The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 20, 1913, Image 5
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CITY IN AWFUL FIX
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A FEARFUL STENCH THE MANY
DEAD HORSES
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BATTLE RAGES FRIDAY
It. W+fi Opened by the Rebels in An- i
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ewer to Madero's Demand for Sur
render ?The City, Which Is in *
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Darkness at Nltfht. is in a Denlor- ?
able Condition.
Battle raged again In Mexico City
on Friday. That morning President
Madero sent another ultimatum to
Felix Diaz, demanding his surrender
and the reply came in the shape
of a number of cannon balls from the
insurgents' biggest guns. The first
salvo from the rebel lines was at
5:45 o'clock that morning followed 1
quickly by a series of others in i
rapid success'on. Then the machine 5
guns and rifles began their whir and ?
patter, the fire being concentrated '
where government troops were gatli- j
cring. The federal guns did not de- i
lay in making vigorous reply. <
The city was in almost total dark- ]
ness through the night, owing to the
cutting of the electric cables by fly- 1
ing shells. Friday provisions of all 1
kinds were more scarce than ever
and prices soared to unheard of
heights. Robberies, burglaries and 1
petty crL-.^s of all kinds are on the :
increase, owing to the lack of police <
protection and illumination. i
The disposition of garbage has he- I
come a serious problem and the I
changing breezes bring home to the
people that of the carcasses of hunatreet
fighting still lie; in the gutters. <
Foreigners of military experiences
who have carefully followed the op- j
erations in connection with the Diaz
revolt declared Friday that in their
opinion, Diaz ?vould be able to hold <
out indefinitely against the federal j
. attack. "The government has an al- :
imost impossible task in subjugating
direct assault," declared one military <
expert connected with the British le- <
gation.
The rebels have ammunition
enough to continue the warfare for i
several days at least. They also
have many more machine guns than
they have yet brought into use.
Their losses hitherto have been comparatively
light. Their food supm
plies are sufficient.
fthe men are receiving regularly
two dollars a day and a large amount
appears to be available. The marksananship
of the rebel artillery during ,
all the fighting has been excellent
and their positions with ma-etaoin j
and their ability to sweep all approaches
to their positions with ma- :
chine guns makes it appear inevitable
that any attempt by the Madero
forces to rush the arsenal would result
in heavy slaughter.
An attomnt. of this sort was made
In the last hour of Thursday night's
toattle, when a detachment of fedem's
marched down the streets to ward
the arsenal, occupied by the
rebels, and was repulsed with heavy
loss
It is believed this experience will
<5auso General Huerta to abandon
such tactics and confine future operations
to the bombardment of the
rebl positions with the consequent
destruction of neutral property and
the killing of more non-combatants.
The death of another woman dur.
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<?ited the foreign residents. Mrs.
Greenfield, mother of Harry Greenfield,
an employee of a power company,
was killed by a shell in Victoria
street. This makes the third
woman killed among the foreign res^
idents. Mrs. Greenfield was a Canadian.
Conditions generally In the capital
are steadily growing worse. All business,
both public and private except
that connected with the war, has
ceased. Even the general post office
has closed Its doors and many of its
employees are carrying rifles in the
ranks of the federal army.
Five days of fighting in the streets
of the Mexican capital, has, in the
opinion of close observers done more
to change the sentiment of Mexicans
in regard to intervention than
has the entire two-year period of
revolution.
Months ago a quiet feeling began
to develop among a few of the better
class of Mexicans in favor of outside
.assistance, but it found no public expression
at that time. The sentiment
has steadily grown, however,
and the events of the past few days
have strengthened it trenfmdously.
The subject is now frankly discussed
hy Mexicans and foreigners, and frequently
it is a Mexican citizen who
?YT*r#?RRfts the opinion publicly, that
the United States or some other power,
or powers, Jointly should intervene.
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Pass Act Over Veto.
The house, by a vote of 98 to
passed over the veto of the governor
the act to authorize the State Agricultural
and Mechanical society to
execute a mortgage on Its property
to the city of Columbia to secure certain
bonds. The vetoed act., with the
governor's message, was sent to the
house by the senate.
