Dillon. The annual
fair is a great event in the social
life of the county, but aside from
the social feature it is the means
of bringing the masses of the peo-
pie together for the discussion of
questions relating to the welfare
of their county and also gives them
an opportunity for the wholesome
exchange of ideas on the different
methods of crop culture and the
breeding os stock and cattle. Dill
on being one Of the leading agri-
cultural counties of the State it is
a great pity that her citizens have
not yet awakened to the import
ance Of a county fair.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07
Notice.

pursuant to a commission issued
TO the undersigned as corporators
of the Allen Hardware & Furniture
Company, by the Honorable r. NJ.
McCown, Secretary of State, bear
ing date the first day of Septem-
Der, 1911, notice is hereby given
that books of subscription to the
capital stock OF said Company will
be open at the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank of Latta, S. c., on Fri
day, the Sth day of September, 1911
at IL O'Clock, in the forenoon. The
capital stock of the proposed cor
poration is five thousand dollars, to
be divided into fifty shares of the
par value of One Hundred Dollars
each.
L. b. Rogers, Jr..
]. ]. Allen,
:. ]. d. Coleman,
Corporators.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07

That is a good story the Messrs.
st. John tell in the Florence Times
Of how they managed to build
up Myrtle Beach Hotel by the jul
dicious use Of printers ink. The
public knew very little about Myr-
tie Beach and less about its hotel
until the Messrs. st. John brought
the resort to the attention of the
people through the press of the
Pee Dee, and it is gratifying to
note that they have Just closed a
most prosperous and profitable sea-
son which they attribute largely to
advertising. Just what the Messrs.
St. John have done with their ho-
tel any merchant can do with his
business. There is no secret about
advertising. Amy man who pre-
pares his ads. with care and adopts
the motto of keeping constantly
at it" will get bigger dividends
on lis investment than he will get
from land investments or bank
stocks.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07
NO CHINESE TYPEWRITERs.
The Reason For That is Found in
the $4,000 Word Signs in use.

me fSeaSCfl For That is Found in
the $4,000 Word Signs in use. :.
Typewriters are now made for
use in nearly a hundred different
languages, and they are sold all ov-
er the world: but there is still one
great nation which, for very sim
pie reason, has no typewriters that
write d tongue. That nation Is
China.
The English alphabet has twenty
six letters, the Russian thirty-six.
The typewriter produced for Rus
sian markets Is the largest made;
but no typewriter could be made
that would begin to be big enough
for the Chinese language, which has
no alphabet but is represented by
sign characters, of which there are
about fifty thousand. or the great
number of words found in the Eng
llsf language only a small proper
tion are used for the ordinary pur-
poses OF speech, and the same is
true of the characters used in the
Chinese language, but the number
or Chinese characters commonly en-
ployed is still far greater than
could be put on any typewriter. So
this nation Of 400,000,000 people
mas no typewriters in its own ton
que.
But that doesn't mean that no
typewriters are sold in China. More
ana more Chinese are learning 9TH
er languages besides their own,
and Chinese merchants use type
writer's, and they are used in lega-
tions and in consular offices and
In banks and shipping offices and
colleges, and by missionaries, by
various people. Altogether there
are sold in China good many
typewriters.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07

Senator Manning's offer of 0$25
TO the largest company of Red
Shirts sent TO the reunion from
Dillon county should stimulate
some considerable interest among
the members of this former organ
ization that rendered such valuable
service during the stirring days of
the seventies. Old Marion was a
large and powerful county in those
days and we understand that quite
O number of large companies were
organized in the several communi-
ties 1t has not been so very long
ago, and it is reasonable to pre-
sumo that quite a number of the
old members still reside in Dillon
county. 1t should be a distinct cred
1t to Dillon to have a large and
representative number of Red
Shirts at the reunion and The
Herald sincerely hopes that some
effort will be made to get the old
companies together
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07
Notice.
State OF South Carolina.
Dillon county

State OF South Carolina.
Dillon county.
Court of Common Pleas.
Pursuant to an order granted by
his Honor. r. C.. Watts, Judge of
the Fourth Judicial Circuit bear
ing date the 2Sth dav of August,
1911, notice is hereby given that
all and singular the creditors of
the estate of Martha Jane Jackson,
deceased, do file their respective
claimG, duly proven, before the un-
dersigned as Master of Dillon
county, on or before the 9Th day
of October. A. D., 1911, and upon
the failure of any creditor to file
his claim, as herein required, shall
be barred the benefit of their
claim against said estate.
A. B. Jordan,
Dillon, s. c., Aug. 30th, 1911.
Master Dillon County.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07
Citation.
State of South Carolina,
Dillon County.


