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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
Former U. S. Minister Found Dying

London. BY tahlc.-William l. Bu-
chamam of Buffalo. y. V. former Am
erican minister To the Argentine Re
public and Panama. who had been
closely identified with several import
ant American diplomatic missions.
met Il tragic death Saturday night ON
Il London street. He WAS discovered
lyim" on Il sidewalk i'll Park Lane,
near the American embassy. in dy-
ING condition. Il few minutes before
II clock and waS carried To 81.
George : hospital. Il short distance
away. Life was extinct when the am
buiancc reached the hospital. The
cause of death is not known positive
ly. but physicians who examined the
body state that ii resulted apparently
from heart disease or apopicXv and
that there was no indication OF foul
DlaV which was suggested
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
After DR.. Cooks Scalp.

New York. Special.-Four more
aiiidavits were made public here Sat
urday III connection with the mcvsti-
CATION of DIR. Frederick \. Cook s
expedition To Mount Mckinley. Three
OF them are by members of the Cook
party-Fred Printz. guide; Waltc-
j. Miller. photographer and Samuel
Bcecher. Their testimony relates in
detail the movements OF the party en-
planning that Cook and Barril were
alone together the period in which DR..
Cook claims to have reached the sum-
nit of Mount Mckinley. All three
say that Barrill assured them after
that DR.. Cook 5 story was false.
The fourth affidavit is that of DR..
John +. Shore. a physician of Lcaven-
worth, Washington. who tells of a
conversation with Oscar +. Blankcn-
ship of the United States forestry
service in which Blankcnship said
that DR.. Cook 5 claims to have climb
ed Mount Mckinley were false mas
much as the feat was impossible i'll
the short time which Cook and Bar
rlll were absent. BlankenShip was
located near Mount Mckinley at the
time Cook 5 expedition was there.
\ New York dispatch of the 10th
says. ''lIaving failed in his effort to
Get Professor Herchel c. Parker and
Anthony Fiala TO conduct an expo
dition 10 ascend Mount Mckinley.
DR.. Frederick \. Cook announced
here that he would abandon his lee
ture tour as soon aS possible and
himself head am expedition To ascend
Mount Mckinley and recover if pos
siblc the records which he says he
LEFT there in 1906.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
Diptheria at Spartanburg.

Spartanburg, Special. = Diptheria
has appeared in Spartanburg though
not to an alarming extent. The board
of health has the disease well in hand
and all infected houses are under
quarantine. Several parents have be-
come unnecessarily alarmed and have
taken their children from school,
though there has been no occasion for
such action. The cases are exceeding
ly mild.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
The Masons of Greenville to Erect Q
100000 Temple.

Greenville, Special.-A contract
has been let for a 100000 steel
frame Masonic Temple and Gtice
building to be erected here. Messrs.
"A. B. Carpenter and j. E. Shrine,
compose the building committee. Mr..
o. L. Cauble has the contract to do
the foundation work and that for the
superstructure has been let to Messrs.
.Hugger q Co., Of Nashville, Tenn.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
BLACK HAND AT CANTON

IoI 9l,OUU TO be flaced at tn
Corner of Locust Field Church.
Accompanied by the Usual Threat!
"A Trap is Set For the Hold UI
Man, But He Refuses to Put Hi
Foot Into 1t.
Ashevilie. y. c.. Spccial.-A dar.
ing attempt 10 blackmail w. T. Sharr
OF Canton. one of the wualthicst aien
OF the town and Il very prominent
merchant. came To light Saturday
night. and alOn" with il an attempt
To blackmall certain other citizens oi
the town and officials of the Cham.
plon Fiber Company. and although a
trap was well laid To catch the perI~c-
traitors II" one came To claim the mon-
ey. Mailed at the Canton poStoilice
September 27. W. T. Sharp received a
letter reading as follows:
'On October IL before IL y. m.
you place under s. +. corner of Lo-
Gust Field church $1,000 in large bills.
Failure TO do SO means cetrain death
To yourself and perhaps To your fam
lty. Dynamite is cheap. Spies mean
same thing.
(SigncN "BLACK HAND"
When received it Mr.. Sharp at
once became frightened and laid the
matter before certain of his friends
and after consultation il was
agreed To place the letter in the
hands of poStoilicc inspectors. 1t
was arranged that Mr.. Sharp should
deposit the money there and num-
Der of officers would watch the spot
to see If any one appeared. No one
appeared
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
Kills His Son-in-Law.

