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, ? I I I I WIIIIM I " n .T"' ~ * ' ^p| ^ ^tlon V"lV,l"'t!V ,0f,shnu: * 77f ^4 Jk ^ X' I \ nT ^ \ us,^li..Swl,|)!!L.'a:" * : (1L ftp lltll rltt I M in< change ?.f on the X. 1X ^ fcjl 1 V % X " X L 1 X- X XXXXJ <*> T ? 7.V 7)).: ent methods of crop culture. ^ T ^ W ^ ^ ^ W ^ C ^ ^ m ? ???? 'in "" ' . '"' lie present on the 34th. 1 1 , ?r iir-Mfress. I hey are not lux- ?-? ? ,,**? 9 9 ' urles. Init necessities. * A ^ __ _ ' ' ' ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1911. Vol. 17. No. 10. ; R. R. MEETING TO DAY F COMMISSIONERS AND R. R. OFFICIALS IS | ARE IN IRE CITY HOLDING JOINTCONFERENCE A \ ? The Ilailroaod Commissioners Will j,, Consider Union Station Matter To-Day. Both Roads Wei! Represented. M The Railroad Commission will be I here to-day to consider Dillon's petition for a union station. The ^ hearing will be held some time to- j, day and the Atlantic Coast Line j ? and N. & S. C. railroads will pre- ( sent through their attorneys reasons! w why the union station should not be : jj erected. The town will be r< pre- Lj sented by a committee appointed by j 3 the directors of the oard of Trade ' ni composed of the the following gen- j A tlemen: Mayor N. B. Hargrove, E. I ,r 1. MnnrA A Ti InrHnn T K?ll?_ I . ott and M. A. Stubbs. 4 Several weeks ago a petition was ! aj presented to the Railroad Commis-1 p sioners asking that the Atlantic )1; Coast Line and the North & South j Carolina railroad be required to ereet a union station at Dillon. The I Sf commission fixed to-day as the time i m for hearing the claims of the citi-i^j /.ens and the objections of the rail- ec road as it appears that the rail- j ?3 roads do not take kindly the mat-1^ ter of erecting a union station at1 Dillon. J. A recent act of the general assem- T bly requires the railroads to erect a sc union station where a town is en- Sl tered by two or more roads. Dillon ei is seeking to take advantage of the j e| 'l act by requiring the two roads to I tc erect a union station before the N. j p] S. C. railroad erects its passen-! je ger station. It is held that after! w the N. & S. C. railroad erects itB \ gj station it will be a good many years ijj before Dillon can justly require the | railroads to build a union station at this point, and that now is the | ()| lime to act. What will be the result of today's hearing cannot, of course, be tj foretold. The commissioners will n ill rol \r honK b?? ~ ? v?j uvtti inc vinuiin ui uuvn ^ sides and will reserve their decls- ^ ion until they have had time to C( consider the matter more thorough- j ., '? If! T Maple ' n I t< Some of the farmers are done ; h planting cotton, while others have I b waited until this week because they ; g thought it best not to plant so early. 11 Jim McNeill, of Gaddy's Mill, was ti over here Wednesday. n Rev. W. W. Tucker was in this I P section Saturday. I it Mr. J. E. Henry, of Latta. was j v (over here one day last week. , tl Joseph Hayes, of Gaddy's Mill was si in this section on business last 1< Thursday. n Mr. Robert Reaves, of Floydale, n was up here one day last week. J. A. Dove attended a box supper at Mt. Andrew last Friday night. ^The closing exercises of Manning g school will be held Friday night, April the 28th. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Taylor, of Mt. n| Andrew, visited this section Sunday. Messrs. W. M. Rouse and W. T. Q, Rogers, of Latta, were visitors in , this section Surday. Mr. Fred Lane, of Marion, visited in this section Sunday . C. M. Jackson, of Mt. Andrew, n visited in tnis section Sunday [ ~ ? There will be a special meeting of Manning S. H. Local Union No. 742 F. E. and C. V. of A. Thursday night, April the 27th. All members ff are urged to be present. I Simon. I Fort Telephone Dispatch law. p< h< Charlotte Observer. The Seaboard Air Line Railway has just placed orders for new tele- ! e phone equipment, covering more . than 600 miles of road, one of tha lines to be thus equipped being that between Rutherfordton and 18l Hamlet which runs through this ^ city. The Seaboard was the first ^ railroad in the South to displace | ^ the telegraph system of