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s FARMERS' MEETING ? STATE UNION MET IN ANNUAL SESSION THIS WEEK. ( ELECTION OF OFFICERS Several Matters of Importance Con* siciered.?Addresses on Live Topic* Were Made.?Report Rendered oil Marketing Cotton and Other l'ro* The State Farmers' union mot 111 ducc. the house of representatives at Columbia Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. E. W. Dabbs, the president# In the chair. On account of slight indisposition of tlio secretary, J. Wliitner Held, J. B. O'Neall Holloway e4 Newberry was appointed assistant secretary. All the State ofllcers answered to their names except A. D? I ~ *' Um nvnnuf IvA JlU(lSOl), il U1VU1 Utir \ji iuu cAwvubt > v> conimittee. The officers were: President, E. W. Dabbs; vice-president, il. F. Keller; secretary-treasurer, J. Whltner Keid; chaplain, W. E. Hodle; doorkeeper, A. F. Calvert, conductor, C W. Suber; sergeant-at-arms, V\\ P. Caskey. The meinbers of the executive committee are II. T. 'Morrison and Douglas Mciutyre. The roll of lelegates showed many of the counties represented. List of Delegates. Abbeville, Drown Howies; Anderson, S. A. Burns, H. C. Summers; Barnwell, J. A. Jenkins, R. E. Woodward; Berkeley, S. W. Russell; Chester, T. J. Cunningham; Chesterfield, J. F. Crowley, W. A. Sellers; Charendon, R. I), White; Colleton, J. O. Jacques, C. F. Koger; Darlington, J. B. Cansbury; Dorchester, I). L. McAlhaney, W. W. Way, L?. W. Westbury; Florence, W. P. Cause, W. H. Worrell; Greenville, A. B. Black > Horry, James A. Lewis, T. M. Lundy; Lancaster, J. Q, McManus; Lee, R. M. Cooper; Lexington, James W. Shealy, T. H. Shnil; Marion, E. S. Edwards, F. .VI. Boatwright; Marlboro, Charles Crosland; Newberry, It. T. C. Hunter; Oconee, J. T. S. Hopkins; Orangeburg, J. H. Claffy, W. O. Tatum, G. C, Shuler; Richland, F. II. Roberts; Saluda, J. C. Riley, J. A. Hare; Sumter, J. F. Williams, W. R. Wells;7 Union, H. C. Little; Williamsburg, W. I). Daniel. The following committees wore appointed : Committee on credentials?J. Whitner Reid, T, J. Cunningham, It. K. Woodward, D. L. McManus, W. O. Tatum. r'ninmittofl on resolutions?J. IT. Claffy, S. A. Herns, Douglas Mclntyre, W. D. Danlols, J. A. Jenkins. Conimitteo on produce markets ? R. Harris, J. Frank Williams, J. W. Crowley, J. Q. McManus, J. C. Riley. Committee on press reports?J. R. O'Neill Holloway, W. A. Stuckey, J. C. Riley, C. W. Suber. Committee on cotton marketing and warehousing and banking ? Robert M. Cooper, W. O. Tatum, J. M. Rrogdon, J. L. McManus, R. T. C. Hn liter. Committeo on education?H. W. Reall, W. A. Stuckey, A. J. A. Perritt. j Committee on legislation?W. A. Stuckey, Dr. W. C. Brown, J. TT. Claffey, J. II. McManus, and E. W. Dabbs. The president read bis report. The executive committee made its report showing In detail the condition of tho order. Reports from various standing committees were made on legislation, education, warehousing. At tho night session interesting addrosses were made by H. W. Hen 11 O. F. ITunnicutt, editor of Southern Cultitvator, State Superintendent of Education J. E. Swearlngen. The following committee was ap pointed on the good of tho order?R. i Harris, R. E. Woodward, W. H. Worrell, T. J. Cunningham, Chas. Crosland. At tho morning session Thursday an address on marketing farm produce was made by O. F. Hunnicutt, editor of Tho Southern Cultivator. Ho laid emphasis on tho necessity fcr scientific production to obtain tho best quality and the need for asserting tho various products and that the best markets should bo sought and tho law of supply anl demand considered. Tho n d dress was discussed by W. P. Clause of Florence and A. B. Black of Greenville, Chas. S. Barrett pave the result of his observations in traveling and tlio opportunities the South afforded tlie farmer for development Kemarks wore also made along the Brmo line by .T. Swlnton Wbaley of Charleston and J. G. L. White of Chester. The following report was made by the committee on produce marketing } was as follows: nAinmttiPrt on nroduce mar ketlng recommended the following "Th.it more county business agencies bo established and that the union members market more of their products through theso agencies and give more attention to putting these products in neat and attractive packages and store their non-perishable products