Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 04, 1903, Image 2
Scraps and .facts.
? Two hundred business men front
all parts of the country listened to
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw talk
on "The Business Outlook" at a banquet
given last Wednesday night at the
Auditorium hotel, Chicago, by the National
Association of Merchants and
Travelers. Lyman J. Gage addressed
the association on the same subject
just before his retirement from the
treasury department, and great interest
was attached to the speech Wednesday
night of the present secretary.
In his discussion of the financial question
Secretary Shaw declared that
what was needed was not an elastic
dojlar, but some provisions by which
automatically, the aggregate volume
of dollars should increase whenever
and wherever more dollars were needed,
and would as promptly retire when
not needed.
? Chekib Bey, the Turkish minister
at Washington, has received from his
minister of foreign affairs at Constantinople
a dispatch, giving the Turkish
version of the reported attempt on the
life of United States Vice Consul Magelssen,
at Beirut. After declaring that
the report of the assassjnation of Mr.
Magelssen was false, the dispatch gives
a version of the affair practically the
same as has been told before in the
dispatches from Turkey. It says the
pistol was fired by a man returning
from a marriage fete; that the shot
was fired in the air, and that it happened
just as Mr. Magelssen was passing
in his carriage. This, the dispatch
says, led the vice consul to believe that
an attempt had been made against his
life. The man who did the shooting
has been delivered to the judicial authorities.
Chekib Bey's dispatch also
asserts that order and tranquility prevail
at Beirut.
? Says a Buffalo, N. Y., dispatch of
September 2: The Southern Railways'
Land and Industrial Agents* association
is meeting here today in special
session for the purpose of considering
and devising plans of Inducing migration
to the states comprising the southeastern
part of the United States and
methods of interesting capital in the
same territory. Cotton raising, the
manufacture of iron and steel, stock
raising, the fruit industry, foreign immigration,
the resources of the section
and their development will also be discussed
at the meeting. The association
was formed last spring with the
development of the entire southeast as
its aim. The officers of the association
are: President, M. V. Richards of the
--v Southern railway; first vice president,
J. E. Ingreham, vice president of the
Florida East Coast Line: second vice
president, G. A. Park of the Louisville
and Nashville: secretary, W. L. Glessner
of the Georgia Southern and Flor
Ida.
? The Suffrage League of Boston, a
Negro organization, last Monday night
adopted resolutions declaring: "Inasmuch
at Booker T. Washington has
glorified the revised constitutions of
the south, has minimized the Jim Crow
car outrage, has attacked the wisdom
of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
to the constitution, has deprecated
the primary importance of the ballot,
has preached to the colored people
silent submission to intolerable
conditions and makes his people a byword,
he is not a fit leader for the colored
race, and no president who recognizes
him as a political leader should
receive the colored vote of the north.
Therefore, since President Roosevelt
has given him charge of the appointment
of all Negroes of whatever state
in the Union and has made him the
Negro adviser as to all policies affecting
colored Americans in the interests
of our race, we call upon President
Roosevelt to dispense with Mr. Washington
as our political spokesman."
? The totals of Secretary Hester's
annual report of the cotton crop of the
United States were promulgated from
New Orleans last Tuesday. They show
receipts of cotton at all United States
ports for the year 7.724,104, against
7.679,290 last year; overland to northern
mills and Canada 1,083,383, against
1.103,953; southern consumption taken
direct from the interior of the cotton
belt 1.920.072. against 1,897,437, making
the cotton crop of the United States
for 1902-03 amount to 10.727,559 bales
against 10.6S0.680 last year and 10,383,422
the year before. Colonel Hester
has made his usual investigation into
the consumption of the south and has
received reports by mail and telegraph
from every mill consuming cotton in
the cotton glowing states, including
woolen mills that have used cotton,
and the results show a total of 2,000,729.
but of this S0.657 were taken from
ports and included in port receipts.
This shows that the mills of the south
have used 62,758 bales more than during
1901-02 and 379.79S more than during
1900-1901. a most remarkable showing
in face of recent trude conditions,
supposed to have been brought about
by the abnormal difference between
values of the raw material and the
manufactured article.
? New Orleans dispatch of September
1: In many churches throughout
Texas on Sunday, prayers were offered
for relief from the Mexican boll weevil
pest. Cotton planters, alarmed at
the reappearance of the insect, asked
the ministers for their aid and the pastors
responded, not only in the coun
try towns anil villages, but in the largest
churches in the principal cities in
the state. The Mexican boll weevil,
the most destructive enemy of the cotton
crop that has ever appeared, crossed
the Rio Grande, a few years ago,
and has now spread over the eastern
quarter of Texas, reaching from the
coast line to the Arkansas border.
