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[ The Dillon Herald 1 ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 12,1910. VOL. 16. NO. 15. ST FATAL EARTHQUAKE More Than 1,000 Killed at Costa Rica. i ONE TOWN TOTALLY DESTROYED In the Brief Time of Four Seconds Hundreds of People Killed and Wounded and Families Made Homeless?Some Americans Killed. San Jose, Costa Rica, By Cable.? The list of dead at Cartago now number not less than 1,500. The city was destroyed by an earthquake which lasfed four seconds. It was a treuieui dous movement which followed a few minor shocks during the day. It occurred Wednesday evening. Had the snock come during the sleeping hours hardly any coiild have escaped. Every house was totally destroyed, including four churches and the palace of the American Peace court, the gift of Andrew arncgie. Some Americans are reported to have been killed. No medical aid could be obtained, and the survivors suffered greatly from lack of food and water. Many of the wounded died, suffering terribly. Entire families have been wiped out. Rafael Angel Trovo, the Costa Rican poet, whose w<^rks are known in many countries, is reported killed^ The college of the Sicilia* priests fell while the priests and children were at prayers. Two priests and ten children were killed. The earthquake was followed by a roaring which came apparently from deep down in the earth, and for six hours the disturbance continued. New York, Special.?Juan J. Ulloa. the Costa Rican consul general in this city, said that he had received unofficial advices from his country, informing him that the city of Paraiso ? had been practically destroyed by the earthquake and that this has led to estimates that the loss of life might reach 1,000 with 10.000 persons rendered homeless, and a pronertv 'oss possibly aggregating of $25,000,000. Paraiso has a population of 3,500. Surprising Freak of Nature. Chicago, Special.?A case which in many ways eclipses that of the Siamese twins was brought to light here when the seven-months-old son of Martha Petzinger died from an operation at the Norwegian Hospital. The operation disclosed the fact that a child about seven months advanced was in the process of formation in his abdominal cavity. Six doctors beside those who did the work were witnesses to the operation, which was supposed to have been for a tumor. The first thing that attracted attention to the surgeons was the feet. Closer examination showed that the inner child was perfectly formed n every particular. Blame the Farmers, Of Course. St. Louis, Mo.. Special.?That the farms of the United States are not producing half what they should, because of a lack of practical education among the farmers, was the explanation of the high cost of living problera offered by Secretary of Agriculture .James Wilson, in an address at the Farmers' Union rally. Another "Theory." Boston, Mass., Special.?A marked increase in the world's gold supply and extravagance and waste, public and private, are the principal reasons given for the high cost of living by a special state commission which has been investigating the subject for eight weeks. N Honored on Foreign Soil. London, By Cable.?Before a vast audience which filled the Royal Albert hall, the Royal Geographical Society presented Commander Robert v' t Peary with the special gold medal ,+s ^the society and through its presiv _nt welcomed the American explorer as "the first and only human being who eve# 4ed a party of his fellow creatures fo a pole of the earth." Oarnr#jie Hero Awards. Pittsburg, Special. ? Thirty-two awards of medals for acts of heroism were made by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission at its spring meeting here. Seven silver and twenty-five bronze medals were ordered struck off for the fortunate ones, while monthly pensions aggregating $196, death benefits of $4,880 and special awards totaling $13,100 were made The cash awards were to liquidate mortgages and other indebtedness and for educational purposes. The awards were made among other* to the following: Harley Toralinson, Norwood, N. C., ? (died); Frank Forrest, Ndrwood, N. C. THE MYST!C_WANDERER Halley's Comet is Speeding Toward the Earth. New York, Special.?Astronomical ! history will be made when the much | talked of Halley's comet passes be{ tween the earth and the sun and at the same time swishes this planet with its nubulons tail. This important event is scheduled to take place on May 18 and astronomers throughout the world are making extensive preparations to secure good photographs and gather all the information possible on this heavenly wanderer. The opportunity to photograph this month, will be unusual, as it will be only 12,000,000 miles from the earth 'if in T. -- * 1 on may 10. it will cross The sun's' disc during the forenoon, and will be visible in the west shortly after sunset for several days later, tinally passing out of sight on its long journey away from the sun. What will happen when we pass through the tail of the comet f According to the information furnished by the leading astronomers, there is nothing to be feared. At this