The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 13, 1911, Image 5
ANSWER PRAYER
Tic Pawer af Speech Wu Restarcl to a
V lu at Wertwuttr, S. C.
DUMB FOR THREE YEARS
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Like the Marvel* of' Karly Christian
Pays, Reads Story of Mr. Drayton
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Poore, Who, Dumb, Speaks Again,
the Thorn in the Flesh Having
Been Removed.
letter from Westminster to the
News and Cornier says without question
the most conspicuous man in up^
per South Carolina to-day is Mr.
Thomas Drayton Poore. He had this
unabatlng consplclousness since the
afternon of Feb. 7, 1911. It does
not dwindle in the least, but rather
grows greater as the circle covering
the knowledge of his experience
grows wider. People from different
parts of the state and the neighboring
State of Georgia have come in numbers
to Westminster for the sole purpose
of looking on the person of this
new marked man. Letters have been
received by the hundreds making inquiry
about him.
The thing that has brought Mr.
Poore into the lime light Is the sud\
den restoration of speech, of which
he had been totally deprived for almost
three years. To be more oaact,
the thing that has pointed him
out as a consplcious character is not
the simple fact of the restoration of I
speech, but the circumstances under
which his speech was restored, and
more especially the cause that Is believed
to hare been behind It and
responsible for It. A brief history
of the case of Mr. Poor? will tell the
story and put before the reader the
?Tidence upon which the claim of a
miracle Is posited.
' iff. Poore, who Is one of the most
reputable men of the town and county
in which he lire*, began to lose
the po*er of speech on the 11th day
of April, 1908, and continued to grow
worse In this respect until on the
18th day of December of that year he
was utterly unable to make an audible
sound, even In the form of a whlsner.
The Dhyslclans told him that it
was the result of a ease of nervous
indigestion that had been troubling
him for a long time. Mr. Poore was
unable to make a single sound in the
nature of speech until the afternoon
of February ^11, 1911. It is the return
of the power of speech, especially
In the light of the circumstances
lY of Its return, and, as it Is confidently
believed by all, the cause of its return
that makes Mr. Poore to be a subject
of great interest at this time.
The circumstances are these: There
was a protracted service In progress
at the Baptist cnucn in Westminster,
of which Mr. Poore is a member and
officer. The services were being conducted
by the Rev. S. E. Stephens, a
^ returned missionary of that denomination.
On the afternoon of the Ttn
of February, at a very quiet meeting
in which prayer was the predominating
feature, Mr. Poore wrote on a
slip of paper a request that prayer be
ofTered for him that God would give
him grace to bear his affliction. Attention
was called to the fact that it
ff-' might bo God's will to restore to him
bis voice, and this was made the burden
of the prayers offered at thai
time. Like Paul of old, the brethren
prayed that the "thorn of the flesh"
might be removed, but If It was not
for the glory of God that it be removed
that their brother might be
given grace to bear it to God's glory
and praise.
After the season of prayer wat?
nrUl/vnf oalrlncr If thfl flniiWPr
V/ t v l f tw mivuv MoniiiQ * ?. vmv/ >?
had been given, the leader announced
a hymn, and none was more surprised,?
perhaps, than Mr. Poore to
And that he could join in the singing
with as strong and melodious a voice
as any one present. The amazement
was startling when Mr. Poore, Just
\ as the minister was about to dismiss
the congregation, rushed to the platform,
lifted his hand and began to
tell, with lips that, had been speechloss
for three years, of how wonderfully
God had answered the prayers
of His people on that occasion. At
the request of Mr. Poore the congregation
sang, "Nearer, My God, to
Thee" and "Praise God, from Whom
All Blessings Plow," the subject of
the blessing leading the singing with
a thrill in his voice that by that congregation
was never heard on land or
sea.
If any one imagines that there was
any drag in the meeting after that
they are quite mistaken. An ovation
was tendered Mr. Poore on the
ground, and as the remarkable incident
spread through the town and
surrounding country multitudes
thronged the streets, delegation after
delegation met him on his way home,
or called on him after he reached
home. The house was packed at night
J with people, who, like the Jews in
Bethany that came not for Jesus'
sake only, but to see Lazarus whom
He had raised from the dead, came
net for the meeting's sake only, but
" that they might see the man who had
received such a tangible and apparent
blessing in answer to prayer that had
been offered in that house.
