Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 08, 1910, Image 3
BANDIT KILLED
Me aa Attempt t? Bold Up Paueacer
Trail ea Western Road.
KNOCKED DOWN BY ROCK
Thrown by the Brave Kngineer After
k He Was Hhot lu the Leg by the
Bobber, V'ho Was Instantly Killed
by the Blow.?Body Has Not
Been Identified. 1
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Id a desperate attempt to hold up
westbound Colorado Midland train
No. 3, four miles west of Divide,
Cal., earl/ Friday morning, an unknown
bandit was Instantly killed
by a rock thrown by Engineer Frank
8tewart after ne had shot tb^'engineer
in the leg.
Two young men who were found
near the scene of the hold-up, are
held for investigation as to their
complicity in the robbery. One was (
slightly wounded in the head by
a bullet
The hlguwaymen crawled over the
tender as the train slowed up at a <
siding to meet an eastbound train.
As he stopped the train, Stewart,
turned to see his fireman. Paul
Bachman, standing with his hands
above his head and heard the robber
say: "Put up your hands or I'll
blow your head off." The robber
then forced both men to leave the
engine and marched them before
him to the express car.
According to the story told by ,
Stewart, who was brought to a hospital.
the robber ordered them to
tell the express messenger they were
In nerll of their lives, that the train
bad been held up and that the robber
waa determined to have the
money In the express car. Stewart
states that the robber fired several
ahots at the beads of passengers
who looked out to see what was
happening.
"When we got to the express car,"
said Stewart, "my fireman dashed
under the car and crawled to the
other side. The robber leaned under
the car to shoot at him, and when
he took his eyes off me, 1 struck
him with all my strength with a
rock I had picked up as I jumped
off the tender. As I did so. he
whirled and shot at me. the bullet
striking me in the leg. Guess my
blow finished him, for he never moved
after the rock hit him. I must
have fainted then, for the next 1
knew the conductor and express
messenger and a group of exci'ed
passenger were standing about me.
^ When the remainder of the traiu
crew heard the shots they seized
weapons and rushed to the head of
the train, firing as they came.
Stewart was given immediate medical
attention by physicia'ns who were
on board the train, and wa-? brought
to Colorada Springs. His condition
is not serious.
y Shortly after the hold-up Sheriff
Von Puhl and a posse scoured the
country near the scene of the attempted
holdup and discovered the
two * unknown men hiding in the
bru&h. One was dazed by a bullet
-wound in the head. He Is out on
parole from the State'reformatory.
The men claim they were riding the
blind baggage and were beating their
way to Grand Junction. They say
one was struck by a stray bullet
from the bandits' gun. They are
held for investigation.
The dead robber wore a cloth
mask and a gunnyaack tied about
bis neck. He has been identified
There was no enusuai shipment of
money in the express car. but Hk*
bandit told the fireiuau as they
marched along the train that he inv
tended to rifle the passengers as well
as the \Ve..e-i< a< b->x. *
ALTO TIKK BURST.
One Man Killed and Four Other.!
Painfully Hurt.
A bursted tire caused a touring
car, in which five men were riding,
to turn a somersault Sunday on a
part of the grand prize race course.
near Savannah. and almost Instantly
killed Mike Jones, a well known
retail furniture merchant in Savannah.
The four other men were badly
bruised, but not seriously hurt.
Jones was picked up by an automobile,
which had followed the party,
and was hurried to a hospital, but
died just as he reached the building.
He was the owner of the wrecked
automobile, and was at the wheel
when the accident occurred.
The machine was torn to pieces.
It was stated that Jones's head was
caught by the steering wheel as the
car turned over, and his neck was
broken. Otherwise, he was not even
very bc.dly bruised.
Killed by His Friend.
While several small boys were
playing on the back porch at the
home of A. H. Whltceides, a dairy
wagon driver. In Atlanta, Saturday
afternoon, Harold Whltealdes shot
and instantly killed "Son" Hewett. |
aged 12, the bullet passing through
the hoy's head. It was said at the
Whltealdes home, that the shooting
was accidental.
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SLANDERS SQUELCHED
CERTAIN , RJ^POHTS ABOUT
FEATHKR8TOXK DKXIED.
