The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-10
NEWS BREYI TIES
Condensed from Wide Fields,
Domestic and Foreign.
AS THEY ARE HAPPENING DAILY
Suited to the Wants of BusJ Readers
Seeking a knowledge of What is
Going on.

Electric company have announced an
increase OF one cent an hour i'll the
pay Of conductors and motormen.
The increase was unsolicited.
The mandate ot the federal circuit
court. az Macon. Ga. has ordered the
I he sale of the Savannah, Augusta &
Northern railway to satisfy a claim
OF nearly $300,000 made by William
j. Oliver. a contractor of Knoxville,
Tenn. and confirmed the order of the
United States court OF this district.
and the sale Of the railroad and all
Of It's properties will he made on
Tuesday. March II, al Statcsboro. Ga.
On the 10th anniversary of the as
sassination of William Goebel 1.-The
funeral of his brother, Arthur Goebel,
who died in Phoenix. Ariz.. january
20, was held in Covington. Ky. OH
Monday.
Floating hclplesSly in a disabled
gasoline launch. three men were
drowned when tho launch was run
| down by the towboat Enterprise off
! Hopcticld Point near Memphis, Tenn.
| The wages of the car men of the
local traction company at lynchburg,
Va. has been increased To maxi
mum Of 2l cents an hour This /,
an increase OF Il cent All hour.
The Southern Railway has recent
ly placed IN order for a number Of
"aS-elcctric ears of modern design,
which will be built and adapted cS-
pecially to the requirements of the
Southern section of the country.
Samuel II. Tatcrsall, for manv
years supreme secretary Of Improved
Order HeptaSOphs. died suddenly nj
| his home III Baltimore of heart fail
ure. He VAS born A wears ago in
Philadelphia.
Jose Santos Zclaya. formerly resi-
dent of Nicaragua and who has been
| In Mexico CITY since the last of De-
cembcr. left last week over the Mexi.
can railway for Vera Cruz. from
which port he sailed on the 4th in
Spanish steamer for Belgium.
One million dollars probably will
be given certain educational institu-
tionS at Nashville. Tenn, by the board
of trustees of the Peabody Educa-
tional committee. The gift will mean
the establishment Of the George Pea
body school for teachers at Nashville.
A London cablegram says David
lioyd-Georgc will visit the United
| States next summer as the guest of
| American WciShmen. He will be ac-
companied by Sir Samuel r.. Evans.
| the Solicitor-gencral: W. Abraham.
NJ. p. and William Jones. NJ. p. and
according Ia the Druid. the organ OF
the Welsh people in America, a ban
quct will be given in his honor. which
President Taft is expected to attend.
Brakeman CHAIN Campbell was
killed. Conductor Ballard was ser.
iously injured and several others re.
celvcd minor injuries in freight
, wreck on lh" Virginia and South.
western Railroad nj Moccasin Gap
| Tenn.
In an official report TO the Illinoi.
State food commission. lust made
public. State Inspector Hoey declar-
es that horses are being slaughtered
by the Wholesale in Chicago and the
meat is bein" sold and distributed
for human consumption.
The price of Bibles will go up on
March |. according TO an announce
mcnl by large Bible publishing
house in Chicago. The cause for the
advance is the enforcement of the
new tariff on imported leather and
paper.
William f. Castle. president of the
Millers' National Federation, saws
that If the housekcepers will buy
more flour. the question of the ad-
vanced cost of living will soon be
settled
AT Sumter. s. c., Maj. Marion
Noise, leading lawyer and financier
! killed himself with revolver in his
office.
Waycross. Ga. is TO have a 6O-acre
celery experiment farm.
Tosam Leger, 20 years old. was
shot and instantly killed by his
grandson, aged six years, near Esther.
wood, La. The latter picked mp .
gun, unknown 10 the grandfather
and was toying with it when il wa,
accidentally discharged The load
took effect i'll Leger's back and the
youth, by the reeoil Of the weapon.
almost had one of his eyes torn from
| its socket.
Approximately 10000 railroad
employees have been added to the half.
million i'll this country, to whom pen.
, sion plans already apply. This large
increase is due to the action of the
| New York Central and Rock Island
lines, which have announced the in.
auguration of pensions.
Rear Admiral Bob Evans has been
detached from duty with Tn, general