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TRtSTLE GIVES WAY TWO LOADED PASSENGER CARS FALL FIFTY FEET ? THREE DEAD; MANY HURT ? Train Going to Chester With Growl of Fans to Sec Hall Game Meets With Terrible Fate When Trestle Falls Through, Carrying Two Cars Into Stream. One of the most fearful wrecks in 1 the history of Chester County occurred Wednesday afternoon at five o'clock, when the westbound Lancas- > ter and Chester mixed freight and passenger train, loaded with passengers for tho Chester-Dillon baseball game, was wrecked at Hooper's i Creek, between Knox's and Orr's, seven miles from Chester. One mem- 1 ber of tho crew, Elijah Heath, a negro, was instantly killed, and V. II. Craft, of Anderson, died later from injuries. Nearly fifty of the crew and passengers were injured, several of whom will probably die. V. Ii. < Craft, of Anderson, died while being carried to Chester. 1 The engine, tender, and six freight 1 cars passed over the bridge in safety. A coal car was next, and this 1 seems to have jumped the track and l cut the ties of the bridge badly, with the result that when the passenger I coaches and two box cars reached the i trestle the structure was badly torn t up, and the passenger coaches drop- t pod from a sheer height of fifty feet t into the bed of the stream. t Engineer John Stewman, warned by his air brakes that something was 1 wrong, looked back and saw the cars t piled in tho stream. lie made his way to a nearby house, where there t was a phone. He was instructed by t Superintendent A. P. McLure at Lan- < o o I n ?? I ^ !>. %% 5 ?? *- * A * !? * vciovn iw im iiiin*- remaining pan or liia train on to Chester and return i with all tlie physicians that lie could secure. This order was carried out and practically every physician and nurse in Chester was hurried to the < scene. i News of the disaster reached the baseball mounds while the champion- i ship contests was at its height, and : hundreds handed to the scene of the disaster in automobiles and other vehicles. The sight that met the eyes of those who reached the spot first was appalling. Scores were fastened underneath the battered cars and screaming in agony and fear. The first stop necessary to effect the rescue of the wounded was to build a bridge out of the wreckage and climb from car to car and take out the wounded as rapidly as they could he reached. Many acts of heroism in tho work of rescue were performed. and there were many instances of solf-sacrifice as the physicians proceeded to treat the injured, some declaring that others were more seriously hurt, and urging the physicians and nurses to leavo them until others were treated. The list of the dead and injured is as follows: Dead: V. IT. Craft, of Anderson, a travelling salesman: Eliiali Heath. Rascomville, colored brakeman, was in baggage car. Injured: C. P. Punlap, Fort Pawn, right eye bruised and left band cut, injuries not serious; P. W. McPaniel, Orr's, bead badly cut and serious internal injuries; Pouls Samuels, Chester, travelling salesman, face badly gashed; John Taylor, Ttichburg, internal injuries; C. M. Sibley, Ttichburg, internal injuries, hurt seriously; F. M. Simpson, Richburg, ear and chest badly cut; J. W. Pye, Rascomville, badly cut on hip; S. J. Knox, Knox's, bad cut on head; W. A. Cureton, Ft. Pawn, both legs broken, arms badly cut, condition critical; Misses Maggie and Carrie Sadler, Rock Hill, badly bruised; the Rev. S. R. Hope, Mullins, body contusions; Pavid Ray, Shelby, N. C., back wrenched: J. P. Yandle, Chester, .back bruised and head severely tut; O. W. Rrady, Exum, N. C., arm, knee, leg and head cut.; Anna Young, colored, Orr's, body contusions; A. R. Oxford, mail clerk, Edgemont, N. C., leg badly mashed; Phillips, baggagemaster, ankle badly hurt; J. M. Jones, Chester, eye probably knocked out and bad cuts and bruises, seriously injured; Miss Martha Marion, Richburg, serious injury to ankle; Mrs. J. O. Rarber, Richburg, severe bodily contusions and cuts; J. H. Hale, Atlanta. Ga., skull badly frac tured; R. P. Phillips, Ninety-Six, jaw broken and internal injuries; T. .T. Kelly, North Carolina, slight injuries; P. A. Cauthen, Richburg, skull fractured and had bruises; James Goodwin, Richburg, skull crushed, condition serious; F. W. Gibson, Rossville, knee injured; C. H. Punlap, Fort Pawn, hack wrenched; \V. T. Gladden, Fort Pawn, severe cuts; v Oscar Cook, Pancaster, travelling salesman, hip and arm badly hurt; C. H. Turner, Fort Pawn, head and hack cut; Carl Turner, internal injuries; Clifton Ferguson, Fort Pawn, had cuts on face and arms; Roy Clifton, Fort Pawn, bad cut in head; Rose Mobley, colored, Richburg, severe internal injuries. Mrs. 0. O. Williams and children, Reatrice, Retty, Oscar, Mildred and baby, of Corpus-Christi, Texas, who BETRAYED BY SUIT CASE ? man Uv\i>in<; doi iim: life is CAKillT AT LAST. Known as "Host Citizen" in Alabama llut l?y Infectives in Chattanooga as a Safe Robber. Until Albert Driscoll Cammayer was arrested at Chattanooga last week on a charge of blowing open the safe of the Green Cove, Fla., post ofllce, he was leading a double life? that of Bnfn ~?. 