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MANY AUK KILLED AND INJURED When Keg? of Powder Explode on Mino Trolley Road. _?_ Wilkesbnrro, l'a.. June ">.-Seven ty-eight mon lost their lives in the Baltimore No. 2. tunnel of tho Del aware and Hudson Coal Company ex plosion and Uro to-day, and Si wore injured, according to a list given out hy the company otllcials at noon to-day. Forty bodies have been identified and 30 remain unidentified. The company's list was not comulete, and it is certain that the number of In jured will reach about 40. Moy He Hundred Deaths. Wilkesbarre, .lune o.-A death Hst that may reach 100 is the hu man toll of an explosion to-day of blasting powder, which was attached to a trainload of miners hoing trans ported to their work in the Balti more No. 2 mino of the Delaware and Hudson Company Iii this city. The disaster is. with one exception, the greatest that has ever occurred in this vicinity. .Niore than one hundred mine work ers were riding to their work, being crowded Into what is known as a trip of mine cars, drawn by a motor The fear car carried twelve kegs of blasting powder. The trolley wire snapped when the train bad gone about 200 feel from the entrance,and .sparks that it emitted touched off the powder. Doilies Terribly Mangled. There was a great roar, and in an instant every man or boy on the train was either dead or dying. Terribly mangled bodies were found hy the rescue crew, which instantly rushed into the mine. The fire-fighters, working frantically, succeeded in quickly subduing the flames which followed. Then followed the grue some work of taking the dead and in jured ont. Those who bad not al ready succumbed were so badly burn ed thal in nearly every case death is a matter of only a short Hmo. Violation of the mine laws of the State is said to have caused the great loss of life. One of tito mosl drastic provisions of the anthracite mine, code i the secti/m forbidding the transportation of men on a car or train which carries explosives. In vestigation will disclose whether tilt? men or the company are responsible for this violation of the law. Doilies on Fire. Some of the first bodies brought from the tunnel were burning when they reached the surface. Clothes bad been burned away, and the flesh was roasting from the intenso beat. At 10.110 o'clock tito company otll ?cials announced that 71 men were dead and that 35 were in hospitals. lt was said that tho death Hst will Increase. Along the side of tho tunnel Is a creek, and at the Hash of the flames some men who were walking along the side of Hie trip of cars dropped into the water and saved their ?lives. "A Veritable Hell." Thomas Dougherty, one of the sur vivors, in discussing tho catastrophe, said: "We were riding along about fifty feet in the tunnel. There was a blinding flash. I was thrown from the car. I saw the water and burled myself into it. Bodies wore all about and the flames wore terrific. We were in a veritable hell." It seemed like the irony of fate that over the mouth of tho tunnel. In great big white letters, are painted tho words, "Safety first." Identification of the bodies is al most impossible. Many of them are charred beyond recognition. The limbs of some and the heads of others are missing. At 0.30 a. m. it was . said that between 7.r> and 100 were killed or had died from injuries. Pathetic Heenes. Tho death list is rapidly growing, As the bodies were removed from the mine, living and dead, they were piled on the green about the colliery. Many of the injured lived but a short time. Hundreds of men. women and children gathered about, tho tunnel. I LEMON JUICE ! T * FOR FRECKLES j ! Girls! Make beauty lotion for i I a few cents-Try It! Squeeze the juico of two lemons imo a bottle containing til roo ounces of :>rciinrd white, shako well, ?md you have a quarter pint of the best freckle and tan lotion, and complexion beau tifier, at very, very small cost. Your grocer bas the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of orchard whito for a few cents. Massage tills sweetly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day, and soc bow freckles and blemishes disap pear, and bow clear, soft and rosy white tho skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless and never Irritates.- adv. REAPING BENEFIT From the Experience of Walhalla People. We are fortunate, indeed, to he able to profit by tho experience of our j neighbors. The public utterances of j Walluftla residents on Gio following subject will interest and benefit many of our readers. Hoad this statement. No bettor proof can be had. B. Oelkors, W. Main St., Walhalla, gave the following statement March 16, 1911: "My kidneys were out of ordor aud my back pained awfully. 1 had Other symptoms of kidney com plaint, too. I was advised to take Doan's Kidney Pills and did. They soon completely cured me." On April 10, 1918, Mr. Oelkers said: "I think just as highly of Doan's Kid ney Pills now as when I endorsed them before. 