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MIGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. I ;:u Happening* All Ov«r the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. Ed. Mack, coloredy of Manning, was convicted of murder without recom mendation Thursday. Mack slew one negro with a shot gun and tried to kill two others, the load wounding the second one in the arm. Judge Klugh sentenced him to be hanged Friday, March 31st. A six-year-old child of Mrs. Mollie Smith, an operative in the Spring- stein cotton mill of Chester, was sq badly burned Wednesday afternoon by its clothing taking fire that the child died in a few hours. The opera tives in a short while made up a sum Of money necessary to defray all ex penses of burial. Hon. D. H. McGill, for several years a member of>the house of representa tives ftom Greenwood county, has de cided to enter the race for solicitor of the new judicial circuit just created by the legislature. Mr. McGill is a well known attorney at Greenwood and has berm identified with a number of noted criminal cases there. ' John Waldrop, convicted at the last term of general sessions court at Greenville of the murder of Sam Mad dox and sentenced to life imprison ment, has appealed, to the supreme court for a new trial. The grounds of appeal cannot be learned. Waldrop remains at Greenville in jail pending the review of the case by the supreme court. Isaac Myers, colored, shot and kill ed Carrie Kinloch near the Five Mile post in Charlestoon. The negro claims that the shooting was an accident and he surrendered himself at the po lice station later in the day. The fel low sticks to his story and the truth ' of the affair will probably he learned from such witnesses as may he arrest- Messrs. Chas. W. Steward, Fred A. Stone and Gilbert B. Harwood, all of Brattleboro, Vt., who were Injured in the wreck of the Florida express, No. 133, in Columbia about two weeks ago, are sufficiently recovered to be out again, much to the delight of their friends at Batesburg, among whom they are spending several weeks of the winter. . While her mother had gone out to a well for a bucket of water Thursday morning, Ethel the three-year-old daughter of R. W. Lewis, head of the card room of the Tucapau mills, near Spartanburg, played too near the fire and the flames from the open grate set fire to her dress. She was fear fully burned and despite the attention Of several physicians died Thursday - afternoon. im Rev. E. E. Bomaf, D. D., who has feeen very sick at a hospital in Pen- shfeola; Fla., has been brought to Spar tanburg, where he will remain with H Relatives until his health and strength " are sufficiently recovered for him to . „again assume his'duties with the for- '■ eign mission hoard of the Southern 1 * Baptist association. Dr. Bomar’s fcealtb is slightly improved some since his -Arrival in Spartanburg, his old luttaft. .jt';. juj.. G. F. Sllpp, an overseer in the if^Brogon cotton mills at Anderson, was a WRECK NESlV- Six of tke Crew Were Ihjured But None Seriously. , Spartanburg, Feb. lb.—No. 37, the Southern’s southbound vestibule, the handsomest and most expensive train of the system, was wrecked at Fair Forest, five miles from Spartanburg, at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon. The locomotive and tender, two mail cars, the baggage and chair car com bination car and the dining coach were defailed, and three sleeuers and the Gorton minstrels coach were left on the tracks. Six persons were in jured, none seriously. The train carrying the cars with Capt, Sam Stoval,, coductor, was run ning nearly two hours late, A freight had passed over the track at Fair Forest a few minutes before 37 came along. The link from a brake chain of the freighth dropped in a crevice tween two of the iron rails where the main Mne and sidetrack join, 500 yards this side of the station. The vestibule came by at a high rate of speed and ‘the wheels of the locomo tive struck the iron obstacle. The ve locity and force of the train were so great that the monster engine mount ed and pursued a course straight ahfpd between the twoo tracks, finally verging toward the main line. After 75 yards of sprinting the locomotive turned over and heaped itself in the seven-foot embankment on the left of the main line. The tender was hurled in an' opposite direction. The two irail cars next were thrown In directly opposite directions, one to the right 12 