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?; Established 1891 BAMBEEG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19,1911.* One Dollar and a Half a Year4 |ll
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
s News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, Oct. 16.?Mrs. Jennie
\ McMillan died Sunday about noon,
after a short illness. She will be
buried to-morrow at the McMillan
family grave yard.
Mr. R. C. Kirkland died Sunday
afternoon at about 5 o'clock, at his
.. son, J. M. Kirkland's, residence.
Will be buried to-morrow afternoon
tu. uie i a. in 11 > ueauvuai j
about 81 years old, and was sickonly
a short while.
Booze played a prominent part in
\ raising the brute enough in some of
I the country folks to the fighting
pitch. Coca Cola bottles commenced
to fly around in Mir. Ben Shaw's store.
Mr. Shaw says that he went out of
the back door and gave them the
building, so they would have plenty
of room. Knife wounds were seen
on Mr. Lee Brown when he was taken
s
away from his opponents, one in the
head and one in the left shoulder.
Both were struck from behind, and
the bone stopped the knife in each
instance. Mt. Brown's wounds are
not considered dangerous but painful.
"John, what's the slowest piece of
work you know of?" "The building
of the railroad from Bamberg to
Ehrhardt." "Oh, pshaw! you're no
guesser. The Ehrhardt 'phone sys^
tern beats that two in the game."
Think they will have to put up new
posts before the first message can
be sent over the line.
Cotton still coming in, but not as
much as at first. Farmers say they
can't get it gathered from the fields,
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Fairfax Fancies.
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Fairfax, Oct 16.?Miss Edna
Platts, an accomplished young lady,
is living here with her aunt, Mrs.
^ Julia Harter, and is assistant bookkeeper
for F. M. Young Co.
The young infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Newton Loadholt was buried at
Bethlehem grave yard Sunday morning.
* Mrs. Julia Harter, with Sadie and
Wm. and Miss Platts, enjoyed a trip
to Hickory Grove last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Talley had a
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pleasant visit to ^oiumuia, iwcuuj.
The young folks, with Mrs. Audrey
Sanders as chaperone, enjoyed
a fox hunt last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blankenship
entertained a number of young folks
last week. It was the birthday of
% their son, Henry. Cream and cake
was served, and the children enjoyed
the games, etc., immensely.
Ruth Wilson also gave a party to
her school mates. Refreshments
were served, games played, then the
young folks gathered around the
piano and sung sweet glee club songs.
Oiik -irnnnp- fnlks art* cmite musical.
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Ruth is very popular with her set,
and of course they enjoyed her hospitality.
Mr. Thos. Hickson, of Kline, and
Mrs. Robt. Mixon, of Barnwell, are
guests at the Barber home,
f Mrs. James Preacher and children
have gone to Estill to visit relatives,
tives.
Miss Annye Moye left for Bamberg
Monday to spend some time with
} relatives and friends. She is always
so active in all that pertains to the
/ welfare of our town, that she is
much missed.
Mr. Thos. Lawton, of Savannah,
was the guest yesterday of G. D. San- 1
ders.
' Mr. Clarence Compton, an aged
citizen of near Fairfax, had been ill
recently and went to the hospital in
Columbia for an operation. He died,
t' and his body was brought here today
and he was buried at Hickory
Grove cemetery. He leaves a wife
and several children, besides many
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i' Ehrhardt Social Affairs.
Ehrhardt, Oct. 15.?From a financial
and social standpoint, the
oyster supper given by the ladies of
the First Baptist church last Tuesday
evening, was a decided success.
Quite a large sum of money was realized
and a pleasant evening given in
return.
One of the most enjoyable meetings
of the Matron's Whist Club was
on Wednesday afternoon. The delightful
home of Mrs. Jack Smith
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was thrown open to the members.
Several hours were quickly spent at
& whist. The prize, a handsome tapes/
try hand bag, was won by Mrs. J. L.
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FAMILY SLAIN IN BED.
Bodies of Husband, Wife and Children
Discovered.
