The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-11-14
From the Soul Carolinian
Great Display Of IErOIites, Flee
Es;ilaS, and Shooting Stars.

On Thursday, the lst day of November,
1910, from eight O'clock, n. m throughout
the entire day, and until late hour OF the
night, III this section o; the country, there
was magnificent display of these cnirlnati
cal atmospheric phenomena, which have so
properly bccu regarded by Humboldt as small
masses moving with planetary velocity IN con-
lc sections round the sun, in harmony with
the laws OF universal gravitation Early in
the morning explosions resembling Distant
artillery were heard 10y various persons, which
were mistaken for blasting explosions, until
the afternoon when these irc-wnred mes
scngcrs OF the stars became visible to the
naked eye. One exploded about two miles
northeast from my residence with s,unnnr
Nose, which shook the surrounding hills, and
| in It's downward transit emitted clear phos
phorcsccnt light, leaving distinct line illu-
minated IN It's course. Another, five miles
northwest, was observed winging its course
| IN the same direction, at quite leisure pace,
horizontally with the EARTH and, being spent,
exploded with noise aud smoke. II appeared
| 10 be a revolving ball OF white flame Al i
| O'Clock, p m. was walking in a field at po
maria, when a startling explosion took place
at my back, apparently three hundred yards
from me. The sound was fuller than The
iomdcsl report OF artillery could be at that
distance, and scnsib!y shook the Garth
Similar instances were observed in the upper
part OF Ncwbcrry district, thirty miles north
OF this place, and throughout our whole sec
ton they were visible to many of the most
respectable citizens. have not had leisure
TO examine any of the locations where the
explosions took place, to determine whether
there have hecn specific mineral dcpostes.-
At night there was n beautiful display of
| those "fery tears" from the skies, common
| ~ dcnonInatcl shooting STARS.
| The sky was perfectly clear during the en-
tire day, and a brilliant buo was observable
even to the horizon. The sunset was most
! brilliant crimson, and about ten o'clock, D. m
the flush OF the northern light was plainly
| visible. The weather since has been warm
| To al into!crabic degree, and we are row in
'ho midst NJ most charming Indian summer
humboldt satisfactorily accoants for the
visible appearance OF these masses, from the
| TACT that when they encounter tho earth in
their course, and, attracted by II, they become
| on the verge oi oar atmosphere extremely lu-
lnin"uH. Fare balls and shooting slarc, we
! icarn from tho saInc source, are not ouiy fro
! fucntiy c"r,e'1rol ancOus and n!icrln.neud
! hr' ueI"en'iv r.ss into ""n H.g.nar .irte-
o 'c S.n,'.a i.qnc0'iy ti! "r.. Hre-Lil's,
, ~, ,va. n ". - knowu
! '"ll 2'i...cs oog lfrcd tt BJlho,an, in tho
| fnJ Ulrn, q; lIc- Itni"X, France, on the
, %il lnIy, 1880; at Lima on the 10Th June,
| iDl; at Weston. Connecticut, on the lith
| December, 1907; and at Juvcnas, in the de-
| partmcnt of Ardrchc, on the 18th June, 1921 .
| Sometimes these have fallen from a progress
sl;c cloud forming suddenly in the midst of a