The crowds still come to Mr.
Poore's home and such an occurrence
In the life of one so well and so favorably
known, and In a denomination
that is noted for its conservativencss
and quietude, and yet in the life of a
man with such an implicit and abiding
faith in the promises of God, haa
received no other explanation than
that God was pleased to hear the cry
of HIS people and answer them "according
to His loving kindness and
tender irercics."
The following affidavits, made in
the presence of an officer of the law
and under the seal of the Commonwealth
of South Carolina, will attest
the historicity of the incident,
even to the most sceptical:
"The State of South Carolina,
"County of Oconee.
"Personally appeared before me
Thomas Drayton Poore, of the town
of Westminster, State and county
aforesaid, who, being duly sworn,
aava> That ho la 10 ?P*r of ACTA. And
that he deals in real estate and farming;
that on the 11th day of April,
1908, he began losing his power of
speech, and that his power of speech
had become totally lost on the 18tn
day of December, 1908, the loss being
attributed as a result of nervousness.
That he had been unable to speak,
even in an audible whisper, from the|
aforesaid date, December 18, 1908,
unntll the 7th day of February, 1911,
at which time the power of speech was
completely returned to him; and that
he Is firmly of the opinion that the
return was due to prayer offered in
his behalf on that date, February V,
by members of the Westminster Baptist
church, during a series of revival
services, conducted by the Rev. S. E.
Stephens, assisted by the Rev. F. G.
Lavender. That he requested tho
special prayers, and that at their conclusion,
immediately, his voice returned
and he was able to return
thanks to God, loudly singing His
hymns.
"Signed) T. D. Poore.
"Sworn to and subscribed before
mo this 2nd day of April, 1911.
"E. M. Scott,
"Notary Public for S. C.
Physician's Testimony.
"Personally appeared before me
Burt Mitchell, M. D., of the town of
Westminster, who, being duly sworn,
says: That he la a practicing physiclan
of 3 2 years' service, a graduate
of the Baltimore Medical College, and
that he has been treating Thomas
Drayton Poore about five years, his
first trouble being an acute attack of
neuralgia. His second and last trouble
was nervous Indigestion, which
caused loss of voice. That Mr. Poore
loet his voice about two or three
years ago, and that his speech was
returned to him during a religious
service on February 7, 1911, when
special prayers were offered that his
vole? be returned to him. That it is
his (deponent's) opinion that Mr.
Poore's return of speech was due to
hie strong faith in the Almighty.
"(Signed) Burt Mitchell, M. D.
"Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 2nd day of April, 1911.
"E. M. Scott,
"Notary Public for S. C."
(Minister's Deposition.
"Personally appeared before me
the Rev. F. G. Lavender, of the town
of Westminster, who, being duly
sworn, says: That he is the pastor
of the new Westminster Baptist
church, and that he was present at
the service when Mr. Thomas Drayton
Poore's power of speech was returned
to him; that the return followed four
especial prayers offered in behalf of
Mr. Poore. That he (deponent) is
firmly of the opinion that the return
of voice was a direct answer to these
prayers; that he has known Mr.
Poore since he (deponent) came to
Westminster, sixteen months ago,
and that he had never heard Mr.
Poore Bpeak prior to February 7,
1911. That no excitement existed in
service prior to Mr. Poore's return of
speech.
"(Signed) F. G. Lavender.
"Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 2nd day of April, 1911.
"E. M. Scott,
"Notary Public for S. C."
The above are only a few specimens
of testimonials that have been
taken or that are available. They
settle beyond controversy the fact of
the occurrence. There may be "Doubting
Thomases" who will refuse to believe.
That is their prerogative. The
fact remains Just the same. If they
so desire let them make a journey to
Westminster and there they may hear
with their own ears what God hath
wrought for those who believe His
promises.
The question of cause may be considered
as still an open one. So was
that of the miracles of old. However,
those in the community who have
carefully studied the matter, including
some of the most conservative
theologians of the country, say that
it is the direct result of the attitude
of belief on the part of God's people.
They aver that this is an example 01
what the church might see today but
for her belief. Prominent ministers
are urging that it is not the limitation
of God's power or willingness,
but the limitation of the faith of His
people that keeps the church today
from saying in thousands of instances
to her deaf and dumb, both physically
and spiritually: "Epli-pha-tha* ?
