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Wreck of Palmet Fast Train on The A. I Switch--3 Cars c Track?No l PnntinnoH and when fouud he was bleeding profusely and suffering excruciating agonies. VVoddell was coming to Dillon. He has been working in the Dillon Mills, and is the same Woddell who was shot near a haystack while going to his home in the mill village one Saturday night some three months ago. Woddell was taken to the hospital where railroad surgeons are doing all they can to save his life. Only 4 Conches Derailed. Although No. 86 was running at a terriffic rate of speed and the spur track into which she plunged is not more than 150 yards long, onlv four coarhps l<?ft fho traplt those being the mail- express, baggage and colored people's car. The coach for the negroes barely left the rails, but the jaring and jolting which accompanied its evolutions after it left the rails threw the colored passengers into a pan The Express Car J^ri Kn<ni Us Tr T nuyKs* Three Men in t ic and it is s&id that many of them cleared tlte/Windows "without touching a hi\.yr." The jolt was quite perceptiblg/jn the day coach and many ?f tlwj passengers were still frlghtwhen they told their exper^mces to enquiring friends the . ^t^fiext day. In the Pullman cars many " of the passengers who had retired for the night, were not awakened and those who were awake said they did not know a wreck had occurred until the news was brought from the front. Engine Kc mains I'priglit. The engine pulling No. 80 was one of the Coast Line's big copper head locomotives and when she plunged from the end of the spur track she ploughed through the soft sand and gravel like a steam shovel. The huge driving wheels were bur led in me ground up to meir Hubs, and the engine had a dangerous tilt, but although she was making at least 25 miles an hour when she 1- - :Wm ^ dA - r flEX AylML wirifif?Ma? IjBIBfflBBBWMW Hide View of Engine Showing \i man Who Remained struck the sand she remained upright. Mr. D. S. Allen, who was at the depot waiting the return of two children from Marion, happened to be looking at the headlight when the train plunged into the siding. It is possible to see the headlight of approaching trains at points beyond I^atta, until the train reaches Latta, with the t?ception of a very low place, in the track right at THIS TURTLE FONI> OF BUCKS Mr. Ili'ldison Coiiliin'K Mysterious Dcspoiler of His Brood. Baltimore, July 13. ? Mr. ThosC. Biddison, a farmer of Gardenvllle,, Belalr road, has a large brood of white Peking ducks of which he is very proud.. He has had constructed a pond on his farm, upon which the ducks swim and disport themselves in duck fashion. To his consternation he has missed a duck from the brood now and then of late, and for the last week when the ducks came home each evening one more was gone. Mr. Bidderaon determined to discover the reason and yesterday he succeeded. He sat under a tree at the edge of the pond and watched the ducks as they waded down to the water and The I to Limited Z. L. Heads Into Open md Engine Leave Casualties from page one.) I Buck Swamp.- Mr. Allen said the! I headlight disappeared as the truin | was crossing the swamp, but it sud: denly reappeared as the train came | to the crest of the hill. At this j moment it swerved to the right [seemed to plunge up and down in a j rather unsteady sort \>f way and in | the twinkling of an eye had disap| peared. He did not dream that a wreck hsid occurred, but was im-' pressed with the peculiar manner in which the headlight had disappeared. Ill-Fated Spot. It is something of a co-incidence that near this same spot ? just across the swamp at the public road crossing ? this same engine and the same engineer struck an J automobile belonging to Mr. N. A. ( Berry. Mr. Berry was returning to j Dillon from Latta and his car stall ed just as he reached the crossing. | Engineer Bulliek was driving the , ; i < inks ?tit?I Hurled 40 Feet From (.lie ;his Far Kscuped Injury. j southbound passenger that evening Jand he could not check the speed . of liis train in time to avoid the I collision with the automobile. Engi- i . neer Bullock recalled the incident | the other night when he had so j I far recovered from the shock of j the wreck as to get his bearings. It was one of the worst wrecks , that has ever occurred on the , "Short Cut" and that half a score of passengers were not killed is lit- . jtle short of miraculous. All day | Sunday wrecking crews were removj ing the debris, straightening the iwisieu rails ana replacing the over- ( turned cars. By Sunday afternoon . the coaches had been restored to > | their trucks and very little of the ; j wreck remained to be seen. L I News of the wreck was wired to t t Dillon from Lattta and the first , .news was to the effect that a num-', ber of passengers had been killed ori injured. Physicians were rushed to j ' the scene in automobiles and soon ^ i inow K.h'?