train dis-1 'ir) patching with telephone stations and|tc so satisfactory has been the tests 1 made so far that the new equipment! ordered will establish 36 new tele-jth phone stations for the first division ce and be sufficient for the line running between Hamlet and Wilming- ti ton, a distance of 111 miles; Hamlet in and Columbia 106 miles; Hamlet and Rutberfordton 157 miles, a to- ce tal of 374 miles for this division. ^ The equipment will also be suffi- 8f. clent for the second division extending from Jacksonville to Tarnpa and auxiliary lines of 265 miles. These installations are the re- w suit of two years' successful use of the telephone on other divisions of this road, extending from Richmond to Raleigh, with a branch to Forts- gj mouth, Va., and from Raleigh to 81 Monroe. bt The equipment will be furnished i b, . ^ by the Western Electric Company, | which installed the preeent circuit ol on the Seaboard Air Line and which , m has supplied over 90 per cent, of! se the telephones used on the 37,000 j jjj miles of railroad in the united j States already covered by the new [ w method of controlling train move-1 p] mentB. j ^ ^ Rev. William Hursey and his wile, of Scotland, Ga., are visiting pi his brother, Rev. J. A. Hursey. He ai will be glad to see his many friends 11< but on account of failing health cli cannot visit around. o' ATHER AND SON IN DUEI MC MIIBDEN TO SAVE HIS OWN LIE SLAYS HIS SIRE. rTEMPTS toIll his wif i Shot By Hiw Ohii Sixtcen-Yrw <>1?1 Boy.?Slayer Held for Trial. Charleston, April 17.?I). W burden, white, a car repairer ii le Southern Railroad shops i narlestou, was shot and killed b is son, Isaac, 16 years of age, a is residence near Lincolnville, Sat rday night shortly after 8 o'clock fter the father had attempted t il)<. out of oviufonno y, consisting; of wife and nine chil ren The son was lodged in tli erkeley county jail, at Monck? Coi er, yesterday afternoon by Actini cting Coroner D. V. Carn, after a iquest which was held over th ady of his father earlier in th ay. Murden will be buried thi fternoon at 3 o'clock at Bethan emetery. It appears that Murdei ad been drinking for some tiru rior to the tragedy, which ende is life, and that he had made him ;lf particularly disagreeable to th lembers of his family on severa ifferent occasions. He did no >tne to the city to work Saturda) uring the afternoon he terrific is wife and children by flourishmi double-barreled shotgun, statin; lat he was about to kill them all hrougli some skilful manoeuverin sveral of the girls of the famil lcceeding in separating their fatb * from the weapon. Upon discov ing the loss of the gun and unabl i find its hiding place, Murdei romptly boarded a train for Chai ston and procured himself a ne> eapon, together with a box o lells. It is stated that on leavin le train at Uincolnville he fire ght shots in quick successior rohably for the purpose of tryin ut the weapon. Shotgun vs Revolver. Upon reaching his home he foun iat the members of his family ha ed in terror, only Isaac awaitin im on the back door step. Th oy had a lamp in his hand and, at Dialing to the testimony rendered i le inquest yesterday, spoke to hi ither in an endeavor to pacify hin he answer was a shot froiu hi ewly procured gun. Isaac fled ir j the interior of the house an id behind a door, closely pursue y (he father. Murden poked hi un around the door and fire 11 cc onuto ai ii io auii, nuuc ui mci iking effect. Surprised at hearin 0 outcry from Isaac, Murden ne) eered behind the door and in ths istant was shot with a magazine r olver in the hands of the no' loroughly aroused boy. Only on hot was fired by the son, the bu ?t entering the left side just b? eath the arm and leaving the bod ear the right bre&Bt. Happiness in Old Age . altimore Sun . Long life is a blessing when ol ge does not bring with it the darh ess of pessimism. The Osleria leory that a man's life work i ver when he reaches the age of 6 1 refuted every day by the expei snce of men and women we knoi nd honor. Some of the most pow rful forces in finance, in govern lent, in diplomacy, in the law, ar ast that limit, which no man o oman need dread. The other day John