"Be thou opened." *
First Bath in Years Fatal.
Isaac Schneider took his first batn
in two years in Philadelphia this
week, and it killed him. He suffered
from rheumatism and followed the
advice of those who said avoid water
for two years. Then he tried the fidvice
of other friends.
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WERE ALL DEAD
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K# Ltagcr Aa jIbpe if FijJei Aiy
Victim Alive ia the Miae
CAUSED BY THE ROWDER
The Lives of One Hundred and
Twenty-Eight Convicts, Working
In an Alabama Mine, Snuffed Out
by An Explosion on Last Saturday
Morning Early.
A dispatch from Littleton, Ala.,
says with the precision of clock-work
the trained corps of rescuers is bringing
a steady stream of bodies from
the Manner mine of the Pratt Consolidated
Coal Company in which Saturday's
disastrous explosion occurred.
It is believed tonight that 128 Is the
exact number of victims.
This figure was obtained after making
a careful check of all the men
who entered the mine Saturday morning.
There is no longer any hope of
finding men alive underground. Of
this number five were free men, all
the others convicts leased by the
State. Of the 128 dead, only 14 were
white.
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JLT. J. J. ivULitmgt? mm a. i;ai 1/ ui
ten government rescuers were overcome
by after-damp in the mine early
Sunday morning, and for a time the
lives of three of the party were despaired
of. It was 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon when the rescuers were
able to establish working conditions
in the mine, and at 3:20 o'clock the
first three bodies were brought to
the surface. They were all negroes,
George Lawson, Joo Brown and
Arthur Welsh.
Within two hour# ten more had
been brought up, Including Le*?
Jones and O. W. Spradling, both
white. James Hillhouse, State mine
inspector, expressed the belief that
the mine would be cleared by morning.
James Oakley, president of the
State mine Inspection board, escorted
the second party Into the mine, and
when he returned he had no comment
to make. He said a thorough
investigation would be made into the
cause of the explosion.
The general belief is that powder
caused the trouble, due principally to
the fact that the greatest damage was
at the point where the day's supply
of powder was kept.
When the rescuers asked for assistance
company officials called for
volunteers among the convicts, stating
that no man ned go in if he were
afraid. Sixteen of the negroes in
stripes stepped forward in response
tn the call and accomnanied Mr. Hill
house and eix white men went underground.
There are practically no mourners
at Banner, none of the convicts having
relatives near, but a few curious
negro women stood around the opening
and would break into a low
mournful dirge-like chant when the
bodies were brought up.
Family Holds Corner on Officers.
Only the efforts of one of the members
of the family prevented the
Wiese family from having a majority
in the town council in the Elaright,
la., town election. Two Wieses were
elected and a third had been nomi?"
A J 4- 4-Y%r\ /fair 4 r\ f\ 11 r*\r\ cr h i c
Ilit(t'u, iiui B)mui niu vi?j iiiuuvuiB ???w
friends to vote for his opponent, who
was elected by a small majority.
Mode Their Escape.
Quick work on the part of the firemen
subdued a threatening fire which
broke'out Thursday in the plant of
the White-Smith Music Publishing
company on Stanhope street, Hoston,
Mass. The loss is estimated at $50,000.
Three or four girls who were
on the fifth floor escaped over the
roofs of tho adjoining buildings.
Killed by Shock.
Conductor P. C. Moore, running
on tho interurban line between Anderson
and Helton, was instantly
killed late Thursday ight at Helton,
while attempting to regulate the
headlight on tho car on which ho
ran. The body was taken to Anderson
on the car, and prepared foi
burial. *
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Cost Him $10 to Contemplate Suicide.
John J. Reid, 4 0 years old, was
fined $10 and costs in Chicago this
*reek in the municipal court because
he had contemplated suicide. Reid,
who is a Scotchman and out of employment,
was arrested after he had
purchased a quantity of carbolic acid
with the intention of killing himself.
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Followed His Victim.
A Hickman, Ky., dispatch says that
Jack McClain of Lynnville, Ky., who
was recently arrested and placed it*
jail there, being suspected of murdering
his nephew, Andrew McClain,
committed suicide in his cell Thursday
by cutting his throat with a pocket
knife. *
Hull Kills a Man.
