The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-24
THE NEWS MINUTELY TOLD
The Heart of Happenings Carved
From the Whole Country.


witness i'll stabbirg atfray in
which he was injured
The American Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Animals in
New York. has sent Il notice to all
department stores and 10 bird ard
animal dealers that tie act Of keep
III" or selling newly hatchcd imcS-
bator chickens intended as easter
favors or presents. is III violation of
the laws relating to cruelty 10 ami
mails.
Jerry Faust. an employe of the
Southern Pacific Railroad ut FL Paso,
lex, has received Il letter mailed in
Pennsylvania b years ago.
The recovery Of Louis Graf. n 10
year-old Brooklyn boy. who was TAX
Ell to a hospital year ago with q
broken neck caused bv n fall from q
cherry tree. Is assured. For days
the lad lay near death and for weeks
his recovery was dcspaired Of Then
he began TO improve slowly and now,
after nine months spent with his
body cncased i'll Il plaster east. is
declared sound again.
n financial tringency extending so
wide and pressing so hard that it
would be practically. if not absolute
ly impossible for Chicago To carry
on one-half of its municipal func-
lions. was pictured to the cits' coun-
ell by Corporation Counsel Brrmdage
and City Comptroller Wilson as a
reality If saloons are voted out at the
aldermanic election.
DR.. James d. Hills. city health
officer in LaFaycttc Ind. is suffering
from an injury caused by Il hat pin
that may cost him an eve. DR.. Hills
visited local vaudeville theater,
and i'll the crowd he was showed
against n large hat worn by a woman
i'll front of him.
A court i'll Brussels. has awarded
$1,000 to a man who was blinded i'm
one eye by Il woman's hatpin. He
was standing on the platform of a
street car. which stopped suddenly
with a jerk, which caused the hatpin
to pierce his eye.
With only small portion of his
Juglar vein left. after recent opera
tion, Harold Erickson, IL 19-ycar-old
boy, Is recovering" at the Long Island
College Hospital. New York. and sur
geons intend to remove the remainder
OF the vein in few days.
CelebrantS of St. Patrick's dav
who had the misfortune to be brought
before city judge in FL Paso. Tex.
found their ShamrOckS would be
accepted for bail.
In the federal court in Louisville
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
pleaded guilty on ten counts i'm eight
indictments charging rebating. and
Judge Evans imposed a fine of 81
O0O for each count. or Il total Of
$4,000. The eight indictments COL
tanned forty-scven counts. but con-
rlction on many of the counts was
impossible.
An old flag that recalls MANY of
the differences caused by the civil
war has been presented TO the Maine
historical Society by the Rev. John
Collins. who served in Il Maine re"i-
ment IN the great struggle. The
banner is an emblem of the state of
MISSISSIPPI. 1t was formerly the
property OF Captain William Collins
OIL the confederate army. and broth
er OF the donor. Connected with the
Nag is an interesting story of a feud
between the two brothers. who held
opposing political opinions. William
colllns was one of the men participat
ing IN the Calais bank raid in 1864
and when he fell into the hands of
the federal authorities. his brother
tried hard TO have him hanged as a
reDel. William escaped. however. and
made his way back to Mississippi.
where he died some wears later
1t Is claimed by some that the
Rockefeller foundation will have
greater power than the government
which is asked TO create it.
Probably the most peculiar politi-
cal contest now being waged in this
country Is Ill progress in Early conn
ty. Georgia. where l. f.. Black. Sr
and l.. +. Black. Jr.. father and son.
are opposing candidates for sheriff.
Naturally there is great deal of
feeling.
Jacob Hirchficld. Jr.. a Jew. was
married i'll New York to Miss Hattie
Sommers, a Presbyterian, by Rev.
william L. Stiles, a Congregational
clergyman, who used an Episcopal
service book published by a Metho-
dist Book Concern.
The question of whether a police
magistrate may sentence n person to
imprisonment without trial by a
jury, is involved in case from Geor-
gia which now goes to the supreme
court OF the United States for de-
cision.
Upon his return to America Roose-