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VERY SICK MAN
Senator B. R. Tillman Lays at Death's
Door in Washington City.
RECOVERY DOUBTFUL
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He Ik Suffering from Slight Progressive
Paralysis Due to a Ix'akngfl
Of Mood in the Hrain?ilie Crisis '
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A ear at llaiul iuul lie May Die at
Any Time. | ;
A special dispatch to The News ' '
and Courier says Senator B. H. Till- j '
man is laying at the Belfour hotel in !
Washington in a dying condition suf- :
lering from paralysis and hardeing1 (
ot the arteries leading to the heart. (
Ho may survive several days, if the
paralysis cau be checked and kept (
away from the brain, or he may sue- i .
cumb at any hour. Physicians hold
out no hope.
Less than a week ago Senator Till- ,
man wus apparently in his usua' ,
health and attended to his every- ! .
cay duties in the Senate. Almost
his last otlicial act was to introduce a :
resolution calling upon the Secretary ! |
of the Navy for information as t>
the purchase of oil, which wouid ; ]
probably have led to interesting de- |
velopments connected with the oper- ,
ctions of the Standard Oil Company ,
A slight attack of dizziness on last .
Wednesday was at first treated light j
Jy, and little was thought of it un- ,
til Thursday afternoon, when lie be
came suddenly 111. During the night (
It was apparent that he was a dan- | (
gerously sick man, and a.. once tele- '
grams were sent out to all mem bora (
of the family, summoning them at. ,
once to Washington.
Dr. Plckford, who was called in
when Senator Tillman became ill,
had a conference with Dr. White, ' .
superintendent of St. Elizabeth's hos- j
pltal, Dr. White being one of the ,
beat known nerve specialists in the j
country. Dr. Babcock of Columbia .
was summoned and reached the Sen- , ,
ator's bedside Saturday morning. | t
The dispatch Bays it is recognized 5
that the Senator is a dangerously ill
man and absolutely no hope is held (
out to the members of his family. ,
Thoroughout the entire day members <
of both houses of Congress have been
peeking information as to the Senator's
condition, and so frequent .
were the telephone calls that very ?
earlly in the morning communication (
was cut off. Close friends of the j
^ family are giving out information to
those who call, and at the Balfour i
many South Carolinians have left ' i
cardB of sympathy during the day. j ,
Early Friday morning when the ]
news of Senator Tillman's serious
illness began to be scattered alxiut
the Capital,, a pall settled every- ;
Where. Knots of Senators gathered
in different parts of the Senate
chamber and discussed the case,
while on the House side much the
same thing was done. House mem- j
bers who did not even have a speaking
acquaintance with Senator Till- '
man, expressed the greatest sympa- ;
thy for members of his family, as
frequent Inquiries as to his condition
indicated.
Mrs. Tillman was the first (o
reach the Senator after lie became
111 Shp hnH nnlv hprn o oluirt
time when he became unconscious.
During the (lay Senator Tillman has
been able at time to articulate a little,
but most of the day he has been
laying in a stupor, taking no notice
o! those around him. Now and then,
however, as different friends and
members of the family pressed his
hand he would give a slight pressure
in answer, indicating that he understood,
but could not reply.
CONDITION IMlMtOVKD.
Doctors Say it is as Favorable as Can
Do Expected.
Friday and night Dr. White concluded
his diagnosis of Senator Tillman's
case with Dr. I'ickford. After
a thorough examination it is now
stated that the trouble besides the
paraly. is of the right side is cerebral
hemorrhage. The blood vessel
which allowed blood to spill and
form a clot on the brain, it Is now
thought, been temporarily stopped i
and the Senator is somewhat im- ,
proved ovor his condition earlier in i
the night, though he is still in a
very precarious condition.
Tho latest bulletin issued states
that ror Tour or Ave days perhaps it j
cannot be said what the result will
ho, should he survive that long. The
doctors have been successful to the
oxtent of restoring partial consciouness
and Senator Tillman is now
able to articulate and has just taken
nourishment
"Hello, Doctor Tlabcock." These
were the first words Senator Tillman
had spoken slnco early Thursday
morning.
He greeted thus his friend and
physician Sunday afternoon. Dr.
White came In a moment later.
"Do you know who this it .senator?"
