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VOLUME LV1II, NUMBER 45. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1922. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR
COMMENCEMENT AT I
NEWBERRY COLLEGE |
FORTY GRADUATES IN THE
CLASS FOR THIS YEAR
I
One of the Largest in the History of
College?This Has Been a Successful
Year at Newberry
!
The class this year at Newberry
college numbers forty. It is one of
the largest in the history of the col
lege. It has not been so many years
since forty in all the college classes
war, not considered so bad, and a total
enrollment of 100 was very good.
It shows that the peopb generally are
taking more interest in the education
of their children, and also that Newberry
college is growing in the popular
favor as a high grade educational
institution. j
. Somehow, however, to one of the
older graduates of the college, commencement
does not seem what it
was in the early days of the college
at Newberry, but that no doubt is al- j
together due to the viewpoint, and we
know that the people of Newberry"
h?ve the same abiding interest in the
/>niicore tVint thev have
succtraa ui tnc wuvev v
always had, and will ever have. It is j
one of the big assets of the town and
county of Newberry.
The sermon to the graduates was
delivered by Dr. H. A. McCullough, .
the paster of St. Paul's Lutheran
church in Columbia and himself an j
alumnus of the college, and a son of
Newberry county. He emphasized, the |
importance in the life of the young
man or young woman starting out j
cn the journey to have as the standard
of conduct prin^'ple, founded
upon the teachings of the Great j
Teacher and drew many excellent les- i
sons which will be helpful to the j
young graduaj.es and to all of us. >
The following young men and ;
young jvomen are the menvbers of the
class for this year:
O- ' o
Misses Abbie Merchant Gaillard,
Newberry; Florence Azile Livingston,
Prosperity; Ruby Mae Merchant,
Newberry; Banna Annie Neel, New^
berry; Mary Ernestine Pavsinger,
Newberry; Sue Ella Peterson, Newberry;
Olivia Carolyn Stuart, Newberry;
Sybil Marguerite Wertz, Newberry;
Ethel Saner, Prosperity; and
Messrs. Willie Lee Singley, Kinards;
Hugh Bernell Betchman, Chapin, S.
C.; Leon David Black, Ridge Spring,
S. C.; Leroy Emerso'n Blackwelder, j
Concord, N. C.; Andrew Bc.rney
^Chapman, Ward, S. C.; James P'rank
Davenport, Kinards, S. C.; Rassom
Omar Derrick, Leesville, S. C.; Le
? - - T ? vrrl a T rtocvillp S_ f] _
TOy -L>I VclJi uaigivy AJVVC? , j
Charles Holmes Epting, Chapin, S.
C.; John Clinton Eudy, Cabarrus, N.
C.; William Leonard Haltiwaflger,
Newberry; Erwin Olin H <.z, Newberry;
James Smith Herlong, Saluda,
S. C.; Bernard McCollough Houck,
Eiloree, S. C.; Karl William Kinard,
Johnston, S. C.; James Frank Kneece,
Peiion, S. C.; Benjamin Osborne
Long, Silverstreet; Olin Sligh Long,
i Prosperity; Cornelius Eugene McCartha,
Leesville, S. C.; Carl Webster
McCartha, Leesville, S. C.; John j
Thompson Morris, Newberry; Clarendon
Etheredge Oxner, New Brookland,
S. C.; Hesse Mavbank Rist,
Holly Hill, S. C.; Edwin Lake Setzler,
Newberry; John Harold Shealy.
Ballentine. S. C.; Michael Clifton
Shealy, Prosperity: Willie Frank
Shealy, Chapin, S. C.; Claude Mower
Singley, Prosperity; Eugene Oram
* Unger, Saluda, S. C.; Voigt/ Earle
Wcssinger, Leesville, S. C.; Perry
Franklin Chapman, Irmo, S. C.; Marvin
Luther Chapman, Little Mountain,
S. C.
The address at night was delivered
Lv Dr. J. L. Oates of the A. R. P.
church of York, and soon to be pastor
of the church in Columbia. He
drew many helpful lessons from ihe
life of Joseph and his address was
inspiring and helpful and excellently
delivered.