Prominent Business Men of Laurens
and Members of His Church Testify
to His Character.
To the General Public:
It having come to our notice that
rumors to the contrary are current.'
we. the undersigned citizens and
business men of the city of l.aurent>.
desire to bear testimony to the moral
character, business ability and
integrity of C. C. Featherstone.
Having known him in business
and socially for over twenty live
years, ben to say that he Is a man
of capacity, of correct habits, of a
high sense of honor, whose word
is :is good ns a bond, and whose
ideas represent the highest and best
type of citizenship. He is progressive.
public-spirited and loyal to all
that he believes to be true. He has
worked his way up in spite of the
handicap of modest pecuniary endowments
by the practice of perseverance.
industry and self-education
in the school of experience. The
breath of scandal can annoy but not
besmirch a record such as his.
To counteract the gross injustice
that some would do him, we feel
called upon to bear witness to facts
whereof we know. We. his neighbors,
know nothing and are satisfied
there is nothing against his habits.
character or standing that would
make him an unworthy occupant of
the responsible position to which he
aspires. We are satisfied, that if
elected, he will always conduct himself
in such a way as to reflect credit
upon himself, his family, his country
and the entire State.
W. A. Watts, president of People's
Loan and Exchange Hank.
0. H. Simmons, president of Hank of
Laurens.
N. R. Dial, president of Enterprise
Hank.
J. J. Pluss, president of Palmetto
Hank.
C. W. Tune, secretary and treasurer
Qf Laurens Trust Company.
D. A. Davis, president of Davis-Roper
company.
S. M. Wilkes of S. M. & K. H. Wilkes
company.
H. K. Aiken of the Laurens Drug
company.
P. A. Simpson, of Todd, Simpson &
Co.
R. E. Babb, of Simpson, Cooper &
Babb.
J. C. Owings. of Owings and Bobo.
R. A. CooptT, solicitor Eighth circuit.
W. I,. Gray, of Laurcn.s Hardware
company.
John \V. Ferguson, attorney.
John F. Bolt, clerk of court.
L. P. McGlree, pastor of First Methodist
church. (I have known him
for some ten years. Have known
him personally for nearly a year.
VV. E. Thayer, pastor of First Baptist
church. (I have known him
personally for nearly three years.)
C. F. Rankin, pastor of First Pres
byterian church. (I have kn?.wn
Mr. Feathersto.- * for two and out
half years and heartily indorse the
paper above.)
From Hoard irf Steward*
Whereas, certain defamatory reports
are being circulated in Oolum
bia, Spartanburg and elsewhere
throughout the State derogatory to
the moral and Christian ch.under
of C. C. Feutherxtone:
Therefore, be it resolved, TL it
we. the bo.'ird of stewards of the
First M. E. Church, South, of Laurens.
S. C.. of which Mr. Featherstone
is a member, do hereb> take
pleasure in asserting.
That we huve been intimately associated
with C. C. Featherstou-3 iu*
a member of our board for ov?t
twenty years, and that his character
has been that of an upright Christian
gentleman, and consistent and
loyal member of our church.
That he has been for 1 years
superintendent of our Sunday school
and twice in the last ten years a
delegate to the general conference
of the M. E. Church. South, as the
representative of his church from
South Carolina.
That we brand as maliciously false
any and all reports circulated inconsistent
with the above resolution.
John F. Bolt, chairman of the board;
W. L. Gray, J. F. Tolbert. H. Terry,
J. J. Pluss. O. 15. Simmons, G.
G. Halle, Jr.. Aug. Huff, it. K.
Bnhb, S. G. Mcl>anlel, J. L. Hopkins.
Laurens. S C., Sept. 1, 1910.
Supomnlpd, II KimIs IJfo.
Driven into a state of despondency
by the fact that after 22 years of
faithful service in one position in a
Memphis, Tenn.. department store
he hud been superceded by a new
man, Frederick VV. Ives, a wid??l>
known dry goods salesman, committed
suicide there Friday by taking
morphine tablets.
The Branchvllle Journal says it
hopes we now see where it stands
and what it thinks. The weather is
too warm and life too short for us
to attempl to fathom the "thinks'
of a paper who "thinks" local op
tion means county rnonopfy of selling
whiskey. Excuse us. neighbor
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BOLD BANDITS
H?Id Up aW Narter Pajaaster AW
ob Caapaiiaa AW Gaard.