Ellsworth, Kas., Oct. 16.?Slain as
they slept Sunday night, the bodies
of Will Showman, a chauffeur, his
wife and three small children, were'
discovered to-night in the Showman j
home by a neighbor.
The victims are William Showman,'
33 years old; his wife, Lester Show-J
man, 25 years old; Fern Showman,
4 years old, and Senton, 1 year old.
The Showmans lived in a small cottage,
three or four hundred yards
from any other place. The five vie-J
tims were found in one rom. The
father, mother and baby were in one
bed and the two other children in a!
second bed.
Real Mountain Dew Seized.
Anderson, Oct. 16.?About ten gal.
i
Ions of whiskey, of the real "mountain
dew" variety, along with a pair
of good mules and a covered wagon,
were seized in a patch of woods near
this city last night by Sheriff King,
Deputy Sheriff Martin and Constables
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&LUar(. ctliU unvis. jl lie suciiu uau
received information of the whiskey
load and was in wait for it. The
transporter jumped and ran when he
saw the officers. His name is known,
however, and an arrest will likely
be made later. The team is now in
the custody of the sheriff, and one
person has come up to claim it. The
sheriff refused to turn the team over
to this man. It is said that the
blockader had disposed of about 50
gallons of whiskey before the capture.
A Thousand Witnesses Summoned.
Biloxi, Miss., Oct. 15.?More than
a thousand witnesses have been
summoned to appear before the federal
court for the southern district
of Mississippi, which will be convened
at Biloxi to-morrow to testify in
20 suits brought by the government
alleging timber depredations. Damages
aggregating three and a' half
million dollars are asked.
CHARGED WITH WIFE MURDER.
Abbeville County Sheriff, on Trail of
Asbury Jones.
Anderson, Oct. 16.?Officers of the
county are searching for a negro
named Asbury Jones, alias Asbury
Marinev. who is wanted by Sheriff
Lyon, of Abbeville county, charged
with the murder of his wife, which
occurred last night. Mariney, it is
stated, used a razor, cutting her
throat from ear to ear. death result
ing instantly. The negro was in Anderson
this morning, but left before
the officers were notified that he was
the man wanted. A clew as to his
whereabouts has been discovered and
is being followed up.
MARINE PRIVATE A SUICIDE.
Edward Montgomery Kills Himself
at Port Royal.
Beaufort, Oct. 16.?A private marine,
by the name of Edward Montgomery,
committed suicide at the
naval station last night, about 10
o'clock. It seems that he had been
dissipating for the past few weeks
and was despondent, and this probably
caused his act.
Montgomery shot himself with a
Springfield service rifle, holding it in
his right hand and pulling the trigger
with his left hand. The right side of
his head was completely blown away.
His home is in Indiana and he had
been in the service for over four
Vftijrc rp-^nlistinc nnlv about four
months ago. Montgomery's father
has ordered his body shipped home.
Copeland. The consolation, a lovely
fern dish, was cut by Mrs. Addie
Hartz. During the afternoon delightful
refreshments were served.
Dr. Derieux, of Greenville, the
guest of the Rev. E. A. McDowell,
gave the community quite a treat in
his lecture at the Baptist church.
Last Thursday morning, the stu-'
dents of the Ehrhardt high school
received quite a beneficial lecture
from Congressman Byrnes, who was
in town on an official visit to the K.
of P. lodge, to which he also delivered
an interesting address.
Mrs. W. M. Walker has returned
from a short visit to Mrs. C. D. C.
Adams, of Walterboro.
Miss Kathleen Kearse, of Olar,
spent several days of last week with
her sister, Mrs. Max Walker.
The Weeks Company entertained
Tuesday evening. Although the
numbers were light, still they were
amusing. Being the first of the series
of the lyceum numbers, it was a
welcomed diversion.
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IN THE PALHETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Work will soon commence on the
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new poetoffiee at Union, to cost $5Or .