The single eye gleamed. "Dr.
White," he said.
The physicians then shut off further
efforts at speech, directing that
I
V
GROWS BLACK COTTON
CLAIMS TO HAVE MA i)E A HEMARKAULE
DISCJVERY.
Diluting Certain Jheinlcals Wit!)
Water and A* plying it to the
1'lant Turns .he Triek.
There Is .? rheumatic cripple of
SavanP' Ga? that threatens to re^lionize
floral culture and cultivation
of cotton. His name is Dennis
Trapley, and he is now in Washington
trying to obtain a patent on
ills iormuia. (.iinii lie uocs mis litis
not willing to talk very much of
his discovery, but he makes the assertion
that he can mix three inexpensive
and common cl^nicals into
i fluid, and with it produce oiack
r:otton at one-tenth the expense of
lye. He also says that he his pn>iuced
black roses, and he de:la'vs
that any flower can be cultivated
so that its blooms will be black.
"After fifteen years of experime iting
1 have discovered a process t?y
which tilack roses and black cotton
may bo produced," Trapley says.
The formula Is inexpensive cliei.iic
is which are diluted with watt r.
"I have taken an ordinary rosebush
and planted it in rica earth,
ind by feeding it this cheml.'al fluid
have produced a rose as large and as
heavy as au American beauty and
is black as coal. The petals of this
rose have the same gloss aud lust a
>s the Araericii beauty. The feeding
process Is exactly the same as
watering a plant."
"As the first shoots of the bn.-.h
push up through the earth a i ex:raordinary
darkuoss can be notice 1.
As they grow their colors become
larker. The same Is true of the
'c ila.se. The leaves of the bush are
ilmost black. The buds when they
ippear are black.
One of the peculiarities of the
irocess is that after a certain uuniter
of applications during the first
cear It can be stopped and for two
ieasons the plant will bear black
lowers. If the feeding process Is
rot continued In the third year the
>ush will astniu assume its natnr.n i
itate.
"What Is true of the rose Is trim
)f all other flowers and also of colon.
Hy the use of ray chemicui
lecret I can produce hlack cotton
tnd It will cost little or nothing: as
ompared with black dye. One of
he features is that the chemicals
icem to havo a general good effect
.11 the plants. Those I have expermented
upon have grown to extrajrdinary
size and of fine fibre.
"The day my process i protected ,
t?y patent I can dispose of it for
JaOO.OOO. This proposition has been
made me."
It was in the spring and long sura
uier evenings after he went home
from work that Dennis would plant
roses and cultivate them. From
early boyhood lie had one thought,
that of producing a hlack rose. At
Prat he tried grafting. Failing, lie
began the us of chemicals. This
thought occurred to him after seeing j
a farmer spread lime on the fields
which he was to cultivate. Dennis
believed that if the soil and lima
would produce a light sugar cane,
and light colored syrup, some chenii
eal might produce the hlack ro3e.
About live years ago, he says, he
produced flie first hloom of hlack
:cses, also cotton. Later lie proouced
other hlack blooms. *
cii\iu;ki> with chime.
Young White Man Attempted Criminal
Assault on Young laid}'.
A warrant was sworn out Saturday
for Hrnry Grier, a young white man
at Greer, charging him with assault
and battery with attempted criminal
assault upon the person of a young
white woman of that place. C. 1*.
Sims represents the prosecution. It
is alleged that sonte time ago a
young white woman of Greer, who
had been over to Greenville and was
returning home, when she was assaulted
by Grier, while in a hack
driving home from the depot.
It Was a Mix I'p.
Five hundred persons attending
a small theatre at Pattan, Pa., Saturday
night were precipitated into
the basement of the building when
the floor collapsed during u fire. Men,
women and children were struggling
in the debris and to add to the panic
the firemen were forced to turn
streams of water into the basement
where the crowd was struggling to
escape the flanios. No one was killed.
the patient should not exert himself.
Nevertheless the fact that speech 's
returning was a source of great
gratification.
The Senator has been Improving
ali day. ITe hail a good night Sat.
nrdav night and has been dozing
peacefully most of Sunday.
After the consultation Sunday af
ternoon a most favorable hnlletlr
was given out and the family begat
to consider plans for the future
They expect the Senator to sit U|
in bed Monday.