THE ROBBERS ESCAPE
within three hundred yards of the
State Firemen's Home and within
sight of the yards themselves, it was
neither seen nor heard. The police
have to piece together a theory of
the crime front bullet holes and footprints.
Five shots were fired. Two
of them tore away the side of Hagsdale's
head. A third struck the paymaster
above the heart. The fourth
and fifth passed through the back of
the raised buggy top. From the
size of the holes it would appear that
the robbers used regulation army 4 4ealibre
revolvers. From the footprints
there seem to have been five
in the hand.
The hold-up and the shooting must
have followed each other almost with
the rapidity of the shots themselves
It can be seen that somebody grabbed
hold of the horse's bridle. If a
demand for the paymaster's box was
made he never had time to refuse or
comply. There is no evidence that
he attempted to defend himself. His
-evolver is still clean. Huddled in
the buggy top. muffled in the boot,
he must have been shot down like a
trapped animal. Frotn this unreasoning
haste the police deduce that
the robbers were desperately terrified.
The p&liee are inclined to believe
that the .holdup was a professional
job. The robbers carried with them
the small pay chest. It has not been
recovered and may hce been weighted
down and thrown into the river.
Five sets of tracks led northwaid
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urn me nvnuc 01 me nmr.ier. Al
a short distance from the roadsidt
New York Central detectives and the
Hudson police found where ihe trails
seperated, but they ha\e no other
elue and no description.
It was variously reported that the
murderers ?ot $ 1 a.000 an<i $1,500,
hut advices from XewburRh, where
the money was drawn, place the
amount at $.".,000.
AKUKSTKP ON PK.lTilliKI).
HyhiR Coliimhian Accused of l.iRumy
at Washington.
rtutler C.rimsley, aged 25, of Co!urnhin,
S. C., was arrested Monday
on a charge of bigamy while lying
on what may prove to l?d his death
bed. suffering from typhoid fevei
Hrimsley went to Washington Aim
i?i IS, the police allege, accotiipanier
>y a comely young girl of 18. whon
he introduced as his wife, and en
gaged an apartment.
(Jriinsley, it is claimed, married
the u'irl, who was Miss Klla Aiehart.
after deserting his wife and little
girl in Colutnhia. S. C. Deputy Slieritl
Miiler of N *e\v Brooklyn, who on
Monday night returned to Columbia
with tlie girl, avers that (irimlsei
produced a marriage certifVate undet
i lie name of Henry Timinons.
A Vaung llride.
i Ruth Harding, of Rogflhisa, I.a.,
i is one of the youngest brides on record.
She is eleven years of sge.
it is stated, and was married here
vesterday to William Breland. aged
. nineteen year?.
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The Bold .Murder and Robbery Oc?
* curred in SlRtit of the Brick K*c?
tory, to Which the Victims Were
Going With Money to Pay Off the
Workmen There.
Masked robbers sprang out of the
uusues alongside oi a lonely road
near Hudson, N. Y,, Saturday afternoon,
held up Dent Fowler, paymaster
of the Atlas Rrick Company, and
his negro driver, shot the driver
dead, wounded Fowler mortally and
made off with a chest of pay envelopes
containing $5,000. George
Ragsdale. the driver, died instantly;
his head was torn away by two 4 4callber
bullets. He was 60 years old
and a trusted employe. Fowler was
I wounded over the heart and died
| without regaining t'ull consciousness.
He was ?'1 years old. The robbers
escaped.
Saturday is pay day at the yails
of the Atlas Hrick Company and, according
to custom Fowler called at
the Newburgh bank for his pay money,
sorted It out into the proper
amounts, ticketed the envelopes and
started back to the yards, half a
mile out of town on the banks of
the Hudson river. He went armed
as paymasters do and for further
protection took with him Ragsdale,
wb?> was stable boss at the yards.
It was raining and they rode with
the buggy top up. the hoot well raised
in front and their heads far back
in the hood. That made it easy for
the robbers.
Just what happened when the
hold-up taime will never he known
until the murderers are caught and
confess. Fowler died before he could
utter more than a few unintelligible
words.
