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Tifin Kerafd. / ' ESTABUSHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1910. VOL. 16, NO. 1 SrIv':. '3 ? STRENGTH OF THE GORILU j ? How It Kills Human Beings?Its Attac on Other Animals. N Of all the existing man apes th fcorilla is beyond question tf most formidable, a large ma standing not infrequently ovt five feet six inches in height, an * bones being known of one whic jjr? '^.rently measured in life no le: six feet two inches It ft r- 1 f i* N ,n.vc uuw Know irom cxpenenc in the gardens and elsewhere, a ways when young so "utterly ut tamable a beast" and so "entirel and constantly an enemy of man as DuChaillu represented, but is savage and morose enough. It is still uncertain whether i a wild state, except in the immed ate moment of attack it ever a< tually walks erect without eitht resting its knuckles on thegroun or supporting itself by abranc . overhead, but that it does beat ii fists upon its breast when enraj ed (Du Chalillu says that he hear the noise ' like a great bass drum at a distance of a mile) is estal lished, and when the male goril! turns, as seemingly it does, t confront fearlessly when attaekec with its huge size, its great hail limbs, and hideous head set a most down into its shoulders, w can believe that "description ea exceed the horror of its appeal ance." Add that the gorilla usi ally lives in the depth of foresi where the light is so dim that it difficult to see any object clear! at a distance of more than a fe yards, and it is not to be wonde ed at that the natives have inves ed it with attributes even 11101 * horrific than those which it po: i sesses. I Many believe the gorilla to t \ human; others hold that though i l\ self a beast, it is often informe J \ with the transmigrated spirits < J \ the human dead. It is said to 1 \ \ in wait crouched on the lowt * branches of trees overhanging path and when a human bein passes to drop one of its long hin limbs and clutching the victim b the throat so suddenly and in s terrible a grip that hardly a sob heard, to drag it?man or woma ?up to its lurking place. It credited with capturing and stea ing women and carrying them o to keep them in the forest, an armed with clubs, is said to attac and beat off elephants. The fo midableness of the great apes ? compared with other beasts, how ever, is not an easy matter to i>a> upon. In Africa it is note worth that the lion and the gorilla do m occur together, and it h.-.s bee conjectured both that the lion ha exterminated the gorilla within it territory and that the gorilla hi driven out the lion. In Borneo the most serious neigl bors of the orang are the pytho and the crocodile and the nutiv^ . say that the ape overcomes thei . both, the python by seizing an biting it, and the crocodile by leaf ing on'its back, clutching it by th upper jaw and by sheer mai strength tearing it open. Th : name "orang" is in itself a title c honor meaning roughly "wis t foue," the Malays giving it alike t their chiefs, to elephants and t I * the wild men." Perhaps, how ever, no .native myth or stor eclipses in wonder the statemi n of Emin Pasha, made seriously that in the M bong we forest th | chimpanzees used to come to ro J the'banana plahtations in troops I bearing torches to light them oi the way! Had I not witnessei this extraordinary spectacle pers j onally," he is reported as saying "I should not have believed tha any of the simians understood th art of making re." Unhappil; ir ure personally did not witness it ? ?London Times. Doj Savid Woman from Bull. K AlfflplrpH riv o an cnl his city I lived 1)1 g go re J 11 hurlcj , break elbow* I the crie , seeinJ de a f u re fight to mak rhich sh ford Cor >*ne? i.\ ABOUT NEW COMET. It Is Visible Now In Western horizon Just About the Sunset Hour. The new comet discovered last Sunday in South Africa, close to the sun, in the morning sky, and le now visible from the northern le hemisphere and emerging from le the solar rays in the eastern sky, sr is one of those strange interlopers d from space whose coming aston :h ishes the ast ronomers as much as is anybody else. is Moreover, it is evidently a comre et of the first magnitude, and of 1- appalling brightness, since it has l- been seen at the L,ick observatory y in full daylight, something that " has happened but very rarely in it the history of comets. The great comet of 1S82, which n stole into the solar system in a i- similar manner being first seen in the