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KD BT EXPLOSION
FAJU.T SNOW IN SOUTH
230 EUaiEO IN DEBUS
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E/Turts are Iteiiig C^ontlnaously Ma<U>
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to Tunnel to Miners, Who Are Im
prisoned Below .Second Level Air
Supply Considered Abundant and
Those Alive May Survive.
Two huu red and thirty miners
were entor^bed in shaft No. 2 of the
Siage Canon mines at Dawson, New
JUexioo, when an explosion occurred
in the property at 3 o’clock Wednes
day afternoon. Two men found on
an upper level were taken from the
mine V ° Inesday night. Rescuers
were called from all parts of the
Southern >'dorado coal fields. The
day shift working in shaft No. 2,
numbered 22 0. The cause of the ex
plosion is unknown.
Immediately after the explosion
all shifts were called to the work of
resene and those miners who were
employed in other shafts were put to
work drilling through the debris,
whic h v ag “aid to have blocked the
mine bdow the second level
T .< Culted States rescue car. sta-
tlore 1 at Trinidad, Col , was num-
mc.ne 1 end every available man in
Da'* 4011 Wednesday night » a# aiding
In the ixf’emft to rescue the enttmb-
rd m’toTv Representative* from the
1 ’ » 1 1 n<>! »tate at etnea W-xel the
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OKOIU.IA AND ALARAM K.
nmcsvev', AlabMina, ani '
'Carolina* Evivcrlrnc^ Karl I eat
snowfall on Record.
Tennessee, North Carolina, North
ern Alabama, Georgia and South Car-
ilina Monday experienced the earli-
■st snowfall In the recollection of
Idest citizens. After a week of com-
aratively warm weather the temper
ature began to drop Sunday and con
tinued to fall during the early morn
ing hours Monday. As far south as
Atlanta the suow began to fall short
ly after two o’clock Monday morn
ing. The precipitation continued in
termittently until after daylight, at
which time it had been noticed as far
south as Birmingham, Ala., and
Athens, (la.
According to records kept in the
central office of the weather bureau
Monday’s snowfall was the second
rec rded In the month of October.
Tin first was experienced eight days
lat< in the year 1910.
1 *t thn states mentioned above
wer generally blanketed by the
sr o clouds Is Indicated from the re-
per from different sections. In
Sou h Carolina the snow was noted
at < reenvllle, Union and Florence
In /labarna the precipitation was
evident at Huntsville and Hirmlng
harn Snow fell In several Georgia
ettlea and owns. Including Atlanta
Augusta and Athens Reports from
Na«hvlHe an 1 Chattanooga, T»nn
and Asheville. N C.. Indirate that tke
sni.w flurry »a* heavier In tha* *e<-
t!on than In the more southern s'atee
TWO TRAINS CRASH
fAMLNfilR BITS BEATT FREIWT
NEAR COLUMBIA
ENTIRE VILLAGE DIES
TWELVE ARE INJURED
t.«- lev* 1 b? r«-vuer» the* this ram*
'r..m the eialoemn My 10 o rlcx^k
\x edna> r. *t the ree- uera had
pen#*< - at e-l B. re than 100 feet Into
tbe m.ath c' the n. ne aod rea-he!
^ i * f t*ie eatoa. '-*4 Sli'.-.erv who
» »• r e *!v*< tl-*-y hat a.ffe - e*t m u * h
fr *n 'he fa* * 1 • la ao roa 1
t >o t • t• • ha’ hag pw*.e*J at the
»'m« ' it« *if e a !»rr.e!a’.e:y
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FORK DKATH CAMK.
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The diapogal of aewage 1* some
thing that kaa given grea’ concern to
many cilia*. Of cou-** when a .art*
r >*T la altaatel <>n the bank* of
Itrga lake of T v*r or tv the aid*
the »-ewa the a ueetlon ta • mpl# even
tf in eoane raaee there ta danger o
poll .tioa of water Hut la la'M
c t tee V.Weraatt* altaate-l the <; . ea
t on '• n«et w at--f * That eeea**
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a* a 'ertlltawv la w# e« h'St 'he
a .dge >r aottd per* of ea«• ha«
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Rounding Sharp Curve Seaboard En
gines Meet in Head-on Collision—
Engines Are Telescoped and Other
Cars Badly Damaged—Car Loaded
With Cotton Serves as Bumper.
