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f v PAGE TWO THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925 FLOYD COLLINS FOUND DEAD WHEN REACHED BY RESCUERS Cave Explorer Discovered Monday Afternoon After Seventeen Days of Effort to Release Him From His Prison. Cave City Ky., Feb. 16.—The long mand of the heroic volunteers, ex- st niggle is'ended. Mother Earth,! pressed his admiration of the unsel- after clinging grimly and in death to fish and unceasing labor of the men Flovd Collins, for more than 17 days, | “from the lowliest waterboy to the finally surrendered at 2:45 o’clock this j man who was^about to receive his A. SEtEHT EGGS VERY CAREFULLY FOR . STRONG CHICKS afternoon and, without warning, open-j B. degree.’.' He said this experience ed a tinv hole between a rescue shaft, had strengthened his faith in human and the natural tomb of the cave ex- nature and that he had found the men were “99 per cent pure gold.” “After 20-odd years of construction By C. A. LOVELL - Thru Autocaster- Service About half the eggs set each year do not hatch—and about half the chicks that are hatched die in the first few days or weeks. Part of the story of this year’s poultry experience was written when the breeding stock was hatched and while it was being raised. That was last year, or the year be fore. It is in the present moment, however, that the eggs are being pro duced, with every egg a potential chick, dependent in a large measure work, I have never seen a group °f 1 f or jt 3 success or failure in life upon The Nose Knows oss: “I’m smoking a terrible lot of cigars these days.” Stenog: “I’ll say ydb are—if that’s one of them.” plorer. Peering down this tiny fissure into Sand cave, the. brave workers, who had waged an unequal combat with! unorganized men do work so well and , the ^in^g that happen to the egglbe- ai v,ii f/wwiAQ PATtH- srw : rviiinL 1 \t 99 GAifl C"!n.wmcliRfel. I incut)&tion t)0^ins the natural forces of the earth, saw j quickly,” said Mr. Carmichael that what they had fought so hard j “These volunteer laborers, ranging for had been lost. Collins was dead. ! f 10 m small boys to old men, have each But they will reclaim his body, only | given every ounce of his strength to to restore it again to the rugged hills his duty,” he added, he roamed as a youth and explored ’ “Out of the hundreds that volun as a man. “Thank God, they’ve found him.” This was Lee Collins’ single state ment after his boy had been found. A terse statement, signed by the three men who had led scores of oth ers in the long fight, told of the result and paid tribute to their assistants. After describing the break through the roof of Sand Cave and the prelim inary investigation of it by Albert Marshall, the statement said: “His game little partner, Ed Bren ner of Cincinnati, whose work has been very conspicuous and of untold value by reason of his small stature and great strength and iron nerve, went down head foremost into this hazardous pit and, with a light, close ly examined the face and position of the man, who, we understood, is Floyd Collins, and called up to Mr. Carmi chael, five feet above him, that the man was cold and apparently dead. Only in exceptional cases should young pullets be used to produce hatching eggs. Year old hens are bet ter. A mature hen can transmit more stamina and vitality to the germ within each egg than can a pullet. tee red and worked for me they were ^‘‘Th’e shaWwork^was started a week 1 T 00 » h »" ld ^ ‘voided ago last Thursday at 1:30 o'clock in f ° r th « °PP» slte re “ son -. Age brln * s the afternoon and only five ounces of on a ,0i,s °* Vl & 0r - dynamite was used in driving the I The eggs that are to be set should shaft a depth of 60 feet. It was, all be gathered frequently. When the done by pick and shovel.” j hen deposits an egg and leaves the Late tonight miners continued to, nest the temperature starts to drop. timber up the lateral and enlarge the drop is very * reat the tiny passageway to Collins; so that his bit of life may be weakened, or even j body could be removed. Officials said killed outright. it might take 36 hours, as the work i Temperature is all-important. At would lack the fiery energy which has 68 degrees the germ begins to develop, driven the rescue crew constantly for. hence the eggs should be kept some A Dirty Knock Cynic: “What do you think of this column of humor you are now read ing?” Diplomat: “Well, I would say that anyone with fever blisters and crack ed lips could read it without fear of pain.” count in a bank that had plenty of money. Yea, Indeed Cross-worder: ‘‘Give me a ten let ter word meaning a country without any women in it.” Smart Guy: “That’s easy—Stagna tion.” Answer to Week’s Puztle The Cat Beth: “How is Fred? ahahmm Beth: “How is Fred, your sweetie, these days?” ’’Gladys: “Wonderful.” Beth: “I’m glad to know some one thinks so.’ A T 4 M O A M A 4 €• Financial Suggestion Hubby: “Dear, you’ll have to give up that idea of a new spring suit this month. Money at the bank is awfully low,” Newlywed: “I know you are a good business man, honey bunch—but if I were you, I’d certainly put our ac- New Way to Quickly Stop Worst Cough 11 days. From the early days of the cave what below that point. Below 55 it is too cold. The range of temperature man’s entrapment down through the i should be between 55 and 65 degrees, days that followed, there was waged ; since beyond either of these points a great struggle with nature and the j losses creep in to rob the poultry elements. Friends and neighbors ' raiser of the fruits of his toil. There is only one way to know temperature absolutely and that is by the use of a reliable thermometer. rushed to his aid and time after time rescue parties went into the narrow, l)t , crooked passage and wormed their, The bulletin was signed by Brig, way along its slimy course to where | The man or woman does not live who Gen. H. H. Denhardt, H. T. Carmichael j he was imprisoned. Their efforts to can K uess temperature accurately and M. E. S. Posey. A remarkable new and simple method for treating a cough gives relief with the first doses and usual ly - breaks a severe cough in 24 hours The treatment Is based on the prescription known as Dr. King's New Discovery for Coughs. You take just one teaspoonful and hold It in your throat for 15 or 20 sec onds before swallowing, without following with water. The prescrip tion has a double action. It not only soothes and heals sorenpse and Irritation, but it quickly loosens and removes the phlegm and con gestion which are the direct ctuut of the coughing. People have been astonished how quickly the cough- ed wit* this new treat ing mentl^anST the whole cough condi- igh < tlon goes in a very Short time. The prescription Is for coughs^ chest colds, hoarseness, bronchitis spasmodic croup, etc. It Is excellent for children as well as grownups— no harmful drugs. Economical, too. as the dose is only one teaspoonful* At all good druggists Ask for ^ Dr. William Hazlett of Chicago and Dr. C. E. Francis of Bowling Green, Ky., announced later that, from infor mation they had obtained, Collins had been dead more than 24 hours. Although the quest for Collins had ended in locating his body, the tired miners, saddened by the realization that the man they tried so hard to get him out were unavailing and oth- enough, while a thermometer that ers from the outside came in. i does not register properly may give a Miners from the nearby coal fields °J and from the asphalt mines of the The limit of time for keeping hatch- Kentucky Rock” Asphalt" company i* a ^ Ut tW ° 'Tf' 18 ; truck, Ky., flocked to the rescue. , be3t r ' sults the > r should "ot be kept o \tr r t?- u *. d 'more than one week, a fresh egg al- Gov. W. J. Fields sent Mr. Posey' , . ’ . , ways producing a more vigorous and healthy chick. This does not mean to the scene as his personal repre sentative. State troops followed, c little handful of them at first, and save was dead, turned heavy hearted, then General Denhardt, commander of to the still dangerous task of recover- the Seventy-fifth infantry brigade, ing his body. i was ordered to take supreme command that three-weeks’-old eggs will never hatch. But if they do the chicks from such eggs are handicapped at the start. It is such chicks that run up D RdSl£LG'S CoucHS Wear Tailor-Made Clothes Have both the appearance and the feeling of being well dressed. We show a wealth of spring fabrics and models .... come and see them now! L. B. Dillard Young Ha,ts THE ONE 'PRICE STORE”! Ralston and $5.00 Clinton, S. C. 1 Ncttleton Shoes * Hours of' digging remain ahead of of the situation. The resources of the the high mortality notedjn the open- them before they can remove Collins state >-ere thrown behind the rescue 10 Turn “fh^egga ^asionaHy while from his tightly wedged position in efforts. • —— Dr. W. K. Funkhouser of the l T ni- they are being held awaiting the ihe <start batching operation. Once the narrow passage to Sand cave. When, finally they have brought versity of Kentucky, came in a him from his tomb, Collins' body will state's geologist and Mr Carmichael ' n J gg „ eU £ toward J shell and be consigned to