Southern hemisphere, was ?r 11 irieiKl** fnr ent?nroi i .. * luiMiv ivi o\. > vnu uayn ?n d full sunlight, and it proved to be j :h one of the most marvelous comets ts on record. But when it got into X- the Northern hemisphere it was ; d visible only in the morning sky be- ' " fore sunrise. I 3- This one, on the contrary, is , la coming out into the eastern skv, 0 and it" the observations of its pres1 ent course are correct, it is likely ' y to become a bi illiant object. < 1- Already its spectrum has been i e photographed, and it shows that , n the comet is shining both by rcr tlected sunlight and by the blaze of i- its own intense heat. ( ts The indications are that we shall is have a very unusual spectacle ly which if present indications are vv fulfilled may be as memorable as ] r- anything in coinetary records, t- It is all the more remarkable that 'e this great stranger should have 1 5- made its dramatic appearance at > the time when Halley's comet is , >e nearing the sun and preparing for t t- its perihelion swing. , :d But the two comets are pursuing yi vmuci; vtiuw^ill 111 IVI I HIT ? ie new one is likely to be a far grand- ' ?r cr object than its well known ri- j a va!. Not enough is yet known g of its orbit to enable us to say just id what its future course will be, but f iv its promise is so brilh'ant that the < ;o most surprising things may con- i is fidently be exacted of it. ( n It remains to be seen whether it is is, like its predecessor of 1X82, a 1- member of a group of comets all * ff traveling- in the same path, or an i id entirely independent body. i :k It is evident, however, that its ^ r- perihelion must lie very close to is the sun, and it has probably swept through the coronal, region ( ,s | almost brushing the solar surface < y whence the astonishing brilliance i >t that it exhibits. If it keeps in j n sight as it withdraws from the is neighborhood of the sun it should s exhibit a magnificent tail. 1 is The story of this comet will < form a startling chapter in the his- < i- tory of astronomv. With the | n spectroscopic apparatus now in the ;s possession of astronomers a great 1 ii revelation of the nature of these 1 d mysterious bodies is appai ently put ' i- within our reach. j e Its sudden appearance is another , n proof of the adventurous nature of e the vast voyage that the solar sys>f tem is making through space, 1 e On go the planets flying north- c o ward with the sun, and into the ' o midst of them, like torpedo boats invadini* u fleet, come plunging y great comets. Some time one of x it them is mathematically certain to * hit the sun?and then what? No- c e body knows. c b But who's afraid? After all, in ^ i, spite of their formidable look, com- , 11 ets are insignificant txx es comd pared with our solid glooe, mostly * - gas and dust; so let them come. ( , Their arrival increases the joy of t , life, and prevents our minds from ( e stagnating vith too much costly t y politics and cheap poetry. i t Capt. E. H. Carmichael was ? painfully hurt in a wreck on the t Coast Line between Savannah and < Jacksonville last week. The par- \ ticulars of the wreck could not be i learned, but a letter to his mother, Mrs. Agnes Carmichael, stated ' y that he had received several bad i J gashes in the face and head. His 1 injuries are not serious and at pres- i J ent he is resting comfortably at ] - his home in Savannah. Capt- Car-! 1 micnaei lias been in the employ of | s the Coast Line for a number of j r years and although he is still quite j - a young man he is one of the company's most competent any trust worthy conductors. His many e Dillon friends will be glad to learn 3 that his injuries are not more sc rious and that he will soon be able to take up his regular run again. More New Counties. McCormac Messenger: The General Assembly has es- i tablished the new County of Dil- . Ion, and made it a part of the [ourth judicial eircuit. There are i] now itist forty-three counties in South Carolina, while the area of ^ :he State is sutheient for more jj :han sixty counties, according: to he terms of the constitution; and r ;he people desiring: conveniences t( pertaining: to county-seats will :ontinue to form new counties. The last county formed (Dillon) q s on the eastern border of the State, and we are hoping? the next ^ pne to be established will be on ^ lie opposite side, the western bor- ^ ;ler, and that McCoimik will be :he county-seat. For about ten rears the people of this section q