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k iA , ' * 1 ?*■-&& THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY -PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1904. 91.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. rond Division Superintendent Den ham, whose special car was badly damaged. The mail car of the “Limit ed” was wrecked and a part of the mail buried under the wreck. A heavy fog which was prevailing at the time was the cause of the collision. The accident would not have happen ed. it is said, but for the accidental pulling of the bell cord by a negro porter in making up a bed in car ‘Shannon.” A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILMNSVILLE. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. The trial of Magistrate Youmans, charged with the killing of John R. Keels, which had been in progress at Manning since Tuesday morning, was concluded Thursday afternoon. After remaining out six minutes the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Sam Marks, the negro who killed Mr. Hill Langston by knocking him in the head several weeks ago and who has since been guarded in Darlington by the Darlington military company, was convicted of murder at Darling ton and sentenced to be hanged Nov. Fight at a Church. At a meeting of the Thickety Moun- tain Baptist Association, colored, Sun day at Suck Creek church, in this county, while a majority were con ducting themselves properly, whiskey flowed freely among many, and late in the afternoon, Flemming Littlejohn and his brother. Cliff, got into a fight in which Cliff shot Flemming in one of his knees, the ball coming out near the ankle, which makes a severe wound. Cliff took to the woods at once and made his escape. After the Littlejohn fight, fifteen or twenty other negroes engaged in a general row which broke up the service. They were, however, too drunk to do much other harm. State Constble W. F. Moore, sus MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. 11. Moses Ham, another negro charg- pecting that some such work would ed with being an accomplic, was given a life sentence in the penitentiary. be going on at this big meeting, at tended it himself, and after a while located the cause of the whole trouble; Gov. Heyward Saturday declined to i and upon investigation, found that pardon David Jacobs, of Chesterfield ! vhiskey was being sold to the ne- cor.nty, a white man serving life sen- . oes through a cat hole in the door tence for murder. Jacobs was on the jot a nearby house. He broke into scaffold with the noose around his nec' when Mr. D. H. Tompkins, arm ed with a reprieve from Gov Tillman, commuted the sentence to life impris onment. The pardon was requested on the ground of feeble health, but such is not the prisoner’s condition. A family row occurred at Vance's, near Holly Hill, Thursday between Elvin Smith, his two sons, Tom and John, and his son-in-law. Cass Stouta- mire. Stoutamire shot at Elvin Smith, missing him, the shot entering the neck of John, the young son of Smith, who had run between the two. Tom. an older son of Smith, then took up the quarrel and shot at Stouta mire, wounding him in the arm. Neither is seriously wounded and both are doing well. the house and after looking around a little he found R. L. Huskey, a white man, up the chimney. He pulled him down and brought him to the city and Huskey gave bond for his appearance at court. We regret this trouble where peace was intended and should have pre vailed. We are sorry for the better class of the congregation of colored Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest Wilkinsville, Sept. 30.