The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-02
WASHINGTON NOTES


David s. Thornburg is appointed
postmaster at Cherryville, CASTOR
county, vice T. ]. Summer, removed.
Henry Farman, an English aviator,
broke all previous records at Reims,
France, on the 9th by staying in
the air three hours, 4 minutes and Sc
seconds. He went 111.7S miles.
President Taft's determination to
have nonpolitical census is work
ing havoc in party organizations,
especially since he has ruled that no
census supervisor may hold member
ship on a political committee or hold
any partisan Office.
Beyond admitting that instructions
had been given to the United States
Attorney at Pittsburg to maintain
close observation Of affairs at the
plant of Pressed Steel Car Company
at Mckees Rocks, near Pittsburg, of.
ficials of the Department of Justice
would not discuss the strike condit-
ions.
The President has commuted to six
months the term of imprisonment i'm
posed upon w. S. Harlan, S. F. Hug
gins and c. c. Hilton, but has denied
communication of pardon to Robert
Gallagher and Walter Grace, all of
whom were convicted ut Pensacola.
Fla, of conspiracy to commit peon-
age. They were sentenced December
IA last as follows: Harlan. Is
months at hard labor and $500 fine !;
Gallagher, Is months at hard labor
and 81 200 fine; Higgins, Hilton and
Grace, 13 months at hard labor and
$1,000 fine.
Henry Lane Wilson, American
Minister to Belgium, will be appoint
ed to succeed David E. Thompson as
Ambassador to Mexico within The
next few weeks. Mr.. Wilson has
been notified of his appointment by
the State Department and is clearing
up his business at the legation in
Brussels preparatory to departing
for his new post. The Mexican Gov
ernment, while regretting to see Mr..
Thompson sever his connection as
Ambassador, is agreeable to the ap-
rointment of Mr.. Wilson and has so
notified the United States.
Five of the ten census supervisors
for Virginia will be Democrats. The
names of nine of the supervisors
were announced Friday as follows:
w. w. Woodward, first district; R.
+. Bunting, second; C. Ridgeway
Moore, third; VIM. A. Land, fourth; ;
S. Floyd Landreth, fifth; Edward
c. Burks, sixth; E. D. OFT, seventh; ;
John c. Smith, nineth; Warren L.
Hyde, tenth. The appointment for
the eighth district has not been made.
but it has been decided that he shall
be a Democrat. Of the nine designat-
ed, Messrs. Woodward, Land, Burks
and Hyde are Democrats, and the
other five Republicans. 1t is esti-
mated that about 1900 enumerators
will be necessary to make the count
In Virginia, as agIast lilo in 1900
The public will be permitted to
view the airship contests on the new
field at College Park, Nd. Major
George G. Squier, acting chief of the
Signal Corps, stated Thursday aftenr
noon that no attempt would be made
during the aeroplane instructions to
prevent the public from witnessing
the flights. So the people of Wash
ington and Baltimore can go to Col
lege Park and witness the expert
ments. The rules under which tn.
flying will be conducted will be the
same as those in effect during the Off
cial flights at Fort Myer. All that
the army officers insist upon is that
the spectators keep off the field dur
ing the actual process of flying. AT
such a time it would be dangerous for
persons to wander about the field.
If the aeroplane should take a sud-
den swoop downward when going 40
miles an hour, crowded field would
result in fatalities. No trouble was
experienced during the flights in Vir-
ginia.