|m> of Kngineer and FiiVI ::! Tlicir Seat*. nearly every machine in town was j on its way to the scene of the wreck. So great was the confusion following the dreadful news that several automobiles collided on the! way and the machine was almost thrown into Maple Swamp. Those who first reached the scene were ! greatly relieved to find that no one had been killed and that only ! ' one passenger was seriously in jur: ed. then swam out upon the placid sur- i face of the pond. He watched in- ! tently. Suddenly he saw a flutter- 1 ing of wings and heard a confused 1 quacking. He jumped up and uumiiea me aucKS and round one was missing. He waded out into i the pond and had only gone a few yards when he saw something i white struggling under the water. He reached down and grabbed the-' i object, which proved to be a duck. ! Then he found the mysterious thelf ] A big snapping turtle had a strangling hold upon the duck's|< ! neck and was not inclined to let go 1 The turtle was fat and had the I appearance of having eaten many!' a tender duckling. Mr. Biddison , i landed the turtle with difficulty. It I measured a foot and a half across < the back. |l B'u?w and Feldrr Swap criticisms The following extracts are from the speeches July 4th of Governor Cole Blease and T. B. Felder, of Atlanta. What llleuar Said About Felder. With regard to charges made against him by Thomas B. Felder, of Atlanta, Governor Blease said that if Tom Felder would produce a letter usking a bribe or acknowledging the receipt of a bribe, and any three men familiar with Blease's handwriting would say the writing of the letter was his, he would resign the governorship in 15 minutes. On the other hand, he said, if lfe could not prove that Felder had offered a Jaribe to a State official, he would not only consent to resign the governorship, but would move to the Phillipines. Governor Blease said he was not averse to elder's being given a change of venue if there was any doubt as to his being able to get justice in Newberry county. What Felder Said AI?out lllease. "In the last gubernational election the criminal element of that State succeeded in electing one of thai. ntimh ?_ *?._ 1.1 vuvu nuuiuci 10 lue guvcniorauip. 1 am in possession of evidence, written and oral, which, in my judgment, would not only justify, but demand his impeachment. If I could read in this presence the hundreds of letters from the good, but graft-ridden, people of that once glorious commonwealth, in which their grateful acknowledgements are tendered and their prayerful Godspeeds are wished me in the great work at hand in ridding them of i this moral and political leper, hisj soufederates and allies, I am sure < t would receive from this audience | such shouts of approval as would make the welkin ring." LIVING WITH NECK BROKEN, j Vlan Injured While Diving Rallies, i Ami May Survive Physicians | Say. New Rochelle, N. Y., July 14.? I There were signs of slight improve- j nent to-day in the condition of; IValdorf Miller, who broke his leek diving at Hudson Park on the light of July 3rd. Three nights ago he was appar;ntly dying, but rallied, and to-dav I ho surgeons of the New Rochelle, hospital have been more encourag-: ?d than at any o(?er time since the j iccident. L>r. F. P. Littlewood, who has | diller under his personal charge, i lad almost given him up yesterday, i )ut last night and to-day, he says, I ie is encouraged to the point of be-' lu-vine: tjie young man will recov-1 ?r. He appears stronger, and the j lelirium has passed. SnaJie Connects Wires. Elkwood, Ind, July 20. ? Afterj, :hree days search "trouble hunt- j jrs" of the local telephone com- i any found that the lines had been i?u. o.tt of business by a common' blacksuake. The reptile had climb-! a telephone pole and got into a' able box, where it had worke I its way into a mesh of small copper j wires. The current killed the snake, but :lie same operation "crossed" doz- j ins of telephones. It is said to be the first instance ! 