Disregarding the warning that a
.bull in the pasture was vicious William
Payne, of Norristown, N. J., was
gored and trampled to death this
week. He had declared he could
conquer any mad bull.
WANT JUTE FREE
TRUST TRY1NQ TO THROTTLE
ALL COMPETITION.
The Duty Proposed Would Suppress
CslcutU, Dundee end Liverpool
Jute Rugging Mills.
To prevent the closing down, by
the trust in this country, of every
foreign mill manufacturing bagging
for covering cotton, mill interests in
this and other Southern States have
petitioned congress at the 62d extraordinary
session to place all bagging
for covering cotton on the free list.
A letter written to Senator Benjamin
Ryan Tillman of South Carolina was
given out Thursday. The letter follows:
Hon. B. R. Tillman, Washington, D.
C.
Dear Sir: Under paragraph 355 of
the tariff act jute bagging is protect
ed by a duty of six-tenths of one per
cent and three-fourths of a cent per
running yard, provided the bagging is
composed of jute, jute butts or hemp.
The manufacturers of bagging In
this country not being satisfied with
the tribute paid to It by the cotton
farmers for the past fifteen years under
the above tariff, recently made a
test case to prove that foreign bagging
contains some Jute mill waste or
other fibre, and on that account is
not entitled to entry as above, but
must pay a duty of 45 per cent ad
valorem.
This will stop every Calcutta, Dun-dee
and Liverpool mill now engaged
in making bagging for shipments to
this country for cotton.
I I am led to believe that the mills in
this country use other fibres than Jute
in making their bagging, and it is
evident that the intention of congress
was simply to protect American made
bagging by a three-quarter of a cent
duty per yard and not by duty of 45
per cent, ad valorem, which these
manufacturers now insist shall be
paid on every yard of imported goods
unless chemical and microscopic examination
shows same to be absolutely
pure jute, jute butts or hemp.
With the foreign mills closed down
the American manufacturers will
soon have the cotton planters at their
mercy, and it appears to us that now
is the time for congress to act and
see that justice is done to the planter
and to the oil mills who use large
quantitiee of bagging in packing their
linters.
Binder twine is admitted free of
duty. This twine is made from the
same stuff that bagging is manufactured
from. Now why should the
farmers who raise wheat and oats be
exempted while the cotton planter is
called upon to pay a heavy duty on
his bagging as well as 13 1-2 cents
per bundle on cotton ties?
We hope that you will be able to
place all articles used in covering cotton
on the free list.
Yours very truly,
B. F. Taylor,
President Interstate Cotton Seed
Crushers' Association.
In other States protests have been
made to the present congress. The
matter is one of grave importance affecting
the cotton mills, the farmers
and other interests wherever bagging
is used for any purpose. The closing
down of foreign mills, it is believed,
would create an oppressive monopoly
in this country that would operate
against the farmers to a large extent.
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Three Negroes Lynched.
At Ellaville, Ga., Dawson Jordan,
Charlie Pickett and Murray Burton,
negroes, were lynched Saturday. They
were accused of murdering Newton
Eason, a white man on January 5.
Jailer Cliff Bough was awakened by
several men who told him they had
a prisoner to place in jaid. He admitted
them and was immediately
overpowered and forced to unlock the
cells containing the negroes. They
were taken to the outskirts of the
town, hanged and shot.
Fell Seven Stories.
Clyde Goldsmith, a negro, fell from
the seventh floor of the Georgia Life
building in Macon, Ga., this week,
and is still alive at the hospital,
though unconscious, with his skull
crushed and one eye out, besides
many bruises and some internal injuries.
He crashed into several scantlings
before striking the ground. Physicians
cannot understand why he
was not killed outright.
Another Investigation.
Senator La Follette introduced a
resolution for another investigation
of the Senator Lorimer case. It
names as the committee of investigation
Senator Works of California,
Townsend of Michigan, McLean of
Connecticut, Kern of Indianna, and
Pomeren? of Ohio. No action was
taken, as Senator La Follette intends
IU n|/U?IV U1JL 111U I VOV/11IVIVU MiAVfvuv/*
day.
Wif? Slops With a Ka7x>r.
Claiming that his wife, Mattie Ar'
nold, sleeps every night with a razor
under her pillow, and has threatend
to use it on him if the occasion and '
the opportunity present themselves,
William Arnold, a white man, of Ma- j
con, Ga., has filed suit for divorce.
