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. V \ ^ ' .. . o * r. - . ;g1 :N -v ' * i *i - " ' * / o t ? Kh? tjf-V* y^ ^ ^^T"': ^,3'>^A i'-- "* ; ^ JRmaiig Ns**pttpar < CA? /Vowurfum J \UMenK Jfeetoi, .? rar-* CaaaMrrio/ /?urrc>^ j ' S'. ^rTKLY,: LAN O A V r E a. & O.. ? E V T E M B E It 30, 1003 "~ ' i OUR f |?d ? m: ) fali iDR Thur< ~ And IGener SEE tl WE KNQ1 ih ronagi the go I Lanc % ' Ili TO 10 ANNUAL ISPIiAY C ILLINEt , AND WI ESS GO* ON * >day, Oct. q> Invite A'. 3 and tke allv t.n r.m tiese Lines H YOU WiLL BE N an king you for y< b and asking you od work up, we a Respectful ASTER MrDrnitfTT LULjJLAUfin 1 1 Con ^21 m UR1 4 FALL d >Fo<l 4 IY, J NTER i ODS J m 1,1903, J LLi the d Public ? me and ? H PLEASED. J >ur pat- | to keep ire J lly' i LE % j 11 1PANY. J A MASSACRE OF %. MAIL CLERKS. ' I Horrible Disaster on The Southern Near Danville. Four Mail Clerks Killed and Sev- , en Seriously Injured -Engineer, Conductor, Fireman, Brakeman and Flagman all Lose Their Lives. I Charlotte, N. C , September 1 27.? Whilo running at a high , rate of speed, No 97. the South- ( ern Railway's south-bound fast mail train, jumped frojn from a trestle 75 foot high, half a mile north of Danville. V?. this nftor.l noon at 2.50 o'clock, nnd wus nl most demolished. Of the crew of sixteen men on the tiaio, nine were killed and seven injured. The dead are: Engineer ?J. A. Bryady, of Saltville, Va; Fireman Clapp, white; Conductor J. jt. Blair, of Danville, Va; and Wail Clerks J. L. .Thompson, of j Washington;\W. T. Chambers, of j Midland, Va; D. T. Flory, of Nokesville, Va; 1*. N. Ardanright, X)f Mount Clinton, Va; Flagman S. J. Moody, of Rileigb, and a boy, 12 years old, the son of J. b Thompson. The exnrcss niessfinnrni* W ^ . e~., ... -|Pineknoy escaped uninjured. J' I 1ST OF TIIK INJURED. The injured are: Mail Clerks Louis W. Spiers, Manassas, ' Vn.; Frank E Brooks, Charlottesville, Va; Porcival IndcnmadTir, VV ashington; Charles E. Heamos, Culpippor, Va; Jennings J. Dunlap, Washington; M. C. Maupin, Charlollesvil'e, Va; and J. 11 unison Thompson, | St Luke, Va. All of the injured men are seriously hurt and have been carried to the hospital in Danville. The recovery of Mail Clerk Spiers is not expected, and other clerks are thought to have received mortal injuries. The trestle where the accident occurred is 500 foot long, and is on a sharp curve. Engineer Brodie was a now man on that divis ion of the Southern, and it is said that he cume to the curve at a very high rate of speed. ENGINE SPRINGS FROM THE TRACK. The engino had gono only about fifty feet on the trestle when it sprang from the track, carrying with it four mail cars and an express car. The trestle, a wooden structure, also gave way for a space of fifty fqet. " At the foot of the trestle is a shallow branch with a 102k bottom. Striking this the engino arid tender and the cars wore reduced to a mass of twisted iron and steel and pieces of splintered wood. As the cars went down j they touched the sides of the Riv-1 ersulo Cotton Mill, which is very close to the trestle. All the dead men wcra killed instantly, it is thought, and all were greatly mutilated The skin and hair on the engineer and fireman were torn off by tho impact of steam from tho cngino. VISITORS TO THE WRECK. Several thousand peoplo were soon nt tho scono of tho wreck und rescued tlio bodies from tho \ debris. No one on tiny of tho cars had made'an effort to jump and tho bodies of all those killed were found in tho wroekajre of tho different cars to which they belonged, lvadies who drove out] It) the wrack from l).r faint jtl at the sight of the bodies, some of which were crushed to a ghastly degree. A M1 It AC I.K THAT ANY KM'AI'Kl). We It seemed miraculous that tiny- * nne should have escaped, for each ;ar falling with the engine hound ad from it and completely col'.np sed at striking the rocks tit the ^'u foot of tho trestle. All the ex ll*,( [)ress in tho express car was prac-> ,K'r licully destroyed, except six crates ,n*' full of canary birds. None of *^e the birds were hurt, though the nut crates were in the thickest of the snn debris. i 1 jail TUB CAUSE OF THE WHIS K. ; nop All unofficial opinions that have, . . . in t been ascertained agree in giving .j only one cause for tho wreck?the . . tsl() high speed of the train on the . to | sharp curve. No 97 was running . . in 1 about an hour behind time and it! , the is thought that tho engineer, be " 1 occ ing unfamiliar with tho road, did , ? . ' wli not take into consideration , i As coming on tho curve with such .. ^ fro groat velocity. ^ Tho mail bags in all the mail .. ? fro caiH wero lorn open and tho lettors and packages were scattered, j _ but it is believed none is lost. etl( Fire which appeared in the wreck age shortly after it occurred was quickly extinguished I?y tho Dan- ^ ville tiro department. ^ TilK UNI.UCKLY KAST MAII.. j|,c In ioss of life this is one of tho J most serious w eeks that has oe eha cur red on the Si uthern; and it i- Kg the third time that the fast mail ' he; has aeon almost entirely domol , isl.ed. Within the last twelve j sun months the >atne train ran into a am large- rock on the track near l.