3f a snake putting a telephone ex-j ihange out of commission. What induced the snake to enter the cable box and entwine itself in the :opper wires is a mystery unless it vas cold. The wires in resisting he current throw off heat, and this i nay have led the snake to chose its I lew resting place. Ikil Itlluff Mills Insolvent. Holding the Octoraro Mills Company, a small yarn mill at Red Bluff, two miles out from Clio, is nsolvent and unable to discharge: ts indebtedness of several thou-I land dollars, Judge J, C. Pritchard n the circuit court of the United j States has signed an interlocutory lecree ordering the sale of the com-j tatty's property by Receiver Wil-j iam H. Charbourn, of Wilmington,) tnd the distribution of the pro eeds among the creditors. The court decreed that Thomas J. j Harking, of Asheville, be appointed ipecial master to ascertain and retort to the court the names of the | reditors and the amounts due them: >y the defendant company. An-) louncement of the condition of this | ompany was made in January. , A few nights ago the night Sea-j board passenger train front Char-' lotte to Wilmington ran over a negi o w*ho had pillowed his head between crossties near Wilmington but the negro escaped unhurt and ?xs not even waken, by the train passing over his head. The negro's tiead was resting between ties beside the track and his body w-.s, stri tched outward.?Robesoniar. MILIJNS 11. K. EXTENSION Wort- ItiMT.... It-., w ' >" "I" . ? " to Allison's Ferry. Florence, July 14. ? Special: | The Seaboard Air Line, having reached its passenger terminus at! Florence, will temporarily abondon, further work on its line out of Florence to the south, and will use every effort now to the ballasting up of the ten mile stretch from Darlington to Florence and put its roadbed in first-class shape, so that the line can be in spected by the railroad commission and be accepted prior to August 1, so that a freight and passenger service can be put 011 between McBeee, Hartsville, Darlington and Florence 011 August 1. The contractors shifted their teams and a number of hands as well of their railroad construction machinery, from this place to Mullins this week. The Mullitis Enterprise of yesterday contains the following relative to the continuation of their line from Mullins to Allison's Landing, on Pee Dee river, in lower Florence county, where it will intersect the Florenco-Georgetown-Charleston line: "At last work has actually started on the extension to the line of N. and 8. C. Railroad going south , * t. k i 4 " At: it ' ".,M- - from Mullins, with Allison's Ferry as the objective point. "Mike Schlitz, the railroad constructor, was here last weeek, looking over the proposed route. He left Mullins Friday to meet the owner of the road, W. R. Bonsall & Co., in Florence, to make the final arrangement for the commencement of the work. These gentlemen are very anxious for the completion of the road. In fact, when the Enterprise reporter interviewed Mr. Schlitz on Sunday, he stated that the contract called for the first five miles inside of sixty days. Mr. Schlitz was asked whether he could accomplish the task or nQt. He stated that he could, and that trains would be running over the route in the time specified in his contract. Mike is a hustler in every sense of the word and if he sets out to accomplish the task he knows no such thing as failure. "Mr. Schlitz's right hand man, Mr. Thompson, started the ureliminary work last Monday, assembling tools and engaging all the hands that he could, and everything will he pushed to a rapid completion. Mr. Schlitz has jus', finished the line of road from Darlington tr Floi-nce, the S^uth 0-?liiui and Western Railway, Mid on Monday of this week started his men and teams tnrough the countrf lor M.: lius They will errive here to-day and then the dirt will fly. Seventy-five to eighty head of mules will be employed on the work regularly, besides all they can hire on the local market. South Mullins will present a lively scene from now until the road is completed. Britton's Neck, through which the road goes, is one of the most fertile sections of the country, and up to the present they have had to market their crops by wagon routes. When the road is completed the farmers along the route can load their produce on the cars and ship it to market. The new