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VOLUME XIV (&MDKN, S, C.,' FRIDAY, AUGUST H, l'.NtH fllttor iBvfutf 9f th* WMk la ? m vs-r . v.p - . Til* ?'*?<*? Yrittic ' f . Tbe railroad commission has been jT* a number of complaints from the tobacco shippers In and around SSWWttf vlUf. It ieeina that the rail roads, Instead of making a local stop' Hi Darlington take the tobaeco on to Florence and then, after a transfer, bring the shipments back to Isling ton- This, of course, has caused con siderable inconvenlencev to the shlp rkth and buyers and the commission ers have been appealed to for help. The matter will be taken up with the rail, road authorities and there seems to be ^8 doubt that It will be agreeably ad justed. The tobacco shipments this year are claimed to be very heavy an<T V the end of the season U will prob ably exceed any of the previous years. 5par(anburg rian Pree. Isaac Randolph, , the young wftfte t^an who convicted of bigamy at a recent term of sessions court for Spartanburg county, and who has ser ved an imprisonment prior and subse quent to his trial in all of five months, ? li? again free from customdy. He was sentenced to serve two years at hard labor (n the penitentiary. He, through qpunsel, appealed for a new trial. This mas granted a few days ago by Judge Dafttgler in Newberry. He was releas ed- from jail, his own recognisance be ~ Ti|l?ken for his appearance at the next term of sessions court for Spar tanburg county, ?.'<? ft. i'mteijili ? -h -i .. hmmiii i" Palmetto Briefs. The. York County Oood Roads As isoclatlon has passed the following rea. olutipnr That the general assembly be memorialized to amend the road law so y as to provide for competent, practical y township supervisors of roads who shall receivers per day, not-exceeding ' 40 days per. annum?. and two commis sioners who shall recelvfe |1 per day while in ictual service, who sh^ll have ? ? SFfrinl mtlHtrvUiifttt ^ver all fhfl Pllhlinj rc*ds in th^lr respective townships, a p ? point ail overseers, prosecute each #nd every overseer who fails to put the re - quired number of days work on his sec . uon. : Officer Bates, of the Spartanburg . IH>14ce force, had an exciting chass a negro. thief - Friday, morning about 4 o'clock. After watchingr the Bpicioue movements pf the miner cant some time, the officer gave chase - the negro droppwKJiis burden, -cilch consisted of tbirty-tVo chicken? In a bag and a number of coats. One of the coats was immediately identified . Jbjr a notebook in one of the pocketa a* the property of a young man who works at the Saxon mills. The negro . made good his escape after having propped his burden and taken to his . **&*? ' i Mr. Arthur w. Cuohmas shot and v killed himself at his home, eight miles northeast of- Aiken, Fridflgtfffforning at 8 o'clock. Mr. Cushman was one of the ? moet ^ominent thfin In that county and had host of friends througbouF th* $tate. He was a member of the "" ?iwyi^.:from~t898" fd 1900 and Candidate tot sheriff of that coi 1000. Being defeated In this ra& ne moved his family to Texas, where he . ? Lived about nine months and thea re - turned to nis home county, where *he hae been faroiHf ever shtas, A negro named John Kmard, living in the vicinity of Del mar, Saluda coun ty. was'found dead in?fhe mad Friday, f 'Ma brains having been shbt out The " negro had been in some lawsuit and waa under a |50O bond. No information 'a killing could be had. The cor Trn, . M r*?** a verdict that the , deceased* came Id Till death- -at-- -thaj hands of unknown parties. Ky^Mr, W. A. Aycock, who lives on Sharon R, F. % {No. 2, near McOon . nellsville, York county, lost his barn and contents by fire on last Wednes day morning. The contents included . two fine mules, two fine milch cows, . buggy shed, cotton house, shucks, fodder, itc., In all aggregating In VSlue -about $600, Thelnmirihce amounted to "only $60. Mr. Aycock hfS no Informa ? wiras to the- origin of theeffre; 'but even It to have been the workm an rrr ^ M;; - 1 . >. ' Constables Burton and Harrison hava I - arrested Joe Resse, .colored, on the ' . charge of murdering C.H.MajjpUsat Seven-mile Junction on; the night ?of October 17, 1001. The arrest was made lact feturday night and Reese was to Charlastov. .He was taken to - tha Hospital, suffering from dropsy. In aa aecldent