The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 07, 1909, Image 3
SIX MEN DEAD'
As the Result of a Terrille Explosion in
a Coal Mine
THREE FATALLY HURT
The Mine Caught Fir? at One? aud
IaxW Buuday N ight the Flame*
Were Bhootlug Up From the Shaft
Nearly One Hundred Feet in the
Open Air.
Near Roslyn, Wash., Sunday night,
at least men were killed and
three perhaps fatally injured in a
gas explosion in coal mine No. 4,
of the Northwestern Improvement
Company.
When the explosion occurred, a
column of lire was thrown hundreds
of feet into the air, igniting the
shaft plant and adjoining buildings.
Under the intense heat the hoist of
the shaft crumbled and fell. Cinders
wore blown in till directions, several I
buildings in parts of the little mining
town taking tiro. The citizens
were unable to extinguish the tires
and the Roslyn lire department was
called out.
The mine in tlio neighborhood of
tho ahaft was burning fiercely late
Sunday night, llames shooting lip
from the shaft nearly one huudred
feet into the air. The electric
pumps, which supply he town of
Koslyn with water, wore cut off and
the water in the city was very nearly
exhausted. It was reported that the
shaft was caving in and that other
explosions might occur at any moment.
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Rescue partis will be sejil into the
mine from the slope connecting with
the shaft as soon as it is safe for
men to approach. *
MULE KILLED BY TRAIN.
With Buggy it Hud Been Loft to
Wander ut Will.
A Newberry dispatch to The State
says the down freight on the Columbia,
Newberry & Laurens railroad,
which passes Newberry about 8:36
every evening on its way to Columbia,
struck a mule and buggy at
the crossing on the street leading to
ITolpnn tho novf rrriKHlii" ulwivo th<>
fatal Clive street crossing, whore so
many accidents have occurred heretofore,
Saturday night, killing the
mule and demolishing tne Muggy.
It seems that the train was running
very slowly, about six miles
an hour, and the mule with the buggy
was unattended. The mule had
been left unhitched by its owner,
L?ee Rutherford, colored, in town,
nearly a mile from where tin? accident
occurred, and had walked off with
the buggy, going in the direction of
its home. The mule was of average
\ value and is the second that Rutherford
baa lost this year. *
SAMIKLS RKSKiNS.
Sends His Resignation to a Ilig Mass
Meeting.
A Chester dispatch to The State
says at a mass meeting of citizens
at the court house Friday night Mayor
Ilenrv Runinola unlimiii.,.! i<iu ......
W ? -? ? M ^ ??V ?W UUWiU4V(.l/U U 1Q ICO"
ignatlon to take effect Immediately.
Mr. J. L. Glenn of the local bar
read the resignation, which was accompanied
by a request that the
meeting adopt no denunciatory reso'
lutions.
Messrs. M. S. Lewis, T. H. White
and L. D. Childs made remarks,
calling upon the press, pulpit and
citizens generally to accept the resignation
and drop all further adverse
comment.
The resignation and the accompanying
suggestions wore unanimously
adopted and the big audience present
went home with the outlook clear
for a bigger and better Chester. *
Another Newberry Murder.
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As a resutl of a negro barbecue
Saturday Newberry county has another
murder to her credit. The negroes
In the lower section of the county,
about seven miles below Prosperity,
had a barbecue on Mr. Iiurr Stockman's
plantation. From the facts
gathered by the coroner, it seems
that John Whoeler walked up with J
a double-barreled shotgun and with j
little or no provocation shot Payton '
Itawl. *
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Shoots the Shi'rllT. ?
Sheriff H. J. Pope of Taylor county,
Ga., lies in a hospital dangerously
wounded, having been shot three
times in attempting to arrest J. R. ^
li'-own at Butler, Ga., late Sunday f
night. The surgeons entertain little a
hope for his recovery. The officer j.
Is too seriously injured to make any t!
statement about the shooting and as a
there were no eye witnesses details ri
of the affair are meager. U
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UTICA CRIME SOLVED
THEODOKK RIZZO HKL1) FOlt
MIKDKH OF 2 CHlLDltKN.
