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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1909
Page
2
A rumor of a staid professor sparking a flirtation debate at Harvard and Vassar inflames a campus crowd. Students defend flirting as natural and essential, citing lively chatter under the stars, a Vassar president, and a banjo singing scene that proves youthful charm survives amid ardent scholars.
A public school advocate argues that only two kinds of children exist tall and short and good and bad, while warning that mixed-class associations in schools risk shaping children as social ciphers rather than social integers. He cites Dr. Gladden on education for capable, independent individuals.
An astronomer affiliated with a major observatory proposes signaling to Mars but faces major practical hurdles. The article notes atmospheric absorption, refraction, and the implausibility of visual signals from Earth, citing Professor Moulton who calls earth to Mars communication foolish.
A reflective essay extols poverty as a spur to effort and creativity. It notes the value of self created resources and diversions to lift a gifted person from prosaic work toward world changing achievement, citing a cook turning to sublime dishes after decades.
Wilmington says J F E Heath 27 a Waxhaw Union county leader died in a Wilmington hospital Friday night from pellagra after a year long illness. He traveled for care but showed no improvement and his case supported the theory Pellagra is not tied to corn unless adulterated wheat flour.
A coroner's jury investigates the Boenchien dynamite blast on the Florida East Coast Railroad. Twelve men were killed and nine wounded. The jury has rendered its verdict in Key West Florida.
Foreman Hitt testified workers were allowed to smoke near dynamite and no orders against it. The jury found that a match was thrown into a dynamite box by one of the workmen, causing the blast.
The Cumberland Ministerial Association filed a protest with the Director of the Census in Washington against John J. Simp of Cumberland being appointed supervisor of the census for Maryland’s Sixth District. The group met this week, approved the protest, and sent it to Washington, with filing completed last week.
Cabell Royal E. Cabell formerly Richmond post master was sworn in as commissioner of internal revenue by the Acting Secretary of the Treasury succeeding John G. Capers who left the office Tuesday. Quebec pulp and paper interests urge Premier Gonin to bar pulp wood exports to the United States as cabinet reviews the move.
A lone highwayman stopped a Lewiston resident and his family on a public road near town Friday afternoon. Authorities believe the suspect is the same man who robbed a Pennsylvania Railroad train nearby several nights earlier. No injuries reported. Public safety units investigated the roadside incident and searched the area.
The government printing office won the $934 717.95 contract to supply 3 487 V00 U00 postal cards for four years starting January 1 1910. Lighter yet firmer stock aims to reduce traveling expenses and produce a better card. The Post Office may change tint and ink color for a more artistic card.
A wall collapse at the Marion Hotel construction site in Marion North Carolina sent five stories of debris crashing down. Ten workers on the fifth floor were buried under timber brick stone and iron girders. Three men Jim West Ambrose Stroup and Porider likely died. Two Black workers were only slightly injured.
A lone highwayman halted a Pennsylvania Railroad express on the Alleghenies early Tuesday. He disarmed the conductor, stole bullion and cash, and escaped after injuring the conductor. In the confusion he mistook a bag of pennies for gold, leaving most of the bullion behind. The purse recovered amounts to $65 while $5,000 in bullion and $200 in pennies were taken.
Reports cover a range of topics from census staffing for the 1900s to new mail transfers in New York harbor and tariffs on foreign built yachts. Other items touch Siamese Bible sales, oyster bed studies in Maryland and Virginia, a Greece revolution, and a tragic fire at a park institution where 750 children perished.
Monterey reports 300 bodies found Tuesday morning on the outskirts of Mexico City. About 1,000 bodies have been recovered to date with estimates the total may reach 2,000. Monterey notes the worsening situation with food and water shortages. the federal government has sent an extra $20,000 for relief.
Camp Perry Ohio special report states the National Guard marksmen lost both matches on Tuesday as regulars won. Captain D C McDougall captured the $1500 cap for the highest twenty shot scores at 600 and 1000 yards, adding to his four year record on the team.
A Sunday morning earthquake struck the Panama isthmus with movements recorded by seismographs at multiple stations. No damage occurred and officials stated the canal was unaffected. Lieut. Col. G. W. Goethals released the statement Sunday evening.
Free Will Baptist minister N. F. Malone, traveling home to Bristol Tennessee, was attacked and robbed by bandits while crossing the Holston mountains on Monday. He is believed mortally wounded.
Reports from China and Japan reach an amicable adjustment of Manchuria tensions. A grizzly attack near Butte, Montana ends with a death and injuries. A Costa Rica election turns violent as a bandit robs a Pa express train, misplacing gold. Aviation contests attract bids from major U S cities for 1910. A New Orleans centenarian dies days before turning 100. Fires devastate St Michael's Home for Children in New York killing seven under fives. Disciples alarmed as Tampa prophecy fails.
Gov Brown rejects commutation for chain gang sentence. Nashville police report abnormal drunk cases with no odor. Rotterdam cholera deaths rise to 10 with 17 cases and 74 suspects. two masked men rob Mills County Bank in Mineola Iowa for 1500. Lucania steamship burned near Liverpool. exhumation granted for Lieut James Sutton but officers blamed. Cholera deaths rise in St Petersburg. Zeppelin tours Berlin. Boca Chica explosion total victims 20 with 10 dead. Dispensaries reopen in South Carolina amid county disputes. Curtiss in France wins Gordon trophy with 15 minute second flight, near Blériot. Scranton mine cave-in damages two city blocks. $300,000 loss. Spaniards blow up Moores mines in their barracks.
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