F' 'sMk ^^j|^ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1909. VOL 15.

fWG NEW COUNTY RALLY 1

WILL BE HELDTOMORROW. £Everybody Invited to Meet ^at the Graded School To- *a

n>© r row Afternoon, as

- Speeches will be Made by ^Representative Men from kiOther New Counties Show- 01

ing the Manifold Advan- ^tages of Smaller Counties. w

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m tiEverybody is invited to attend) the big New County mass meeting £r

to b# held in the Graded School ^r tomorrow (Friday) afternoon attor 2 o'clock. The invitation is not ^restricted to New County advo- je^ cates only, but a cordial invita- .^ . tetion is extended to those of our ^friends who differ with us on the ^wP question of dividing Marion.

gtAmong the speakers will be prom »,.inent men from othe*- New Counties,-thathave been formed with^in the recent years, and these ^gentleman will give you the bene|pFfit of their experience with small^er counties. There will be a gen- ^tleman of prominence from the

mnew and prosperous county of

\ Calhoun who nniwavl »Via .limvianp heof old Orangeburg because he

gjF thought taxes would be higher|e^ and that the condition of the pco- jpie would not be improved, but

erSfejr Who is now an earnest advocateNew Counties because he found

lit, after Calhoun 'was foi\ned,agfjjjBitt he was mistaken. This gen- wrc&>^ttBan will have something inter-

t . into say to the people of

^r-M* Ip section because he is a man

^^ -Bfeneans and intelligence and he ^5p?:; Mpj quick to see the economic valMLB|>f smaller counties. Anotherp.fcc speakers will be a resident tu* C^teamberg county which yta.s ^H|£LHpied out of old Barnwell 15

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ago. Before the formation ^Bp; Bfcamberg county the relation of q>,R Hbberg and Barnwell was ident-

sawith that of Dillon and Marion jr(Sj||£lji^»liow 15 years after the new ra

of Bamberg formed condi- [ j^J;*^^»«re so much better in' bo'h wjB" Hkies that Bamberg would not Q£; goflEkck to old Barnwell if she jnsir A^OdBfeand old Barnwell would not ..MB . KyPdpvtUbr back if she wanted to go. prp^B«Hprg and Barnwell are two of swBfhcBBost prosperous counties inB tt#te, and at the spring termft; of JBlrt in Bambertr the nresidino-i" , «. 1X1;complimented the people of

jrg because the county was j0,gr out of debt and had a low- ^t than any other County inite. Bamberg- is the smal- nejttinty in the state, hence fa,i. Raid in reference to Bam- T1Ought to be of particular <jok just now, as the main ar- an

against the formation of unr County is that it is too

.Sfbody is invited to comeIfcr this open, honest, intellihtfussionof the question of^counties, whether they are is

of the New County or hePK'dlBt is a question in which the v"

vitally interested andm^B^^KLdesire of the New County^IpP&pMts to enlighten everybody ha"feBpnestion before it is finally th<g| Bad to the voters. th<

the speakers will be; J|j| KDaughman, Saluda county, I fir:^ Dt. R. Commissioner; J. C. cit^^^ffiHpenator from Cherokee, J. J°'Wannamaker, of Cal- as

g Bounty; Olio M. Dantzler, (-eSSmmMI of Calhoun county ; Adam; be^^ Esq., of Orangeburg; Jas. we

^^^Hnckson. of Aiken county.

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Dunksgiving at Old Kentyrc Church,yWay back in the 17th. century,hen Scotland groaned under thejrsecution 6f a Catholic despot,hen eclesiastical law was omnipant,when burning Presbyteriansid other dissenters trom the esiblishedchurch was looked upon> a religious duty, and one wellleasing to God and their country,riven from their native land, frontindred, home and friends, theily refuge open to them was withncivilized savages in the wilds ofmerica, where christian men andomen have wrought out a civiliitionthat has no equal on thisrrcstrial globe. A wildernessibdued, the grainery of the world,id an open door to the oppressedle world over.