1! ~' ~ wiwnci mm I UIIKIUU8 woTkcr?accordiup to post office inspectors who wont to Montgomery to got information about Caminayer's career in Alabama. Cam mayor?known in Alabama as Driscoll?had been recognized for several months as one of the best citizens of Green Cove. He had gone in the .best society. He had formed the acquaintance of a Green Cove girl. They became engaged and preparations were made for the wedding. One night the post office safe was broken open, and stamps and some money stolen. Cammayer ?then going under that name?was not suspected. Xo trace of the safe blower could be found. Then Camtnaver went to Chattanooga as a representative of the Jefferson Powder company. of Birmingham. Puck went against him. ITe lost his duplicate check and the railroad refused to give him his suit case. Cammayer declared that he could identify articles in Ihe case and he mentioned a suit of clothes, a comb and brush and other articles. Put he said nothing about $000 worth of stamps which were hidden in the bottom of the suit case. Then Cammayer decided he ought to make a more thorough search for the check. Tie went to this hotel and found the lost slip. Put, in the meantime, railroad officials had found the stamps. Cammayer produced the check and demanded the suit case. Detectives were called and Cammayer was arrested. Post ofllce inspectors could not find a post office in Chattanooga district llw.f 1, ^1 > 1 1 i 11 ci t iinu i uuuni i firi'iP i i,y Mini other divisions wore notifiod. CJreon Covo's ofllce had boon robbed a few weeks before ami investigations showed that the numbers of the stamps in Tarn mayor's possession corresponded with those stolen from the Florida post oflijoe. Cammayer denied that he had robbed the post office. News of Cam mayor's arrest went to Green Cove, where he was regarded as an upright citizen. People there refused to believe he was interested in the robbery, and his fiancee is a daughter of a superintendent of a large plant in Florida, but post office inspectors have refused to make public her name. Cammayer was convicted of robbing the safe of Tlirscher Brothers, in Montgomery, in 1004. Tie was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary, but was paroled by Governor O'Neal in 1011, when wardens reported that Cammayer had been converted and had become a minister and religious worker. Soon after being released Cammayer was employed by the Jefferson Powder company, of Birmingham as travelling representative and it is alleged that he used his position to get explosives to use in his criminal operations. ? WON'T RECOGNIZE HVBRTA. + President Formulating Mexican Policy of IHh Own. Strong intimations have come from the White House that nothing in the recent conferences with Ambassador TTnnrv T nnn WT iluon 1* o /I olmncrnrl t h n judgment of President Wilson as to the course he ought to pursue with respect to Mexico. It became known that the President was formulating a policy, entirely friendly in character toward Mexico and that it did not contemplate recognition of Huerta under any circumstances. ? Purer Tea Imported. Purer tea is reaching the United States as a result of the Treasury Department's enforcement of the law against the importation of colored teas. hate been visiting relatives near Lancaster, were all badly injured, especially the mother, for whose recovery there are serious fears. She risked her own life to save that of her youngest child. P. F. Roberts, a travelling salesman from Macon, Ga., did some heroic work snvin<r the lives of five. The train from the wreck with the dead and wounded 011 board reached Chester at 9:30 o'clock and was met by a tremendous crowd, all anxious for news of relatives and friends. Tim nmnnilofl nmrn oil lol/nn (n f l,n 1 1IU ?t \IIl\l\yU T? W 1 V> Ull tUI\L/Il |,V/ I IIU hoHptt.nl, with tho exception of those only slightly hurt, find an extra force is on duty. The physicians rendered heroic service and were given valuable assistance by Richburg and Rock Tlill physicians. Roy Clifton, one of tho injured, the fifteen year-old son of J. O. Clifton, of Fort T/awn, died Thursday, making tho third victim to die as a result of the wreck. 