The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-12-02
SNAPPY And brief
Items Gathered and Told While
You Hold Your Breath.
some EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS
Lively and Crisp as They Are Car,
nered From the Fields Of Action
ct Home and Abroad.

of Norfolk has been closed and Terry
b. GOrden its president is indicted
on three counts. -
President Taft does not believe
there is need of modifying the Sher-
man antitrust law.
Hon. David A. DeArmond, member
of congress from Missouri, lost his
life early Wednesday morning by
trying to rescue his favorite and
namesake grandson as flames were
consuming his home at Kansas City.
One of the 20 miners rescued alive
from the Cherry, ILL.,. mine has since
died, leaving the number saved 10.
An enormous amount of dynamite
was placed under a fruit and wine
house in Danville, ILL.,, and was ex-
ploded early Wednesday, $4,000
damage was done but no one was
killed. 1t is believed to have been
the work of the Black Hand.
Three wholesale concerns in San
Francisco plead guilty Wednesday to
violating the U. S. pure food law.
One had shipped apricot brandy that
never had an apricot in it. Another
had sold peachless peach brandy and
third had been selling 45 per cent
cotton seed olive oil.
1t is said that President Taft sat
down to his Thanksgiving dinner,
which included so pound mince pie-
26 pound oppossum and u turkey
Of enormous size.
1t is asserted that Americans with.
in Zelayo's territory are insulted if
they refuse to contribute to his war
fund and men suitable for soldiers
are imprisoned for not joining his
army.
An unusually severe Pacific storm
prevailed about the Oregon coasts.
early in the week. Considerable
damage was done.
The Alsop claim now pending Dip
lomatically between the United States
and Chile is about to be submitted to
King Edward as arbitrator
Five ears of -four have been seized
in Georgia (at different points, re-
Gently as in violation of the pure food
law. Chemicals were used bleaching
it.
A woman in San Francisco recent.
ly obtained a divorce OH charges
which include about all the symptoms.
Of the hookworm. The judge insisted
that he did have hookworm but
granted the divorce.
A collision by an auto and a troll
ley car at Los Angeles, Cal. killed
five outright with two critically in
jured. The car that was taking the
dead to their home was struck by a
car also and eight persons were more
or less seriously injured.
At Muskegon, Mich. Thanksgiving
Day party was taking naphtha
boat ride before going to a wedding
of friend. A small explosion oc-
Cured from which the girls took
fright and capsized the boat drown
ing five of the party. Four were
members Of one family.
Lyman Gage, noted as President
Cleveland Secretary of the Treas
ury was married his third time on
Thanksgiving Day. He is 73 and the
bride is 35.
The Women s Missionary Union in
session at Greenwood, S. c.. last
week entered a protest against the
wearing of excessively large hats in
church.
Richard Watson Glider, publisher
of the Century Magazine, died last
Friday.
At Barnwell, Ala, Saturday night
young lady refused to darce with
young man. Out of it grew pistol
battle resulting in the death Of two
and the injury of three.
Twenty of the entombed miners
at Cherry, ILL.,, were rescued alive
Saturday. There seems q FAINT hope
Of rescuing others.
A farmer near the road between
Fairmont and Morganton, W. Va,
fell upon the plan to make some tips
by deepening a little stream across
the road. Many autos come along
and Of course they stick-cooled off.
He is handy with a team to pull them
out, only two to ten dollars. ~ (.
Mrs. Allen F. Reed was convicted
Saturday at Denver, Col, of attempt-
ing to extract 100000 from Mrs.
Genevieve Phipps by threatening to
blow her up with dynamite. In
sanity was pied in her defense.
Raleigh, N. c., has a complete sys-
/ tenn of associated charities and beg
ging on the streets is at an end.