In 1902. the damage inflicted by this
insect on the cotton crop was estimated
at $10,000,000, and in the natural
order of events, the damage this year
should be greater, the territory involved
having greatly increased. What
the extent of the damage will be, however.
cannot be estimated until the
third annual generation of the insect
appears in the next two or three weeks.
The weevil multiplies about 1.000.000
times or more each generation, and
Texas planters are now anxiously
awaiting the coming of the third crop.
The territory in Texas already covered
is large, involving as great an area
as is embraced in the boundaries of
one of the larger states of the Union.
At last the weevil has crossed the Texas
boundary and appeared in western
Louisiana and in southern Oklahoma,
but the damage this year will not be
great outside of Texas. The only case
in which the weevil has made a long
jump has been to this city, it having
appeared in large numbers at the state
experimental station in Audubon park,
in the upper limits of New Orleans, a
few weeks ago. It is estimated that
the third crop will spread until the entire
cotton belt of Texas is enveloped,
and Texas produces about one-fifth of
the cotton crop of the country.
?ht \lothtriHr (Enquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. C.s
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1903.
Most of the leading Republicans of
the north and the non-office seeking
class seem to be arriving at the conclusion
that Mr. Roosevelt is a time-server
and a demagogue. The great business
interest of the country has become
very impatient with the president.
Some level headed correspondents are
agitating through the News and Courier
the idea of trying to do something
to induce immigration from Scotland
to South Carolina. Thoughtful landowners
of this state are no doubt realizing
very generally that the labor
problem is serious and that there is
absolute necessity that something be
done to improve the situation. The
rich resources of this country are literally
crying out for development, and
there Is needed more than anything
else somebody who will work. The
Scotch, the English and the Irish are
the people we need above all others,
and if we will only try we can get
them.
The cause of the terrible catastrophe
at Fishing creek trestle yesterday
will no doubt be thoroughly Investigated;
but up to this time there seems to
be a very general opinion that there is
no need to look beyond the rotten timbers
of which the trestle was constructed.
It is true that the eastbound
train had passed over within the previous
hour; but red and yellow evidences
of decay that bordered most of
the broken timbers left but little question
as to their condition. There is another
thing, however, that may enter
into the question. Mr. Williford, the
young man who did so much to rescue
imprisoned passengers and to relieve
suffering, says he remembers a perceptible
quickening in the speed of the
train about two hundred yards before
the trestle was reached, and the position
of the wreck seems to indicate
that the engine struck the shackiey old
structure with a force that might have
knocked down even a newer bridge.
But all these things will probably be
fought over in the court, and we have
no doubt that the blame will eventually
be fixed. That there will be heavy
damage suits goes without saying and
that there ought to be is equally beyond
question. There has already been
too much loss of valuable life in this
very same manner and it seems to be
time to call a halt.
NOTES FROM OGDEN.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enauirer.
Ogden, September 1.?Cotton picking
has commenced in this section.
Mr. W. D. Dunlap was painfully hurt
a few days ago by falling from a scaffold.
Mr. W. T. Hollis is erecting a new
six-room residence, which will be quite
comfortable and handsome when finished.
Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Kidd visited their
grand parents at Fort Lawn last week,
returning on Saturday.
Miss Bea McFadden is home from
Epworth orphanage, in which Institution
she has held a position during the
last two years.
Misses Leon Strait and Carrie Means
of Rock Hill, visited Ogden last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Hudson of Rock Hill,
visited the home of Mr. A. P. Daviney
last week, returning on Sunday.
Children's day will be celebrated at
Antioch church on September 10-with
a basket picnic.
Excitement In Cotton.?Not since
the exciting davs early in the bull
campaign has there been anything to
equal the confusion which attended the
publication of the government September
crop condition report in
Thursday's New York cotton market.
The figures 81.2 reflect an improvement
in condition for the
month of 2.4 per cent and are 18.1 per
cent above those of hist year. The
statement proved better than generally
expected and was followed by a rush
of liquidation that carried prices off
sharply. Earlier in the day the market
had shown a declining tendency,
and prices at noon were about 6 to 15
points lower. In less than ten minutes
after the report was read, September
sold at 11.13, October at 10.20, December
at 9.95 and January at 9.92, these
being net losses of from 12 to 26 points
Then realizing by early sellers relieved
the strain and led to slight recoveries,
with the market very irregular and
unsettled.
Tirzah-T rustees.
The patrons of Tirzah school district
No. 35. held an election for trustees
last Wednesday. Two tickets
were voted for and one candidate was
elected on each ticket. These were
Messrs. T. M. Dates and J. B. Barron.
Messrs. R. R. Allison. J. J. Miller, R.
C. Jackson and A. M. Black each
received seven votes, necessitating another
election for the third man.
New Methodist Paper.
Prominent members of the Methodist
church have arranged to commence
the publication of a new denominational
paper to be known as the Methodist
Appeal. It is to be published in the
office of the <Ireenwood Index.
