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DEAD IN MINE
9
Rescnrers Find Corpses ot the Forty-One
Men at Bottom of Pit.
NEARLY ALL NEGROES
Another Coo] Mine Disaster Shocks
the Country and Makes Many Widows
and Orphans.?Men Were Kntombed
by an Kxphwkm Which
Occurred on I>ast Wednesday.
A dispatch from nirmlngham,
Ala., says little hope was expressed
Thursday morning that any of tho
35 or 40 members entombed in the
Mlilga mine of the Birmingham Coal
and Iron company as the result of
an erplosion about nine o'clock Wed%
r.esiay night will be rescued alive.
When it was learned that it was
impossible to gain entrance to the
mine through the shaft because the
cages were sprung in the passage,
the entrance was sealed to prevent.
If possible, the spread of fire.
Not one of the 41 nvn imprisoned
in the mine is alive. This was
the word brought to the surface on
Thursday morning to the waiting and
weeping families oT the victims,
when, unconscious from the deadly
passes of the shaft, Superintendent
Johns of the mine and a man named
Bonds, an unknown, who risked n'.s
life for those aliealy perished, were
drawn to fresn ?,r.
The condition of the rescuers told
the story long before the men had
been revived. The watchers knew
that If Vhe rescuers, helmeled and
protected, had so narrowly escaped
death, there was no hop? for the
workers, who without a second's
warning had been entombed by an 1
explosion of gas.
W'hen Johns and Bonds, after heroic
treatment, finally regained conBciousness,
they confirmed the gravest
anticipations of the people who '
for hours had waited at the mouth of
the shaft, to hear a word of their
loved ones.
"Bead?all dead," was the statement
of the superintendent as his
brain began to clear from the effects
<of the poisonous gases.
Before they had lost consciousness
f ho roci'liorc hn/1 **?? r?/l t hrt
gallery. Even that near the shaft
they saw things that made them
know that only a miracle could save
Lhe nvn entombed.
The scones around the entrance
to the mine in tht early morning 1
hou-s beggared description. In addition
to the families of the entombed
men, hundreds from the surrounding
mining districts swelled
the crowds until it was with great
difficulty that the work of resuce
could he carried <111.
Under the direction of officials of
the Hlrmingham coumpany and ex- 1
pert from other mines, an attempt 1
was first made to enter shaft No. 1,
but this was soon found impractica- :
ble and it was sought to drive a way
through shaft No. 2, whic-h is ahout
300 feet from the first opening. After
penetrating a short distance it
was found that this shaft was also <
wrecked by the force of the explos- 1
ion in No. 1. Not.hing could be heard '
Crom the entombed men. '
When the first crew of rescuers I
reached the bottom of the shaft on 1
Thursday Morning the corps's of I
two miners were found. The res- 1
cuers upon returning to the surface
expressed t.he opinion that all of tin
Imprisoned men were dead.
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CLAIMS MANY VICTIMS.
Over Twenty-Two Thousand Hurt l?y
Railroads.
A large increase in tho number of
casualties of American railroads is
shown by the report for the quarter
ending Decernl>er 31, 1009, as
compared with the corresponding
quarter of the previous year. A bulletin
issued Thursday by tho interstate
commerce commission shows
an increase in t.he number of persons
killed of 301 and in the number
of injured of 5,645, as compared
with the corresponding quarter of
1908. The total number of persons 1
killed was 1,099 and the total nuin- t
ber injured 22,491.
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Hinting in China. <
lawlessness of naMves, w.iK.h be- t
Kan at Chang-Sha. C.'ni a, is 'oporteJ i
s,*lA,.d<nf;. Advice? Mate t'n it riots t
have occurred at Ning-Slatg, tne site t
of a Protestant mission, thirty miles t
west of Chang Sha. The mission
school at Yi-Yang was burned The
foreigners escaped
Ool?l Wuvo in West. ,
Temperature, ranging from 27 to i
38 degrees above zero, accompanied J
by intermittent flurries of snow were I
reported from 'Missouri, Kansas and I
"Nebraska Tuesday. Co'der weather i
Js predicted.
A Fool's Joke.
Chester, Pa., Atwood Young, a
Flxilh ward youth, was burned about
the fare and eyes by powder from
a Joker's "loaded" cbgarette, and it
ts feared he will lose the sight of
both eyes.