000. :
Ttr?UA<. OnW irran aVtAf oniT TY1 Q11V
V V ?U COl bUUU nag duui auu mu<
wounded by Jim Howard,, both colored,
at a hot supper three miles
from Aiken on Saturday night.
A negro named Still was shot and
killed by another named Daniel four
miles from Johnston on Monday, the
top of his head being shot off with
a gun.
In a gambling game at Troy,
Greenwood county, on Sunday, Alex
Williams shot and mortally wounded
Same Moore. The shooter fled, and
the sheriff offers a reward of $25 for
him.
The Lutheran synod of South Carolina
will meet at Pine Grove church,
Lone Stair, Calhoun county, on Tuesday,
November 7th. President J. H.
Harms, of Newberry college, is down
for a speech on Christian Education.
The body of an unknown white
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man, witn tne name 01 w. iu.
Ho&ey" on a paper in his pocket, was
found by the track of the C. & W. C.
railroad at Salak, near Greenwood, on
Friday. He Jiad been dead a week
or more, and was probably killed by
a train.
Courts Without Lawyers.
The expense of appeal to European
industrial courts is very slight. Parties
must usually, if physically able,
appear in person, and as a rule they
argue their own cases. Lawayers, indeed,
are entirely excluded from
practicing in the industrial courts of
Germany, and rarely appear, except
as the representatives of large employers
or companies in France. In
no case is a party obliged to hire a
lawyer. Court fees, too, are reduced
to a minimum. None whatever are required
in Basel, Switzerland, and In
France none are paid if the amount
in dispute is less than 20 francs, or
about $4. No fees are demanded in
Germany if the parties reach a volnnforv
ojrpoomA'nt. and iudcrments in
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dispute which do not exceed in value
100 marks, or less than $25, cost
only from one to three marks, or 25
to 75 cents. In all cases the fees
are graded according to the amount
in dispute.
As a result of this cheapness and
rapidity of action no complaint is too
petty to D? Drougat oeiure ttu iuuuotrial
court. . Disputes have been settled
in Germany which Involved as
little as 20 pfennigs, or about 5
cents. Only about 7.5 per cent., indeed,
of all the complaints brought
in the German Empire In 1908 were
for more than 100 marks, ot under
$25. In France, two years earlier,
less than 2.5 per cent, of all the
cases were far over 300 francs, or
less than ,$60. It is safe to say that
wherever these courts have been established
the great majority of suits
have been for less than $10. To
some Americans such cases may seem
| trivial. But many a European work-1
man has doubtless ben prevented, by
having at hand the means of obtaining
his rights cheaply and quickly,
from being embittered by a sense of
powerlessness against injustice.? American
Review of Reviews.
Close Call for Boy.
Greenville, Oct. 14.?That it does
not pay to lose your head was proven
yesterday when Franklin Yeager,
a young boy 13 years of age, saved
his life by presence of mind and grit.
Yeager, while riding up Main street
on a bicycle, was struck by an autotruck.
He and his bicycle were dragged
in front of the truck for 50
yards. By presence of mind and grit
he hung on to the front of the truck
with one hand and thus kept himself
from being drawn under the car and
crushed to death.
Tfie macnine was stopped as qmuH.
as possible and when the boy was
picked up it was found that he had
suffered only a bruise on his side
where the truck had struck him and
that he was as cool and not in the
least frightened.
The negro who was driving the
machine, says he became frightened
when he saw that he was going
to run over the boy and lost his
head. He said he forgot about the
use of the emergency brake. The
negro was fined in the police Court
this morning for reckless driving and
driving on the left side of the street.
?Mr. H. M. Bishop, of the Ehrhardt
section, was in the city yesterday.
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ONE DEAD, ANOTHER DYING.
Tragedy at Dance May Revive Louisiana
Feud.
Amite City, La., Oct. 16.?Tangihahoa
Parish, has been stirred up by
the knife duel, at -Roberts Station
Saturday night, between Alfred Rob
erison ana uscar joiner, wmcn resulted
in the death of Robertson and
the probable fatal injury of Joiner,
because it promises to revive the
bloody feud which resulted in the asassination,
three years ago, of the
Breeland family.