The declamat'on contest by the
sophomores was held at the college
in Holland hall on Monday morning
at 10:30 and the following entered
the contest:
V. I.. Cannon with the subject,
The United States and Universal
Pcace.
T. V. Derrick, A Felon's Cell.
G. H. Hipp, Defeated?Yet Victorious.
Marion H. Weeks, The Woman of
MISSIONARY DIES
IN WEST AFRICA)
The Rev. Wiliiam Hoke Ramsaur of
Episcopal Church Succumbs
to Pneumonia
The State, 31.
Notice has been received at the dio- !
cesan headquarters of the death in Li-!
beria, Africa, of the Rev. William
Hoke Ramsaur of the Episcopal mission
of the district of Liberia, West
Africa.
Tne Rev. Mr. Ramsaur was a native '
'of North Carolina and had been in'
i t.hp mission field for several vears.!
, - --- ? - 'I
I being stationed at St. John's school,!
Cane Mount, Liberia, and the Hinter-'
"" j
land, where he opened up some new;
fields for the Episcopal church. He:
and Mrs. Ramsaur were in this coun- i
i
try on a furlough last summer and (
spoke in Columbia, where they will j
be pleasantly remembered. They re- j
turned to Africa the latter part of j
December and shortly after their re- J
turn Mrs Ramsaur died of pneumonia, j
The Rev. Mr. Ramsaur had been ill,
with that same disease for several j
weeks and had been removd to Mon- ]
rovia from which cable dispatches no-;
tified his people of his death Sunday, |
May 28. No further details of the j
deatu of this missionary were avail- j
able yesterday.
NEWBERRY CHILD
INHALES POWDER
Rush Infant to Grenville Hospital?
May Have to Operate
Newberry, June 3.?The eight
months old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fincher Hipp, living near Ebenezer!
church, three miles from town, in-!
haled some talcum powder Saturday ,
morning at 11 o'clock. Dr. Moore i
was called and found the child in a |
serious condition and advised taking
itto Dr. Carpenter in Greenville. The i
start was made at once in an automo-1
bile. A telephone message w^s received
Saturday afternoon saying the j
Greenville physician thinks that some 1
of the powder had g~ne into the lungs
and that he would not operate yet. !
Dr. Moore had a telephone talk
with Dr. Carpenter Monday morning
and was told that they were:
* - * - ? 1 ??l<? /\ ? rv n o c ;
Drmging me uuy uuuic wiui uv j/iucpeet
of doing anything for him. This
is a sad case.
the Old South.
F. W. Brandt, Eulogy of Henry W.
Grady.
C. E. Hipp?The Teli-Tale Heart.
J. Verne Kneeee, The Judgment:
Day of Nations.
J. H. Crooks, The Old-Time Slave, j
The medal was awarded to F. W. j
Brandt.
The junior oratorical contest willj
be held Monday evening at 8:30 in j
the opera house and the following j
will speak:
Frank P. Hill, Newberry, S. C., The
Honor of America?Yet Unstained.
J.-G. Park, Rockwell, N. C., The
Flag of Destiny.
R. W. Bost, Rockwell, X. C., Drum J
Beats of the Dawn.
John F. Clarkson, Newberry, S. C., !
Breakers Ahead!
T. A. Frick, Little Mountain, S. C.,
The Heritage of the South. -I
John Walker McCain Jr., Waxhaw,!
X. C., The Vnconquerea Foe.
Charles M. Etheredge, Aiken, S. C.,!
The Contagion of the Gown.
Victor Dewey Derrick, Leesville, S. ;
C., Weighed in the Balances.
The commencement exercises will
be held Tuesday morning at the op- i
era house when members of the class
will make speeches and the honors j
and medals will be awarded.
The college club will serve lun-1
cheon at 1:30 in Legion hall and at
this luncheon a number of short;
speeches will be made by visiting j
alumni and friends and immediately !
after the annual meeting of the alum
ni association will be held.