LOCAL JBL&WAJOEiS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
S. L. Latimer?Wants 50,000 pounds of
scrap iron by September 15, for
which he will pay highest market
price.
W. A. Barber. President?Gives notice
of the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Carolina and Northwestern
Railway company, to be
held Sept. 17 in Chester.
J. R. Lindsay?Has his office in the
Jeffery's bank building, and solicits
your business when in need of fire,
life or accident insurance, or bonds
of any kind.
John E. Carroll, Chairman?Gives notice
of an election to be held on September
16th to elect an additional
trustee for Tirzah school district.
Loan and Savings Bank?Is prepared
with good connections and first-class
equipment to conduct a general
banking business and invites your
business.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Talk about selling
you guaranteed pocket knives
and razors and want you to see the
cutlery they have to offer.
t w Sneek. The Jeweler?Invites you
to bring him your watches, clocks
and jewelry that need repairing. He
guarantees his work.
First National Bank?Says that the U.
S. government supervises and throws
around national banks every safeguard
to protect patrons.
Foushee Cash Store?Says its space Is
reserved for its fall stock of millinery
and notions which will arrive in
a few days.
YORK'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Superintendent of Education Carroll
has just completed the compilation of
his annual report to the state superintendent
of education, and the following
abstract of -that document compared
with the abstract of the report
for 1902 seems to show encouraging
progress in the condition of the schools
of the county:
1903. 1902.
Surplus at beginning
of year ...$10,647 99 $10,596 84
Poll tax 5,807 98 5,656 80
3 mill tax 18,695 65 17.947 99
Special tax 4,912 84 4,850 20
Dispensary fund.. 5,616 15 1,071 54
Other sources .... 40 00 138 73
Total receipts ..$45,720 61 $40,262 10
Disbursements ...$31,828 15 $29,614 11
Cash July 1 $13,892 46 $10,647 99
1903. 1902.
Pupils enrolled 10,246 9,300
Average attendance 6,820 6,545
White schools 86 93
Negro schools 80 82
Average term, white, 6 mos. 8 days.
1903; 6 mos., 1902.
Average term, Negro, 4 mos. 15 da.
1903; 4 mos. 10 da., 1902.
Average yearly salary, white teachers,
1903, $208.25: 1902, $180.36.
Average yearly salary, Negro teachers,
1903, $77.51; 1902, $73.11.
CLEARING THE WRECK.
The horrible scene of yesterday affnmAAri
of Flohlncr Proplr trAfltlp hflS
been so changed as to leave but little
Idea of what it was.
As stated elsewhere, willing volunteers
cleared away much of the wreck
In the effort to get at the bodies of the
dead, and the wrecking crews took up
the work where the volunteers left off.
During last night the locomotive was
turned right side up by means of block
and tackle, and this morning the
wreckers were engaged in building a
track from the creek bottom with a
view to hauling the big machine back
into the main line.
All of the debris made by the broken
timbers and splintered cars has been
moved and at noon it was certain that
there were no more dead bodies to be
found unless somebody had been
caught under one of the forward cars
as the result of an attempt to Jump.
Both trains, north and south, transferred
baggage and passengers this
mori ing and continued on their respective
trips with but little delay.
Timbers are being laid down on both
sides of the creek and the work of rebuilding
the trestle has already commenced.
It is probable that within a
few days trains will be running across
on a new structure.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. D. E. Boney returned home last
week from Glenn's Springs.
Mrs. R. M. Bratton of Guthriesville,
sueirt Thursday in Yorkville.
Rev. W. G. Neville and family are
expected to reach Yorkville tomorrow.
Mr. Sam L. Blair of Blairsville, has
been visiting relatives in Yorkville this
week.
Mr. Arthur Snell of Rochester, N. Y.,
will arrive in Yorkville today to visit
friends.
Mr. Fred C. Black is confined to his
home two and a half miles west of
Yorkville with fever.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. C. Walker have
returned from a visit to relatives and
friends at Bishopville.
Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal and children
of Rock Hill, are in Yorkville on a visit
to Miss Cora Kuykendal and other
friends.
Dr. Wylie Moore of Chester, has been
in Yorkville this week on a visit to the
families of Messrs. H. N. and W. B.
Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Adams of Gastonia,
are visiting the families of Messrs.
W. W. Jenkins and John Caldwell
in Yorkville and vicinity.
Mr. Ernest Jackson of Tirzah, submitted
to an operation for appendicitis
recently. He is getting along very
well, and seems to be on the sure road
to recovery.
Mr. J. H. B. Jenkins of Rock Hill,
was in Yorkville yesterday to look after
his two children who were in the
wrecked train. Neither of the children
were badly hurt.
