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The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
WhfflS GO ROUND
Legislative MiII Begins to Grind
Bi-cuniaI Grist
TWO HOUSES ORGANIZE
Frank N. Eddy Tells About 1t in Ms
Characteristic and Original
Style
Continued from Page l

ty-fve thousand word message unless
he was sentenced so to do so by the
courts:
The swearing" trains have now
borne their usual loads of disappoint-
ed cussing occupants to their homes,
while the successful elective and sue.
cessful appointive officials turn uI
their official noses in contempt and
indulge in unseemly jibes and ribald
jests at these ''office seekers and
the metropolitan press, ever toadying
to success, take up the refrain and
industriously poke fun at the losers.
out.
Yet it is just as honorable to solicit
support for an appointive office as it
is to solicit support for an elective of
flee. 1t is just as respectable to ask
for the position of clerk to the COM
mittee on temperance as it is to ask
for the position of United States SEN
ator, governor or any other office, and
any other office, and the man who
seeks support for an elective of
flee and then turns round and sneers
at a man who seeks support for an
appointiye Office is mighty small po-
tatoes and rotten in spots.
These ''cussers" go home swearing
that they are Through with poll
tics" but, bless their hearts, when
the next campaign rolls round they
will be found in the front rank carry
ing torches, spending their time and
money, yelling their heads off and ly-
ing like the Pirates of Penzance
for the candidates of their party.
Then they will come down for their
reward-and go home on the ''swear-
ing train" again. These faithful
thralls will never learn that it is the
wheel mules that draw most of the
load, receive more knocks and get
less oats than the others because they
are always in reach of the drivers
whip and get hitched up first and are
Embarrassed last. They will never
learn that naughty children get more
sugar plums to lure them to be good
than good ones get for being good.
In their case ssvirtue is its own re-
ward" and as that is the only reward
they ever get, who can blame them
for cussing little as they take their
homeward way.
One sometimes wonders, however,
why they don't do some of their swear
ing before election when it might do
some good instead Of waiting until
afterwards when it is useless.
Several important bills have been
introduced in both the house and
senate, including Distance Tariff,
Initiative, Referendum and Recall;
Adjustment of Capital punishment
and others.
Two important changes in the rules
were made, one requiring separate
bill for each appropriation and the
other requiring committees to report
back to the house all bills except
those relating to reapportionment
and appropriations, within twenty
days after being referred to then.
On last Thursday afternoon both
branches adjourned over till Monday.
FRANK M. EDDY
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12


Sam Gordon gave the senate
comittees shaking up, putting
new and progressive men at the
head of many committees and
relegating the machinists and
members of the old combine to
the rear. OF course the old
timers emit a roar, but the peo-
pie like it pretty well. It took
more than Jim Tawney's hot air
talk and threats from the COM
bine to scare Sam. He's lieu
tenant governor and don't care
who knows it. That's the kind
of a man to have in the chair. 8
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
Reckless in the Quest for Nsws-

1 Reckless In the Quest for News.
sdosh!" remarked old "Hen" Gum.
one Of the oldest inhabitants Of North
Hayden, Ind. don't 1t beat all get-out
what them Chicago papers'll do fer
news! One Of 'em went 30 far - TO
call up on the telephone. clean from
Chicago. the other day task Hayden
Charles wife. you know-a question
about q relative Of her'n. It must q
cost himI mean the feller who done
the callin'-a good piece of money.
cause here we are good thutty-flvs
miles from the city."-Chicago News.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
Tho Majors TIo.

When Maj. Banks was the best
known figure around the race tracks
of Cincinnati and the middles west.
he was extremely generous in tipping
OF his friends to "sure winners" One
man who enjoys his confidence and
played the horses according to the
majors advice. lost all his money and
finally succeeded In reducing himself
to the point where he had to sell out
his grocery business.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12

For agile foppers, commend
us to the standpat democrats in
the national house of representa-
tives who on Monday reversed
tifs1-s. fs1-.4.-1 7ao their record as
opposing Cannoass> ING
But the pooraems haSe beer
ouUoI power SO long ID the
nearness s. .1~''
lda1-'c asSs go ioloi %
.-.1.es their longing eyes that
they may be expected to do a
good many fool things.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12

It's always much easier and
pleasanter to criticise the other
fellow than it is to pass structures
upon ones self. Did you ever
notice that?
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
Taking No Chances.