Lured Thm? Children to Lonoljr 1 lavine
for Purpose of Assault, and
Then Shot Two I>ead.
After puzzling over the case since
September 12, tho authorities of
Utica, N. Y., have finally solved the
m votnru t\t tli.. rr*v
ui;ovm ; vi I no Uilll Ut'I U1 1 UUI UHil I
Procopio, seven years old, and Fer-1
dinando Infusiuo, two and a halt*
years old, and the shooting of the lutter's
six-year-old sister, Fanny, the
crimes which were committed in an
isolated ravine on the outskirts of
Utica, and which, for several weeks,
threatened to always remain a mystery.
The police have not only cleared
up the case, but in the arrest of
Theodore Kiz/.o, who has been arraigned
and held for court on a
charge of first degree murder, they
have the brute who butchered the
children. So complete was the chain
of evidence which Chief of Police
Hrophy wove around' the prisoner
that the latter broke down and confessed
to the crime when told of the
evidence against him. lti/./,o's confession
has not yet been made publit',
as tlie 18,000 Italian residents of
Utica are in an inflamed state of
illilid over the atrocious deed, hence
fears for the prisoner's life are entertained.
Kizzo's confession is complete and
binding, he having told the police
the full details of the crime. lie
admits that lie luted the three Italian
children to the lonely ravine for the
purpose of criminal attacking cither
the I'rocopio or the Infusino girl,
and then when they resisted and declared
their intention of toiling on
him he shot all three of iheiu to
seal their lips.
When he left tin4 ravino h
thought till the children were dead.
The I'rocopio girl and little Kerdinando
Infusino were, but Fanny Infusino,
though sorely wounded, soon
regained consciousness. She saw the
body of her brother lying in the
ntud at 'ho bottom of the ravine and
she dragged it out among the goidenlod
that fringed the side of the ecn'-c
and then kept watch over it until a
neighboring woman discovered them
the next morning.
Fanny Infusino was taken to a
hospital, where she recovered, ami
ine police immediately set to v ek
la the case. They made but si > .v
progress, as clews were very few
but the fact that Kizzo was seen
comillir from the ritvine Keen aft
the crime occurred gave them something
to work on. They built up
n strong case against the Italian,
hut it threatened to fall Hat when
the Infusino girl failed to identify
him. .
She said, however, he looked something
lik?> the man aside from the
fact that her assailant had long
hair, whereas Kiz/.o's was cropped
close to his head. The police soon
discovered that he had had his hair
cut like this on the day after the
murder, andN when he was fitted
out with a v.ig the girl identified
lylm. lie was 'immediately taken
into custody, and his confession followed.
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OONVKTKU OF M ANSLAl UHTFK.
Homicide Trial at Aiken Results in
Verdict of Guilty.
The first of the Quintette of white
men of Horse Creek Valley to be
tried at Aiken for murder was
Thomas Rogers, charged with the
murder of Paul Jones. The case
was concluded Friday afternoon, and
resulted in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter.
The killing occurred at
Johnstown, about seven weeks ago,
this being the first of the homicides
to occur there recently. It appears
that the men had previously quarreled,
and when Jones was killed
Rogers was under the influence of
whiskey. Jones was cut with a knife !
which disembowelled him, and he (
ilied some time later. * <
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After Many Years.
A Charleston man who lost his
jjold rim spectacles in Cuba about the
line of the Spanish war lias been i
nade happy by the receipt of th"
glasses a few days ago through the
^nib. *
nan*. 11 nus neon a long wait,
>ut there in satisfaction at last in j
setting back bis spectacles. The
eather had almost nil rotted off the ^
netal case which had been found in f
, trench around Santiago, but still s
he glasses are in good condition. * i
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llcoke Ilia Xcck. \\
Elsin Yawn, a farmer living be- {
ween Helena and Chauncoy, was h
on n d dead, lying beside a road d
bout dusk Sunday. He was return- ()
ng from Chauncey, when he was j<
brown by a mule, breaking his neck i
tnd bruising /his skull against a u
ock as he fell to the ground. He (|
javes a wife and several children. * ti
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LAID TO REST
Last Rites Held Over Body of Ex-Governor
Miles B. McSweeney
END CAME WEDNESDAY
Had IWn In 111 Health for n Your
or More and Several Mont lis Apo
He Wum Taken to llultiinoro for
Treatment?I tody lathi to Host in
llain|Uou Wcdncttdajr Afternoon.