Mrs. W. T. Slaughter of Hickory
Grove, passed through Yorkville yes
terday afternoon by private conveyance
on her way to Rock Hill, to be
at the bedside of Mr. Slaughter.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Hood and
family returned to their home at Gaffney
Thursday after having spent a
week with Mr. J. H. Good's family and
other relatives and friends in this
county.
Mr. J. P. White narrowly missed being
a passenger on the ill-fated train
that went through Fishing creek trestle
yesterday. He went to Rock Hill with
the intention of coming back on this
train: but was left in Rock Hill by
about two minutes.
Among the injured passengers on
yesterday's wreck, the following were
Clemson college students on their way
to resume their studies: V. B. Hall. P.
\V. Spencer. Julian Johnson, Fred
Pong. J. N. McEaurin, W. H. Wylie, Jr.
Mr. W. H. Wylie came over to Yorkville
last night to look after his son,
Mr. W. H. Wylie, Jr., who was injured
in the wreck.
The young lady referred to in the
following from the Lynchburg (.Va.)
Daily Times, Is a daughter of Dr. L.
B. Dobson, formerly of Yorkville: "Yesterday's
Times-Dispatch published a
portrait of Miss Mittie Dobson of this
city, and in its Virginia Beach correspondence
had the following paragraph:
'Miss Mittie Dobson of Lynchburg,
daughter of "Dr. Dobson, left on
Thursday for her home. Miss Dobson
is a winsome brunette, and one of this
season's belles at the beach. Early in
the summer she visited at Judge Waddill's
cottage. For the past two weeks
she has been at Miss Blair's.'"
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Fred Rhyne, who was killed yesterday,
is the same fireman who went
down in the Buffalo flood when Engineer
Jake Metcalf was killed two years
ago. It will be remembered that he
was rescued from the flooded bottoms
about two hundred yards below the
trestle. He was about twenty-five years
of age and unmarried. Engineer Brickman
leaves a widow and three little
boys.
There have been thousands of visitors
to the scene of yesterday's wreck.
They have been coming from all parts
of the country surrounding and from
neighboring towns. A party of nine
young men came down from Gastonla
last night on the passenger and returned
on the freight train. Quite a
number of newspaper mep have been
on the scene, and people continue to
arrive from all quarters.
Notwithstanding the appalling disaster
at Fishing creek trestle yesterday,
as the result of which a half a dozen
lives were lost and a score of people
were more or less seriously injured,
the United States mails were hardly
Hpinvprt more than an hour in their ar
rival at Yorkvllle. The malls were
picked up from the wreck and brought
on to the Yorkville postofflce. The
Yorkville pouch had been closed and
locked before the train reached the
trestle and its contents were intact.
Some of the mail for points beyond
Yorkville may have been lost but not
a great deal of It. N
It was purely a matter of chance, but
all the physicians of Yorkville happened
to be in town yesterday when the
news of the wreck came and all of
them hurried to the scene. They were
Doctors M. J. Walker, R. A. Bratton,
J. D. McDowell and J. I. Barron. Dr.
Wylie Moore of Chester, who is visiting
here, was among the first to get to
the wreck and worked with energy,
coolness and judgment. Dr. W. G.
White was on the road to the wreck,
but came back to Yorkville on the assurance
that there was more pressing
need for his services in the temporary
hospital at the hotel.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate
were recorded in the office of the
county auditor during the month of
August:
BETHEL.
B. O. Brown to J. B. Brown. Fifty
acres; consideration nominal.
BROAD RIVER.
J. S. Darwin to Newton Quinn Est.
447 acres; consideration $3,500.
W. S. Wilkerson to Thomas Barnett.
Ten acres; consideration $175.
bullock's creek.
David J. Blair to W. J. Blair. 318
acres; consideration $75.
C. B. Kimball to W. E. Kimball. 111}
acres; consideration $333.25.
catawba.
W. L. and J. E. Roddev to John Fewell.
One lot: consideration $25.
J. M. Fewell to Ned Mardin. One
lot; consideration $30.
Sue D. Hutchison to W. D. Nelson.
One lot; consideration $35.
D. A.. Johnson to W. W. Miller. One
lot: consideration $100.
J. Henry Toole to Ella M. Toole.
One lot: consideration nominal.
Iredell Jones, Jr. to Mrs. S. R. Johnson.
One lot; consideration $100.
A. D. Holler to John G. Anderson.
Ten and three-tenths acres. Consideration
$1,000.
W. Brown Wylie to J. B. Johnson.
House and lot: consideration $4,310.
W. Brown Wylie to E. H. Johnson.
One lot: consideration $850.
John and Jeff Robertson. One lot;
consideration $85.
Rock Hill Real Estate and Loan Co.
to Mrs. M. J. Simril. One lot; consideration
$1,000.
fort mill.
S. J. Kimbrell to W. M. Kimbrell.
One lot; consideration nominal.
W. E. Griffin to S. J. Kimbrell.
House and lot; consideration $500.
