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VOL' XLIII. 'NO' 8(36. . NEWBERRY. S.'0. TUTS$DAY. OOrOBER 16. 19043. TIEWE,1OY
FORGOT ORDER; THREE DEAD
.Engine and Freight Train Crash Neas
Winnaboio-Three Men Killed and
Three Othere Injured in .
Wreck on the Oouthern.
Columbia, October 14.-A fa8
freight and a light engine on the
Southerri came together near Wini
boro this morning in a head-or
collision. The operator forgot to de
liver an order and three men are dead
Another will die
The dead are:
D. M. Dixon, white, conductor, ot
engine.
James T. McPherson, Jr., white
fireman on light engine.
Henry Pile, engineer on light en
ginq.
The injured are:
James G. Price, white, engineer ot
freight.
Charles D. Wbir, white, brakemai
on freight.
Forgot Imoprtant Order.
Thvough freight No. 74, nortl
bound, carrying a load of lumber am
other goods, left Columbia on timi
this morning at 2.10 o'clock. Order
were given by the dispatcher her
showing that extra engine No 1,620
south bound ,had the right of way o:
the track to Winnsboro. The ordei
was never delivered to the crew o:
the freight train. The operator a
the Blanding street station of thi
Southern gave the conductor and en
gineer of the freight two other order
and obtained their signatures, but he
for some reason, failed to transmi
this one. His iame is Bolick, and lie
a young man just in his twenties.
Two miles north of Winnsboro, a
the sixty-nine mile post, on what i
known as McMaster's curve, thi
freight and the light engine came to
gether at 5.07 o'clock. The extrA
engine had the right'of way to Winnis
boro according to the orders, unde
whiih the engine was running an
also according to the orders which th
freight crew should have had.
The fireman of the freight, Henr,
Gates, saw the engine coming dowl
on the train and had barely time t
tell Engineer Price, who got to th
gangway in his effort to jump an<
was caught there, while Gates wa
terribly crushed.
Crushed Without Warning.
The crew of the light eneine ma:
never have known that the freigh
was not on the sidetrack at Winns
boro. No one of them seems to hav
made an attempt to jump and al
three of them were killed.
The news was transmitted to th
division officers here very quickl3
but the wreeking train was out oi
the Augusta branch, putting freigh
cars on thu sick, and it was almos
noon before n ' i be sent to th
scene of tHip 'wreck. I was founi
that nine cars were smashed, the on
gines'badly injured, but not rendere<
worthless, and 200 feet of track wver
torn up.
The Dead and the Injured.
Dr. F. D. Kendall, the division sur
coon of the Southern, went to th
senze on the first ',4i, and assist
anece was given als~o b)y the Winne
boro physicians. The bodies of En
gineer Pile and Fireman McPherso:
were brought heo this narnoot
while that of Conductor Dixon was A
taken in charge by his relatives -at
Winnsboro. Engineer Price was Wi
brought here for treatment, andl*As
Firem n Gates was brought to Tay
lor Lane Hospital.
CoAductor Dixon ikas 30 years of
age and hiis home was in Winnsboru.
Fireman McPherson was the son of
an,engineer on this division. He swas cot
30 years old. Pile is from West Vir- nil
ginia, near. Anderson, and has rela- Cal
tives in East R'adford, Virginia. He SP(
was married, livipg near the corner ly
of Blanding and Barnwell streets, Co- lea
a lumbia. PIS
Engineer James G. Price, 32 years wa
o13, i married and lives on Pickens an
street. Both his shoulders are dislo- no0
,eafed and his back sprained. He has ab4
wounds on the head and leg also. He peo
is suffering considerably to-night, but cU,
I is not dangerously hurt. ma
Not fatally hurt: Brakeman Char- pio
les D. Wier, 24 years old, lives in ci
Columbia. His left leg is sprained and boo
bruised by his jump from the train. yol
i Henry Gates, the negro fireman, Wo
I who it is thought, will die,. also live' pr<
s in- Columbia. He is internally injur- ter
t ed and his left foot is cut off. He Is yo,
s 35 years old. His left leg has been im
, amputated and his condition to-night di
r is critical. wh
e The inquest, if any, will be held In
t Fairfield County and nothing has
t been learned here by the authorities C11
e in regard to any legal action to place ha
the responsibility for the death of ao
a the three men.