feet away Into a muddy pool of wa ter, the other to the left and in the rear of the engine. The chair car and baggage car were mashed up agaiinst dining coach. This last coach stood intact, but off the track. The remain ing cars held to the rails. It was all done in a minute’s time. The crowds from the coaches in the rear hastened up to help the dying and wounded, but to their mazement no one was mor tally injured. There were five men in the first mail car and four in the second. The chair car also had occu pants. as did the. diner, but they were let off with a shake up. The en gine and tender are a mass of ruins. Engineer Cresswell saved his life by crawling from the Inverted locomo tive, and opening the window on the right side Fireman Williams managed to creep to the ground and out beneath the torn-up mall car. A wrecking force from Greenville reached the spot some time later and the regular wrecking train from Spen A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILUNSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OP LOWER CHEROKEE. our old friend and army comrade, Dr. Adolphus E. Fant, of Santuc, Union cer came in about 5.30. ESffecttvir wortcfeounty.^hleh took place last Friday. Is in progress to clear the main line. For the present the Sidetrack will be used. The damage by the demolish ing of engine and coaches and tearing up of the track will not be less than $15,000 or $20,000. COTTON GROWERS MEET. at County Organization Perfected Cherokee’s Capital Saturday. The meeting of the farmers at the court house Saturday to organize a cotton growers associatioon for Chero kee county, was well attended, and the gathering was an enthusiastic one. The delegates enrolled were: Gaffney, W. W. Jhomas; Wilkins- ville, E. V. Wright; Littlejohn. R. J. Kirby; Timber Ridge, H. Thomas; Blacksburg, E. R..Sapoch, A. Bettis. G. C. Herndon; Sarratts, J. H. Fowler; Ravenna, W. Sam Lipscomb. R. C. Sarratt was elected president of the organization; W. Sam Lip scomb, vice-president; S. F. Parrott, secretary; and J. V. Sarratt, treasurer. Several short addresses were made by some of the most prominent ones present, and the president, R. C. Sar ratt, urged diversification of the cot ton crop. A motion was passed to the effect that one census enumerate for each agerously cut Thursday by Marion j township he appointed to canvass his towaship and find the proper; ion of the-acreage and fertilizer reduction and what amount of cotton each farm er would put into the pool. The ap pointments were: White Plains, L. D. Bonner; Dray- tonville, W. Sam Lipscomb; Gowdeys- ville, William Fowler; Chrerokee, Al bert Bettis: LImostone. W. G. Austell; Morgan. Alex Smith. The following delegates to the State convention were elected: W. Sam Lipscomb, E. R. Sapoch, F. A. Goforth, R. C. Sarratt and Richmond Stacy. Alternates: Lem Blanton, S. F. Parrott and W. G. Fbwler. W. Sam Ltpsooomb made a report on the proceedings of the convention in New Orleans, to which he was a delegate; and a resolution in recog nition of his services was offered, and adopted. It was: “Resolved, that the thanks of this convention be unani mously voted Mr. W. Sam Lipscomb, pur delegate to the National Cotton Growers’ Association, for his untir ing efforts and services rendered in behalf of the cotton growers of Chero kee county. A committee of five was appointed too draft the by-laws of the organiza* tkm—J. E. Jefferies, W. Sam Lip scomb, J. B. Wilson, E. V. Wright and B. R. Sapoch. Pfraonal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Item* of General IntereaL Wilkinsville, Feb. 17.—Mr. William A. Robinson, an old and highly re spected citizen of Sharon, is very low at this time with pneumonia. He is a very old man and his recovery (from what we learn) is very doubtful. We have known him from our ear liest recopllection as an exemplary man, and his many friends throughout The Ledger’s circulation will regret to hear of his sickness. He is now bor dering on his four score years, if he hasn’t already attained to that age. Everybody who knows him likes “Uncle Billy” Robinson. Prof. James C. Jefferies is sick with side pleurisy. Also Mr. Willie Smarr, of Hopewell, is very bad off with the same disease. He first took measles. We learn there is but little hopes of his recovery. Mr. G. Andrew Byars was called by ’phone last Wednesday to see his brother, Joe, who, we understand, Is very sick. Willie Kirby, who cut his