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ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 24, 1911. Vol. 17. No. 29.
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-NEWS OF THE COUNTY'
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NEWSY LETTERS FROM OIFFERENT SECTIONS
OF THE COUNTY
COMING AND NIG OF PEOPLE
News Items of Interest to Herald
Readers. Ebb and Flow of the
Human Tide.
Bermuda Briefs.
The long looked for Tain came
to t'nis section Friday last and
continued up to Monday, giving us
a good season.
A very successful meeting has
just closed at Bermuda church
with eleven or twelve additions to i
the church. The pastor. Rev. S. .
B. Wilson, was assisted by Rev. T. (
H. Harrison, of Green Sea. Come ,
? again, Bro .Harrison.
, H. C. McKenzie and family, of J
Galivant's Ferry spent some time ,
in this section this week with rel- (
atives and friends.
C. G. McKenzie and L. B. Steph1
ens were in Horry county last week
on business.
Riev. S. H. Moody, of Mt. Cal- !
vry, was in this section last week
attending the meeting at Bermuda. ,
No marriages to report at present
but we are expecting to hear ,
Mr. C. M. Moody holler out any
time. He is getting along slow on
his new residence. Hurry up,
Charlie; we want some cake that
was cooked for your wedding.
OL?D BOY.
Bingham Briefs.
Mrs. Owens and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Gibson and Mr. and
Mns. Joy, of Bennettsville, came
^ through the country in the latter's
touring car to see their cousins,
Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson, last Sunday.
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Misses Marion Oliver and Ova
Parker are visiting the latter's
sister, Mrs. C. A. Roach.
4 Misses Anna Belle Hamilton, Mat
ne ana wary naseiuen, or Maiiory,
visited Miss Cindianna Atkinson
last Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hays, of Florence
were the guestcs of Mr.
and Mrs. Q. W. Atkinson last
Thursday.
Mrs. Gasque, of Mallory, spent
some time with Mrs. G. W. Atkln?
son last week.
Dr. Practice and wife were the
guests of Mr and Mrs. F. Berry
last Friday.
Misses King and Hattie Parham
returned home last Wednesday after
a pleasant visit to Miss May
Belle Parham.
Misses Teva Belle Spinks, Marion
Oliver, Ova Parker and Mrs. C. A.
Roaeh were the guests of Mrs. G.
W. Atkinson and daughter, Cindtnna,
last Friday.
Ro.. T 1 D?l_l J-" ? " I
j. i. opuiKs ueiiverea a nue
and able sermon last Sunday morning
at Mannings Chapel.
? Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Roach will
soon leave Bingham to make Dillon
their future home. We regret very
4 much to loose Mr. and Mrs. Roach
as thev will be missed very much
by their many friends here.
Miss Cindinna Atkinson gave an
entertainment last Wednesday evening
from 8 till 11 o'clock. After
many delightful games were
played and beautiful music rendered
by Misses Ava Parker, Anna
Belle Hamilton and Cindinna Atkinson,
they were ushered into
the dining room, where there were
many delicious refreshments served.
Those who attended were:
Misses Anna Belle Hamilton, Mar'
ion Oliver, Nora Little, Belle Harper,
Annie Pierce, Ava Parker, Mary
Halelden and Mattie Haselden;
Messrs. L. T. Ellis, G. W. Taylor,
Clyde Parham, Ernest Parham, B.
K Pierce, Sandy Graham, Walter
Steele, Walter Willis, Lonnie Gilbert,
Vernon Hayes, J. L. Mclnnls,
Hannibal Pierce, Wheeler Atkinson
and Howard Little.
HUSTLER. 1
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Calvary Items.
Mr. A. L. Manning, of Latta, was
I in this section a few days ago.
Mrs. Marion Wiggins, of Fayetteville,
N. C., spent a few days ?
in this section last week visiting
? relatives and friends.
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Moody spent <
Friday and Saturday In the Temperance
Hill section.