—The drop off in the market fell like a shower bath upon the farmers, who have been getting 10^ to 10% for their cotton. Fully 90 per cent, of the cotton in this section is now open and the ma jor part of that is picked out. Uncle Wright Good, an old colored man who puts in much of his time fishing, has caught several fine carp out of Gilkey creek. Several wells have failed in this section and others are not affording enough water for all domestic pur poses. Gardens and potato patches are much in need of rain and the dust is oppressive in most places. The meeting of the Sunday school convention at Rehoboth last Sabbath was a decided success in every way Mr. W. S. Wilkerson is running his ginnery and molasses mill all the time and doing a good business with both. The product of his molasses manufac tory has become very popular in all our markets, and especially in the homes and by the people who are using it. He has developed the fact that something else besides cotton can be successfully raised and mar keted in this country. The output of People You Know and People You Don't Know. J. C. Thompson, of Home, was a city visitor yesterday. E. P. Macomson, of Mercer, was a prominent visitor in the city Friday. Malcomb Goudelock left for Balti more Friday, where he goes to take a course in pharmacy. County Commissioner T. L. Bryant was in the city yesterday on official business. C. E. Blackwell, a worthy young man of Blacksburg, was a city visitor Friday. He favored The Ledger with an appreciated call. J. B. Bridges, of Blacksburg, was a welcome Ledger visitor Friday. Magistrate B. J. Gold, of Blacks burg, was an appreciated Ledger visitor yesterday. Miss Mercy Meyers, of Oneonta.N. Y., is in the city the guest of her friends, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Carr, on Southern Heights. A. W. Smith, a progressive farmer of Algood, came to the city Friday on business. Lee Hammett left Friday for Mays- ville to take charge of the school at that place. A. M. Bridges, Esq., of Blacksburg, was an appreciated Ledger visitor yesterday. W. H. Carroll, a pi*ominent citizen 1 and wealthy farmer of Kings Creek, came to the city Friday. Maj. Jno. F. Jones, of Blacksburg, favored The Ledger with a call yes terday. Julius Hammett, a working farme- of Mercer, paid The Ledger a visit Friday. VIVID PICTURE OE THE AWFUL WRECK. A LIFE-LIKE PICTURE OF THE HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. A Charlotte Man Tells in a Graphic Way Incidents Connected With the Terrible Wreck at New Market, Tenn. Dr. J. Knox Montgomery, of Char lotte, who was a passenger on the East bound train that was wrecked at New Market, Tenn., Saturday morn ing, arrived home Sunday night. laid her down with her head on the end of a tie, called a lady to help and after quieting her a little got a description of her husband and start ed to hunt him. Finding a man badly wounded and suffering from an inter nal hurt, I asked his name. He told me, George Broughton. I asked if he had a wife and little child on the train. He said yes. I said they are scarcely hurt at all. He smiled and thanked me, asking me to turn him over. As I did so I tore a piece from his coat to take back to his wife, which she at once recognized as his. We gave her a big dose of morphine and soon had her quiet. The next to receive my attention was a mother and her baby. The mother had a terrible hurt on the temple and the little child’s cheek was cut wide open into the mouth. We washed the blood off, laid a wet towel on the little one’s cheek and went to another. A large man asked to be raised up, * a horrible wound was on his cheek Monday morning a reporter for The Charlotte News asked Dr. Montgom- . s ^ e Imad. e gave^ him ery to give that paper an account of people who had assembled at buck , ( . ane m ju j s several thousand gal Creek tor worship, but we sincerely , j ons each year and this year it will not hope that the rowdy negroes among, f a jj a w hjt behind its former record, them and the white man who furnish-j Yesterday your correspondent ran ed them with liquor, will be made toj over Yorkville on a short visit, suffer the full penalty of the law for, j^st Monday little Hemphill Estes, their crime. The better class of ase( i s ix years, picked 101 pounds of colored people can add to their good cott(m names, if they will assist in bringing . ^j rs Betsy Hartford is lying very them to justice. Will they do it? I j ow time. She takes her suf fering with remarkable patience. A few of our neighbors have made his experience. The following gra phic-story is the result: I owe my escape to the fact that when I left Cincinnati Friday evening I was not feeling well and thinking that I might not care to get up at Knoxville, 1 bought a sleeper through to Asheville. It has always been my habit to take a sleeper ticket to Knox ville and ride over from