The al>ove was sent to The Stat
by Its Washington correspondent 01
Sunday evening.
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RACE RIOT OVER
And Quiet Again Prevails iu the City of
Cairo. Illinois
| ONE MAN WAS KILLED
The Negro Demanded by the Crowd
Convicted of Purse Snatching?
Troops Patrol the Citj'?Six Negroes
were Among Deputies wlio
Fired 011 tlu* Mob.
A dispatch from Cairo, 111., says
with three companies of militia
guarding the Court House and jail
under the dircet supervfsion of A-'it.
Oen. Frank S. Dickson, Cairo settled
down Friday night to complete
quiet, after a strenuous twenty-four
hours. It is believed that the mob
spirit is quelled. There are many
scattered groups of men about the
streets, but no crowd is allowed to
congregate.
Threats were made Friday against
Sheriff Fred 1>. Nellis for the killing
>f Alex liailiday and the wounding
ol four other men by deputies in
beating back the mob that attacked
the jail Thursday night in an attempt
to lynch a negro purse snatcher, but
the presence of soldiers prevents
any open demonstrations.
John Pratt, the negro whom the
mob intended to i.vnch, was sentenced
Friday to prison for not more
than fourteen years. Lincoln Wilson
arrestd as a suspected companion
of Pratt, in tho snatching of women's
purses was released. The
grand jury failed to return an indictment
against him.
Pratt's sentence was Imposed ten
minutes after he entered Court and
pleaded guilty to the indictment returned
on Thursday.
A searching grand Jury investlgarion
of tho attack on the jail was
ordered by Judge Hutler immediately
after the disposal of the cases
against the two negroes. Judge HutIt
r's Instructions to the grand jury
were in substance a demand that
the rioterB be brought to justice and
made to stand trial for rioting, a
felony.
"This sort of procedure must be
stopped," he said. "There have
been five murders in Cairo since
November 11, when we had a previous
occurrence of mob violence
These murders show that moli law
1? no deterrent to crime and it is
our duty to see that mob law cea3es
to be."
A stray shot fired by a member of
the mob was the direct cause of the
volley from the deputies guarding
the Jail that laid several of its meinoi
rs low, according to Sheriff Nellis's
version of the attack. "I was
standing on the front porch of ?he
Court House parleying with the mob
which was demanding that I give up
Pratt," said the Sheriff, "when some
one in the crowd fired a shot. My
deputies, watching the parley from
1 a second-story window, thought that
I fired the shot as a signal, and th-^y
flred a volley in the air.
"The mob refuseJ to retreat and
the deputies then fired into the
crowd. My conscience is easy over
the matter. The rioters were deIt
.mined to get me unless I got
: them. I did my duty by protecting
my prisoners at any price."
A dozen broken windows in the
Court House showed that shots were
fired into the building by the mob.
There were six negroes among the
fourteen armed deputies that defended
the jail with Nellis.
Mayor Parsons has ordered saloons
i i-i icutrtiii i-HjHfti iiiiiit uanger or rurtber
disturbances has passed.
The Halllday family has retained
an attorney to sue Sheriff Nellis and
the county for damages. Halllday,
who was a son of former Mayor
j Thomas XV. Halllday, was shot in
i the neck. He lay on the ground
rear the Court House porch nearly
three hours before N'ellis would per
in It anyone to remove him to a hosjital.
He died two hours later. Nellis
replies to criticisms of his refusal
to permit an injured man to he
removed by saying that ho ob?yed
orders from Governor Denen to permit
no one near the building.
Samuel Wessinger Is the only one
of the injured whose condition is at
all serious, lie is at St. Mary's hospital
with eleven buckshot wounds
in the head. George II. Walker,
correspondent for the Associated
Press, who was shot in the leg while
watching the affair, discovered five
shot holes in his clothes.
Gunk in Illinois Itolilwd.
; Early Tuesday burglars blew open
!ir? cs'if,, r.f !./* r?ll c, r> ? 1. ~ ?
ICortsworth, 111., with nitro-glycerlne
and escaped with a team taking $8,.
ooo in paper money and $'2,000 in
, silver. The night watchman was later
found l?ound and gagged.
j Sold in New York.
i Paraffin routed eggs from Europe
. nearly a million of which were im
;> ported last week, were placed on sai<
Saturday hy hundreds of New Yorl
e retailers at 3 to 8 cents a dozen les
n than the price of American cold stor
age eggs.