tim< the tail will be about 15,000,000 miles long, and the head of the comet wili be 12,000,000 miles away from the earth. The tail is said to be made ci thin, harmless gasses, much lightei than the air we breathe, and it is very probable that it will not be noticeable As the contract will take place in tin forenoon, it will certainly not bs i noticeable on this side of the earth, where it will be broad daylight. Were the erath and the head of the comet to come in contct, however, il | would be more serious, but there is j no likelihood of this, ak the earth will | | have safely passed that point in its < orbit by the time the comet reaches it Of all the comets which have appeared from time to time. Hallev's is I the most interesting, and it the oldest one of which we have any record, its appearance being recorded as early as 12 B. C. Unlike other comets, this heavenly traveler has a closed orbit of which it makes a complete eircuit every 75 years. The discovery of this fact was responsible for its name. 11 was in 1(582 that Edmund Halley. ar Englishman, made the announcement that the comets move in orbits, aftei a great deal of research in similar orbits, and concluded that these were one and the same. When he had satisfied himself as to his discovery. he announced that the comet would ap-1 pear in the latter part of 17.78 or the I beginning of 17.">9. Although he hac been dead a number of years, tin astronomical world awaited with considerable curiosity the result of hi? prediction, and when the brilliant body lit up the heavens on Christmas of 1738, it was immediately christened with Halley's comet. It appearec next in 18113. On its present trip the mysterious visitor was first sighted on Septembei 11 last. Max Wollc Heidelberg, whe in developing photographs of the heavens, noticed the srange speck or the negative smaller than most of the stars. What attracted his attention was the swift movement of the body for it was not in the same position on any two negatives. At this time it was traveling at the rate of more than 7,000 miles a minute on its journey toward the sun. On September 16 Professor E. E. Barnard caught sight of the comet with the 40-inch Yerkes telescope, and since that time many photographs have been made of it. but on account of its great distance, they have been very indistinct. During the early part of the year the comet was invisible, being on the opposite side of the sun from the earth It had then reached its perihelion and started on its journey outward, drawing nearer the earth every day. This will continue until May 18, when it will pass between the earth and th? sun, and a short time later will cross the earth's-orbit and disappear into the great unknown, not to be seen again for another generation. One of the curious facts about tin comet is that as it approaches the sun, it trails its immense tail after it in its mad pace through the heavens As it gets nearer the sun the tail gradually disappears, always staying on the side of the comet opposite the sun. When it reaches its perihelion it has scarcely anv tail, hut thia Kn. pins to form on its outward course. As it is now journeying away from the snn, it is traveling with its tail first, and it will he in this position when it passes the earth. During Biblical times', and even down beyond the Middle Ages, the inhabitants of the earth stood in great fear of a comet, and Halley's has been linked with a number of 1 historical incidents. It was in 837 during the reign of Louis I (the , Pious) of France, that the comet ap- J peared. The people were greatly [ alarmed, and one learned philosopher predicted that it meant the death of j the ruler. The kinir immediately a consultation with his bishops, and ( was told that he must pray, build j churches and found monasteries. This ( he did, but he died three years later. One of its most celebrated appear ances occurred in 145(>. three years after tlie capture of Constantinople l?y the Turks. According to his^ toriniiSs the comet was uuusualh large and a brilliant golden color All Europe became greatly alarmec and Ptpe Calixtus 111 urged tin faithful to repeat the Angelus thre< times a day in order to protect them selves from the Turk and the comet The State Firemen's Conventior will be held in Richmond August THE NEWS MINUTELY TOLD The Heart of Happenings Carrel From th? WtinU - ? W V? MV*V WWU-UVAJ. First becoming insane when his wife gave birth to twins and later, when again normal, refusing to support the woman and her offspring Johan T. Scheck at Wilmington, ^el., was.arrested for desertion and non-support. The Presbyterian Ministerial Union of San Francisco adopted a resolution calling on churches throughout the country to join in a cencertetl protest against the Jeffries-Johnsor fight. The protest will he laid before the General Assembly in New York this month. The Odd Fellows order, founded in Baltimore in 1819, began with f members, and has now grown to t membership of more than a milliot and a half. The Trans-Andean Railway tunnc is 12,000 feet above sea level nnc links the Republics of Chile and Ar gentina. It is five miles long