In the meantime until the Judgment
of the court is. announced, ho will 1
continue to live with his wife.
SCORES PERISH
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Miatrs Are Ought Like Rats ia a Trap
u4 Lese Their Lives.
ANOTHER MINE HORROR
Fire and Gm Block Their Escape, and
Without Warning Between Fifty
and Sixty Men and Boys Meet Terrible
Death in Pennsylvania Coal
Mine Village. ???
One of the moat serious mine disasters
of that section occurred Friday
at the little village of Throop, a short
distance from Scranton, Pa., when
the lives of between fifty and alxtr
men and boys were snuffed out.
Among those known to have per|
ished are Joseph Evans, who waa in
charge of the United States mine re?cue
car; laaac Da we, a fire bosa,
and Walter Knight, a foreman.
Evans' death was the result of a
defective oxygen charged armoi.
Charles Ensian, the expert in charge
of the mine rescue work for the Federal
Government, waa also overcome,
and is said to be in a critical condition.
Up to a late hour Friday night
nearly two ecore of bodies have been
piled at the bottom of the shaft, but
it was thought advisable not to bring
them to the surface until the crowd
had dwindled. A temporary morgue
haa been erected at the opening to
the mine, and here were congregated
hundreds of women and children, relatives
of the men and boys fh> had
been so suddenly snatched from thein.
Their grief was pitiful, children of
tender years clinging to the sk<rtB of
their mothers, while older male members
of the family sought to soften
the anguish of the distracted mothers
and sisters.
None of the bodies recovered was
mutilated, death doubtless having
been caused by Inhaling flames and
gases. The rescuers, are pushing into
the mine, and it is thought all of the
bodies will be rescued within a few
hours.
The Are started in an engine house
at the opening of a slope 75 0 feet
from the surface. There were 4 00
men in the mine when the flre started,
about sixty of them in the workings,
into which the slope led. The sixty
were at work in a "blind" tunnel at
the end of the slope.
Escape was blocked by flre, smokt
and the generated gases, possibly,
before the men and boys realized
their danger.
James Vickers, a fire boss, tried to
get to the tunnel where he knew
many men were at work. He could
go only a short distance before ht
was forced to turn back, and it was
with difficulty he dragged himself
through the smoke at the point of
the fire. He said no man could live
five minutes In the tunnel he had
tried to traverse.
The United States miners on the
car stationed at Wilkesbarre were
summoned early in the afternoon and
later the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western hospital car and the Lehigh
Valley Company's force, from Wilkesbarre,
came to the scene.
The finding of three bodies led the
rescuers to believe that no one was
alive in the tunnel and they renewed
the attack on the burning area to
reduce the awful heat. When tlii&
work had proved somewhat effective
a corps of the expert rescue men,
with the latest style rescue armor,
pushed on into the slope and later
came upon several bodies strewn
along the roadway.
The bodies were carried to the foot
of the shaft and stacked up in plles?
in the narrow space to be taken out
after nightfall, so some of the horror
would be hidden from distracted rei*
atives of the victims.
The colliery is owned and operated
by the Price-Pancoast Coal Company,
at the head of which is John R. Rryden,
general manager of the Ontaria
and Western collieries in this section.
It is one of the largest and moat upto-date
collieries in the region.
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Dog -Saves Roy.
With a pet dog fighting to keep him
from what appeared to be instant
death by an enraged bull, Drowry
Harroll, aged 16, of Waycross, Ala.,
escaped with lacerations of the arms
and legs. The dog caught the hull
by the nose and hung on until the
boy was able to crawl to a place of
safety.
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TWO DEAD AND SIX INJUm. >f|PI
HARTSVIIiLE IN A CAR.
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While the Victims Are Sleep, Flame*
Burst Forth?One of the Dead is
Hartsvllle Man.
One of the most horrible accidents
that hare ever occurred In Hartsvlll*
happened Saturday morning at 5
o'clock in the baggage coach of the
negro show, "Silas Green," which was
Biaeiracxea in tne Atlantic Coast
Line yards. After closing an en-'
,?\agement of two days there, the
troupe had packed and was ready ta
leave when fire was discovered in the
baggage car.
