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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-05-11

The Herald is heartily in favor of
building a> bridge over Pee Dee
river. but it thinks the bridge
should be built by private subscrip-
ton or by stock company. In that
event it could be made a toll bridge
and the investors would get some
return on their money. We have
Just set up housekeeping for our
selves and Dillon county has about
all the bonds she will be able to
take care OF for the next several
years. To burden the tax payers
with additional bonds for a bridge
over the river when there are SC
many other improvements of great
er Importance needed right at home
would be an unwise policy, and If il
Is necessary for the county to gc
into debt to get the bridge we be-
Heye the commissioners would be
meeting the wishes Of the tax pay.
ers by abandoning the matter. We
believe the bridge can be built BY
private subscription, or private in,
dividuals might be induced to take
1t over as a business proposition
In either event it could be made a
toll bridge and those who would
reap the greatest benefits from il
would be the ones taxed for its
maintenance
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-05-11
Cannon Gone Mad.

Ex-Speaker Cannon, who deliv-
cred TRADE against the Canadian
reciprocity bill while speaking in
opposition to tine farmers free list
bill. turned to the Democrats and
said:
Your lease of power is short.
You are here only because one-half
the voters of this country cannot
remember the sad plight of the peo-
pic 5urine the previous Democratic
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-05-11

Prof. William Carmichael. super
intendent Of the Durham CITY
schools. spent Thurs day with his
mother, Mrs. Agnes Carmichael
Prof. Carmichael. who is also in
spector Of State schools for North
Carolina, was on a tour OF the State
and ran over from kumberton to
spend Il day with his mother and TO
greet his numerous Dillon friends.
Prof. Carmichael is one OF the fore
most educators in North Carolina
and his rapid rise in the educational
world Is a source OF pride and
pleasure TO his legions of friends at
home.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-05-11
TRAGEDY AT SELKIRK.
Frank Owens Accidentally Kills
Daniel McGill. Both Coiored

Daniel McGill. Both Coiored.
At Selkirk Friday, Frank Owens
accidentally killed Dan McGill. The
tragedy occurred on Mr.. Harry
Cousar's place and the evidence at
the inquest held by Coroner Gasque
Friday afternoon showed that the
killing was accidental The boys
were playing together when Owens
picked up a pistol and pointed it
at McGill, telling him not Ito
grunt." Not suspecting that he
would be shot for disobeying the
order McGill grunted, when the
Owens boy fired the pistol
and the bullet lodged in NC
GilIs body producing almost in
slant death. The Owens boy is be-
ing held on the charge of criminal
carlessness
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-04
TREATIES READY FOR SIGNING
Bryce Makes Special Journey to
Washington-France Signs Treaty

Washington, Aug. 2.-Ambassador
James Bryce of Great Britain will ar
rive in Washington from Seal Har-
Dor Me, at 1870 tomorrow afternoon
to sign the general arbitration treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain. Everything is now in readi-
ness for the signing of the treaties
with both Great Britain and France
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon. I'M
mediately after he signs the conven-
ton, Ambassador Bryce will return
to his summer embassy at Seal Har-
Dor.
No great confidence is expressed by
Senators in the speedy ratification of
the British treaty. The question has
been informally discussed among
members OF the Foreign Relations
Committee, and some have expressed
the opinion that it is technically de-
fective in the methods provided for
bringing subjects before the arbitra'
ton tribunal
In case of adjournment next week
ii would be difficult to obtain action
during the present session on either
OF the treaties.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-04
sArrEo IN UNION sU rs
constaee FIashes Star On Mermads
W o CO to Cdisp0ose

Kansas cry, Mo, Gag. s-~Wo'I
reached Earl Dawson, deputy consta-
bic Of HMlem, across the river from
Kansas City Tuesday atleslDln. maj
two girls were bathing in the Mis-
souri, river without the proper
amount Of clothing on" When he
arrived he found large part OF the
population Of Harlem on the river
bank gazing waterward.
Dawson appealed to the more ex-
nerenced present TO say If they were
bathing suits the girls had on, and
If not what they were? lie was tOld
that II they were bathing suits they
ought not to be- One man who work.
ed IN q department store SAID they
were Just plain union suits"
Deputy Dawson then showed his
star and called upon the girls to come
out. They came readily enough and
Dawson retired behind cmmp of VII
lows while they dressed. The girls
gave their names as Grace Dalton,
aged nineteen, and Nellie Noise, aged
sixteen. both of Kansas City Dep.
uty Dawson escorted them to the cal
aDoose, followed by cavalcade Of in
dignant Harlemites. Then the girls
were fined
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-04
SUNDERLAND

