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TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER. Meet on a Curve at Hunted, Col. Eight Killed. Colorado Springs, Col., August 14. ?Eight are dead and 50 injured, some fatally, as a result of a head-on collision between No. S northbound and train No. 1, southbound, on the Denver & Rio Grande at Husted, 13 miles north of Colorado Springs, this morning. ine trams, oom ruiiumg at terrific speed, met on a curve and their crews had no opportunity to avert the collision. Train No. 8, drawn by two engines, telescoped the baggage car and smoker of No. 1, and all three en/ gines went into the ditch. , With more than 400 passengers on the two trains the excitement following the accident was indescribable. All the passengers were thrown in a screaming mass on the floors of the j cars and many were hurt in the stampede to escape. The unhurt rushed to the aid of the injured but so great was the confusion that it required half an hour to clear the cars, which were Enveloped in clouds of steam from the engines. Retlief trains, bearing surgeons and nurses were rushed to the scene of the wreck and the wounded were brought to local hospitals. It is said that the officials of the road place the blame of the wreck upon the crew of train No. 8, who -? mact VA 1 at were uiucicu iu *w. *. ?? Husted. It is claimed that the crew mistook a switch engine and cars for No. 1 and believed the track was clear. The dead: Frank M. Frederick, St. Louis.; C. S. Brown, Jericho Springs, Mo.; J. A. Gossage, Husted, Col., fireman No. 8; B. F. Larkens, Colorado Springs, Col.; J. K. Parker, Denver; J. R. Parker, Chicago; two unidentified men. ? Boy and Girl Wed. Lexington, August 14.?A runaway match occurred in the mill village of Saxe-Gotha, about two miles from Lexington last night, when Miss Viola Risinger and Monroe Derrick ir* f, ' . ran away from their parents and were married. Miss Risinger's mother ob| jected to the marriage and had ordered the young man to cease paying at4 tention to her daughter, it is said. But the young woman left home some time between the hours of 10 and 2 last night in her stocking feet and met the young man a short distance from the house and the two proceeded tn the residence of Notary Public T. E. Rawl where the knot was tied. . * Both the parties are about 17 years of age. CHILD STABS STEP-BROTHER. Inflicts Probable Fatal Injuries Then Flees from East Side. New York, August 14.?Hyman Schiff, 6 years old, stabbed his step 5 brother, Isaac Rogers, in the abdomen to-day and fled from the East Side tenement house in which they lived. Isaac probably will die. The child has not been found. Hyman was dozing on the sofa when Isaac came from work. "Get up and find some other place to sleep," said Isaac, shaking him. "I want to lie down." For answer the boy leaped to his feet, y - seized a sharp kitchen knife from the table and plunged it into his brother's side. Machinery on Farms. Out at Goshen Corners and Fairfield Center the boys now growing up #111 not have to leave home to find much of which your barren boyhood was denied. For, over the country v that you left, the new rural spirit has waved this wand of progress. From the fragrant fields comes the sound Of whirring machinery harvesting ten >???" a# m.ain tt-Vioro nna TTOO hflrVPfit. UA 5AOAU nuviv VMV T*?W MM* . w. ed before. Self-binders are reaping acres of wheat at a cost of less than a cent a bushel. Machines are milking cows by the herd. Potatoes are being planted at a furrow rate of five miles an hour. Within the last two years more than fifty thousand gasoline engines have gone to work on the American farm, and now there is an auto-tractor that hauls to market loads of produce tandem, like the cars of a train. Farm life that was once a struggle has become a pleasure. 'Last year a number of houses sold more automobiles to the farmers than to the city trade. Forty touring cars at $1,250 apiece went to a single Illinois county.?The DeliTiootnr fnr ^pntprnher Left Note on Coat. Kershaw, August 13.?Out at the home of his father, Hon. W. U. Clyburn, near Haile Gold Mine, Mr. Ern? est Clyburn committed suicide this Hit c-Vi or VlimCOlf 1 Tl t Vl ?