Altogether it has been a quiet but
a successful and interesting com-:
mencement and the college cloises a
very successful year. President
liie Pof?n!tT' liovo
i/t'I lilrv CiiiVi JUO iviv. w J ? \_
good work and the year closing ha?
not only been successful but it has i
been harmonious and little if any
friction has been manifest in any department.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
! PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY
I Prosperity, June 5.?Mrs. Jane C. 1
j Vaughn, widow of the late Ranee j
Vaughn, died Friday noon at the j
- home of her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence j
f Cromer, after an illness of two i
weeks. She was 7C> years of a^e, and 1
was a quiet and highly esteemed wo- <
man, and a devoted mother. J;
I Mrs. Vaughn was a life long mem-.'
I ,
ber of Zion Methodist church. The J
funeral services were held Saturday '
I
afternoon at 3 o'clcok at the Pros- (
perity cemetery by her ps??tor, the '
Rev. J. D. Griffin, in the presence of
a large number of friends and relatives.
I:
** T v\> AC ! I
Surviving are iour suhn (imn^,.
George, Nathan and Allen Vaughn,
and two daughters, Mrs. Paul Hawkins
and Mrs. Lawrence Cromer, ]
twenty four grandchildren and fifteen i
great grandchildren. j
In compliment to Miss Nellie Mae;'
Dasher, Misses Rebecca Harmon and
' l
Elizabeth Browne entertained at '
cards Wednesday evening. The rooms
were abloom with the flowers of early j1
summer, sweetpeas predominating, j1
After cards a salad course was serv- j
ed with iced tea.
The May meeting of the William j
Lester chapter, U. D. C., was held!'
Friday afternoon with Miss Lazette j
Counts. Ten members and two visi- J,
tors were present. The su'bject of,
study for the afternoon was "South j.
rinmiina's Sun in the Confederacy.")
In the absence of the leader, Mrs. {.'
Jacob S. Wheeler, Miss Effie Hawkins i
presided. Mrs. J. A. Counts read a
paper, "South Carolina's Quota in
Actual War." Miss Effie Hawkins j
told of South Carolina as a state in i,
the Confederacy. Miss Grace Sease !
read the poem, "The First Martyr." J'
During the social half hour an ice i
course wa& served by the hostess, as-1
sisted by Misses Grace Reagin and (
Ruth Stockman.
The James D. Nance C. of C. held j,'
an interesting meeting Saturday af- j
ternoon at the Methodist parsonage
with Miss Margaret Griffin as hostess.
Everton Hartman led the program on .
]
Boy Soldiers of the Confederacy, j
The story of John Kearson of Savannah
was given by Miss Frances Be- (
denh-augh, followed by the life of jk
T.iomas Jackson Waters given by |
Miss Florence Wheeler. A poem "A I
Georgia Volunteer" was read by Miss j j
Rosalyn Quattlebaum. Refreshing
ice cream and cake was served, the j
hostess being assisted by her mother,'
Mrs. J. D. Griffin.
The Eastern Star will meet Thurc- j,
day night at 8:30. j'
The Literary Sorosis will be en-;
tertained Friday afternoon at 5^
o'clock by Miss Willie Mae Wise. '
Tuesday evening the Epworth
league of Zion church complimented
the league of Wightman church with
a picnic given at WillowJ>rook park, j
Newberry. A large number of both ;;
leagues were present. A picnic sup-; '
per was served and the social hour! j
was greatly enjoyed.
Mr..and Mrs. O'Merle Lorick of Co- j (
I v:_ + \1Va T F> i'
milium spent ounua^ vv 1111 .uio, v. *~r j
Lorick. i
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Counts and chil- ^
dren spent the week-end with Mrs.
T. L. Wheeler of Columbia. ^
Miss Ruth Padgett of Saluda has
been visiting Mrs. Joe W. Hunter. }
Messrs. Mower Singley, son of Mr. .
and Mrs. P. C. Singley and Olin Long, |
son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Long, j j
are among the Newberry College J
graduates. ! j
Mr. J. D. Quattlebaum and Misses L
Julia, Rosalvn and Sara Quattlebaum i i
I j
fVin waoL'-ond in Rwnnvrvi with !