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GIVE THEIR SIDE
STATEMENT BY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
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Relating to the Passenger Earnings
and Operating Results in South
Carolina that Large System.
The fo^owlng facts in reference to
the business In South Carolina of
the Southern Railway Company, relating
to passenger earnings and
operating results, was recently submitted
to the General Assembly In
apposition to the adoption of a twouents
per mile rate for railroads in
this tSate. Wo publish this state
tnent so as our readers can have the
railroad side of the question. We
want them to read it carefully, and
they will understand why the twocent
rate bill was not passed. Here
is the statement made by the Southgrn-.
The Southern Railway lines run
through and into the following
3tates: Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky.
There is now no legislation pending
In any of these States with regard
to passenger rates, except in South
Carolina. The interstate passenger
rate in force on the Southern in these
states is 2 1-2 cents per mile, with,
however, a 2-cent rate allowed on
mileage books.
The regular passenger rate prevailing
on the Southern In Virginia
Is 2 1-2 cents; in North Carolina
2 1-2 cents; in South Carolina 2 1-2
cents, fixed by the Railroad Commission,
a maximum of 3 cents being
allowed by statute; Georgia,
2 1-2 cents; Alabama, 2 1-2 cents;
Mississippi, 2 1-2 cents; Tennessee,
Tennessee, 2 1-2 cents; Kentucky, 3
cents.
It wfll bo seen that there is a uniform
rate by the Southern through
these states, except Kentucky, of
2 1-2 cents per mile, ,but there are
other large lines of road, trunk lines,
in some of these states which charge
3 cents per mile; for instance, the
Louisville & Nashville, Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis and Illinois
Central companies.
This arises on account of the
agreement made with the several
states by Mr. P-nley of the Southern
Railway Company, in 1907. It is
now proposed in South Carolina to
uproot the agreement upon which
this rate was fixed in South Carolina,
and to substitute a rate of 2 cents
Instead of 2 1-2 cents.
Tinder the Interstate Commerce
Act, all railroad companies operating
have to file a monthly statement
of their earnings and operating ex
penses, and other Information with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and then, at the end of the year, an
annual statement of the results for
the preceding cear. At the same
time these statements are made, an
annual statement is made to the
Railroad Commissions of each of the
states through which the railroads
run.
These statements show the earnings
and expenses of operation in j
the various states. They are, however,
made out at the same time and
from the statements prepared in conformity
with the Federal law, so that
they are considered one and the same
figures. All of these returns are
sworn to, under the law, and are filed
with the respective commissions, accessible
to any person who desires
to see them.
These are the onlyl statistics that
the railroad companies have; they
are the only ones prepared. These
statements also are verified by public
accountants, employed specially for
the purpose, and are certified to as
correct by them. They are further
subect to the constant inspection and
examination of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The officers of the railroad companies,
therefore, have no other information
from the Accounting Department
than that which is furnished
these public Commissioners. It is,
therefore, an error to suppose (as
sometimes it is thought) that there
are any private accounts, data or
statistics possessed by the railroad
companies that are not possessed by
the public. Hence, the public have
the same sources of information that
the officials of the companies have
and can draw their own conclusions
from these figures.
In the instance of the State of
South Carolina, these monthly statements
are made for the twelve
months beginning with the month of
July and ending with the month of
June, the fiscal year being from the
1st of July to the 30th of June. This
is the record required by statute, and
it Is a sworn statement by the Comptroller
of the several companies, and
these forms are specially provided
and prescribed by the several Commissions.
mi ?? nnnnol fannr
1 liey mou iiiu an aiiuuui i vKu. v,
which, in the case of the Southern
Railwlay Company, is an annual report
to the Railroad Commission of
the State of South Carolina for the
venr ending u.Tne SO, and contains all
of its operations for the entire system,
as well as for the State. XTpon
innniry you will ascertain that this
annual report and those monthly
statements are now on file with the
Railrload Commission. We shall,
therefore, use in our flpures these
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HONOR JEFF DAVIS I
ONE OF THE SOUTIPS PUREST
AND TRUEST SONS. |
What a Gallant Colonel of the Federal
Army Said About Him at the i
Close of the War.