Bigelow, 9 Jars old, sailed from New Yorl >r a pleasure trip of three or fou onths through Europe. Though i us been a generation since he wa Minister to France and a force i: iliticB and diplomacy, he is as ligli earted as a boy. The most inter itiug speaker at the Woman's Mis onary Congress in New York rc intly was a woman who half ntury ago went with her husbam ito the heart of unknown Afric id there helped plant the seeds o le mission that have borne sue] ich abundant fruit. Mrs. Mary A rright, 82 yearB old, u few Sun iys ago began the leadership o Bible class of a hundred womet i FirBt Baptist church of Burling m, N. J. For 65 years she taugh class in the same school, but hat i go to a hospital a year age ireatened with blindness. She re dved a welcome from hundred ho gathered to honor her and tes fy to her great influence for goot the community. Fanny Crosby, a few days agi ilebrated her ninety-first birth ly. She has been blind ever sinc< te was six weekB old, but no poe ' her time has contributed more ti te hymnology of the church; noni is a wider influence. She ha ritten more than 6,000 hymns lem such well known favorites a 3afe in the arms of Jesus" ant resus Keep Me Near the Cross.' ie is "youthful and vigorous h irit," the dispatches say, "hale ii >dy and clear in mind," and shi jpes to live to be 100 years old i the birtnday sentiment she send it her rrieuds, whenever the; ay be, she gives something of tin icret of her own long and happ] re. Let everyone strive to make thii orld a little happier for other peo e. That is the best sentiment an< ie truest gospel I can give you. ? >?> ^ A recital by Miss Whitney's ex 'esslon class will be given at th, iditorlum Friday night. The pub 5 is cordially invited . The exer sea will begin promptly at eigh clock. I L EVERYBODY INVITED T[ E; * [!The Organization Shoi in Dilk ;; MEETINC WILL BE HELD AT CI y! t1 KNCOl'BAGU THE MOVEMENT HE NECESSARY TO HAVE 'I 0, FARMER IN THE COVNTY T< |-j CAE BUSINESS MEN INTER] An invitation is cxteniletl to c r-1 tl??- court house next Monday, Aji g 1 County Fair Association. A Con n | county needs. Fully alive to tin e ciation the local business men u.? ej inent and will co-oi?erate with Hi s the Fail- a bin success. The obj? y i/.e an association bjr clwliiiji; n ! officers as may l?e necessary to e body be present at Monday's m< d ; e READS LIKE FICTION. ill it1 The Passing of An Old Time Xeg ?Has Interesting Life. The Morganton, N. C., News pu lishes the following concerning tl I life and character of an old tir ' ' slave negro who died in that place ~ I few days ago and we reproduce _ 1 with a hope that his upright li 1" j and the high esteem in which 1 'i was held may be an incentive J the younger generation of his rat | Uuicle Rufus Avey died on We " nesday morning after week's illne - of pneumonia. He was about 1 i years of age and from the heginnii 5 it was seen there was no chance f ( 1 recovery. ', In the death of this old man th? | passes one of the most remarkat and unique types of the old antebi . ium slaves. He was the slave ai (t trusted friend of Col. W. W. Avei ? j who purchased him several years 1 ? fore the war from the Carson fai j ily of McDcwell coi?r.t;.' There w it|Very little negro olood in bis veir [B | Col. Avery soon i.-cognized his ab j i ity and faithfulness and made hi overseer of his slaves. He sent hi j I to California in charge of a squud j ! slaves to work for gold in the mi ^ ; rush about 184 9. Capt. Mark Wi I i ters, Mr. Humilton Erwin and M ^ I Lenoir Avery joined forces in tl u i expedition. Mr. l^enoir Avery di ; of cholera and his slaves, with the i of Col. Avery, deserted, beine in "Nfree state, except ltufus and c I age Avery who died about a ye w ago. These two came back in voluntary slavery. , Col. Waightstill Avery was kill ^ in 1865 by Kirk's raiders. Ruf * promised him on his death-bed remain faithful to his widow ai widow and young children. It common knowledge in this count how well he has kept hiB promii With scarcely enough education write his name, yet he possessed u d usual business ability, especially to the value of real estate. 