on' the Southern, at Wastminleter, last Wednesday^ evening in* stkctne and four cars of north b?No*74 wars derailed and a. of Atlanta, it AAScrooa, and . a. gCO&j SOUTH CAROLINA CtOPS Scattered Shower a and Very Warm Weather the Past Week, The woek ending 8 a. m. Monday, August 10th, had a mean temperature of 8tadegree?, whjvh i? also the nor mal for the week. There watt no eir *??ne of temperature, either of high during the aays, or low at night. The sunshine was also about normal, JUght winds prevailed generally, but local jvlgh and somewhat damaging wind storms occurred In Pickens, OreeQViHe, Greenwood and Sumter counties.' Frequent showers occurred, especlalr ly in the central, with weekly amounta, ranging from nearly three inches to trace In a few places. In York county and parts of adjoining ones the need of rain is seriously felt, and rain is also needed in parte of Orangeburg, Berkeley, Williamsburg. Colleton and Hampton bounties, and in parte of the extreme western ones. In parts of Greenville, Saluda and Fair field counties there were heavy lotal rains that washed lands badly, and flooded bottom lands. With the exceptions just noted the moisture conditions .were favorable. There wail a marked improvement in all crops where su&clent rain fell. The exceptions include but a compara tively small part of the State where it has been too dry for the beat develop ment of crops, arid even there all but the staple crops show some mcnt of crops, and even there all but Improvement. Cultivation of field crops is not yet finished in the west ern counties, but will be in & short 'time. ? ~ ? f The weather conditions we*e favora, ble for the development of cotton, exV cept that on sandy lands it made little 01 no Improvement. In a tew places cotton "has grown too much to weed, and is not well fruited, but generally it has fruited nicely, with compara tively little Shedding, except on sandy lands where cotton Is shedding both leaves and forms. Rust has appeared in a number of widely separated coun ties, and is spreading rapidly. Open bolls havejiaeis noted In Beaufort and QeorgeUf^Fn^ counties, with indications of ear/y opening of bolls over the southeastern coupties generally. Sea Island] cotton has Improved and is blooming profusely. Tobacco curing continues In the cen tral k nd western districts, but may be calfMo be practically finished. HlCe I? cipcning ltf the coast districts. Murder Host Poul._ Wfliterboro, Special? Saturday be tween 12 ^3"T"5*clirctr oiKnof-the -moefc? brutal crimes ever known- In this county was committed at ChurehFlat. about two miles from Rantowles sta tion, on the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road. Lizzie Aiken,' a -negro woman about years old, killed two of her children by cutting their heads off with an a jie. One of the chiUfgft J . 5 years Old and the other v?.* *ald their heads Was severed ^omplete 4y from the body, not a necjfa or vein or anything left to connect, them. The body of the older child was cut In other places, sho?wing that the cra ted mother met with some resistance in killing this one. Both children wereotfirls. It seems that an effort was made to burn them after the bloody work of the axe, for a fire had been kindled around the lg>dy of the younger child. The woman was com. writted to Jail by Thoe. Fields, constat bis for Magistrate Behling, and from what he .says the woman must have been crazy. He says sh<L.claimed that a dog came alpnfr and tola her that the worl^ vrontar be destroyed unless she kfilea them in order to save the world. She admitted the killing to Magistrate HeblJng, but now denies it n}ost stren uously. ? Z& An Important Case. An important ruling has been hand ed 4own regarding collection of . excess faro on railroada in South Carolina. Formerly a passenger boarding a train without a ticket was charged 25 centa additional, which, however was re funded to him on presentation of the Cash fare receipt at the poiqt of? desti nation. The railroad contttlsslon claims this amount brings the fare above the. rate allowed by the State, and consequently1 its collection is in , violation of |Re law, reganttpss of the i refunding of .It. The outcome of the matter will be. watohedwith interest, | ( .1 ? .