and take advantage of the highest tides of the market and co-operato more in selling perlsbablo products in order that freight rates may b reduced and oncourago tho growing of diversified products especially 1? the extent of home consumption. T3j such methods we shall be able tc have more of the comforts and luxuries of lifo in our houses." This report, presented for tho committee. bv J. Frank Williams, president of the Sumter county union, wis auoptcd. The t'ectlon of officers resulted a: follows: E. W. Pabbs, president; 13 F. Keller, vice-president; J. Whitner Held, eu retnry-troaaurer; W. E. T3odie, chaplain; C. W. Subor, conduc tor: W\ F. Caskey, sergeant-at-arms; A P. Calvert, dorkeeper. f Member of the executive committer for full term of three years: R. M Cooper, Member of executive committee for iincxperied term of one year to succeed A. D. Hunson: B. Hari.'s. Delegate to national union?E. W. fiabbs. An address was made by Charles S. Barrett, giving an account of some of the principal co-operative enterprises of the Farmers' union. He described bow the people in other part3 of the country were actually cutting into practice die principles ol genuine co-operation. The speaker gave facts and showed the result* that had been securel. lie gave good arguments and facts to show the advantage of scientific marketing through co-operative agencies well established and honestly and economically managed. He gave some account of the genoral work of the Farmers' union. He laid great stress on the importance of remaining organized. Let us keep the union well organized Into a close and compact army, so that it can go forward and accomplish greater results n the future than in the past. 1 lie described some of the results ot | the efforts of the Farmers' union i? securing some legislation in the interests of the agricultural classes. Mr. Barrett, said that Clemson col I lege is looked upon as tlie foremost agricultural college of the country. That wherever ho goon ho is constantly hearing complimentary remarks about Clomson. "I want to say to you, I)r. Riggs; Clemson is some college." At the afternoon session tho first. [ address was made by John L. McLaurln of Bennettsville. Mr. McUaurin took for his subject "Cotton Wm chouses, Marketing niirt Ranking" and the sanio subject was also tho theme of addresses by T. W. Carter, president of tho Mississippi Farmers' union and National Warehouse company and W. B. Pace, president of tho United States Trust and Warehouse company. Business methods and co-operation were urged, and the addresses were listened with close attention by the members, several new ideas being advanced. A recess was then taken until tho !evening. At tho night session Dr. W. M. Biggs, president of Cl&mson college, delivered an address in wtiich tie explained tho scholarship for the oneyear agricultural course in tho college. Tho committee on banking made 4s report through R. M. Cooper. Tho report was adopted. Subscriptions to a fund to supplement the salary of the State president were made by representatives of several counties amounting to $450. The socretary was instructed to call on every county union in the State, and interested members of the order, to increase this fund, in appreciation of tho valuable services or mo ?taie president, who was rc-elected by acclainat ion. John Jj. McLaurln and President Dabbs were authorized to prepare a bill on the cotton warehouse matter that will not conflict with tho decisions of the court. A telegram to IT. T. Morrison, executive committeeman, from the Isle of Palms Development company, urging the union to hold the next convention at the Isle of Palms was read and the Invitation was unanimously and enthusiastically accepted. Capt. .T. II. Claffy gave an earnest invitation to the union to stop over in Orangeburg city on its return trip. This was accepted with genuine enthusiasm. The question of tho meeting of the State union during the session of the legislature was left to the executive com mittoe. After an interesting session of two days tho South Carolina Farmers' union adjourned Thursday night. The program as carried out was of especial value to the farmers and the addresses delivered contained valuable information. ? * FEEDER IGNORES PLEASE. ? Will Pay No More Attention to Governor's Words. Attorney Thomas II. Felder