pave worked and waited, and they ? will now have the opportunity of N mother effort to forma new eounLy. The money has been pledged ^ For the expenses incident to an t( election on the issue, and the surrevors are at work running lines :o determine the area of Edgefield County. From credible reports t liter*. is not likelv to he .mv for nidable opposition inside the new ^ :ountv lines, and parties on the c Dutside should not interfere. A Timely Suggution. o Mr. Editor: t It seems as it the bill es- . ablishing the County of Dillon I ,vill soon become a law. it now leeding only to be engrossed and t ;o be approved by the Governor. ^ This Act provides that the elee- t ion was to be held on the second ^ Tuesday (11th) of April proximo . :or the Sheriff, Clerk of Court j, ff Common Pleas and General Sesiions, Probate Judge, County Supirintendent of Education, Super. isor, Four County Commission- ,. :rs and such other County ofli:crs as are now provided by law ^ 'or the Countv of Marion All ttin " V .vhite voters, or at least the vast najoritv of them, residing within j he territory constituting the new r :ounty, are members of the dem- r icratic party, and have taken an ibligation to abide by and observe n -.he constitution and rules of that c larty. According to my recollee- ^ .ion of the constitution, it is theren provided that prior to any general or special election a primary j, >hall be held to determine mem- a acrs of that party to be voted for ^ it such regular election. Will it t lot be necessary, therefore, that e he party be regularly organized t n this county and make arrangeuents for a primary election or _ u :ake such steps as may be deemed tj IPCP'iMrv nnH nrnnor *1^^ Uiiuki constitution and rules or the party The club or clubs in the townships t >f Manning, Carmichael, Harlees- t nlle and Bethea are, I presume, ^ ilready organized, leaving it ne- j( cessary only to organize a club or clubs in those portions of Hills- ^ )oro, Reaves, Moody and Kirby ^ Townships which are now embraced within the boundaries of Dillon bounty. Would it not be well, herefore, that the members of the bounty Executive Commit tee of he townships as above named meet n Dillon at some early day to per- t ect the organization of the party t nachinery and take such other ] ;teps as may be deemed necessary c o effect the important purpose of complying with and abiding by the 0 jolitical party to which wc all owe ~ dlegiance. v There is a maxim to the effect j 'what is every body's business is 10 body's business" and as no one las taken it upon himself to call 0 mention to this important subject. I f [ have thought proper to do so. 11 t (tope, however, that no one will v charge me with ofticiousness. as my only object and purpose is to c call attention to this matter, leav- * ing it to those whose duty it is to I proceed with the organization as f provided by the constitution and t laws of the democratic party. Very respectfully, Wm. M. Hamer.l Dillon, S. C., Jan. 29th. 1910. I I-! ? unttatffr*1 New Railroad Increases Stock The following, taken from Tuc lay's State, will be read with 11 crest by those interested in tl lew railroad now headed tor Mu ins: The directors of the North < louth Carolina railway vesterda led a petition with the secretar f state to increase its cipit; rom Si50,'kmi to S1.00q.mO0 an j extend the length of its line 1 liles. This was decided at leeting of the board held at Mv loll several days ago. The roa rith the old line is not to exec0 miles within the State Tii roposed extension will p a s tl rough one of the Ix-st seetior f the State and will touch til ountv seat of I)ilb?n count} "he larger places to be touchc 11 t.,> ..~.i TM. fill U\. L'lllUll illlVl ,HUIUII>. 1 II lorth unci South Carolina railwa uns from a point on the Xori larolina line in Marlboro count a a point in the township ol Ha .'esville in the county of Mariot distance of 40 miles. The oil crs of the railway, as taken fro! he old charter, are: \V. R. Hoi al, president: J. IX Hancock, vie iresident; secretary, S. < >. Hai rsfeld; treasurer, \V. R. Honsa The following resolutions we clopted at a meeting of the i?oai if directors of the X??it'n at iotith Carolina Railway eouipan hat application be mad-' for ti .mendment of the charter of tli om pan y in the folio-vin>; respect "l'ir>k. by authorizing the e ension of its 'ine of railroad fro is present authonV.'