Mr. T. Bowen, of Fayetteville, N. i
C-, has been visiting relatives and
friends in this section for the |
last few days. 1
Mr. S. H. Moody and his mother i
spend Wednesday last with relatives
in the Beitwuda section.
Mr. D. A. Hursey, of Hamer,
spent Saturday night in this section.
It is said by some that he
was seen headed for the Bermuda
i section early Sunday mornina.
Mr. Craton Moody, of Bermuda,
spent a part of Sunday night in
this section. He Was on his way (
home from the Kemper section.
Did you get home in time for break- i
fast Monday morning, Mr. Moody? i
Mr. John Moody, Jr., was in the
Bermuda section Sunday. <
Mr. Luther Bryant, of Kemper, i
W is visiting his uncle, Mr. S. R. <
Moody.
Mr. D. N .Bowen spent Saturday i
night and Sunday with his father
at Barnville, N. C.
Messrs. Tom Britt and Herbert
,'s McKenzie, of Dillon .were in this i
' section Monday on business. i
Mr. Chalmus Dove and his sister, ]
Miss Beadie, were visiting friends <
in this section a few days ago.
* Mr. S. H. Moody and his sister, |
WATTY WINS WORLD'S REC- ' I
ORD I
Klies With I'?Men|(er for Three
Hours and 88 Minutes. r
Gjhicago, Aug, 19. ? W. G. Beat- ,'
:y ill a Wright biplane, beat the
world's record for duration while
iarrying a passenger at the international
aviation meet here to-day. |Btatty
and his passenger were in ! I
the air at the opening gun at 3.30
j'clock and remained up until 7.08
p. m., a total of three hours andl
lliiity-eight minutes. The former!
record was made by Amerigo at i
Mulhausen, Germany, December 11,
1910 when he carried a passenger
three hours, ten minutes and thirtyteven
seconds. i
While official announcement j?
from the contest committee were re- jj;
cteived with doubt here, after it! ^
was learned that O. A. Brindley, of- j'
fieially announced as having flown !
11,726 feet, which would have been ! v
a world's record, instead had risen!!i
only 5,768, there was little doubt
mm me ueauy ngures were ap- *
proximately correct, for his perform-1'
ance was watched and timed by 1J
tnousands of spectators, and his rec-! *
ord is not subject to the mistakes I ?
possible in so intricate an instru- *
ment as the barograph.
To-day's events were enlivened by '
a number of spectacular escapes. 1
The hydroplane, driven by C. C. 1
Witmer, and cruising about over
the lake, approached dangerously
near the yacht Marine and caused '
a scare among its passengers but 1
passed overhead without injuring 1
anybody.
The speed contest for biplanes J
Was taken by Eugene Ely, after a *
3harp brush with Lincoln Beachey. 1
He made the 12 miles in 13 minuteB
2.2 seconds.
The fastest mile and a third lap
was made by Ely in 1.30.53.
Thomas Sopwith won the 12mile
race for monoplanes in 13.38.4.
Rene Simon given him a
close race In 13.49.4. Sopwith took
the weight carrying event without
competition.
Miss Dora, spent Sunday in the
Pleasant Hill section.
SUB.
Little Rock IxK-als.
As'l have not seen anything from
our little town in some time I
will give you a few dots.
iMuiitttLeu meeting closed at .
the Baptist church Sunday night. 1
The meeting has been in charge of '
Rev. W. B. Sherwood, assisted by 1
Rev. W. C. Allen. I feel quite
sure those good men have done lots |
of good for this community in the
past week. May showers of bless- ]
ings be sent down on them.
Miss Berch has returned to ber 1
home in Florence after spending J
some time with Miss Minnie '
Young.
Mrs. M. S. Britt and daughter,
Miss Virgie, came home Friday I
night from Jackson Springs.
Misses Bessie and Jane Stan:on, 1
of Rowland, spent Monday night 1
with their cousins. Misses Blanch ]
and Nina Stanton.