ani affords direct communication betweet Yalpariso and Buenos Ayres. The first ticket for the fight be t .veen Jim Jeffries and Jack John son at San Francisco on July 4 wil he presented to Theodore Roosevel on his arrival in New York. Tin ticket will be made of solid gold. Assessments made by the interna revenue bureau on account of the cor poration tax to date, aggregate $23, 954,533. The amount collected 's( far is $132,433. Railroad freight rates throughou the country will be materially in creas by tariffs tilled with the Inter state Commerce Commission by West ern trunk lines. Two slick young men, at Towaco N. J., drove off with most all tin chickens in town while the resident! of the village were assembled ot Waukhaw Mountain looking for Hal ley's comet. Having refused to answer tin questions of Census Enumerate Heebner, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., MrsElizabeth Dugan was arrested am sent to jail in default of bail. Jack Johnson, heavyweight champ ion of the world, is installed in hi training quarters at the Seal Rocl House on the California beach, wher he is to prepare himself for his figh witu James J. Jeffries, at "Emeryville July 4. One thousand convicts at Atlanta in the United States penitentiary were in tears Tuesday afternoon a Geraldine Farrar, grand opera star sang to them, and the emotion of th prison-garbed men before her causet Miss Farrar herself to weep. A police magistrate at Ivy Bridge in Devonshire, has decided that tin word "dammit" is obscene and tha its use may be punished as a crime. Two new prizes for the successfu accomplishment of further aerial feat were announced at a luncheon givei at Paris in honor of Louis Paulhan the French aeronaut, who won $40, 000 by Hying from London to Man Chester. Alleged frauds in Alabama coming it is believed within the scope of tin bankruptcy law, have been receivim attention at the hands of Attorney General Wickersham. John Quincy Adams Ward, one o America's greatest sculptors, died a his home in New York in his 80tl year. He had been ill for threi months. r* A 1? ? ? 1 ' uibuuiiik me ranicn a "(lesecra tion of our nation's great jwtriotii holiday," the greater Oakland Char ter Convention adopted a resolutior protesting against the holding of thi Jeffries-Johnson prize fight on July 4 Ninetv-two sail and steam vesseli were added to the merchant marini of the United States during April, ae cording to the Department of Cera merce and Labor. Declaring the negligence of thi city police of many municipalities ii responsible for the ravages of thi white plague, Robert J. Newton, 01 St. Louis, in an address on the en forcement of the anti-spitting ordi nances, bitterly assailed local author ities for neglecting to support thi law. P. M. Deminick of the University of Alabama won first pri*e in thi Southern intercollegiate oratories contest, held at Vanderbilt * Ifaiver sity, Nashville. ; SOUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS r The Cream of News ItemB Gathered From AU Over South Caroline 1 and Boiled Down. Annual Reunion Old Soldiers. A At a joint mooting of committees q( l from Cauip .Joe Walker of the Con- in t federate Veterans, the Spartanburg J c? council and the Chamber of Com- f1 I In merce, August 17 and 18 were the I dates set for the annual reunion of as Confederate Veterans to be held in 1? Spartanburg. These three bodies will ^ | co-operate in making all arrangements ar for the entertainment of the old sol- to diers and arranging a programme for C< the reunion. G< It is thought that the reunion this le ' year will be the largest that the G Veterans have ever held in this ni ' State, and the citv of Spartanburg is making plans for giving them a B royal welcome. at Court of Inquiry Appointed. bi tv The tirst court of inquiry appoint- ni [ ed within this State in memory of the cc. i younger generation was named Sat- a . unlay hv Governor Ansel to inquire j r into the Bovd-Brock controversy. The court will consist of the following: .. Gen. Wilie Jones, Col. William W. j Ivewis, and Col. Edward R. Cox. Julius Cogswell will he recorder of 1 the court. This is an official act of g Governor Ansel in the capacity of commander-in-chief of the national J guard ol' the State. 1 * I' | $20,009 Against Southern Bell. J.' , A verdict for $20,00 was rendered in the Richland court of common pleas Saturday in favor of Mr< I Minnie Lundy in her ease against C : tlie Southern Bell Telephone Com- ti pany. Her husband was killed when tl I a wire of the system came in contact h " with a trolley wire. The suit was b brought for $50,00. It was a hard- f 1 fought case. i* It Columbia State Sued. t< A libel suit for $50,000, has been ^ filed against The State Company by attorneys for John K. Blaek and t( grows out of the recent local politi- a eal election. Suits for like amounts i will probably be tiled by K. (>. Blaek .,j and Fingal ('. Blaek. brothers of the y '? plaintiff in Saturday's action. s Farmer's Convenience at Greenwood, j! The Greenwood council has consummated the purchase of a tract ot eleven acres of land close in, to be e converted into a wagon yard for