Five members of train crews and
seven passengers were seriously in
jured in a head on collision between
a local north-bound passenger train
and a south-bound freight train, on
a sharp curve between Dixiana and
Gaston, about seven miles south of
Columbia on the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad Wednesday morning at 10:-
40 o’clock.
Seaboard local passenger train No
20 carrying a mail and express car,
a combination baggage and negro
coach, and a white coach, was round
ing a sharp curve between Dixiana
and Gaston when looming on the
track before it was second freight
No. 87 bearing down on them
Engineer A S. Bradford, of the pas
senger and Fnvlneer L. A Powell, of
the freight both blew the distress
signals. reversed their levers, slapped
on emergi-nry brakes and followed
their firemen, who leaped for their
lives Tbe two engines met head-on.
the 'freight engine telescoping the
pa***nfer *ng.ne both being com
pletel y demo!she J
Tke con 'nation dpress and mall
car r<>de 'n’o ’he passenger engine
freaking ' * car In 'wo. and throw
Ing Vipresa Measenger W A Knight
ty an. 1 Mail ClerR J W Gotttogkam
through tha bottom of the car they
roll'r.f down the embank ro< nt and
being *e **re! y Injured The comb!
aat on baggage aad rol r*4 coach
and the <-»r rr>ntats'.nf wh!'# pasaer.
***» we»* ie-a *d b*t rev*a'r.ef np
* «kt > at gag* HaB<*r J V. Ar.der
a wa* throws to the *.onr and
•r.T-la and other taggaa* pled ay
a'eaad h* r a'ting hU f*ad anl
*a e ae d b*»!» g h m »*»•»* * a n*
f - kraksKaa of the re'^xt t*»'n a
H* v h -> wa* rt dag o- the reg: -. *
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RUNS OFF TRESTLE
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TENDER ANB HUB COACBES FAIL
TfENTT FIFE FEET
IMary Telia of Hufferlnipi When Ka
li hirers Kind Iluta With Emariat-
oil Men, Women and Children.
Woolen garments and the flesh of
their comrades supplied the last food
eaten by the villagers on the Island
of New Zembla off the coast of Rus
sia, according to a report made by
scientific explorers who visited the
island. They found the hute and in
them the starved bodies of the for
mer occupants. Every thread of
clothing had been eaten by the
famished men, women, and children.
Mothers were found with their dead
babes still in their arms, while there
was every indication that the flesh
had been eaten from the hones of
the less hardy of the starving fisher
men.
The severe winter of last year and
the inability of the men to get fish
or supplies from the depot of the
the tragedy. In one of the huts was
found a roughly scrawled diary which
told the story of the Islanders before
death released them. The last entry
in the diary reads as follows.
“We can get no fish A ship was
seen to approach, hut it was an il
lusion .
It is terrible to se our children
dying of hunger They look into our
faces an 1 cry for food
'u» »bat can we d<
We have
none to glw* them We are reduced) «,
to eating our own woolen garment*
We are still hoping for help"
The l»a’ two page# were tragic In
their Intent ey
There only remain four fl#h*raicn
and two women Our aufferinga are
n d*»cr1 PaLde
I Genoff. am now the only aur
vlvor I a_cn very feeble and can hard
ly write I tremble already My eyea
and hand fall me
In klU.KB
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KILLS TWENTY SOLDIERS
Special Train Car) Ing IxmmI of Sol
diers to State Fair Buns off Track
While on Mississippi Trestle Caus
ing Entire Train With It* Human
lioad to Fall to Uie Ground.
Twenty soldiers were killed and
more than 100 persons were injured
when a special train on the Mobile
<fe Ohio railroad plunged through a
trestle near State Line, Miss., Sun
day afternoon. The entire tiain fell
a distance of 2." feet. The wreck was
caused by the engine tender jumping
the track about 2no feet from a tres
tle. The engine was not derailed and
pa: M d over the trestle safely. The
ten ior broke loose from the engine,
Ln*ever and plunged with the bag
gage car and three coaches to the
ground. 2.'i feet below.