On information furnished by Robertson,
Joiner was recently tried on
a perjury charge based on testimony
which he gave in the Breeland case.
A mistrial resulted. As a result of
the bad blood between the two, the
tragedy of Saturday night has long
been expected. Joiner and Robert-,
son met at a dance and after words
passed between them went out of
the house to fight it out Half an
hour later Joiner crawled back and l
exclaimed:
"When I die, you will know Alf
Robertson killed me."
Tha dannora wont nnt and frmnd
Robertson's body with the jugular
vein severed. Joiner was taken to
Hammond for treatment. He is not
expected to live.
Flowing Wells in Hampton County.
Through the courtesy of our young
friend, G. H. Jennings, we are able
to publish a list of the flowing wells
in Hampton county, with the depth
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ana capacity ui eacn. iwemysu ut
these wells were bored by Mr. Jennings
or his father, the late J. M.
Jennings, the pioneer well borer of
this section. The following is a list
of the wells owned by towns, villages
and private parties. These
wells have a pressure of from 18 to
63 pounds, variation due to elevation
of locality. Total of gallons per
minute 3,435; per hour 206,100;
per day of twenty-four hours 4,946,460.
These figures go to show that
Hampton county is second to none in
high pressure wells and pure drinking
water. The following list will
Show that our farmers as well as our
towns are taking advantage of this
natural resource. Some of these
wells are operating dining room fans
and sewipg machines.
Feet Flows
deep. gals.
Varnville 832 100
Luray 845 85
Estill 880 ' 125
Scotia 964 210 .
Hampton 820 75
Hampton, No. 2 832 150
Branson .... .... 875 75 .
Furman 965 125
August Belmont 980 200
R. P. Huntington 980 100
J. K. Maner 968 100
A. M. Martin 845 90
W. W. Smith 1000 100
G. M. Riley 1000 100
J. L. Morrison 914 90
S.M.Clark 880 90
Jessie Chisolm 1023 200
Ben Peeples 900 90
E. B. Lawton 865 75
J. W. Peeples 890 150
P. H. Allen 900 80
Robt. Winthrop 880 250
Perry Lightsey 780 80
Billy Lightsey 780 80
J. A. Lightsey 785 90
C. R. Peeples 900 85
A. W. Lawton 900 140
H. H. Peeples 900 200
T> O T r> + QfiS 10ft
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HATFIELD BROTHERS KILLED.
Feudists Meet End in Fight with
Italian Peddler.
Columbus, Ohio, October 17.?
Special dispatches received here say
that Troy and Elias Hatfield, two
rtf TTatfield familv of feudists.
living near Fayetteville, W. Va., were
killed to-day, and another man, Geiromie,
an Italian, is believed to have
been killed, as the result of a shooting.
The Hatfields are alleged to have
begun the fight by charging the Italian
with peddling whiskey in the territory
that they thought belonged to
them. Geromie denied the allegations
of the brothers by firing four]
shots and wounding both. The Hat-!
fields replied to the fire and a run~
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nmg ngm ensueu.
Passersby found the two brothers j
lying in the road. Elias was dead, i
but Troy was still alive and managed
to say before he died:
"You don't need to hunt for the
man who did this; he is dead, too."
A search is being made for the
body of Geromie, which has not yet
been found.
Come to the unveiling exercises
of the Confederate monument next
Thursday.
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UNVEILING OF MONUMENT.
INTERESTING EVENT TO TAKE
PLACE THURSDAY.
Senator E. D. Smith Will Deliver Address?Daughters
will Entertain
Old Veterans.
The beautiful Confederate monument,
erected through the efTorts of
the Daughters of the Confederacy,
will be unveiled next Thursday, October
26th. A most interesting program
has been arranged, and the day
will be full of interest to all who atTVia
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Smith will be the principal speaker
will no doubt draw a large crowd,
but our own C. W. Garris will deliver
the introductory address, and all
who have ever heard him will want
to hear him again. The Daughters
could not have selected two more attractive
speakers.