*. I Palmetto Brtefs. ? Thursday afternoon a bolt of light ning strufk the barn of Mrs. L. D. Child**, Just below Columbia, and within an hour, so goes the report, the big building was level with the ground and all. of its contents was con sumed by the paging fire. In. the barn, ijt&ides n great lot of corn and fodder, were 8,000 bales of hay:. The loss is esllnaatiSd at ?bout-j|2,Q00. The first! nstallment of the improved ri? oa received by General Frost in cluded 4,52* magarlnc riflw. with cali bre of .2M, model of 1898 and model 1891 sight; an equal number of bayo nets, scabbards, cartridges, belts and gun slings; 624 magazine cavalry carbines, calibre .303, model of 1892. with mo<$l 1901 sights sights, with a complemefw of cavalry cartridge belts and slight covers. jitney Smltb. edlored, mg killed Friday by * *egro of the same name at tfl< wsftr yard at Charleston where ?*s esgagsd at work. The womatf just carried htm his dinner when r$M % nost <rf Oolwbt*. *io ?u ebarc*d wlf' ?till Tug Tl*is|? Bnnker Hili ? Isilihlg the mrtl^wm laeJj VIEWS ON LYNCHING Presjjkot Sends Bis Congratulations ^ to Governor Durbiu AN UTTERANCE BY TOE EXECUTIVE fir, n oeievelt Holds Ttmt Lyn?b)ni For. Any Crime Is Subversive of All Uw and dust Be Suppressed. Oyster Bay, 8 pedal. ? In a letter, the publication of wfelch vu author ized, President Booeevelt commends Governor Durbin, of Indiana, for the attitude he assumed recently respect ing lynching. The President also em> braces the opportunity to express his ovm 'Views on lynching .and mob vio lence generally, pointing out that mob violence 1b merely one form of anju-chy 'and that anarchy . Is the forerunner of tyranny ?. The President vigorously urges that the penalty for that crime -w^hlch most frequently In duces a resort to' lynching shall be applied swiftly and surfely, but by due process of the courts, so that It may be demonstrated "that the law Is ade quate to deal with crime by freeing It from every vestige of technicality and delay.*' President Roosevelt's let ter In full to Governor , Durbin foU lows: "Oyster Bay, August 6, 1903. "Governor Durbin: Permit mo to thank you as an American citizen for the admirable way in which you have vindicated the majesty of the law by your recent action In reference to. lynching. I feel, my dear sir, that you have made all men your debtors who believe as all of the far-seeing men. must, that the well-being, Indeed, th?^ very existence of the republic, de4 pends upon that spirit of orderly liber-c ty under the law which fs as Incom patible with mob violence as with any form of despotism. Of course mob violence 18 simply one form of an archy, and anarchy is now, as It al ways has boon, the handmaiden and forerunner of tyranny. "I feel that you have not only re flected honor upon the /State which for Its good fortune bob you as its Ghief Executive, - but upon the whole nation, it is Incumbent upon every man throughout IMs country not only to hold up yourVfods In the course you havB. faEen following, but toahow bis realisation that -the mutter I<? oiio of vital concern to us all. ^All thoughtful men must fiel the gravest alarm over the growth of lynching In this country and especi ally over the . peculiarly- hldequs forms so often taken by mob violence*, when colored men are the vlfctlms, *6t i which occasions the mob seems to lay most weight, not on the crime, but on the color of the criminal. In a certain proportion of these cases the man lynched has been guilty of a crime horrible beyond description, a crime so horrible that 99 ffir as fee himself Is concerned he has for frequently light on innocent people, and the wrong done In auch case to ttye individual Is one for *hlch there is no remedy. But even I where the real criminal is reached jthe wrong dope by the mob to the ootnmunlty it self la well-nigh aa great. ' Especially la this true where the lynohlng la ac companied with torture. There are certain hideous eights which once seen can never be wholly erased from the mental retina. The mere fact of having seen them implies degradation. This is a thousand fold stronger when, instead of merely seeing the deed, tbe man haa participated in it. Whoever in any part of our country has ever taken part in lawlessly putting to death a criminal by the dreadful tor ture of Are, must forever after have the awful spectacle of his own hand work seared into his brain and soul. He can