At nine o'cloek Sunday night Ifi
ho lies had been taken from the
v. n ek age and Superintendent FMg-
ford said In his report that he was
-ure four more liodles were In th
d" 1 r'.s, which will not be cleared
a*»v for 2 4 hour# According to a
report which is unconfirmed these
the dead
'< #eph T Ebern Fme#t Barquett,
Clyde T**«*l H B Bishop G C Hur-
lc*< n Joseph Brovence. W H lirtm.
Coode# Rem Sen. (Truckle. Acre*
Capt Johnson kth regiment band
Corporal Konler. Corporal Chelewakt
Van f4t*b*ln« private One body, un
Identified, with Initial* ’ M T ’ in
rap
One hundred and •evenly nine *ol
die-# were on board the spwvlal train
They wera from Fort* Morgan and
Mamnca* They wera en route to
Meridian to participate In tha M'*-
• saatppt Alabama J*»1nt Ntata f»!r
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Taylor Tha *.*r. had been taken to
MoMta ea*iy flundty and at aoon
th* r III 'at#d tperla! left Mobil*
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**red Ib'o Mertd'aa • apwrtal relief
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t. mt*tod are Italian* There 1# every
rn to believe pra ally a tbe
*n enU>ti.t>ad cad he reacued. a*
v-ral m-ite of racape are offered
D 't* min* ho . which I* connected
w th min* No tv a tannel 'irlvaa
througt. the tl )unt*;n, and algo con
n«*o<» with an air #haft driven from
the top of th* mountain down Into
the mine TV# air »haft Is equipped
with #t*»ps and ladder# upon which
the enlomlred men. If they are able
to reach the shaft, can make their
way to the top.
A dispatch from Tinldad. Col ,
savs a special rescue train carrying
scores of experienced miners equip-
pe 1 with rescue apparatus left Trin
idad at 3 o'clock for Dawson, N. M.,
shortly after news of the explosion
was received Dawson Is more than
123 miles from Trinidad, over branch
line railroads, and it will be several
hours before the special train reaches
the scene. Two automobiles loaded
with five oxygen tanks and other
apparatus left Trinidad for Dawson,
approximately 90 miles distant, over
mountain roa’.s. •
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th* tumerou# rt'iaa of that re*
Rut &‘>t a-on* ta N«w Keg aod
wuu.d »u b ferttl.ler prove a b.eaa
Ing f the aeeerl n» of the a irntiei*
are born* u it In every part of lb*
country the e *'i nuaneroj# farm#
that »r« run l »n b*«-au*e for year#
everything baa tw-ea taken from the
soil and nothing put back, and what
those farm* n-wl to raatora their fer
tlllty i h fertilizing If, then, thi#
may he done economically by the ap
plication of sewage treated aa above
stated a two fold gain will result
It will prove a source of revenue to
the city disposing of its refute and it
will inuke for large crop*. This
treatment of sewage will prove a
hlesing too to small towns that are
not located near a' watar course.
There are several such towns in this
section of the State.
Makes a Great Change.
Ex-Governor M. R. Patterson, of
Tennessee, who recently professed
conversion, seems to have gotten a
dose of good old time religion. He
is now lifting his voice whenever oc
casion presents in denunciation of
the liquor traffic and the men and In
terests that are behind impure poli
tics in Tennessee. Mr. Patterson is
an able man and splendid speaker,
and the forces of civil righteousness
gained a powerful ally when he join-
,C4l himself to their standard. The
ircies of God are sure and endureth
>rever
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Eat Chestnuts and Die.
Ptomaine poisoning from eating
chestnuts is the cause rfven by phy
sicians for the deaths of Edward Ro
bert*. six year* old. and hi* brother,
Raymond, three year* pld. of Fore*t-
▼ille. Conn. The physicians bell***
th* nut* were affected by ckeetaot
«t • wto ,
looses Both Legs.