To the Editor of The State:
Those readers of your paper who, ]
like the writer, are great admirers of
Mr. Davis and regard him as one of
the greatest men that this country
has ever produced, ought to read the
tardy tributes to his memory in the
article by the well known writer
"Savoyard". It would be well for
them to compare the splendid tributes
of Jos. G. Cannon and Col. Wal- :
ford with the denunciation of ex- j
President Roosevelt when he spoke of i
Mr. Davis as being a second Benedict ,
Arnold, and it Is humiliating to think
that this venomous slanderer, Col.
Roosevelt, has been invited to make ;
an address in the capital city of (
South Carolina. No retraction of or (
apology for this foul and inexcusable
insult to an old and helpless man has j
ever been given and the author of it .
should be criticised by every man and :
woman who has a drop of Southern
blood coursing through their veins. ]
Col. Roosevelt's name should never j
be mentioned in the South except in
words of execration. ,
W. D. Woods. j
Darlington, February 13. .
Here is Savoyard's article which
Mr. Woods refers to. It should be
read by every man, woman and child ,
in the South: (
Now, Davis had not only shed his
blood for the flag in Mexico, but he .
had saved the day at .Buena Vista
And that is not all. He there preserved
an American army from utter
annihilation. Here is how that grand (
old hero, Frank Wolford, cammanaer .
of the First Kentucky cavalry, as ,
fighting a regiment as there was in ,
the entire Yankee army of 1861-'65,
put it in a stump speech in 18 65 be- (
fore an audience of 2,000 Kentucky
mountaineers, of whom more than (
90 per cent, were Republicans. When .
his competitor asked if he would en- !
large the "arch traitor", Wolford ex- j
claimed:
"Fellow citizens, I was at Buena (
Vista. I saw the battle lost and vic|
tory in the grasp of the brutal and ,
I accursed foe. I saw the favorite son
of 'Harry of the West', my colonel, ,
weltering in his blood. I saw death, ,
or captivity wrose than death, in
store for every surviving Kentuckian
on that gory field. Everything j
seemed hopeless, and was hopeless,
when a Mississippi regiment, with ,
Jefferson Davis at its head, appeared
on the scene. I see him now, as he
then was?the incarnation of battle, ,
a thunderbolt of war, the apothesis .
of victory, the avatar of rescue. He (
turned the tide; he snatched victory
from defeat, his heroic band wrote
the words 'Buena Vista' in characters
of everlasting glory on our
proud escutcheon. I greeted him
then a paladin, my countryman, my
brother and my rescuer. He is no
less so this day, and I would strike
the shackles from his aged limbs
and make him as free as the vital
air of heaven and clothe him with
every right I enjoy, had I the power.
Put that in your pipe, Silas Adams,
and smoke it."
"Silas Adams" was the liuetenant
colonel of "Wolford's cavalry", and
now running on the Republican ticket
for the State legislature against
his old commander in a district overwhelmingly
Republican, Wolford
the Democratic nominee. No man
ever appealeld in vain to the magnanimity
of a squad of Kentuckians.
That burst of audacious and heroic
eloquence elected Frank Wolforl the
following Monday?the vote viva
voce, the poll absolutelyl free, the
count absolutely fair, by a majority
cf six votes, before an electorate
with a majority adverse to him of at
least 600 as the parties had political
strength there and then.
reports.
The Chairman of the Railroad
Commission submitted to the committees
at the hearing the comparative
monthly report of Southern Railway
Company for the month ending
June 30, 1912. Ha elso filed a
memorandum made by Mr. Laughton,
Auditor of the Southern, but this
was for June, 1911, and as it stands
really shows nothing. The figures as
to interest and rentals are merely estimated
figures for that year.
We think that, upon examination
of this memorandum, you will see
there is a net loss for intrastate traffic.
The memorandum ?may have
been all right for the purposes It was
intended, but as a statement upon
which to make a basis of the condition
of the road with regard to pas
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senger iramc or earniuRB m ouum
Carolina Is absolutely worthless and
may be entirely disregarded.
Pecplos for Governor.