1 n made the property of the W.W s Avery estate bring handsome i 0 turns to the heirs, who had p< feet confidence in him. Mr. Moi n head Avery, a leading lawyer Dallas. Texas. Waightstill Avery, i- Plumtree, Mrs. G. P. Erwin ai e Mrs. J. H. Scales all joined in r general power of attorney givii him full power and ample author! 3 manage and sell the lands as k saw fit. He open -1 up Ave r avenue, one of the leading residen t sections, and the deed to every 1 b on Moreheda street is signed n him. it Up to his death he could nev | mention his old master, Col. Avei I- lor "Miss f'nrinnsi " a a hn h< f-1 without tears coining into his e.v< a [ He was the trusted friend and cou d | selor of the family.and Mrs. Ave a after her husband's death, coiibu' f ca him and relied upon his jud it ment in everything relating to t estate. One of the proudest moments f this old slave's life was when Mi it Addie Avery, the youngest daug ter, married Hon. John Hemphill, t South Carolina, and he was calh i upon to "give way" the bride. I considered himself a part of tl f- family and what touched them t B wayg affected him. He scolded ai - fused at "Marse Waightsill's" ch i children but*loved them as a fath and would have cheerfully died f o tnem if need be. He was the soul of honor ai e honesty and a gentleman, and t have heard the expression so oft< 9 | that "Kufus' word was as good e his bond " He never went back ? b his word and he was trusted impll i, I itly by the best people of this.coi s munlty. i lit leaves property worth five " six thousand dollars, which he h a willed to Willie, Joe and Magg a Moffatt, naming Mr. W. W. Aver e of Plnmtree, executor. 1. s Y Union Meeting Closes. e Y The union meeting closed Tut B day night and Dr. Black and his a _ sistants left for their homes We j nesday morning where they w take several day's well-earned rc before opening another meetin The meeting was one of the ?rreatt - revivals ever held in Dillon. Ore j interest was manifested at eve - service and it is believed that as - result of the meeting there will ' t quite a number of additions to tl several cburcbes. % I ATTEND THE COUNTY FAIR MEETING lid Include Every Farmer >n County. )UBT HOUSE APRIL 24, AT 11 A. M. BY YOLK PKKSKXfK. IT Wlhl, PHK LXM>l?KHATIOX OF KVKRY l? MAKK THK FA IK A SIHX'KSS. M>KSTKI). very farmer in flu* cuiint) to mee at ril 24th, at 11 a. in. to organize a inty Fair is an institution that DUIon ? i ui|Mtrtaii(T of having such an assoc very lunch interested in the move?* fanners of Dillon county in nutkinu ?ct of Monday's meeting; is to organa Imar?l of governors and surlt other make the Fair a success. Let every eting. SAW SI'MTKR KOMKAKDMKN'T. Police Liieutenant Tells of First I tat tie of tin- War. bhe The Baltimore News ol' WednesQe day, April 12, publishes the followa ing interesting account of the bomIt tardment of Fort Suster, as seen by fe Frederick T. Crate who took part he in battle and who is now a lieutento hnt oil the police in the Maryland ;e. metropolis. His statement that the d- signal gun which opened the boniss bardment of the fort was fired on 83 Mount Pleasant differs from those ng of others who took part in the enor gogenicnt and who assert that the I signal came from James Island ?re Lieut Crate is quoted as follows: ile "At the age of iy 1 enlisted in si- the Confederate army at Baltimore, ad March 18, 1861, and was immediate y, j ly sent to Charleston, S. C., for duJe ty. Upon my arrival there 1 was m- detailed to duty on the light ship as'at Rattlesnake Shoa's, Cooper River is. 'and Wappo Cut. After being on the il- I ship several days 1 was promoted to Ira I sergeant and placed in command of lm I the ship. My duties were to blockoflnde the boats going in and out of ad I Charleston harbor. 