Cfv.1 H cue ... ~
Mrs. H. L. Chaplan. .
Mrs. Rosa Lester is visiting in Co-!
lumbia. P
Prof. J. S. Wheeler and family of
Hampton, S. C., will spend the sum-J^
mer here. Mr. Wheeler has been un-11
animously reelected superintendent',
of the Hampton high school.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Mills are at-1;
tending1 Winthrop commencement,'
their daughter, Miss Lottie, being a ;
member of the graduating class. i <
Mrs. Dan Ward and Mrs. Etta i
DI/%-T VourKtivrv nnfl ATrS. 1^06 1
jDltTcldC VI - > ^ ^~
Singley of Gary's Lane were guests J,
during the past week of Mrs. E. B. i
Schumpert.
Mrs. J. F. Browne is spending the 1
week-end with Mrs. A. H. Kohn of ;
Columbia. j
Mrs. G. Y. Hunter is expected )
NOTIFIES AUDITORS
OF STATE TAX LEVY
!
Duncan Sends Notices to County !
Officials?Seven and Onehalf
Mills Fixed
Waller P". Duncan, the comptroller,
general, is notifying ail the county j
auditors that the state levy will be '
seven and one-half mills this year,
seven for gegneral purposes and onehalf
mill for the Citadel under the
^ , i. 1 OOA mill '
ci (." I (U l lie i v t^uiui nii tv iiijii ,
constitutional levy is also called to
the attention of the auditors.
Fir. Duncan regrets that he was
unable to make the levy lower, but
found that it would he impossible to;
do so. !
The withdrawal of a single steel
rivet from an ocean steamship with a'
displacement of 25,000 tons can -be'
detected bv a now method perfected I
Ly the bureau of standards.
home this week from Johns Hopkins. |
Ex-Governor and Mrs. Robert A.
- J /VII QQ f_ !
Ucoper ana lamuy weic ^>^1,-.
urday of Mr. and Mrs. "A. G. Wise.
Miss Annie Fellers, teacher at
Spring-field reaches home today.
Misses Rebecca Harmon and Eliz-:
abeth Browne are visiting Mrs. Jack 1
Laird of Columbia.
The Winthrop girls arrive home
Wednesday as follows: Misses Ellen
Wheeler, Ruth Hunter, Nellie Wise,
Lottie Mills, Catherine Counts, Ruth 1
Cannon, Myra Hunter, Nancy Young, j
Grace Wheeler, Eloise Boozer, Joe
Langford.
Miss Gertrude Bob!) has been visit
ing in Little Mountain.
Little Misses Mary, Caro and Sara
VVyche returned to their home in
Greenville Sunday after a visit t| j
their grandparents.
A. H. Hawkins was a business visitor
to Columbia Friday.
Dr. and Mrs. J. I. Beden'baugh and ;
children motored to the capital city!
Tuesday.
Mrs. W. J. Wise has as her guest:
Mrs. Seel Moore of'Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Werts are visiting
their daughter, Mrs. J. B. Beden-1
baugh of Pomaria.
$ev. and Mrs. George Bearden of
Saluda are visiting Dr. and Mrs. R.
L. Luther.
Mrs. B. B. Schumpert is visiting (
ler son. F. W. Schumpert of Darlington.
Misses Grace Sease, Lazette Counts
and Mr. D. A. Bedenbaugh motored i
:o Winthrop college to be present at
:he graduation of their daughter,
Mists Ellen Wheeler.
T T. on/1 \Ticooc Willio
Mac Wise and Marguerite Wise are j
ittending Winthrop college com- j
mencement, Miss Nellie Wise being
one of the graduates.
Miss Eula Joiner spent Tuesday in
Columbia.
P. K. Harmon is visiting in Swansea.
Miss Jean Adams left Thursday for
if-r home in Rpmo. Va. She was ac- .
?ompanied as far as Columbia by her j
sister, Mrs. J. C. Schumpert.