A dispatch from Hampton says the
body of ex-Governor MeSwoeney
reached there at 5 o'clock p in.
Thursday. The funeral services were
held Immediately thereafter at
Hampton coineterj.
The body was accompanied by Mrs.
MeSwoeney and two of his sons.
The funeral services wore conducted
by Kev. J. W. 101k ins, pastor of
the Methodist church, assisted by
Hevs. VV. 11. Howling and G. 10.
Spruill.
Hampton lodge, No. 73, Knights
of Pythias, then took charge and
the ex-governor was laid to rest with
Pythian honors.
The active pallbearers were: .1.
S. Polk, Pamberg; VV. C. Manldin.
W. S. Smith, 10. M. Peoples, J. C.
I.ightsev, K. J. Watson, Columbia;
G. I). Howling, 10. 11. Anil, Newberry.
The honorary pallbearers were:
Mayor 10. F. Warren, Gen. Jas. VV.
Moore, \V. F. Cuminings, Dr. J. L.
Folk.
Former Governor MeSwoeney died
Wednesday morning in Baltimore.
The news was received here and
caused widespread sorrow among the
many personal iriends of .Mr. Mci
Sweeney throughout t State.
CJovornor McSweeney had boon in
ill health for a year or more and several
months ago he was taken to Ba'.t
imoro for treatment. Since that
time he had boon under treatment in
a private sanitarium in that city. His
condition became critical a week or
more ago and Mrs. McSweeney was
summoned to his bedside. The end
came Wednesday morning at 1:30
o'clock.
<;<>Y KKNOli McKWHHNHY.
Short Sketch ot 21 is Life That Ix
Wry Interesting.
Miles Benjamin McSweeney was
l>orn in Cliarleston April IS, lRf>f>.
Four years later his father die I of
yellow fever, and the orphaned hoy
was left to make his own way
through the world. At the age of 10
he was selling newspapers. Later
he clerked in a bookstore and at
the same Lime attended night school.
He served an apprenticeship as
u job printer and worked for newspapers
la Charleston and Columbia.
I le won the Washington and Leo
university scholarship offered to
members of the Charleston Typographical
union, but owing to lack
of means ills college career was
restricted to a very short term.
in 1X7 7 Mr. McSweeney moved to
.Mnt'ty-cix, w no re 110 published the
Ninoty-Six Guardian until 1879,
whi'ii ho roinoved. to- Hampton and
began the publication of The Hampton
County Guardian, which ho continued
until within a few months of
his dealh. For eight years Mr, McSweoney
was president of the South
Carolina Press association.
In addition to his journalistic pursuits
Mr. McSweeaey played a prominent
part in South Carolina politics.
For 10 years?from 1881 to
189 1?ho was chairman of the
Hampton county Democratic executive
committee. In 189 1 he was
elected to the State legislature and
in 1S9G became lieutenant governor,
which place he filled until 1899,
when he succeeded to the governorship
on the death of Gov. W. II.
Rllerbee.
In 190 1 he was elected governor.
At the expiration of his term he
retired from politics and devoted
himself to the interests of The Guariian.
For several years Mr. Mc"><veeney
was a member of the State
Democratic executive committee. *
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INSISTS llK IS INN OCR NT. 1
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dan Accused of Killing Wife Sub- f
mils to Interview.
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At Spartanburg Dock Foster, who f
s held in the county jail under sus- y
in-1on oi naving murdered his wife, f
lartha Fester, and burled her niu- n
Hated body in a woodland on the
uburhs of the city, submitted to an
ntorview, but would answer few
uestions. "God knows I am an ^
nnocent man," he repeated time and
Ime again. He has not explained 1
is movements on Tuesday and Tues- a
ay night, nor has he produced any {
no other than himself who saw Mrs. r
"oster in a hack with a negro and s
white man Tuesday evening. Fos- (>i
>r was last seen with his wife Tues- 'I
ay afternoon In the woods where tl
ie body was found. * p
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WAS A GOOD MAN
A 1>KSK11YKI> TKIIIUTK TO TUB
LATE GOV. McSWEKNEY.