Darlington, Special.-Van Clanton
shot and killed his son-in-law, John
Wilson, near Clyde, in this county,
early Tuesday morning. The origin
Of the trouble appears to be family
quarrel in which Clanton charged
Wilson with arraying his family
against him.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
Columbia Has Serious Fire.

Columbia, Special.-A fire that
ragged for nearly two hours and taxed
the energies of the entire department
was discovered just after midnight
Monday night, and as a result his
toric Carolina hall, the home of the
Wallace house when this State was
wrested from Radical rule. is in ashes
and on Hampton street the establish
ment of the Carolina Garage COM
pany was totally destroyed, while
between the two buildings the one
story frame buildings were licked up
by the fire very quickly. despite the
tons of water poured on the FIRE.
Anderson Traction Property Sold.
Anderson, Special.-For 1854, $50
the properties of the Anderson Trac-
tion Company, including 18 miles of
city and interurban track, plant and
equipment were sold under the ham
mer Tuesday to E. w. Robertson, OF
Columbia, one Of the receivers of the
company. The sale was made under
the order of Federal Judge Pritchard
in the case of the International Trust
Company, Of Baltimore, vs. the An
derson Traction Company.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
Fire in Sumter.

Sumter, Speciai-The fire depart
ment had a smart early morning fire
@ their hands between and :
clock Wednesday morning. A two.
81 ory frame dwelling situated on
Manning avenue, about half block
south of the railroad tracks, burned
nd as this is a thickly settled neigh
borhood, all old frame houses, and
the wind was blowing the sparks at
q very lively rate, it took good work
to hold the fire to the building where
it originated. This building was de-
'stroyed. 1t belonged to Wisdom
Gass, and was occupied by colored
people.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
Scarlet Fever at Columbia.

Columbia. Special-In view OF the
fact that there is some scarlet fever
IN the city and in other parts of the
State. the local board of health
Thursday issued formal stat cment,
setting out the best means of prevent
ing the spread. The statement gives
information as to the nature of scar
let fever and scarlatina. and the
method of treating and quarantining
the disease is explained. There is
nothing startling about the situation
here, the board of health desiring
only to be on the safe side.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
Peary Arctic Club Gives Out
Statement.
ESKIM0S TRACE LINE ON MAP
Did Not Need iIuch Suppliec-
Stayed Within Game Regicn-Cook
Smiles Undisturb urbed-Expecsed as
Much

with a map indicating the route tray
eled by DR.. Cook and the principal
events of the explorations as Peary
and his party got them from the Es-
kimos, especially the two young men
ltookashoo and Alpelah. He says
that he questioned them sep
arately and their statements and
tracings on the map shown them har-
monizcd. Most of the testimony,
however, Commander Peary says was
taken not in his presence. in order
that the idea of his overawing them
might not be claimed. He SAYS the
Eskimo laughed at DIR. Cook S story.
The story as published says Cook
and his party did not cross the open
water encountered but turned west
and southwest for some distance and
then rctraced their way not going be-
yond the game regions.
The story credits the Eskimo with
the ability to trace the entire route
on rude map and even with the skill
to draw map which produced some
difference between the two but which
was harmoni:ed. 1t does not seem
from the story, however that the
I young Eskimo had the instruments
and the records that would be neces-
sary to make an ineligible map.
The statement as to the testimony
Of the Eskimos is signed by Com
mander Pcary, Capt. Bartlett, of the
Roosevelt, ID. b. Mcmillan, George
Borup and Matthew 4. Henson.
DR.. Cook Not Disturbed.
DR.. Cook at Cleveland, Ohio, Tues
day evening was shown the state
ment. He said
81 have replied to the points rails.
ed dozen times,' he continued.
"The map published by Commander
Peary in itself indicates that the Es-
kimos have respected their promise
made to me that they would not give
any information to Peary or his men.
| .Tbo Esk;mos ,roro ;sto.o5 ~.
to tell Mr.. Peary OF any of his party
| of our trip over the Polar sea. They
were told to say that we had been
far north. They have kept their
word
"Mr Whitney has said tbot drr;no
tho oo-ossxon,;n,,; ..I...I -
co...,N ''','"''' ''' W
Noiiiiilahucr learS ana DINERS OF ma
expedition the Eskimos did not
understand the questions put TO them
or the man which was laid bofora
Them Tbo;r vanilla. 80 .ho a...;o,,.
f'.@9 - '''e ?"eS'ioiS
p"' ia'e Dee'' '"is'eu 10 SUIT per-
verted interest.
81 will not enter into anv argu-
ment about tho matter but T will
br;no tbo EsL;,oos =, ~ v,-
my own ovnorso orI tLo,. Ill , a.
ne d;d NJ WL;tnn,. III Nv. "'I pto.o
oIa;mas ,, an '""' l nave
Dr Cool would ,o. oo,.o.. J..
over tbo doto;I'. ,,o' 'it " 20
Pearv,S statamont ''ieu nn s, III . Mr
tb;e. LUZ 'N'' 'nA"
Sn, C-,.. -,
foo Ill 49, "e sou, are uhiy
H. .i:- | 'oiie,nins 'na'
t;oHous ~" >, Will l'ease 'heir ques-
NJ
turhoI Ip'oiei was iol aC all per-
fooo ,rhon thn,' lev o.ti HIS orohlea
81 fully eynected n 500 sonoth;n.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
The Mecklenburg Fair at Charlotte.