Among the noble souls that fledom the wreck and carnage thatid overtaken the land of theirrth, were the Mclntyres, Mcacherns,Carmichaels, McKinysand the Campbells. The latrof the noble clan of Campill,of which the Duke of Argylete hereditary head which hasood in Scotland for the crown

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rainst the encroachments of Kingtd Priest. One mile from Campill'sBridge on Little Pee Dee,leir footprints remain to this day.he old Pee Dee Presbyterianlurch will ever stand a monuent,sacred to their memory.Long since these noble pioneers^ive gone the way of all flesh, butthe advance guard that planted

iristianity along the banks ofittlc Pee Dee, they will remainishrined in the hearts of those ofndred blood, and all who appre4-1-»ic tut- mfcinv D'essingr. coming'rough them. In after yearshen peace and plenty came, thecreasing population of the littleilony demanded expansion. Itas decided to build another churchrther up the river, and whereentyre now stands was the sitelected. In this the 20th, cenrysince the Angels sang a

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SaourBorn" the desendants of the>ble Scots have been faithful toeir church covenant. Bachlianksgiving day is- a day heldcred by the congregation of oldentyre, and should be an inspitionto all christian communities,ere old and young come, notith empty hand, but like Israelold each with their thank offer-g. Then led by their faithfulstor, Dr. Buckner, songs ofaise and thanksgiving ascend asreet incense to the great whiterone.

Short talks on subjects pertaingto the up building of christianaracter and the spread of theyful news of salvation among thenighted nations'of the world.Next on the program was a dinrthat only the well to do in a

rming community can spread,le christian was warmed up togreater things for the Masterd the day to all was a day of[alloyed pleasure. 1

A Good Show."The Two Old Cronies" played jre Monday and Tuesday nightthe Jno. B. Willis Comedy Cogenerallyconceded to be the 1

st all round show that has ever 1sited Dillon. Manaor^r<^ i viiaimred the company under a 1

avy guarantee, and while the:endance was not as large as hed expected, still those who sa^> performances were profuse im ^iir praises of the show. Thereire 13 members in the troupe,d the show would be consideredst-class in any of the largesties. The comedy work ofhn B. Willis and Henry MackProf. Kreitzmeyer and O'Donon Duff was particularly fine, theirn.an dialect of the Professoring perfect, The comedians '

ire backed by a fine chorus ofme 10 girls who were all artiststheir line. The company madegreat hit in Dillon andiy will play a returngagement here next spring.

taw county holds ^BIG MASS MEETING.

A Big Crowd was in Town,Call was Issued in an Hourand the Result was One ofthe Largest GatheringsEver Held in Dillon.There is no doubting the fact

that the New County is a livewire. Never before in the historyof this section have the citizensbeen more deeply interestedin a question. Mention of the"New County" secures instantattention and there is no subjectthat will hold the unflagging attentionof an audience longer. AtNew County Headquarters "NewCounty'' is discussed all day andfar into the night. The subjectis taken up the next morningwhere it was broken off the nightbefore and then all day long itis kept up as incessantly as theticking of an eight day regulator.After the 14th. the New Countypeople will find it hard to turntheir attention to something else.Many of them, no doubt likoAlexander the Great, will weepbecause they have no more countiesto conquer.A call was issued Friday afternoonfor a mass meeting of the

New County people in an hour'stime. There was a large crowdin town from the several sectionsof the New County and the objectof the call was to bring the peopletogether for a public discussionof the question, and incidentallyto see how much interest thepeople had in the movement.Some thoucht it imnossihlo to crAt

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a crowd together in that briet periodof time, but if the call had beenmade a week ahead the crowdcould not have been larger. Thevresponded at once. Stores wereclosed without asking any questions,traffic on the streets ceased,business was suspended and in lessthan an hour the whole town lookedas if some mightv power hadreached out out and commanded"Peace, be still."At the Town Hall was gathered

all of Dillon's business men andnearly every one of the large crowdof visitors frojr from the differentsections of the county. It was a

spontaneous gathering, entirelyinformal, and extemporaneousspeeches were made by citizens ofthe town and by New County advocatesfrom other sections.Of course, they were all friends

gathered together under one roofand only the best of feeling couldprevail, but one impressive featureof the gathering was that everybodywas SMILING. The contrastin the temper of the peopleat this and the mass meetingheld just before the electionin 1901 was strongly marked.Everybody seemed to be happyand sanguine over the result of theapproaching election. There wasnot a sullen face in the entiregathering and one could not helpbut note the absence of that apprehensivefeeling everybody

w uavb UtltllC LUC lastelection. They had the SMILEthat won't come off.the SMILEthat seemed t o say "WE'LLWIN!"