foot se verely thid week, we are glad to state, is getting along very well. He ig able now tp get about some on crutches. Measles is getting some better. For tunately, with a few exceptions, it is of a light type. Mr. T. B. McCulloch and Mr. Mul lins went to Gaffney this week with a wagon. They say the roads are bad all the way. Lots of snow and sl^t is still on the ground with but nttle prospects of its melting away soon. As old Mr. McClintuok used to say of such weather, “If first a snow, then a thaw, then a friz.” Uncle Sampson Moore said his feet like to have frozen off last week. If some people were as anxious to get to heaven as they are to get rich, they would be sure to get there^ and as a result they would be happier in this world. We regret to learn of the death of AW MAKERS ATH CAPITAL i HOUSE! ADJOURNED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. He was a gallant Confederate sol dier and a true type of a South Caro lina- gentleman. Alter the war he graduated in medicine and took a high stand in his profession. For several years he has been completely deaf from the effct of a bomb shell burst ing so close to his head as to knock him senseless for several hours. S. F. Estes has lost two shoats this week. Miss Jessie Strain is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. Mildred McDaniel, of Hickory Grove, who has measles. J. l. S. HITS BACK. Jice. an operative in his department, '••.it seems that Mr Slipp had occasion *0 reprove Tice for unsatisfactory ’.work. Tice resented it. drew his knife r.gnfl cut the overseer in several places. JOne of the wounds is considered se rious, but it will hardly result fatally .Jess some other complication arises, lice escaped after the difficulty and not yet been captured. ..The news from Washington that the ' 1>Hc building bill authorizes an ap- »priation of $50,000 for a federal tiding for Anderson causes the iest satisfaction in that city, ts have been made for the past ’yljar or two to get an appropriation, and Congressman Aiken, backed by the chamber of commerce and the business interests Of Anderson, has been tireless in forking for it It is expected that th& report of the corn- will be adopted without change congress. ■>. A startling chapter in the case of Marion Parr, in jail in Columbia, was added Friday when he confessed to the killing of Clarence Shealey—the crime for which he is under sentence be hanged oh the 14th on April, bout the whole horrible story has protested his innocence, to the lawyers who were appoint- ;efend him he had persisted In that he did not commit the But Friday when a minister jspel, the Rev.-Vernon I’Anson, at the Jail and prayed with him Phrr broke' down and said he wished to confess; for the first time seeming to realize the enormity of his crime rness of death. of now goods at Carroll fcew store, now Dress Goods, fst Goods, now Linen*, new new Ghees. —Scbloss Bros.’ expert cutter and fitter will be at Carroll & Byers’ new store on Feby. 20th and 21st with a full line of samples of the newest things in Gents’ Clothing. —I have on display an up-to-date line of merchants’ tailoring samples an.l a man on the spot to tal*e your measure. W. C. Carpenter. —Grand Opening of spring and sum mer Clothing at Carroll St Byers’ new store Feby. 20th and 21st. Country Editor Resent* Undeserved Ridicule of City Press. (Irdtaton, O., Irontonlan.) The city dailies for a year or more have .been having great sport with the news items of a simple nature taken from rural correspondence in the country dailies. The remarkable wisdom of th,e city newspaper men is appalling, and country writers stand aghast at the display. But sim pie little items from the country tell of heart interest, of home, of friend}*, of everything Qf interest in the. com munity in which the paper circulates and are entirely free from stories of murders., suicides, embezzlements, etc., on which the metropolitan press fattens its hatting average to the in jury pf a deceat but suffering pub’lc. Commenting on the same mattev, the Gallatin (111.) Press says: “Don’t It make you weary to read the rot of those rattle brain Idiots of the Chicago press who are ; repeatedly ridiculing the country papers on their locals? These 2 by 4 lunch counter fiends think it awfully funny when some country newspaper says,‘Hiram Slocum has sold his .Holstein cow to Ed. Childress.’ Dut of course it is lust the proper caper,, when they say, ‘Mijs. Franklin Oliver Lowden has Just re turned from the Epsom Lorimer ken nels.’ Ob, that’s great! That bull pup would bring about 30 bents in the dog pound, while Slocum’s cow would sell for $50 in the dark. Because Gussie Davir, was over to Guard Point to see his best girl they throw a shoe, hut if William Henry Harrison Pook, the so ciety leader, wax' In Milwaukee Satur day last to see Miss Gertie Pabst they would slobber over half * column and have three pictures of Gertie and William Henry on the front page.” Prodding Mr. Ashley. The editor of the Abbeville Press and Banner makes the following wise and manly statement: “It occurs to us that the prodding of citizen Josh Ashley, with a view to holding him up to ridicule, has become a chestnut. As a matter of fact, Mr. Ashley has less education but as much natural ability as a majority of those who usually seek to make fun at his expense.. As far as we know, he has been honest. His purposes have been good, however much he may have been mistaken. Despite the fact of his illiteracy, his efforts as a farmer have been regarded with a large share of success.” —Don’t fall to sse ths beautiful window at Carroll A Byers' new store. A Resurtie of the Last Week’s Work— Measures Were Rushed Through In a Hurry. Colurribla, Feb. 20.—The general as sembly adjourned on Saturday after- noon, whereas the rule has been for an adjournment to be reached after midnight of the last of the forty days. This legislature prepared for the end several days in advance, instead of leaving .a mass of matters to be at tended to on the last day. Neverthe less it was a busy time during the last day or two, and many measures that were insisted on by the interested de legation*. .- J In th* senate, howjever, there were several pt the most important measur es that Aad come over from the house and had not been acted upon, and among $hese was the bill, introduced by Mr,^Patterson, to establish a re formatory or industrial- school for youthful criminals. It was called in the senate by Senat# Mauldin, who made a vigorous speech in its behalf. It was defeated by one vote, the sen ate voting as follows: For the bill— Senator* Brice, Brooks, Carpenter, Christensen, Hardin, Holliday. Hud son, l^ydrlck, Manning, Marshall. Mauldin, McGowan, McLeod, Raysor Von Kdflpitz; Against the bill—Sen ators Bivens, Black,- Blake, C. L. Blease, jjBrown, Davis; -pouglass, Earle, Hay, H^od, Hough, W. E. Johnson, Peurifofc, Tolbert, Warren, Williams; 15 to 1§. There is hardly any doubt that this hill emi be passed next, year if the women who hkve started the agitation will manage the matter judi ciously.: For a new proposition the support! given it at this session was remarkable. ... The senate, alsp killed the Toole bill, thf bill which passed the house and wMch provided $h*t each county should ®ave the right to vote a dis pensai# A similar hilt by Senator Brice hid been rejected by thoisenate by a votg of tp 11 but, tha Toole bill was voted down by pniy vOrep ma jority, the vote being as lowers: For the, bflF^Senetore- Artor Breaker * Brown, Butler', Earle, Hardin, Hood, Hudson, W. E. Johnson, W. J. John son, Marshall, Mauldin, Mclver, Tal bert, Von KDlnitz, Walker, Wells 17; Against the bill—Senators Bivens, Black, Blake, C. L.* Blease, E. S. Blease, Carpenter, Christenson, Davis, Douglass, EflrJ, Hough, Hay, Hydrick, Manning, McGowan, Peurifoy, Raysor, Stackhouse, Warren, Williams, 20. The senate and house -had very lit tle trouble agreeing upon the appro priation bill. Several changes were Insisted upon by members of the sen ate but when the bill finally gpt to the free conference committee the only Item that was cut was the appro priation for the South Carolina Cob lege^the senate having added $2,300 for^itional teaching force, Trn^ax levy for the year is five and one-half mills, the original levy fixed by the ways and means committee of the house. An interesting matter in connection with the adjournment is the announ cement of the joint committees which are to work during the year and re port at the next session. The com mission to investigate the dispensary management, under the Blease reso lution, is composed of Senators Cole L. Blease, of Newberry, J. T. Hay, of Kershaw, and Niels Christensen, of Beaufort, Representatives Gaston of Chester, Fraser, of Sumter, Lyon, of Abbeville, and Spivey, of Horry. The general opinion is that this commis sion will not make a