never again be the sarue man. This matter of lynching would bo a terrible thing even if It Btopped with thl lynching of men guilty of the in human and htdeoua crime of rape; but as a matter of fact, lawlessness of thla type never does stop and never can atop In such fashion. Every vio lent man in the community is en couraged by every ea*e of lynching in which the lynchers go unpunished to himself take the law into his own hands whenever it suits his own con venience. In the same way the use of toiture by the mob in certain cases is sur? to spread until it is applied more or Ices indiscriminately in other cases. The spirit of lawlessness grows with what it feeds on, and when mops' with Impunity lynch criminals fibr one causc, they ara certain to ocgin t>o lynch real or iUleged criminals for other causes. In the recent cases of lynching over three-fourths were not for rape at all, but for murder, at tempted murder and even less heinous offenses. Moreover, ? the history of these recent cases shows the awful .fact that when the minds of men are habituated to the ^B^of-torturo by lawless bodies toitfVenge crfmos of a peculiarly revolting description, other IPWless bodies will uae force to ac complish crimes of an ordinary type. Surely no patnot can fall to see the fearful brutallxation and debasement which the indulgence of such a spirit and such practices inevitabiy.,portend. Purely all public men, all writers fo; the dally press, all clergymen, all teachers, all who in any way have a right to address the public should with every energy unite to denounce such crimes And to support those engaged in putting them down. As a people we clal?i the right to speak with pe culiar /Emphasis for -freedom and for fair t/eatment of all men without re Z to differences of race, fortune, _wced or color. We forfeit the right to speak when we. commit or condone ouch crimes as these of whlotr I speak. ? "The nation, like the Individual, can not oommlt a crime witjh impunity. If -TccArejpilUy of lawlescneaj and brutal violence, whether our 'guljt consrsr Ili active participation thlrelif, or ill mere connivance and enefmrageraent, we shall assuredly suffer later on he cause of what we have done. The cdr rer-stone of this republic, as of all "free governments, is respqgt for and obedience of the lfcw. Where we per mit the law to be defied or evaded, whether by rich man or poor man, by black man or white, we are by Just so much weakening the bonds of our civilization and increasing the chances of its overthrow and of the substitu tion therefor of a system in which '?there shall be violent alternations of anarchy and ^tyranny. "Sincerely yours, "THEODORE R009EVEL.T. "Hon. Wlnfield T. Durbln, "Governor of Indiana, "Indianapolis. Indiana." NERVES' CURED. .AT SEA. Work That Help* Along en a?.5ma!l CViiImpi i ESS For iicrvoug people or people who Buffer from nervous dyspepsia or ex haustion, there is no other kind of life which '^OR$*fos with that aboard the amall crulser. where the sufferer must do some of the work about deck. Butl there must be real work, not Just lend ing a hand on a line hye and there. Many things are to be borne in mind by the amateur Bailor when he decides to live for a time aboard a vessel as [. "Owner and master." First of all, ho must bo philosophical. He must not lake the Ulrdllke life too seHously. Ac cidents and maritime dangerg. aucTi aB storms and collisions, must be fooked out for, but not/ made Into a night mare to worry Vnim. He must carry away , gear and perhaps a stlclfe^r two now and then, without getting on his nerves. There is little danger in bad weather, if be uses ordinary Judgment in shortening sail, and he must re member that ??u.> luetics. or worse carry much sail In heavy squalls^jyUs j CTHft,w1tir J^poderate amount of ouP j aide ballast, Will- be. quite uncapslsable under the conditions ahe. was designed toutfdergo. If ho wishes Xp have a craft, that will carry all sail In a black squall, or a topsail in a gale/he Should get ashore and Join the rocklngchair fleet. There he may indulge in prob lems of melacettric height ^to his heart's content without danger him self or companions. r Neither should he be too >krttcular In regard to hi* personal habits. He should .board the eVaft with the spirit he had when he went on his first pic nic, and be ready to live tn plain style. [-Thtr waralag pMT he apprarttted after j | axt expansile steward brings him in his flfst meal or two. tsxuste s&m s?.