1 GIRL KEPI PRISONER ? GREENVILLE NEGRO ARRESTED ON A VERY SERIOUS CHARGE DETAINED HER DY FORCE ? ? Young White (Jirl, Traveling Alone, is Captured by llaekmaii, Who Carrier Her to a Room in His House for Immoral Purposes?Policeman Sees ller and Investigates. Charged with criminally assaulting Sunday night a young white girl, who, it is claimed, had been kept in his house for several nights for immoral relations with white men, Leo Wilson, a negro hack man, was arrested by the Greenville police and turned over to the sheriff for incarceration in the county jail Tuesday. On the face of the allegations, the case is one of the most deplorable that has even been brought to light by the Greenville authorities and brings to the front once again a serious problem which the place have had to face for some time. Monday afternoon Privates ratterson and Smith observed a small white girl enter the rear door of a negro dive near the Southern Railway passenger station. They promptly took charge of the child and soon learned from her a few facts that later led to tho arrest of the negro hackman. The girl was carried to the police station and was there confronted by the chief and the Inspector of Police, to whom she told a story of shame. From the police station the girl was carried before Magistrate Samuel Bradley, where she made an affidavit. setting forth the charges against the negro hackman. Upon this affidavit and one from another negro hackman which corroborated in certain details, the story told by the girl. Magistrate Stradley issued an arrest warrant for Lee Wilson. He was placed under arrest and transferred to the co%nty jail. In her affidavit the girl alleges that she is fifteen years of age and will be 1(5 in December; that she was born in Durham, N. C., and raised in Columbia. S. C.; for the past four or live months has been making her home in Greenville; that on Friday night she was taken to tho home of Lee Wilson, where she was kept that n i slit, Saturday night. and Sunday night; that white 111011 were brought to this house ,by Lee Wilson for the purpose of having unlawful relations with her; that Sunday night the negro oanie inlo her room and overpowered tier; that she was not permitted to leave the house unlil about nine o'clock Tuesday morning. The child was turned over to the Salvation Army and will he cared for by this organization. It is stated that she lived in Greenville heretofore and that her mother died at the Salvation Army emergency hospital about two ye?rs ago. The girl's father, it is said, lives in Columbia, but has had nothing to do with his daughter since the death of the mother. At the time the girl lived in Greenville with her mother they worked at one of the cotton mills and since the child went back to Greenville, it is said, she has worked at a mill near the city. REBELLION IN CHINA. ?. Refugees Erom Rel>ellion Seat Tell Tales of Terror. The Pekin correspondent of The London Daily Telegraph send the following dispatch; "The declarration of martial law lioro all A\i/a thai 1 lin nnrl lif?t*t? cr nif or ?i IIUI u nu\/no itiut IIMJ IIVM I un n * ui it" ment admits its desperate position. This synchronizes with the creation of a complete confederate government, at Nanking. Parliament has not yet been dissolved, but it is unlikely that it will survive. "The war news is baffling, but foreign military experts now believe the southerners are in far greater strength than has been supposed. 'Trom refugees who have reached Shanghai stories are obtained of the recent uprising against the government. Many trains from Kiangsl province have brought terror stricken families, some mourning the loss of members who were slain in the fighting. The latest news seems to indicate a cessation of the rebellion, but no one knows when fighting and pillaging more murderous than hefore may ensue. The manner in which refugees fleo from the district where the rebellion started is here illustrated in a picture taken on a similar but much less serious occasion. "Dr. Sun Yat Sen, former provisional president, issued a manifesto irrevocably backing the rebellion, i fTe makes three appeals, the first to I Vnnn C2111 K'ol rr?r>nii n1 i n f tl?n ?nnth ern grievance and declaring that just reslatance to intolerable tyranny is no rebellion. He concludes: 'I am determined to oppose you as firmly as T did the Manchus. Retirement is absolutely your only course.' ? The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a staunch Republican paper, is counseling the Senate minority not to delay the tariff bill. It wants the agony over. i; MEETING AT FILBERT ? BLKASIO IS HANDS OFF IN Till (iOVKKNOH'S lIAi n. Hul