It was a meeting full of inspira-,'tion and encouragement. /\ .

Dillon Chapter No. 46* R. A. Hi.Companion J. L. Michie, Darlington,S. C., and others will be

with us at two o'clock Friday afternoon,December the 10th to re-Mire a^pneuiions, Dai lot on appli-1cations, and confer degrees- Wc |will also confer degrees that nightat seven o'clock.

Yours fraternally,S. C. Henslee, H. P.J. R. Rogers, Sec.

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k THINKING FOR HIMSELFlmtle Rock, S. C., I >cv- 5. 19<u.)

Editor llerald:I have been read ng villi un

usual interest what you have hatto say about the "tax argument"the old county people are usinjjagainst the new county. Therewas a time when 1 had an idetithat taxes in the new countywould bo higher because I thoughtit would be cheaper to feed one

horse than two, but since youhave called my attention to thefact that about the smallest itemof expense in the total annual disbursementsof a county is the salary'item I have come to the conclusionthat taxes in a smallercounty that could he economicallymanaged would be much lowerthan taxes in a large countywhere there is so much unavoidablewaste in the building ofbridges and roads and in the purchasingof supplies. The onlypossible item of expense therecould be any increase 011 is thesalary item and as the total salariesfor officers in the new countywould not exceed S5.000 peryear it is quickly seen that evenif this additional expense was puton us without any saving that itwould be so small that even thelargest taxpayer would nevr feelit. While the opponents of thenew county are having to say s<i

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showing1 so much solicitude furthe well-being of the "dearpecpul" it is strange they do not

say something about the big sums

of money |K>or people have to payout every year going way down toMarion to attend court as witnesses,and the great amount'of timeand money lost in having to go tothe court house on first one pretextand another. The averageman's time is worth Si.50 per day(as a laborei) and when he iscalled to the court house at Marionand has to stay there three or fourdays as a witness at 50 cents perday he loses more in those fewdays than he would have to payin taxes in five years. Thenagain, there is no reason why thepeople could not save more thanenough to pay the officers' salariesby the more economical administrationof public affairs in ;i

county no larger than the new

county will be. I can't see anythingin the "tax argument" theold county i>eoplc have made sucha "hub-bub" about, since I havetaken time to study it out for myeelf.It is also noteworthy thatthe new counties all over thestate, with but one exception,have the lowest taxes.

Six votes were polled againstthe new countv at Little Rockbefore, but our people have foundout a thing or two and I wouldn'tbe surprised if we didn't "goose-egg" the ol d county at our pollthis time. Tax Payer.

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Woodmen Banquet.Written for luat week.

The annual banquet of theWoodmen of the World, held inthe Woodman Hall Tuesday nignt,was a most elaborate and successfulaffair. There were presentabout 100 guests including theWoodmen, their wives and daughters,and a few invited friends.The address of the evening wasdelivered by Hon. P. B. Sellers.\v)»ose subject was "Woodcraft"ifnd other addresses were deliveredby Revs. H. A. Willis, W. C.Wallace and Dr- A. G. Buckner.The banquet hall was handsomelydecorated in national colors andpresented quite an attractive andinviting appearance. The successof the occasion was largely due tothe efforts of the committee onentertainment composed of Messrs.W. E. Hall, S. F. Bailey, ArleighHusbands, V. L. McLeanand T. C. Jackson. The Woodmenis one of Dillon's most prosperousand flourishing secret ordersand the delightful occasion ofTuesday night is an earnest of theexcellent spirit of fraternalismthat prevails in theii lodge room.