HINTS AT SCHEME
ro SAVE BALLINGER OX WICK- I
ERSHAM'S PART.
Charged That He Had Dated I)ocu- 1
ment Much Kurller Than It \Vi?h
Written to Deceive.
After attacking certain statements
in Attorney General VV'lckersham's i
summary of the Glavis case during i
xaminauon or a witness before
the Balllnger-Pinchot Investi- 1
gation Friday, Attorney Brandies 1
counsel for L. R. Glavis. throw out a 1
broad suggestion that tJhe document
had been dated two months earlier
than it had been prepared in order
to make It appear that President 1
Taffs letter of vindication to Secrotary
Rallinger had been based on ,
the alleged facts indicated.
At the White House and the do- |
partment of justice it was stated tint
neither the president nor the attir- ^
ney 'general would common on Mr. ,
Brandeis' intimation.
Comjiarativo.v li* ; ? prrai?s-. \v .s j
made with Mi ein ,n >' ''riday. i"o- (
spite the apparently grow. i.? imps- ,
tienee of the committee ar.d the gen- ,
oral desire of the mnmbrs to brim* J
the hearing to a close.
E. C. Finny, assistant to the ,
secretary of the int rior, was und?r ,
cross-examination during almost the
entire day. He admitted under qnes- j
tinning by Mr. Brandies that some of j
Wickersham's statement were inac- ,
curate, but insisted they were unltn- t
portant. f
It was near the end of Finney's (
examination t.hat Mr. Brandies got x
off his surprise. Mr. Wickersham in t
his summary, says the suegestlon f
t.hat it was unlawful for Mr. Ballln- ,
ger to have any professional relations ?
with the Cunningham claimants lie- ^
cause of his previous incumbency of
the office of commissioner of tlie j
land office, was based on section 190 j
of the revised statutes and he cites s
laws to show that Mr. Ballinger had
not violated that law. c
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TWKNTY HLOC7K8 KUllN. f
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Large I'art of liouisinim v *ty Swept '
s
Away by Fire. (
Fanned by a hl?.h wind, a (ire v
which broke out at Lake Charles, f
La., shortly aft r four o'clock Sat- t
urday afternoon, swept twenty'or 1
more blocks of the city, destroying '
several hundred huil.lings and re- j
salting in a property loss estimated v
al)out .000.000. Two itliiousand j
persons have been rendered honr loss.
It was almost eight o'clock Saturday
night when the Ore, which followed
ii northeasterly direction from *
the business section finally reached
the outskirts of the city, burning itself
out. While it was reported that
several lives had been lost during
the excitement attending upon dynamiting
the buildings, an investigation
Sunday indicated that there were
no casualties.
Hundreds of frame cottages were
burned to the ground and while several
thousand persons were thus rentLred
homeless, there appears to be
no suffering. That portion of the
oity which escaped the ravages of the
lire threw open its doors to the needy
and in some instances as many as
five and six families are being cared
Per in one home.
FOFNI) DFAD IN WOODS.
iiMHij- oi ( iiknowii Man
Discovered. v
The decomposed body of a white t
man about 3 5 years old was found in
Piedmont park at (Iroensboro, N. C , 11
>y two boys Sunday afternoon. Oth- ^
t than cards bearing the names of
i Richmond cafe and a Richmond 1:
-lothing holism there is no clue to his S
dentification. r
The l>o;ly had apparently been ly- t
ivg where found for a month or rix >
.veoks. Coroner Wood held an in- li
,'estigaticn, out found nothing indl- n
rating foul play. The body was found d
two hundred yards from the car
ino hidden by undergrowth and
rees.
He wore good clothes was abotit ^
Ive feet eight inches in .height, and
weighed al>out 145 pounds. The tenures
wore too distorted to secure a
'acial description. The no ty was removed
to a local undertaking es- i:
ablishment and will he held pending ^
'urther efforts to identify. s
Circus liife Was Short.
The body of Mary Jenkins, a young
Sirl who joined a circus while it was
cn route through Florida recently,
and who was found asphyxiated in
her room at Washington Sunday, will
l>e sent back to relatives In Florida.
In accordance with instructions received
by the police. The show with
which the girT was traveling arrived
Saturday night. Next morning
the girl was dead.