B. ). Hill vas in Manchester Mon
day.
Mrs A. P. Bowen spert Sunday out
OF town.
Seleral from here wAnt Oh the ex.
cursion Sunday.
Nj snd Mrs A. z. , .ntiey were in
Bennington saturday.
Walter Noune of Bennington was
at A. H. Bentley's Sunday
Miss Margaret Graves is entertain
ing young friend from Now York
City.
Miss Mildred Dooles Of Asbury
Park is visiting her aunt, Mrs Mittie
Hill.
MISS Tarbel cf Brocklme. Mass
IS hJ ard ~ a low waens ! he home
Of 4 u Bentley.
A npmoer fr I'm here a. suicl the
surprise mry given A,-on Bentley
OF Mant hester Saturday evening"
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Randall and
son aul Mrs Nathan Mears OF Sand
gate we're a. A. +. Bent ay's sunday
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-04
0, but ! kindly but finally declined.

40, but ] kindly but finally declined.
Those forties are not sold yet
People usually want 10 buy all the
land they think they can pay for,
when they are shown around and
listen to the agents talk about the
wonderful products. ard how soon
they are going to raise the price of
land $40 per acre, but If they would
just take the time 10 hire a team,
ride around the country and talk TO
the old settlers who are not in the
land-selling business, they might find
out a few facts upon which to form
very different opinion. AS soon as
| got moved into our house | began
to look for a well driller TO drill for
me. for ! was hauling water mile
from the town well and paying 21s
cents per barrel for it. II was about
three months before ! got one TO
work. and about the first of May he
got the well finished and IL flowed
from five to eight gallons per minute.
This amount OF water will not irri-
gate do any good, especially here
where the water in most places goes
down for want of compact subsoil to
hold il near the surface. Then the
ordering of gasoline engine was the
next thing to do, and ! waited two
months before | could get it.
Soon after buying the place ] let
the grubbing contracted TO a Mexican
at $40 per acre for cutting the timber,
grubbing, and burning the brush
paid him so cents per cord for the
wood and two cents for each post
saved. The pear, of which there was
large quantities, was piled on the
brush, and when the piles OF brush
were burned the pear was singed and
roasted and about 20 head OF cattle
ate all they could of il, as soon as
it got cool. The pear that the cattle
did not eat hauled and piled, and
when ii died and was sufficiently dry
we burned it. AS | wanted the land
for truck farming, | had it raked by
hand and the trash burned | was
told that beans paid we'll and grew
with but little rain ] plowed and
pulyerized the land thoroughly and
planted about five acres in beans,
that lay in the ground until they
sprouted, but did not have moisture
enough to bring them up. After the
first planting had died in the ground
there came a light rain, and / planted
again, and they came up TO a fine
stand / cultivated them nicely and
they grew and bloomed and kept on
blooming. but would not set any
beans. Then people told me that
planted too late and that beans and
most everything in the vegetable and
grain line would not produce seed
here in summer. This was agricul
tural failure Nc. /.
A victim in The Rural New Yorker
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-04
BURGLARS OF RAFFLEs TYPE
st. Adams Robbers Entered House ir
Daylight

st. Adams, Aug. although six
men who Sheriff Holmes thought
might have been implicated in rob
bling the houses OF Edward Constan-
tine and Louis Turcott on Lake
street in broad daylight on Tuesday
afternoon, were arrested, four Of
them were discharged and two gain
ed freedom by furnishing bail of 500
each for their appearance in city
court tomorrow morning.
TIL four men discharged we're found
in Enosburg Falls this afternoon by
Sheriff Holmes and were taken here,
charged with peddling without H.
cense. The last two men were also
found in Enosburg. Local officers it
is said, do not feel over.confdent that
the latter two are the burglars.
The burglars were of the Rallies
type-very clever. They entered the
two houses between two and three o.
clock when all the good people were
about and busted with their daily
tasks. They walked away with about
$3.50.
a neighbor watched a burglar en-
ter the Constantine home. The wo
man sat on the veranda and when
she saw a stranger enter her neigh
boris house by the front door, she
thought that he was a relative. Mrs
Frank Nardine, also saw man enter
one OF the houses and thought he
was a member Of the family
Although numerous persons claim
ed to have seen the burglars. none
can give an accurate description Of
them. The police, unlike the police
in fiction. admit that they are bafiled
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06
POOR TAlLOR'S MANY TRIALS
Is Supposed to Take Imperfect Anato-
my and Shape Garments to FRO
duce Perfect Figure.