startling report. The house has a committee to ex amine into the status of the biennial sessions legislation and to report what statutes or amendments are ne cessary to carry the biennial ses sions plan into effect. The members of this committee are Messrs. Fraser, Morgan and Prince. The joint committe to examine the books of the State officials is as fol lows: Senators Butler and Douglass, Representatives Richards, Beamguard and Toole. , The joint ^mmlttee to Investigate the oyster and terrapin industry is composed of Senators Christensen and McLeod, Representatives Seabroook, Doar and Haskell. The closing of the session wfis marked in each bouse by an unusual degree cf friendly feeling among the members, the representatives joining hands and singing Auld Lang Syne. The usual resolutions of thanks were passed by both houses. To sum up the* session, it may be said that the legislature has -done nothing sensational, which is to some people evidence that- it has done nothing at all. But it has worked well and in good conscience so far as any one can judge the motives of others. It is not an unusually strong body, but it seems to be conservative and nont reckless nor extravagant. A criti cism that a young man would offer is that there are too many young men in the general assembly too many who have not "found themselves” pollt.I- duly. In another sessioon they may do better work, as experience is a great teacher and it takes a session for a man to show what is in him. The senate, usually regarded as the elder body, has several very young men aijd the house has a large pro portion. The legislature Is, there fore, immature in a sense, but with twelve months to consider the things that have been done and the things that have not been done more substan tial Results may be expected of this general assemble—which may be the last fc meet under the annual system.. Among the measures that will be preseated at the next session are the perennial dispensary fight, the com pulsory education bill, the reforma tory, the jury law amendments and others that did not get throdgh this time and whose advocates hope for better things in the future. J. H. TARHEEL STATE 1 ' r RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE III NORTH CAROLINA. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. People Going and Coming Beyond the Broad- 1 Blacksburg, Feb. 20.—Fred Borders, of Earle, N. C.*, was in town'Baturday for awhile. Miss Mattie Martin, of Greenville, is visiting in-town. Miss Maym* McCraw, of Gaffney, is visiting relatives in town. James B. Dickson spent Sunday af ternoon in the city. Miss Violet Orr returned Sunday from a few days stay in Hickory Grove. . Will Borders was in town Saturday on business. , , Mrs. E. J. Braaington and son, of Camden, visited Mrs. M. E. Shiver last week O. E. Wilkins, of Yorkvllle, stopped in town for a few hours Friday on his way to Gaffney on business. - Mr. Leroy King, of Patterson; is visiting his mother for a few days. Lois Austell, of Greenville, is visit ing relatives in tow T n. Mr. Lee Goode, of Cherokee Falls, after a few Ays stay at his home in Gastonia, returned to Cherokee Sun day. Mr. Marice Little, of Crockers,, was in town Saturday. Miss Mamie* Blalock returned from a visit to Gaffney Saturday. Her cousin. Miss Della Camp, accompanied her. Mrs. John Cline, of Gaffney, was in town with relatives Friday. Mrs. Lewis Levin, of Columbia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Baxtell. Mrs. Jno. F. Jones, after an extend ed visit to relatives in the north, is at home again. M. S. T - ” ‘ Man Found Gead. Oh Saturday ah old negro who had crossed Four Hole swamp near .Holly Hill reported having sden a horse and buggy About midway of the swamp atfrao ohff’fl&tr to wttmn tt-couht be long. Immediately a searching party went out and found the horse and bug gy, the back of the buggy being brok en. Further search resulted In finding the body of Oliver Canty sitting in shallow water near the roaside with his arm around a small tree, as If for support, his head above water, dead. The - body was taken to his home, where the coroner’s inquest was held, the verdict being that death was from natural cause, no bruises being found on the body. Ther supposition is that Canty was returning from St. George and perhaps fell, the shock of the fall and the rain and cold rendering him helpless. He was a quiet, peaceable man. EXPRESSIVE NAME FOR