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Eleven Killed. ^
A boiler exploded in a match fac- I
tory at Swegeden, near Budapest, r
killing ten girls and a man. Eigh 1
teen girls were dangerously injured. 1
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A DARING ESCAPE
?TVE OONHCTS SEIZE ENGINE
0
ANI) GET AWAY.
Hiey Ijcft tho I^rison Yards at a
Hi;;h Kate of S|hh'(1 and Was Sooti
IjOHt.
Five life convicts, heavily armed,
made a daring escape from the Fedsral
prison, near Leavenworth, Kan.,
Thursday morninsr it ic ni-oii-i
that others escaped and prison officials
are chocking up the 900 prisoners
to learn just how many got
i way.
As soon as the escape of the five |
men became known, the signal w'uls- i
tie at the priBon was sounded as a (
wirninr to farmers In the surrounding
country to be on the lookout. ,
TJils whistle can be heard for miles c
and its use caused consternation. At
the same time heavily armed guards (
were thrown around the prison to ^
prevent any further attempt at es- (
?npe. f
The first report indicated that the t
live men who got away had forcibly j
aken posesslon of a switch engine t
that .had been run into the prison
far.Is. They had instantly pulled out (
it high spcod. Once clear of the .
orison yards, the convicts deserted
.he engine aud made u dash for the j
tvoods.
The break for liberty was cleverly ,
llannod and its execution most darng.
Two of the convicts were at j,
vork in the carp liter shops, the
ithers in the tailor shop. A switch
ngine, had been backed into the ^
irison yard. At the sound- of the j
vhistle the men dashed into the en losure
and made towards the ontine.
Levelling dummy guns at the c
ngiweer. they climbed into the cab
Hid compelled him to reverse his eni
v
tine.
0
'The engine with the convicts on ^
Kiard mslied through the west gate
nto the open country and soon was ;
ipoedlug towards the woods. When
l few minutes later the escape lie- '
anie known, the signal whistle at
he orison hollowed a warning to '
armors for miles about to be on the
ookout. When the engine had gone 1
lalf a mile, the five men jumped
iml made for the woods. Clark ami
lideon Boperatcd from the others aud f
vere raptured. ^
Every available guard started afer
the other throe men. A half
nlie further on the trio was sur- '
ounded in the woods. No shots had ^
teen fired at 11 o'clock, when the
:u;irus hegan to clos in. It was beieved
the convicts' only weapons
vere i^tins made of wood and painted
n the carpenter shop.
KXHIIITS OF HOXOIt.
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rand Lodge Held Meeting in Col- f;
umbin This Week.
c
A great deal of interest was man- 1
tested in the election of officers to '
erve the order during the next two
ears, the election resulting as fol- p
ows: J. Alwyn Ball, Charleston, ?u- F
ireme past grand dictator; Janus (). "?
.add, Sumnierville, grand dictator; s
). A. Spivey, Conway, grand vice die- h
ntor; M. W. Gulp, Union, grand as- w
istant dictator; L. N. Zealy, Col- w
imbia, grand reporter; N. W. Trump, e
Columbia, grand treasurer; J. J. tl
/ernon, NVellford; L: I). Harrel", e
iheraw; Sol Blank, Charleston, n
;rand trustees. C. P. Quattlebauui. n
if Conway, wns el+cted the repre- d
entative to the supreme lodge for a c<
erm of four years and R. . A. OH- 1?
ihant of Union as alternate.
The following standing committees ?
rere appointed: N
I.nwn anil ?iin?ir?lolnii ? "
"odd, W. \j. Glaze, J. VV. Moore. ' '<
Finance?J. I>. Kelly, It. A. Oil- si
ihant, P. K. McCully. h
Credentials?J. J. Vernon, L. I). '
Iarrell, Sol Blank. si
The ofTio s-elected were Installed si
iy Past Supreme Dictator John C. ' 1
iheppard. After the passage of a w
esolution extending the thanks of h
he grand lodge to Palmetto lodge fi
?*o. a. 1 O. O. F., for t.he use of the h
mil. the convention adjourned to h<
neet in Union on the third Wednesay
in April, 1912.
KI1.LS AN INTKl'DKIt. v
in Intoxicated Man Tries to Fntei
Another's Home.
ir
L. C. Manning, a well known bus tl
ness man of Philema. Leo county, ,,
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la., was shot and killed, at Walker'? N
tation Wednesday night, by John 1?
