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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

evidence Of a cometary collision.
This is found in what is known as
Coon Butte in Northern Arizona.
This, 1t seems, is really no butte at
all. In the midst of a plain rises
a hill, $50 feet high, with a crater
of precipitous walls, three-quarters
of a mile across. In this neighbor
hood about a dozen tons Of the So
called Canon Dfabolo meteorites have
been picked up, OF a character en-
tirely different from that of the ad-
jacent rock, supposedly the frag
ments Of a comets head. Two thou
sand of these were found arranged
in O crescent concentric with the
crater. Under the latter are found
great deposits of silica, so finely
powdered as quite clearly to dem
onstrate the work OF sudden impact.
Meteoric matter has been found
mixed with this to a depth Of 900
feet. Large pieces of meteoric iron
have also been found at somewhat
lesser depths.
Professor Pickering gives his at
tention also to the fact that seven
of the worlds 10 largest meteorites
have been found within 900 miles Of
this point, some of these lying with
in 100 miles of each other, suggest
ing community of origin. From
these and other facts he concludes
that, in Coon Butte, we have evil
dence of the earth's having been
struck, at some time in it's past, by
a part of the nucleus of a comet;
this, because it happened to be NOV
ing in the same direction as that of
our globe, overlook it with rear
end collision which consequently
was lacking in sufficient force to do
greater damage. This is, perhaps,
the cqly positive evidence existing
that e1Ie earth, in all the ages Of its
history, was ever actually struck by
a comet.
If it happened once, it might hap
pen again; although, according to
French astronomers, there is no
danger whatever from Halley's COM
ct, and only one chance, in PSI ,000,-
600 from all the rest. II comets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09
A STORY IN SONG.

Jebe, the leader Of the New Harper
cafe orchestra, one night during the
week put over an original program for
the edification of the patrons of the
establishment, and it was a big hit
Here is how it read:
1. The Admiral
2. A Prince Of Tonight
and
8. Talk of New York
4. Maid Marian
3. My Spanish Rose "a Stubborn
Cinderella)
6. Follow the Car Tracks Next to
Your Mother, etc.
Z. BY the Light of the Silvery moon
s. To the Swing of the Baton
and
8. Bugle Blasts
10. That's Going Some
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

boy-like sparkle that he injected into
your orbs, and the football, hero-like
effect on your noodle hedge-you must
have played a female shampoo parlor
before the sitting. Well, no matter,
I've hung it where I can always get
a square look at an honest face every
night before falling on my knees, and
incidentally be reminded that 1 still
have left an old side kick I'd break
my last nickel with.
You can look for return of the
!avor the coming week Just came
rom the photo mans. Funny, but I'd
been promising myself a seance with
the man behind the blanket these
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

Paul P: A smattering knowledge
of the laws of gravitation ought to tell
you that there is only one right way
TO alight from street car or railroad
train, and we are surprised that you
persist in trying to establish a con
trary custom, unless you are behind a
bone-mending enterprise. Your argu-
ment that in alighting with your face
in the direction opposite to the one
in which the car is moving in order
that you are able to protect yourself
against conveyances trailing behind
the car is not bad. were it not for the
fact that occasionally there is a move
ment of traffic from the opposite d.
rection. So you lose, no matter in
which direction you point your face.
You may have gotten by this far with
your backward system, but If you keep
on we would not be at all surprised to
hear from you in a frame-fixing home.
unless they put you in some more con
fining institution in the interim We
would imagine there are lot of chaps
in the latter who readily would agree
with you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