Attorney-General Thos. H. Peeples
announced positively Friday night at
Columbia that he would be In the
race for Governor in 1014. Governor
Please has already announced
his candidacy for the United States
Senate that year, for the seat now
held by Senator E. P. Smith, and it
is expected that announcements of
other candidates for Governor will
be made shortly.
GIVES UP THE FIGH r
PRESIDENT OE MEXICO QUITS JOB
UNDER FIRE
FAIL TO CAPTUTE DIAZ
Madero Viiable to Drive the llebel
i>iaz wita lUs Forces From Mexico
City.?lie steps Down and Out
From His High Office, Turning it
Over to Another.
Affairs in Mexico City, the theatre
for almost a week of an innovation
in modern warfare, took a sensational
turn Friday night, when it was authoritatively
stated that President
Madero had agreed to resign if the
Mexican Senate so wished. The Senate
was called into session at eight
o'clock Friday night to take action
on this important situation.
At the British legation, where
Senor Do La Barra took refuge
Thursday, it is stated that Madero's
resignation practically had been arranged
for and that Do La Barra
likely would succeed him in the Presidency.
Later Senor De La Barra, while
proceeding through the streets in an
automobile, stopped and made a brief
address, assuring the crowds that a
peaceful settlement was certain and
probably would bo reached before
morning. Do La Barra had been in
consultation with both Madero and
Diaz regarding a quick settlement to
avoid intervention
At six o'clock Friday night Gen.
Huerta, the Federal commander,
gave the order to cease firing. Soon
detachments of Federals were seen
marching from their positions to the
Government base near the Palace,
their guns slung on their backs.
The laws of Mexico make it necessary
for the abdication of the President
to be submitted to Congress
and for this reason official announce
ment of the resignation of Madero
would be considerably delayed, even
[f already decided upon.
Another development of the early
evening was the resignation of Rafael
Hernandez as Minister of the Interior.
Whether hostilities will be
resume^ naturally depends on the action
of the President and Congress or
upon the aggression of the rebels.
This batallion was stationed along
Independencia street. The men suddenly
turned upon their officers and
shot them, but the sound of these
Bhots did not attract general attention
in the heavy fusillade. Then
the entire batallion broke for the
rebel lines, reaching there in safety.
Thirty-eight of them were overpowered,
however, by loyal troops and
were marhed to the palace.
Although the firing on both sides
was lighter, the total number of
shells used was enormous and the
incidental destruction of property
great. The loss of life among noncombatants
as a result of the shelling
probably was less than on the other
days, because every one who had
strength enough moved out of the
districts near the scene of the operations,
and by reason of the fact that
the rebels confined their artillery action
largely to the streets likely to
be used for an assault.
Bullets whistled in all parts of the
city. They were fired across the
town by both sides from the housetops
and other places wherever
sharpshooters could be stationed. On
account of the efforts of Government
troops to advance this fire was heavier
than usual and deSp inroads
must have been made on the arsenal
munitions to keep the rifles and machine
guns supplied.
What was promised again by the
Government to be a day of terrible
punishment for the rebel commander
developed into the weakest attempt
at his subjugation. Madero'B artillery
conducted the attack half-heartedly,
although his Infantry at times
showed desperate courage.
Rebel shells were thrown at the
National Palace and occasionally
hurled across the town toward the
Federal battery on the Paseo Reforma,
near the Colonia Railway station,
but for the most par tDiaz
waited until the Federals moved
well into range of his guns guuarding
the approaches This took place innumerable
times and as often the
streets were effectually cleared in
short order.
Would Not Request Him .
The concurrent resolution from
the senate to request Senator John
L?. McLaurin of Marlboro to visit the
legislatures of other cotton-raising
states to present to them his plan for
warehousing cotton was voted down
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Ncjjro Hangs for Assault.
At Troy, Ala., Albert Warren, a
negro, was hanged at daybreak Friday
for an assault on a white woman
at Brundldge, Ala., December
23, last. The negro refused to make
any statement to the last minute.
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Twenty Persons Drown.
A total of twenty persons lost their
lives when the auxiliary schooner
C ran da capsized on the bar at the
entrance of the Colorado river, 7f>
miles south of Dlueflelds.
KILLS HIS OWN CHILD .