A State Ofllcial, Who Know the I>ato
Governor Well, S|>eak.s of Iliin as
lie Wu?.
A State official, who know ox-Oovornor
McSwoeney intimately, said of
him u few days ago:
"When Gov. Kllerbee died Miles H.
.-vicaweeney canto to Columbia quietly
and assumed the ofllco of governor
Ills personal modesty, which was
ever a strong characteristic of the
man, made a pronounced impression
on every one with whom ho came in
contact during those lirst days.
I "If McSweoney had a pronounced
t fault it was one that more men might
well have to their material advantage?die
op human sympathy. lie
simply could not harbor a grudge
against any man; ho could not turn
his back upon those who would injure
him; he could not say nay to
those in distress, particularly women
and children; his hand was ever on
his pocket hook ready to aid those
who were in need.
"He was a man devoted to his family
and his children and his friends.
"McSwecney came to the olheo of
governor of the State a safe and
sound business man, one who had
made a success of his own business,
lie applied business methods to his
administration from tho lirst day
and sot out to give the State a business
administration, shaped upon
lines conservatism and designed to
foster and encourage Industrial and
all material development. How he
succeeded those who watched contemporaneous
events and th.w. ?
came after him in ollicial harness
knew best. lie made but few of
what could bo justly termed mistakes
lines of conservatism and designed to
State and sincerely strove to better
conditions. His .administration
marked a distinct period of advance
in the history of the State.
"A 11 newspaper men who came in
daily contact wtih him were personally
devoted to him; he reposed full
confidence in them and that confidence
was never abused.
"One of the most beautiful incidents
of the governor's career as
Chief executive of the State was illustrative
of that predominating
characteristic, which made him recognize
the humblest being and value
his friendship. It occurred in New
York city. The governor with the
members of his staff was on 'newspaper
row,' near the New York World
building the day before the great
Dewey celebration, just as the newshoys
screaming 'Wuxtry* were issuing
from the building. Tile staff of
ihits could not restrain him whe.i
lie saw the hoys who wore* what he
had once been, and in a moment or
two lie had made his own career
known to them. In a few moments
more he "was the centre of a cheering
mass of newsboys and it took
not only all the staff otllcres could
, <1?, hut Ujv USSitfiiUiSQ ui' the police,
to rescue him and his big armful of
csarp daxnrrbspf shrdlshd ludrlurh
papers from the enthusiastic mob
of cheering lads, How much poorer
he was when it was alT pver none
who were with lilin ever knew.
"McSweenoy's life was devoted to
the cause of progress. It w?? m,,i
will ever be an (inspiration to the
ambitious poor boy. It has not been
lived in vain. Passing through the
severe hardships he encountered in
boyhood and young manhood, he
then passed through the ever changing
trials of public life without losing
those distinctly human characteristics
that at once made him lovable
to hiss friends and kept him from
making enemies*. Ho was a type of
man South Carolina Can not well afford
to lose. His public spirit was
shown in his every act and public
utterance and he wrought much good
that the general public knew not
of. The Impress of his life and his
life work upon the future citizenship
of hi* beloved State will live
long." *
Killed in Kiinaway.
Miss Ida Harrol, the fourteen-year'?ld
daughter of Mr. M. J. Ilarrel, a
prominent farmer, living three miles ,
from Quitman, Oa.. was instantly '
tilled Monday afternoon by being
jiujvvii iroin a uuggy. Miss Harroll
md Iter cousin wore driving home
roni school, when the horse became
rightened and ran away. The other
filing lady succeeded in stopping the
rightened horse after he had ran '
iearly a mile.
Trolley Wreck.
At Pittsburg, Pa., two men were
illod and eight other passengers se- (j
iously injured, three of them probbly
fatally, Sunday night In a street ^
ar accident there. While a car was r
minding a corner at a fair rate of (
peed one of the axles broke. The H
eir swerved around and upset, the y
ead and injured being caught in n
tie wreckage. All the victims were a
assengers. u
THE HQ
EATS HIS CHILD .