Robert Melton, white, about 3 5
years of age, fell as he attempted to
catch a moving freight train out of
Florence Saturday afternoon and had
both legs cut off between the \nee
and ankle. He was from Chester
field county and had been In Flor
ence some time. He was taken to an
infirmary for treatment by a railroad
physician.
Gives Up Dirigibles.
Because of the disaster of the
Zeppelin dirigible balloon the Ger
man minister of war has counter
manded all the proposed ascents of
the military dirigibles Zodiac and
Belgique for the year. He also has
decided to suspend and probably will
abandon the intended purchase of a
new dirigible o'f the German rigid
type.
Negro lUby Burn*.
The home of Addle Belton, a negro
woman living near Ridgeway, was
completely deatroyed Tuesday by flro,
and her eight-months-old baby, Igft
In tbs boss* while the mother wag |g
the field picking eottos. wm
to fieatk.
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Ma#'*- ar. !.-*na --awlel from ki*
'•*'ter* J -a/ aa ! w* k*<! ba-* to
• a#toc threw mh«* ati4 reported th#
e-e- k wlr'.nf to Colutcb a for aaalto
'.acre Mr AedersoB'a b*a1 wa# cut
anl bn>o«l wa# flowing freely from
t ■ wound# but he covered the thre#
ni l*# In an Increditably #hort epac#
of time, ax>d hi# heroic action brought
the n*a# to Golumhla
A# aoon *.« Baggage Maater Ander-
•on reached Ga#ton and the new# wa#
aired to Columbia, a relief train with
phyatclana and carrying Ratlcoad
Commlisloners Richard# and Hamp
ton, and Secretary Derby, left for the
wreck The train had crossed Conga-
rea Creek, five mile* south of Colum
bia. when the eccentric strap on the
*ng1n* reversed th* train and started
It running back towards Columbia
Engineer L. C. Seldon was pinned to
the cab. his jaw being broken. He was
also badly cut about the legs.
The train had got back about 100
yards and was on the trestle when
the fireman, who at once saw the
danger sprang to the throttle, and
brought the train to a stop. The en
gineer was given medical attention
by physicians and a wrecking train,
which was following right behind
carried the relief train on to the
wreck, where the injured passengers
and trainmen were looked after
promptly.
All the passengers, those wound
ed and those unhurt, and the wound
ed trainmen were brought back to
Columbia. The accident at the Con-
garee trestle delayed the relief train
about an hour in reaching the wreck,
but In that time passengers and train
men, assisted it is said, by a physi
cian from the country nearby and an
other who happened to be on the
train had made the “wounded as com
fortable as possible.
The following is the list of the In
jured :
L. C. Seldon, of Columbia, engi
neer of relief train, Jaw broken, cut*
| about legs and face.
4 A. S. Radford, of Savannah, engl-
pev r on passenger train, Internal In
juries.
W. A. Knightly, of Raleigh. X. C.,
leg cat and
" *i*n i'fcllip Aleianler a whit*
tran arr*a'*d ob a ra. I road train for
r#fu#a! to pay hi# fare w a# brought
before Magistrate Hobart J Gantt, of
-'partan'u-g for trial Katurday. he
'•pre**nte<3 In broken Kngllah that
h# wa# a H.ae.an. unfamiliar with
tha '.ar.guaa* and ruetoma of tht#
country Magistrate Gantt #*nt for
a native of Uu«s1a. wfio run# a #ho*
repairing #hop to act a# Interpreter
It wa# then demonstrated that A!*i
ander could neither apeak nor under*
stand Russian. German or a*
other language# of continental Eu
rope When he aaw that hi# ' game”
would not work, be pleaded for clem
ency In fluent and eloquent English
Maglatrate Gantt sent him up for
thirty days.