^d terminus he townshio of i/arleesvill larion county; through tin.'v'owt hips of Mannin.it, Moody an (eaves, m Marion c untv, past lii; imimgll lllC i<>\VI1> (?! I '1! |( i nd Mullins. making an additioi 1 length of railroad of apprc ;imatelv 20 miles or a total lengt f road within the State of S uit Carolina not exceeding 00 mile: . ith all powers with respect t nch extensions as are conferrc y said charter or by-laws vit espect to said original line < oute. "Second, by increasing th laximum amount to which th apital stock of said company ma ie increased to $1,000,000 instea f $150,00o. "And said resolutions, upon "o> ng put to vote, were unanimousl dopted by the vote of all stocl lolders present or represented ; he meeting, comprising the hole <?f nil nf llic <*nr-.it .1 ct.?/?b he company." Another resolution was ot'ferc nd adopted that the number ( lirectors be increased from th resent number of five to nine. The meeting then proceeded t he election of additional directoi o make up the number provide ?y such an increase, and the fo awing were nominated and elec d: G. B. Lewis, II. D. Ilatcl I. E. Gibbons and D. L. Whi tiffDeath of Mr. Archie McRae. The subject of this notice wa orn in Marlboro county about si: y three years ago?a member ( he well known and historic fam y of upper Marion and Marlboi ounties?and had inherited man f the characteristics of this tiir ? honored name. At the ti-r it hen the alien and carpet baggi ? nfested our land and country nor ame more promptly to the rescn it the piostrate State. A goo armer, a good neighbor, generou o a fault, passed to his final r< vard at his home in the Mullii lommunity last Friday and wi uneralized from the old Pee De ^resbyterian church on Saturda ollowing of which for generatioi he connections had held membe hip. Peace to his ashes. A Fkiend. % % * MACHINE RECORDS LOVE. (From the Now York Tehgraph) If v.?u happen to be bashful, which you possible may he, in the ]_ -entie art of wooin- von may riyht now take unto yourself cheer, y jollitv, mirth, ami satisfaction, for v all your troubles can soon be over. v Vou may have to become a phthymo-raphter to make thin-s riyfht (1 ami you iniyht re-ard yourself as 0 a j*ood ileal oi .1 cuss to do that, a hut you would have the exact and .. precise knowledge which is so sat(] isfyinc. ' (| All you have to do is to lure the t. object of your affections owr to s l'iiiladelph: and tr.v n out to l Ik ,s laboratory of the psychological L. clinic of the I'niversitv of l'ennsvlvattia. The rest is easy. With ' a careless air vou inveigle her t?? lc. place her dain* y hand?of course. A the hand is dainty?in a machine 1, which yon will notice i> labeled v phthy inoyraph" >?r "phyjjnio.yrauh" Then you step into the ^ next room and yjet the man in cu.uj;c 01 uic juacmne l<> wmspcf | r,-, your name s<?l*11 y in her ear. The machine docs the rest. It' t. she had merely a sneakine repaid ,j. lor yon, or -he is inditYerent, or ] it she jnst palpitates within when rt. site thinks of' yon. the machine -<l will show ;t. The indicator will u] ted I yon til', iv ai story in the nc:.t | y r? it ?m K. The machine 'vjjisters a (lis- j ;s tivi.-t line on a sheet oi paper, I s: wriieh record'- witn precise ;ie.|aey the I'-rcc "t t(.-'notions in whicn are aro'.'^j j)V t]lL. mention in ol your;;llMje .'?t course, it' the line swerves despairingly ?iown, there is nothj in:, in h : ? do luit yet the s. yirl away .;s - on as possible and ,ii seel, iti other fields your heart mate. Hut ii it curves up?and curves up with a good, smart Ij sharpness?it is a cue tor you to h rush hack, loll the man who is ope rating the machine that he ,, really isn't needed, and then clasp the dear girl lirmly to your I, heart. Tell her you know silo thinks the world of you and that she needn't sav "yes/" as you ,c have iter answer already. She ,e will regard y<jii a 1 >it of tnasterful work, ami your stock will rise accordingly. Later we doubtless will have pocket machines of the same sort .. and they will be a boon to the bashful. "She loves me. she v lt loves me not.'