Miss Nursey Bethea, of Wilming- '
ton, spent a few days with her 1
cousin, Mrs. E. M. Fennegan, hist 1
week. (
Mrs. VV. C. Allen, of Latta, is 1
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. '
T. C. Sherwood.
Miss Linnie Sherwood is on an
extended trip to Richmond, Boston '
and Canada. She will be at home '
about September the first. '
Mr. R. P. Stackhouse. of Amerlcus,
Ga., was on our streets Fri- j
day.
Miss Estelle Scott, of Elrod, spent (
a few dayB last week with her !
cousin, Miss Anna McCall. t
Miss Virgie Britt is quite sick (
at this writing but we hope she ]
will soon be well again.
Mrs. Neal Stanton is visiting '
relatives at Latta this week.
Mr. Andrew Wallace spent last *
week in Florence with his brother. 1
Hello! I always thought Red
Bluff was a large section but 1
found out in their dots there were i
only two families, or at least the <
rest were awfully still. i
CASEY JONES. <
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A MILE OF MELONS. I
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Or Rather a Mile of Cars I.#oa<le<l '
With 2,000,000 tTantaJoupew.
The Southern Pacific has practi- J
cally completed one of the most remarkable
crop movements in its his- 1
tory in the handling of the crop in j
the Imperial Valley. The total number
of cars shipped to date amounts j
to 2,600, says the Los Angles j
Times, with about 100 acres additional
to move. Thi* i? nnnm*!- (
mately 900 care more than was harvested
in any season before.
There were 56,?00,000 pounds of *
ice used in the field and Yuma, *
Ariz, to take care of these ship- 1
ments. The biggest day's picking J
was June 11, when 133 carloads
were harvested. These oars were '.
hauled from Brawley, the shipping ;
centre, to Imperial Junction on the ''
main line in one train, the length *
of which was 6,175 feet, considerably
more than a mile long.
There were 324 crates in each s
car and 4 5 melons to the crate, or J
a total number of 14,580 melons in J
each car, and in the train 1,939,
i4U melons. When one appreciates 1
the fact that each of these melons T
was handled at least three times *
In picking wrapping and crating 1
he can readily imagine the army
of men necessary in the field to do
this work. This was probably the ^
greatest number of fruit
oars of the same class and loaded s
with the saraw product ever hauled 1
In one train. ?
OCCIDENT TO FAST TRAIN,
IREMAN BENNET KILLED, ALL OTHERS (
ESCAPE JJNHURT \l
LUNGES mm TRESTLE 11
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*ronipt Application of Kmergencj I
Brakes Pivvents Coaches From 1
Following. ? First Wreck of!
"Spwlal." ] i
Columbia, Aug. 20. ? Special j J
Mreman Luther W. Bennett, white,
f Columbia, was crushed to death
o-day in the first wreck that has j
efallen the Southern Railway's (
Cincinnati-Charleston flyer, the I,
'Carolina Special," since that train ;(
vas established about six months ( (
go. ,
The wreck occurred at 4.45]
("clock, just when the train was due j (
)ere,, both locomotives plunging in- i .
o the ravine, where 150 feet of ajj
rame trestle had been burned 1
iway, at Sueville, an industrial sid- ; (
ng four miles north of Alston and I ]
wenty-four miles north of Colum- i,
)ia. Nobody except Fireman Ben- j
lett vvas hurt. The passengers
vere not even jarred. 1
Relief Train Sent.
A relief train sent from Colum- ,
)ia, returned at 9.15 to-night with i ]
he passengers and baggage, and
leparted shortly afterward for
lharleston. The bridge will like- |
y be replaced by noon to-morrow,
dean while, traffic is being detoured j
>y way of Charlotte.
The train was crowded, a large
lumber of the passengers being j
Columbia and Charleston business
lien returning from a Sunday visit (
o their families sojourning in the
nountains of Western North Carilina.
Fireman Bennett's body was
jiuugni uere on me renei irain
ind taken to his home. 1410 Barnveil
street where his wife and
babies were awaiting him.
Both Engineers Kscapc.