Men tailors have trouble with Shout
ders, Wristbands and legs, but legs are
the worst. There isn't one man IN ten
who can make an affidavit that he IS
neither knockkneed nor bowlegged.
Perfectly straight legs are rare. It's
an art to shape fabrics over boW1egs
so that they will not show and no joke
to hide the bends of knock-knees.
When a man begins to take on
weight it shows first at the belt line,
then on the shoulders and upper arms.
Later it gets down to the legs. In the
meantime the tailor has his trouble In
,eening his customer from looking top
heavy. The tailor is supposed to take
an imnerfect anatomy and shape gar
ments over it with such nicely as to
produce a superb figure. It's trying
job.
Legs that are overlong are sources OF
some complaint. The waistcoat has to
ne dropped an inch or two in cases
| like this. There are knees which are
20 per cent. larger than they ought to
| be-ereat knuckles of bone that are
hard to hide. Then there's the thigh
three times larger at the upper enc
than at the other. Men created or
this model ought to be permitted Il
| wear full-seated knickerbockers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06
WHY HE REMAINED AWAY.

where you sick yesterday. MI.
Bobbson?" asked the head oi 'no
firm.
mo. sir" replied the chief clerk.
We'll, l didn't notice you at Sou'
desk" down.
mo, sir. 1 didn't come down,
town" .o
HIN. You know the rule mere, w
YOU not? No employe is perml''eo
to be absent without good excuse-
sickness or an accident or something
of that sort. l can't permit you "
take liberties that are not enjoyed ny
other people who work in TINS estau.
lishment. I never am absent myseh
unless there is a very good reason
Did you stay away for pleasure or on
some other account.
81 shall tell you the truth, MI. huu-
long. 1t was for pleasure.
bad, sir-very bad. | cannot per
init it."
But, let me explain. You see. my
wife was so hoarse that she couion
talk, and thought I'd like to speno
the day at home"
"Oh, in that case, my boy, It's an
right. Pardon me If seemed to be
arbitrary"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06
| SCIENCE
| AND
|INVfNII((N
MAKES THE MUSIC MELLOWER
Tones Strained Through Gas-Fh'ed
Pipe Subdued-Particularly Adapt
ed to Photographs.

For years violinists have been using
rosin on their bows to prevent squeak
ing. 1t took long while for some &C.
MUS to apply the same principle 10
wind instruments, but at last 1t mas
been done by New York man, and
the apparatus here shown is the re-
suit. The process is particularly
adaptable to monographs. A volatile
solution of resinous materials is stored
in a tank connected with the horn'
which describes a complete circle, so
that the tones of the photograph prop
er mu-t filter through great guam
tity of the vapor before it reaches the
ear. This vapor is of nonaqueous
nature, so that it will not rust IN the
pipe, but is heavy enough to strain
he music, as it were, and make the
ones much mellower than those winch
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06

dishyer way. Dat Whitefoot lady
gwiner go to de post at 100 to l to
win"
"A hundred to one to win!" | gasp
I'd: for, to be frank, didn't trust my
self any too we'll and took no chances
by mixing with the push in the bet
ting ring
"Yath,' he grinned, land done bet
foam bones on data Whitefoot lady
to win-cern'ly did If nah dream
doaon' tu'n out to be liar won't
cook no mo. TO year,"
Peaches a rank outsider-10o to l
to win-post odds! 1t was not yet too
late-no; get thee behind me, Safe!
| Not dollar up, and then no matter
| what might happen l could go home
| to Clara ]. with a more or less quiet
| conscience.
They were long dropping the flag
| for the great race, and | began tc
sprout a fine crop of freckles under
| that broiling sky.
Then suddenly the shout, They're
off,"
Out of the chute in to the straight
away course they foamed, that heaV
ing, seething mass of horsefiesh. The
sunlight seemed to rush after them
eager to dance on their glossy backs
while all the world stood still, listen
ing, listening to the musical thunde'
of the hoofbeats.
A hundred thousand eyes were nix
ed intently on the living river o
racers-an army of eyes WATCHING
eagerly for the horse which woui'
first give token that it was beln!
piloted by the god Success.
But where was Peaches! There
there in the center of the storm
tossed mass, her pretty head stralgh
out toward the goal, her eyes .dartin
: forth the fire of a hundred famou
ancestors; she seemed a sea-bird Dill
, ping to the wave and rising all foam
bedecked to meet the next.
, Leaning far over her arched nee
, was Spuds, whispering kindly chez
into ears that hearkened well: &c
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06
BIPLANE BUILT BY A WOMAN
Misc Todd of New York Realizes Am
bition After Years of Effort
Machine Is Success.