V I f>ow Mob * aad VAMetier ala W he*
't wa# l**rn*d at Mobil* that a train
’»#*'i* ih* 4**d ant *o#*4*4 wa#
b. j* J 'or '►#• c'tv another tr* a rar
rv'tf too** 4*«or» and a«r#r*e wa#
•»*t to ®•«< (be o*e ear's* (be W
t in#
*• '• ueial w'*h (rrxyp trata# tha
'•«•*'*■#« w*r* »1i;e4 #9 t when the
three ear# tumbled through tha trea
!’• If# ir.*e had little protarMoa The
d*at #nd injured were entangled la
a ■ • !#• #d wane of wraeltage making
H dlMcalt to remove the lead Nod 1 ee
or reer#* the tn'tead TWasM of
th# ronfn#toa due largely to poor
wire r<>mmun vat loe It wa# Impoeel
hi* to ato-*rta!n how many of th*
wounded aer* aiptorted to gla or
• ho they wer#
Th# flrwt report of t b* wreek ewBt
to the war department wa# that 12
h#d t-een killed but aoon after It
• a# #*nt other H^d'ea were found
Superintendent P’.gford la firm In hi#
belief that at leaat four mor* bodlea
are In the wreckage, but unt'l the
debrie 1# cleared away a final ktatw
Atlanta (ouple Hooa Law TWy
Ought Not to Have Wed, m6 So
TTmT A|»f>ly fur Divorce.
Love of the kubilmest sort, sacri
ficed without question to duty, has
been bared by the divorce cort at
Atlanta Ga., forming one of the sad
dest tragedies on record In the state.
Robert A. Haiper, a prominent young
business man. and Miss Bertha
Dickenson, a society bud. are the
principals in the drama. Cne hour
after tho minister had united them
in marriage, the bridegroom surren- —
dered the bride forevet at the request
of her parents.
Only a few persons In the city
knew that Harper and Miss Dicken-
cchad been mirried, although the
ceremony occured several months ago
The story finally was male public
through the divorce court, in which
the parents of the bride asked the
annulment of the marriage an the
ground of “incompatibility of temper.
The broken-hearted groom even
testified at the trial in order that
his sorrowing bride could secure tke
divorce that had been decided upon.
Harper told how he and Ml** Dicken
son had been married, although the
lo\e and devotion, were secretly mar-
rled several month* ago. Within a
'••w minutes after the ceremony had
been performed, the bride’* parent*
obtained knowledge of it and turn-
in one d the pair to a conference.
Whit ocrured at the conference no
on* astc 1 * from Mr arul Mra Harper
vnd tb* lau«-r« parent# ev*r will know
but Harper told th* Jury In Ae di
vorce court that what he and hi*
bride learned at th* tltn* convinced
them that they ought not to h*v«
married
• W* loved each otb#r devotedly.
• nd still do '■ he told tb* court, will*
'he tear# rolled down hi* rbowk* sad
the nobbing ai hi# wlf* * pareat* w*a
audible throughout tb* eattrw roosa.
" T »ut I wa* coBvisctod that It wa* for
tier happlne** to g1v* h*r *§. aad hwe
wwlfar* ta at toorw aportaac* thaa
anything ela# ta tb* world ta to*.
Ao •• parted after oa* boar of mar
ried life "
Ther* werw f*w dry ey** la tha J*ry
Nt»i after Harper bad bared bt* bvob-
•c heart and ll wa# wtti a baaky
view that tb* J edge after cobs to* ad
tag tb* yowag aa* for bla artioaa.
gave lastr*<-t.oa# to tb* IS to*a wb*
derided tb* 'a#* Th# Jary graa'ed
tb* diver** after a f*w Blast** 4e-
III
mmt
made
of the casualties cannot b«i
HAVKH MAN’H LIFE.
cuts about hips and leg*.
J E Anderson, of Savannah, bag
gage master, badly cut In face and
bruised about body and bead.
A. Hall, of Savannah, negro porter,
Internal Injuries.
John Bivens, of Savannah, negro
fireman of passenger train knee
sprained.
Will Harris, of Savannah, brake-
man on freight train, bruised about
head and shoulders.
E. Robinson, of Savannah, fireman,
leg sprained.
The passengers reported injured
are:
Mrs. J. E. Goodwin, of Styx.
J. C. Coates, qf Savannah.
J. S. Fallow, of Gaston.
E. M .Robinson, of North.
L. R. Oates, of Columbia.
A. Z. Stroman, of Swansea.
A women patient who was being
brought to the State Hospital, was
injured by falling timber.