Someone has discovered that il the
hand of sleeping person is placed in
saltwater that person will reveal the
secrets of his past life." said the host.
ess. and the visitor Immediately began
. hurried search for his hat
Where are you goingf" she asked
IN alarm.
"Going home to hide the saltceIlar, /"
replied the visitor, who knew some
thiug.@Stray Stories.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
Wolves Draw Cart.

A Russian named Pechenko, who is
travelling by road from Krosnoyarsk
to st. Petersburg with q little cart
drawn by two wolves. has arrived at
Omsk safely. The wolves were cap
tured five years ago and are now per
fectly tame.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12

Sauk Centres representative
in the state legislature was
chairman of the democratic eau
Gus and landed six good commit
tee appointments. You ca I
keep good man down.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12

The appointment of w. F.
Houk of Minneapolis as labor
commissioner to succeed w. e.
McEwen of Duluth is an excel
lent one. Mr.. Houk has been
connected with the mechanical
departments of different Mime
apolis papers for twenty or more
years and is every way compe-
tent to fill the position to which
he has been promoted. Unlike
his two immediate predecessors,
he is quiet, unassuming and
.eschews politics. The Office has
had enough of professional poll
ticians and loud -mouthed labor
leaders. Mr.. Houk, or Billy"
as he is Familiarity known among
the boys" will do credit both
to himself and the state in the
office of labor commissioner.
Occasionally true merit receives
recognition, even at the hands
of the machine that runs the
present state administration.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
was Afraid Of Phonooraph.

freed by cow moose, q Massuchu-
sets man started to play q phono-
grapn, and the moose thing was just
six seconds jumping over: two barns
and four haystacks and losing itself
In the woods. We know exactly how
the moose felt about 1t. and nothing
but the speed laws prevented us from
taking a similar hike on no less than
two thousand different occasions
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
Fountain Of Youth.

Does polar exploration Keep one
Young? A writer says: "Sir Ernest
shackleton looks mere youngster
who might be in his football prime.
Captain Scott, who IL due at the south
pole next year. is extraordinarily
youthful in appearance. But Com
mander Peary IL easily first In the
race for juvenility He is fifty-four.
as the years go. and he has spent 20
in sapping and mining his way to
the north pole. but today he might
very well pass for forty-three-not
only In the dusk. but in the daylight. .
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
Tho Pose.

Photographer twho. for the first
plate, has taken a great deal of trou.
BILE to get his sitter to relax the un-
naturally stern expression which men
assume under the ordeal. and now pre-
pares for q second exposure)-I shall
leave the expression to you this time,
sir.-Punch.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12

Redwood Falls, the thriving
county seat of Redwood county,
at it's annual city election last
week, went dry. A year ago
it voted moisture out and liked it
so well that the anti-booze vote
this year exceeded that of 1909.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12

The searchlight is revealing
some dark places in the methods
of the Minnesota State Agricul-
tural Society. It's a good thing
to have the state fair manage
ment investigated.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
Judoe Of Actions.

Sidney: Weigh not so much what
men say a. what they prove: remem.
Der the truth Is simple and naked.
and needs not invective to apparel
her comeliness-
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
ADVERTISING RATES

DISPLAY:
Transient. Is cts. per inch.
YEARLY CONTRACTS:
Less than 500 inches. f2l cts. per inch.
500 inches. II cts. per inch.
I 200 inches. 10 cts. per inch.
READING NOTICES:
cts. per line, first insertion; cts.
per line each subsequent insertion.
BLACK FACE LOCALS:
10 cts. per line first insertion; cts.
per line each subsequent insertion.
WANT ADVS:
cent word; nothing less than Is
cents.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
cHuRoH OF OUR LADY OF

THE ANGELS
Services every Sunday at s O'Clock
low mass. 10 O'Clock high mass.
Afternoon service at O'Clock p. m.
Every day mass at s o'clock a. m.
REV. Il. F. O'CONNOR. Pastor.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
Ube Churches.

@ coNGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Sunday morning 1890 preaching
segvice. Sunday School at 11:60 q. m.
o. E. society $50 p. m. Evening
service 500 p. m. Wednesday even
ing 500 p. M. prayer meeting and
bii,ie study.
FREDERICK II. OEHLER. Pastor. .
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12

THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
(EPIsCOPAL)
Feast of the Circumcision
Sermon and Holy Communion
at 1O:30 a. m.
Sunday School 1890 m.
REV. S. J.. MITCHELL, Rector.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Services, Morning, 1890.
Sunday School, II M.
Bible Study and Prayer Meeting
Wednesday Eve. 500
Everybody Welcome.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12

The governors message to the
legislature, and the platform
adopted by the progressive re-
publicans, placed side by side,
make quite an interesting dead
ly parallel. The chief execu-
cutive said several good
things, but he failed to
say other good things. For
instance, he was silent on
nstic' 80 of money! ing
poll al campaigns, he forgoE- to
mention the Initiative, referesn-
dun and recall, and his treat
ment of the primary law was a
plea for party solidarity. The
progressive republicans came
out strong against the corrupt
use of money and against cor
poration control of elections;
they declared emphatically for
the initiative, referendum and
recall, and demanded, in no un-i
certain tones, the extension Of
the primary law to include state
officers Later, when interviewed
on the question, Minnesota $
governor said he was not op-
posed to the initiative, referen-
dunn and recall but he was afraid
that the principle involved might
be misused. Read the message
and then read the progressive
platform and take your choice.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12
ST. pAUL's CHURCH

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Services every Sunday at 8 O'Clock
low mass. 10 O'Clock high, mass.
Afternoon service at 3 O'Clock p. m.
Every day mass at 8 O'Clock a. m.
Rev. A. ARTZ Pastor.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-27
Wright-HarTiSon.

The following account of the mar
riage of Mr.. William Berry Harri-
son, bookkeeper at the Dillon Cot
ton Mill,to Miss LucyAlbertaWrig
n popular young lady of Newberry is
taken from the Newberry Herald
and News:
One of the most brilliant affairs
OF the season was the marriage OF
Miss Lucy Alberta Wright to Mr.
William Berry Harrison, which was
solemniZed at the First Baptist
church, this city. Wednesday even
ing. The church was beautifully
decorated. The color scheme
in white and green, with banks OF
foliage against the background of
white lilies, gave Il fresh beauty 70
the lovely scene.
The bridal costume of rich
Duchess satin over messaline en-
train with corsage OF rare lace and
veil caught up gracefully with Ill
lies of the valley, and a shower bou-
quet OF brides roses and lilies OF
the valley completed the picture of
girlish beauty and happiness.
The maid of honor. Miss Alice
Aull, was gowned in a lovely crea-
tlon OF white Marquisette over Nile
green with a bouquet of pink car
nations and maiden hair ferns.
The groom's best man was his
brother, Mr.. Thomas NJ. Harrison,
of Greenville.
TO the soft strains of Mendels-
sohn's wedding march, beautifully
rendered by Miss Hattie Leavell.
the four ushers, Messrs. James L.
AuI, Alvin Wright, Tench Q Booz-
er and Frank Davis, led the bridal
party to the altar, followed by the
lovely flower girls. Misses Eliza
beth Wright, and Helen Purcell
bearing white roses and ferns.
The marriage ceremony was per
formed by the brides father, Rev.
George A Wright, who for 20 years
has filled the pulpit of the First
Baptist church in Newberry. and
gave his young daughter into the
keeping of her hearts choice with
emotion too deep for mere words.
The popularity of this young
couple was proved by the many
handsome and useful presents re-
ceived by them from Greenville.
Ncwberry and other places.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison will make
their home at Dillon, S. c., where
MI. Harrison holds a position of
responsibility in an established
business, and his sterling character
will win hosts of friends in their |
new home toward this popular
young couple
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-27
EXTENDING THE n. & :. &.
F"ing South From Mullins Toward
Georgetown.

The surveyors for the N K S. c..
I. X. K. arrived in Mullins last
Monday and commenced the sur
vey southwark on the extension of
the line from here on Tuesday
morning. While they maintain
strict silence as to the exact route
that they are going with the road,
the indications now are that they
will go at or near Ariels thence
on down by Allison's ferry and on
to Georgetown. That point is now
conceded by those who are watch
ing operations, to be the place to
which the road is going Should
they 20 through Britton's Neck il
VIII open up a very rich country
and add maly thousands of dollars
TO the trade of this town annually.
AT present Mullins gets very little
trade from that section of Marion
county, as il would have to come
too far Il distance to reach her
and then, too, have TO come through
Marion, which offers SO many ad-
NantageS to the trade, this prac-
icaily cutting Oft Mullins.
From Trustworthy Sour"., We
learn ii at work on grading g to
starr tight away, certainly LpfUrc
the first of the month, and il will
not be many months before we can
enjoy visit from our ncighbors
down in the Neck" and return
their call 10y rail. A large force of
graders will he in Mullins soon
and things around the southern
section of the town will livcu up.
Enterprise.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-27
Free State News.