1 was relieved n- from duty on the light ship several Ir. days before the firing upon Fort lis I Sumter and placed on what was ed ' the termedn a floating battery at se 1 John's Island. The battery was a a small scow, which was constructed ild on the scale of a fort. It was ar manned by about 100 men and sevto ; eral large cannon. There were several of these floating batteries in ed tne harbor, having been placed there us | by Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard pretOrl?uratory to the attack unon the nd fort. is , Be*urcgar<l Order* xl Firing, ry "On the day of April 11, 1861, or?e. aers came from GeD. Beauregard for to ' the batteries to be prepared for acn tion at a moment's notice, and to as start firing at Fort Sumter when a tie cannon was fired from Mount Pleas' . :*nt, on Sullivan's Island, a short e- distance away. When this order ;r- was circulated among the forces it e- created much excitement among the of men. All during that day cannon of were swabbed .cleaned and loaded nd I ready for action,, and when night a j fall arrived none ol' the men went n^i to sleep. The*, were too much exty'cited to sleep, and sat in their he | quarters wide awake during the enry tire night awaiting the signal to opce j en fire. ot I At about 4 o'clock, April 12, the by ' came. There was a blue flash ion Mount Pleasant, followed by the er deafening roar of a gun, and the y, bt tr.Dardnient was on. ?r> Fire .Not ltel urneil. Major Anderson, who was in n~ , command of Sumter, did not reluct, flu fin until 6 o'clock riw dark ~ t" Im light ' n in pet . ?! t lie fir . . . ... ........ ...1 ,i i c nun :i n? a <' .1 4 \ 14; i u , hul when the day broke ' y got tlu> range and threw i deadly " > volley ol" shinpm-1 and stall into . h'ort SuimI'm Major Anderson, v. hih '"ha was tired upon from all sides, ?, i fought a ;, 11. > iif battle ile refused t:?' surremp r and foilt IIimiiijIh i. ' (he enl.ii day nail night, hut was . j forciMl lo surrender April lit. at 12! 1 j ' o'clock, and leave the fori Gon 1 j Iteauregaid in consideration of his ~ | noble stand, allowed Major Antler | , j son to I -ave the fort with side arms ' j A tier the surrender of l?'ort Sum j . I ter, I was placed in the fort, where .it remained several months, until I ! wars transl rred to a neighboring B post, on .lames Island AikIcis.mi, a i in tsis <li fense of the fort, htid re , P? J inforcod the walls with palmetto I wood,, on which our shells had v<?ry | I in: i imi. iiiiior i was uansii-r <1 from the .Tamos- Inland battery and placed in a com par at Porl i Moultrie AflOi hcing there fur! ' | some lime I was transferred to ,wor i Inland Kattery While stntioui-ri I hor; our hallory was attacked by j Uci> Hhernmn during bin 'man-li lo jibe si a Wo wore defeated and I driven !> James Island, whore | i was inado a prisoner of wai and ?B-j taken to I i' I n Head Thrrp 1 was l8_ I held a i'f t until after tile close <1- ] of the wnr wh?n I shipped on a lll| tramp stco t and wont to Now tst I ^ork from where I came to Haiti ,g more.-' tst ? at A rush of advertising at the last ry ] minute crowde out several Importa ! ant local Items this week. No prep ue | araiion nan Deen mane xo enlarge he j the paper, hence the reading matter had to be reduced. | FELDER AWAITS REPl ASKS THAT POINTED QUESTIONS BE Al WERED. SENDS OUT ANOTHER LETTI Tells Altonipy (Jenoral ami Chu mini of Commission Ho will T of .All Work. The State. i u r eiaer, wnen askeu yesu day by The State if he hud any ft ther statement to mate with r< erenee to the dispensary situatk replied that he addressed a lett to Attorney General Lyon a man Stackhouse of the dispensa commission, explaining his yositic Attorney General Lyon was out the city on business, and a copy the letter could not be secure James Stackhouse, of Mullins, t chairman of the commission, conversation with a represent at i of The State over the telephot said that he hud received a lett from Mr. Felder. "The letter is very lengthy affair," said X Stackhouse. He said that Mr. Fe! er gave his views on vario phrases of the dispensary situatl and that .Mr. Felder said he wou be glad to appear before the coi mission and tell what he knew ail transactions. "He promise*] said Chairman Stackhouse, "to gi I information as to the work lie h ! done. Folder's Ja'tter. The letter written by T. B. Fel ; er in which he asked some point questions was in answer to the f lowing: "Reported you offered 'I will immunity from prosecution 1 $5,000 . Please wire reply." He | plied as follows: "Statement that offered Towill or anybody else i munitv from