of Atlanta has decided that he will ignore tho recent charges made against him bv Gov. Colo L. Please in connection with Felder's recent testimony against Bloaso before a legislative committee alleging corrupt acts on the part of the executive. In a statement issued the Atlanta attorney, who was instrumental in clearing lip graft i'i the old dispensary system of South Carolina, discussed the personnel of the witnesses who appeared on behalf of the governor. Ho declares that in addition to these witnesses many others have boon dictagraphed in Charleston and elsewhere in the State. Their names have been furnished to the committee, he says, but the individuals have absented themselves from the State and "they probably will find it convenient to remain beyond the borders until after tho primary election in August". Fatal I/ightiiiii# Holt. John M. Ashley, a well-to-do farmer and distant cousin of Josh Ashley, was killed by lightning, fifteen miles from Anderson. Ho was riding his mulo through a swamp in search of his son, who had been out in the storm. Tho holt hit Mr. Ashley on the top of his head and killed him and the mulo Instantly. The body of Mr. Ashley was found later by his son. Mr. Ashley was about fifty years of age. ?. ? . Wrecked Street ('ar. Dynamite placed on the rails exploded under a street ear at Boston, Mass., Tuesday night, wrecking the car, seriously Injuring two passengers and badly frightened 30 others. Tho ear had reached an overhead railroad bridge when suddenly tws explosions wore heard and the bottom of the ear was lifted and shuttered, I scattering debris over hto passengers. SHARK ATTACKS BATHER IN SULLIVAN'S ISLAND SURF ON LAST TUESDAY. Corporal Kirkpatrick, Stationed at Fort Moultrie, Was Severely Bitten by the Monster. While bathing in the surf off the post barracks Tuesday afternoon on Sullivan's Island Corpl. Kirkpatrick of the 7 8th company, coast artillery, was badly bitten by a sharK, which .attacked him whilo he was in water about up to his shoulders, and which severed two of his toes and lacerated his foot badly before ho could be dragged by his companions into more shallow water. The News and Courier save tho unfortunate man's condition "on Wednesday noon was rather doubtful, as it could not be definitely nodded up to that time whether or not blood poisoning would set in. Tho wound is a most painful one, the leg being badly swollen, and the soldier lies In the post hospital in much pain. A number of other soldiers were in bathing with Corporal Kirkpatrick at the time. They heard him utter a cry and call for help. Some thought he had been taken with a cramp. His comrades rushed to him and dragged him into more shallow water, and as they did so they saw tho fins of a large shark churning tlm water viciously, and the creature seemed about to attack the rescuing party. They managed to scaro off the shark by creating a disturbance In tho water and then Corporal Kirkpatrick's wound was noriced. The shark had bitten two of tho toes off cleanly and the ankle was badly cut by tho shark's teeth. Corporal Kirkpatrick was rushed to the post hospital, where twelve stitches were required to draw his wound together. Those who saw tho shark say it was between seven and eight foet long. A party of soldiers wont back to look for tho fish or for any other that might be in tho neighborhood. Tlioy were unsuccessful in their search. Wednesday a party of soldiers were fishing for the shark part of the day, but with no results. An atttack b)r a shark upon bathers In the surf around Charleston is a very rare occurrence, although it is not at all unheard of. While the soldiers are certain that it was a shark which inflicted Corporal Kirkpatrick's wound, they have not been frightened out of the idea or surr bathing by the accident, as they are convinced it was a chance occurrence, and not likely to happen again in tho near future. ? ? VICTIM DEAD, SLAYER GONE. Another Tragedy at Olar, White Men Doing Principals. The Bamberg correspondent of The News and Courier says Coroner Zeigler has just returned from Olar, in that county, where ho went to hold an inquest over tho dead body of Lennie Reed, a young white man, who was shot at that place by Manor Morris, also white, on Wednesday morning. Littlo evidence was brought out at the inquest beyond the fact that Reed