Miss Mof's Fellers has returned !
from the Shriners meeting at Charleston.
Mrs. Chas. Mathis is visiting relatives
in Newberry.
C. G. Wyche of Greenville spent
;ho week-end with his parents, Dr. ;
*nd Mrs. C. T. Wyche.
H. L. Fellers has ?*one to the Co-!
lumbia hospital for treatment.
Dr. G. Y. Huntpr will mnt.nr t.n
flock Hill Tuesday to be present at ,
:he graduation of his daughter, Miss !
Ruth Hunter.
Mr. Javis Black has gone to Orangeburg
to visit her parents.
Mrs. M. C. Morris is attend Ii.g
Winthrop college commencement.
Mrs. E. 0. Counts goes this week
to Walhalla to visit her daughter,
Miss Ethel Counts, demonstration
!
agent of Oconee county.
Miss Elizabeth Hawkins, teacher at j
Marion, is home for the summer. i
Miss Eunice Long will reach home
Friday after having; taught the past
session at Sumter.
I
The Prosperity checker players
have invited the Xewberrv players to |
fome down and play here Friday af- j
ternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. Derrick of Chapin has been ,
Siting her brother, R. I. Stoudema-!
\'er.
Mrs. W. T. Gibson is visiting in
Saluda.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE HOLDS MEETING
The county Democratic committee
met on Monday morning at the court
house. There was a good attendance
and a great deal of business was attended
to.
It was decided to permit all clubs
that failed to organize in April to
organize on Saturday, June 24, notice
to this effect will be printed in
the newspapers this week by the
chairman and secretary. It seems
that there are several clubs that did
not organize. These will take note
that if they desire to have a club that
they must organize at the time mentioned,
June 24.
A new club was authorized at Fairview
and the executive committeeman
of the clubs at O'Neall and Little
Mountain and Prosperity and Monticello
with a representative from Fairview
to fix the boundaries of the club.
The Cross Roads club was permitted
to have the voting place at Red
Knoll school house. Reederville was
authorized t?> have the voting precinct
at the old Independence poit office
which is at Mr. R. E. Livingston's.
The committee to audit the treasurer's
books reported .that the
amounts received and paid out checked
up all right and that there were
bills yet to be paid which show a deficit
in the treasury of $41.63. In
other words a cash balance on hand
of around $7 and bills to be paid of
$48.
The committee to fix the assessments
of candidates reported as foll
lows:
House of representatives, $25.00.
Judge of Probate, $50.00.
Magistrate for 1 and 8, $40.00.
Magistrate No. 4, $30.00.
Magistrate No. 9, $30.00. *
Magistrate Nos. 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11
12, $10.00..
Magistrates at Little Mountain and
Pomaria, each, $15.00.
In the event any candidate should
run without oDDosition the assess
ment doubled. It should have been
staled above that the committee decided
to place all the magistrates in
the primary.
The following itinerary for the
campaign was adopted:
To open the campiagn on July 11
at Young's Grove. The next meeting
to be Keitt's grove on August 11.
ft'or No. 7 township it was decided to
have the meeting at the residence of
L. C. Pitts and the date fixed is August
15. Pomaria August 18. Whitmire
August 19 at night. Silverstreet
August 22. PIunter-DeWalt
school house August 25. Newberry
court house August 2G, at night.
The executive committee and the
secretary and one to be named are
to constitute the committee on enrollment.
This list will be printed
in the next paper.
The campaign opens July 11 and
all candidates will have to file pledges
not later than July 10 at 12 o'clock
noon and pay the assessment.
Campaign for Salvation Army
A rhiiil nf hn<i hoPTl
created in the Salvation Army campaign
which will begin here Monday
morning, June 12th, 1922. We are
well acquainted with the work of the
Salvation army. We can not forget
what they did for "our boys'' while
in France, and their wonderful work
does not stop there, but goes on still.
The influence and love of the Salvat:on
army for the benefit of humanity
is far reaching and never ending.