a grave near the cave, ff" 6 ” 1 ? UP L u‘ jl "’ | if left too long in one position it may after funeral services under the nigh Kyrock, who had come here as an , dh t th i awe t :_ t Th resu i t , r u:„v itsel f individual, joined forces with the state aanere at ine 1( * west point, ine result dome of Crystal cave, which stands as a monument to the manJ and was put in charge of the rescue l^‘ k be a " e » k - cri I'P l « i or dead 1 here, amidst its stalagmites and operations. . It is not a good plan to keep too stalactites, his funeral will he held. j Meantime, the unorganized efforts n^y j n same basket The The “mowwnent” to the rescue | of ‘ individuals to drag CollinS out shell seems very dense, but as a mat- workers, however, will be torn down [ through the natural tunnel had been j ter 0 f f act j s porous B ot h by the hands that built it. The rescue replaced by an organized forfe. shaft will be dynamited after Ccllins’j But this force was unequal to the body has been removed. . task of overcoming one obstacle after i “It is a dangerous place and we do 1 another-.that was placed m the way air and moisture can pass. through. Pil ing up the eggs so that the air sup ply is cut off contributes to the dis appointments of hatching day. In net ”‘"1 any one else trapped in of those who tried to save the trapped st( , ad of baskc ts, use shallow trdys, there, said Mr. Carmichael, m charge explorer. I just deep enough for a single layer of of the excavation. I Nature had laid its trap in the first The size of the eg^s used for hatch Collins was trapped by a falling place so that no one could get to it. 1 boulder in Sand cave at 10 Vck'-k Collins was in the narrow passage be- Friday morning, January 30. His tween the rescuers and the rock that plight was discovered 24 hours later held him down. When hopes IS. L Kimi & Son “THE LADIES 8^^ t k- | First Skewing of New Shjl es j lor SPRING * DRESSES and -n i. ■ ■ —,1 -m—■ t 'Wfc l W ENSEMBLES ing is important. They should be I i uniform, neither too large nor too!; ...... .. . w f^ e ‘small. Two ounces is looked upon as I; and there then began a great fight high that they soon could get to the the stam j a rd weight. against nature to rescue him. ! boulder, a cave-in closed the passage-} ma y A small egg Heart-breaking disappointment the way. This was cleared away, only to | ' C “^ workers encountered repeatedly, as have an mtpenetrable one dumped into ; th h t0 maturit thf , |lcts nature dumped one hazard after an- the crevtce, completely cuttmg off the | am0 „ them wil , be , ikel ^ ^ un other into their paths. i prisoner from the crevice. A shaft At last, tyowever, man’s persever- was started a few feet from the ance won and the limestone roof of, mouth of the cave and for 11 days Sand cave collapsed today under the workers slowly dug their way toward weight of the miners and dropped the cave. Time after time, just when them into the natural passage, be-1 they believed the end of their long tween where Collins was trapped and fight was at hand, nature played a “squeeze” which closed the natural another trump and delayed the day passage some ten days ago. But their! when Collins was to be found. Today, indomintable struggle to sink a shaft however, while the miners kept dig- to save him was in vain. I ging away, the break came and at last There, his eyes sunken, Collins lay. j revealed the victim. The man the rescuers had worked so ! Preliminary plans to hold an in- hard and so long to save had paid quest at the mouth of Sand cave were with his life for his search for the made this evening. It probably will earth’s underground treasures. j be six hours, however, before the pas- The continuously dripping water sageway to Collins can be enlarged was not sufficient to keep Collins sufficiently to permit a first hand alive, the physicians said. His jaw medical'examination. Physicians ^hen * was in a state of tension when found. { will crawl to Collins and determine, Carmichael, who had been in com- if possible, when he died. dersized eggs, and small eggs are not wanted by the markets. Only clean eggs are fit incu bate. Dirt stops the pores in the shell and hinders ventilation. Washed eggs are worse, even, than the dirty eggs, since the washing makes it practically certain the egg will not hatch. Gather hatching eggs frequently, select those of uniform size from healthy breeding stock, keep them in a well ventilated room at a tempera ture between 55 and 65 degrees, turn them once daily, set them before they are a week old. 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