| along the eeaat tU U a near steward J who Mid iteaka, to say nothing of ut flsfc,at a mwderar* *ypOTib.? ~uutsa, allV Jtm m ?ininml lunnln* uul WW nw, ?Jiuwvwt, iwbwuj m ww* A MOB CONFERENCE Unique Gathering Discusses a Live Question of the Day ? # "T ; M.r.w EFEJitE OF LYNCHING FOR RAPE John Tempi* Graves Sp?ik? on ??The flob Spirit In the South" and De fends Ills Section, Chautauqua, N. Y? Special.-^Unlque | aniong all ui^mmcr gatherings Is the "mob conference" now In progress here. The increase oi mob spirit shown by feuj}s, lynchlngs, riots, assassin** tlons and other lawless happenings gives great importance to this confer-' ence. Among Tuesday's speakers was John Temple Graves, of Atlanta, (la. Mr. Graves spoke on "The Mob Spirit of the South." He defended lynch* law as a remedy for the crime of rape, holding that though lynching Is a crime, it is justified by the crime which provokes it and will never be 'discon tinued until that crome is eliminated. The remedy for lyinchlng must be tlV* elimination of the crime of rape and this, he maintains, could bo done only by the separation of the two races in the United States. "The problem of the hour is not how to prevent lynching in the South, but the larger question. 'How shall we de stroy the crime which always has apd always will provoke lynching?' The an swer which tho mob returns to tills vl^ tal question is already known. ) The mob answers It wiy?- the rope, the bul let and sometlm^, God save us, with the torch. And the mob Is practical; Its theory is effective*, tflua kU*fJ? degree; the mobHl today , the sternest, the {strongest and the 'most effective re straint that the age holds for tho con -4 trol ipf rape." ; The lyncher does not exterminate the rapist. Mr. Graves contended, but he holds him mightily In check. As a sheet;, cold, patent fact, he said, the mob stands today aS the most potential bulwark between the woihen of the South and such a carnival of crime us would infuriate the world and pre cipitate the a^A^lation of negro race. The masrarof the negro, he held, are not afraid of death coming Iq a regular way. They love display and the spectacular clement of a trial and ox ecution appeal to their imaginations. Expediting the processes of the law would not be adequate to eliminate lynching. . The repeal of the amende menU arid tKfc^fltaW^irment of the ne groes' inferiority in society? declared Mr. .Graves, though desirable, are riot sufficient,' "for the negro," he added. Y'\n a thing of the senses, and withJ this race and with all similar races the de sire of the senses must be restrained by the terror of the senses, If possible, under the law." No Influence of suppression so mighty and effective could be brought to hear-as a law- making, amputation the penalty for the crime of rape; But this, like curfew edicts, separate law# for, white and black, or the treatment of the crime of rape ao separate and outside of all other codes are btft ex pedients, he maintained; there is no real remedy but one. No statute will permanently solve tblB problem. Re ligion does not solve 0 It. ffrfecatlon complicates It. Politics complicates it. "The truth which lies beyond arid above all those temporising expedi ent#, " he concluded, "is that separa tion Is the logical, the inevitable, ' the only solution of this great problem of the races.'' Bleew?4?g the subject Of "Mental and Moral Contagion," Dr. J. M. Bucjt-r ley, q{ New Yorkx after speaking it. some length or the variola trauslent and permanent changes that take place tinder different physical and mental influences, in human personality, took up the question of Crime and argued lEaTSJt TTtimr 1mpHed-the~exlstence .oL society and its. attritions, that slq^and vice could be committed, by a person alone In the world, but not so crime, He showed the operation of this and how far through their natural causes epidemics might spread. In conclusion, he declared that as laws of association bring oh such gen* oral and feverish crlmtnai tendencies, ?w the lswfi of em ployed to antagonise them. Wilt Be Convicted. Wilmington, Special. ? Testimony in the Register murder trial was com pleted Tuesday and -Argument Jt>y counsel