We do not know how soon some
one from our own county or from
our own town may find it necessary
to call o the Salvation army for help
and we know it will be given them
heartily and cheerfully. Let us then
think of the Salvation army p.g the
Good Samaritan, and heartily respond
to this appeal for funds for the work
in this Southern division. - 1
Remember there is only one call a
year for funds for the work of the
Salvation army, and when we thinkof
this let u<B make our donations just
as liberal as possible and go over the
top this yejr.
(Signed) W. W. Cromer,
Chairman, i
Mr. R. H. Wright, Vice Chairman.
Wallace Reid did not go into the
race. It was safer to go into the
papers instead. j
RICHARD W. SPIVEY
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
|
Well Known Farmer Living Near ,
Kingstree Meets Death in
Automobile
Kingstree, May 30.?Richard W.!
Spivey, a. well known farmer residing j
about eight miles from this place on j
the Kingstree-Mannir.g highway,
was killed about 7 o'clock yesterday!
' evening when his automobile over-'
turned at a point on the road about .
five miles from Kingstree. Mr. Spivey!
'was alone in the car at th-e time of1
the fatal accident, but Alex Blakeley !
land Wallace Mcintosh were follow-'
[ing some distance, behind, going to
| Mr. Spivey's place to look at his to- j
bacco. Suddenly they noted that his
1 car had disappeared and there was
a?cloud of dust ahead. Upon reach-1
ing the point where the car disap-1
peared, they found that Mr. Spivey's.
; car had turned over and his body was.
discovered in a clump of briars some
distance from the road. They took
him out of the briars apparently
alive and hurried to the home of a
rtAicrhSnr tn n'nnnp fnr a rlnrtnr. When
they returned to him he was dead.
It was later discovered that his neck
had been broken. He is survived by.
his wife and three children.
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NEWBERRY COLLEGE
SUMMER SCHOOL
i The second session of the Newber1
ry College Summer school will begin
on July 10 and continue until August
18. This school is designed to aid
teachers,^ college students, and high
, school students needing extra credits
| for admission to college. Courses
j will be offered in English, raathema'
4-i y-ir* , clnrtn+inn Vi ic+riY^r ' T.SJ + in TTronfll
. wio, \a\~a. uwji y iiicvvi j, ^ i. w*4v..
! German, writing, music, physics, prernedicol
chemistry, general science,
and agriculture. Besides these, there
.will be an athletics coaching school
conducted by Coach Fred D. MacLean.
Full credit on teachers' certificates
is given by the state board
of education for all courses completed
in the school. The expenses
are very low. For teachers who ex.
i - A - . T- ? XT 1_
pect CO leacn in mewuerry cuum,y
next year the tuition fee is paid l?y
the county board of.'education. Lectures
on popular subjects will be
given by Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, Dr. S.
J. Derrick, Supt. E. H. Aull, and others.
The members of the faculty
and their departments are as follows:
Prof. J. C. Kinard, director, mathematics
and science.
Dr. E. B. Setzler, English.
Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum, primary
education. !
j .r High school methods.
Dr. W. K Gctwald, history and Latin.
Prof. G. P. Voigt, French and Ger-j
man.
j Prof. L. C. Moise, writing and music.
Prof. E. W. Garris, agriculture.
Coach Fred D. MacLean, athletics.
?
The Roads j
i From the road codition report, is1
sued by the State Highway department
in Sunday's State we clip:
Route No. 2, Columbia to Newberry
improved road in good condition;
ishort detour along pavement about
six miles from Columbia passable.
From Newberry to Greenville and
Walhalla in good condition.
Route No. 10. Applachian highway,
Nevl >erry-Whitniire-UnionGlenn
Springs-Spartanburg-Landrum
and to Saluda, Hendersnville and
Asheville good throughout.
Route No. 22. Newberry to Green u-'nnH
o-nnrl throughout exceDt three
miles from Chappells to Saluda river
and short detour where bridge is being
constructed over Bush river,
which is passable.
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Mollohon Beaten by Whitmire
Whitmire defeated Mollohon Saturday
at Whitmire by a score of 5 to
3, making eight straight victories for
the winning team. Features of the
game: Pitching of A. Shealy and hit
ting of Haltiwanger in one single, one
home run and one walk out of four
times up. Hamilton played a good
game for Whitmire. Batteries for
Mollohon were Shealy and Kohn.