there to Statesville in the day coach. Had I been feeling well the night before I would have been in one of the ill fated coaches. We left Knoxville at 9:35 with a heavy train consisting of ten coaches, including express car, baggage car, combination car, three day coaches and four sleepers. I was Rev. N. B. Clarkson, of Blacksburg, in the rear sleeper. Not feeling well. 1 had asked the porter for a pillow’ and had lain down. We were a few a drink, put a cushion under his head, pulled the rocks from under his back and turned to others. A mother was pleading, “O, God, spare me for my children, spare me for my children!” Poor mother, the children lay dead in the top of the car, and she lay with her limbs brok en in four places. Wanted a Mason. As I bent over a poor fellow wiping the blood from his face, it was evident that he was about gone. He asked for a Mason. I called to know if there was a Mason in the crowd. At length one responded and I put him in his care. When I last noticed him he was just alive. Limestone College Notes. Limestone College has more girls j molasses. The crop of cane is turning this session than ever before since out fairly w’ell this year so far as we Saturday morning the barn and carriage house at San-Souci. three miles from Greenville, belonging to Mrs W H Perrv, were totally de- the days of the Curtises, stroved by fire. It is not known how ! The three music studios of Mr the "fire originated. The barn was a j Scherubel, Mrs. Scherubel and Miss | very handsome structure, being one have heard. J. L. S. was among his many friends in the city yesterday. W. W. Ruppe, of Maud, was a city visitor .yesterday. W. J. Vaughan, of Gowdysville, paid The Ledger an appreciated visit yesterday. Dr. R. F. McKown, of Cherokee Falls, was in the city yesterday. Wm Creek farmer, called to see The Led ger yesterday. O. B. Jenkins, of Cleveland county, N. C., was in the city yesterday. N. L. Jackson, of the western part of the county, called to see The Led ger yesterday. W. B. Isler, from across the Broad. The next was a large ma’n in death agony. Both engineers lay dead and*out of miles on this side of the Tennessee I under their engines. A poor river, running at about 35 miles an 0 ;? ,ored fireman la - v a dying con- ( hour, some 24 miles east of Knoxville. ditlo , n on one side the train > while when there came a sudden jerk in - aao ^^ er was equally hurt on the other our Pullman. I brac-1 mv feet against 1 side - By ,his time the row ot w °und- tbe seat in front as another jerk 1 ed r , eached fr(wn the scen e of the came, followed bv a third and the wreck to the rear of the fourth slee P‘ Borders, a successful Kings ' train was at a standstill We were j er ’ and sti11 lhe groans from within on a very sham curve and I thought ^ the ca r ^ tha t there was yet life with- the train had jumped th<> track. Run-i 1I }’ T 1 he J flt ^ or of the second coach had nine out with others, I hurried to the j P j^ K ^ ed through the length of the front, past three Pullmans before we ! ladles c ‘ )ac 1 [ U8t over ,he t°Ps of the could see anything. As we passed i s , eat8 ’ L W,th but two or three excep- the fourth sleeper the scene that ! [ ion8 tbe wound( ;d were horribly cut burst upon us utterly beggars descrip-1 , l P e tac ? - . '\,J ook , in th ® car was tion. The screams of the wounded,' simb y awlul. There lay the head of of the most complete and best equip ped for the stabling of fine stock in was an appreciated yesterday. Ledger visitor! the moans of the dying, the groans that section. About 2,000 bundles of j e t c Enoree Presbytery. Steedly have a homelike appearance 1 List, of homes for ministers and el-, w . R . Rush t„ n , of Blacksburg, was j of debris and the wai this year, the change being made by, ders attending Enoree Presbytery at a business visitor in the city yester-! over their dead bric-a-brac, | Salem, October 4, 1904. 