Driven by Hanger, Arctic Hunter Commits
Fearful Crime
TO PRESERVE HIS LIFE
The Miin's Fishing und Hunting
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Season Had IWtu a Fuilure and
Driven Mud by Hunger, He Killed
uno or Ills Children and A to tin*
lattlo Victim.
A Sunday's dispatch from St.
John's, N. F., snys tragedy in the
far North formed the burden of the
news brought to port today by the
Hudson Hay Company's steamer
Adventure which arrived with the
crow of the lost Dundee whaler
Paradox, and the story of an lOskitno,
who driven to cannibalism by
starvation, ate his child.
The Paradox, one of the fleet of
whalers, met the fate of her companion
ship, Snowdrop, when she was
crunched in the ice floes off Hatha
Land, early in August a year ago.
The crow, with scanty provisions,
made their way over the broken
ice towards the mainland, and were
picked up this fall by the steamer,
j The Hudson Hay mounted police
I report, through dispatches brought
by the Adventure, the canniahlism
of the starving Hskimo. The man's
i fishing and hunting season had been
a failure and driven mad by hunger,
he cut the throat-of one of his children
and then ate the little victim.
When the man's neighbors learned
of the horrible crime, they attacked
him according to the primitive
law of their race. The outcast beat
on ;ui assaults, shot down several
of the attacking party and escaped
into the wilderness. His fate is unk
nown.
M ASSACKIO ClIAKGLI) TO LITTIiK.
Mrs. Little in AilUlavit DeclarcN Ho
Wore Illoody Clothes.
A dispatch from Minefield, W. Va.,
says the wife of Howard Little, whq ,
was arrested about a week
charged with .the murder of "Aunt
Betsy" Justice, Geo. A. Meadows and
wife and three children, confessed
a few days ago that she washed his
bloody clothing the day after the
murder and in her allidavit she says
also that he left their home about
dark on the night of the murder
and returned the next morning with
his clothes all bloody and torn and
said that he would kill her if she
told anything about his condition,
lie borrowed a 32-calibre revolver
a few days before the crime was committed
returned it on the following
Wednesday with two chambers
empty. The body of George
Meadows was exhumed and two billets
taken from it by Doctors Kichrdson
and White were almost identical
in weight .with the halls taken
from shells belonging .to tlie weapon
Little had borrowed.
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Little's wife iilso turned over tliVli
lantern that ho fiTQUJtht hf?tm? I
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him that night which showed file
marks as if some one had tried to
cut off the bloodstains. He was seen
in the barn next morning folding papers
across his knee apparently
counting money and he gave twenty
dollars to a woman with whom hj
had planned to start for the west
a few days after the murder was committed,
with which to buy clothing
Hjul prepare for the train. Having
done this she returned one dollar
and eighty cents to kittle at which
time she swears he threatened her
lift? If she revealed any part of their
secret.
Requisition papers have been applied
for and as soon as they can be ,
secured Little will bo removed to <
Lebanon to await his trial. Threats
of lynching are freely made. ' (
IviIl?*?l the Itigfit Follow. i
Kn raged at his wife because 1
breakfast was not ready on time, 1
Wdward F. Mtiller, a special detective
iving iit New York, shot at her with
i revolver Sunday and when he saw
ier fall, turned the weapon against ?
Jimself and blew out his brains. f
lis wife was not even scratched by 8
he bullet She had fa'nted from '
ure frihUi Muller died almn-.t in- 8
tantly. * "
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Fiends Convicted.
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At Laurens George Davis and John w
fa nee, colored, were a few days
go convicted of rapo on the peron
of a white woman in the Gray
'ourt section of the county, with
ecommendation to mercy. Under
he new Wharton law Judge Shlpp
entenced the two negroes to twenty ^
ears in the penitentiary, it being u
ow left in the court's discretion ^
s to the penalty under a recomlendation.
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IRRY HEI
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SEMMES AND THE SUMTER
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S()\tK INTERESTING GLIMPSES OP
out STATE HISTORY.