Written for last week.
::.:Ster was pleasantly spent in
this section.
Mr.. Neill Mclnnis, OF Bingham.
was here Sunday.
Mrs. Belle Blake, of Dunn, ". c..
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry
Parham.
Miss Terva Belle Spinks, of Bing-
ham, was here Sunday.
Miss Ruth Hayes. of Coker Col
lege, spent the week end at home.
Mr.. James Rogers who has been
teaching at Blythe wood is home
for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Berry and
sister, Miss Annie, of near Latta,
spent Saturday and Sunday in this
section.
Messrs. l.. T. Ellis, G. w. Taylor
and b. X. Pierce, of Mallory. were
here Sunday
Mrs. A. G. Mckay is visiting in
Rowland this week.
Mrs. j. S. Hayes is visiting rela-
tives in Gibson this week.
Mr.. j. A. LeGette is very sick
with the measles. We hope him a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. ID. S. Rogers is spending a
few days in Dillon this week.
Mr.. w. A. McRae. of Dunbar. was
a pleasant visitor here Tuesday
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-27
Calvary Items.

Monday morning, April 24th.-A
very heavy frost in this section this
morning; most of the farmers are
through planting cotton and same
have their cotton up. There is no
doubt but that some will have to
plant again, then the question aris-
es, where will we get the seed?
Some have few seed left over,
some have none. If Mr.. Jack Frost
visits us again as he is this morn
ing the few seed will not be put in
at the rate of a bushel per acre.
Rev. J. II. Moody was in the
Pleasant Hill section Sunday last.
d. w. Bowen was at Pages Mill
Sunday last.
NJ. r. Moody and family left Sat
urday morning for different parts in
North Carolina and Horny county
where they will spend several days
There has been several new or
gans left in this section recently.
Some one must be expecting a good
price for cotton next fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wagon Stephens
were in the Bermuda section Sun
day last.
Edgar Turbeville, of Gaddys Mill,
was i'll this section Sunday after
noon. Come again, Ed.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-27
Millions of Green" Money Being
Sent Back.

Peopl" in the West and South
have become SO rich that they car
ry in their pockets more money than
they used to, and the Treasury De-
partment is having trouble to sup
ply the demand, which is SO insist
ent that large quantities of green"
money, or unseasoned bills, are be-
ing sent out.
AS a result of these conditions,
money does last as long as il used
TO. There are no statistics available
but an official of the United States
treasury sak recently they had de
cided the m& ney lasted only half as
long as il should
This rapid wearing out of money
has become such serious problem
that the Secretary of the Treasury
has decided TO issue fewer bills of
large denominations and use the Bu-
reau of Printing and Engraving TO
lts utmost capacity in the produc-
ton Of small bills in the hope that
he can get a supply ahead Tens of
millions of dollars will he printed
The cartwheel dollar is becoming
as scarce i'll the Middle West and
South as in the East, and instead
the business men have their pocket
filled with paper money. The re-
placement of silver and gold coin by
paper has been going on gradually
for about six years, the South being
first when its bumper cotton crop
was harvested at high prices few
years ago.
The large crops of grain and 9TH
er farm products have provided the
entire farming community with
more money, and the people have
acquired the habit of carrying more.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-27
LACK OF 81 MAKES A WIDOW.
Wanted Warrant for Husband Who
Threatened Suicide, but Officials
Demand money.