1 a young woman, her body no one knew of the people covered un under tons ! Phere- Higher up lay the headless tV‘ friends * rugs, curtains, pictures, Blackwell, W. C., Rev. W. H. White fodder, a hack, buggy, one carriage and all the farming tools belonging to the place were destroyed. The stock was saved. Many more music pupils are enroll- ] and Elder J. V. Askew, ed this year than formerly. Brown, J. W., Elders J. N. Wright Recitals by the faculty and visiting and B. F. McCumans. Saturday morning at ginnery, grist mill and saw mill of Mr. Will Power, located at Power, a station on the Greenville road 13 miles above Laurens, were totally de stroyed by fire, the origin of which is unknown. There were three build ings, all comparatively new as was the equipment of each, which consist ed of two gins, presses, a suction out fit, two grist mills, and a saw mill. The loss, which inclcudes four bales of seed cotton, is placed at $3,00o with no insurance. artists will be a specialty this season. The standard in the music depart- o’clock the | ment this season will be higher than ever. S. Burned to Death. Mr. Pearson Cody, while sitting by his fire Sunday morning, had the mis fortune to have his clothes catch on fire, and before assistance could reach him, he was so badly burned that he died Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. Mr. Cody had never been married: he Brown, Robt. H., Edler W. J. Wil son. Estes, S. F., Rev. T. TL Law, Rev. W. R. Potter and Elders J. P. Saxon and S. Frank Parrott. Estes. T. J„ Rev. W. \V. Ruff and Elder H. A. Miller. Estes, John A. M., Rev. W. C. Smith and Elder R. E. L. Smith. Estes, Jeff. Elder G. C. Young. Fowler, W. G., Rev. A. G. Wardlaw and Elder Geo. H. Outzel. Fowler, John H„ Rev. W. L. Boggs was a Confederate soldier and was j and Elder D. B. Fant. buried by friends in the lot at Oak- 1 Inman, C. F„ Rev. T. W. Sloan and | land cemetery belonging to the | M. F. Ansel. Hunt lers or me uonreaeracy. lie was killed Will Floyd, a leading farmer s | a j )mR seventy-five years old. His son of Columbia, was lynched at Ker- j funeral expenses were paid by his day. Ira Hardin, Esq., a prominent citi zen of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. R. H. Taylor, of Thickety, came to the city yesterday. R. J. Foster, of Grindal, was in the city today looking after the price of cotton. Magistrate R. W. Lee, of White Plains, came to the city Saturday on business. W. D. Byars, of Algood, spent some time the city Saturday. D. C. Painter, of Draytonville, came to the city Saturday with cotton to sell, but hauled it back home. D. L. Littlejohn favored The Led ger with a call Saturday and added a name to our list. J. D. Pryor, of Stevy, was a busi ness visitor in the city Saturday toget’j- i be headless trunks, tho torn and bleed ing forms, and an indiscriminate mass of mangled humanity presented a scene that was simply unbearable. In voluntarily we all exclaimed, “O God, w'hat a sight!” and before we knew turned and ran away. We had reach ed our sleepers before we were suffi ciently collected to know that we must hasten to the rescue. At once we turned and began the work of caring for the wqGnded and rescuing those who were yet alive and under the debris. Nerving ourselves to the awful task, w’e went to work with a will and toiled for four hours amid scenes that harrow’ the feelings to even think of for a single moment. First Pitiable Sight. As we went to work the first pitia- ble sight that met our eyes was a lit- ! tie girl about, six years of age, her I Moses Wood Chapter of the Daugh- Kirby, W. C., Rev. F’rank D John Morrison, a white man who | ^ erR n f Confederacy. He was j and Elder S. M. Kilgore. Lee. Mrs. Amanda, Rev. A. A. James expenses were paid by his land Elder Black. shaw Saturday night. In response to i frlend Hon w D Kir , )V . yutchell \V J \Y Elder Whit Wil ' iTi,' “r 1U “7’ ^ ^ , WeDDer attend ‘i eyes niIed WIth ,>lood an d she waving a telegram from Mayor Walsh, of Ker- ’ D ’ l ' ’ ' Hams » - £ u , neral 2 f the latt ® r ’ s brother, j her hands frantically and crying for shaw, Governor Heyward ordered the : New Arrivals. j Osment, W. E., Rev. J. F. Pharr and Kershaw guards from < amden to the, Mr an (] Mrs. June II. Carr are hap-j Elder J. A. Jones. Poole, Mrs. Amanda, Elder John C. Bailey. scene, but the soldiers arrived on a ny ovor the arr i V al of a new Iniy at special train about an hour too late. 1 1 j,^,. ) lonu . lhe murder of Hoyd was particularly ^j r an( j Mrs. Derbin Jones are also brutal, this being Morrison’s fourth killing. He told others that he was rejoicing over a new girl at their home in the suburbs of the city. It going to kill Floyd and quarreled with is said that “Grandpapa Bob” is as him when the latter declined to loan hapi)V as (he fond parents. him 10 cents. J Q Ur ij est wishes are extended the The wrecks of the fishing boats! ones - Grey Eagle and Pride, in w’hich 11 | . . _ . „ men lost their lives two weeks ago, i „ s . 