It is said that the wreck was caus
ed by trainmen of the freight mis
reading their time, in that their
watches were 1 hour slower than
they should have been. The passen
ger train was running dead on time,
and of course, had the right away. It
is said that the freight crew thought
it was an hour earlier thaa it really
was and that this was the cause of
the wreck. Tbla report cannot be ver
ified The track was torn ap for tom
distance aad Seaboard trains are ho
ls*
High School Teacher of Goa way Due*
Heroic Work.
Robert McCracken, the superin
tendent of the "Snow Hill" farm on
the - outskirts of Conway, happened
to a horrible accident at the farm
ginnery Tuesday afternoon. While
attempting to unchoke one of the
gins his hand was caught In the saws
and torn into shreds As he stag
gered from the gin house to his home
his cries for help were heard by Miss
Edna Mae Stephens, of the High
School faculty, who requested the
wounded man to sit down. She
quickly and tightly clasped the arm
above the wound and practically
checked the flow of blood from the
arteries until medical assistance
could be secured. Mr. McCracken
was rushed to a hospital where it
was found necessary to amputate the
arm at the shoulder. The self-pos
session and quick action on the part
of Miss Stephens probably saved Mr.
McCracken’s life.
Horse* Are Burned.
Thirty-three horses were burned
to death, a tobacco warehouse, sev
eral dwellings and a livery stable
were destroyed by fire of unknown
origin at Chatham, Va., Thursday.
Several farmers sleeping in the to
bacco warehouse narrowly escaped
beinir burned to death. The loss is
estlquted at 125.OOrt.
Will Distribute Copies.
Senator Tillman says that he ha*
a number of .copie* of the new tariff
and Income tax laws, and that he
will be glad to send coplea to cor
porations and Individuals who may
daalra them If they will writ* to hta
of Colt
Th# liability of the iMhaao
alway* N**a recognised aad
tk#rw ba* alway# baa« after
**kl#ty a# ta tha affect at *»
on th# r**al sow aanrlac
With many. aspacUlly with aoto* ad
th# Fuvpwaa fov#r*a«ata. the wtah
ha* h*#n fathar to th* Ihoaffht that
a heavy ah ext wo«ld work irrapara-
Nia damns# to tha raaal aad to or#
panic*lariy to th* locha Oh the
other hand, th* coastracAero at tha
work and p*opl* gwaarally who nr*
convaraaot with eoaduioa* oa th*
i#thmu# have b#*a roafideat that
lock# and canal would Mead wlthoat
apprwrtabl* damag# say shock equal
to those kuataiaed la former year*.
Tb# recant heavy quaka proves
that they w#r* right for sot avaa th*
•lightest damage resulted. ▲ fast
ing of relief and pride in the stabil
ity of the work now pervades tha Ba
llon. and with that prld* I* associat
ed fullest confidence In tbe wglneerv
and in the ability of American eon-
tractor# and workman to construct
tbe most difficult tnKfdrtakrhgn. Tha
■uccesaful withstanding of th* quake
will also inspire confidence in tha
commercial and shipping world and
when the big ditch is once open to
commerce It will unquestionably ba
the great highway from Europe and
our Atlantic coast to the far east. It
will also enable the United State* to
assemble a large fleet of naval ves
sels in a short time on the Pacific
coast.
The building of this canal Is an
undertaking of such tremendous pro
portions that we doubt if any nation
in tbe world could have accomplished
it except the United States. It has
cost many millions of dollars and
thousands of human Uvea, but these
things can not be allowed to stand
in the way of the progress of the
world. This great canal means much
to this section of the country in the
way of development and increase of
population. Charleston Is several
hundred miles nearer to It than any
other port on this continent, and for
that reason the old city ought to take
on new life, and become the metropo
lis of the South.
If extreme poverty on the one aide
and extreme luxury on the other side
could he deatroyed the world would
be a gainer. These two extemea are
very laregely responsible for the
mischief and vice that now exist. The
people who lira snd enjoy life be
tween these extreme# are the great
conservers of society.
The Abbeville Medium
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