Montreal, April 22.-Because Mrs.
Joseph Bourdan did not have the
necessary SO required as a fee for
warrant of arrest she is a widow
to-day.
Mrs. Bourdan went to the Record
er's Court office late yesterday and
Historically informed the officials in
charge that he husband was making
elaborate plans to commit suicide.
She urged that he be arrested or in
some way prevented from carrying
out his design.
The court officers, after careful
questioning, informed her they they
would be glad to issue warrant
for the mans arrest if she would
pay the usual SO fee. She lacked a
few cents of the necessary amount,
however, and the court clerks de-
clined to make out the papers.
They offered, however to send
the man a letter demanding an ex-
planation of his conduct, BY the
time the letter, imposingly tied in
official tape, reached his home,
Hondan had finished his scaffold, ar
ranged his moose, and hanged him
self
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-27
Why He Didn't Pay.

Missouri preacher at the con-
cluslon of one of his sermons,
SAID: Let all in the house who
are paying their debts, stand up. -
instantly every man, woman and
child with one exception. rose
10 their feet. The preacher seated
them and said: Now, every man
not paying his debts stand up"
The exception noted, n carworn.
hungry-looking individual clothed
III his last summers suit. slowly
assumed perpendicular position.
HOW is it, my friend" asked the
minister, that you are the only
man not TO meet his oblgations?"
run newspaper" he meek
iiy answered, and the brethren
mere, who just stood up, are nv
subscribers. = Selected.
he prisoners box. he said that he +
ad nothing to say. Judge Wilson
ola Gist that he would allow him
me TO prepare to meet his God l.
M told him that the Ruler of the
inverse was a just God and that he
eileved that if he would be penit
mt that the Master above would
now MIN mercy. Turning then to
calendar standing near his desk
uuse wilson selected Friday. Nav
o. as the date OF the execution.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-27
PROF NICKLES RE-ELECTED.
Again Chosen Superintendent OF
Greenwood Public Schools.

Greenwood, April 2I. - Special:
Prof. w. w. Nickles, who is now
completing his first year as super
intendent of the Greenwood public
schools, has been unanimously re-
elected superintendent for another
year. In doing SO the trustees prac-
ucally express their cordial endorse
ment of his work for the past year.
Prof. Nickles came to Greenwood
last year from Dillon where he had
Deen for the past fourteen years.
he had been unanimously reelected
there, and the people were anxious
TO have him remain. but for a num-
Der of reasons he wished to come
TO the up-country. He is a native
or this county, and was graduated
from Wofford College in the class
OF 1895.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-27

The County Commissioners have
very wisely decided to build a sand
and clay road from the North Caro-
lima line above Hamer to the coun-
ty line below Sellers. The road will
pass through Hamer, Dillon and Lat
ia and will provide easy means of
travel to either of these towns. How
ever, the road should be
made to parallel the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad and should not be a
zig-zag highway as is shown by the
blue print which outlines the course
to be followed. Years ago when
time was too plentiful to be valued
as one of mans assets distance was
not regarded as of any consequence
in the building of highways, and
Its was regarded as a matter of
economy to divert the course of a
road several miles to save the ex-
pense of building a causeway or
bridging stream, but to-day condi-
tions are different, and while we
are building permanent highways
let us remember that time is mon
ey and that it will pay in the long
run to spend additional money in
building new roads that will reduce
the distance from point TO point.
When the road is completed from
the State line on the north to the
county line on the south another
road shhould be built from the ex-
treme upper end of the county
touching the Marlboro line on the
west and ending at the boundry
line on the east This road would
connect the lower and upper ends
of the county and would pass
through Judson, Little Rock, Dillon
and Pages Mill. The county would
then be cut into squares and it
would be an easy matter to connect
the public roads from the settle
ments with the main highways.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-27
Watching Dillon Grow.

We take the liberty of publish
ing the following letter from a
former Dillon county boy, who, al
though a busy man in the world of
affairs" still takes deep interest
the land of his nativity and feels a
profound pride in the development
OF Dillon county:
Gadsden. Ala, April %, 1911.
Mr.. A. b. Jordan,
Dillon, S. c.
Dear Sir
Please find check for 1925 TO
credit my subscription to The Her
aid. / congratulate you on the pa
per you are getting out, the articles
you give on civic pride, schools and
good roads. Be a booster or be a
clam. / left my old home at Gala
Won IA years ago and it is with
much pleasure / see Dillon county
forging onward so rapidly. May
your people and the railroads get
together and give Dillon the pas
senger depot it deserves. We are
going to hold an election here on
the Gath inst. to authorize $4,000
more bonds to complete our new
water works system costing $780,
600 1t will carry success to you
and yours.
Yours truly,
r. l.. Cottingham.