Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SCORES DEAD IX MINE RORROF W. D. Roper, of South Carolin.i Among the Missing. McCurtain, Okla., March 20.?On hundred and five lives is accepted tc night as an approximately correct es r timate of the human toll taken thi ^ * morning, when Mine No. 2, of th San Bois Coal Company here, wa wrecked by an explosion. Of th 116 men of the day shift, only eleve are known to be alive, while the oth ers are entombed behind the debris In the opinion of government expert and mine officials, they are dead, an a special train which brought physi cians and nurses from Fort Smitl Ark.,,.to-day returned to-night. Iv physicians remained, with the fain hope that some of the imprisone men might be found alive. W. I). Roper, Missing. f Among those unaccounted for ar ? ~ 4-.- TTT "P ^ a surveymg yetiuy, ir aueu u> >? . u Roper, of Clio, S. C. Forty-thre Americans were employed in th ? mine. The explosions occurred shortly af ter 9 o'clock this morning. Thos on the surface heard a faint rumbl and an earth tremor. When thos nearest to the mouth of the mine reached the opening a cloud of dus and smoke belched forth. Then cam* > tense moments of waiting for thosi in the mine to emerge. First to Escape. Frank Fields, a miner, was th' first to stagger out. He was walkini in an entry and heard the explosion he said. He jumped into a side roon and the explosion passed and h * made his way to the mine opening , Nine other miners escaped througl a manway. A systematic search of the wreck ed mine began early to-night unde the direction of government experts and up to 9 o'clock five bodies ha< been recovered and 35 others located At that hour the rescuers had reach ed the eleventh level, but here thei progress was retarded by a mass o coal, earth and twisted timbers. The explosion occurred shortly af ter 9 o'clock this morning, and, ac cording to an official statement o owners of the property, about on* hundred men were employed in th* mine. Whether gas or coal dus caused the explosion has not beei ? determined. How Some Escaped. Eight of the men who escape< alive were at work in the mul* stables and made their way througl the passage used for the cars. Th* first party of volunteers- to enter thmine at noon found five others badl; injured in a wrecked entry. ? Mayor Bourland, of Fort Smith nas issued an appeal for aid for th* families of the victims. Many Stricken Homes. Heartrending scenes were enacte< ? " S T- ~ "U J J at tne mine opening, wneie iiuuureu; of women and children had gathered Throughout the afternoon, while res cue work was halted awaiting the ar rival of mine experts from the government station at McAlestcr, Okla. they remained about the opening. Practically every home in the cam] has one or more members buried ii the camp. The systematic work o penetrating the mine began early to + V? r\ Vl Q1 "f Vl 11 Tl iilgJULl auu L110 1X1 oc V/x iiuii. iiu" dred rescuers, who are working ii relays, brought four bodies out o the 'mine. The bearers of the bodie; passed between rows of grief-strickei relatives who clamored for a view o the dead. Blackened and Burned. The bodies were blackened anc burned and practically unrecogniz able. Confusion was so great thai it was impossible to determine defin itely their identity. 1 At 8 o'clock is was reported tha' the rescuing party had found sixteei more bodies which would be brough out by midnight. This would be th< last trip of the rescuing party intc tho minp ro-nieht. Little Hope for Victims. Superintendent Brown stated to night that the force and extent o the explosion was such that only b' the remotest possibility could any o t the entombed be alive. The mirn machinery is operated by compresses air and there are three small pump! in different sections of the mine These pumps exhaust pure air. I the force of the explosion did not kil all of the men, there is a remote chance that some of them are beim kept alive by these fresh currents To this one slim chance the relative: and friends of the entombed mei cling with pitiful hope and pray. The cause of the explosion result ~ ~ trv mino ovnortc iron CTU* atlUl VXixX^j IV lumv v.