Vilklnson. Manning spent t.he day l
t Albany and it is explained, had a
.eon drinkinfi. lie took the wrong s
rain and went to Walker's station a
nstead of Philema. He attempted |>
o get into several houses an finally a
ried to force an entrance into Wil- ii
dnson's home, when Wilkinson, shot o
dm with a rifle. o
Fight Voters Shot.
At Port De France, Martinique,
lerious disorders have occurred at q
leveral points as the result of the p
oceltement attending the elections, p
Jurlng the disturbance on Thursday p
tight eight voters were shot. Bus- a
noss houses in the Interior have t\
teen closed. ]j
SICK HIS DOGS
In Attorney General Wickersham For
Helping the Bears Ont.
RE ENTRAPS ALDRICH
t'lintor Smith Makes llim Admit
That the Tariff I>a\v is tlie Cause
of tlie High Prices and lHscusscs
the Action of the Government in
the Cotton Cases.
Senator Smith Wednesday turned
oose his dogs of war oh the attorler
general for prosecuting the coton
men. Brown, Harne, Scales and
jthers, 3ays Zach McGhee, in his
A'ashington letter to the Columbia
State.
The immediate question up was
vhether or not the senate should
rote $65,000 for further investiga- ;
ion of the high prices of the neceslartee
o?? life. Senator Smith said
nat he had been in favor of this
nvestlgation at first, but that now
he tiling had taken such a peculiar
urn that he believed no cood could
>e accomplished. This brought him
nto immediate conflict with Senator
Vtdrtch rind there was an interesting I
ittlo tilt.
.'Ho I understand," asked Mr. AlIrich,
"that the senator was in favor
. mis investigation at tlrst hut that
low the attorney general is Investigating
the wrong trust?"
That seemed to put Mr. Smith in0
a hole, for while the contention
las been for lower prices, h re was
1 South Carolina senator coming out
n favor of higher prices. Hut Mr
Smith in turn put Mr. Aldrich into
: hole. Mr. Aldrich sr.'.d t.hat he
ranted an investigation to see wheth
r the tariff was the cause of the
ligli cost of living.
"Does not the &enator believe that
he tariff is the cause of the high
'rices?" asked Mr. Smith.
"I believe that the tariff causes
irosperity," replied Mr. Aldrich.
"Rut you also have said that prosK-rit.v
causes high prices, have you
lot?" said Mr. Smith.
.Mr. Aldrich admitted that.
"Prosperity causes high prices, and
he tariff causes prosperity," said
Ir. Smith.
Unfortunately the gravel fell just
ere. the time being up. Rut Mr
ildrich was made to admit as no
tepublican had before adniitt d that
he tariff is the cause of high prices.
Senator Smith in his speech deIared
that the department of justice
ad allowed the beef trust, the steel
rust, the ones who had cornered
he wheat of the country putting up
he price of bread to go on without
roseeution, but that now when the
armors of the South by a natural
lonopoly and by a shortage of the
rop were getting a high price for
heir cotton, the department of jus
ice was singling out this staple as
subject for prosecution.
"I venture the assertion," he do-,
lared, "that brown, llayne, Scales.
mien, ana in * otliers do not hold
,000 bales of cotton. But cotton
peculators in New York have sold
undreds of thousands of hales
rhich they have never had, and now
hen they try to buy them at a lowr
price than the figure at which
h't?y sold, the farmers of the South
ither have not the ootton or will
ot-sell at the figures offered. These
len supposed that the South would
o as she has always done, put their
otton on the market at whatever
rice they could pet for it."
Several times in his speech. CVTr
mith referred to the elections in
:ew York and Massachusetts and
pmind-ed the Republicans that the
erdict was going against them. lie
lid it was on account cf just such
ehavior as that of which the atirney
general was now .'uiltv. in
ngling out the South for attack inead
of enforcing the law against
te other combines. lie admitted,
ith considerable -emphasis, that he
ad tried to organize the Southern
irmers into a combination. "Peraps
you .had b tter investigate be." j
e declared.
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i'ltli Four Different Kinds ??f Deadly
Poisons.