Engineer DeLand G. McAllister,
if N<y. 1217 Blandir~ street, driv- ,
ng the head engine, No. 1019 saw
:he gap in time to apply the emergency
brakes and jump to safety,
with his colored fireman, Hal Robertson,
but not in time to warn the
:rew of the second engine.
McAllister's locomotive plunged
into the ravine and turned upside 1
lown, and Locomotime 1006 also j
toppled over the brink. Engineer)
William H. Green, somehow, es- >
caped injury, but Fireman Bennett
was instantly crushed to death
beneath the ponderous machine, j
The train was in charge of Conductor
James F. Weaver, of No. 1620
Gregg street. Engineer Green
lives at 1530 Henderson street.
Baggage Car Ablaze.
Prompt application of the emer-1
gency brakes so checked the mo-1
mentum of the train w'Thout ininjurying
any of the passengers!
that the coaches were barely raov- j
ing when they reached the trestle.
The forward end of the baggage
::ar, however, projecting over the
brink, took fire from the blazing
timbers and so endangered the rest
if the train that it seemed likely
nothing would do but to push it
into the gulch, on top of the
wrecked locomotives, but the flames
were put out eventually by the labors
of a bucket chain, formed by 1
members of the crew and volunteers
from among the passengers.
In the list of workers were: )
Sydney O. Izlar, of Charleston; j
fraveiing Passenger Agent Jenkins,
if Augusta, and several Columbi4iis
inpliiriinc R R Conner wholp
Mile provision dealer; R. J. Blalock,
:ity councilman, and Charles H.
Barron, lawyer.
Fireman Bennett is survived by
lis wife, the daughter of Hiram B. 1
Mitchel, recording clerk in the oi-;
'ice of the Secretary of State, and ;
jy several children.
Ihought Affects (Riming.
As the time aproaches for ginning j
:otton, the owners of steam gins
ill through this section are be-1
loming somewhat alarmed due to j
he scarcity of water and they are ]
?rave fears expressed if there will
)e sufficient water for use in the j
steam engines for this purpose. I
rhe wells which have hereto sup- j
ilied the boilers with water have |
n most cases already gone dry, j
ind others are so low, and the sup>ly
of water so small that they !
ast for very long. The owners of |
?ins have just awoke to the dilema j.
n which such conditions will place i
hem, and they are anxious for
:opious rains which will furnish ;
he needed supply. The steam gin ;
iriginally took the place of water '
tins will have to je replaced by the
tasoline engine or some other
neans of motive power which could <
>e used In safety in ginning cotton, i
rhe steam gin were not used to j
my great extent when they were ]
'irst introduced in this section 011 i
iccount of the fact that the farm-1 ]
?rs were afraid to fire. They were <
ound to be comparatively safe how-',
;ver, and they took the place^r old .
Vfltpp Hrlvon crinc Tlio tn- f ap 1 .
liaking steam being so scarce at (
his time. will probably force the;.
armerB who operate gins to put in ]
tasoline engines and there are some 1 i
vho believe that this means of pow- j >r
will be better than steam '
1 riven gins.?Orangeburg News.
Now is the time to place that or-' <
ler for your fall printing. The busy 11
teason will soon be here and The '
derald presses will be rushed day j
nd night.
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BOY'S SIOHT HKSTORK1). 1 I
.tenia t-kable Operation on I'atient I
Oedar Spilng Inntitute,
Spartanburg, Aug. 18. ? Dewey C
^antrell, the marvelous deal, dumb
md blind boy, of Cedar Springs In-j
ititute, has a chance of recovering
lis sight. An operation has been i
jerformed on. him in a hospital at u
\tlanta. The result is yet to be ' |
teen. Dewey has excited much won-1
lerment in Atlanta by his intelli- '
jence. The following from the At-1 ?