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NEW YORK GAMBLER TRIES TO
SHOOT HIS WIFE.
Rut Instead Shot His Thirteen-YearOld
Daughter, Killing Her Almost
Instantly.
At Now York Jamos Purcell, the
veteran gambler, who testified before
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the aldermanic committee last ween
that he had paid police graft over a
period of seventeen years, quarrelled
early Friday with his wife in their
apartment and began shooting. Mrs.
Purcell fainted but wild bullets
struck their thirteen-year-old daughter
Agnes, who lay cowering in bed
and killed her almost instantlyl.
Thinking that ho had murdered both
women, Purcell surrendered himself
to the police and was locked up.
The gambler was so hysterical
when he staggered into a police station
that he was unable to give a
coherent account of the affair. He
and his wife had quarreled nearly all
night, he sobbed until he at last lost
control of himself and rushed at her
with a revolver. Four shots were
fired, two of which stuck the girl.
One pierced her breast and right arm,
another plowed through her left arm.
The tragedy may have an important
bearing on the graft investigation
now being pushed by District Attorney
Whitman. Purcell's testimony,
given last Friday, resulted in the suspension
of two police captains and
his story was being counted on as the
basis of indictments. With him in a
cell charged with homicide, his testimony
may be invalidated.
"Jimmle" Purcell was at one time
a partner in gambling of Herman
Rosenthal for whoso murder Ex-Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker and
four gunmen are in the death house
four gunmen areetaoinshrdluetaoinr
at Sing Sing.
Since his testimony against the
system, Purcell told the police he had
been shunned by his friends as a
"squealer" and "hounded by the
cops". Even his wife was ashamed
nf him. He became morose, sullen.
Early Thursday night they quarreled.
They were still at it at dawn; then
came the shooting
REPORT WAS PARSE.
Madero Declares II ?Will Die Refore
lie Will Resign.
A dispatch from Mexico City Saturday
says while the Federal guns
pounded the Diaz fortifications in
the arsenal and the rebels sent back
shell for shell, the Mexican Senate
sat Saturday and discussed the ousting
of Fancisco I. Madero from the
Presidency.
Confident of ultimatelyl defeating
Diaz, Madero defied the Senate and
ignored the counsel of Francisco de
Lo Barra and other friends. He absolultelyl
refused to resign, but did
not take the trouble to make known
his decision personally to the Senate.
Friends of President Madero fully
expected his resignation, but as the
day wore along he became fixed In
his determination to retain his position.
To the Spanish minister, Senor
Cologan y Cologan, ho said: "I will
not resign. I was elected by the people.
I am the constituted President.
I will die before I resign."
A resolution was adopted by the
Senate providing that a committee
of the whole wait upon the President
at the palace. Twenty senators
proceeded there, Including the President
of the Senate. They were informed
that Madero was not in and
it was intimated that he was on the
firing line with Gen. Huerta.
Onlyl a few minutes before, however,
Madero had been in conference
with the Spanish minister, to whom
he made his declaration of defiance
tc the rebels. Mexican attorneys say
the Senate has no power to force the
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CURES CLAIMED AT ALTAR.
Several at Revival Said to Have Recovered
from Disease.
At Pottsville, Pa., the revival services
at the Wayside Mission, under
supervision of Rev. J. D. Dougherty,
are arousing the attention of physicians,
owing to the number of persons
known to be seriously ill who
have apparently been cured by faith
while kneeling at the altar of the
mission Rheumatism, neuralgia and
heart trouble are among the diseases
of which participants of the meeting
have been cured. One aged woman
is said to have walked to the services
on crutches with difficulty, and
during the meeting the rheumatism,
witn wnicn sno was a airnciea ior
twelve years, Is declared to have left
her, so that she was able to walk
home rapidly without crutches.
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Will He Iiookwl Into.
The detectives Tuesday morning
were inclined to see a real mystery
and no common crime In the drugging
of Mrs. F. C. McT?onald, the
young woman who was found gagged
and bound to a chair before the fireplace
of her homo a day or two ago
in Atlanta. The matter is being lookJ
ed into.
ELECTION IS DECLARED.
SENATE AND HOUSE CANVASS
ELECTORAL VOTES.