1 am gird to recommend them at any time for they surely did me a great deal of good. I confirm my former endorsement." Price, 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills -'the same that Mr. Oelkers lind Koster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y. Shrieking and crying, they lifted ?he blankets from the men. They were terrified at the sight. Women fainted, men lost their nerves and children ran away in fright. The bodies of scores have been removed to the morgues. There the work of Identifi cation is being carried out with little success. Bru ve men and women are seeking to aid the relatives, to give them news, but the scene ls pitiful. Many Killed Outright. The death Hst was made large by the Hames and the sulphur fumes, which Hilled the tunnel. The Mil? did not last long, but lt was long enough to make a heavy death toll. Don't aay "they're Just bad."' Something else is the matter with them. Probably it's "worms". DR. THACHER'S WORM SYRUP has been taking the "cross" out of "kiddies" for half ? century. They LIKE it because lt tastes good. Can't hurt them! Get lt at your drug store. ' Thacher Median? Co.; Cksttaaeegs, Tea*. U. 8. A, For Salo at NORMAN'S DRUG STORK, Walhalla, S. C. PH IL-1PPINE INDEPENDENCE ls Urged by Governor General Harri? SOU Before Committee. Washington, June />.-Independ ence for the Philippine Islands was urged by Governor General Harrison to-day at a Joint session of the House and Senate committees holding hear ings on the memorial presented yes terday by the Philippine mission to tho United States. "I am glad to go on record and .-apport most heartily the request of the Philippines that this government grant them their independence," the Governor said. "They have estab lished a stable government which moots tho American requirements in every way." Asked regarding possible exploita tion of the Philippines by the Jap anese, Governor Harrison said that the Japanese question does not loom as large in tito islands as in . this country. "Tho Japanese do not take kindly to life In tho tropics," he said, 'and 1 do not believe they ever would attempt to colonize a tropical coun try." THE PIEDMONT NORMAL SCHOOL Cor Men and Women to be Held at Anderson College Tills Month, To the Teachers of Oconeo County: Tho Piedmont Norm.-. I Summer School for men and women, to be held at Anderson Col logo beginning lune 24th, offers strong courses for prospective teachers, rural and high school teachers, for college entrance credit, and for the renewal of teach ers' licenses. The faculty is composed of some of the strongest oflnca tors in the South, among them being Hueco Cl tin ier. Slate Supervisor Of Bural Schools; J. A. Stoddard. Slat?' High School Inspector; A. C. Held. Ander son College: J. C .C. Dunford, pro fessor of mathematics and Bible. An derson College, and Hubert McNeil Potent, former professor of Latin in Wake Korest College. Among the noted lecturers are W. J. Bryan. Govornor Cooper, Superin tendent Swoaringon, and James P. Whyte, dean of Anderson Col lego. I slr,ll have charge of the classes In geography and will assist in the athletics. I shall be glad to meet a large number of Oconee teachers and have them in my classes. Cordially yours, IL W. Casque. Tho Courier, $1 por yenr. Pay In udvanco EUROPE NEEDS MUCH GRAIN. Much of Supply Will llnvo tu He Puniishcd by United States. Paris, Juno 4.-A preliminary Bur vey of the import necessities of Eu rope, except itussia, shows that the area will need 700,000,000 bushels | of wheat and rye at a minimum, or $50,000,000 bushols as a possible maximum, Herbert C. Hoover, head of the Allied Kelief Organization, said in a statement Issued to-day. The export surplus of wheat and rye from the larger exporting countries indicate that the needs of Europe can be met. Mr. Hoover estimates the exports of the United States at 470, 000,000 bushels. Consumption in the United States has increased to a re markable degree, he says. "Through our organization and In j co-operation with the various gov- j ernmonts," the statement says, "we have completed a preliminary survey of the food prospects of Ku rope and tho import necessities, outside Rus sia, for the harvest year, beginning August 1, and tho world's supplies available to meet these demands. "We estimate tho total prospec tive European yiold of wheat and rye outside Russia, as of May 1. after de ducting seed, at 1,550,000,000 bush els. This indicates a crop of about 7 7 per cent of pre-war normal. The pre-war consumption, outside of seed, was about 2,500,000,000 bushols, in dicating a not import of about 960, 000,001) bushels if consumption were norina1, next year. The somewhat di minished populations, and the dimin ished buying power, militate against full normal consumption, but the least possible consumption, with the maintenance of public health, we estimate at 2,250,000,000 bushels, or an import on a minimum basis of about 700,000,000 bushels." Rainfall and Temperature. Below is a record of meteorological observations taken by II. W. Brandt, co-operative observer of tho Weather Bureau of tho U. S. Department of Agriculture, during the week ending ?lune 1st, Iii I it. at 7 p. m. (The instrumentai readings are from gov ernment standard instruments ex posed in the manner recommended hy Hie chief of the Weather Bureau) : |! Tompora Character of ll turo. Day. Date o? i 5* '?1 ' ? I il I May 2fi -Ptly cldy.j .08 ' 81 tia May 27 -Cloudy..; .0?!' S3 02 May 2S-Ptly cldy.-i 86 63 May 2!)-Cloudy... . 5 0 . 7$ 07 May 30-PHy cldy. -1' S:> 69 May .11-Ptly cldy.;-?1 8.V 67 .lune 1-Clear....'-'! 87 63 Total rainfall. . . ., . 62;| Rainfall for May, 7.7 2 inches. Policeman Held for Murder. Columbia, June f>.-The Richland county grand Jury has issued a true hill for murder against Eugene M. Lancaster, trafile policeman for' the city of Columbia, for tho killing of Iiis wife and Newton S. L?rick hero last Wednesday afternoon. Lancaster shot his wife five times and L?rick six times when he met them coming over the Gervais street bridge in L?rick's automobile toge ther. They died almost instantly, lt is said that Lancaster was prompted to his deed through mnritaT infelicity and alleged infidelity on the part of his wife. SAVINGS THRIFT STAMPS. HU Y THEM THIS WEEK! HOW MRS. BOYD AVOIDED AN OPERATION Canton, Ohio.