The "light engine," as it is called, Tf
t was being brought from Charlotte toSa
4 Columbia for use in the yards here sa
as a shifting engine. The men who w
Ju
t ict their death in so horrible a man
i ner were sent up to Charlotte yester- a
i day evening to bring the engine down.
fol
- Oi account of the wreck passenger b
i trains No. 3, leaving here at 6.10 A
- M., and No. 33, due at 1.55 A. M.,
r were detoured by Spartanburg.
I Passengers on No. 27, south-bound,
3 and No. 28, north-bound, were trans
ferred at the wreck. No. 34, the fast u
i Irain leaving here at 7.05 this even- U
I inlo, went throuzh on time and there P
) I will be no further delay in traffic.
3 Operator Does not Admit Blame. e
I The young operator, H. E. Bolick, A.
4 on whom the officials of the road say an
the responsibility for the collision
rests is originally from Fairfield and a
has been with the Columbia division
of the Southern for four years, dur- s0l
in- whieh timehe has made a good na
record and was thoroughly trusted. "I
I He does not admit that he was to tl
blame and is still in the employ of th
the Southern, pending a more com. er
1 plete investigation. J. H. cO
The comedy is said to be far su
perior to "The Runaways" and the fe
a music which is entirely new and up- of
to-date, bright' and catchy,- while new do
_ dances, new lighting and scenic ef- an
feets and costumes from special oriz- Cl
e inal designs, make gorgeous stage pie.-s
tures. , . . x
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.Arthur Dunn, the clever little comn- Qi
e edian whio was last seen in "The Run
aways'' with great success will.ap- fr'<
pear at the Opera House on Thur.' 1in
-(day, October 18, in his new musical Ma
ai comedy, "The Little Joker" by Her- an
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NEWBElRY BOY ix CHINA.
rites of His Tribvels-A Tramp
nong the Mongols-ohe-Foo, or
the City of the Carnotion
Peking Mountain-The
Philipines.
:ts name is derived from a flesh
ored Lhill that stands some twelve
es east of the city. The Mongols
I it Wulanhata. Cho Foo, from the
etacular point of view, is distinct
disappointing. It is indeed the
at interesting of all the central
ces of business outside the great
11. In the city itself there are shops
I stores and shops and practically
;hing else. One blessed - thing,
>ut it for the foreigner is that the
>ple do not bother you with their
iosity and inquisitiveness. You
,y )vak shout the town at your
asure and neither a man nor a
Id will follow you around. Every
ly seems too busy to worry about
.i and consequently you do not
rry about them. Only when you
)duce your tripod camera and at
apt to set it up in the streets will
.i get a few curious sightseers turn.
up from you know not where and
appearing you know not whithei
en you have finished.
Here as well as all of northern
ina ,the trade is entirely in the
ads of the Chinese. Not a Mon
's house of business is there
Long all the multitudes of shops.
e reason for this is thb incapability
the Mongol race. I found it the
ne in Manchuria, which place 1
s lucky enough to visit early in
ly. While there, we visited Dalney,
very pretty seaport, but has not
recovered from the great battle
ight there between the Japanese
ttle ships and Russian land batter
From Dalney our party* went
rail to Port Arthur, a distance of
rty-four miles. The scenery was
nd, but Port Arthur is a mass of
us. I took a stroll up 2.3 Meter
11, but could not.find as much as a
,ce of gun stock or a bullet. The
kce has been plundered I guess by
ry European who visits Port
thur for curios. In both Dalney
d Port Arthur 1. found the Mongo.
n used more like a pack horse thai
nan.
Now returning to China. She has.
me good features, but not of the
tives. They are the most dishonest
all people, I think, but they have
Air stock, nice horses and cows and
y are well taken care of in north
A China. The principal crops are
rn, rice sugar cane - and millet.
tve fine pasture lands. The men
a great fishermen, and the women
the work. One of the delightful
itures of CheFoo is the multitude
beautitul birds that hang at the
orc. of" the stores in the sunlight
d whistle the livelong day. The
inese haven't much love for Uncle
m's folks, anywvhere betweeus the
oosong river and Peking, so we
r'eigners have to be on our ps and
I arrived in China June 24, '06,
>m Japan. I spent about six wveeks
Japan-that is, the southern part.
ide a trip) through the Inland Seau
d made short stops along the coast.
rat in Yakahqma, a large and very
~h city. From there we wvent to
>be and on to Nagasaki. Well, she
s, without any exceptions, the most
autiful harbor in the world. In my
ole trip through the West Indes,
which I touched Porto Rico, Haiti,
n Domingo, Trinidad and Vene
ela in sumnier, 1905, and my trip
t spring from New York to India,
which our ship made stops as fol
vs: Five days in Gibraltar, Spain;
1days In Tangiers, Morocco; eight
ys in Algiers, east Africa; two
eka in Villefranche, France, I never
w as beautiful a harbor. While
are I went to Nice and Monte Carlo.