ARE MARKED MEN
NEGRO DEPUTIES WHO F1RE1>
OX TE CAIRO MOB.
Will Be Dealt With by tliut Mob
uml Others as Soon us the Trouble
is Over.
Statements at Cairo, 111., by four
negro deputy sheriffs, to a coroner's
jury, that they fired several shot*
each Thursday night when Alex
llalllday was killed while leading n
mob in attack on the county jail
resulted Saturday night in a renewal
of the anti-negro agitation.
The coroner's inquest resolved Itself
into a general quiz by the
jurors, who tried to learn which one
of the deputies fired the steel jack
eted bullet that killed Holliday.
The negro deputies admitted firing
indiscriminately iuto the crowd with
shotguns and revolvers, but none of
them would admit having used a
rille, with which it is said Holliday
was killed.
The negro deputies who fired on
t'he mob are said to l>e marked men,
now that their names have become
public. The killing of one white
man and the wounding of seversothers
by negroes, although legally
deputized, has brought out protests
from even those opposed to the
mob.
Sheriff Nellis testified at the inquest
that be used negro deputies
because ho could not find his regular
deputies, nor the local militia company
officers, nor white men, who
would answer his call for help.
Tears ran down the sheriffs
cheeks as he told of the frantic
efforts to find men to assist him in
protecting his prisoners.
George Jackson, Charles Hudson,
Henry Douglas and I. A. Head is the
negro deputies who admitted firing
into the molt. They testified that
the leaders of the mob wore gunny
sacks over their heads, with holes
cut through for their eyes.
IiADY SHOT BY THAI* GUN.
Had Been Set By Her llustmnd for
Chicken Thieves.
Walking into a trap set by her
husband for chicken thieves, Mrs.
George L. Ne?1, who lives ou the road
between Prosperity and Newberry,
was seriously and possibly mortally
wounded.
Mr. Neel had been missing some
chickens. He had driveu stakes in
the ground in front of his chicken
house, around which he had led a
cord attached to the trigger of a
cocked shotgun, pointing to the approach
to the chicken house, so that
anyone approaching the chicken
house would run agaiust the cord
and discharge the gun. Mr. Neel's
wife received the load of 6hot intended
for the thieves.
Mrs. Neel was in the yard looking
after matters before retiring for the
night, and probably did not know
or had not thought of her husband's
precautions. The load entered the
right leg below the knee joint, at
close range, boring an ugly hole.
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WHAT l>lt. WIIjKY SAYS.
Poor Criminal Despised; a Rich One
is Petted.
"T could give the names of many
men who have been convicted of
food adulteration and who are still
receivied by the highest social lights
of this city," said I?r. H. W. Wiley,
.he government food expert.
Dr. Wiley went to New York to
t Oat i Pv )o?f<\rn t hn 1 I urloot. " *
grand jury in connection with the
investigation of the cold storage
warehouses, hut he lectured Saturday
at the College of the City of
New York, lie declined to give the
names of those he referred to.
"When the poor man is convicted
of a crime lie feels disgraced,'
said Dr. Wllej. "Hut the millionaire
who endangers the heath of
the community through Impure food
is still received in the highest of
society and retains his place in the
church.
FULL IN llOIMNtt TAK.
frightful Fate of Young Frank Hook
in Florida.
At Jacksonville, Fla., Frank Hook,
a young white man, was horribly
burned, about noon Wednesday, and
."11 chance for his recovery has been
given up. The young man was alone
in his father's paint shop, when he
was seized with a fit, falling back into
a pot of boiling tar, being horribly
burned about the lower porion
of his body. When found he was
unconscious. lie was hurried to a
local hospital in the police ambulance,
where medical attention was
rendered.
Blew Wrong Safe.
Tuesday burglars blew open the
, safe of J. A. Busch's store, at Reeves,
. I.a., and secured about forty dollars
* In an adjacent store, the safe con<
talning more than a thousand dol
3 lars, had been left carelessly open
-1 It was just as carelessly passed b;
the burglars.