After years of effort Miss Lillian E.
Todd. of New York, realized her am
bition when she had the pleasure OF
seeing a biplane, the work OF her
hands fly across the Garden City
aviation field, says the Racine Jour
nal. After having the machine built
number,ess times Miss Todd, about
four months ago, announced that she
had a biplane which she thought
would fly. She then tried to get an
engine, but met with repeated defeat,
as the engines which she tried were
not satisfactory. Finally she secured
a motor that was declared satisfac-
tory.
A good sized crowd was present to
witness the first attempt to fly the bi
plane. D. Mason was the aviator. He
ran the machine across the ground
then went into the air for 20 feet and
made a turn at the far end, returning
to the starting place, where he was
enthusiastically received by Miss
Todd and the crowd also.
The upper planes of the bipiane arr
shaped somewhat like 6 birds wing
when in flight, while the lower plane:
are level. The chassis is about fiv'
| feet high
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06
MODERN BALLOON GAS BAGS
Made Of Cotton Fabric Coated With
India Rubber to Assure Perfect
lnpermeability. y

The gas bags of modern balloons
are made of cotton fabric coated
with India rubber in the most careful
manner, in order to assure perfect
impermeability without sacrificing
lightness. For all large balloons, and
especially for dirigibles, two layers OF
cloth are superposed and cemented to-
gether. The outer skin is covered with
India rubber on one side only, but the
inner skin Is coated on both sides.
In German balloons the inner canvas
is cut straight and the outer canvas
is cut bias In this construction,
cores with angles of IS degrees are
used and the seams are covered
which causes a slight increase IN
weight. French balloon makers pre-.
fer to cut both canvases straight. Elk
periments show that the tensile
strength of the envelopes thus made
is approximately equal in all direc'
lions. Each method of construction
has its advantages and its defects. AS
India rubber, even when vulcanized
is altered by exposure to light, the
canvas 10 colored yellow in order &c
arrest the violet and ultro violet rays
| which are the most active. The pig
ment used in France is chromate Of
| lead. which unfortunately must be ap
piled to the canvas before 1t Is coatet
| with rubber, and which consequently
nreyents the vulcanization Of the rub
| Der, because the chromate of lead l!
blackened by heat. Picric acid is FREE
from this objection, but It's employ
| ment is too dangerous.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06
Sticking to 1t.

police Judge Simon Hahn, while adj
dressing a political meeting, related
tha following incident in reference to
telling the same tale over and over
again:
"you all know" said the judge.
chat the speeches made at political
meetings are all very near alike but
to get something different is the prop
er thing nowadays.
.1t puts me in mind of case of a
woman who appeared before certain
magistrate, and when asked her age
che said 80 years old. The judge
locked at her and said: Look here.
madam, weren't you here before me
fva wears ago, and did you not tell me
| then that you were 80 years old?' The
woman said that was so, and the judge
| asked her what she meant by coming
before him and telling an untruth.
"The woman replied: Well, you see
vour honor, I'm one OF those kind OF
women who do not believe in saying
one thing once and another thing an
other time Newark Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06
An Electric Scarecrow.

So familiar have electric bells be.
come to most of us that even their
sound at unexpected times or in un-
usual places rarely startles US. Not
so with birds, to whom the sudden
ringing of bell on a tree or a post
means something far more uncanny
than any scarecrow Tapping in the
wind. knowing this, the head master
of an Austrian school has patented an
electric scarecrow system in which a
clock makes the connections at irregu-
lar intervals to electric bells scatter
ed over the orchard. This unexpected
ringing of the b Ills, now here, now
there, is said to be quite effective in
driving off the birds.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06
Head Rest for Bath Tubs.

ed as rather uncomfortable for that
purpose. A California man has come
to the rescue of those who like to take
their ease in the bath by providing
head rest for the tub. This head rest
is made of a piece of heavy wire bent
and twisted about so as to form
spring support for the back OF the
head and leaving hooks by which the
device may be hooked over the emu
of the tub. Often persons taking
bath for the stimulation given their
tired bodies by the hot water wish 10
lie at ease, but have no place to put
their head but the cold enamel OF the
tub. The rest here described selves
this problem and shows that molern
genius has caught up with ancient
Rome at last.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06