prosecution for $5.0 or any other amount, a base a unmitigated lie." T B.. Felder later wrote t 1 letter in which he asked seve | questions and first stated that * confirm this answer and to say tl the next report. I take it, will to the effect that Towill decjii my offer 'on advice of counsi this advice coming .rom the gen | al counsel of the plunderbui Cole L .Blouse." ? elder's promise. When T. B. Felder wrote first letter concerning the gove or of South Carolina he said tl if the governor did not sign i investigating act that he woi | a book about hint and tell so interesting things about thte pr ent chief executive as prl*-.^ c zen, State senator and govt..i Gov. Blease vetoed the act. 1 time set for the exposure is n< , Thursday. Gov. Blease is out the city. Blewitt Kails to be ('onipletetl. The people through this secti ! have always watched with inter* I the turn of uffaira in the Blew , Falls property and now things I gin to look as though this propei ' will at once be developed and tl j entire section furnished with eU 'trie current. The following dispat i front Raleigh says: Deeds and mortgages involvii the transfer of the Rockingha Power Company (Blewitt Fa! Plant) to the Yadkin river Pow Company of Raleigh, chartered r cently with $4,000,000 capital, we filed to-day, the deed being givi by E. C. Potter and wife of N'ewto Mass. There is also a mortgaj deed by the Yadkin Power Col pany to the Colonial Trust Cot pany s secure $15,000 bonds. President Charles E. Johnson the Carolina Power A: Eight Cot pany says big developments by the nllie'd interests are under way. - - -o Rattling Story?True or Not. rout Springfield Kepubliean h 'om Kucha nun, Mice , t>y way li t.: Chicago tieeord- Herald in dor dale of April I -comes a r. 'itig story, t'ukr or otherwise li related thai. shortly before the dra o* Hudson 1 Sutton, five yea: t ig he talked into a phonograph at i ;<d in record preserved >11 i :.1 r* of ii .a lawyer Whim ISurit died txxis? statement appeared in I will Lh.il he had buried a largo su el' gold and that its exact loealit was told about on a phonogva; reined which wjis not to be read n til after he had been five yo;i dead. The time was up last mi and the heirs gathered at the hoi of the eon to hear what the phon graph had to say. They were i seated in the parlor when the arri at of the law ye* witti the redo was annoumn d. tie unwrapped i precious article in the kitchen, h just an he stepped through the do ...... NM- |>.ll llll IK' I 1 {1 | M ' 11 (IVI'I footstool, fell ami In ue too re<o info so many pieces an to re tide* useless. There the curtain fall' The Herald force was renin be red ill a very kind and pleas* manner by McLiiturin's drop sto Monday afternoon when sever dishes bf delight)ill ice cream wa sent over with the compliments the proprietor, Mr. J. H. Mcljiuri It is needless to say that the crea was greatly enjoyed and that n<? each member of the force can tusf fy to the excellence of the crea sold by Mr. Mcl^aurin. Polk Miller at the audltortu Friday. April 28. .Y ENDANGERS MANY LIVES US- SOUTHERN'S FAST TRAIN DERAILED NEAR BARNWELL. :R "NO ONE SERIOUSLY HURT' ir- Is Slal<iiii'iii of Trainmen?Tra? .< ell orn I'p iuhI All t'ars Kvi-pi I'ulliiuins Mass of Wiwkagc. Barnwell, April 13. ? Special sr- Special Train No. 31, the Southern ir- Railway's palatial vestibule train af. from Washington, 1>. C., to Jack >n, sonville, Fla., which is scheduled to er, pass Barnwell at 3:57 a. m., wan ud derailed this morning about five ry miles Mom town and now lies a >n wreck amid a tangle of twisted rails, of splintered cross ties, broken trucks oj ?iiici giraers. rue wreck was caus >d ed by tlie spreading of the rails, he ? >' what seems a miracle, none cl iu the passengers was seriously hurt, ve nervousness from the shock ssppai ie, i'ntly being the only untoward result ,er > \ rieiice by them in what eouhl a have been the most serious wre<.'