T.-T VT/Va MAtfKtTiTV
J. B. Martin to J. A. Smith. 175
acres; consideration $1,000.
Jas. M. Stroup to trustees of school
district No. 24. One lot; consideration,
welfare of school.
YORK.
R. D. Alexander to W. H. Alexander.
41* acres; consideration, love and
affection.
CARP BY THE HUNDREDWEIGHT.
"Why sir, when the water went down
to about a foot the channel of the
stream and the scattering pools about
were litteraly alive with fish. I never
saw the like in my life."
Mr. James L. Moss is making some
repairs on the dam of his millpond,
and to facilitate the work it was necessary
to let off the water last Wednesday.
He had anticipated a big catch
ot fish, and invited a number of friends
to take part in the fun. Mr. W. R.
Carroll was among those present, and
it was he who made the statement
above.
A sein was placed over the sluice gate
before the water was turned loose.
Nothing of especial interest developed
until the water began to recede from
the muddy bottom of the pond on either
side of the channel. Then hundreds of
large carp could be seen working toward
the flowing current, and presently
the stream was literally congested with
tlsh.
"I stood at one spot with a crocus
sack," said Mr. Carroll, "and I filled It
with fish weighing from three to ten
pounds, without moving out of my
?racks. Tht?rt> wcrp ilnmns of Others
about find all caught as many fish as
they could carry. We kept it up until
we had a batteau filled, and then we quit
because we just couldn't see any use
in catching any more. I am sure we
caught over one thousand pounds of
fish, and we could have caught several
thousand pounds more if we had wanted
to do so."
Mr. Moss gave everybody present all
the fish they cared to take away and
sent a hundred pounds or more by Mr.
(tarroll to his friends in Yorkville. Af
ter everybody had been supplied he i
put the balance back In the pond, and
it Is no exaggeration to say that theVe
are literally tons of fish there to be :
taken whenever Mr. Moss wants thern. i
The Yorkvllle people who had the '
good fortune to be remembered by Mr.
Moss are agreed that carp Is much
better eating than is generally conced- i
ed. They unite in saying that the fish
are good.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The painters are at work in the i
store of J. M. Heath & Co.
? There is plenty of business in
Yorkvllle to support a steam laundry
and a laundry should be established. i
? Mr. H. C. Strauss has purchased |
the Gardner residence on North Congress
street. He expects to occupy It.
? The Floral society of the Presbyte
rian church will give an entertainment
in the court house this afternoon at 4
o'clock.
? The marketing of cotton has commenced
earlier than was expected. The
crop is only about two weeks late, as
compared with last year.
? The Strauss-Smith Mercantile
Company of Yorkvllle, has been chartered
with a capital of $6,000. The incorporators
are H. C. Strauss and C.
W. Smith.
? Captain J. R. Lindsay has moved
his insurance office into the Jefferys
bank room so as to be able to give his
patrons the benefit of the fire-proof
safety vault there and for greater convenience
In the transaction of business
generally. *
? Two bales of new cotton were sold
Wednesday, the first of the season at
this market. Mr. Robert Wltherspoon
of Brattonsvllle, sold the first bale to
Messrs. Latta Bros, for 123 cents a
pound. The bale weighed 622 pounds
and brought $79.30. The other bale
was sold by Mr. S. M. Inman to Mr. B.
N. Moore for 12 cents.
"T T7*r\K T oonK'a nlofa! *' QCjifl
Chief of Police Love to the reporter on
Thursday. "A brother of Lee, the man
who was killed," continued Mr. Love,
"gave it to me last Friday evening. He
got it Immediately after the shooting.
There was only one empty shell in it
and no loaded cartridges, so the story
that Leech was only prepared to shoot
once was evidently correct."
? The Jasper Light Infantry went
down to the Cornwell picnic yesterday
about forty strong, as follows: Capt.
W. B. Moore, Lt. F. G. Dobson, Sergt.
Bert Smith, Color Sergt. W. L. Williams,
Corp. C. F. Gordon, Corp. C. P.
Lowrance; Privates S. L. Adams, R.
W. Turner, Tracy Ormand, J. N. O'Farreli,
E. G. Pursley, R. S. Russell,
Craig McCorkle, T. Turner, R. Louthian,
R. L. Wilkerson, J. L. Robinson,
Oscar Robinson, W. B. Keller, J. C.
Morrow, E. M. Stephenson, P. W. Williams,
John Turner, W. G. Tur ler, John
Gordon, E. M. Dickson, E. a. Smith,
F. Feemster, Joe Cuibertson, E. M. Shillinglaw,
Reg. P. Jackson, Geo. Cavls,
Will Thomasson, T. J. Thomasson, ?.
White. John Wheeler, drummer.
WRECK AT FISHING CREEK.