DR. DANIEL AT DALCMO.Kev J W. Daniel, I). I)., of

umbi.i, will lecture at DaHigh School on Wednesday niDec. 22nd. He will deliver

I of his most famous and entorting lectures, "The SoutlMule." which involves a dission of tin; race problem fromentirely new point of view,

i i >aniel is a very witty and ertabling speaker and no o.ie tof his talk from the beginningthe end. In addition to theture there will Ik- renderedexcellent musical program.will be greatly cnjoyeih^The \lie is invited.

Dr. DAE.-.^titles and DejSheriff Do/.ier were amongvisitors in town Tuesday.k. A. Welsh, Esq., attorneythe New County, is in town

week and will remain here tafter the election next Tuesda;

Dr. N. F. Kirkland, of Bberg cotiny, is visiting at the h<of his son. Rev. W. C. Kirklai

Rev. W. C. Kirkland left tthe X. \ S. C railroad Tuesmorning for Ablieville whoregoes to attend the annual state <

fercnee of the Methodist ehuri

Free State News.Mr. I). S. Rogers and daugkMi<< Strl li if. .-I-.>» <) ix.« 'u in Itl^l WtCK

relatives near Wilmington.Miss Blanch (iaddv of Latl:

visiting her aunt Mrs. M.1511en.

Messrs. W. C. FasterlinganR. Watson of Dillon visited athome of Mr. Andrew Ledyesterday. Mr. Leflette isconfined to his bed.Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Fenc

of Clio spent a few days withlativi'S here last week.

Mr. !<« tl Me Lucas of Mawas in our section on businessThursdav.

Mrs. W. R. Allen enent Friand Saturday with her son,B. F. Allen, who is very sickLatta. Co

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N. & S. C. Running Trains Dail;The North A South Caro

railway is operating: double dtrains' regularly irnv betweenIon and Hamlet. The new r

is opening to traffic of all k!and shipments of freight arc bereceived from all points by Dimerchants. A mail servicebe put on the road next Sunand the Dillon postoffiee will hlock pouches tor Little Rock, N

. turn, Clio, McColl, GibsonHamlet. The rural routes wilcontinued as heretofore,trains leave and arrive Dillon

' follows:: Leave Dillon at 4 a. m. an

p. m. Arrive Dillon at 11.5(1m. and 10.55 p. m.The regular schedule is jjlished elsewhere in this issue.

.Mr. G. E. Raneke returTuesday fro^'Pillon, S. C., wllie had beenJflMting since Thatgiving at th»5jfc>me of his soilaw and daugWer, Mr. and >F. M. Lane'. Mr. Rancke fomany improvements in DilAmong other things, a passertrain began running Sundaythe new road between HamletDillon. It is the intention totend this road to Mullins or PajMill..Lumberton Robesonian

Notice of Election.s\ peuuon signea Dy one thir

the resident qualified electorsone third of the residentholders of the age of twentyyears, in school district nurr22 having been submitted toCounty Board of Education, iing that an election be ordereidecide the question of levyingcollecting one mill special taxaddition to that now in forceschool purposes. Such an etion is ordered to be held at <Grove school house on TuesJanuary 11th 1910 betweenhours of 7 A. M. and 4 P.Tlw Irinili'r'v 'if uoi.i el.""'

triet shall act as managers ofelection and only such electorreturn real or personal prop<for taxation and exhibit theirreceipts and registration eereates as required in general etions will be allowed to vote.

Joe P. Lane,W. F. Staclchouse,W. W. Nickels.

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ICho have t v :><!.-!. 'oad:ght,Patrick, whose sen v.-; ; n- a. ! tione for the murder of \\. < > .' i'-"' 1(- r !

:ain- Rice, was commuted to life im^. i.ern onment at Sing: Sing:, appeared to- <

an ^ay bcf°re t^c appellaj^-tffvisionL)r. court of Brooklyn to arg^ie l«.Uiter- within thejaw he has already vires vjutfeajd^eath and thus has oaid,je^° hja^tlebt to the State in full and>r P°tshould be set free. t[iieh Patrick contends that he soli-*.v«n 1>ub- tary confinement preced ng the ,electrocution has been helc by the*lr r)Uty United States supreme coun to be - 11t*ic

part of the penalty decree* in,,'*'1f £or deathsenter.ee. » i (ni our

this He served that time i. - b|'iniu uuw mases me point tna

ih, :V the court of appeals re-aftiri. :i. thei*am- decision of the court ofconvi i>uI!*J,ric' and set a new date for thtam id iuhok > ition, it transgressed his c K\ rv toad)Ver, tior.al right in ordering ft" °% n P»'av,aa>

j r il l 1h* ilianlle serve another period of sr , j icon- confinement, thereby duplies bad invested.punishment that he had 11 they

. .jn(s b-isuffered.Thl, (a>.The failure of the warded bav. u»

iter, electrocute, in compliance w\**>',11Mivith ^fst or(jer 0f the court, ..