'om there to Genoa, Italy, fron,
are to Naples and wvas several weeks
that port. Naples is a very .0old
t beautiful city and is only a few
nnte's ride from -Mt. Vesuvlin,
'ih was very active at tinges while
were there and at night was grand.
ter Naples, our next stop was at
rena in Greece, a very mean little
rbor and a worse city, but a very
od naemr~w ==up iImal wh6
runs between the seaport and ancien
Athens. I spent one day and nigh
in Athens and visited several of th
Did temples, which are all in ruin
now, but we could not learn a grea
deal about them as it was very har
to get an 'English speaking guid
Erom Greece. We went to Beyru'
Syria, a few days there and then t
Alexandria, Egypt, a very large an
modern city. Alexandria and Poi
Said, the only two seaports of mentio
in Egypt, are controlled by England
Her growth is remarkable, and she i
rowing stronger every year especia
ly in the far east. After leaving A
exandria, we had a lovely two day
run to Port Said, which is situated a
the mouth of the Suez Canal and lie
some very nice buildings indeed, an
is one of the lagest coaling stations i
the world, but Oh, my, how hot w
were there in March and the hen
was dreadful. After leaving Poi
Said we passed through the Sue
Canal, which took us two days. TL
Canal leaOs into the Red Sea. Thei
we also found it very hot, but tl
scenery along the shore was lovel;
but the trip was long and tiresom
We were sixteen days making tb
trip from Port Said, Egypt, I
Colombo City. Ceylon.
Ceylon is a beautiful island an1
one of the greatest tea growing place
in either India or China. We lay i
anchor in the harbor at Colombo st
days. There again John Bull is bos
He has a standing army in India <
several thousand. I went ashore or
day while there and went out to s<
the greatest tea farm in the world.I
is owned by Sir Thomas Lipton, ti
Great English sailor. As to the farr
it was everything that one could e:
pect. Everything was in tiptop ordc
and the country in general was lov4
ly. The cocoanut and pineapple gro
in, abundance. The natives are vei
civil and seem to get along very we
under English rule, and to go amoi
them one can soon see that they at
far superior to our little brow
brothers of the Philippine Islands.
We had fine weather from Colomi
to Singapore, where we stopped f<
two days for coal. Our navigator wr
very uneasy, as April is a very dai
-erous month to cross the India
ocean, but we had fine sailin
throughout the trip and arrived
die time at,Cavite navy, P. I. Cavi
is just across the bay from the cil
4f Manila. We were there only tv
weeks, when orders came for us
procced to China via Japanese por
as I have mentioned already. I
not like the Philippine Islands. The
are no place for a white man. If Unc
Sam wottld 1only jsend All sf )th
worthless blacks that are infesti
our towns and ruining our country,
this savage Island and let them sett
and cultivate it, for the native ma
will never do it. They don't kne
anything but eat wild fruit, drir
swamp water andL go wild, and it wi
take one thousand years to whip the
into submision when they have eve~
ad(vantage over our t roups.
WVell, of all these places, I haven
seen anything to equal sunny Japa
the land of milk and honey. Well, ot
thing more I wish to say, the servai
has just come up to our room at
said the Inn keeper will not accee
any pay for the night's stop, so
you are ever in Shanghai, bd6 su
you put up at the KCung G4uentio
hlotel. Shanghai is a lovely city at
very modern.
With my b)est wijshes to the dei
old town and success to you,
Sincerely,
Maxey R. Day,
U. S. Army,
Shanghia, China.
The Chester dispensaries show
ntet gain of 40 per~ cent over Septer
her~ last year.
Frost seems to have been very gei
eral all over the state and the enti:
cotton belt.'