anta Constitution tells the story: I
One who has never seen light >
>ince six years of age, who has
lever heard a human voice, who j
ins never stmlrpn o ?> intallli.ant i ,
vord, yet who is able to comniuni- ' >
'ate with and understand other <
people ? little 12-year-old Dewey ^
Hantrell, blind, deafmute from t
Jirth ? is now under the watchful ,
:are of his mother while he recovers j
from the shock of an operation that] ,
may bring sight to his eyes and ; i
let him at least see something of ' i
Lhe world, even though he be un- t
ible to speak or to hear the peo- t
lie who inhabit it. f
Dewey has just undergone a very ^
ielicate operation at Wesley Memo- t
rial hospital, the operation being ]
called needling. If it is successful t
lie will take his first gaze at the |
world within a short time. It needs t
but little imagination to conceive (
what that would mean to a person
who is able to talk and hear, ?till (
less to one that can do neither. 1
Dewey Comes to I)<?ir. I
The reporter visited Dewey at' t
his temporary home at 49 Houston j j
St. He expected to find an invalid, j .
one who was absolutely helpless, i
Instead a bright looking little fel-! ]
low came to the door and opened 1 1
It just as the reporter arrived ? a|]
boy who, save for a bandage over i
one eye, seemed much as other i
boys. His face was bright and ale*-t i
with no sign of that heaviness ]
? ? -
vuai ioius uii ou many cnnuren woo
are so unfortunate. And his curiosity
? there was no doubt that he 11
was a boy of twelve.
His teacher. Miss Emilia Ayers,
and his mother were both in the
room, and both seemed to be known !
to him even though they stood several
feet away. Dewey is one of
the 28 children in the United
States that is being educated at
the expense of William Wade, of j
Germaiitown, Ha., who bears the i
entire expense of their maintenance ,
and teaching. It was William Wade I
who assisted Helen Keller, one of
the most marvelous cases ever re- j
corded.
IJoy is Curious.
The little fellow likes to know j
everything about all that is hap- !
pening. He asked the reporter's j
name speuking on his fingers and ;
being answered by similar signs im-j
pressed on the palm of his hand- 1
When a photographer came he j
wanted to know who it was and
went wild over a camera, examining j
it with his fingers until he was!
thoroughly satisfied, but not until
he had persuaded the teacher to
let him photograph her, which he
did by feeling the position of the
camera. !'
When the photographer had fin-!1
ished Dewey answered ' several
questions and much to the sur- 1
prise of the two newspaper men, 1
readily told the ownership of sev-11
eral articles, such as pencils and !'
matchboxes. It was explained that '
this was done through the boy's '
sense of smell. The party ended i'
by a recitation of "Little Boy J
Blue" by Dewey.
The Uantrells live four miles from 1
Boiling Springs, in Spartanburg1'
county, S. C. Miss Ayers, the IJ
boy's teacher, has been with the!
family six years and is a native of '
McGraw, New York. She has been!'
an instructor in some of the 1
leading deaf and dumb institutions i'
in the United States and was one i *
of the few selected by Mr. Wade to i '
carry on this work. She has been 11
teaching Dewey for six years, 1
since he was six, and the results <
she has obtained are marvelous. '
"Touch" is the only method she 1
can employ, and beginning by j5
placing the little fellow's hand upon i 1
some object while she spelled its 1
name upon his palm. j*
Of course Dewey is highly hope-jE
ful, and talks much of the birds, f
animals, and people of whom he has|(
heard so much and will now per- 6
naps to able to see. |
Though his extremely sensitive:
hands and fingers are almost as
?ou(i as eyes, and after he hasj
?nce run his hand over a person'sface
lie never forgets that person, i
3*ill that is not actually seeing tnd i
seeing is what Dewey wants to do.
FK1X ON SCISSORS.
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Voting Woman Visiting at Mulllna
Has Serious Accident.
Mullins, Aug. 16. ? Miss Alda
Crawford, daughter of Mrs. J. G.
