Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-13
Scraps and faets.


near Center Ky. distance of 316
miles by bee line from the starting
point. though the distance covered
was much greater than that. Both of
the aeronautists were seriously if not
fatally injured.
As the time arrives for the pas
sage of Halley's comet between the
earth and the sun for which the astro-
physicists and the astronomers of this
globe have made such costly prepara-
tionS. a well-defined fear with refer
ence to the phenomenon asserts itself
in the scientific mind, says Current
Literature. 1t is no such fear as made
this comet a pOrtent TO the middle
ages. 1t takes the form of uneasiness
as to whether astronomers, to quote
the Paris Cosmos, will not find them
selves in the position of municipal
ity which, having assembled its town
council and its brass band to welcome
a distinguished politician at the rail-
way station, learns that he has pro-
ceeded TO his destination in an auto
HlODllt. MpSl SllbNloNS "a NbSt'SeN'S
have been effected to keep Halley's
comet under instrumental observation
during the whole period of this year
that ii remains within sight of an OBJ
servatory in either hemisphere. The
celestial visitor attained its perihelion
or the point nearest the sun. on
the twentieth Of last April, while
on the second of the new month OF
May its traverse of the orbit of Venus
occurs some six million miles above
that planet. This means that on We
nus the comet must present an infin-
itely more sublime effulgence and
magnitude than any terrestrial observ-
er could be in position to detect. 1t
is not until the eighteenth of this new
month that the comet crosses the lace
of the sun, when the earth will be en-
veloped in the tail for period calcu-
lated in the astronomical bulletin or
the Greenwich observatory of over
three hours 1t is not yet absolutely
established by mathematical calcula-
ton, according to Prof. T. J. j. See, OF
the naval observatory in California,
that Halleys comet will pass over the
suns disk on May IS, but 1t is a reas-
onably certain event. IF transit Is
going to occur, the news will be tele-
graphed to the four corners of the
earth so that everybody may be on the
lookout for so extraordinary a phe-
nomenon. In any case, the comet Will
pass quite near the sun and will be
very brilliant just before and after 1t
passes the suns disk.
Washington, May 10: Like vast
warship the census bureau here has
cleared its deck for action" In addi-
ton to the main building of the bu-
reau, two others have been leased, CIV
ing a total floor space Of 10000
square feet, which is enough to accom-
modate the permanent census clerks
and the temporary force Of 5000 en-
ployes whose services will be required
during the coming summer only. The
enumerators' schedules have begun to-
arrive, but it will be several weeks be-
lOlc OlllClSll ClllIlOuIiNSiiiSAiN 10 iAiRNS ~
the total population of any city in the
country. The population of the cities
will be the first tabulated, after which
the states and minor civil divisions
will be completed. c. Dana Durand,
director of the bureau, announced yes
terday that mo preliminary official
statements will be issued by the bureau
until the established count for each of
the different areas has been made.
There will be no dough counts or
approximations ne added, "and no
sacrifice of accuracy for haste"
Work will be carried on night as
we'll as day. The punching machines,
semi-automatic and electrical, 300 in
number, will be operated night and
day. Each machine can complete g.
900 cards in 14-hour day, which
means that all the machines at this
rate can dispose of 45,000,0OO cards in
a month, by working fourteen hours
a day. Semi-automatic electric tabu-
lating machines also will be used.
Legrand Powers, chief statistcian Of
the census division of agriculture, does
not expect to publish any information
regarding the farm census of 1909 un-
til September Is, when he may issue
the first preliminary bulletin giving for
each state and territory the totals of
general farm data, the principal crops
and the live stock on farms and
ranges. William NJ. Stuart, chief sta
tistician of the census division of manu-
factures, has received about 10000 of
the $4,000 schedules involved in the
census of manufactures. mines and
uuarries 1t is likely that an an
nouncement of the totals for the Dis
trict of Columbia will be made some
time i'm June. Publication will be made
of the completed returns for other
areas as fast as they are received and
tabulated. PruCraStimation in furnish
ing information on the part of few
manufacturers i'm some of the areas
will occasion delays, ii is announced.
- Washington. May IL: Attorney
General Wickersham will have rival
i'm his investigation of the so-called
cotton pool The senate committee
which is inquiring into the cost of liv-
ing decided today to turn its attention
to cotton as well as food products.
Subpoenas have been served upon
Frank b. Hayne of New Orleans ana
Lewis W. Parker. of Greenville. ;. G.,
to appear before the committee next
Monday: and r. p. Stackhouse, Dill
lion. :. c.. r. Mays Cleveland. Mari
eta. :. c.. and J. G. Hickey, Hender-
son, Texas, will appear on Tuesday
and Wednesday, The names OF these
proposed witnesses were given to
Chairman Lodge by Senator Smith OF
South Carolina. himself member "t
the committee He said that ne
thought the men named could throw
some light upon the so-callcd pool 10
keep up the price of cotton. lie want