Although the shooting was done
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Herman. Knoll, Rremem, fireman
on steamship St. Johann, drowned
at Prot Tampa.
C. K. Evans, collector, suicide.
Stamm and Knoll were in swimming
at Port Tampa. Knoll, the
younger of the two. could not swim,
and when he reached water over his
head called for help. Stauim went to
his assistance and both were drowned.
Cole was in swimming near the
Seaboard terminals, when he was
seized with cramps. His body has
not been recovered.
Evans' body was found in the
grass on Nebraska avenue by a negro
man and his wife. Nearby was a
bottle half filled with whiskey and
morphine He was a collector for a
local loan association and was recently
married.
M.W KII.I.S HIS WIFE.
After tli** llrutal Heed He I?*red Any
to Follow IIiin.
With a foul oath. Almon Rains
-^hot and killed his wife. Stella Rains
at Friendship, a lumber siding two
mile* below Apex, N'. C., Saturday
morning, lie used a breech loading
shotgun, which he borrowed from a
leiglibor for the purpose. He tired
i load squarely in her eye. tearing
IT the top of her head. Death was
instantaneous. Loading the gun
again he dared and to follow him.
lie came to Apex and caught a northbound
passenger train. Authorities
ilong the line were notified to look
>ut for him. No cause is assigned
"'or this rash act. The woman killed
had a had reputation.
Killed by Lightning.
W'Mie Sherill, a white man, llvng
on the place of \V. It. Ftrnnson,
n the Autioch section of Darlington
ounty. was killed by lightning Frila.v
afternoon about four o'clock and
' Dr. \V. A. Carrlyan, of Society llill
I was severely shocked. The men
wore working on a horse at I he time
which was also killed by the boll.
\lr. Sherill was about thirty-five
.ears of age and leaves a family.
lMe?l from t'arbolic Arkl.
John Srhlute. a brother of Krank
"Vhlute. the ouifieelder of tlte Chicago
National baseball club, was
*'ound dead in bed In a hotel in Destershire
Monday. Death was due
to carbolic acid taken with suicidal
Intent, according to thee coroner's
inquest.
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SIZES DP TEDDY
Spttcfa ef RmsmcIi Scverdir Criticis
ti by Wn. Banes, Jr.
TWO ROGUES FALL OUT
Vpvr York Republican leader Dp.
clarpH In Statement that
ria Hhs Hun Klot Throughout
this Country" and Infrrrentl*lly
Place* Responsibility.
The old adage that when rogues
fall out honest men will get their
dues, Is on the way to verification
in the State of New York, where
the Republican leaders are gunnu'g
for Teddy, who has fallen like a
firebrand in their midst. It is to
be hoped that the fight will be n
veritable kilkenny cat afTair. The
people would be benefited.
Wdi. Barnes. Jr., Republican State
committeeman and leader of Albany
issued a statement Friday night, in
which he declares that "hysteria has
run riot throughout this country, '
and that the question to he decided
at the coming Rt*i>ublican State Convention
at Saratoga, is "whether the
Republican party will fight the disease
or succumb in the interests of
politicians seeking office or temporary
acclaim..'
The character of the recent addresses
of Theodore Roosevelt in
the West, he says, "has startled all
thoughtful men and impressed them
with the frightful danger which lies
tn his political ascendency."
When he talked with Col. Roosevelt,
after the meeting that selected
Mr. Sherman temporary chairman of
the Convention over the Colonel
and learned his attitude toward
public matters." Mr. Barnes says he
told the former President he uever
could have voted for him. '.Mr.
Barnes' statement in part says:
"At the coming Convention it will
be determined whether the Republican
party of this State, officially,
through its chosen representatives
in Convention, Intends to bow its
head to the political agitation of the
hour, which is the cause of the palsy
overhanging the business world today
or will stand firmly and in unmistakeahle
terms by its rock-ribbed
conservative principles, which have
when it is in power, given confidence
'o the business world and eneotiriged
enterprises.
"Hysteria has run riot throughout
this country, expressing itself 'n
one form or another, such as 'direct
nominations,' the 'initiative and re
<erendum," the initiative and recall'
?it matters little what particular
form nysteria takes?the question
to be decided at Saratoga is whether
the Republican party will tight
the disease or succumb in the interests
of the politicians seeking office
or temporary acclaim.