Charlotte, Special.-Viewed in the
light of comparison with similar
events of recent years, the approach
ing Mecklenburg fair promises to out
strip any of its predecessors in its
uniform character.
Among the more fastidious of the
side attractions which have been en-
gagged, Sadie Knowlton, winner of a
worlds championship swimming and
high diving event, justly deserves
rank.
kemp's Wild West Show and In
dian band is another troupe that has
been contracted with. 1t contains 60
people and so horses and the band is
made up of 16 pieces.
Doylan and Venrodme are the en-
listments Of two of the most promi-
nent midway attractions.
The Joseph G. Ferrari animal show
and the information theatre which
contain features of interest are also
booked and in another enclosure real
istic scenes of the Monitor and Merri-
mac will be exhibited.
The midway will be crowded with
attractions of the usual sort, but of
q good class and individual merit.
Mr.. Creswell also states that there
will he a balloon race each day by
the Hurgeth brothers.
Between the races B. H. Dema-
rests New York equestrienne COM
bination will give fancy performances
in front of the grandstand.
Already two-thirds of the space on
the spacious grounds has been con-
tracted for. The midway will be
larger and more uniform than ever
before as will also every other single
department of the fair.
The dates of the fair are October
26, 81, % and 20.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
Charged With Robbing Dispensary.

Holly Hill, Special.-Some weeks
ago most daring robbery was COM
mitted in Holly Hill when the dis
pensary was broken into and nearly
500 worth of liquor was carried
away. Since that time quiet but
persistent investigation has been ear
rled on resulting in the arrest last
week of two white men. John II. Mar
tin, dispenser, and s. II. Boykin. and
three negroes, James Jamison. Fred
Edwards and Cowell SWEET. Martin
and Boykin are out on bond, while
the negroes have been taken TO the
county Jail at Monck's s Corner.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
Hail Damages Cotton.

Aiken. Special.--Reports are com.
ing to the city of severe damage last
week by hail III many sections of the
county. One night last week a heavy
rain and windstorm visited some sec.
tions and for a few minutes hail fell
as thick as the rain, in stones said
to have been as large as bird eggs,
beating bales of cotton out of the
burS. One farmer estimates that he
had not less than ten bales of the
staple beat out. This cotton will, of
course, be picked up, but it is very
badly damaged. Another farmer
says that he lost about two bales.
There is perhaps more cotton open
In the fields of Aiken county at this
time than ever at one time before.
Thousands of bales remain in the
fields. Labor is not so very scarce.
but the cotton is plentiful. 1t is be-
ing harvested fast, and the ginneries
are doing a Gland Office business. -
Action is Indorsed.
Greenville. Special
were adopted here Monday by the
executive committee of the South
Carolina Cotton Manufacturers AS
sociation indorsing the action taken
at Charlotte last week by the Nation
al Association of Cotton Manufac-
turers, pledging curtailment in pro-
duction. Committees were named to
communicate with all mills in the
State in regard to carrying out the
curtallment agreement. Resolutions
objecting to the extra amount of
bagging placed on bales over the
limited tare of twenty pounds were
adopted. The organization of a
Southern mill mutual insurance COM
Pany was discussed and cotton buy
ers were urged in n resolution to dis
continue buying cotton at gins.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
Fire in Camden Mill.