The old veterans of the county will
be the guests of the Daughters at
dinner, which will be served upstairs
in the court house,' and a
large crowd is expected, not only
from Bamberg but adjoining counties
as well. Everybody is invited
to Bamberg for the exercises, and all
will be made to feel at home. We
publish the program and other information
below.
Program of Exercises.
Following is the program of exercises
for the unveiling of the Confederate
monument in this city on
Thursday, the 26th instant:
Music.
Prayer. ' I
Announcements by Prof. J. Caldwell
Guilds.
Introductory Speaker?Hon. C. W
Garris.
Music.
Oration?Senator E. D. Smith.
Veil falls from monument while
band plays Dixie, Bamberg Guards
fire salute and veterans give "Rebel
yell."
Presentation of monument to the
city by Chapter member.
Reception of monument by mayor.
Music.
Dinner in court house auditorium.
'Invitation to Confederate Veterans.
The Confederate veterans of Bamberg
county are invited by the Francis
Marion Bamberg Chapter, No.
1,263, U. D. C., to be their guests at
dinner on the 26th inetant after the
unveiling exercises of the Confederate
monument, and soft drinks will
be given the veterans by the Bamberg
Pharmacy and the Peoples Drug
Co. on the same day.
The Chapter desires the honor of
the presence of all who are able to
come.
Notice to the Public.
Residents of the county wishing
to contribute any dish to the dinner
^ o i.vA
mat me .uaugiimrs ui tut; wmcuciacy
will give on the 26th instant, the
proceeds of which will go to the Confederate
monument fund, will either
notify Mrs. J. B. Hunter or Mrs. W.
P. Jones of the committee by dropping
them a card or just bring or
send the contribution to the court
house on the morning of the day of
the unveiling of the monument The
committee will be glad to receive
anything that you may see fit to give.
Confederate Monument Fund.
H. W. Herndon $2.50
H. F. Rice, Aiken 5.00
W. S. Eaves , : 1.00
Cash 25
O. F. Hunter, Washington, D. C. 1.00
I. N. Dunn 1.00
J. Buist Brickie : 75
Joe J. Brabham 5.00
W. W. Steedley 50
Michel Bronson 2.00
A. P. Beard 50
Herbert G. Delk 2.00
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George A. Ducker 1.50
G. A. Jennings 1.00
H. W. Beard 2.50
W, D. Rhoad 10.00
Henry F. Bamberg, Jr 1.00
Tillman Zeigler 2.00
Warrant Sworn Out.
Laurens, Oct. 14.?Charged with
assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature, John G. Wham,
of Clinton, was this afternoon allowed
bond in the sum of $1,000 tor
his appearance at the next term of
criminal court for this county. The
warrant, which was issued by Magistrate
Hudgens, of this city, alleges
that Wham yesterday assaulted W.
E. Nash on the streets of Clinton,
using a buggy whip for the purpose.
To-day Mt. Nash swore out a warrant
| against Wham, and later application
for bond was made and granted.
Both men live at Clinton and are
I prominently known.
ANOTHER HUSBAND
Turns Up in the Midst of a Blissful
Honeymoon.
Finding that his bride of only a i||j|
few days was not a divorced woman
and that she had deceived him into
marrying her, young E. C. Howard,
a prescription clerk in the local drug :||||
store at Hendersonville, N. C., was '4
placed in a very peculiar predicar
ment when the first husband, W. V. ?i|g
Henry, of Jacksonville, arrived i* (|?||
Hendersonville in search of his wan- /
dering wife. |
A bit of romance is attached to 'HiS
the affair in spite of the evil wrought :; fl
and the young man is not so much v.
to blame as it looks. Several
months ago, about the first of th? H
summer season, Mrs. Annie L. Henry,,
as she'called herself, went to Hen-. ^ dersonvifle
for a visit. ^
Young Howard, who is said to be '^ai
for ma well-to-do family in the eastr.^^Jx
ern part of this State, met Mrs. Hen- C
ry and a close friendship resulted*
Later in the summer Mrs. Henry,
admitting she was married at that 5|
time, stated to young Howard that i
she would return to Jacksonville and^yjlj
seek a divorce from her husband.