"The recent attack on the Supreme
Court of the United States by
a keen wilted and aspiring citizen
could not have been made without
i purpose well considered. It was
in appeal to passion. If this appeal
igainst judicial decision is popular
and not rebuked there is 110 reason
whatsoever, if a direct primary law
should be enacte din this state, why
-andioates for Judicial offices, com lelled
to run the gauntlet of a district
or Statewide primary, would
not, in order to appeal to the temporary
sentimentH of the moment
ieclare in advance their attitude upon
matters which come before them
for judicial review. Instead of men
of long legal experience and judicial
training, there would be as cnndilates
for the Bench lawyers who
w?ould not hesitate to make that
kind of appeal to the people, which
would be a disgrace to their profession."
Takes Vp For Teddy.
When Mr. Barnes' statement was
ommunicated to Lloyd C. CJriscom,
president of the New York county
Republican committee, at his country
place at Fairfield, Conn., Friday
night, he dictated the following reply:
".Mr. Barnes is trying by words to
nake the public forget he and b's
losest associates have recently been
caught In an ugly and deceitful at
tempt to obtain control of the coming
Republican State Convention
The Republican party in New York
State will have a welcome opportunity
at the Convention to reprove
such methods." *
Peculiar Accident.
Oscar K. Rason, a young white
man, was literally hanged by a plank
over the Chattohoochie River, neai
Columbus, (?a., on Saturday. He was
at work on a d;;in. which is beinc
built across the river, when a plank
struck against his neck and pinned
him to some timbers. His neck was
broken, and when the plank slipped
tway he dropped into the river. j
Fad Strikes Turkey. J
j The Department of State has xe
norts from (leorge Horton, United
States Consul at Saloniea. Turkey,
that t.ho moving picture fad is now
spreading among the Turks. He
notes that French and Indian Wins
have superceded those of American
make. \ v*
CHOLERA IN RUSSIA
SEVENTY THOUSAND HAVE I>IKI>
,
WITH THK DISK ASK.
Situation Grows More Serious lluc
the Government Is Working Hard
to Stay the Kpidemic.
The cholera situation In Russia
steadily grows more alarming. Already
figures show that there have
been more than 70,000 deaths from
the plaTue, and new points of Infection
are reported dally.
The best estimates now place the
number of cases at 65.000. and the
death rate has so far been fully 50
per cent.
The output of coal in the Donetz
region has been reduced by 60 per
cent., and a partial paralysis of railway
and industrial operations has set
in. The ignorance of the peasants.
Coupled with the awful lack of proper
medical and'sanitary organization,
makes the task of coping with the
unprecedented epidemic well-nigh
desperate.
Prof. Rein and a numerous medical
staff have gone south with instructions
from the government to
take every measure to arrest the
progress of the cholera, especially in
the colliery districts. The action is
ovuir?nai iuray. ine epidemic his
already laid low 4,000 miners and
thousands of others have fled to their
homes, spreading contagion in the
villages In the central and southern
districts.
The Novoe Vreraya depicts the situation
in the gloomiest colors. It
fears that cholera riots on a lar;s
scale will take palce. The local authorities
have decreed severe pains
and penalties for concealment of
cases, or for offering resistance to
the sanitary detatchments. Nevertheless
the lives of the doctors and
nurses are In constant peril, for the
benighted peasants are persuaded
that they sow the germs of the disease.
The Novoe Vremya points out that
agriculture is suffering severely because
of lack of hands to harves' "hcrops
and convey the grain to the
railways. A coal famine is imminent.
Empty trucks are accumulating
at wayside stations. Prices
are rising rapidly.
A DEADLY SUNDAY.
Three Drowned and One Suicide in
Tampa. Florida.
Three drownings and one suicide
were the tragic events in Tampa.
Florida, last Sunday:
llarrv T. Cole. London, sailor on
steamship Cayo Manzanillo, drowned
at Seaboard terminals.
Hubert Staium, Bremem. fireman
on steamship St. .lohanu, drowp?d at
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COTTON CROP REPORT
SOUTH CAROLINA CROP IS PUT
AT SKVRNTY-THRKK.