-"I suffered from a female trouble which caused me much suffering, nnd two doctors decided that I would have to go through an operation be toro I could get well. "My mother, who bad been helped by Lydia E. Pinkham'n Vegetable Com pour.J, advised mo to try it before sub mitting to an opera tion. lt relieved-nie from my troubles $o I can do my house work without any difficulty. I advise any woman who in nffiicted with female troubles to give. Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Com pound a trial and it will do tis much for , them."- Mrs. MARIE IioYb, 1421 nth St, N. E., Canton, Ohio. I Sometimes there aro ncriou.i con i ; tions where a hospital operation is thu : only alternative, but on the other band T BO many women havo been cured by tins famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E, Pinkhnm's Vegetable Compound, after doctors have said that an operation waa necessary - every-woman who wants j to avoid an operation should give it a I fair trial before submitting to such a trying ordeal. I J f complications exist, writo to Lydia I E. Pink ham. Medicine Co., Lynn, Mas?., for advice. The result of many years experionce is at your service. - Why We Handle United States Tires Because they're good tires. Because we KNOW they're good tires. Because our experience has taught us that they will satisfy and gratify our customers. There are United States Tires for every need of price or use. We can provide exactly the ones for your car. United States Tires are Good Tires r We Know United States Are Good Tires. That's why We Sell Them W. M. BROWN & SON, Walhalla, S. 0. .MATHESON HARDWARE CO., Westminster, S. C. ItKCENT CUTS TO THE l>. A. ll. Industrial School at Taniassee-?Not a Few from tho War Camps. In addition to the generous con tributions which have been received during the past two years to aid the U. A. R. Industrial School, there con tinue to come gracious gifts of indi viduals and D. A. It. chapters from the various States of the Union, as well as our own South Carolina. From Camps Sevier and Wads worth have come hooks, Hags, table ware and kitchen utensils; iron beds irom Nathaniel Greene Chapter of Creen ville; tables and chairs from Cowpens Chapter, of Spartanburg; twonty-Hve boxeji of bed linen, com forts, blankets, quilts, table, linen and china from Individuals and chap tors over the State. Two new founderships have been recoived recently. E. W. Masters, of Anderson, gives one; James F. and Mack Neville, of West Union, give tho other. Miss Margaret Childs, of Columbia, has asked lo tlnish tho living room in memory of her mother, Mrs. L. 1). Childs. .Mrs. .Joe Hailey, of Clinton, is il fi - ishing one teacher's room us a me morial to her mother, Mrs. Vance. Mrs. Will Hailey, of Clinton, will completo the second teacher's room in memory of her father. Dr. Jacobs. rho Wizard of Taniassee Chapter of Seneca and Andrew IMckens Chap ter of donison will jointly linish and furnish the (lining room. The chapters of Camden and Kin gs tr ec will complete tho bath room and linen closet. Tho Cateecboo Chapter of Ander s vi wishes io linish the hall and stairway. Dr. and Mrs. NV. .1. Murray, of Conimbia, have given, through the Columbia Chapter, lilly dollars to wards the completion of any needed ronni. This sum will most probably he used to linish the front piazza or hall. Tho two dormitories, cloak rom in and kitchen are yet to be provided for, a chimney has to bo built and the entire building painted. Can you think of any more beau tiful way in which to keep green the memory of some loved one than to invest some of the gold with which you have been blessed In the minds and hearts of our young American womanhood and manhood? If you should care to help bring i the wonderful opportunity of a bet- j ter and broader education to these bright girls and eager boys who in future yours may place their success j in life at your door, will you write j Mrs. K. VV. Du vail, Stato Regont, j D. A. R" Cberaw, S. C.; Mrs. F, H. H. Calhoun, Chairman Ki nance Com mittee, Clemson College S. C., or to Mrs. Hayne Jones, Secretary of the D. A. R. School Hoard, Walhalla, S. C.? Cheapest thing on earth-Tho Courier at $1 a year. Get it McClure Reunion in August. We are in receipt of the following invitation, which we are urged to ac cept personally and to publish for the information of all concerned: The rolatives and friends of tho late Kdward Jefferson McClure are respectfully invited to be present at a reunion on August 6th, 1019, at Old Roberts church. Como and let'? have a good time. Invite your friends, bring well-filled baskets. Do not forgot thc time and place. The committee on arrangements is as follows: T. P. Hobson, chairman; W. J. McClure, J. Mack King, T. S. Whitaker, T. W. McClure, O. S. Hob son, S. A. Burnes. Hulls Corn You need Red Devil Lye for So?p Malting Softening: Waler Kuchen Sanitation Wattling Cloth?* Cleaning- Iron Wara Scrubbing and Granit? Wara Destroying Ply Egg* Order Red Devil Lye from your .tore-keeper today. ed Devil Lye re moves the outer o!:in or hulls from corn quick ly end easily, leaving the corn pure and free. Saves you limo and .trouble. 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