In this car were eight negro men,five
Shetland ponies, a horse, a mure,
trunks and other paraphernalia. It*
appears that the men, having worked
hard, had fallen asleep. The doom
of the car were closed, as a heavy
rain had fallen during the night. Am
the Are burned on the top and ob
one side, a natural inference would
be that the Are was caused from Ignited
gas, but it is denied that there
was any gas in the car.
One man was taken from the car
dead, being horribly burned about
the face, hands and feet. One of
tho injured, Willie Dundee, Hartsrille
negro, died later. The others,
six in number, were sent to the hospital
at Sumter. All are very seriously
hurt. Three are thought to be fatally
injured. The physicians of the
town have done all In their power
to relievo the suffering of the Injured.
The wounds have been carefully
dressed, and It la hoped that
threo will recover.
It Is a pitiful sight. The face* of
some are burned almost beyond recognition.
Three of the Ave Shetland
ponies are dead, and two are Injured.
The ahow is entirely a negro
aggregation. There are 4 0 In tho
troupe, which has headquarters at
Milwaukee, Wis. The owner la
Ephrlam Williams, the business manager
R. C. Puggsley.
The show travels In two earn, anil
its exhibits, consisting mostly of
minstrel numbers and acting pontes
takes place in a large tent. It has
been well received in the towns visited.
The show came here Thursday
morning from Darlington, and
was to have appeared in Timmons- %
ville tonight and Florence Monday i
and Tuesday.
Wha teffect the loss, amounting to
about $1,500, and the death and so*
1 1 1 _ M 1 ? At At- -
noun injury or several or cne employes
will have on the show Is not
known. Much sympathy is felt her#
for tbe sufferers.
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HOOKWORM IN GEORGIA.
Hoard of Health Finds 5,000 Cases
Under Treatment.
Hookworm disease has been found
in 127 out of 14 6 counties in Georgia,
according to statements of officials at
the offiec of the state board of health.
Director A. G. Fort, of the field sanitation
department of the board, stated
the board has records of more than
5,0 00 cases which are now under actual
treatment in Georgia.
This, it is said, is only a small per- '
centage of the actual number of cases
of the disease in various tages in the
state.
The extent and seriousness of the
disease is nowhere realized except by
the officials of the board and the physicians
who come into actual contact
with it.
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Tried to Blow Up Buildings.
A bold attempt was made last week
to destroy the tower of the new million-dollar
group of municipal buildings
at Springfield, Mass. A charge
of dynamite or gun cotton was exploded
at the base of the structure,
tearing a hole through the brick wall
three feet thick and shattering windows
in every building for blocks. No
ono was hurt. The actual damage
was small.
niunuTor s /isiicH niuini,
Vandals have stolen a large portion
nf tho flsbPR nf Sfovo Riifdr*. who wj~m* 1
hanged in the Allegheny county, Pa.,
jail, last week, for the murder of
Mrs. Agnes Dam boy, of iMcKees
Rocks, Pa., with whom he boarded, i
and whoso body, following ,the fail- s
ure of friends to claim it, was cremated.
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Swallows Hatpins. <
Accidentally swallowing four
black-headed hatpins perhaps four
Inches in length, Miss Pernice Hillis,
aged 17, of Peoria, 111., Is in the hospital
in that city and may die. She
had placed the pins in her mouth.
Then she tripped on a rug and swallowed
them.
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Finds Brother in a Cell. ,
While inspecting the penitentiary
in L<ansing. Ky.. Mrs. E. C. Smith, ot
New York city, came face to face with
a brother she had not seen in 14
years, lie was sentenced to prison
for one year, six years ago, but he
learned to like the place so well he
will stay there as long as he lives.
Cost Woman to Kick Cripple.
(Kicking a 160-pound hunchback
from a doorstep is an expensive pasttime,
as Mrs. Catharine Zimmerman,
of New York city, has discovered.
Justice Maddox awarded a verdict of
$7?r>0 to I.Puis Schwab, the recipient
of the kick.
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flanged on a Swing.
S. R. Neeley's 14-year-old daughter
nr?pMor?tnllv hnncod herself in a
swing rope at her home in Shubuta,
Miss. Her body was found in such
position It was evident she caught in
a loop in the rope and strangled
ciulckly.
Town Cleared of Negroes.
As a result of the murder of William
Devino at Muddy, 111., by a negro,
Alexander Dixon, the whites of
:hat mining town have driven all negroes
away. The removal of the negroes
restored order.