Southern train No. 15, due in Yorkville
tit 11.13 a. m., crashed through
Fishing creek trestle yesterday morning.
There were about thirty people on
board, and of these five were killed outright,
several were fatally injured, and
the others escaped with more or less
serious bruises. The engine, mall car
and two passenger cars were converted
into scrap iron and kindling wood.
The scene of the wreck is about two
and one half miles east of Yorkville.
The first news was telephoned here
" it/, M 4 Sim
1 ruin lnc icftiucuve vta. AMtt *n
rll. People from the neighborhood
had already gone to the rescue of the
distressed passengers and trainmen,
and hundreds of Yorkville people, Including
all of the local physicians, at
once hurried to the same place in the
hope of being of assistance. ,
Fishing creek trestle was about 400
feet long and about 40 feet high. It
crossed a wide bottom through the
centre of which flows the stream. After
the catastrophe of yesterday there
was left only six benches on the east
side, with two on the west. Broken
rails projected above on either side,
while stretched across the bottom below,
in a confused mass of rotten
timbers, lay the ill-fated train. The
engine lay at right angles from its proper
line of travel with its nose in the
air, and the cab directly underneath
where the track had been above. It was
turned bottom upwards. The mail car
was jammed into and over the tender,
and the second class car which had
been crushed beyond recognition was
telescoped into the baggage car. The
flrst-elass car in the rear, was suspended
in the air over broken timbers
and retained its upright position. It
was splintered and shattered in places:
but held its general shape except for a
great hole In the rear end. It was at
least fifty feet clear of the last stand- i
ing bench, and formed a bridge across
the creek.
Although representatives of The
Enquirer were among the first York- i
ville people to arrive on the scene, it i
was not until nearly an hour after the i
train had made its terrible plunge, and
already much splendid work had been :
done by the noble-hearted rescuers,
both white and colored. A number of
the passengers had been caught in the
wreckage and could be released only
with the help of axes. Some of these
were dead, and others were so badly i
injured that it was not deemed advis- ;
able to move them further than a few l
yards from the train. They were made i
as comfortable as possible on couches i
improvised for the purpose from car
seats. The physicians began to arrive i
about this time, and where such treatment
promised relief they administer- <
ed hypodermic injections of morphine.
Only one living man was taken from <
the wreck after the arrival of the phy- I
siclans. This was Mr. T. C. Hicks, a I
commercial traveler from Lancaster. <
He had been Imprisoned in the wreckage
for more than an hour and was fi- '
nally released with a broken leg and
other injuries. He had suffered agon- 1
ies of torture, and how he survived
such an ordeal is beyond comprehen- <
sion.
Among the passengers were several |
who escaped with only slight bruises. ]
The reporter talked to several of these; 1
but the most interesting story was i
told by Mr. B. F. Wllliford, a young <
traveling man from Charlotte. He was i
suffering somewhat from shock; but s
was cool and collected. He said: h
"There was a crash in front and in- I
stantly afterward I saw the second t
class car lurch forward and downward. I
Then I felt my own car sinking. Invol- ^
untarily I stood up and slezed the seat T
In front of me with both hands. Pres- I
ently there was a terrible Jolt, as we
struck the ground, and I was thrown d
forward and downward, but although
somewhat dazed did not lose my footing.
The passengers were tossed about
every-whlch-way for a moment, and
there was frenzied yelling and shouting
that almost unnerved me. Just
why I did I hardly know; but I shouted
out: 'Don't be afraid ladles and
gentlemen, it is all over iow, and I will J
take care of every one of you. Just t
come this way.' I got out through t
- ? j n
tnat Dig noie in tne rear 01 ine car, ana >
helped down some of the ladies and
several men. Then I saw that there (
were several men who had been knock- t
ed Insensible, and I begged those men <3
that had not been hurt to assist me I
with them. They paid no attention to
me, and I went on with the work as e
best I could until help came from the t
outside." t
Mr. W. A. Bolln lives near by the I
trestle and was one of the first to come
to the rescue. He said: "I was at my t
house and was looking at It as It pass- 1
ed. There was a loud snapping of timbers,
followed by a crash, and the ?
whole train disappeared. I went down 1
Immediately to give the people such
relief as I could." Alf Starnes, a Ne- ?
gro, was also early on the scene. He 1
and Mr. Bolln got there ubout the same
time, and he said that so far as he was t
able to see Mr. Willlford was the only t
passenger who tried to help the other 1
passengers or who tried to help Mr.
Bolln and himself. (
Mr. Ed Turner, the conductor, was u
seen at the Parish hotel about two
hours after the wreck. He said that a t
ladv had er?tten on the train at Tlrzah 1
and she made up his twentieth passenger.
He had just gone into the second
class coach to collect her?fare, and
the crash came just as he had proceeded
about three seats up the aisle of
the car. He realized what had happened
and when he saw that he was
still alive, he began to try to get out.