? lr hi point of casualties in tin history Id- of tnis division of the road, us: As soon as an engine could b?. on run to the wreck, the passengers ild vere carried to Hhiekvjlle. in one of in-; th. two Pullman cars remaining en of the track It was impossible to l#" learn any of their names when The ve News and Courier correspondent, ad reached the wreck about two hour*, sitter it occurred. Two IIikIIj- Hurt. Says Porter. Id- In quiries sis to the condition ot ed the passengers elicited but one Tool Ply from the trainmen, thait "no one 'o- wsts seriously hurt." A porter, howtor ever, who had hi s knee injured, re-, stated that two lodies were righi I ' badly hurt sind a little child had a ni- gash cut in its forehead. They were 00 passengers in the day coach, who nd hsid for the most part to be taken out of the window. .he A scene of indescribable confusion ral met the eyes of those who went to 'to the wreck. The train was travelling lsit at the rate of 4 0 or 3u miles an be hour when the tender struck tb? ied spreading rails and left the track, el,'I the cars piling up behind it, sind af er- ter running si few yard's the engine d. si nd the two Pullman ears, wa" j ditched. In Kvecj Direction, his: The engine broke loose and ran rn-tabout 100 yards down the track hat J with its two rear wheels on th? the ties. The mail car jumped entirely uld j over the tender and landed on it*-me side, about 4n feet from the track es- in sin open field. The express ca-- \ ltl- was next an L'Jtrigh!, si,w>< or. 3t? ffV* . The baggage car lay 'he crosswisvfnhe track, while one end ext'of the white day cosich was buried of several feet in the around In-eakini (lie glass in the vestibule, tearing up the seats and otherwise damaging it. How the passengers eseap |ed serious injury was a uiystry. The dining car was ne*t and it a* on so fared badly, being almost turned est ; over. The Pullman cars attached itt to the rear remained on the trackis 1 with the exception of the froni ty trucks of the forward car. The lis trucks of all the cars, except the ;c- dining car and the two Pullman ch were stripped off and some of them ' buried four feet in the ground, og along with a mass of other wreck mjuge. In one place the road bed \va*? lis'swept clean, twisted rails and brok er j en cross-ties being on every side e- Clearing Track?Train He to it red. re A wrecking train was hurried to ?n the scene as quickly as possible and 11, soon the work of clearine the track go was in progress. It is thought that u- the wreck will be cleared away 11- .enough by midnight to enable tTainn to pass. Train Co. ;<2, the fast of train to the North, went over the 11- Seaboard Air Line tracks this af se riiuon via l'enmavk. The wreck ed train was not crowded and thin may in part account for the fact no one was ki'ued At this sea ? .Ki oi i!u- year t ne travel is most ! northwards. The wreck of to-day brings to ,, mind one thilt occurred within 200 aids of the same place ill 1891, when a passenger train was derail id and went down a high embank i! num. killing one passenger and ,, badly injuring several others. This ,,,) happened on the Carolina Midland ttnilmad, since bought and operated (i hy the Southern. The scene of to us. day's wreck was a comparatively ,ii level place. Polk Milllcr Coming. Cols Miller, the famous ilelinea"1 inr ol j he old Southern plantation i lit gm will appear at the auditor ? i it in cti the evening of April 28th. 1,1 j Mr Miller will be assisted hy Col v " loin" (looker whose revival of 1,1 iweet moinories of childhood "down '' 'Ion t ho farm" is without a.n equal --- ; tti; me American state. In his de or j script ion of liis '* laiyhood days" Col ;i Hooker introduces the most sider,t ; solliting stories and produces in a 11 realistic manner those olid plants , turn melodies, accompanied by the hunjo, Nwhicli carry the old-time i Southerner hack to the days of his ( childhood and presents to tho younger generation a faithful pic ? , :ure ?>, "Auld Hang S-nfc. ' To make ' I inujif his picture of Southern lifo ()j. more faithfulll Col. Miller has or1 iganized and drilled a quartette of j I the Is'st negro singers ever heard^ I on the platform. They are taken . , from the tobacco factories of Rlch mom! sunt ?? tvrma /? " VJ?' m ?- - j r* " vi .no ouujrn could not be improved on. Tickets will be on sale at Evans Pharmacy. ni Polk Miller at the auditorium Friday, April 28.