* will be a ;,atne j. which will return to favor even ,f outside the dni- ? season. In laet, the invention or discovery, or ,t] whatever it is, supplies a sport ,f ing chance 011 which wafers may 1C be made, and as such is a thing much to be desired. K SKIDOO MILES, t WHAT IS 23? Fork. Jan. 31.?At the usual *? gathering: here of the afternoon a discussion arose as to the shortest length of time it would icquire a footman to cover the distance from Fork to Marion and then back, a distance of 23 miles. A young IS man D. W. Tart, accepted the wager to make it witlvn 2-5 min) utes. He left Fork depot at 4:30 1 p. m. and arrived at Marion depot < ? within 100 minutes from the time * jf starting. From Marion back to ; ,c the starting point he covered withic in 124 minutes, having gained one ?r minute to his credit. le The remarkable feature of the race was the record made with no 1 lL preparation. The athlete has nev- ( " er been trained, was clad in heavy 1 is clothes, had eaten a big dinner and 2. stopped on the way back and sels cured a second dinner of heavy , diet. He followed the railway IS track, which was at places very ^ 1 rough, crossed two long trestles, 1 ty while the way was constantly ob- 1 ls structed with loose cross tics. He < | made his last 10 miles in the dark. ; A large crowd was present to greet . ; him on his return. He came in ' 1 with good speed and showed no J signs of exhaustion. 1 ail | yr ^ V DILLON COUNTY BILL Will be Signed with Gold Pen and Mr. J. W. Dillon will be Present when Governor Attaches His Signature. Mr. J W Dillon will go to Col1 umbia as soon as the new county f?iII is ready for the governor's signature and will witness the signing of the .bill which establishes I)il!on county. Mr. Dillon A*i'.l be accompanied bv Col. Knox Livingston ar 1 there will be others 11 the paitv who will witness the signing of the bill. Mr. Dillon is ippropriatelv "the father of Dillon eoitntv" and despite his advan ed years he has kept well up willi the light and has always taken .i keen interest in every movement looking to the formation of the county that will bear his name. < >n account of his wars he has been unable to tnke an active in the campaign, but lie lias consented to accoinp.inv('i,l. Livingston to Columbia and be present when the last chapter in the right for Dillon county is finished. Mr, T. A. Dillon lias ordered a handsome g. hi >cn which will be used by the governor in signing the bill. The pen will have graved upon it appropriate inscriptions and will be k- > ? ?f the enique o > <si>?n. The governor will IikL* lv Mgn the bill the latter part ol the week. On Time. i'liad Ins S. Drayton, 111 Harpc'f Weekly, "Among every one huudred men who become liremen only seventeen are evi" made engi \\T e- Oi ii\.\_ir>, ill > > Will I L'll O. OLUIK", chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Lngineers, one of the most powerful labor organizations in the world. "Out of every one hundred engineers only six ever get passenger runs. The next tintu you see a white-haired man on the cab ot a big passenger locomotive don't wonder at all at his white hair, but make up your mind th~* he has the g<?ods or he would*n' be there. It is a ease of the selection and the survival of the fittest. It takes nerve to run the fast trains these days lor vou sit at/ your throttle, tearing across the/country at '!.v ,,iu' "! more than a mile a .auuite. and il any one of the do/.cn people, down to the man who spiked the rails, has mad 4 a mistake you ride to certain death." The day when an engineer could drive his train ahead at full speed, tit his own discretion and make up as much lost time as the recklessness of his daring permitted has passed with the romantic age of railroading. No longer does he gamble thus with death to win back minutes. A cool-nerved human machine sits in an office miles * aicav nnrl t.-11 c Uitn c, ....v. 1*1111 \..\avuy liuw fast he may go. Mute signals stretch out their arms to him by day or glow red eyed at night a- s long the track and halt him if he rides too fast or if there is danger * ahead. At intervals of from a thousand feet to five miles there is a tower with a man in it who notes the minute and second of his pajs- *1 ing and telegraphs it forward and l> back over the line. Nowadays the ^ engineer is rarely out of touch with T ' possible orders for more than a / few minutes at a time. In place k ut the daring and the old speed \ madness that used to characterize a the making up of time the man who lasts the longest now in the cab is the one who possesses tne calculating skill developed by long experience. He accomplishes much more simply by taking advantage :>f every trifle in winning back his time second by second. _ _ I The Woman's Club was entertained on Monday afterno-n by Mrs. L. R.Craig. An interesting progrom was carried out, after which delightful refreshments were served. Those present were: Mesdames- R. M. O'Perrall, B. B