Wood row Wilson and Thomas R.
Marshall Officially Declared Electee!
President and Vice-President*
With elaborate ceremony the Senate
and House Wednesday in Joint
session canvassed the electoral votes
of the various States of the Union
and officially declared Woodrow WiD
son, of New Jersey, and Thomas R
Marshall of Indiana, elected President
and Vice-President of the United
States for the term beginning
March 4.
Senator Ilacon, presiding over the
Joint session, proclaimed the election,
when, to the crowded floor and
galleries of the House chamber, he
delivered the following proclamation
prescribed ir. the official rules.
"This announcement of the state
of the vote by the President of the
Senate pro tempore shall be deemed
a sufficient declaration of the persons
elected President and Vice-President
of the United States, each for the
term beginning March 4, 1913."
Democrats in the House and Senate
greeted the announcement with a
round of applause, a rew cheers and
several shrill, long yells, the usual
Democratic indications of approval.
The galleries joined in the demonstration
and the dignified Senate,
led by Senator Paeon and two pages
bearing the wooden caskets containing
the electoral vote certificates, returned
to its own classic confines, far
from the noisy exuberance of the
House. The proceedings were quieted
by the advent of solemn Senatorial
dignity when the canvass began,
and even the galleries seemed to apAnrv/\/\t
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predate the seriousness of the occasion
when Senator Bacon announced
that no applause would bo permitted.
The nature of the House eventually
asserted Itself, however, and there
were cheers and liandclapping and
yells as the canvass proceeded. The
announcement of the California voto
drew applause from the Roosevelt
supporters.
A real Democratic outburst followed
when Senator Martine, one of the
tellers, announced New Jersey's fourteen
votes for Wilson and Marshall,
and applause came from the Republican
side when Utah and Vermont
each gave Taft and Butler four votes.
The recapitulation gave Wilson
and tMarshall 43 5 votes; Roosevelt
and Johnson, 88 votes, and Taft and
Butler 8 votes. The certificates of
all of the State were received and
counted and there was no response
to the formal demand of Senator
Bacon as to whether there was objection
to the recording of the vote.
HUNTING W. II. ROBERTS.
His Wife and Children Are Very
Anxious About Him.
Information is wanted concerning
William H. Roberts. He is described
as five feet seven inches in height;
gray-blue eyes; brown, wavy hair;
weight about 170 pounds in 1911,
has mark around left eye, due from
eight stitches. The Information regarding
Mr. Roberts is wanted by
his wife, Mrs. William H. Roberts,
schuykill Haven, Penn., who hsa
not heard from him since last Au
gust. 'Mr. Roberts had been in the
South and Mrs. Roberts had heard
from him from Savannah, Charlotte
and from South Carolina. He sent
her a kodak picture taken In this
State. Mr. Roberts stated in his letter
of August 3 0, mailed on the
train, marked "Charlotte and Augusta",
that he would reach homa
in September, but Mrs. Roberts has
not heard from him since. She Is
very much worried and would appreciate
any Information that can be
given by any one regarding his
whereabouts. She and her three children,
the oldest 11 years of age, anxiously
await news about him. Letters
may be addressed to Mrs. William
H. Roberts, Schuykill Haven,
Penn. In his letters, Mr. Roberts
had been complaining of not feeling
well.
DR. WILDS BADLY HURT.
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Dentist Is Injured While Filing a
Dynamite Cap
Dr. R. H. Wilds, a dentist of Landrum,
was painfully injured Thursday
night when a dynamite cap
which he was filing, ignorant of its
character, exploded. His right
thumb was blown off and one eye so
badly damaged that it is doubtful if
it can bo saved. Dr. Wilds found
the cap in his office where It had
been left by his predecessor, and
thinking it to be nothing but a brass
plug, started to file it down so that
it coma do uaoa as a stopper Tor
an alcohol bottle. Dr. Wilds wa?
taken to Ashovlllo for an operation
Ho went to Dandrum from Floreuce
last September.
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Water date Falls; Kills Three.
Three men were killed and six seriously
Injured in Detroit, Mich., when
n water sate fell Into a trench whore
they were working. Sevoral of the
Injured may die.