Parents locked the door and wei
to p)ick cotton and three negr.o cli
dretn were burned to death near 1Fo
Mill, the first accident of this kir
so far reported this season.
.~ T. Jones, the Edgefield exte
minator, who killed two members <
I le Preasley family, fro which crn
lhe has spent twenty years in the pet
ltentiaqe ask. for. a ado
t THRIVING TOWN OF WHITMIR3
t
e On Historic Ground-Mr. Willia
a Coleman Enterprising and Pro
t gressive-rine Mill-New
County Boat.
0
Mr. Editor: For several years tI
D question of a new county has bee
I spoken of, making the town of Whi
t mire the county seat. I think tl
time is now ripe to agitate the pract
cability of forming a new county con
s posed of portions of Newberry, Lau
ens and Union counties.
Whitmire is situated on the S. A. I
Railroad in the northeast corner (
t Newberry county in the forks <
e Duncan's creek and Enoree rive
Near the historic spot where Gone
al Greene rested his army during ti
e Revolutionary war on his retreat froi
t Ninety Six. General Greene beir
very desirous to send a message I
a General Sumter down on the Watere
e one hundred miles away, and the so
e0 vice being surrounded with so mar
e difficulties and dangers to encounte
no one had offered to undertake ti
- perilous trip. Miss Emily Geiger, tl
e daughter of John Geiger, who liv(
0 near by, hearing of the desire of Ge1
eral Greene , offered her service
d which were accepted. History tells I
s how she made the perilous trip, at
t in about two weeks returned to hI
x home near where the town of Whi
s. mire is now located.
f Newberry, Laurens and Unit
e counties all corner on the Enor
e river within one mile of the town,
t beingt eighteen miles to either one
e the three county seats. Whitmire
in No. 4 Township, w!ich I belie,
stands second in the amount of tax
Ie property, No. 1 heiii. first.
'Mr. William Coleman, a young I
W who was born and raised jlust aero
Y the Enoree river in Union count
c1 came to Whitmire in her critical pc
i ind and erected a magnificent eotti
'e inill, capitalized at $500,000.00, sa
11 to be one of the best built mills
the state. Gullies have been filled I
o and hills dug down, and lands th
>r sold for $8.00 and $10.00 per acre fi
L or six years ago are now selling f
- $200.00 and $500.00 per acre.
T Mr. Coleman is the finanei
g baekbone of Whitlmire, being t
n president, of the Glenn-Lowry Man
,e factiring Company, which is comnp<
y ed of ita large cotton mill, ginliery, 1
1o tional bank and a large merein
o store. Whatever Mr. Coleman u
ts dertakes lie (oes it well, lie neitl
lo spares time or money in making I
y improvements durable, (onlvenI
le and beautiful. He has erected
e large bank building, which is ne
IR completion, and when completed, w
,o be an ornament to any town or ei
le in the state. Mr. Coleman is not
n cheap man at anything lie undertak<
w He wants a good article and lie
Lk willing to pay for it.
11 There ar*e ofthir enterprising m
mn at Whtitmire, who are doing much
'y nild up the town. Mr. Whiite Fa:
who is now a resident of WVhitmii
't has recently come into possession
,'i large estate. We are iniformed th~
ie lhe amnd his fat her willI give their i
ni 'neial aid as well as good citizensh
a to the 1up-building oif Whitmire al
a comimity. The town of Whitml
it is now a net work of telephone, tel
re grahp~ and electric wires. The tos
n is lighted with Ii(lectricityv amnd b
dI terlephone connlc(t ionl embihraces the
S.
i- We can congratulate ourselves th
t he delegation from Newberry conn
to the next House of RIepresentativ
nre men of high character, intel
genee and ability, who will use the
talents andl trusts for the good of
entire people looking to, the pr.ospe
it y, adva ncemnent and up-building
the entire state.
We are taking the temperature
lie p)owers that be and w~hien the r<
is I"called at the State H-ouse in 19t
we trust that a delegation from Whl
itmlire county will answer, ''Here
I
John WV. Scott.
d
There is no joke so flat as tile o
r- you were going 1o spring on a mi
>f who got busy and sprung it 911 you.
ie A girl must either marry an ordi
L- ary ,man or else remain a spinater I
th rnzam Qf AhmsIzgMa,a I4.
. JUDGE W. 0. BENET MARRIED.
n The Event Occurred Some Weeks Ago
in Oconee County.