Camden, Special.-About t clock
Thursday morning fire was discover
ed at the Southern Cotton Seed Oil
Mill. and before the flames were got
ten under control considerable dam
age was do;.e. The fire was discover
ed under the cotton seed and meal
house, and this part of the plant with
a good many tons of meal and hulls
and empty sacks were DESTROYED. The
loss Is estimated at about twenty
thousand dollars, which is covered bv
insurance. The oil mill proper and
the ginnery were not hurt. The fire.
men did some fine work. and would
have done even better had they had
sufficient water pressure.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
COLUMBIA STATE FAIR
Prospects Good For Handsome Ex-
hibit and Most Winning Attrac-
tions-The President to be There.

Columbia, Special.-Presiden John
G. Mobley is very enthusiastic over
the prospects of the State Fair
here and states that in his
opinion it will be one of the most
successful ever held. He is leaving
nothing undone for its success. Re-
ports received from all sections Of
the State Indicate that the people are
interested and that the largest crow!
that has ever been together in Col
umbla will be in attendance upon the
great annual event from November l
to 6.
Capt. Mobley says: "The special
attractions for every day of the Fair
will be more varied than they have
ever been in the past. The ground
has been laid off for the encampment
OF the militia, and many of the crack
companies of the State will enter the
prize drill, making Friday a day of
great interest. The show on Main
street will be as they have been in
the past, and will be ample to afford
entertainment for all of the visitors.
The bureau of information. under the
management of Prof. d. T. Kinard,
Will be located near tho atreet car
transfer office on Main street. and
Prof. kinard has made systematic ar
rangements for affording the visitors
all the information that they may de-
sire as to where they may be able
to obtain board and lodging during
their stay at the Fair. The shuttle
train will run as usual from the
union station to the Fair grounds and
back every fifteen minutes, and the
Coast Line Railroad will stop their
trains at the Fair ground depot and
permit visitors to the Fair who de-
sire to get off there to do so. This
depot for accommodation of visitors
to the Fair was erected by the Fair
Association last year and proved 4
great convenience to the people. All
of the side shows and special priv
llege attractions that follow the cir
cult of fairs are booked for Column
bia, and the finest horses that have
followed the circuit are entered for
the races.
1t has been seven years since the
clemson Tigers met the Gamecocks
of the University on the gridiron,
and this event OIL Thursday is at.
tracing widespread interest and will
no doubt be witnessed by several
thousand people.
"The stand will be erected on
Thursday afternoon and night for the
reception of President Taft at the
Fair grounds, so that it can be hand
somely decorated on Friday and be
ready for the inspection of the dec
Grating committee on Friday after
noon.'
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
Horse Crushes Little Girl.

Georgetown, Special.-The four
year-old little daughter of Telegraph
Operator H. l.. Orvin, Harriet, was
run over and badly injured by run
away horse on Saturday about |
O'Clock, and Rebecca, her sister.
slightly bruised about the body bv
being thrown down. 1t was about the
the time of the circus parade, and the
streets were full of people when the
horse became frightened and rushed
madly down sidewalk in West
Georgetown. The Orvin children were
coming around the corner and the
horse ran directly into them. knock
ing little Harriet beneath its hoofs
and throwing the other child to one
side. One of its feet landed upon
the face of the unfortunate child.
laying bare the cheek to the bone.
AT no time has the child lost con-
sciousness, but the sutfcring has been
intense. The terrible wound has been
skllfully treated by Dr. Sawyer. and
the little girl is resting easily.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBIT
State Board of Health Will Endeav-
or to Secure the National Travel
ing Exhibit.

Columbia, S. c., Special-So much
interest was shown in the tuberculo-
sis exhibition at the State fair last
year that the State Board of Health
has planned to continue it this wear
Secretary G. +. Williams has been in
structed by the Board to correspond
with the National Association about
securing the travelling exhibit which
Is soon to be brought into the State,
preceding the tour through North
Carolina which is booked TO begin
early In january. The director of the
exhibition was i'll conference at Char
lesion last week with the Chairman
Robert Wilson of the State Health
Board, and Wednesday other confer
cnces were held at Columbia with
Secretary Williams and the loval
members of the State board. The
health board is very anxious to reach
the crowds which attend the State
Fair with an educational health show.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-02
\ Gigantic Reservoir.

