The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-09-30
NEWSY BRIEFS

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NEWSY BRIEFS
September 9Th was celebrated
throughout California as the seven
tieth anniversary of the admission oi
that state to the Union.
The Dutch government will offer q
large money prize to the first Dutch
aviator to fly from Holland to Java
Three entries have been made tt
date
The Japanese government police
have placed a ban upon labor meet
ings designed to stir up feeling in the
California controversy over japanese
immigration.
Peter Vidovitch, registered as a
charity guest at the New York mum.
cipal lodging house, died on a pau,
per's cot. Then it was discovered
that he owned Liberty bonds, jewelry
money and mining claims totaline
$125,000.
Argentine has cute way of recog'
nizing large families. When seventh
son is born to an Argentine family
the president of the republic auto.
maticaly becomes the godfather.
Boston girls have made comfort.
able camping lodge in the hulk Of the
old pilot boat Columbia which was
wrecked on the shore at Scituate
Massachusetts,, in 1898.
On the same day that he was
awarded the Croix de Guerre fol
bravery in the war, Frederick Ches'
ter Ladd, former captain of American
Marines, died in Switzerland.
While American papers were car
rying front page photographs and
stories of the Lord Mayor Of Cork,
European newspapers devoted short
items in obscure positions of the
papers.
The American speed record for g.
naval destroyer was made by the Sa
terlee in a standardiz zation trial ovl
a measured course off Rockland, Me
She made mile at the rate of 3S.
knots an hour.
For the tenth time in year NJ. L.
Gransberry has been officially pro-
nounced dead by physicians at Hous-
ton, Tex. On several of the former
nine "demises" Gransberry revived
just in time to escape burial.
Tuesday, September IA, was the
106th anniversary of the "Star
Spangled Banner" written by Fran
els Scott Key, while he was held on
board a British warshlp during the
bombardment of the forts of Balti-
more, Maryland, December IA, 1914.
A conference of delegates looking
to a union of the Central American
republics opens this month in Sa.
Salvador. The Central America.
states which may unite are Guate
mala, Nicaragua, Salvador. Hondura
and Costa Rica.
During 10 months 126,00O persons
were killed in automobile accidents
in the United States. This included
21,O0O children. Estimates place the
death rate higher than battle rates
OF the recent war, and show an aver
age of death every 35 minutes.
The Italian workers, who have
taken over the factories in Northern
Italy to run on the commune plan,
launched a destroyer with red and
black flags flying. Signora Pietro
Mascagno, wife OF the musical COM
poser, acted as godmother for the
new ship.
Six thousand farmers met in a
bullring at Granada as the result OF
an attempt by the steward of the
Duke of Wellington to evict peasants
from the land OF the duke. The grant
was made to the Iron Duke after the
peninsular war against Napoleon, but
the peasants and their ancestors had
occupied the land for hundreds OIL
years. 1t was proposed that the
Spanish government acquire the prop
erty by redemption.
Chile produces 100000 tons of
nitrate OF soda a year.
The latent power of the waterfalls
in Iceland is estimated at 1000 mil
lion horsepower.
Fifty years ago England had almost
three times as much acreage under
wheat as at present.
South Africa is soon TO have the
second largest plant in the world for