Last Tuesday Mrs. Henry returned K J ^
to the city and informed the youth-^;
ful lover that all was well, that shaj|j8| * -had
succeeded in getting a divorce, ^ ; j
and that their future happiness.
would he shadowed no longer. Yonngj^B ^
Howard proceeded to get out license
papers and summoned a local magistrate,
who, before several promfnent.^ :
local witnesses, performed, the cerof j .
All went well until last Sunday. -J, *
morning, when W. V. Henry, the
husband arrived in the city and reg-S! ^
istered at the same hotel in
Ma wife and her new husband
boarding. Mr. Henry at first wqdht.,'^^P
not believe that his wife had marrl^^^H
another, but when shown the ?papen^ -'::j
he was convinced.
Realizing that his wife had change / p
ed her love for another, Henry
cided that with the exchange of aIl||H||
the valuables each had given. the.<||fl
other he would not push the..<:m&?*?:M
ter, but would leave his wife in
hands of one who, though at first/'.; ||
deceived, was now willing to take^^-'^
the consequences of the blunder ke^ff- >|g
Mr. and Mrs. Howard left the
last Monday for parts unknown
Mr. Henry returned to Jacksonville^
Piano Contest. ,
Following is the standing of
contestants in the contest for'the/^S
piano now being given away by The ;{?^|
Bamberg Herald and Hoovers drqg.t^M
store. No names of contestants aft
published, each contestant having
number. Get in the game early andvtS.vy
make the contest interesting: -I
1 .... 36,995 75 .. .. 35,220
2 .. ~ 36,525 79 ^ 63,020|# |
21 7 7. 226^376 90 .7 7 210^10
23 .. .. 6,140 112 2,335
35 .. .. 3,025 119 .. .. 2,00t^;f
41 .. .. 53,790 14 * . ..' 65,84^j|||4l
43 7 7 ,2,715 i*.3 7 7 42,'285t;f? 7.
49 .. .. 2,030 147 .. ... 42,000 JM
50 2,050 179.... ezfioamm
59 .. .. 12,240 197 .. .. 45,07?J8 ^
66 .. .. 2,785 198 69,105; flp
GIRL CHARGED WITH CRIME.
Held for Alleged Attempt to WreclKri^^;- :'/
Passenger Train. -g
Knoxville, Tenn., Oct 17.?Essie* ^ ^
Mathewson, an 18-year-old girl
ing at Whaley's Bluff, Johnson cong^^^||
ty, was arrested to-day by officers in ' j?
the employ of the Virginia and
Southern Railway, on the charge oj
attempting to wreck a passenger ^?8
The girl is charged 'with having
put a log on the tracks at Whaley's-'^g ^
Bluff, which was struck by a passenger
train, but fortunately hurled
aside. She was bound over to court'
on preliminary hearing.
Over Thirty Passengers Hurt. :
Macon, Ga., Oct. 16.?Thirty 0ddrV^JJ||
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shaken up to-night on Southern patt-- .^fl
enger train No. 8, hound for Hait*;|yS[
kinsvill^, when, with a switch en- 'iJS|
gine looming up ahead of him, the
engineer threw on the. emergency. \3|f3
brakes. The train came to an abrupt
stop and people pitched forward 3|1||
on to the seats all through the train...??|ii|
Only two were seriously enough hurt 'gt&m
to be taken from the train. J. W.
Morlean, of Hazelhurst, and W. A. i 3||1
King, of Bullard, were removed to
the Macon Hospital. They are pain-:
fully bruised.
The switch engine was on the main 31^
line on the time of the passenger
train. It was uninjured. The passenger
engine sustained a broken sill. -3^11
?Mr. W. Max Walker, of Ehjy."3||j|
hardt, was in the city yesterday af- 3