The trial of Mrs Pearl Armstrong,
idicted in Floyd county, Ind., on
le oharse of killing her liusban I,
eorge Armstrong, at their home in
ew Albany, in December last year,
ogan Tuesday morning. Nearly
art witnesses have been summoned,
t.hird of them for the defense. The I
tate will attempt to prove that Mrs. |
rmstrong poisoned her husband
y administering calomel, carbolic
cid, rough-on-rats and strychnine
1 broken doses, with the collection
f his life insurance of $1,000 as
ne of the motives.
Kills Man Over Wife.
At Lancaster, Pa., following a
uarrel Edward J. Dolan shot and
rohably fatally wounded Harry F.
linden, a furniture dealer, and Then
>olan committed sulci be. Dolar.d
ccused Hinden of having been too
riendly with Mrs. Dolan, wao died
ist December.
Charlotte, N. C., F
mous May
by drrlariiiK herself free and ii
tlius arousing the other twelve
adelphia Declaration followed J
a whole of the depressing elTe
is becoming more uud more f
Lee's Headach
gia Re
enabling every American by its t
from tlie yoke of all kinds of he
also giving to the
Burduco Lh
Tlie use of which so arouses a t
once throw otT tho yoke of hill
sour stomach, dyspc|>sin, loss
troubles and thus enabling one
the depressing and dangerous c
Price 25c each. Mfg. by llurwe
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Will Dye .
Ladles' or Men's Garments Cleaned i
Cleaned a nf
C. C. Laundry at
OOLDMR 1/
FAMILY OF S1IC1DKS.
Like llis Father and Hrother-in-Isiw C
Knds llis Life. 1
The second suicide within n month
and the third in the family, within
eight months at tlie home of Mrs. '
Charles Wells, his sister, at Petersbun?.
Va., was that of Nat. P. Inge,
agod 21 years, who died early Friday
morning. Young Inge swallowed
carbolic acid late Thursday night t
and died after three hours of agony.
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w. .?? > u * nuriL's wens, a Drotllor-in-law
of Friday's victim, drank |
with fatal effect carbolic acid, wliiie i
despondent over unemployment. On I
October 21st last Albert I). Inge, the !
father of Nat Inge, suicided by |
drowning at Danville. V'a. No rea- |
son is known for his self-destruo- tlon.
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CLASSIFIED COLUMN
ndia Kumier Duck Eggs for sale,
per IX. or $5 per 100. . Mrs.
Chas. I'efloy, Marshall, lad.
or Hale.?500 bushels line cotton
seed, Eaten strain. $2.00 per bu.
f. o. b. K. B. Edward's, lilloree,
a. C.
>ur SI Adding Machines save time
and worry. Guaranteed. Thousands
sold. Agents wanted. Haynes Mfg.
Co., Itutherfordton, N. C.
Cdon Watermelon Seed for Sale at
75c. per pound. The best flavored
shipping watermelon grown. J.
M. Farrell, Hlucksvllle, S. C.
''or Sale?Milch cows Jersey's, grads _
Jerseys and Holsteins. All of ths *
host breeding. Registered
male calves. M. H. Same, Jobm
vllle. S. C.
hitter in one minute from sweet .
cream, without churn machinery
or chemicals. Agents wanted.
Twentieth Century Hutter Co.,
Salisbury, N. C.
Teachers wanted for excellent positions
now vacant. Trustees supplied
with Teachers. Attractive
booklet, 'A Plan" free. Southern
Teachers' Agency, Columbia, S. C.
Vhite Wyandotte Eggs, 10c each.
Ilig blocky birds, snow white,
Fishe strain, trio buffs, trio whites,
pair Columbian's. S. A. Fernell,
It. 1, Columbia, S. C.
Tiling Men Wanted for Railway Mail
Clerks and other Government positions.
Salary $800 to $1,600.
Examinations soon. Common education
sufficient. Write for particulars.
American Institute, Dept.
28, Dayton, Ohio.
edigrced English Setters, Puppies,
and Pure Gordons, Setter Puppies,
at prices that will please the lover
of bird dogs. Also Barred Plymouth
Rocks and Rose Comb
Rhode Island Red eggg from host
of pure stock. $1 and $1.50 for
15 eggs. Write H II
brooks, Yateaville, Ga.
;? renins in I'ure Bred Stork?rick
and rare Berkshire Boar Bigg, 4^4
months old from regular stock at
$ 1 f> each. (One Bred Sow (China
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in April, at the small sum of
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Leghorn Kggs?15 for $1; 30 for
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thin ad mention this paper. A. H.
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