GOOD ADVICE
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President Barrett, of the Fanners' Union,
Issues an Address
HE URGES THE FARMER
To P;x>d Their Congressman and
Make Them Toe the Mark, Saying
that the Latter's Slowness is
Partly Fault of the Farmers Themselves,
ami Their Friends.
president Charles S. Barrett, of
the Farmer's union, has written a
letter to tho officers and members
in which he declares that "the slowness
of the low-makers to respond
to our requests Is almost as much
the fault of the farmer as of the
lawmakers." Says Mr. Ham tt:
To the Officers and Members of the
Farmer's Union:
In obtaining measures of direct Interest
to our members, the slowness
of the lawmakers to respond to our
equests is almost as much the fault
of the farmer as of the lawmaker.
Many of the leading congressmen
told us, in substance, after some
little conversation: "Why didn't you
come up before, face to face, and
g.-t in behind us? of course., we understand
we made the farmer's prom
ises, and we expect you to call on
us to redeem them."
That's the milk in th-i cocoanut.
with theee and with ewry congress
man.
Brethren, don't let us forget! And
the only way you can keep them
from forgetting you, is not to forget
them! ?
I have watched "interest" after
"interest" work here through its
representatives, and it came to me
forcibly, that not a one of them,
nor all of them combined and then
doubled, is so powerful as the farmers
of this country.
But all of the power iu creation
wculd not forward the fight, unless
you keep In behind your congressman
and refuse to let him develop a
poor memory.
Hardly a farmer In the organization,
or out of It for that matter,
who does not remember how the
congressman, when a candidate told
film of his undyiug love, and how he
promised this and that and just asked
to l?e given a chance to get this
and that.
How many of you have sent this
promising brother gentle reminders,
from time to time, in the shape of a
genial little letter, inquiring after
his health, telling him you remembered
how much he loved you, and
.asking him when he expects to get
busy securing some of those things
he used to talk about?
Mighty few of you, 1 reckon. Most
of you recover from the excitement
of a political campaign like, getting
over the measles, then straightway
proceed to forget about the necessity
of keeping in touch with the man
who holds your commission In congt
ess. Then when another candidate
comes along frothing at the mouth
like a wild bull and tell you how
you have been betrayed, .you vote
him in and the other fellow out?
and then get busy, go out and dig
potatoes, chop cotton, patcli the barn
roof or something else, and forget
Mr. No. Two.
That practice, more than any oth
er one factor, explains the failure of
the American farmer to secure the
services at the hands of the congressmen.
You are the mightiest in this land
today. Up here, they are all afraid
of you. and with good cause. Collectively,
you make the power of Taft
or Roosevelt or Aldrich or Cannon
look like thirty cents.
The thing to do, is to realize that
power by not forgetting your congressman.
Another, thing, we are hero rigni
now for the purpose of fixing up
things and keeping you posted. We
are going to do that .from time to
time, in the most complete manner.
Stenographic minutes are being kept
of every conference, trained and
faithful members are lining up and
investigating congressmen, weigh:ng
promise against preformance,
and burning the midnight oil in your
interest.
Rut, in the meantime, don't forget
that forgetful congressman, and Jo
not let him forget you.
Write him a sweet, questioning
and gentle little love letter.
Charles S. Rarrett.
Washington. I). ('.. Feb. 1 *
Old Postmaster Rend.
Simeon W. A. Stevens, who was
appointed postmaster at Gardner
Mass., by President Franklin Pierce
in 1 Re4 and had received successive
appointments ever since, is J?vl at
nis norno In bouth Gardner. He was
ninety one years old.
Daring I Jobbers.
At Pittsburg, Pa., while crowds
, docked from the theatre next door, a
highwayman entered the store of
- Dr. J. E. Grown in the business sec
tion of the east end Wednesday night,
. held up the druggist with a revolver
/ and robbed the cash register of all
it contained, $115.
WIFE RUNS AWAY
FROM HER HUSBAND WITH ANOTHElt
WOMAN'S HUSBAND
Mrs. Nowell Leaves Her Home to
Take Up With W. E. Massenberg,
a Traveling Sulesuuin.
The Charlotte Observer, of Saturday,
says: "Mr. Arthur Nowell of
Greensboro, an operator in the Western
Union telegraph olllce of that
city, canto to Charlotte Thursday
night on No. 35 In quest of his wi'e
who has eloped with Mr. W. E. Massenberg,
a traveling representative
of the American Tobacco Company.