was shot and fatally wounded by Morris. The cause of the difficulty seems to be a mystery and by some the act is thought to bo almost wholly without provocation. ' 'Morris has loft for parts unknown and unless ho concludes to surrender his arrest is thought to be unlikely in the near future. The usual verdict was rendered by the coroner's jury and a warrant for the arrest of Morris was placed in the hands of the magistrate at Olar. The coroner reports that including the three negroes, who were lynched near Olar a few weeks ago, that section of the county has tho unenviable distinction of nine homicides to its credit (or discredit) since the Christmas holidays began. Of the victims six wero colored and threo white. Another unusual and interesting >et related by him is that in tho Baptist Church Cemetery at Olar, which was established about eighteen years ago, are to bo found tho graves of nino white men who met death at o hands of their fellow men. SHOT AND KILLED HIS MAN. ? Hubert II. Sanders, of Barnwell County, tho Victim. Robert B. Sanders of Red Oak township, Barnwell County, was shot and killed by Jesse Owens, a white employe on Mr. Sanders place. TM particulars of the homicide are wry meagre, but from what can be learn ed there seems to have been <i clilTici:lty of some sort between Mr. Sanders' and Owens' wife. The weapon used was a shotgun. Practically the entire load struck Mr. Sanders in the face, causing death in a few minutes. Mr. Sanders was a well-to-do, highly respected citizen of Red Oak township, and has always been considered a quiet, peaceable man. Owens had only been working for him as a farm hand for a few months. Discharged from Custody. At Kansas City, Miss Ethel Gamble, who shot and instantly killed her father, Charles Gamble, at her home Wednesday, when Gamble forcibly entered the house, was discharged at her preliminary hearing. The evidence showed Miss Gamble and her mother had been brutally treated by Gamble for fiftoen years. Largs* Cn^kof f?, *r>r Made, The largest casket ever made in Nashville has Just been finished for Mary Harris, a negress, who died Monday. The corpse weighs 600 pounds and the cotfin Is six feet three inches in height and 3 6 IncheB ir width. No hearse can be found large enough to convey the body to the cemetery. THEY HAD HOT TIME IN THE YOUNG TOWN OF SALUDA LAST WEDNESDAY. ONE MAN KNOCKED DOWN When Evans, Candidate for Attorney- ; General, Began Making His 1 ( Charges About Sheriff Sample of i Saluda County, One of Evans1 Supporters was Knocked Down. Pistols flashed and blood was shed in a fight on the campaign platform at Saluda Wednesday during the speech of B. B. Evans, tho trouble i being precipitated by Evans' charge that Sheriff B. F. Sample, of Saluda i county, had been whitewashed "by a grand jury for theft", and causing tho greatest sensation that has yet marked the campaign. Neither Sample nor Evans wero in ! the bloody mix-up, but Simon Coats, of Gilbert Hollow, in Lexington county, who came on the train from Lex- t ington Wednesday mcrning brought 1 It. B. Evans' grip to the stage and shouted many loud remarks in favor of Evans, was the sufferer in the fight. He was knocked down by 1 Sheriff Samples' brother and was dragged bleeding from tho stage by several big men. Ho had tried to interpose between Sheriff Sample and Evnnn. when Saninle rose to demand if it were ho that Evans deferred to ar being "whitewashed for theft." Coats was apparently under the in- < fluenco of whiskey. Evans has fre- ' ((uently in this campaign charged that Sheriff Sample stole certain receipts from him, which resulted in his being indicted for forgery, and also that Sheriff Sample was a thief. ' Ho began his speech by saying that 1 he came to Saluda in spite of an alleged report that ho was afraid to do 1 so, and lie said ho would repeat the ( charges made by him on other 1 stumps. Ho then began the charge that Sample had been guilty of dishonest acts. Sheriff Sample was on the stage. Evans made the statement that a man of Saluda county had sworn an affidavit beforo the grand jury. The man Coats, who suffered in the fight, was a conspicuous and noisy listener to the candidate In Dexlngton county. At the conclusion of his speech Evans expressed no fear at being in Saluda, and said ho had come to the town alive and he would leave it