DIR. VIM. r. Brooks, Geneva, n. ",
Discoverer of 25 Comets.
to pass about May Is contains no eIe-
ment of danger; but if the solid mat
ter of the core of large comet, COM
ing head on, should strike the earth
sQuarely, doubtless it would put the
comet out Of commission, possibly
the earth, too. Our sphere might be
seriously damaged, its revolution and
rotation disturbed, the present ar
rangement of its seasons altered, all
kinds Of life destroyed over a wide
area and possibly over the entire
globe. Even a brush with the edge
of a comets head might so vitiate
the atmosphere as to produce a
catastrophe that would clothe Vesu-
vius with the garb of innocence.
Thoughtful men have, however, al
ways been impressed with the order
illness of the universe. One cannot
be accused of being either unscien-
tific or over-religious who discerns
that the universe is traceable to an
Author, who so superintends the
works of his own hands that the
divine purpose, in human existence
and in centuries of human struggle,
shall not be defeated by any chance
that would bring an untimely end to
the abode of the highest creatures
that God has made.
2%-~~+A C@za~o-G&
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09
FROM THE EDITORS WASTE
BASKET

BASKET.
"Mr and Mrs. -- departed
this morning for Chicago. They will
combine business and pleasure.
While there they will purchase a full
line of goods for their growing bust
ness. and their many patrons and
those who may be thinking of giving
them some of their trade, and they
deserve it as a recognition of their en-
terprise in our city, may rest assured
that there will not be finer or more
complete stock of merchandise in our
city Their store has been in the same
location for a great many years, and
there are few people who have made
the city their home for any length of
time that do not know where it is.
Steam heat was put in last fall, and
new awnings are to be added for this
summer. and then it will be comforta-
BILE during all seasons of the year,
mo bride ever looked fairer. Her
gown was pronounced by those present
the finest they had ever laid their
eyes on. The material alone cost
s43.SO, and the dressmaker. whose ar
tistic taste was shown in the perfect
fit, was occupied on the work two
solid weeks, during which time she
was able to turn out only a few skirts
that two of her best customers were
pressing her for. The bride is one of
our sweetest girls, and we are sorry
to see her go away from us, but the
to is to be congratulated on gaining
the citizenship of such beautiful per
son. Few men have won more preci-
GUS prizes. She had been the favorite
not only Of her adoring parents. but
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

ing the great star shower of 1888,
we passed close to the core of an
invisible comet, and possibly the
same in the year 902, the year of
stars There is nothing in these
figures to startle a man who hardly
expects to survive three-score and
ten. At their worst showing our
chances Of collision are one in every
100000 years.
Yet, In Popular Astronomy" for
June, 1909, Professor Pickering
points out what he believes is direct
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

Copyright, 1909. by Frederic campoen.)
1t has been with difficulty that we
have waited for the sixth article of
this series to discuss a very impor-
tant question. 1t is that OF COLI
sion of Halley's comet with the
earth. The different planets of the
solar system-Mereury, Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune-travel in concentric paths,
so spaced apart that, though they
move In nearly the same plane, there
is not the slightest possibility of col
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

ut FEEL well, never felt better;
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ST do think Peruna the best medicine
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Mrs. Caroline Sundheimer, Clarlzs,
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Man-a-iin an Ideal Laxative.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09
HaIIey's Comet Seen in West.

San Jose, Cal. April 9.-Halley's
comet was observed through the Lick
telescope yesterday morning The
comet will not be visible to the naked
eye for several days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

III ST Hall uOZGn
from the pho
t 0 gra p hers,
and l want to
say to you in
passing b a t
the gent who
squeezed t h e
little balloon
thinks pretty
W IL of you.
VI u > I Dc q
steady C a S b
Gus tom er or
else your fam
lilies are close
socially. n o t
meaning that
you are not a
s t u n n e r for
looks, but that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09
The Call of the Blood

for publication, finds voice in PIN
pies, boils, sallow complexion, jaun-
diced look, moth patches and blotches
on the skin-all signs of liver trouble.
But DR.. Kings New Life Pills make
rich red blood; give clear skin, rosy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

she was loved by all who knew her.
and that included almost everybody.
She has many accomplishments, but
her retiring disposition prevented her
from coming to the front as she might
have had she desired to shine as other
girls. She took piano lessons for many
years, and her playing was SO splendid
that many of the parents who knew
of her talents, and appreciated them,
tried to induce her to give their chill
dren lessons, but she always refused
to make any charge to giving others
the benefit of her knowledge, thus dis
playing the unselfishness of her beau
tiful character"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