Crawford, of Marion, who is visiting
in this city, the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. S. B. Crawford, met with a!
serious accident. She was assisting
her mother in sewing and had
siariea across tne room wttn a pair
of scissors in one hand when she 11
stumbled and fell on the floor. The r
scissors plunged through her mouth, | J
entering at the jaw and inflicting
ii serious wound. One of the 1
points broke off as it struck a
tooth. Miss Crawford is resting
well. v
m m a
The following left for New York s
and Baltimore Wednesday. Messrs.
D. C. Graham, L. C. Braddy, Marion c
Muggins,; Mrs. Janie Bethea,, Lat- j b
ta; Miss Dora Page, Latta; Mr. j
?nd Mrs. Brick and little son, Mrs. o
Mary H. Barnes and "Msg Bessie
^.uss. b
:ATAL WRECK ONS.A. LEABOARD
TRAIN LEAVES RAIL, RUNNING ?
AT HI6H RATE OF SPEEO
fOUNG LADY KILLED INSTANTLY 1
it'ur ImmlMMlon Thursday ScalKmnl I'
Train Throws Two Pullmans t
Kills Young Lwly and Injuisti K
Many Others. c
Wilmington, N. C., Aug 18. ? t
Seaboard Air Line passenger train a
s'o. 4 0, due to arrive here from j,
Charlotte at 12:20 o'clock yester- ?
lay afternoon, bringing in addition e
o the usual day coaches two Pull- t
nans from Atlanta, Birmingham aud t
Montgomery, Ala., with their usual s
lumber of week-end visitors for s
A'righ tsville Beach, running three j,
lours and forty minutes late on J ()
iccount of a previous delay at Polk011,
N. C., where some cars of a {>
reiglit train had been derailed, was
vas wrecked half a mile this side .
it .\llenton, and five miles east of
mmberton, N. ('., about three t,
)'clock yesterday afternoon, both
Pullmans having left the rails and
unied over, tearing up the track j
or aoout 3U<) feet.
One passenger. Miss Bessie Jones, .
>f Montgomery, Ala., member of a .
.lartv en route to Wrightsville (
LJeach, was instantly killed, while 14
Jthers were more or less seriously
injured, but none of them fatally.
Ml of the injured reached Wilmington
on the train at S o'clock
last night, after having previously a
been given medical attention at j1
Rladenboro and by half a dozen phy- (]
sicians who came out to the wreck K
in automobiles from Lumberton, N. i]
C. The most seriously injured j
lierhaps is Pullman Conductor Joe
U. Hill, of this city, who has a
badly sprained back and may have
suffered internal injuries. There 1
were about 125 passengers, all told, t
in the day coaches and in the Pull- i
mans, ten of the number being in <
the chair ear from Charlotte and 24 in
the Pullman from the South. ;,
None of the day coaches left the (
track and those in the Pullmans
were the only ones killed or injured.
Miss Jones, whose injuries resulted
fatally, was in the sleeper,
and from the position of the body
appears to have been leaning out
of the window as the coach was j
derailed.
The train left Lumberton at j
2:25 for Wilmington and was in I
charge of Conductor J. C. Tones, j
of this city, and Engineer "Dick" j
Crossby, of Hamlet, N. C. Condu'C- I
tor Joe Hill was in charge of both
Pullmans the chair car Cinderilla
and the sleeper Zeus. Allenton ;
is four miles this side of Lumber- :
ton and after making a stop there, 1
the truin had just gotten under
headway and had probably attain- 5
ed a speed of aliout 3d miles an .
hour when Conductor Jones, in
the day coach felt a pull on the
train and immediately applied the
emergency brakes. The day l.
coaches and engine broke loose ; .
from the Pullmans which also parted
their couplings and turned over
on their sides. Fortunately the ^
track is very level at the point of
the wreck and after humping along v
for about 300 yards the cars came
to a standstill. Both cars fell on . ^
the left side of the track and were
neither of them badly wrecked. It i ,
s thought that Miss Jones who was ; ^
"atally injured, must have, been 1
oicc|i, waning ironi tne nrst "
iolt of the derailment, attempted to *
get through one of the windows of i J:,
he Pullman. Her body was found . j
ightly jammed in the window and 1
tad to be sawed out of the frame of ^
he window. Within a short time
Conductor Jones had the train on A
ts wav to the nearest station.:^
Bladenboro, with the injured who n
vere given attention by Dr. Norman,| 8
>f that place, and Dr. L. B. Evans, ?