Thr Crop Roportfw for the Government
liwue u Statement of Cotton
on Condition.
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i ua vrup reporuns uoard of th?
Department of Agriculture estimates
that the average condition of the
cotton crop on August 25 was 72.1
as compared with 75.5 on July 25,
1910; 63.7 on August 25. 1909; 76.1
on August 25,1908; and 73.1 the .
average of the past ten years on
August 25.
Comparisons of conditions on August
25 follows: 10-Year
States 1910 1909 Average
Virginia 82 73 79
North Carolina..76 73 76
South Carolina.. 73 7 4 76
Georgia 71 73 76
Florida 74 75 78
Alabama 7.2 66 Y2
Mississippi 71 61 75
Louisiana 60 48 71
Texas 69 59 69
Arkansas 78 60 73
Tennessee 7 8 7 5 81
Missouri 78 80 86
Oklahoma 85 56 75
California .... 95
United States. .. 72.1 63.7 73.1
While the average condition of
cotton on August 25, according to
the figures of the crop reporting
board of the Department Is 8.4 per
cent, better than it was at the corresponding
date last year, it is lowered
by 3.4 per cent, that it was a
month ago. It is 4 per cent, lower
than it was at this time in 1908, und
is 1 per cent, below the average for
the last ten years.
Oflicials of the Department of Agriculture
declined to estimate the effect
of the tiurea made by the crop
rei>orting hoard. The old crop of
cotton, by reason of existing hLgh
prices, has been practicnllv ?*hnn?f
?'d. "Twentjvcent cotton" has called
substantially every bale of spot cotton
from its hiding place, according
to the views of the department officials.
Just now the new crop is beginning
to come into the market. In
Southern Texas the crop is being
picked and ginned as rapidly as possible
and from now on the crop marketed
will continue to Increase for
several months.
TRAIN CLAIMS THltKK VICTIMS.
Two Men and One Woman Killed at
Different Points.
Two killed at a distance of twenty
miles apart is the record made
by the Southern Pasaenser train No.
:j 7 Saturday as it passed through Rowan
and Carbarns counties, N. C.
At Linwood, near Spencer, an unidentified
peddler was struck and instantly
killed as he stepped out of
the way of a freight and was struck
by the fast vestibule. At Concord
Mrs. Florence llatley, while endeavoring
to lead her cow off on the
south-bound track was killed as was
likewise the cow. No blame was
attached to the train crew on acscount
of the accidents.
Near Lexington Frank Hillings, a
fanner, was struc.k and instanMy
killed by train No. .'17. He was walking
on one of the tracks when northhound
train No. 4 4. approached ami
lie stepped over on th3 Southbound
track and wn? uiik.h ?.?> v"~ ""
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WORK OF A OKA/A' MAX.
Shut IILs Wife I'p in a Cave With
Two Huge Snakes.
That her husband had Imprisoned
her In a cave in which there were
two huge snakes, from which sh?
barely escaped with her life, and
that later he attempted to tie her
hands and feet and place her on a
red-hot stove, was the testimony Riven
by Mrs. Fannie S. Wood, of Denver,
Cul., in the district court in her
suit for divorce from Chester L.
Wood yesterday. She secured her
decree. Wood became insane several
months ago and when officers came
to take him in charge took refuge
in a culvert half filled with water,
where for several hours he put up
a desperate fi2\ht, finally overcome
after he had received severe injuries.
Killed in Runaway.
Mrs. Wesley Miller, the widow
who was injured Friday near Zeb.
inmiies rroin Nallshury. N. hy
!)f'in)! thrown from a wagon occupied
hy herself and two children, the mule
running away, died at th?* Whitehead
Stokes sanitarium Saturday, never
having regained consciousness.
Auto Turned Over.
Turning turtle near Camp Opeeche
Fatnrdav an automohlle flung a partly
of eight men and women into the
road, instantly killed Mrs. W. C.
i Soars, wife of a prominent lumberman
of Hyannls.
Deadly Lightning.
I During a terrific electric storm
which [Kissed over the Southern sec,
.tion of Rowajt county, X. C.t Satur,
day afternoon F^rrie Oihson, colored.
a.ed If* years, was instantly?kl!lr
ed by lightning.
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