Dear Editor: am reader of your
valuable paper. and have been tax
payer in this city for a great number
of years. I am unfortunate enough
to own a home in the same neighbor-
hood with a citizen who has no re-
gard for the laws of sanitation. The
alley at the rear of his home is filed
with decaying garbage, and he re-
fuses, so 1 understand. to make any
arrangements to have il removed,
much to the discomfort of those whose
homes are in the vicinity. He resides
at and l think it is your
duty to publish him. 1t is my wish
that you do so, at any rate. l am
regular subscriber to your paper, and
never fail in my payment for the same,
and 1 think I ought to be entitled to
that much consideration at your hands.
1t is not necessary rAat I tell you my
name, but you can rest assured that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09
SPECIAL FAIR TRIAL PROPOSITION

cheeks, fine complexion, health. Try
them. Twenty-Five cents at all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09
HALLEY's COMET--sxTH ARTICLE

@ s. us a"
There P
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09
n1LLY,s PRIVATE VAL.

Dear Tom: You're fine old top
'or remembering me with one of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09
OUR INSIDE INFORMATION BUREAU

OUR INSIDE INFORMATION BUREAU.
Leonora: Your little heart troubles
are not unusual for a girl of your age
and attractiveness. If you have not
misinformed us as to your years. you
have abundant time TO make a choice.
There is no means of guaranteeing
yourself against a mistake. The safer
course would be to follow the dictates
of your heart. We would advise you
to return the ring, first, because it is
phony, if you have correctly quoted
the price paid for it. Any young man
who begins this early in the game try
ing to slip you bum presents could
not be trusted when he got your name
to a contract. Play Independent ball
for period, sister.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

what 1 say is all right, and 1 will back
up every word of it."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-30
Carroll HERE NIGHT
Spoke to Good Audience on the
COlOred State Fair.

good crowd greeted Rev. Richard
Carroll at Shiloh Baptist church last
week. The occasion of the meeting
was to feel the sentiment Of our peo-
nj as to whether Sumter wanted the
Colored State Fair or not There are
two other bids for it, Columbia and
Batesburg both want it. Last year
the fair was held in Batesburg, but
will be held in Columbia this fall. If
it should decide to come to Sumter
grounds will be bought and buildings
erected.
The speaker Thursday night favored
Sumter, and said that if the business
men of Sumter favored it they would
do something towards it. He went
out to talk the matter over with a
number of our business men this
morning.
Carroll went from here to Paxville.
where he will make an address.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-30
MILLS BEAR COTTON,
High Price of Cotton May Force T.
100000 Spindlcs Into IdlcncsS.

Boston, Mass, March 24.-PrOb-
ably seven million spindles in the
United States viii be stopped within
the next four months, according to
estimates made by cotton mill au-
thorities in this city, who express the
opinion that a curtailment of produc-
ton amounting to % per cent. cannot
be avoided unless there is sharp
drop in the price of cotton. 1t is said
that Notwithstanding the curtailment
programmes instituted among New
England and Southern cotton mills
last fall, conditions among mills to-
day are worse than at any period
since the panic of 19O7-19OS.
1t is estimated that between $780,
600 and 100000 spindles in this
country or 10 per cent of the total,
are idle at the present time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-30
INVESTIGATING HOTEL PROPO-
SITION.
Representative OF Successful Hotel
Manager Here Thursday.