>f Clarkton, who had been sum- ^
noned by telephone. Doctors al-1w
>o arrived from Lumberton with1C
nany citizens who worked heroicaly
in assisting Conductor Jones ^
md the others who were able to as- d
ust from among the passengers list C
ind crew of the train. The remains r
>f Miss Jones were removed a a
wo as possible from the Pullman j t
md were taker, back to Lumberton f
vhere they were prepared for bur- I
al by Undertaker W. W. Carlyl*^
md later taken to Seaboard hea?' ]t'
teadquarters at Hamley. ?
The body was in charge of Drs. i (j
X. A. McPhaul and H. T. Pope. I I
Relatives in Montgomery, Ala., were A
mmediately notified by telegrapn h
md a brother. Mr. A. J. Jones, of 1
Montgomery, cashier of the First 1
National Bank of that city, left I F
Montgomery last night to take A
harge of the remains at Hamlet. I
Alias Jones was a member of a \
>arty of friends who had planned to F
ipend the week at the seashore. S
ncluded Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jones, e
wo children and colored maid, of P
JVetumDka Aln ?nH \trc t m
Mtzpatrick of the same place. She
vas a distant relative of Mr. t
uid Mrs. Jo?e6 and Mrs. Fitzpat- s
ick, about 25 vears of age. Other k
nembers of the party were slight- b
y injured, as will appear from the ;
ist as follows: o
The Injui-nl. ?
Mrs. J. M. Fritzpatrick. Wet- n
i pin pica, Aia., finger broken and w
rm bruised. ti
N. D. Dunnison, LaFayette, Ala., y
mall abrasion on the arm and leg. ??
May Dennison, LaFayette, Ala., tl
ut on left leg and head slightly p
if uised. c
F. A. Vernon, Casseta. Ala., cut
n ear and bruised on shoulder. ti
Mrs. F. A. Vernon, Cassetta, Ala.,;n
ruised on left shoulder and leg. fi
(H'TWM)K NOT SO PROMISING.
hYitm Cotton licit.
Memphis, Aug. 20. ? The Con
aencial Appeal's weekly cotVc
eview to-morrow will say:
"Lack of rainfall in the Cai
inns, part of Georgia and in Tex
nd Western Oklahoma give rise
omplaints of shedding of a sevi
;ind.
"The natural maturity of t.e
lant is also being delayed and
he crop will he exposed to daner
from the frost if the ruins
ontinue.
"Preceeding the inauguration of
his drought in the extreme Hast
nd the Southwest and heavy rains
u the Central States. The plant,
'as well fruited and comparatively*
arly in growth, so that although
he loss has been rather heavy
he past two weeks, the promise is
till good to fair. Oti the bright
ide, it is also worthy of note that,
i) many localities, showers have
een numerous.
"Except in Texas and South Carlina.
but little cotton picking has
een done and the bolls are openlg
slowly because of the continud
growth of of the plant, due to
he rains. The boll weevils in
outh Mississippi and Alabama now
re sufficient to stop further pickrig.
rexae correspondents report
hat a good, soaking rain within
he next week will restore much of
lie loss."
Death of an Infant.
The nine-inonths-old infant of Mr.
nd Mrs. Gaddy L. Carnichael, of
lie Gaddys Mill section died Friay
night. The little one had been
ick for some time. The parent#
lave the sympathy of many friends
11 their bereavement.
There will be a meeting of the
lillon Coumy Farmers' Ujiiou at
he court house Saturday next at
! p. m.. All members are urged
o be present.
The 1 ullmans are left beside the
track until daybreak.
iJiivid Pridgen, Pullman porter,
Wilmington, ankle sprained.
ge brown, Atlanta, colored
Pullman porter, left shoulder
bruised.