0 , n * M ‘ F" ^ burcb ’ S outh - have been washed up on Kiawah Is- ,. l H ‘ ria * services tor this church and land near Charleston.' and the surviv-1 adjace " £ o nta will beg n with ser- ing members of the families of the ^ a 1 Purview Chapel at 7:30 p. owners of the boats will take charge j of them and endeavored to realize something out them. The boats are re- m. today. All true, willing workers will receive a hearty welcome to these services. All of the members jare requested to be present at the 11 ported to be in faily good condition and , . . .. t . worth between $35 and $50. which is ” cb,ck 8er J ice a tb(1 church m ‘ xt considerable to the average negro, j ?, abt ; atb - Q ^pworth ^ League prayer- No trace has, however, been seen of rm ’° lnK a nr< ay P’ m - the bodies of the drowned men and it is not likely that they will ever be recovered. Pratt Myers, dealer In live stock, lies in a critical condition at his The Secret of Success. Forty million bottles of August Flower sold in the United States alone since its introduction! And the de mand for it is still growing Isn’t home on South Liberty street, in Spar-1 fbat a fine showing of success? Don’t tanburg, as the result of an attempt to eiid his life with a razor. The at tempt at self-destruction was made Saturday afternoon between 3 and 4 o’clock and he was found a few min utes later by a member of the family, bleeding profusely from the razor gashes, one in the cheek and the other across tho throat. Doctors were hastily summoned and his wounds dressed. His condition Saturday night was critical, though some slight hope for his recovery was entertain ed. He has been In ill health for a number of months and this is thought to be tho motive that prompted the act. A rear-end collison occurred Thurs day morning about 7 o’clock In the suburbs of Charleston, near tho five mile post, In which train N. 41 of the Atlantic Coast Line, bound for Augus ta via Yemassee, ran into the “Flori da Limited," causing the death of Fireman Sam Da^ls, colored, of the Augusta train, ’seriously injuring Flagman G. H. Lamb, of tho “Limit ed,” and slightly Injuring and bruising several of the train crew and passen gers, among whonb was a son of Be it prove that August Flower has had unfailing success in the cure of indi gestion and dyspepsia—the two great est enemies of health and happiness? Does R not afford *the best evidence that August Flower is a sure specific for all stomach and intestinal disor ders?—that it has proved itself the best of all liver regulators? August Flower has a matchless record of over thirty-five years in curing the ailing millions of these distressing com plaints—a success that is becoming wider in its scope every day, at home and abroad, as the fame of August Flower spreads. Trial bottles, 25c; regular size, 75c. For sale by Chero kee Drug Co., Gaffney: L. D. Allison, Cowpens. Newest Silks for waists and suits at only 49 cent ) on opening days at Carroll, Carpenter & Byers. —Tremendous bargains will be of fered at The Dixie’s Determination Sale, Oct. 24th to 29th, —Walt for The Dixie’s Determina tion Sale from Oct. 24th to Oct. 29th, Inclusive, Parks, Quit, Elder N. F. Martin. Robinson, John J., Rev. C. A. B. Jennings and Elder J. M. Switzer. Strain, J. L.. Rev. B. P. Reid, Rev. G. G. Mayes and Elders W. P. Fowler and J. H. Owings. Smarr, J. W„ Rev. J. L. McLin, Rev. J. S. Watkins, Elder J. O. Temple ton and C. F. Peden. Whisonant, C. W., Rev. W. P. Ja cobs, Elders J. C. Cary and B. K. Gresham and R. F. Wadell. As other names are sent in homes will be assigned them. The commit tee desires to expi#s its thanks to those who have so generously come to its support in taking care of its guests. Respectfully, J. L. Strain, Chairman. J. C. Painter, a Cherokee farmer forehead cut wide open and her little who farms, came to the city Saturday. 