A representative of one of the most
successful hotel men in the South
was here Thursday in consultation
with the President, Secretary aad
Speciai Committee from the Chamber
Of Commerce on the hotel proposition
The hotel situation was gone into
fully 1t was the purpose Of this
party to find what inducements
would be offered, and what kind OF
opehlng there is for an up-to date
CONNER cial hotel. He went away
seemingly we'll pleased with :hc out.
look, and promises that the party
whom he was representing would
make a visit to Sumter at an early
date.
Sumter is certainly in need of q
modern hotel. The city gets more
knocking" from her hotel facilities
than from any other source. We are
better situated for a good hotel than
almost any other town in this Sec
tion, yet our hotel is a reproach to
the city. The announcement that
there is prospect of a modern hotel
will be glad news to many.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-30
Building Up Small Towns.
Charlotte Observer.)

A company has been formed by
business men in Anson county for the
purpose Of promoting the county's
farming interests. The plan is TO es-
tablish small farms owned by the
men who cultivate them and not oc-
cupied. instead, by tenants The COM
pany will start with an authorized
capital Of s15o,O00. the shares to be
$40 each. IL will buy large tracts of
land and divide them into small farms.
These will be sold on fifteen years to-
tai time. The payment Is 10 be. not
In money but a specified proportion of
certain crops. The purchaser Is Civ
'ea deed at the time he takes posses,
sion. securing the company, of course,
Tor the performance of his part of
the contract. During the fifteen years
he has title to the land and at the end
OF that period, II he has complied
with the terms of the contract. the
land Is free OF any encumbrance and
he Is the owner OF a farm which has
cost him little more than many ten
ants have to pay as rent for years.
with nothing TO show for their labor.
Under this plan, say the promoters of
the scheme. the purchaser will feel
from the beginning that he Is owner
OF the farm and consequently Will take
greater interest In improving the land,
In other ways. making the farm more
valuable than tenant would under
lease for the same term. These farms
VIII be sold TO any one. but IL is the
desire OF the company by this means
TO bring into the county from other
counties or from beyond the State in
dustrious men with means sufficient to
stock their farms and put them In or
der for cultivation.
III this plan succeeds II will add to
the wealth and development of the
county by establishing more small
farms and increasing the number OF
men Interested I'm the welfare OF the
county because they are land owners.
IL Is natural that man who owns n a
land he farms will work more faith
fully In improving that land, and is
apt To make better citizen generally
than the farm renter who has no 9th
or interest I'm the land he cultivates
than 10 make as much as possible ont
OF the soil each year at the least ex-
pense to himself. The plan strikes US
as feasible and on work
10 the advantage AXE il
up.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-30
ACT QUICKLY.
Delay Has Been Dangerous In Sumter

DO the right thing at the right time
Act quickly in the times of danger
Backache is kidney danger
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Cure all distressing, dangerous kid
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Mrs. Charles Browning, 1O1 E. Ca
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disordered and the secretion from
these organs became unnatural. /
also suffered from dull, nagging back
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through my loins. My head ached
constantly, | could not rest well and
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ment."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-end
take no other. No. 20.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-30
Great Progress of Southern Farming