J. B. Hill, Wilmington, Pullman
conductor, back sprained and
thought to be injured internally.
George Brown, Wilmington, right
arm sprained and back sprained.
T. B. Jacobs, Tarboro, N. C., left
hip slightly hurt.
Mfc. W. W. Jones, Wetumpka
Ala., wriSl slightly hurt.
Sarah Brtipson, colored maid of
Mrs. Jones, rigijt arm and shoulder
hurt. >
Dupree Hunneycu.'!, .Athwys, Ga.,
slightly bruised.
R. P. Mullins, Selma, Ala., It?"
knee hurt and skinned on arm.
Passengers <>n Train.
Among the passentrers 011 the
rain who were uninjured were:
Branch McLaughlin, colored. Hamet.
N. C.; W. M. McGhee. Hamlet;
dinnie Highsmith, colored, Erie,
la.; Anson Robinson, Glen wood,
la.; Annie Surles, colored, Glenvood,
Gh.; Eva Powell, colored,
llenwood, Ga.; Bates Threadgil)
nd family, colored, Marshville, Ga.:
da Johnson, colored, Fayetteville;
innie Crawford, colored, Uennettsilie,
S. C.: Lida Hanking, colored,
irunswick, Ga.; James Stanies, colred,
Monroe, N. C.; lx>uis Hanins,
colored, Brunswick, Ga.; Milird
Durham. colored, Elizabeth
'ity, N. C.; Sarah Bowden, colored,
.umberton; M. D. Pippon, Wilming!>n;
J. A. Atkins, Red Springs;
Irs. Duncan May, Montgomer*
da.; Miss Margaret May, Edw
lay, Montgomery; Miss Clara Bv
ey. Tallahassee, Fla.; Miss Mi a
ret Wheeler, Birmingham; A. J.
irapson. Miss Ira Simpson, Mount
rernon, Ga.; J. J. Fflalock and
rife, Charlotte; T. B. Woodward,
lordonville, N. C.; T. S. Rooks,
clocknee, Ga.; William Bland. Mt.
rernon, Ga.; Miss Daisy Avery, Vialia,
Ga.; Miss Annie Lee Rooks,
icklockliee, Ga.; / C. Ward, Lauinburg;
Mrs. J. ? Hoyle, Lumberon;
A. G Dods Danville, Va.;
ieorge H. Curri , Greenwood, 8
(" VV. heard, Hartsville; S. W
terw and wife, Abbeville. Gu.;
liss Margaret and J. W. Dough
erty, Jr., Abbeville; P. Q. Donaldon
and Miss M. S. Donaldson,
Ireenwood, S. Mrs. Albert,
larnes and son, Greenville, S. C.;
Irs. J. H. Wearn and son, Charotte;
G. C. Trice, Fayetteville; N
I. Butler, Savannah; JaineR Wuugb,
'hiladelphia; W. P. Morriston,
'ortsmouth; Edward J. May,
lontgomery; Prentiss Barker,
lumberton; M. B. Pope, Wallace;
V. W. Jones, Wetumpka, Ala.; G
1. Noble. Jr.. Montgomery; D. H.
outherland,Wilmington; T. J. Cap1,
Wilmington; L. B. Thorpe, Entire
Canal Zone, Panama.
Cause of the Wreck.
The cause of the wreck is atributed
by railroad men at the
cone of the wreck to what is
town as "sun kin," brought about
y the intense heat causing the
ails to buckle. Wrecking trains
f the Atlantic Coast Line were
rere sent to the scene from Wilmington
and a Seaboard wrecker
'as sent tront Hamlet, but as the
rack was torn up for about :'?0u
nrds, the track had not be?n cleard
yesterday evening in time for
he outbo ind Wilmington train to
ass on time, but the line was
mwui w.ju o ciock. rno
rrccktuic cicws expected to ha"i> the
rack cleared by 11 o'clock laaf
Ifiht, so that there would be uo
irther interruption o f traffic.
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