He succeeded, but how, he did not
know, and unable to stand he procured
assistance by which he was enabled
to get to the track above. He
got on a dump car with one or two
others and came to Yorkvllle.
D. F. Dukes, expressman, says that
he was alone in his car when the train
went down. The heavy trunks were
piled all about him; but it was in such
a way as to leave him a space in which
he could move about. After a little
he saw a hole that looked like it was
about big enough to admit his body,
and which he was able to crawl
through.
Mr. W. S. Peters lives within a short
distance of the trestle and was one of
the first to reach the scene after the
disaster. Mr. Peters' story was in effect
as follows: "Mr. Wash Bolin and
I got there about the same time, as did
also Misses Emma Nellie and Jennie
Russell and Lucy Watson. There
was also Alf Starnes, Milas Miller and
Harvey Collins. Mr. T. L. Carroll was
the next white man to come up and he
brought a crowd of hands with him.
It is hard to describe just what took
place; but I must say that the work
of those young ladies was something 1
worth mentioning. It seemed as if
they were everywhere at once, and
while we were taking the injured out,
the ladies were giving them attention.
Here it was washing a face, there giving
water, and there rubbing an injured
limb. I never saw the like, except
that It was in the way a Mr. Willlford,
a passenger, worked. He showed
us what to do and seemed to be
two or three men in one. Whenever
he got a chance he would look to the
injured and give some poor fellow a
swallow of whisky or water. Two or
three of the injured passengers went
away seeking their own comfort and
he cursed them as cowards. I never
saw such a man. Messrs. Slaughter,
Johnson and Hall were carried out of
the car Insensible and for sometime we
thought the first two were dead. They
were revived through the efforts of the t
young ladies, Mr. Wllliford and oth- A
ers of the party." t
The bodies of the mall clerk, the engineer
and the fireman were among the *
last recovered. The mall clerk was
completely buried in his car, and could
be gotten at only with the help of axes.
His body was badly cut and bruised
and there was no reason to doubt that
he was killed instantly. It was the
same with the engineer and fireman. *
Covered up as it was with debris from
the baggage car and broken timbers
from the trestle, the contents of the '
cab could only be guessed at; but as
nobody had seen or heard of the escape
of the engineer or fireman there
was no reason for hope In their behalf.
After scores of willing workers had
almost exhausted themselves in their
efforts to rescue the living, Dr. A. Y.
Cartwright, who had been doing his
full share from the beginning, made a
short address in behalf of attempting
the still heavier task of moving the debris
about the engine; It was like this:
"Men, there is danger that this pile of
timber might take fire, and there is a
possibility that there is still a living
man in this wreckage. We've got to
put out the fire in that engine, and I C
think the best way to go about the un- v
ilertaking is to just move these timbers r
out of the way. If you will help me, e
we'll do It. A score of stout men, white
rind colored, answered the doctor's ap- a
peal, and after an hour or two more
of hard, dangerous work the engine
was uncovered. They found the legs .
of poor Engineer Brickman and his j
fireman, Rhyne, burled down under the f
Ironwork of the ponderous locomotive. p
One of Rhyne's feet had been cut off. j
When finally the engine was lifted,
with the help of block and tackle, it
was found that the bodies of both had .
been literally cooked by fire and steam.
After all the living had been recov red
from the wreck and attended to
with such "first aid" attention as was
possible, a relief train arrived from V
Rock Hill, bringing Dr. T. A. Crawford,
:he Southern's resident physician, and
u ch other physicians as he could gath- E
?r for the emergency. All of the
wounded who could be moved with rea- li
onable safety by private conveyance
lad already been sent to Yorkviile.
)r. Crawford ordered that the oth?rs
ie sent to Rock Hill. These incluc ed
Jrof. W. T. Slaughter, Julian Johns >n,
Vernon B. Hall, and three Negroes,
Vm. Beard, Frank Burris and Alec
luey.
The casualty list as gathered yest>rlay
and today stands as follows:
Killed:
Henry Briekman, engineer.
Fred Rhyne, fireman.
C. J. Smith, colored, mail clerk.
Richard Wagoner, colored, passenger.
Bob Burrle, colored, passenger.
Injured:
Julian Johnson, son of Dr. J. B.
ohnson of Rock Hill. Bones broken,
lurl Internally and cut about face and
>ody. Chances of recovery doubtful.
Taken to Rock Hill.
W. T. Slaughter of Hickory Gro/e.
Tut about face and body, bruised about
he head and probably internally. Ccnlition
very serious. Taken to Reck
?11.
D. F. Dukes, baggage master and
ixpress messenger. Flesh mashed
rom one leg and terribly bruised ab( ut
he body. Now at the residence of
Dr. A. Y. Cartwright
V. B. Hall, Rock Hill. Hurt and
>rutsed, with some bones dislocated.