State Of South Carolina,
Dillon County.
III the Probate Court.
Whereas, Jack r. Watson, has
made suit 20 me to grant him let
ters of administration of the es-
tate anC effects of Mary H. Shep.
pard, deceased. These are there
fore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors
OF said Mary H. Sheppard to be
and appear at the pro-
bate court to be held at my
office at Dillon, s. c., on the 18th
day of September, 1911, at 10
O'Clock, a. m. to show cause, IL any
mil;stration should not be granted.
they have, why said letters of ad-
Given under my hand and seal
this 3Oth day of August, 1911.
r. A. Bruneon.
j. p. Fof Dillon County.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07

Several of our exchanges have
been kicking lately because they
have to pay city license, but we
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07

or 6 doses 1865" will cure any
case OF Chills and Fever. Price,
25c.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07

FOR RENT. ONE FOIJR-ROOT
mouse near business section. Ap-
ply quickly to G. r. Pettigrew.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07

BIBLES - RANGING IN PRICE
from Is cents to $3.50 at The
Herald Book Store.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-09-07

FOR SALE. - FORTY ACRES OF
Etpd in Floyds township, Horny
county. 80 acres cleared. Price
fttecn hundred dollars. One half
cash, good time on balance. Ap-
ply to L. o. Hutchinson, Mich
OILS. S. c., r. F. d. No. 1.
81.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-05-14
A Spartan Father.

Recently first year high school pu pill handed her history teacher what she evidently considered an exhaustive and final study of Lacedaemonian gus sons. In 1t she stated that one Spar Gan habit of strengthening youth was to compel the boys to sleep always GU beds and thistles
 The incident reminds one of a story that is told of one of the Camerons Of Lochiel.
 The chief. when bivouacking with his son in the snow. noticed that the lad had rolled up snowball to make q pillow. He thereupon rose and kick cd it away. saying sternly, No ef eeminacy. boy!'-Youth's Companion.
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$50 RecipesCure Weak Men---Free
Send Name and Address Today-You
 Can Have It Free and Be Strong and Vigorous.


 I have in my possession a prescrip- ton for nervous debility, lack of viz or. weakened manhood, failing mem- cry and lame back, brought on by sxcesses, unnatural drains, or the 'ollies of youth, that has cured SO lany worn and nervous men right in heir own homes-without any add1 ;ional help or medicine-that I think .very man who wishes to regain his ;iianly power and virility quickly and quietly should have copy. So have determined to send 8 copy of the prescription free of charge in a plain, ordinary sealed envelope to any man who will write me for 1t.
 This prescription comes from a phy- silian who has made a special study the surest acting combination for the cure of deficient manhood and vigor failure ever put together.
 I think I owe 1t to my fellow man to send them a copy in confidence so that any man anywhere who is weak and discouraged with repeated fail- ures may stop drugging himself with harmful patent medicines, secure what I believe is the quickest acting restorative. upbuilding, SPOT-TOUCH- ING remedy ever devised, and 60 cure himself at home quiet and quickly. Just drop me a line like this: T. A. E. Robinson, 4326 Luck building, Detroit. Niich., and will send you . copy of this splendid recipe in . plain ordinary envelope free of charge. A great many doctors would charge g to $5 for merely writing out . prescription like this-but I send it entirely free.
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His Experience,

Jasper" said Mrs. Grigson, was looking over the morning pap. there's story of woman who was robbed on q street car In broad day h"ht. and yet the thief got away un- suspected"
 Mir. Grigson said that he had seen the item, but that 1t was either a typo graphical error or else the story was pure invention.
 Why do you say thatr asked his a!fe.
 Look at the item again It says her purse contained S100 in currency. does t rotT'
 Yes"
 Tt says there was also a, receipted hill for five dollar hat. does 1t not ?''
 Yes"
 Well. no woman with $1OO in cash in her possession would buy u five dol ,ar hat"-Youth's Companion.
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MODERN HAIR DRESSING

has plaved havoc with the tresses of the fair sex, and druggists every where comment on the fact that they are selling large quantities or sage for making the old-fashioned sage tea" such as was used by our grand- mothers for promoting the growth ot their hair and restoring its natural color.
 The demand for this well-known herb for this purpose has been so great that one manufacturer has taken advantage of the fact, and has placed on the market an ideal sage tea" containing sulphur, valuable remedy for dandruff and scalp rashes and irritations, called Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy.
 NThe manufacturers of this remedy authorize druggists to sell it under guarantee that the money will be re- funded if it fails to do exactly as represented.
 This preparation is offered to tho public at fifty cents a bottle and is recommended and sold by
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-05-14
Tho Alternative.

If the window had been eight fee, from the ground" pouted the young wife. 'instead of eight stories. I'd have thrown myself out when you quarreled win me. Then you'd have had to be sweet to me when you picked me up lot of wives attempt suicide. they say. just to be petteG when they come to-
 "Yes," said be- but sometimes they don't como to, remember "-New YorA Press. ~~ "-'sa
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-05-14

"~Why did you hurry SOP he askeA her when be had finally caught up with her 4. the ,fCot 1f the stairs of the cafe.
 "Do you -resnembes how tn. walter prepared to put clean tablecloth on ,our able tfor fresh guests" she asked 'e'before we got through listening n ;the music ?''
 "Yes" said ',e.
 --"Well then. hcr.. ,s!ls said and Nshowed him large white tnblecloth That had been hidden under her coat ''"rhis is 1t. He laid 1t on tho window faiu Serves him right
 Aue gazet. upon It In auazement. '.-'Why didn't you let me know" ha *queried. "and might have taken the .alble and walked out with thatf'' SNew York Press.
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His Critic.