The reservoir under constructiO:
for the water system of Calcutta
India, is really great steel tank
with capacity of 100000 impe-
rial gallons 1t is 321 feet square,
sixteen deep and its fiat bottom is
approximately ninety-fOur feet
above ground 1t is supported on
eighty-One steel towers, each approx
imately twenty feet square, consist
ing o. four vertical columns prop
erly braced The tank will be di-
vidcd into four equal compartments.
80 OF 0bi,G day be emrtied indie
1.CJa j o. TIE others. The roof
!" - slate laid on I-beams. ana
covered with a interpreting mem
brane, and then with concrete. The
foundation is a concrete slab two
and a half feet thick, covering the
entire area and REINFORCED with bars
and I-beams beneath the columns.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-02
QUARANTINE CHANGE.
DIR. Cox of Galveston Temporarily,
Later to COrpus-Dr. Seel Here.

Dr. Geo Cox left on yesterday
afternoons train for Galveston,
where DR.. Cox goes to take charge
of the quarantine station at that
point until a successor to DR. Flor
ence, who has been stationed there
and whose resignation went into eff
feet yesterday, can be appointed.
Dr.. Cox does not expect to re-
turn to Brownsville, having ex-
changed districts with DR.. G. A.
Seel, who has been stationed at
Arkansas Pass, Texas The latter
arrived yesterday TO take charge
of the quarantine office at this port.
Dr. Cox expects to make headquar-
tiers at Corpus Christi.
Mrs. Cox, who has been spending
the summer with relatives at Cor
pus Christi, came down Monday TO
pack, and left with the doctor yes
terday- Their departure is much re-
GREETED by the many friends they
have made at Brownsville.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-02
$2O9.35
Men Ruin Hat Trade.

New York Sun.
To watch the parade on Fifth av-
enue no one would dream that there
was a slump in the millinery trade
Nevertheless high-class milliners say
that there is, and moreover they
blame the men-and the newspa-
pers-for it
I'VE are actually giving our
hats away" said the head of the
millinery department in one of the
big stores in the city In al my
twenty years experience / never
knew millinery to b.. sCld fOi lit
tie. Hats selling last year at $25
to $50 are now selling for $40 to
$15. | should say that there was a
difference of from 10 to 80 per cent
all along the line.
4 believe the men are much to
blame for this state of affairs; for
tney-and the newspapers-sat
down so numerically on the early
styles. You see, we started in with
many odd styles, what are called
in the trade freak shapes; but their
life was short The styles changed
almost in the twinkling of an eye,
so that the extreme styles of the
early spring literally had to be
thrown away. Hats costing So to
SIS went up to the workroom tC
have the trimming removed and the
shapes were dumped into the waste
basket.
You see, husbands simply shut
down on their wives wearing such
extreme style. | have had no enc
of husbands come to the shop this
spring in company with their wiz
to pick out their hats to prevent
them from investing in a peach
basket, wash basin or inverted bow
shape.
Never before has so much fur
been poked at millinery as this sea
son. The consequence is that the
bottom dropped out of prices, and
they haven't been re-established.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-02

Mr.. Hartman says that he is all
right, and asks the news reporters
to be kind enough TO let him alone
IF it we're not for the fact that the
Hartman stocks are SO seriously
affected by his condition, it might
appear that the man was being per
secuted, but when many millions
of investments, held by many differ
ent people are so intimately bound
I'D with the actual physical condi-
ton of one man, ne cannot hope to
escape the penalty of publicity
While friendly solicitude and nat
uraI. widespread public interest in
the man whose personality is of
such surprising Importance inspire
much of the desire for information
as to his health, the fact that the
business barometer of the country
is vitality affected. by his condition
will not permit the public press to
let Mr.. Hartman alone.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-02

The new laws prohibiting the
hooche-kooche and other indecent
dances, as well as immoral moving
picture shows, and other degrading
forms of amusement in the State OF
New York went into effect on Sept
first, and the young people of that
State will now have a somewhat
more wholesome atmosphere in
which 10 grow up, if the new laws
are enforced.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-02
Say FiIms Caused Fire.

Special to The Herald.
New York, Sept. "A new ruI-
ing affecting the shipment of moving
picture films was put into effect to-
day by all the express companies,
requiring that they be packed in
heavy metal cases enclosed in wood
en- boxes, and bear warning
against the storing of the package
near radiator, stove or other
source of heat.
This new order is the result of
fire alleged to have been caused
by moving picture films, which
burned two cars about six months
ago, causing damage of 100000.