1 white dress soaked with blood, her Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Webber attend-1 eyes filled with blood and she waving the funeral of the latter’s brother. I her hands frantically and crying for m-au uuuy. Mr. Melvin P. Gantt, at Bellwood, N. j mamma to come and help her. Alas,! his daughter, a C., last week. Mr. Gantt was killed 1 her mamma could not come, for both in a step of her in the railroad wreck *in Tennessee father and mother were dead mider while on his way home from Califor-] the wreck. Mr. Ed. McDonald, Winns- *P a r j boro, picked her up, stripped off her Dr. Wm. Anderson, of Blacksburg, j clothing and wiped off the blood. A came to the city Saturday and paid ! Physician on board from Columbia, The Ledger an appreciated visit. i S. C., Dr. Ray, had some morphine C. A. Spencer came to the city Sat-1 tablets. These were used and after A Household Name. Royal Baking Powder" is a house hold word pretty much the civl.'i/.ed world over, and the article Itself has become a necessity in thousands upon thousands of families in nearly every civilized country. The success of this splendid preparation is due to the fact that it is exactly what it is represent ed to be—a pure cream of tartar bak ing powder. One of its great recom mendations is its high leavening pow er. That, of course, apppeals toeverv housewife. It secures a light baking with the least amount of attention and trouble. It can be counted uixm. But it has a virtue beyond that—it is “absolutely pure.” Royal Baking Powder cotains nothing deleterious. It can be used with perfect confi dence, and with the certainty that, so far as it is concerned, the baking will be thoroughly wholesome. The GO State convicts who have been hired by the Guilford county highway commission for tho past eight months to grade the roads pre paratory to macadamizing, were re turned to the penitentiary Saturday morning. The reason given for their return Is that the days are getting too short to work them to advantage at the price paid per day. unlay on business. Sam J. Fort, a native of Gaffney, but now a prominent hotel man of Lancaster, was in tho city Saturday visiting his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Fort. W. J. McGill, of Kink’s Creek, made a business trip to the city Saturdav and favored The Ledger with a eali. D. C. Beheler, a hustling King’s Creek farmer, came to the city Sat urday on business and paid The Led ger an appreciated call. Magistrate A. J. McCraw came to the city Saturday on business. T. J. Estes, a prominent Etta Jane farmer, is in the city serving as a petit juror. Rev. A. D. Davidson, of Beaver Dam, was an early visitor in the city yes terday. D. L. Vassoy, a prominent Thickety creek farmer, was in the city Satur- day on business. Joe Phillips, of Grassy Pond, spent some time in the city Saturday. Miss Maria Mayer, of Lancaster, is visiting Mrs. J. M. Steadman, on Bu ford street. L. B. Davis, of Love Springs, came to the city yesterday and favored The Ledger with a call. Floyd Baker left Friday morning for Baltimore, where tomorrow night he will be married to Miss Helen Bro- hawn, of that city. County Commissioner W. D. Gas ton was in the city yesterday on offi cial business. Dr. I). S. Ramseur, of Blacksburg, was an appreciated Ledger visitor yesterday. Rev. J. I). Bailey, of Cowpens, was In the city yesterday. while the little one. with her horrible trunk of a man. Or.?- there lay two little boys der ! -r, j > • “dy mangled. Arms were loin oil, ^nti oh such a scene! it was simply unbearable and I turned hurriedly away. I could minister to the hurt, but to see such butchery of the dead was beyond en durance. The Relief Train. By this time, two hours after the accident, the relief train came, bring ing doctors. Also rigs by the score had driven out from New Market, two miles away. Many were on our train, going to New Market to a funeral which was to be held at 2 p. rr... The son of the dead man was on board and we laid his dead body out in the cornfield to be buried by his father. Two ssters came up dressed in black, looking for a sister on the train. Taking them by the arm I led them to her, urging them to the best self control posssible for the sake of the wound ed one. The scene of their meeting was heart rending. A