The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, July 20, 1911, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8
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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
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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
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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 ,
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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 ^
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inow K.h'?|m> of Kngineer and FiiVI
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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To give thorough preparation for
competitive examinations; careful at
thoroughness in scholarship, earnest
characters.
Terms moderate. Next session bef
further information address George ]
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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
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WILL SELL YOU
EM CiOOD CHEAPER.
LOCATION GOOD.
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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.
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habits of study, strong moral M
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