th<? (lovemor FoiiiiiioikN Mof.au rhi, Ilcinhert, Kicliards and ('. A Smith as llis Friends. The annual Filbert picnic in York County Friday, which was attended by five thousand people or more, was a big success. The meeting was featured by the declaration of Governor Hlease that he is "hands off" in the Gubernatorial race; an attack on the State Senate by Representative Geo. It. Itembert and his charge that Tillman "deserted" when be made bis famous address to the people last summer, in which ho repudiated Governor Bloase; a slap at the State Senate by Railroad Commissioner Itichords for failure to pass the llat twocent mileage bill. The crowd present was not only from York County, but came from adjoining counties as well as North Carolina. In spite of the intense heat the great company of men and women listened patiently while the candidates for Governor held their preliminary skirmish. All the candidates for Governor present were given close attention, and it would be hard to say which was the favorite, as all who spoke were treated most respectfully by the large crowd of voters who were present. The absence of t inted States Senator 10. 1). Smith was regretted. He sent a letter to the chairman stating that important measures, the tariff and currency legislation, held him in Washington. Getters of tegret were also read from R. I. Manning, of Sumter, and John G. Clinckscales, of Spartanburg, both of whom are candidates for Governor and who were among those invited. lOach of the speakers were given the best of attention and accorded a complimentary reception, as stated above. If the crowd had a favorite it was not manifest. Governor Hlease spoke last in the afternoon, a threatening rain storm cutting his sneech short, lie told the crowd that lie was "hands off" in the race for Governor. He stated that he did not thini' John L. MeLaurin had been treated -ight in polities in the State; that ree |{. Bomber! always had h o "n-1 s*'l| his friend; that Jolin (I. ltichuids had h"en abso lately so in last summer's campaign; that C. A. Smith was. too, and the people ought to treat him right; that the record of M. D. Smith was shown in the legislature journals; complimented Charles Carroll Sinims, ol Barnwell, and declared he was haiuB off in the Gubernatorial race. Governor Mease told the peopU that if his successor was not one whe would carry out the policies of the people that from the time of the primary until he gave up oflice to take his seat in the United States Senate "ho would turn them loose so fasl that there would be devillish few left", referring to the matter o granting pardons. All of these state ments brought yells from some of th< crowd. Governor Mease's threat t< open the door of the penitentiary i the people did not elect a Governoi to suit him will do him no good it his race for the Senate. KIliLlOl) SOON AFTKIt LUNCH. Sensational Testimony in Noted At lanta Murder Case. Dr. Harris, Secretary of the Stab Board of Health, gave the most sen sational testimony Friday yet pro duced by the State in the trial of Le< M. Frank for the murder of Mar; Bhagan, the fourteen-year-old fac tory girl at Atlanta. The startlinj siaiemeni contained in tno evldenc of Dr. Harris was that the girl mua have been killed in less than an hou after she ate luncheon on the (lay be fore her body was discovered In th basement of the pencil factory. I)r. Harris ho made a carefu examination of the contents of th Phagan girl's stomach and found th food she had eaten only had been par tially digested. He produced some o this food in Court, encased in a glas jar, together with another .jar con taining fully digested food of a sim! lar nature. The witness said ho was positiv (bo girl was murdered within froi half to three-quarters of an hou after she ate the food be exhibitor This, it was contended by the Stat< proved the girl did not leave the far tory after calling for her pay on th afternoon of April 2f>. Hoy Shoots a CJirl. m..i r _ i. *. ? * x .? ? ? ? ? - i ui a louru'en-year-oiu r>o] shot and instantly killed a nine-yeai old negro girl at Mount Willing, i Saluda county, Friday afternoon. Tli weapon used was a shotgun, the ei tire load taking effect in the girl forehead. It is not known whethc the killing was intentional or acc dental. Killed I'nrier Tamilier Train. David Piffer, of Pennsylvania, wf crushed to death Friday mornin when a lumber train, of which he wt in charge, struck an obstruction ar overturned near Schofleld, S. C. J \j. Shiflette, his assistant, was s riously injured. ~ FOR FARMERS GOOD FIFTY MILLIONS TO BE PUT IN OHIITIV i nn ur^'w juum anu ntsi AID IN MOVING CROPS I Secretary MeAdoo Will 