My string" was getting in shape.
1t consisted of seven horses willed to
me by my uncle Owen of Kentucky,
and brought to me by his old trainer,
Murf Higginbottom. No one of my
family knew anything of the whole
sad affair, and l was kept busy dodg-
Ing the trouble my secret caused.
In about fo' weeks this here
Peaches f1lly will show us how Kahn
lucky boss can get real busy, subj
Murf chuckled one morning whep I
dropped in to see him.
Il catch your words, Murf, but the
meaning is away to the fritz" l an,
swered, whats doing?"
81 have entered this here Peaches
Oily for the elimination Stakes, to be
run ovah the Fsuturity co'se, subj
Murf replied
Are you handing me line Of DO
gus conversation" | asked in sur
prise
''Yo' all left these here matters II
my hands, subj" Murf went on, calm
ly, land / certainly have to prove tina
yo' Uncle Owen knew something
about hossfiesh. l only ask you, sub
to stand by and prepare to see thu
dust move-thats all, subj"
Count me in, Murf; Til follow tn
band wagon till the bass drum spring
leak!" / Clipped in.
Only two of these have worked GU
to my liking, sur, and I'm for sellin
the othah five, If it suits yo' ALL"
do so, Murf,' said, land use tn
money just as though it were handle
to you by Uncle Owen. Which col
shall you keep besides Peaches?"
THE one yo' all fastened to tha
there fool name Shoemaker, suh," h
answered SO earnestly that I laughe
for ten minutes.
The days rolling by found me col
stantly with Murf and the two colt
Wall Street knew me no more, despit
the long dissertation 1 was handle
daily by voluble Uncle Peter. Ever
blessed tip he had given me on tt
market proved to be the real good
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06
Lady Home, Brung Her Home!'

on, Peaches! keep to de hot-foot;
youse has de bunch lookin' like dey's
nailed to de grass! Go on, little goil!
Deys no one here but your old col
lege chum, Spuds! Steady, Peaches!
Save your pipes for de wind up! Easy.
good Peaches! They amt a soul
watchin' youse except everybody on
earth! Steady, Peaches!"
On they flew, while now from fifty
thousand threats hoarse cries of en-
couragement were flung upon the
winds of evening to be carried echo.
ing away on the clouds of dust which
arose lazily from the track.
BY my side old Uncle Carroll rode
an imaginary horse with all the vigor
| of youth The frenzy of the moment
| was in his blood, and his age-dimmed
| eyes, screwed into little points of
| sight, followed the every undulation
| of his choice!
ooh, Lordy! brung dat Whitefoot
lady home, brung her home! Oh
Lordy! doan' yo' heerd what I said
brush her on, brush her on. 70
brack devil boss, keep out'n mai
Whitefoot lady's way, yo' hyar me!
Go on, may Whitefoot chile, go on!
Use tremblin' fo yo' all, Use sho'ly
tremblin' Oh, good Lordy! make
dat Jockey hist dat cat-tails dess once
l-dess fetch her one teeney tap OF
de ham bone! T'won't hut yo', White
foot chile; no indeedy; on'y make 20
naryous! Oh, Lordy! brung dat frien
i n, mine out'n dat bunch of wicked
/ hosses, Brush her on, Lordy, brusl
her on! She's goin'! she's goin'! an
| rse still livin' to see it-oh, halleloo
| halleloo!"
! With the rush of an angry win'
across a starless night the horse
roared by the outposts where w
stood. ana through the clouds Of dus
could see the jockeys preparin
swiftly for the fury of the finish.
The beautiful black horse was sti
IN the lead, but there. creeping slowl
IN on him, inch by inch, was anothe
mo, surely, it isn't
At this moment the fifty thousan
throats united to shrek the name {
|, a horse that sounded like Peaches!
but, no, it couldn't be possible? sh
hadn't a single chance, not one in
what, is that Peaches" ther
near the leader? I could feel tn
light of day fading, fading away Will
nv heart seemed to stand still.
Poor Uncle Carroll, his dim Of
!. ewes strained to the point of burstin
from their sockets, yet seeing on]
tasuely confused and tossing sea
tboroughbreds, gave free rein to til
hone he was riding to win
> .Oh, Lordy, how come l KANT Sc
q my Whitefoot lady; Get outn {
. way yo' brack devil boss, amt y
! got no manners! Is you gettin' hom