road will be a great benefit to the .farmers living in this heretofore isolated section, and will save them thousands of dollars a year. The promoters of the road have promised that it shall be completed in time to save this year's crop." AS THE CLOCK STRUCK Hi. Marlboro Magistrate Performed Marriage Ceremony .lust lief ore Midnight, June JO. Bennettsville, July 14 ? Special: Some of the papers in this State have been publishing the first applications for marriage license in the different counties, but it is quite certain that Magistrate J P. Gibson, of Bennettsville, performed the marriage ceremony in South Carolina under the no license system. On the night of June 30, ofter the magistrate had retired, some one knocked at his home, and announced that a couple would like to be married. Mr. Gibson looked at his watch and discovered that it only lacked seven minutes to 12 o'clock, after which time a license would be required. He hurriedly dressed, admitted the anxious couple to the hall, united them in wedlock, bestowed his blessings, received the usual fee, and as the happy bride and groont were passing down the front steps, the old family clock struck twelve?midnight, which ushered in July with the new marriage license law. Mathmatical Genius. Spartanburg, S. C., July 20. ? Maurice Lawson aged eighteen years,, son of Mrs. Fannie Lawson, of Spring street, is a mathmatical genius for fair and when it comes to rapid-tire calculations he can make an adding machine resemble the proverbial dirty duece. The concern for which Lawson works before making its deposit will read off the list of checks to this young man and as fast as the numbers are heard he can announce the total. He can multiply two numbers containing three figures each immediately and the result is always correct. He can multiply one number three figures by one containing four with little hesitation. He can also announce the cube root of a number with only two figures instantaneously, and if given a moment's time can state the cube root of a number containing three figures. He can tell how many brick will be required to biuld a wall if the dimensions are given, or can tell how many seconds old a person is if given the number of years. Perhaps the hardest that he can do is to multiply fractions. For instance, he can tell what 54 1-8 times 68 3-7 is instantaneously. Gov. Brown May "Come llack." Atlanta, July 20. ? Can Joe Brown come back?. Brown Democrats in Georgia say he can, and he will. Now that the State is assured of a gubernational contest this year for the election of a successor to Governor woke srnitn, because or his elevation to the United States senate, the anti Smith faction is concentrating its strength on exGovernor Brown to put him in the race for the remainder of the term Governor Smith will leave unserved when he embarks for Washington. John M. Sl^ton, president of the senate had been looked upon as the most likely candidate to represent the anti-Smith faction, but he has announced he will not be a candidate, but will support Govern or Brown. The call for Brown is apparently too strong for any one else to make the race as the antiSmith candidate. The Three in a Wheel. Should Joe Brown come back into the governorship it would show a peculiar turn of the wheel of fortune, which has governed the political destines the last five years, and it would be a circumstance without a parallel in Oeorgia politics, involving Hoke Smith, Joe Brown and Joe Terrill. Smith succeeded Terrill as governor, Brown succeeded Smith as governor, Brown appointed Terrell as senator, Smith succeeded Brown as governor. GIRL. IH TYPHOID SPREADER. Rosa Bousma, All Right Herself, Carries Gerius of Disease. Chicago, July 15. ? Miss Rosa Bousma, known as the typhoid girl, is being guarded by a city detective on a dairy south of Chicago and may be quarantined for life, according to health department officials. Although enjoying perfect health she is said to be a carrier of the disease germs and directly responsible for three deaths and fifty cases of fever in the south division of the city. She has been under quarantine for more than a month. OLD LANDMARK GOING. I1llin-ll in U'hl^l. Uiulun ishnnf Preached to In* Tom Down. Bennettsville, July 15. ? Special: The Methodist at Tatum are preparing to erect a modern and comfortable new church building, to cost $15,000. This will take the place of the old Beauty