Patrick, constitutes an act 1 : tj. in*i* js leasauce. ,jv,n' *A. iini-clay, i a at tlvJ .At the last regular meet,-, .i,r.:nitfde the Dillon chapter, No. 46, Tliousa,elte Arch Masons, the followi >f < m-tii rstill cers were elected: W. Pm tin :r ch: i

high priest; Dr. J. &he|ic:,.ci nt use

maniking; 1Jr. J. H. DaviJ ^ an"re- T. L Manning treasure.'J;. '

Thompson, secretary; (',Phelph, captain of the hoV°!I W. C. Kirkland, priucip:,lsner; L. A. Manning, Jr> sooni.'arch captain; G.D.Bar in <

iday tci of the third vei; «naf.li fi.-iMr michael, master iter thar iai* \s r<nn;at veil; Dr. C. Hen) awaj alt. ij

r. the first veil; T. Jivt! 1 a:;i:

nel.* Interesitci?.

lina These of our frienls wht ro;

ailv so well pleased with .heir ' "f,oc| :o

Oil- mas purchases last y:nr wi'oad in mind that wc have in

1( kinds the Dr. Badger old s1ann'in\_. ^ Lhe l;ing site the passenger stlion Railroad avenue, wh»of «u >r v townwill have on display a lof koocI roads isday substantial and preti"* us it i toave ever before. Hera,Uii; the betterment

fe and a closer i:,. » people of town

. ssenlne of wear andII be Invitations hav«_' fhe betterment oin Dillon to the marria*,". which t

as Louise Bethea to Mr. ItheHenian Smith at the First M ua!

" "* ist church in Latta on ihe1 a> I noon of the 21st. instant'..'| bride-elect is a daughter *

Annie Bethea and is cy" thaimost i>opular youn e buiWliLatta's social circle, create ined is a prominent busi ly the l

iere Latta and is well-knoa« l!1 1iks- county. On account cin H"n-in larity of the contractin a<1Irs. the approaching event.".''^and sual interest to Mario0',Ion. ciety. is «n < :J?er

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<>n invo'ti.i ntand An inquest was held I><1 Wlcx* the body of young: Tt'1 ;,k?e's Was killed by another y ,K)S:

named Tuttle last weeiverdict of the jury was

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er came to his death by~wound at the hands (°,,stnd °t There is nothing: to bt:omi'aniesand the account of the killir ,s econoai^ree peared in the l*.st issun 8tron? 1)r*

,b£ Herald except that Tuc^^ t\ed down to pick up a rhe c03t of trac I had been shot by Tuttl< As a chain is

.umiaimtu u y xuil.kest link, soa tc? touch the rabbit. Tuttlgon road Isa. the gun at Tucker and epest hill or,n boy was in the act of j»atural roa'orgUn was discharged anay neverl

r?C," No. 5 shot entered lln;? ,mPract'1 .!ak It is thought the Tuttl<*" "'°" " »dav /- . , , ce arises the netthe 5 ?Ver ^U CCt con.tnuttkm a:M t0 fn^hten him' ,The ver Republican. regarded as an act '

"'z5* carlessness and thethe will be hdd on th;: prevalent am.s as Neither of the boyra Minor that tiity years old. ? worn at a,itax .he better It 1tifi- . ama protecting It

lec- t a. » .. . ,d acd llie sunThe Ladies Aid So<t is it not unPresbyterian church rearing nuga lfancy work sale next \ midit of atnnn.and date to be anno" standing aAll kinds of dainty htides will be shownpresents, and you c

ear. miss seeing them.