> forehead with a .44 calibre pistol. He had attended Wake Forest College for two years, and was at home on his vacation. He was a very popular young man, about 20 years old, with a bright future. A note was found on his coat, pinned there by himself, in which he said: "Blame no man for this act. I did it myself." DR. MELL TO QUIT CLEMSON BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION. Retiring Head Consents to Remain in Office Until Suitable Successor Can be Selected. Clemson College, August 14.?The Clemson board of trustees adjourned this morning alter having been in session since Thursday night. No information as to the proceedings of the board was obtainable until ad journment. In the matter of the resignation of President P. H. Mell, the board accepted the resignation, but asked* Dr. Mell to remain in charge until a suitable successor could be found. For the purpose of looking out for a president a committee, consisting of Senator Tillman, Col. Alan Johnstone and Hon. Richard I. Manning, was appointed. The committee appointed to wait on Dr. Mell early this morning to oonfer with him as to holding on for a short while consisted of Senator Tillman, Messrs. J. E. Wannamaker and W. D. Evans. Their letter to him says in part: "Fuller consideration of the environment and a knowledge of your own wishes have led us to arrange for the severance of your connection with the college. We desire to have you continue in your office until such time as we may be able to secure the ser vices of your successor. Therefore, we ask if it will be agreeable to you to preside over the college during the opening and until we can fill the vacancy in the best possible manner." Dr. Mell's Letter. Dr. Mell has consented in a letter to them as follows: "I am perfectly wiling to remain in the office of president until January 1, if necessary, in order that the board may have the largest possible time to find a suitable man. I desire you to convey to them that I have a warm attachment for the college and that my friendship for the institution remains unabated." The report of the committee to revise the by-laws was unanimously adopted. These laws are based upon an outline submitted to the committee by Dr. Mell upon request and as adopted they contain in a satisfactory way the three general principles contended for by Dr. Mell when he tendered his resignation, namely, the nomination of officers and members of the faculty by the president, the administration of the affairs of the college by the president without interference and the definition of the duties and authority* of the commandant and the president so that there will be no conflict of these officers and that the commandant will have charge of discipline, military instruc uuii, ntv;. Wishes to Travel. Dr. Mell now wishes to retire from active college work and hence under the circumstances he insisted on the acceptance of his resignation. Dr. Mell is upward of 60 years old and being in position to do so he wishes to spend some years in traveling and writing in permanent form the scientific data accumulated in 30 years of active work. Altogether, therefore, he deemed this the best time to get out of harness. SNAKE CAUGHT IN WHEEL. Gets Tangled Up in Spinning Wheel. Campbellville, Ky., August 14.? Mrs. W. C. Grider, of Adair county, was attracted to her weaving room to-day by the sound of her reel and opening the door she was horrified to see a large snake going around with the spinning wheel. When the reptile crawled on the wheel it started the wheel to running. The snake was unable to free itself and a number of spectators witnessed the remarkable sight for nearly half a day. The snake, which was finally killed, meas ured five feet in length. Five Hurt in Fight. Winston-Salem, N. C., August 13. ?As a result of a dispute to-day between Lee Bennett and Jack Tillotson, farmers, near King, Stokes county, regarding the location of the boundary line between farms of Bennett and Tillotson, there was a shotgun battle in which several friends of the two families participated, and as a result Bennett and Tillotson and three others were wounded, two seriously. Washington's Plague Spots lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the Potomac, the breeding ground of malaria germs. These germs cause chills, fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weakness and general debility and bring suffering or death to thousands yearly. But Electric Bitters never fail to destroy them and cure malaria troubles. "They are the best all-round tonic and cure, for malaria I ever used," writes R. 3f. James, of Louellen, S. C. They cure stomach, liver, kidney and blood troubles and will prevent typhoid. Try them, 50c. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. EXPLOSION HURTS MILITIAMEN. Results from Handling of Package of ^ Cartridges. Charleston, August 12.?Two members of the first, or Charleston divis- ' : ion, of the naval militia, J. A. Fish- . burne and Henry Decou, were injured this afternoon in an explosion o: , a box of ammunition at the camp o: ' the battalion on the front beach o: the Isle of Palms. Several men hai ! been ordered to the ammunition tent to open a box of cartridges, and it appears that probably through carelessness in handling the package, it is said that a hatchet was used, a cartridge exploded and this was followed by the igniting and explosion of others. Tent was wrecked. It is understood that two of the men were badly injured, but neither will die. Both men suffered terrible laceration of the flesh and burns. They were re- . moved to the Fort Moultrie army post hospital immediately after the accident and are to-night under the treatment of the army surgeons. J Charleston, S. C.t August 12.?In ? attempting to open a box of ammunition with a hatchet, J. A. Fishburne, an ordinary seaman, caused an explosion at the camp of the first division, South Carolina naval reserves, on the Isle of Palms this afternoon, in which he and Henry Decou, the sentry who against orders had allowed him to enter the ammunition tent, were badly injured. There was enough ammunition in the tent to have destroyed a small town, but fortunately only three cartridges were exploded. Both of the wounded men will recover. DR L. C. STEVENS DEAD. Was Surgeon of Hart's Battery in the Civil War. ( Greenville, August 12.?Dr. L. C. 2 Stevens, aged 71 years and for half i a century a practitioner of medicine 1 in South Carolina, died to-day quite < suddenly, having returned only yes- J terday from a trip to Caesar's Head. 1 He was surgeon of Hart's battery in the civil war and had served the State * Medical Society as president. He moved to Greenville nine years ago * from Barnwell county. J 1 Three Greeks Were Killed. 1 1 Bristol, Tenn., August 12.?Details of the shooting reported from Dante, ( Va., last night reveal that three men . were killed and two wounded. The } dead are Greeks who were employed ] in getting out timbers for the mines, j Dissatisfaction among the foreigners because of alleged delay on the part of the contractors in paying their wages led the Greeks to hide tools belonging to their employers. An effort * to recover these led to the shooting. ( The Greeks shot an American, follow- ' ing which William Trent, a young 1 man, entered their cabin. Securing a gun, which one of the foreigners 1 was intending to use on him, Trent 1 shot and killed three. An American on the outside was struck by a stray bullet. Trent, who claims to have shot in self-defense, was placed un- i der arrest. 1 The Lesser of the Two Evils. 1 On the first Sunday of their visit in Chicago the successful merchant escorted his parents to a fashionable church. Some of the hymns were familiar, and in their rendition the visiting pair contributed heavily, with the credit of volume in favor of the father. Although not always in correct time, and sometimes in discord, yet the joy of the good couple jeaped forth in joyous praise, and they did not see the glowering looks of nearby worshippers or the flushed face of their devoted son. "Father," observed the merchant that afternoon, while his mother was taking her accustomed nap, "in our churches the congregation does very J little singing; it is left entirely to the 1 chair." * "I know, my boy," said the old i gentleman, as he lovingly placed a 1 hand on his son's shoulder, "that it * was very embarrassing to you this < morning, but if I hhdn't sung as loudly as I did the people would have 1 heard your mother."?Youth's Com- 1 panion. 1 i Seeking Girl's Assailant. 1 Fitze-pralri. Ga.. AuSTUSt 14.? 1 Posses to-day are scouring the sur- ( rounding country for a negro who at- 1 tempted criminal assault on a white 1 girl about 2 o'clock this morning. The : negro had entered the girl's room through a window. Awakened by the noise she attempted to rush past him, j but he caught her by the throat and j tried to choke her. The young woman ? fought desperately, finally succeeding i in escaping from her assailant. Her * brother-in-law, sleeping in an adjoin ing room, was awakened by the noise f ana rusnea 10 me gin s assistance, ? but the negro had escaped. Feeling 1 is running high and a lynching is expected if the negro is captured. -v;- . v .. '-'s-:; PRIZED HIS RECORD. Engineer Samuel Bush Faithful to the End. Atlanta, Ga., August 13.?Passengers who were on the Southern train wrecked near Eristol, Ya., last evening arrived here to-night, bringing details of the bravery of Engineer Samuel Bush of Knoxville, who died :o-day as a result of his injuries. ti-oo cIao-K' ktiH nsinfiillv wnrk L?? UCU n UO kJlV ?? * J UUU .? w. .. ing his way out of the wreck of his engine, scalded and frightfully bruised, when the few passengers tvho retained their senses dug into :he mass of twisted and burning iron :o meet him. He was lilted out on :he ground and a hurried call for physicians resulted in the discovery :hat there was not a doctor on the :rain. The passengers began a hunt :or whiskey to stimulate him and **ere breaking open suit cases in ;heir search. Bush asked for a last ook at his old engine, as hopeless a nrreck as was its engineer. When :hey came to him with the liquor, he aegged them to look after the com:ort of the passengers. Told that no passengers had been injured, he said: 'That's eood. But before I take this whiskey, I want you men to smell my Dreath and testify, if need be, that I iad not been drinking when this happened." Although suffering horrible agolies, the brave engineer would not :ouch the stimulant until four of the nen had smelled his breath and promised to bear witness to his sopriety. "All an engineer has is his recprd," he said feebly, "and he cannot ifford to have anything against :hat." Engineer Bush went out uppn his last run with his record spotess. Thrown from Train. Anderson, S. C., August 13.?Robert Morgan, a white man, about 30 rears old, was thrown off an Augusta excursion train on the return ;rip to Anderson early to-uay during i drunken brawl and severely injured. He was found several hours ater and brought to a hospital here. The man's jaw bone is broken ind he is otherwise badly bruised up. The fight on the train was a free for ill affair and it is said that Morgan aad fired through the car when he tvas seized by several men, the gun :aken from him and he thrown Dodily from the platform. The row occurred in Abbeville :ounty, hear Bordeaux, and warrants ire to be sworn out there for the arrests of several parties who are beloved to have had a hand in the ight. A Wealthy Man. Bristol, Tenn., August 13.?Engineer Bush was a native of Bedford jounty, Virginia, being a member of in old and widely known family in ;hat section of the State. He had Deen in the service of the Southern ailway for more than 30 years. He eaves an estate valued at $100,000. Two Charged with Assault. Cartersville, Ga., August 14.?Two white men, Dick Worthington and his lephew, Jack Worthington, were jlaced in jail here to-day, charged with criminal assault upon a young jirl. Acocrding to the sheriff both nen have confessed. The assault oc jurred in the northern part of Bar;ow county Wednesday. Excitement n the neighborhood of the crime is at 'ever heat and threats of lynching lave reached the sheriff. Both men were captured after an ;xciting chase by Sheriff Smith and lis deputies. They are held without iail and will be tried next month. Residents of the Euharjee neighborlood make no secret that unless they tre legally executed they will be ynched. Italian Kills Edward Harris. Rome, Ga., August 14.?Edward Sarris, aged 25, a member of a well mown South Carolina family, was (hot and killed to-night by Frank lossi, an Italian restaurant keeper. Hossi and his bride of three months ire in jail here charged with the :rime. Eye witnesses say Harris and the voman were talking on the porch vhen the woman cried out: "Kill lim, Frank," at which the Italian ired three times. Rossi claims he leard Harris make improper projosals to his wife and when he orderid him away Harris attacked him and le shot in self-defense. Harris leaves i wife and child. LETTERS DISMISSORY. On Monday, August 16th, 1909, at :i o'clock a. m., I will apply to Geo. ?. Harmon, Judge of Probate for 3amberg county, for letters dismis;ory as executor of the estate of An1a E. Guess, deceased, at which time will file my final accounting as such ixecutor. All claims against said istate must be presented on or beore the date mentioned, and all imounts owing said estate must be >aid by that time. GEO. W. GOOLSBY, Executor. Bamberg, S. G., July 24th, 1909. - -' ; * ' v# ':' '" : : * ' ' ' 'f: ' ' " ":'"H--"-. " .; * -- $ y * - ;Jy?, f DRAUGHON'S := COLLEGE 1 > I COLUMBIA, S. C. 9 Full Commercial and Shorthand Typewriting Courses. Six- 4 I teen National Bankers on Board of Directors. $300,000 B Capital. Situations secured. Catalogue free. Special | Rates for Fall Term. ^ WboRldeinCarriages I when you want It and Mki \i -;gl Wfil (=lj| Wjlf jf you^want it, and we jf|j scheduled chMges^ 0UT "~ |juj 8 J* R. KINARD <& CO.! 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