Unfortunately he was a little late,
the couple having left over the Seaboard
at 0 o'clock headed for Wilmington.
Mr. Nowell was ae?: >ml
unied by Deputy Sheriff Veatueily
and they have sent numerous telegrams
with the hope oi iHereepting
the couple before they reo.i Wilmingtou
or certainly after they airrive.
"The information which reached
Charlotte came in tho form of a
t r:i ni to SlioflfF \\* u'~ *
_ .V/ W..V III M . 11. >v d.inco
who w:is asked to arrest Masseuberg
and the wife of Mr. Nowell. They
were said to be in Charlotte at a
hoarding house and stopping under
an assumed name. Sheriff Wallace
was not able, however, to obtain tho
parties as they had gone before he
received the message or shortly after.
at least. They had stopped at
Mrs. Gooding's on West Trade street.
"Mr. Nowell discovered that Massenberg
and his wife were in Charlotte
through a telegram sent by tho
former to his sister-in-law. Mrs. Bain
of Greensboro, and as soon as Nowell,
who was an employe of tho
telegraph office of Greensl>oro, discovert
d that the message was for Mrs
Haiti, he got in touch with "10 officers
of Greensboro and the ,'jputy
sheriff agreed to accompany him to
Charlotte and make the arrest.
"From all accounts Mrs. Nowell
joined Mnssonberg in Unleigh Monday.
She was there visiting her parents,
Col. and Mrs. John Nichols.
Accompanied by her small child and
her sister. Mrs. Bain, Mrs. Newell
loft for High Point, where they stopped
for a short, time before coming
on to Charlotte.
"Masseuberg is rather prominent
and is from Henderson where hla
father is the proprietor of a hotel.
He is a representative of the American
Tobacco Company and is well
known among the traveling men. He
was seen in Charlotte Thursday by a
number of his acquaintances who
thought nothing of his presence
there. He is said to reside in Ktatesvillo
and to be a man of family."
DUAL TltA(?KI?Y AT THEATRE.
Orchestra Manager and Violinist Kill
One Another.
Fatally wounded by two bullets
fired by Alopb Cassau, a violinist,
Louis It. Ostordorff, manager of tho
Fmplre Theatre Orchestra, Thursday .
night overpowered his assailant,
wrestled the revolver from him, and
tired three bullets through Cassau's
head, killing him instantly at the
stage entrance of the Empire Theatre
at Indianapolis, Ind. Ostendorff
died in a hospital later. The shooting
occurred just as the curtain rose
foi the night performance, and tho
audience was kept in ignorance until
the show was over. Cassau's attack
i.pon Ostendorff is said to have been
the result of a quarrel Wednesday
night with the manager. The Empire
Theatre is a b
BISMOI" IS IN J A IB.
Pastor "Holy Church of the Living
Cod." in tho Toils.
Denounced as a menace to society
and an impostor, Jonas Samuel Sturdnvntit
the n..in-<> Kivj l,i.f ??.?
"Holy Church of the Living Clod, the
Pillar and Ground of Truth," was
sentenced at Maltinrore Friday to
jail for three years. He was convicted
of having assaulted and beaten
Mrs. Hose Demard, one of his
white "disciples." She testified that
she was influenced by him to leave
her husband and children in IJrooklyn
to fellow the negro, under whose
sp? 11 she lived eight months. She
told a revolting story of her life in
the quarters of the white women
over whom the negro had mastery.
lUilluns t'se Unite.
Tf'lli'intz An intir/loe J
terror in th?- resident district of Chicago
Sunday night. At one place
Joe Sera was ataoked l?y three Italians
and probably fatally stabbed. In
another section of the city J. P.
Sehmitz and Peter Hubert were set
upon by two Italians, who, after
stabbing their victims, fled.
Killed by Explosion.
H. F. McCall, a prominent capitalist,
of Jennings, Fla., who was in|
,11 red at Dasher. Ga., two weeks ago,
'.when the gasoline tank on his auJ
tomobile explo led, died Wednesday.
While en route from his home to
I North Georgia an accident caused the
tank on his machine to explode. Mr.
McCall, receiving frightful burns.