The Dillon Herald, 1909-01-28

t t Five young High School lasses j , pulled off a quarter Marathon :> from Dillon to Latfa Saturday morning. The contestants were Misses F.dith Elliott, Bctilah Brad: dy, Rebecca Elliott, Eula Braddy and Mabel Evans, and the distance -tof 7 miles was covered in one hour . and thirty-four minutes. The s party was chaperoned by Prof. . A. C. Gentry and Miss Myrtle f Baughman. 1 V The quarter Marathon contest - was arranged by Col. L. H. Smith . of Latta, following the publication . in The Herald some days ago of . an account of the half Marathon - won by Miss Nina Jackson in New 1 York week before last. Col. i Smith offered a prize of $5 to the r winner and a prize of $2.50 to the s- second walker. ^ c The contest was a spirited one. ? Saturday was an ideal spring day r ?just the kind of day for vigor vigorc - c vigorc ous out-door exercise?and the 3 h young ladies enjoyed the walk im I mensely. Promptly a, 9:55 a. nt I the party was started from tht f UIISSi'lll'lT rll'lint : I >??? V

Ueteat New County Kropi oiition. L 5 Woodbury Township cannot be tacked ou to Horry county and some other means will have to be adopted to cut Marion's territory down to less than 900 square miles. It has been known for some time that certain parties were interested in a movement to tack Woodbury Township on to Horry county. The object was to reduce Marion's area to less than 900 square miles and thus block the I movement to create a new county L out of the upper portion of Marion. > The new county said nothing bel cause they knew Gov. Ansel would [ not lend himself to any such k scheme after the commissioners r had been appointed to survey Marr ion county for the purpose of forming a new county. When the pe; tition was presented the Governor , promptly turned it down and the [ petitioners appealed to the Su. preme Court. The Governor was . sustained and the old county advert cates lose. The proceedings were '[ brought by A. J. Brown and J. J. ur;n:?m.- ? mti

>t it This country does not seem t< be able to overcome the idea tl?a the Duke d'Abruzz; can only mak the proper return for our generos itv bv sending money to the earth ^ quake sufferers by defying his fam ilv and hurrying1 over to marr Miss Elkins. Has anybody though g that perhaps Miss Elkins migh s object to buying her duke tha way. ? c c | The "Embroidery Club" n The latest organization in Dil Ion, one having it's instructive a well as social side, is an "Em j broidery Club" composed o ; twelve matrons. It meets ever s Monday afternoon at some mem s ber's li?use taken alphabetically e; The Club met with Mrs. D. N n j Oliver, the President, on Monday ajMrs. Oliver had organized a de s|lightful program. Mrs. Jordai '' read very interestingly f r o 11 ' " I ~ - ~ 1" 1.. * ?? A A -

laving Japan shake her fist at u >ut just the same these agitator hould be suppressed. If we eve lave to fight the little Islander ve want to have a better caus han excluding their children t'ror mblie schools and denying ther >ther human and national right:The ladies who danced with Mi raft at the Atlanta ball say he i rery nimble on his feet- It i irobable that the ladies took car o be very nimble on their ow eet. Three hundred pounds on lancing slipper with toes in 'cm i lot a pleasant experience even i hey are presidential pounds. A Nashville newspaper is aecin ng a certain Tennessee statesma vith being intoxicated with his ow oice. If the present prohibitio irave continues ii will not be Ion. ?efore that is all that is left Uj iur statesmen to be intoxicnie< rith.

Messrs. L. C. Bladdy and A. B. 5 Jordan who had been requeste 8 g to actus judges at this end. Th- I i- young ladies started off at a vig 8 i- oroiis pace and soon were lost E >- to sight over Buttermilk Hill just ' beyond the Maple Swamp trestle. As the race progressed the pace increased, first one and then the other leading, but finally when more than half of the distance had been covered and the home stretch was reached Mies Edith Elliott d took the lead which she inaintaine ed until the depot at Latta, the stopping point, w a s reached. t Closely following Miss Elliott was y Miss Beulah Braddy who arrived s one minute behind the winner, u Miss Kebecca Elliott arrived two L. minutes behind Miss Braddy, Miss r Eulah Braddvtwo minntp< hohinH

> ii anu uuicia. ?* lieu ; the petition was presented the; k governor held that commissioners 5 would have to be appointed to de; termine the boundary line as in . the case of new county elections, t The advocates of annexation held . that the governor erred- Foliowt. ini? is the court's decision: 'After reading the petition here> in, the courtis of the opinion that I rule to show cause should not issue . Even if the governor is subject to ; our writ of mandami?, a question - noticed but not decided in State vs . Ansel, 76 S. C. 406. It appears f from the petition that the act I sought to be compelled is not a t plain ministerial duty, but involves 5 the exercise of discretion, and is, t therefore, not compellable by man/lamMe CAA CQA

formances in 1908 were the most 11 remarkable in his entire life and ^ indisputable proof that he .was e faster than ever. Is it not an as- j tonishing event in all harness hit - 11 tory when Dan Patch at twelve v yeais of age paces the fastest miles in all of his wonderful career? Dan returned to my farm in good shape and is jogging v sound and full of fire and energy, d I have no doubt but what he will s be able to give a good account of himself in speed performances during 1909, to the gratification of his millions of warm friends. I will make the prediction right t a WUhat Dan Patch will pace ( 7. ?Jkmiles in 1909 than have yet i ** i,^ Wed by any other horse. L * this . tmle.wnnr? " ^

As "Dan P." is a half brother j of "Dan Patch," who holds the ? world's pacing- record, the .fol- ^ lowing from the Pee Dee Advo- ^ cate will be interesting to many patrons of the turf in this section ^ who have had the pleasure recent- j ly of seeing "Dan P." show some s of his speed on the Bennettsville j track: Dear Siis:?During the past t few months I have noticed the va- . rious comments printed about Da-' ^ Patch and his 1908 performances.. Some of these have been written in all fairness to the fastest horse that has ever lived, and has been based on facts. Others seem to have been written on pressure of v oreiudice or based on absolute P