A special from Columbia last night
says:
e Hon. W. C. Benet, formerly one of
the circuit judges of this state, and
well known throughout South Caro.
ke Iina, and Mrs. Mary Lee Bitting ot
i Virginia, were married in Oconee
county, this state, on September 12,
the Rev. David Ramey officiating,
This announcement will come in
the nature of a surprise to the friends
of Judge Benet the fact of the mar
riage not having been made publie
until today. The ceremony took place
at a little hamlet in the mountains
portion of Oconee county, Judge
M Ienet and Mrs. Bitting having been
ig quietly married by the pastor of one
of the local churches.
. Judge Benet is not a native of
South Carolina, but he has lived here
for mnuny years and for a long time
has occupied a prominent place in
< lie life of the state. lie was born
le in Scotland and was educatcd in that
-d country. Upon his graduation from
the University of Edinburg he came
to America in 1868, for the purpose
of seeing the country. le has resid
a ed here ever since, with the exception
of one winter, which he spent inl Scot
lan. At first he was engaged in
teaching at Cokesbury, Abbeville
cointy, and at Greenville. Afterwards
he studied law and established for
it himself a high reputation throughout
it the state. In 1888 lie was elected to
the house of representatives and he
sn(1eeeded 'Judge 121ar as Judge of the
vFirst cirllit. le retired from the
a- beiech five vealrs awo an11d has since
been enigged inl tli praictice of lils
professionl in (olumnbia,
s Mrs. Belnet' 'lilidel namnie was
Y' Fortd, and she was originally from
Virginia. She lived for sonic time in
Kentucky, and Mr. Bitting, her for
1 ler husband, was an eminent lawer
of Seattle, Washington. Since lia
ile ath ten years ago she has been liv
at in Virginian
Reduced Rates - via Charleston &
Western Carolina Ry.
To Augusta, fla.. Account lGeorgia
Carolina-Fair, October 29-Novenber
:1, 1906. Rround trip rate, inchding
1 e a dimissililn to Fair. ('rouids, one
" fin st elass tare plus 75 vents. Tickets
on saile Oeoher 27 ((o Noveiber 2,
I inclhsive, with finnil retturn liint No
el vember 5, 1906,
I i 'sTo Au-nsta, (ia., Account. Home.
Coming Week, October 29-Noveiber
2, 1906. Round trip rate, one first
class fare phis 25 cents. Tickets on
sale October 27-28-29. with final re
ty turn limit November 15, 190.
n To Charles(on, S. C., Account Gala
-. Wek, November 5-10, 1906. Roun(
8 trip rate, one first. class fare plus 2.
eents. Tickets on sale November +
0en to 9 inclusive, with finmal retuirn liitiit
to Nove'ntme 12, 19*06.
it. To JacksonvillIe, F"la., A ccount Car'
n~iival, November 5-10, 1906. Rlound
ot t rip rate, onie first (class Care plus1 25
ait ('eIls. Tic'kets on sale November
n- 5-7-9, withI final ret urn limit Novemn
iP ber 11, 1906.
re Arthur Dunn.
e- Tlhte wvell-known conmdian, Atrthur
vnm Dunn, will appear' at the Opera htouse
er~ oni Thrdy 18th, in a newv and en
U. t irely original muisical comiedy, by
Herbert IIall Winislow, entitled ''The
at Little Joket'.'' Mr. D)unn, who is
ty' without a piet' as a fir'st class en
e.. teirtainer', will, in ''T'Ihe iAttle ,Joker''
li- have at gr'eater' opp)ortuniity for' thme
ir display of his many talents t hanl ever
lie before and1( it is safe to assert that itn
r- his conlmig apearan(e lie will be
of seeni at his biest. TPhe suippoi'tinig
company iiI be 'omposed( oif well
of knowvn ai'tisIs, wh'lo have been espeei
i ally engaged fot' their adaptability
6, to poi'tray the partits foi' which they
t- have been assigned. Ther'e wvill be a
rtn numnber of catchy, tuneful sotngs r'end
et'ed by the entire comipaniy, and,
withI t his fact in view, thle mianage..
men'it has seenr'ed a company whlo are
nvocally of the highest oi'det'.
The Andei'son County fair has
n.. eeased after a ver'y successful season,
or Many of the races were pronounced