Th? Brave South Carolina Soldier
After Whom the Southern C'rubMT
Was Named.
Id speaking of the celebration of
the one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Admiral Raphael Sotntnes,
the Indianapolis News says:
Throughout the South yesterday
the one-hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Raphael Se.ntr.es, who bore
the title of admiral ?n the Confe?l
orate navy, was generally observed.
That ho was a man of talent and
a skillful seaman Is without question.
as is also the fact that he, as
commander of the Alabama, which
was finally pounded to plecos ofT
Cherbourg, France, by the old Kearsarge,
did greater havoc to Northern
shipping than any other man that
ever sailed a privateer.
The name of Sumter, that of his
first vessel, was as familiar to the
North perhaps as was that of the
famous privateer, the Bonne Homme
Richard, commanded by John Paul
Jones, of Revolutionary memory, but
most readers probably thought the
name Sumter was given to the
Koinmns vessel in recognition of
Fort Sumter, in Charleston, S. C.,
harbor, the llrst United States stronghold
to fall into the hands of the Confederates.
The name of Sumter,
however, is that of a Revolutionary
hero, who, with Francis Marion, may
be named as the most distinguished
sons of South Carolina in that strug
km\ lit the North tho name of the
Hrst-named In to is comparatively an
unfamiliar one, while the name of
Million has boon given to counties,
cities and towns in many States,
North tis well as South.
Thomas Sumter called "the Carolina
Came Cock," as Francis Marion
was called, "the Carolina Swamps
Fox," was born in South Carolina
in 1734 and died June 1, 1832, having
lived to the extreme age of 98
years, outliving by ton years stout
old Frig. Gen. John Stark, of New
Hampshire, who died May 8, 1 822, at
the age of 9 4 years. Stark won great
honor by defeating lUitlVn, who COin^r
manded a forcg 0f Hessians, oh
August, a R, 1 777, at Bennington, and
flTlorward defeated a force under
Hreymnn, victorious which led to tho
surrender of Butgoyno at Saratoga,
which in turn brought Franco to
the aid of the colonies as an ally.
Thomas Sumter, after the capture
of Charleston, S. C., by the British
in 17 8(1, took tho Held as a brigadier
geherol at the head of a body of
light horse and immediately became
one of the most active and able partisan
leaders of the South. His bravery,
endurance and unvarying cheerfulness
and determination caused him
to he adored by his followers 'rm.
war over, political honors awn I ted
htm. He was repeatedly elected to
Congress, was minister to Brazil
and several terms in the United
States Senate. And this was the
hero whose name was given to the
fort In Charleston harbor, where
the Hag was fired upon, rousing the
North to action, and this the name of
the commerce destroyer commanded
by the Confederate admiral whom the
I South remembered yesterday.
HAD A CLOSK CALL.
' IUuiis Train
Two Men in Auto Ttinr
Have Wonderful Ivs<U|m1.
As a train bound for Mantatton
was pulling out of the Twenty-second
avenue station, Bath Beach, a
few days ago, an automobile In which
were two men dashed down the
avenue toward the bay. The chauffeur
put on tho brakes, but struck
the rear car of tho train, and to
the passengers It looked as though
the two men had been killed. The
driver escaped with a bad shaking
up. His companions was hurled
In the air and landed on his
side. When he got up ho brushed
iiis clothes, and I)r. Do Mound, who
examined him, said that his escape
had been nothing less than a miracle.
Not a hone was broken. Both
men went homo without giving their
UlIIM'H. *
Disabled by Hoes.
While engaged In recovering a
louse at Clifton No. 2, Spartanburg
ountv, II. B. Hughes, a carpenter,
tirred up a bumble boo nest, and
icforo he could retreat to a place of
afety, the bees applied their busiicKs
end to his hands and legs. Ho
/as forced to quit work and had to
e carried homo in a i".""- ' *
. ... .. , ana ne
nis so badly stung that ho could not
- alk.
lA'ft Their llaby.
H. A. Sack and wife of Savannah,
la., were arrested In Columbia on
londay for deserting their baby in
partanburg, which they left in the
nion depot. They claimed to have
orgotten the little one. Sack is
onnected with the express company
i Savannah.
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