alive. "Don't speak too soon," said a voice from the rear of the stage, and there were several like expressions. Sheriff Sample was elected to his office in the first primary over seven opponents, and his friends there showed a keen interest in his affairs with Evans. Evans onco lived in Saluda county. This affidavit charged that he (Evans) had committed forgery, and that the sarao grand jury while he was there held this man for a change of theft; that ho had collected Evans' t;iv ami nut tho mnnpv in his Docket. At this point Sheriff Sample arose and faced Evans, and demanded if it were he that was referred to, Evans replied that ho had made his statement; that he had the stage and if Sample wanted to meet him, ho could do so later, outsine of the crowd. Sample again demanded Evans to answer his questions but Evans did not do it. At this moment W. P. B'tard, Sheriff Sample's brother here, Chairman Forest and several other men interfered and prevented trouble. Simon Coats was one of those who interposed and the fight was transferred to him. Ho was trying to interpose when Sheriff Panypie grabbed him, jerked him back to the noor. Coats arose and persisted in his attempt in interference. lie approached the sheriff's brother who struck him down, inflicting a wound in his head, which bled considerably. lb was hustled off the stage by a policeman. A number of women then toon seats 011 the platform. "I am done with that," a little latl?nrro? Vvntia oa 1li> tirnpfVnflfxl Tl' 11 )l C I AJ V (I I I l] | UO ??V I'* vv* f? VI. his speech and he did not again make the charges against Sample, lie said, however, that his statements were based on pure records. Later he had a littlo debate with former County Treasurer Walter Thatcher, concerning the charges against Sheriff Samples, hut there was no more trouble. Evans repeated his charge often made against Lyon and the Ansel dis] ensarv commission, and these were later strongly denied by Lyon, who said that Evans' charges wero "infamously false". It seemed that in the crowd Evans had some friends hut Lyon was loudly cheered when ho was announced. About twenty-five hundred people heard the candidates, those for Governor speaking after a barbecue dinner had been served. Coyotto Caught a^trt Choked. Tracy Cox, who has distinguished himself on the Whitman College gridiron and has a coveted track record, heard a nose in his cnicken coop at Walla Walla, Wash., Sunday light and going to investigate found i coyotte in tho yard, lie fought the initnal and strangled it. ? ? Midshipman Falls to lK?ftth. William L. Bullock, of Corsicana, Tox., a midshipman of six weeks' standing at tho Naval Academy, was killed Sunday afternoon by falling from tho toi) of tlio mainmast of the "Hartford lot" deck, a distanco of thout a hundred fo^t. His Neck was broken and ho died Uisrantly. Throo Boys Brown. Threo sons of James P. Oilllson, a \irmer llv'ng eight a.ilea northeast of FalrP.eld, 111., seven, nine, and eleven years old, wore d^otsnod Tuosiay in a pond whilo swimming. THE VERR SAME MAN SERGEANT KING IS MAN AIJtTSEI> BY GOV. BUKASE. He Has Received Many Inquiries From Comrades All Over the State on This I'oint. The Greenville Daily Piedmont says several days ago The Columbia State published an editorial asking If the J. N. King, who was ordered out of the mansion in Columbia by Governor Please, was the J. N. King, who was the sergeant of Co. H. Seronl Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers during the Spanish-American war. It stated that Sergeant King was certainly not the manner of man that Gov. Please had painted the J. N King he ordered out of the mansion as being. Since the publication of that article, Mr. King has received letters from many different sections of the state asking if ho was "Sergeant KiKng." The letters came from men who were in the regiment with him. So many letters have been received making this inquiry that Mr, King finds that he will he unable to answer all of them personally. Ilenco lie has requested the press to make tlie announcement that ho is the J. \\ King, who was the sergeant of Company II of the Second South Carolina regiment during the war. Many of the letters received by Mr. King assured him that if he was really the ex-sergeant, the writers would resent the Insult offered him by the governor by voting