the & r convenience of out-of-town people who drive here to trade. Mayor o| Baker states that the property will S ue i>ui 111 proper shape at once. b? s| s Brother Kills Brother. Si e Peter Kennedy, a prominent young t farmer who lived on Fair Forset creek on tlie line, between Union and gv ' Spartanburg comities, was shot and killed by his brother, David Kennedy. , Friday.' ' a" ' The shooting occurred over a disf pute about a laud line. % Son of Noble Sire Reappointed. Dr. Julius Taylor, of Columbia, lias , been reappointed by Governor Ansel 00 p to be one of the board of re-rents of , ^ the State Hospital for the Insane. ' The unexpired term of Dr. H. W. ?: Taylor, in 1904, was filled by the a appointment of his son, Dr. Julius a s Taylor, the term expiring March 12. i * in ' Protecting the People. Determined to keep out of the State certain classes of investment *? companies, which have operated in ln ? North and South Carolina, to the de- ro r triment of the purchasers of the ^ bonds, insurance Commissioner MeMaster has refused to admit several. ov ^ companies. ar t ..... "TT7 i mgiitning K.ills a Woman. s During a severe electric storm Saturday at Greenville, Mrs. Allie Parker lja - was killed while standing on the porch "? i of her home, and a (wnonths-old in- nn - fant in her arms was thrown violently u,s 1 to the ground, being burned about s the face and body. A peculiar freak sa . of the lightning was that one of the Pa 5 baby's shoes was torn off. The it;- *ri i fant wil survive, it is said. Greenville Autftmobile Concern. j The Palmetto Auto and Iron works, . at Greenville, will ask for a charter !n 8 front the secretary of state. The 1111 5 capital of the company i.4 $20,000. *? 8 The company will manufacture auto- 11(1 t mobile supplies, such as shafts, gears ' " and wheels. x J? Se Peculiar Death of Child. ( 1 8 The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Stogner, of Cheraw, while f playing on the porch Wednesday j afternoon, fell down the steps and ra< *. in so doing bit its tongue, causing " a hemorrhage, from which it died a tit ' few hours iater. mi PALMETTO HAPPENINGS Mens Notes of General Interest From All Parts of the State. Military Officials Mad. A statement issued Wednesday by djutunt General Boyd asks that overnor Ansel appoint a court of quirv to investigate tlie expense ae unt of Col. W. T. Brock, the asstaut adjutant general, which was eurred while inspecting the militia the State. Later?Gen. Boyd has iked the assistant adiiitant trnnornl ir his resignation. Col. Brock, upon the receipt of the tter, said that he would not resign id that he had no other statement i make with reference to the letter, id. Brock said that he had asked ov. Ansel in person as well as by tter for a court of inquiry and that ov. Ansel would not give him a defile answer. aby Boy Swallows Muriatic Acid. Herbert, the d-y ear-old son of Mr. id Mrs. Daniel Horn, of Spartanlrg died as the result of swallowing uriatic acid, which he mistook for >ca-eola. The child, while at play jout Mr. Horn's store, where tiners were at work on the roof, got old of a bottle of muriatic acid, and linking it was coca-cola, swallowed le deadly poison. Steel Bridge to Span Saluda. The long-talked of steel bridge over aluda river, ovor which there was a reat wrangle about a year a<ro, is at ist to he constructed. Decided aeon was taken by the board of Lexicon county commissioners at its igular montlily meeting on Monday. Columbia at the Second Table. At present the indications are that blumbia will get only an appropriainn for a site for a new post otfiee at lis session. All ol' the places which ave got appropriations for buildings, lit in which buildings have not been rected, arc asking through their lembers for slight increases, and it >oks as if these increases are going ) be made, leaving Columbia to wait. 7ife, Baby, Wealth, Liberty, Gone! Israel Benjamin, who was a well )-do merchant in Mayesville. a year no, hut has become penniless since is wife obtained a divorce mi April 1009. was held in $2.(100 hail by I agist rate Hylan in the New .Jersey icnue court, Brooklyr, Thursday, larged with kidnapping his own litc daughter, 2 years oh J 50,000,000 Bushels of Corn. "Fifty million bushels ' corn for outh Carolina in 1910*' ends big. ?t that is the aiogao farmers I this State, and the South Atlantic tatcs Corn Exposition, which is to i ? held in Columbia, will carry the >irit of this slogan to the other lates of the South. Crops Damaged in Clarendon. A severe wind and rain storm | vept the lower section of Clarendon I unity Thursday. On the Sautee river j vamp, the rain was accompanied by terrific fall of hail and the destrucnu of all crops and vegetation was miplete. Heavy Hail in Calhoun. The eastern section of Calhoun unty was visited Thursday by the verest hailstorm that has ever been town, even by the oldest inhabitants ' this section. It covered an area of >out five miles in length and one and half miles in breadth. The ground as covered with hail three to four cbes thick. Le*in?rton "Rnnlr a .