<cx-jtioi ington, N. C, the eg: to was ruined, cars were gutted and so-- J ^4 oral lives were lust. A f months I ago the fast mail struck freight j ^ . train head on near this city and (\,: was again almost demolished. fee am IT* IT* t I? I." IT I o i I'lM AOAWjST HIM!* " ttl,3 Bedridden, alona and destitute. su Such, in hrieT was the condition ,'"1 11 r 11 of an old soldier by name of ?J. ,J. Havens, Versailles, (). For years he was troubled with Kidney disease and neither doctors nor mod- out icines cave him relief. At length teh he tried Electric Bitters. It put t0 him on his feet in short order and j now ho tostities. "I'm on the road to complete recovery.'' Best on ^ a earth for Liver and Kidney e(l troubles and all forms of Stomach in ' and Bowel Complaints. Only 50c. to I... 1 i> i vjiuukuuoou uy v>iawnini #. <y^j F. Mackey ifc Co. anil Funderburk 7-. Druggist. * . w did Vo Editor Confesses. ^?' ni i Editing a newspaper is a nice no1 thing. If we publish jokos peopie say we are rattle-brained. If P we don't we are an old fossil. If 1)U wo publish original matter they l() say we don't givo them enougli |'u selections. If we give them se- ln" lections they say wo are too lazy ^ to write. If we don't go to church we arc a heathen: if we do , ? . I it-n ni'a f hunnnvitn If inn iwi. If V 1*1 V, UJ I/VV4 IiV? * * M I Vy main in the ollice wo ought to go O O out and hustle for locals. If we 'go out wc arc not attending to business. If wo wear old clothes '1C they I nigh at us. If wo wear good an clothes ?!; 'v say we have a pull. 'll Now, what are wc to d ?? Justus likely some one will say we stole ia' this item from our exchanges, *"{l and so wo did.? vVaukce (la.) C01 Banner. ,a CT Xsu iTTT .j. %. ic m tho 1-' lb"" Always BougM Be i "?T* 16ifi < / irless Siieriif Deais \"iu .. .'lob, mnded One ot I liein and Cupiircil Three Others?Could \<<t l'r* v nt Lynching. ^ynehburo, Tcnn., Sept, 25.? jritt Oeorjjo 1 v. Davidson, in jnipting to save the life of a rtv\ no id ? l?? - ? '' 1 ,iw vui i > iui-> minimis, uruu ) u mob which was assailing jail, wounding [a man whoso do is unknown, The sheriff' nnoned assistance, hut ho and aides were overpowered, the entered and the much wanted ;ro, Allen Small, shot to death ho corridor. Idle sheriff and posse made a ut resistance, hut were unable prevent the mob from breaking I he iron door at the head of stairs and entering the cell inpied by the negro, about osc neck they placed a "rope. soon as the men emerged m the cell, it became apparent t the negro could not he taken m the jail and hung for fear of ng tired on, and ho was shot to dii. The mob tl en made an ut to escape, but the sheriff 1 his guard captured three of m, and they are in jail. One them, it is said, has made a ifession, implicating Id men in affair. small was under arrest on the irye of assaulting Mrs. Eli/.a gh -ton ami at liis preliminary iring the warran* was amended In charge a simple ease of as111. The negro had waived exinatioti and was w. itir .? tlseacII of tlx* ''' i'.'i lid i ;hTS': (};;* TC I.* J.t 1 Uj S E . 3 hi I had kidney Irniiidc so hail I I eonhl n >1 w irk," s"vs.J. J. \ of Valley View, uy I were swollen t inim i/.v' I 1 was eontineil In my lied and (sicians were unable to give mo ! relief. My doetnr dually pro* ibed Foley' Kidney < ore which de a well man of me." 1'. gene Funderburk. ?Chief Justice l'opo has given . for mihlicution the letters and ?grams hj received in reference tho court at Winnsboro. Mr. E. McDonald's letter to him inly showed that the bar wantthc regular term called off only case .Judge rownsond was not preside, lie being the judge le? ly required to hold the court. .Judge Buchanan's telegram O ~ I not contain that proviso and ubtless the chief justice was ?led by it. .Judge Pope could t have been deceived by Mr. Donald's letter, for it was an as to its meaning. The blie has been much interested 1/ i\ lu? vi'oe v/?^?*anu! LIa xw vt u uvj " tn & \ M I O III 4 V. il?i 5 chief justice's misunderstand ; of the situation, but it is easiunderstood now. ?('olumbia cord. .'he Georgians" Invite the Car olina Veterans to Come To Augusta. A Confederate reunion vvil! ho Id in Augusta on Nov. I?>, 11 it 12, and a special invitation s been extended the veterans of is State to attend. The railroad tes covering (ieorgia an 1 South nnlini have been tixed at one at u mile, an extremely low te. 2J jf%~ ?3 T O lvl J-i. ? irs tlo /) ' ' ^ '' BOUfiJlt :r (Zs/M&u