And if anyone doubts the genuine
ness of the agricultural revolution in
the South we would commend to him
the table just published in the United
States Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporter" giving Crop Value
Comparisons" for the last nine years.
This table gives the valuations of ten
leading farm crops-corn, wheat,
barley. rye, buckwheat, fiaxseed, rice.
potatoes, hay, tobacco and cotton-in
every State for the year 1899, and
again for the year 1908.
And in this statement some very re-
markable facts crop out, and espe-
cially remarkable facts about the
wonderful agricultural progress of the
Southern States. The first State in
value Of agricultural products is no
longer Illinois Or Iowa, but a South
ern State-Texas. Of the twenty-six
leading States in value Of agricultural
products last year, eleven were South
ern, fifteen Northern and Western.
In 1899 the Southern farmer, rep
resenting twelve States, produced 7O6
million dollars worth of farm pro-
ducts, and in 1908, 1,429 million dol
lars worth, an increase Of 1913 mil
lions dollars worth, an increase Of 1923
millions, or 102 1-3 per cent. In the
same time the other thirty-six States
of the Union increased their total
production only 1853 millions, a total
i"crease Of only 64.5 per cent.
Or to put the matter differently, for
every 500 earned in 1899 by each
Southern farmer, he now earns $780,
33, while for every 500 earned in
1899 by each farmer outside the
South, he now earns only s164.5O.
And having more than doubled his
income in nine years time, the South
ern farmer is only at the beginning of
the great agricultural revolution
which has now begun-a revolution
in which improved farm methods and
improved farm machinery are almost
equally important factors.
The other day the writer sent out
inquiries to all sections of North Car
olina, South Carolina, Georgia, and
Tennessee, asking the percentage of
improvements in farming implements
and machinery, not for nine years
but for the last five years. The aver
age replies showed an increase of IS. z
per cent. Similar inquiries sent to all
parts Of Mississippi. Louisiana, Or
kansas, and Alabama brought replies
indicating an increase of 92 per cent
in five years time.
Ten years from now, of the twenty
leading agricultural States in the
Union, the South will furnish ten. AL
ready with seven, no one who studies
the table given by the Agricultural
Department can doubt that before an
other decade she will have half of
the leading twenty-Progressiv
Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-30
USING MUCH FERTILIZER.
Tag Tax Receipts Promise to Break
Several Records.

Columbia, March 25.-The farmers
of the State have used over $50, 900
tons of fertilizer since January l and
1t is expected that 100000 tons will
be used by the end of the year. The
records of the State treasurer's office
show that the sum Of $1S7,6SO.13 have
been received for the fertilizer tag
tax since January /. There is tax
of 20 cents on all fertilizer sold in the
State. The total amount received
from the tags to March "a of last
year was s15S.344.22. The amount
received for the fertilizer tag tax last
year was approximately 100000.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-30
CANNON STILL BOSS.
Insurgents Excluded From New Rules
Committee.

Washington. March 23.-With only
the friendliest sort of rivalry al
though arousing keen interest, the
Republican caucus tonight selected
the six members of the rules commit
tee apportioned to the Republican
majority OF the House. The follow
ing. all members of the regular
wing OF the party. were chosen:
Walter l. Smith. of Iowa. les votes.
John Dalzell. Pennsylvania, lac
votes.
George p. Lawrence. of Massachu-
sets. 1875 votes.
J. Cloat Fassett. of New York, 113
votes.
Sylvester C. Smith. of California,
1856 votes.
Henry s. Boutell. of Illinois, los
votes.
Two ballots wer taken. the four
first named receiving a majority OF
the votes cast on the first ballot, and
the two last named being chosen on
the second ballot.
The six members named represent
a slate prepared by Representative
Tawney. OF Minnesota, during the
day. after numerous conferences with
both regulars and insurgents.
The vote In the caucus tonight was
taken by written ballot. each member
of the caucus writing the names of
six men he desired to vote for. There
were nineteen names placed in nomi.
nation and large number besides
these received complimentary votes.
Representative Gardner. of Massachu-
setts. received 33 votes. the highest
number cast for any insurgent.
The only incident which threatened
to produce anything approaching ex-
element was when Representative
Tawney arose soon after the meeting
was called TO order and offered a res
olution proposing the list of six men
as named.
Immediately there was objections
from an insurgent member from Iowa
to the restricted nominations. and an
Informal nominating ballot was pro-
posed. To this Mr.. Tawney demurred,
and Representative Mccall, of Massa-
chusetts. securing the floor. told the
former that he believed there should
be an open ballot. Representative
Payne. Of New York. the majority
leader. settled the controversy by de-
olaring in favor of an informal bal.
lot. Mr.. Tawney withdrew his resolu-
tion and list.
His slate. nevertheless, had been
gotten before his associates, and prov
ed successful ou the bGllots which fol-
lowed