1'iit F1101nioiis Sum at Disposal of llanks of Farming District*?To Meet lleavy Demand for Currency in the Fall When Crops Are Harvested. From $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 of government funds will be deposited in the national banks of the South and West at once by Secretary MeAdoo to facilitate the movement of crops. Federal, State and municipal bonds and prime commercial paper will bo accepted as security for the money, upon which the hanks will pay 2 per cent, interest. The motive of Secretary MeAdoo in establishing this new policy is to anticipate the money stringency in tho late summer and fall, which invariably accompanies the marketing and movement of crops, especially when the crops are unusually large, as the harvest now beginning forecasts. lie intends to take time by the forelock and prevent or minimize the usual tightness of money. In a statement Thursday the secretary made the significant answer that | government bonds would be accented as par as security for the new deposits and that the additional money would he placed only with hanks which hav taken at least 4 0 per cent, of their authorized circulation. rnited States 2 per cent, bonds, serving as security for most of the national hank circulation, have been depressed recently to no wlow market records, dropping to i)f? 3-1 during the past few days. The secretary's willingness to accept these bonds at par as security for the $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 of promised deposits and the inducement to the national banks to increase their circulation up to the 40 per cent, limit is expected to help in restoring the parity of the depressed 2's by creating a now market for them. For the first time in history the government will accept prime commercial paper as security for deposits. This privilege will be granted, announced the secretary, in order to make these special deposits already within their reach. "The commercial paper submitted," added Mr. McAdoo, "shall lirst be passed upon and approved by the ' clearing house committees of the cities in which the banks offering such paper may be located. All com1 inerclnl paper and bonds must fln5 ally be passed upon and accepted by the secretary." Approved commercial paper will be accepted as security for the depos' its at 03 per cent of its face value and high class State, municipal and 1 other bonds, exclusive of government bonds, at 75 per cent, of their mar3 ket value. 3 The additional deposits will be f placed with the national banks in the r two or three principal cities in each 1 of the States where harvesting now is in progress and where the demand fiir mnnnv fnr m/wlncy e.n n""-" " v* w.*v>^ i w i iiiv/? iii^s urn vi ujm muhi conveniently can be met. The secretary said It would not be practicable " to scatter the deposits among the smaller cities, especially in view of the character of securities necessary. e The banks will be required to re_ turn the money to the public treas_ ury when the crops have been moved. ^ The present suggestion is, Mr. Mcy Adoo said, that 1 5 per cent bo repaid in December, 30 per cent in January, ^ 3ft per cent, in February, and 25 per e cent, in March next. I "Steps are now being taken to carr ry out the plan," added the secretary, "so that, the funds may be promptly 0 available for the movement of crops." Names of banks to receive the depos1 its and other details of the arrange0 ment will be announced later. 0 This new policy is the antithesis of that adopted by Former Secretary f MacVeagh, who two years ago declin8 ed to make government deposits to relieve the tight money market on l_ the ground that the moderate surplus of federal funds at that time should (> be held as a reserve to be utilized at n some possibly critical stage. r With the net balance in the gonj oral fund amount to nearly $132,/ ftftO.ftftft, Secretary McAdoo has taken the stand that the government should anticipate the situation by by placing deposits where and at the timo they are needed. If the full $.r>0,000,000 is deposited this stop will temporarily almost double tho government's deposits r" with the banks which now hold $58,n 000,000 of federal funds. Just as Secretary McAdoo was an )' nouncing his plan, Senator Tillmar H of South Carolina was issuing a state 'r ment declaring that unless congresi acted quickly to provide an emergen cy currency, the cotton planters o the South would lose a hundred mil lion dollars through inability to ge is money to move their crops. ig ? is President Names TIeywnrd. ,(1 President Wilson Thursday nomi nated Duncan C. Heyward, of Soutl e" Carolina, to bo collector of the inter nal revenuo district of this State. 