For Whitmire, Shannon and Millwood.
These t?ams will play at Mollohon
next Saturday. The probable
batteries will be: For Mollohon, Williams
and Kohn. For Whitmire,
| G:lliarr. and Millwood.
TWO WOMEN AND TWO MEN
DASHED TO AWFUL DEATH
Train Runs Into Automobile Crossing
Southern Track* Near Union.?
Engine Drags Bodies
Columbia Record.
Union, June 3.?James Vaughn, B.
J. Vaughn, Miss Minnie Austin and
Miss Laura Austin, all of this county,
were killed this afternoon when the
Carolina Special struck a Ford automobile
in which they were riding,
when the automobile stopped on the
crossing, at Bonham, a little flag station
one mile north of Union. The
accident is one of the worst ever
Attrw ltAVfl
Aiiuwn
Albert Whitlock and John -W. McKeowen,
who were in the same automobile,
were also injured, 'but not
seriously, and they will recover. They
are being treated here.
The party was driving towards
Union. The crossing is not on a public
highway and is not regularly
used for traffic. The automobile approached
the track and after making
the slight incline, lost its speed as it
reached the rails. The train struck it
squarely.
Miss Laura Austin was dragged
several hundred yards b^ the front
of the engine. She and the two ?
Vaughans were killed instantly. Miss
Minnie Austin was brought to the
Wallace Thompson hospital here, in
a critical condition and lived only a
few hours. The accident occurred
- J. ci . a A
ai O.'iKJ.
-Conductor Tomlinson was in charge
of the train. John Gardner of Columbia
was the engineer. The train
crew did all it could to relieve the
injured persons.
Engineer's View
John M. Gardner, Southern Railway
engineer, whose envine rammed
the Ford automobile nwr Union,
causing the death of four Union
^>unty people, Saturday afterftoozl,
talked of the tragedy at his place of
residence, 1517 Blanding street, last
night. He said he was at his phce
on the right side of the engine when
the crash came. The automobile with
its load of travelers attempted to
cross the track from his left.
The concussion when the engine
and automobile met was severe. Mr.
Gardner stated that the "cow catcher"
was torn off and doubled under
the engine. It was merely a matter
of luck that the engine was not also
overturned, Mr. Gardner said.
Mr. Gardner brought his train to a
stand still immediately after the impact.
Two of the women in the death
car had been caught on the pilot of
the engine and were carried along for
a long distance. They were not dead,
however, when taken down.
Immediately assistance was given
by the engineer and others. The injured
were carried to a nearby farm
house and made as comfortable as
possible pending the arrival of physicians
and ambulances from Union.
The accident happened two miles
from Union and medical aid was
soon on the" scene. Every possible
service was rendered by the trainmen
and some of the injured were
carried into Union von the train.
Mr. Gardner, pilot of the Carolina
Special, has been a resident of Columbia
for more, than 20 years. He
has been in the service of the Southern
for about 35 years.
Burial of Mrs. Louise RodeUperger
The body of Mrs. Louise Rodelspcrger,
who died at the home of her
daughter in Nashville last Thursday,
arrived at Newberry Saturday afternoon
on the o:30 train and was taken
from the train to Rosemont cemetery,
the following acting as paltbearers:
r. im. iviarun, n. *>. wens, w. yv.
Cromer, R. D. S.nith, Sr., H. W. Dominick,
W. F. Ewart, C. B. Martin.
At the grave a short 'service was
conducted by Dr. E. D. Kerr in the
presence of a number of relatives and
*riends, the day being Saturday and
the weather very oppressive. The
f.oral designs were most beautiful,
especially those from Nashville, and
the grave was covered with the flowers,
the iarge number of emblems testifying
the love mfk esteem of the
people offering tK^ri for the one to
whose memory they were given.
About the only way to avoid being
robbed in New York is to get out or
stay out of that city. _
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