to the jury has commenced. The general opinion prevails- that a verdict of murder in the first degree will be returned .as to the younger Register, and that his father will be convicted ol accessory before the fact. ? ~ t. One Hundred Killed. Paris, By Cable. ? Eighty-four bodies have been recovered and the death' list probably will exceed 100, In the underground railway disaster which occurred here Monday night. The ac cident, which occurred on the Metro politan Electric Railway, assumed tbe proportions of an 4wful catastrophe during the early hours when more khan four-ecore bodies of the burned ahd suffocated victims wern removed from the aublerraneaa pesssge, The work continues and indications are that the death list will perhapa ex eeed flv?eeorss. Ctuld Killed By Train. ~^KeWm>ffl, It. OpeUal. ? News j&tSL h? here* Tuesday night of the wmng of t 'siaall w WteeWW atTqs carers by a mall tnfci en the Atlantic mM Sat the cars passed over the NEW JPOPE GOES IN Plus Tenth Now Wears the Famous Triple Tiara ? ' ri THOUSANDS WITNESS CEREMONIES ilultltudM Stood For Ten Hour* on Their Feet to (let a Qiifopse of ths New Pontiff. Rome, By Cable.?The ceremony of the coronation of Pope . Flue X took place in the basilica of St. iter's, In the presence of the princes and high dignitaries of the Church, diplomats and Roman nobles, and with all the tolemnlty and splendor associated with this, the moat magnificent rite In the Roman Catholic Church. As Cardinal Macchl, the doan of the cardinal dea cons, placed the triple crown on the head of the venerable Pontiff, the throng of 70.000 persons gathered within the cathedral burst into unrestrained ac clamations, the chblr Into a hymn of' trlumplr and the bells of Rome rang j out a joyful peal. It 1s 67 yerffs since the Romans and Kurope assisted at such a function, in St. Peter's. The ^great basilica, poptf? larly supposed never to have boen quite I full, was overflowing. A bewildering mixture of gold, red and Bllver was erected In front of oach altar. Contrary to custom on these coremonlous occa sions there were no galleries and the basilica bore more of its normal aspect. On the altar, which was dressed In white, stood the famous silver gilt can dlesticks and a magnificent cru6!fl? All the available standing space within the cathedral was divided Into sections by wooden ^barriers, which, ~fo a~e6t'taln extent, kept the vast crowd In order. , A thick fog overhung Homo In the early hours, but the sun came out later and It was unbearablely hot. At 6 a. m., the ringing of bells announced the Im minent opening of the church doofs and a commotion at once began among the crowd. But ten minute* had to elapso before the doors4 opened and each seemed a century to the waiting crowd which for hours had been stand ing before the closed portals. The po licy and Hafioa aoldlers had a difficult task, to maintain order. When the doors were opened the rush in was ter rific. JRany who started from the bou torn of the steps outside were lifted off their feet and carried into thg^patha* dral. It. was a great humatT torrent let loose, The compactness of the crowd proved to be the safety of thoee who were caught In it Women feint ed in comparatively large numbers aiul even men were over come by. the halt, but no serious accidents werere ported. Fortunately, there were few 'children present. After their entrance Ote peo ple had further long hours of waiting and it is computed that the. majority were on their reel together ten hour*, five before the ceremony and aftdthtr . five while it lasted. Those Who had received special invi tations, Including the high eocleslastics who were hot participating 4n the pro cession, the diplomats and the Roman aristocracy, had a reserved entrance through the eacrlaty of St. ? Peter's. Prince Mgaalno arrived accompanied by his daughter- In-law. Princess Beatrice, the daughter of Don Carlos, and they were given prominent seats. . Duke Robert of Parma ''was the only other member of the royal family to attend. Among foe aristocracy WW a Who .remain faithful to the papacy aad those adharlfig to, thft... QyUlnal, _ Sir Thomas Esmonds, representing the Irish parliamentary party, waa re ceived by two Knights of ti(e Cap*. and Sword, one P. McNutt, an American, and conducted to the diplomatic en closure. - ? -- - ? | After