1 RED SPIDER IS ABROAD ixskct ri:sT, enemy of cotton, IS IN THIS STATE. AttmkN Plants in Cotton Field And is Very instructive?How to Get Kid of the Spider. Farmers are always havinir their troubles and local agriculturists are 110 exceptions to the rule. Not only have their been rumors of the army worm getting busy, although no sonous ravages have been reported, but the red spider, an enemy of cotton, has made its appearance, and has caused considerable concern. \Ve are in receipt of a bulletin on the red spider and how to destroy it from Kntomologist A. K\ Conradi, of Clemson College, which will be of much interest to local farmers suffering from the red spider, j The bulletin as to the "Red Spider on Cotton", Is as follows: "This insect is at present being reported from a number of localities in the State I and according to the present outlook, trouble may be expected from this port as soon as dry weather sets in. The red spider, which is a mite, has been an important cotton pest in this State for the last four years. The damage varies In different localities from year to year, and the loss to the cotton may vary from 10 to 'J<> per cent. This insect occurs on the under side of the cotton leaves, and when looked at with the naked eye, it appears like a dot of reddish ink from the point of a fine pen. The under surface of the leaf is covered with a fine web under which the insect lives and feeds. The female lays about fifty eggs, and the life history (luring warm weather requires about 10 days. Infested leaves turn red| dish and fall off one by one and finally the plant dies. There are a number of important recommendations against this pest in the fall and spring, hut these are at the present time out of the question. The question is, what can be done at the present time? Burn, grub out, or otherwise destroy violets and poke weeds. Underbrush in a red spider infected cotton field is very undesirable. wiiii iiii* appearance 01 dry woati^r carefully watch your cotton fields for the first aimcarmco of rod snider fostod stalks. Thev can bo dot c 1 i by tho change of color in tlio loaves, and these n'ants should ho destroyed immediately. Avoid careless dragKing of these infested plants over the plantation from place to place, bocauseit mechanically spreads the pest. Local infestations on plantations can be successfully and economically controlled by the application of sprays. Tt is all important that the fields he watched and the spray, applied when the first infestation is noticed. Not only should infested ho sprayed, but also the plants immediately surounding the Infested or discolored area. Whichever spray is used, there should he two applications, one week apart. The second spray is to kill the red spiders that have hatched from eggs since the first spray was given. The potassium sulphide spray recommended hy Mr. McGregor, of the red spider labratory of the bureau of entomology, is cheap cause it mechanically spreads the lows: Potassium sulphide, three pounds; water 100 gallons. Potassium sulphide costs about 25 cents a pound and thus 100 gallons would cost about 75 cents; and is sufficient for spraying ono acre. Potassium can ho obtained at practically every drug store and is therefore, available in most local markets. Lime sulphur wash is another spray that is very effective against this insect. This can be made at homo like the regular lime sulphur wash used for the spraying of fruit trees against San Jose scale. It is prepared as follows: quicklime, 20 pounds; water 100 gal Ions. The cost of 100 gallons Is about $1.40 This lime sulphur wash can also he purchased In the market as concentrated lime sulphur wash and the sprya can be prepared by adding two gallons of the wash to 100 gallons of water. Of the sprays given above, the first, namely, potassium sulphide, is recommended." ? TllltEATON DANIELS. ? f. \V. \V. Objects Strenuously to Ills Seattle Speech. s Secretary of tho Navy Josephus Daniels has received a number of I threatening letters from members of t the Industrial Works of the World as i a result of his utterances and the -/riots which occurred during his ro| cent visit to Seattle, it was learned - Thursday. i Mr. Daniels told Gov. Stewart, who - accompanied the Secretary Wednesi day from Doer T.odgo to Butte, of the - threatening letters, but said he had f no fear of any harm coming to him. The Secretary's aide, however, is t apprehensive that some of the threats may be executivo and is taking precautions to safeguard Mr. Daniels. ? Drowned While Bathing. ti While bathing in a mill pond near - Maxton, N. C.t a youth got beyond his edpth and was drowned.