"The greatest compliment that ever received" says Opie Read, twas crit lcism. Several years ago went to Arkansas and visited the scene where one of my stories Is laid. The landlord of the little hotel said to me:
 "'Here comes a little old fellow to whom loaned a copy of your book. He can't read but his wife reads to him. Let's see what he says about the book
 "'"Hello, Jason. did your wife read that book to you?"
 "Mawnin'. sah. Yes. she done read it to me-"
 Well. what do you think of it?"
 "'"Huh? That ain't no book at all. done lived hear fo' fo'ty yeahs an ] done .hearn folks talk that away al. th' time" '"--Cincinnati Inquirer.
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\ THRILLING RIDE.

Hss Piano a-.~ Frercnrran Gave a
 Loco ,nottv- Enataeer.
 T was loiterius 4round the streets ,ast night" said Jim Nelson, one of the old locomotive engineers running into New Orleans AS l had nothing to do dropped into concert and heard sleek looking Frenchman play piano in a way that made me feel all over in spots As soon as he sat down on the stool I knew by the way he handled himself that he understood the machine he was running. He tapped the keys away up one end, just as if they were gauges and he wanted to see if he had water enough. Then he looked up as if he wanted to know how much steam he was carrying, and the next moment he pulled open the throttle and sailed on to the main line as if he was half an hour late. You could hear her thunder over culverts and bridges and getting faster and faster, until the fellow rocked about in his seat like cradle. Somehow thought 1t was old 38 pulling pas senger train and getting out of the way of special. The fellow worked the keys on the middle division like lightning, and then he flew along the north end of the line until the drivers went around like buzz saw and gol excited. About the time was fixing to tell him to cut her on a little he licked the dampers under the machine wide open, pulled the throttle away back fn the tender. and how he did run! l couldn't stand 1t any longer end yelled to him that he was pound ing in the left side, and if he wasn't careful he'd drop bis ash pan. But hs didn't hear. No one heard me Everything was flying and whizzine Telegraph poles on the side of the track looked like a row of cornstalks, and trees appeared to be a mudbank. and all the time the exhaust of the old machine sounded like the hum of a bumblebee. tried to yell out, but my tongue wouldn't move. He went around the curves like bullet, slipped an eccentric, blew out his soft plug went down grades fifty feet to the mile and not a controlling brake set. She went by the meeting point at q mile and a half 2 minute. and calling for more steam. My hair stood up straight, because knew the game was up. Sure enough, dead ahead of us was the headlight of special. In a Jaze l heard the crash as they struck and I saw cars sh1vered into atoms people smashed and mangled and hloeding and gasping for water heard another crash as tue French professor struck the deep keys away down on the lower end of the sou thel1 division, and then I came to my sens as There he was at dead standstill With the door of the frebox of the machine open. wiping the persp.rutior off his face and lowing to the people before him. If live to be s tnct1sa nc years old I'll never forget the ride that Frenchman gave me on piano. Life.
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Heat.

Heat.
 Little things like baciln will live IL temperature of above 211 degrees E Experimental observations of stokers have shown that man is a cousin tc the salamander. Dante made six fiery circles of hell and felt constrained tc resort to ice for the seventh and last condemnation of souls. Heat, in other words. Is @ relative term. Heat is bene6cient if you like things hot It depends on the point of view. Heat i. supposed to be enervating The hook worm Is engendered by 1t. But, then. a race horse will go much faster on $ hot day than a cool one. The aercesr rays of the sun appear to lubricate the joints. There are various kinds of heat. such as just common, everyday heat. prickly heat and the heat of tle- bate. etc.-Kansas City Times.
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He Studied It.
Fl. Rider Haggard in "A White

Fl. Rider Haggard Tn "A winter F1' grimage" tells this anecdote:
 "When l was soaring human boy my father toak me up the Rhine Dy boat with the hope and expectation that my mind would be improved ty contemplating its lovely and historic banks. Wearyiag of this feast very soon. slipped dawn to the cabin to enjoy one more conaenlal. that of Rob, insnn Crusoe' But some family tra'' tor betrayed me. and. protesting even with tears that I hated views. l wa~ dragged to the deck again. T have paid thalers' shouted my justly +, dignant parent as he hauled me " the steamer stairs. for you to stud, the Rhine scenery, and. whether yo. like it or not. young man. study 1t ,e, shali'"
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Love and tho Laundry.

tThe only thing find to say against you Is that your washing bill is far toe extravagant. Last week you had six blouses in the wash. Why, Jane. my own daughter never sends more than two"
 "Ah. that may be. num-" replied Jane, but lave to! Your daughters sweetheart is bank clerk. while my young man Is chimney sweep. It makes difference, lnum."-London 'Cit.Bits.