Spot, country Methodist Church, the oldest in the Pee Dee section. Bishop Asbury preached and conducted services in the original Beauty Spot Church in 1768. Master's Kale Under and by virtue of a decretal order granted by His Honor R. E. Copes, presiding in the Fourth Judicial Circuit in the case of Sarah E. Huggins against Roberta Miller et al, I will sell at public auction to the hiirhest liiH/tov fnr push before the Court House door, in the ! town of Dillon, S. C., on Monday, I the 7th day of August, 1911, during! the regular hours of sale: all that right, title, interest and estate of the said William H. and Roberta Miller in and to all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, the same being a one-sixth undivided in-i terest in the estate of Wm. Mc-j Donald, in the county of Dillon i I eHRBIIIIIIIIII Presbyterian . Florence, Home and School for The H 1. In charge of principal and wif< 2. Nice bed rooms, good board, ci 3. Hot and cold baths, electric. li| 4. Large athletic field for recreat 5. Moral and religious influences The Scl 1. Does only High School work. 2. Courses in English Bible and 3. All High School branches tauj 4. A Christian school?not Sectai 5. Study hall, where lessons are pi teacher. On * To give thorough preparation for competitive examinations; careful at thoroughness in scholarship, earnest characters. Terms moderate. Next session bef further information address George ] I I ORANGEBURi ORANGEBUF This school with a great facult sity trained teachers, will begin its < Expenses have been placed withui best in the State, at actual cost. Fit lights. Artesian water. llroatl opei Music. Iloonis for a number of new antee satisfaction. No safer school Write to-ilay for our beautiful new President W. 4 7 Broughton St. 11 1 1 III tsBssmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm "IF FARM LAN Q IIlt>H IN i'OIR WILL SELL YOU EM CiOOD CHEAPER. LOCATION GOOD. F. MOORE, BR UN Kj| \ - - - - ^ irul State of South Carolina, containing four hundred and fifty-nine -i Eicres more or less and bounded " and described as follows: North and East by North Carolina line and Beaver Dam Swamp; East and South by said estate line and Mc- 4 L.ean lands; South and West by A. B. Carmichael lands. Purchaser % * to pay for all necessary papers and, 1 upon failure to comply with his bid, fj then the premises to be resold on ^ the same or some subsequent day at the risk of the purchaser. A. B. Jordan 7-14-3t Master Masters' Sale. Under and by virtue of a decre- i tal order granted by His Honer R. E. Copes, presiding in the Fourth ^ Judicial Circuit, in the case of Harriet B. Berry against Elvira Crawford, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, before me court nouse aoor in tne town 01 1 Dillon, S. C., on Monday, the 7th day of August, 1911, during the 4 regular hours of sale, all that certain piece, parcel or lot of land sit- < uated in the county of Dillon and State of Suth Carltnooa, containing ten acres more or less and bounded as follows: Northeast by J. C. Sellers; South by public road; West by land of Frank Green. Term of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessarv papers, and upon failure to comply with his bid. then tHfe ^ piemlses to be resold on the same or some subsequent day at the risk of the purchaser. A. B. Jordan, 7-14-3t Master. ? FARM LAM) FOR SALE. ? 4,O0<> acres In tracts of 50 to 1,000 acres, near Raeford. N. C., in the ^ new county of Hoke. Excellent farming section; real bargain. it will save you money. For particulars write, or better call on Hoke Realty, Loan & Trust Company, Geo. A. Graham, Secretary and treasurer, Raeford, N. C. ! ! ^ O 1 ^ High School s. c. . H I5?ys and Girls, onie. ty water. ?hts. ion and exercise. 1 tool. 4 J Greek. ;ht. dan. epared under the direction ot a im. Collgee, teachers examinations, or tention to the individual pupil; 1 habits of study, strong moral M tins September 12th, 1911. For fii Briggs, Principal, Florence, 3. C. f | ............ u _ - - - ____ . ! 4 - BBaHSBHBHBHHBM ? G COLLEGE !G, S. C. >K y of Sixteen college and univeieighteenth session September ?20th. reach of everybody. Kourd, the ? i e healthful location. Klectric 11 fireplace. Fine Conservatory of students. We absolutely guarfor your child in all the land, catalogue. I <V 5. Peterson, Orangeburg, S. C.% m KM W v i ' ' M JWI i?s are too community, i some just as h j, health and h| address, i). b3