Taken to Rock Hill.
Three Negroes. All seriously tut
ind bruised and injured Internally.
Taken to Rock Hill.
Fred Poag, Lancaster, S. C. Bruised
ind shaken up. At residence of Dr. A.
f. Cartwright, Yorkvllle.
Hazel Cunningham, Lancaster. Palnully
but not seriously Injured. Taken
o residence of Dr. A. Y. Cartwrlgut,
L'orkvllle.
W. Harry Wylle, Jr. of Rock H U.
Tut about face and shoulder wrenchod.
\.t Parish hotel, Yorkvllle.
P. B. Whlsonant, brakeman. Severe
nternal injuries. Taken to Parish hjel
and removed to Bl&cksburg.
A. S. Morrow, Blacksburg. Con
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JUUI1U ilttt'lUIC U1 11115(1. uouij V?v
ibout face and chest. Taken to Parsh
hotel, Yorkville, and removed to
31acksburg.
Mrs. H. B. Bulst, Rock Hill. Shaken,
>ruised and cut about head and face.
Vt Parish hotel.
Mrs. Sarah Waldson, Bessemer Cily,
M. C. Injured very much the sane
is Mrs. Bulst. At Parish hotel.
T. C. Hicks, Lancaster. Leg broken
md seriously cut about head and fare.
U residence of Mr. J. B. Mackorell.
Ed Turnfer, conductor, Blacksbuig.
Skull fractured, collar bone and shout I;r
blade broken, severely cut and bruis;d
about face and body. Taken to Parsh
hotel, Yorkville, and removed to
Blacksburg.
R. A. Willis, Edgmoor. Leg broken.
Taken to Rock Hill.
Among the colored passengers who
tvere injured were Blllle Beard of Rock
3111; Frank Burris of Sharon; Alexanler
Huey of McConnellsvllle. Theue
were hurt badly and may not recover.
They were taken to Rock Hill.
Among the other passengers, less so iously
hurt were Mrs. J. C. Boyd of
Prtssly, N. C.; Miss Jessie Love of
Sharon; Walter and Mary Jenkins of
Bock Hill; P. W. Spencer, Catawta
(unction; J. N. McLaurin, Bethune, ;3.
2.; B. F. Williford, Charlotte, N. C.;
<\ Mills Stephenson, Kershaw; Mr.
3azel Cunningham, Lancaster; Mrs.
3udle McCaskell and two children of
Kershaw.
Coroner Louthian empaneled a Juiy
>f Inquest yesterday composed of rep- .
esentative citizens, with Mr. T. N.
rhomasson as foreman. The invest! ration
is proceeding with thorough less,
and from the nature of the te?lmony
that has been taken It is protible
that the verdict will attribute the
iisaster to the rotten timbers of the
restle. A number of railroad em>loyes
claim that the trestle has been
eported time and again, and that the
esponslble authorities have ignore!
he reports. The Jury may not repoit
ts findings for several days. It is un- ?
lerstood that the grand Jury may get
ogether and make a careful investiratlon.
Mr. J. O. Walker is foreman.
CARING FOR THE WOUNDED.
The one gratifying development of
he horrible trestle calamity yesterday
vas the splendid conduct of the peopl 2
generally, white and colored, in seekng
to rescue the imprisoned passengers
and care for Jhe wounded.
Much of the details of this part of
he story will be found in the main aricle
on the subject in today's paper:
>ut while the events there describe*I
vere transpiring at the scene of this
iwful calamity other work no less im
iressive and important was going on
n the town of Yorkville.
The first of the injured people wens
ent to the Parish hotel, presumable'
secause it was assumed that they could
>e taken care of there to the best advantage.
Mrs. Parish, the proprietor,
it once give it to be understood tha;
ler house was open, and that accomnodatlons
would be provided for al
vho might be sent there.
Shortly after this, as soon as it be ame
known that the hotel would b<
ised for hospital purposes, a score or
nore ladles volunteered their services
ind in a remarkably short time dustec
md cleaned up an unused store room
md furnished it with cots sent from
heir homes.
The ladies served as nurses, furnishd
and prepared lint, helped the physilan9
and did everything that was posible
to relieve pain. The whole thing
vas spontaneous and voluntary, but
lotwlthstanding that the ladles workd
with system and Intelligence
hroughout the trying ordeal, and left
ibsolutely nothing undone.
While one large party was busy at
he hotel another party, consisting of
Jrs. W. D. Glenn, Mrs. W. Brown Wyle,
Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart, Misses Kate
}ordon and Margaret Miller and othrs,
carried quilts, blankets, pillows,
Int, camphor and whisky to the scene
f the wreck. They reached the
rounds somewhat late; but not too
ate to help make several of the sufferrs
much more comfortable than they
i*ere. ' ?
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