-* either accumulated gas or coal dust The San Bois property is owned b? the Fort Smith and Western Rail road Company. Col. Knox Livingston, president o the State bar association, and one o the prominent lawyers of the State died suddenly at his home in Ben nettsville last Friday morning. H< had been in bad health for some time but the end came unexpectedly. H< was born in Madison, Florida, Janu < ary 1st, 1850. I. CHILD STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE. i, Heavy Machine Basses Over Spar* M tanburg School Girl. e Spartanburg, March 20.?While >- returning from school at 1 o'clock t : this afternoon, Charlotte Dehon, the o: s j 8-year-old daughter of Theodore De- h e ! hen, was run down by the automobile h s of 13. King Cooper. The little girl n e | was knocked to the ground and the si ii huge car passed over her unconsci ous form, but fortunately her body w lay between the wheels and these did g< s not pass over her. S d The accident occurred on South o: - Church street, near the intersection i, of Broad, and at the foot of a rather e steep grade. The car was going at a _ t moderate rate of speed, but had gaind ed great impetus in coming down the hill. The brakes were applied as tightly as possible, but the momentum e of the machine caused it to skid. Ac- | ( cording to the story of an eye-wite ness, the child did not see the car une til it was nearly on her and too late for her to get out of the path. She _ stopped and was struck by the front e of the touring car. She lay on L e the pavement while the heavy ma- ^ 0 chine passed over her. s Dr. P. L. Potts was nearby at the t time and he picked the child up and _ e carried her to his private sanitarium, g e She did not regain consciousness un- P til late this afternoon, but it is still ij impossible to determine the extent P of her injuries. There is no doubt || that they are serious, but physicians || 3 cannot determine whether or not they P will prove fatal. jj| There were several ladies in the m car at the time of the accident and ? the little girl was with several of her ? schoolmates. Xo blame is attached K to the driver or the car. |j r POTASH FOUND IN CALIFORNIA. I } Enough to Supply Country for 30 j || Years, Perhaps. ^ r Washington, March 21.?Enough g f potash to supply, the United States, || probably, for the next 30 years, has R - been discovered by the government |f - scientists in Searles j-,ake, San Fran- P f cisco county, California. The esti- I g mate of the geological survey and the R g bureau of soils field men was that R t the deposit may amount to four mil- R 1 lion tons, but the authorities here, l| from data in their possession, consid er that estimate conservative and be- || i lieve more than ten million tons of R g potash are available there. R i The great value of the find is that R g the product is in readily available |j g commercial form. Potash is known g y to exist in many places in the United p States, but in most cases no commer- g cial means has been found to use it. R g The dri^d up lake has received R the drainage from the surrounding hills for thousands of years, vast R I quantities of dissolved minerals thus R s having concentrated in it. Similar B . dried up lakes containing valuable ~ {4- Jr. Knli'ATro^ Kir nfflnialc - ucpuai C3, la ucuct cu u; um^iuw . - here, exist in the arid regions and [| - will be discovered. if FATAL SHOOTING IX MACON. f d ijj Young Man Shoots Woinan, Alleging : ? l i, f Insult to Sister. \y Macon, Ga., March 24.?Lep Mey- |j|j er, a vaudeville actor, to-night shot ji i i1,1 and fatally wounded Mary Moore, the ! > proprietress of a disorderly house in a ^ - Tenderloin, about 10 o'clock. The ^ i ? Mo^re woman, it seems, owed Mey- ji f i = er's sister a millinery bill and, claim having been pressed, the woman call- 8 j ed up Miss Meyer over the telephone J this afternoon and, it is asserted, in- | suited her. Meyer took his brother | with him, went to the house, closeted 1 himself with the woman and shot i I her. He then called the police and p gave himself up. He stated in the | barracks that he did not shoot until | the woman pulled a revolver out of j | a bureau drawer. J Doctors at the city hospital state | the woman cannot recover. She was j shot through the neck. | f THE CRIME OF A NEGRESS. I. i { Murdered a Wliite Woman at Hamp- J ~ J ton, Virginia. 