- -x au voavj^abCVi< The governor has been called upon look into the condition of a Lexgton county bank, the situation in gard to which is said to be perilous ' the bank examiner. Large amounts rrowed on the endorsement of the rner of the hank and overdrafts e the casus belli. By-Product of Pine Valuable. A tirui bonded in the sum of $10.0 under an act to make alcohol tiled pers in the Secretary of State's ofe Thursday. The company will nnufacture alcohol from sawdust ed from the gigantic Atlantic Coast unpany near Georgetown. The wdust now costs the Coast Comny $60 a day to dispose of. but run now on it will net it $40 per y. Two Regiments to Chicamauga. Tt is probable that the Second Reglent will accompuny the Third Regicnt to Chickamauga from July 11 July 20. Although no definite anuneement is made, it is thought that ere will be funds enough available defray the expense of both the cond and Third Regiments to lickamauga. Good for Grand Old Oamdan. That Camden is to get a govern?nt post office, and it is certain to ,ve a new Southern Railway stern, and one which is to be an ornasnt. I METHODIST PEOPlf j ? At Asheville to Attend The ! Great General Conference BISHOP E. R. HENDRIX'S ADDRESS Opposed Demands of Women?Keep Preachers Four Years?Church's Name to Stand?New Style Worship Not Wanted. Asheville, N. Special.?The sixteenth quadrennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, opened here Wednesday morning. Bishop Wilson called the conferonce to or.lcr. Bishop Morrison, in his opening 1 prayer, thanked (?od that "the hand of the Almighty had been with the Church in its tight against the evils of the land, the whiskey curse, the divorce evil and the desecration of the Sabbath." Rev. A. F. Watkins, of the Missis- ? sippi Conference, was chosen secretary of the general conference. Aside from the devotional exercises which form a major |>ortion of the conference sessions, the main feature y of the program Wednesday was the Episcopal address. This address is really the report of the house of bishj ops upon the condition ol' the Church. J together with such recommendations as the bishops may deem advisable. It is a composite address to which all the bishops contribute. It was to the conference what a President's message is to Congress, an outline of what the executive forces of the Church desire in the way of laws l'rom the legislative j branch. Bishop E. R. Hondrix. of Kan' sas City, delivered the address. He llatly opposed the demands of the^ , women of the Church for Laymens' rights and representation in confer! ence. ! He said the demands were not "in harmony with the Church's idea of what was woman's place in the : Church, in the home and in society." The veto power in the bishops and their election for life were strongly supported, t! rcater energy in foreign field was recommenced and Africa was declared the battleground of the Twentieth century. I A dccid.d stand was taken against innovations in worship such as silent invocation and chanting of the Lord's prayer. The movement to re- * I move the fnnr-v??;ir t'nn,. !; >,;? ?... preachers in a church was not appro\ oil. Co-operation and division of territory with the Northern Methodist Church was endorsed. A change in name was not recommended. Five additional bishops were re- > I commended. The address stated the Methodists [ now numbered two million souls, the-, | second largest protestant church in the world. It gave its gains in the last four years as 207,754. At present over 7,000 traveling and 4,000 local ministers are in service. The Church property now owned is worth seventy-five million dollars and four million was spent for churches and parsonages during the last year. It required over two hours to read it and at its conclusion t he association adjourned for the day, after re !... -I I i.<.inn- auureM 10 me standing committees. C. M. E. General Conference. Augusta, Ga., Special.?With im- $ pressive religious services, marked by good and fervent singing, the 8th quadrennial Colored Methodist Epis- < copal Conference in America was qpened Wednesday morning in Trinity C. M. E. Church, on Jackson street. Senior Bishop L. II. Holsey, o? Atlanta, presiding. Norfolk & Southern Changes. ^ Richmond, Va., Special.?All of the j lines, equipment and other property g! of the Norfolk & Southern Railway Co.. which was recently sold under a judgment of the I'nited States C: cuit Court Monday passed into ti ,? hands of a new corporation, knowi as the Norfolk, Southern Itailroa*. Co. A charter tor the n?u: ... ? - ? ? I was issued by the State Corporation Commission. The 107th Annual Lutheran Synod. | Albemarle. Special.?The one hundred and seventh annual North Car- S olina Synod of the Lutheran church 3 convened here V'ednesday. Rev. T. Y. Itoozer, of Lexington, y president o^ the Synod, preached the opening sermon, followed by the sjmodieal communion. The evening session was devoted to*'' the Laymen's Movement, led by Dr* ' , Cromer, chairman, and ex-president j6 of Newberry College, and other di?>jB tinguished speakers. j Possibly the most important one*- I tion to come before the Synod will h* K the removal of the North Caro&MljE College at Mi. Pleasant.