the preliminary ceremonie?, which were grand beyond description, the triple tiara was carried before the new Poj>o with appropriate remarks la' latin. Cardinal Deacpn^ Segna then raised the Pontiff's mitre and Senior Cardinal Deaeon Maeohi placed on the venerable wfREPWad' the. triple crown. At this moment the churfh was tilted with therlnftnfr nf heits the hlowlnf of sliver trumpets, the trtiimphant strains of the choir and the acclama tions of the multitude, which no longer cotnd be repressed. When comparative silence had been restored. Cardinal Macchl addressed the Pope In Latin aa follows: "Receive the tiara ornamented wi(h three crown*. Remember thou art the father of Princes and Kingsr the rector olthe world, the vtepr on earth of our Blvldr, Jesus Christ, who Is the honor and "Amen! Amen!" again burst forth from tho concourse, # Pope Plus was quite overcome and had scarcely strength left to Itdpart the Ap?*tolic.? Jjenedlctton, Cardinals Mitch I and Bagna (ranted a plenary Indulgence to all present and the pro* cession then re-formed and . left (he basilica tn the same form as It came. The Pope was visibly fatigued. Rtrong as the >ope,la ptyslcatly. he did Leo Xin when he was crowned, al though the Utter ww merely a shadow of a man. This evening when tfraJIfMh tiff i?*hred the Poke of ?aid tn hlmr "Not counting the 4>e^ iSWSS? AtlantA. Southern's Fast Mall Goes Into Ai Open Switch Near Gastouia, N. C FOUR PERSONS WEtEVINJUIED Indications Thai Switch Wu Opened By Some Q?4 Whose Purpose W?l to Wreck the Train. Charlotte, N. C., Speplsl.? No. ?, the Southern's south-bound fast pas senger train, was wrecked Monday Hght at 10.40 o'clock., by an open switch ?t the Qzark Cotton Mitt, one wile north of Gastonia; the engine and tender and the mail car were al most demolished; three other cars were derailed; and four persons were 'injured. These are: Engineer Zeb Black, of Spartanburg, 8 0., who In badly scAlded on the back. Fireman Ed Earls, of Spartanburg. 8. C? who is slightly scalded and bruised. * Postal Cderk O. H. Burcbtleld, of At lanta, ()?., who ia deeply cut and bruised about the head and is intern^? ly injured. Postal Clerk W. A. Sharpe, of Green tille, 8. C., who received cute 'on the head and had his leg broken. * It seems certaltr that No.,35 waa wreokod by some, person persons unknown, who threw the switch and then extinguished the red light of of danger. ? When ihe accident, occurred No. 85 was running at tftgh speed on a sfcarjF" down grade. Engineer Black states that he realised his proximity to the switch on the sidetrack of the Osarfc Mill and was conscious -that no light was preasented at the switch. Usually a white Itgbt, signifiiBg safety, Is shown st the switch and had been seen by the crew of No. 40, the South* em's northbound paeeonger train? which had passed the switch oely a short wlill*- before the accident; but the engineer of No. 35, not seeing the red signal displayed and being C0?8- ^ dent that this 'would he the case if the switch had been turned, went ab?ad at full speed and did not know hi# dan ger until he waa alreadjr on tklffc tracK. ?- '? " |'uT-.riT3 ? Before the en#ineer could ippl? brakes or make any other nwrement the wreck had occurrtd. TlreTOgtae^ and fireman were hurled 40 feet firm the engine, and their escape from death is bursting of 'the boiler, which almost tmrnodSfcelr followed the derstoj^^^,. the engine, caused Jhoth men tq> h* scalded elther-iW^-^"JUllHtmE^ The mail qw t tered by its Tfoi* ^engine? tty^sgpri mall car and lay and the baggage* second class, The two Pull maw were pretty had)] nose .were serlov roar. Thft cars ran c after the accident o< Olasses in most of broken and the light ding to the terror of Passengers in most ? able to get out wriH though the occupants class coach had to ell windows: ? Tho engineer mud, Postal Clerk Sharpe n onrft, hut It ni BomtL the searching partjr mm: 3M BumBeM, who of the mail ear. broken egg aheH,tlt? ceilin? beta* jammed . turned to bit* of wood, ley Mr. BorchJield, minutee before the brings him otxt froflfcr ber. Hie eecfcpe, *l*v He can |tT? no cteir occurred. KU? fel&tka nnder Ins to ircftwtBj) ltered tromtl * hare come wfcen tfc*-; the ^MrzS^3K fliitnuli fl mitt a j had: tmm -mm wreck and.] 'And ha *p$?e^?SP &f>" 3* -t I*.- ? f? - . -t w. .. ^CSSSggsf-T: - nrr :