5 Mrs. Virginia Belote, a widow and . mother of eight children, was found i murdered at her home on Creek ave1 nue, Hampton, Va., .Monday afternoon k ^ by her 13-ycar-old daughter. Harriett,j 1 r upon returning from school. A trail! a . of blood through the rooms of thej | s lower floors, overturned furniture and J i broken crockery showed that -the a death struggle had been a terrific | . one before the woman was rendered 3 i unconscious by blows- on the head | and a towel stuffed in her throat and | : I mouth. Her head was horribly muti- i 3 . | lated. A shattered heavy piece of i ? I crockery ware indicated that this had ? ?i I been used to inflict the wounds. An ^ f | investigation by the police led to the j | f discovery that Mrs. Belote had threat- 1 , ened to have Viriginia Christian, a h - negress, arrested for the theft of I 9 3 some clothing and the woman was: , placed under arrest. Later a purse j i 3 identified as that" of the dead woman j - was found on the negress and a bloody waist was found in her room, j BITES OFF HIS BABY'S TOE. if if liner Barely Escapes Lyncliing at Hands of Indignant Neighbors. I? 8 Washington, Pa., March 22.?Af- if ?r Paul Siniski, a miner, had bitten if ff one of his infant's toes to-day, ^ e barely escaped lynching at the IS ands of a mob of his indignant eighbors. Police arrived in time to ive Siniski from threatened death, if It was claimed he had attacked his if ife and when she appeared to be etting the better of her husband, iniski caught up his baby and bit ff one of the infant's toes-. W ? 3 See the new novels at The Herald ?? ook Store. jjjj 10-inch Double Disc | 8 Graphophone Records | 60c EACH AT 1 feard's 5c and 1 Oc Store | Bamberg, S. C. jjj Have you any wearing apparel that you would like I Dry Cleaned or Dyed? | Our equipment guaran- ?j tees results equal to that of any establish- J ment in the country and our reputation insures satisfaction for any work intrusted to our care. a* If you can not reach i* any of our agents conveniently, write for our free booklet giving in- # formation as to prices and as to how to send your work to us. # = * ii\n t t t i ftimmr i? 1UEAL LAUflUKI 11 DYERS-CLEANERS I g Kinjc St. & Burns Lane. I ^ | Charleston, S. C. I Agents Wanted. Good Commissions I ?ob i ? aft U o O * ' Ifiji JO. I 5 8 ? 3 *1 c? S^o-s ft^i 4; sf?" X ' 5 s? I 1 ^ s* C ! ? F -til s w s- " IE r< - Ci >?ftv a*i U [2 $ ;> ? ^ si q- ??8 & Z e-1w.a O Hi = PI ST^"* ^ T fr (OS Sr fA w a ^ W j $ 'fio s"?8 3f 3e;i e ~ * "S.S i.as I & o *!8l? N j ? o 1 r's :! 3L: f ^ * 2-~ ?? 5^ & fit s s^s | & - ^ 15 ? 5 w-* ?J7 ni w. ?-r a- < = < .s.8- ssks! n? 'Pllni ?ju ? Z ' ! E]s ft # ? I *Z 4i r?-g? (fc !jg ?????? 1 i ^xaaXAAZA >.T ^ ^ &2AAIAASA I2AAS!^AZA ^2aa2^AZ* ~ "aA^^AX ^TWTWWT^ P !' vT^PTV ^TWT^V?^ PTWwT^PT^ ^TVPT^wT^PTwPT^^T^'T^^T^^T^ UV11UU1 I/ttJOj 3? Does your child enjoy go- ? ing to school? Or do you J i - l . . 1 ? nave to coax mm to get mm i to go? If you have to coax 1 1 1 1 A f them, what is the trouble / | There is, no doubt, a cause for this dis- I like which can be easily remedied. Per- I i i ?i w. _ _i i i :_i _ j. _? ai naps your cnua s scnooi material is not ui $ the same quality as his desk-mate. If this || is the case your child dislikes to complain p' of the poor material, as it might vex you, \i as you or your friend handles this shoddy jjj stuff, and the child realizes the uselessness ? of kicking, and makes up its mind to miss crl-?nr*l nn wpiv nnnnrtunitv that nresents I itself. ? Don't you think it poor economy to force your O child to use this cheap material, causing it to hate the school room, when for practically the same money you J| can give it just as good material as its neighbor has. The f i? next time your child asks for a tablet, pencil, pen, ink, aj composition book, examination pad, compasses, eraser, || school bag or strap, or anything else needed in a school j| room, give it the money and let it come to us, we have jp the best at the price to be found in the city. Let your J child use our school supplies and its school days will be |j We have everything needed in the school room as well as iji all kinds of Office Supplies, such as Ledgers, Day Books, Journals, $ , Cash Books, Invoice Books, Copying Books, Memorandums, Box & 1 Files, Shannon Files, Wire Files, Stamp Pads, Daters, Bill Holders, jjj ' Arm Rests, Waste Baskets, Pencils, Pens, Ink, Scratch Pads, Pins, jg , Pencil Sharpners, Ink Wells, Pen Racks, Desk Trays, Rulers, Paper i|j Fateners, Erasers, Pen Staffs, Tin Boxes for Bills, Lock Boxes, Tin 4? ' Files for Mail, and in fact anything necessary to furnish your office. , Remember our prices are just as cheap as the city prices, and by jjj ' buying of us you save the freight and keep the money at home. 4? | If we haven't in stock what you want we will get it for you. jjj ...THE... I if 11 n_ _l p. _ 1 9* BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA j MAIL ORDERS FILLED SAME DAY RECEIVED. I Remember we have in stock at all times all kinds jS of Leeal Blanks, anything from a Mortgage of iji Real Estate to a Plain Note, and our prices are tj? more reasonable than city prices. We also have a swell line of Marriage Certificates. See them. ? f " . ..... . ..