against the latter although they were at present for him. This attests the esteem In which the "sergeant" was held by the members of his company and regiment. The editorial in The Stato follows: "J. N. King?we seem to have heard that name before. Wonder if he is that big fellow who volunteer^ R f /I nrvtM'lnn n f o n nt\_ LTU IU UU III O Hill 11 Oil > li<o ui mi vu listed soldier In tho Spanish-American war, anl became sergeant In one nf the companies of tho Second South Carolina Volunteer Infantry. "Certainly that King was neither drunkard, blusterer nor hobo fourteen years ago. That King, according to our recollection, had tho respect and confidence of his captain, and when mustered out got the indorsement, 'Service honest and faithful,' on his dischargo papers. "It is something to volunteer to go to war in one's country's service; it is more when tho volunteer expects to serve in the ranks, where tho hardest service is done; it is still more creditable when at tho end of enlistment that service is set down by the superiors, "Honest and faithful" That is a good record." WILL FIGHT AltMY WORM. + Congress Asked to Civo Money for tJie Purpose. Tho house committee on agriculture Wednesday recommenled an immediate appropriation of $5,000 to stop the ravages of the army worm in Southern States. Secretary Wilson asked for it. Representative Ileflin of Alabama told the committee the worm was stopping railway trains in his district. The committee will try to rush the appropriation through before the agricultural appropriation is put through. Because of the delay of congress in passing the agricultural appropriaion hill, Secretary Wilson and Representative Aiken of South Carolina have taken money from their own pockets to pay the traveling expenses of F. M Webster, expert entomologist, who has gone South to investigate an outbreak of the army worm 011 the corn and cotton crops. Word was received Wednesday from Prof. Webster at Anderson, S. 0., that the pest was doing much more damage than he had expected. South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee are the States in which the army worm already has appeared to an alarming degress. The last previous serious outbreak of tho sort was about ten years ago. MISSING SHY Bit AL WEKKS. * Another Young Woman Disappears in Now York City. Although a general alarm in New York was sent out Thursday no trace of 'Miss Dorcas Snodgrass, the miss ing Mount Vernon nurse, has been round either by the police or the jouhr woman's friends. lloi)es that Miss Snodgrass might have gone to the home of her brother-in-law, John L. Griler, in Oakland, Cal., or to relatives in Martin's Bridge, W. Va., were dispelled when telegrams were received Wednesday, saying that Miss Snodgrass had not arrived in either 01 thoso places. Miss Snodgrass was 11 gaged to marry V. Eugene Schmidt, a well-to-do young man. The young woman has not been seen since July 17. ? ? German Odicers Drown. A dispatch from Koenlgsberg, Monday says two ollicers of the German battleship Thuringen, whicli is anchored with the remainder of the enrv-mfl sn im JrnTi rtf tho notivfi (loot ill tho Kanrisches Ilaff, woro drowned by tho capsizing of one of tho small boats belonging to tho warship which was taking a boat load of officers back to the vessel from sho^e. Eight other officers were brought nRhore unconscious but were resuscitated. Another pinnanco loaded with bluejackets belonging to tho tloot also was wrecked In the surf but all woro saved. + ? New York OHlc-or Shot. At Now York Patrolman Francis Rellly, one of tho city's hero medal policemen, Is dying from wounds received In a fight with Gangsters, ono of whose number he trlel to arrest. V DROWN JNA FLOOD MINERS CAUGHT IN GOAL MINE LIKE RATS IN A TRAP. MM LIVES WERE LOST ? Cloud burnt Causes Water to Rush Into Mlu n way with Practically no Warning to Entrapped Victims, and Fourteen Were Drowned liefore They Could Escape. Caught like rats in a trap, when water rushed into the man-way of Superba No. 2 mines, at Evans Station, three miles north of Unlontown, i'a., Wednesday afternoon, after a cloudburst, thirteen men were drowned and thirty-seven escaped alter a most harrowing experience. The men were drowned about 4,000 feet from the mouth of the miues, their only avenue of escape. It is reported that at least one more