brother found a brother dead, and fell upon his dead body. An old man sought for school girl. He was but did not recognize her and she died on the train as we returned to Knoxville. When the doc- • tors had done all possible, opiates had been given and many of the suf ferers were asleep, the relief that came from the cessation of moans and groans and wails was such a relief to those of us who worked wound, was asleep. The next object among the sufferers as no one can to greet us was a man hanging over imagine. the side of the fragment of a car when the Wreck Occurred, dead, and against him a woman with! The wreck occurred at 10:IS a. m. her entire under jaw torn off, dead | At 3 p. m. the work of loading the a ..-°' . . * be f round I'D’ a ma n, his; wounded on the train to take them wife Ijing against him and a little J to the Knoxville Hospital began, hree-}ear-old, not much hurt, stand- Over an hour was required at this. >} ■ The man wailed for some When all were on board four sleep- one o help his dying wife. We pick-1 ers, two day coaches and two bagp ge *•' iVu** to , ay ber on a c,ls l> ir, n and case were filled with the wounded, found that the side of her head that j we lifted the worse cases through \ a>. l>ing against him, was split wide < the windows on litters into the sleep- beu be saw ,b ' s ,bo P 001 '! ers. Four terribly wounded negroes fellow screamed and swooned, and I Jay on the floor in one gent-’ wash covered the gaping wound with a wet r 00m j n one sleeper. Three children, owel. Leaning against the bank, all but dead, lay in one section. I start er i was in a slight cut on the hill- ed to go through the length of the su e. was a ad.v with °ne eye driven train to look up those to whom I had in o her .head and lull of blood. ’A bh . ministered most, but after passing a . r/ , ’.!"' !,,e, ’ 0ff , tbe , *° < ’ d and sbp through two sleepers I gr-’w sick and ^ va ,, ed ’ ( • ”D God, my baby, my ba- faint and had to turn back. During i\. asked for a description of her the hour which it took us to run back >a y and went to look among the ba- to Knoxville, ten of the sufferers, in- ues that had been pulled out of the eluding the little baby w’hose shoe 1 wiec ,. jfa'jnd one that seemed to hfuj taken to the mother, died. 1 jump- >e hors. Faking off a little .shoe I! ed off as w\> passed the depot as I ook it to her and found it was hers, j could stand no more, and so did not assured her that her little one was , see them unload and take the wound- a ive and after laying her out on a ; ed to the hospital. Another train fol- cushion, turned to help others. lowed us in later with 43 dertd on . he next was an elderly man who | board. The engineers were not taken —If you want good goods for little money, wait for The Dixie’s Determi nation Sale, Oct. 24th to Oct. 29th, Inclusive. Special prices on Gloves and Hosi ery on opening days. Carroll, Car penter & Byera. - did not seem to be so badly hurt as many others. He, unlike nearly every one else, had no wounds on his face. He said, “Can’t you help me a little? *’ m ,. an old man, and am so crushed up." Calling for help we straightened him out. I wiped the black off his face with a damp towel, laid him on some cushions and turned to others. This morning I learned that this old gentleman was Mr. J. B. Ivey’s father-in-law and that he died in the Knoxville Hospital last night. A Poor Woman’s Plight. out until after 8 p. m. The four day coaches were simply torn to splinters on our train, but no great damage was done to the light train we met. No one was killed on board that train. The death trap was the day coaches on our heavy train. The sleepers which were the salvation of those riding in them, were the death of the poor unfortunates in the day coaches. The four heavy sleepers simply smashed them into kindling wood. Had the coaches all been vostlbuled the loss of life would not have been Hurrying hack to the sleepers for so great. The conductor of the train more towels, I met a poor woman wild tliat n .-glected to obey orders was the as a mad man. waving her hands and calling for her husband, crying, "O. Jesus help us! O, Jesus help us!" Taking her by the hands I forcibly object of universal pity. His engineer (continued on page 3).