victim, an unknown foreigner, will bo added to the list of dead. He was passed by other men in the mine when they escaped, refusing to ac* company them to a place ot safety. The majority of the victims had largo families and about thirty children are deprived of their breadwinners by one of the worst catastrophes that has evor visited Fayette Connt 1/ Tlv r% vv\nn u? V? r\ noon norl irnro fr ?r/>_ l J i nt iiiv.il " nu v ov.it |;v u m v i v i w v~ ed to half swim and half walk to the pit mouth through water ranging in depth from their waists to their necks, on their way to safety. The majority of the miners were knocked down hy timbers that wero oent down the mine with great velocity in the raging current. Several men were being carried back into tho mine to certain death when rescued ty their companions, who risked their lives. If was stated by officials of the Super bn Company that it will take at. least sixty days to clear the mines of water and until that time the bodies must, remain in the water where they perished. Superintendent J. W. Ruttormoro was tho first man to see the high water start in the man-way. He raised the alarm and all tho men on (he outside rushed into the mine yelling loucMy ns they went. In that manner more than half of the miners wero saved. Relatives of tho minors and mine drivers, when the alarm was raised, rushed to a large hole made by tho water at tho man hole and Frantically threw sticks, stones, bushes, poleo and whatever other timber they could find into the water in a futifle effort to stop its rush into tho mines. Women and cbillren remained at the mouth of tho slope, refusing to return homo until a? attempt had been made to resene their husbands and fathers. The water rose so quickly after the cloudburst that it practically destroyed all railroads and street railways in Fayette County. Nothing could be done to avert the catastrophe. A dam that had been built around the man-way, a day or two ago, when tho water was high, was washed away and the water rushed into the mine so rapidly that dip pit was filled in less than thirty minutes. Three men lost their lives in Ce-moot. No. 2, mine, of the H. C. Frick Coke Company, about a half milefrom Superb a mines, but 9 7 otherswho were caught in the tlood there.escaped. Andy MncTTak, a driver in the mine, when he realized that water was rushing in with such rapidity aa to flood the entire mi up, cut loose the wagon, and while hanging on tothe chains was drawn to safoty by the two mules. When it was certain that the thirteen men had perished in the Superba mine, the survivors persisted in forming a rescue party, hut officials of tht> mine refused to allow them to risk their lives. The mine is flooded so that it would be impossible to enter into it more than 100 yards without risking death. The wife of Andy Valeo, left with five littlo children, oldest aged eight, dashed into the mine, going some distance down the slope before being overtaken. She tore he*- ctothes in her anguish when refused entrance at the slope. Mine Inspector I. CI. Robin who was soon on the scene, said that as far as ho could ascertain the catastrophe was unavoidable. 11 ^ ? ? Sail Fat? of Young Lad, About half-past nine o'clock Sunday morning Willie Horry, about twelve years old. was drowned about seven miles below IIranchvilie while bathing: in the Edisto river with his stepfather, Mr. Henry Smoak, and several other men. The boy was left in a boat on a sand bar in the river, while the men went upstream about a hundred yards to swim down. / When they got almost hack they saw' the hoy boh up about a hundred feet below where they left him. It is supposed that he got out of the boat and was washed off the bar by the swift current. IiOse Lives by the Auto. L. R. Winn, president of the Annlston baseball club, and Robert Hrltton, aged eight, were killed there when 'Mr. Winn's automoniie turned turtle over an embankment throe miles outside the city. Mrs. W<nu and her baby and two young worca | v>.? vcre in the car, al?o wore lu-; jured. ^ 1 ' Twice Jn Snmo Place. Last Friday afternoon the homo of Milton Jackson in Yorkville, was struck by lightning, tearing a bureau completely up and shaking the house badly. Throe or four members of thofamily were near onough to witness, but were unhurt. Just four year*% ugo the same thing occurred.