INDICES- GESTJON The Gaffney Drug Co. have a Simplt* Remedy That is Guaranteed to Cure the Trouble. No one word better expresses the condition of the sufferer from weak stomach or indigestion than “mis ery.” The stomach is weak and can not digest the food, so that there is no appetite, there are pains and grip ing in the stomach and bowels, the head and back ache, and the misery goes to every organ. Strengthen the stomach and the di gestive system by the use of Mi-o-na This is the only stomach remedy known that gives relief by strength ening the stomach and digestive or gans. It is this principle that makes It a certain cure for indigestion. Other medicines may give temporary relief by helping digest the food, but they do not strengthen the stomach, and that organ gets weaker and wearker all the time. The Gaffney Drug Co. the reliable retail druggists have so much confi dence In this remarkable remedy that they guarantee a cure, or the money wift be refunded. Mi-o-na costs but 50 cents a box. Ask to see the strong guarantee given with every box. Mi-o-na is in tablet form and should be taken before each meal. Other remedies for stomach troubles and indigestion are taken after the meal* and decompose the good food you eat, hut Mi-o^na used before eating strengthens the stomach, soothes and heals all irritation and inflammation, ensiches the blood, and put* the stom ach in 'such a healthy condition that it will take care of the food itself and there will be no pain and suffering. —Special prices on Quilts and Blan kets, at J. I. Sarratfs. Items vt Interest Concerning Our Neighbors In the Old North Btate Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers The remains of Mr. John M. Flow ers, late manager Of the interests of the British-American Tobacco Com pany in the Orient, who died at Shang hai, China, several weeks ago, yr&po expected to arrive in Durham Thurs day afternoon. The executive committee has issued the preliminary; announcement of the second annual Inter-State convention of the Young Men’s Christian Asso ciation for North and South Carolina, which will be held In Asheville on March Ilth-14th. A large attendance of delegates from the two Carolinas is expected, and in addition, there will he a number of prominent association workers from a distance. The 9-year-old son of Mr. James Bennett, near Jewel, Stokes county, died last Sunday from an overdose of corn whiskey. The particulars as furnished the Danbury Reporter are that the father had procured a jug of whiskey, and just before dinner gave his son a drink. While Mr. Bennett was out the boy went to the jug foY more, helping himself. Shortly after wards he wa* found in an unconscious codition, and could not be rallied. The grand jury in Charlotte failed to find a true bill against Bernard Harris, the young colored boy who was charged with shooting and killing James Pharr, a playmate, a few months ago. Solicitor Clarkson drew a bill charging manslaughter, but it is understood that all the witnesses ex amined by the grand jury testified that the shooting was an accident. It is understood that the solicitor will draw a new bill charging assault and battery. i —See us tor Blankets J, R. Tolleson St Co. and Quilts. —Remember the dates of the Grand Opening of up-to-date spring and sum mer Clothing at Carroll A Byers’ new store—Feby. 20th and 21*t. —Just received, a big shipment of Shoes. Bought before advance in prices, and will be able to furnieh them at under prices. W. C. Carpen ter. —Carroll d Byer* keep groceries, staple and faney, at their new etere and th* eld National Bank twilling. The board of directors of the cham- ber of commerce, which was organiz ed in Charlotte Tuesday night by merg- mg the three business assocItftionst of . flrst meeting IS?*! el0ct0d ^following v President. Ceaear- Gone>Wt ~ vico-president, Dr. Charles D. Mclver; - second vice-president, O. C. Wysong- treasurer, P. D. Gold, Jr.; tempera#? secretary, G. H. Miles. The last ' named will act until a salaried secre tary is chosen to give his entire time to the advancement of the city. The 18-mofiths-old son of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Furr, who reside on Tem pleton avenue, in Dilworth, Charlotte, was painfully burned while playing around a stove Wednesday. The lit tle fellow s clothing became ignited, but the flames were extinguished be fore the infant was burned fatally. A physician answered a hasty sum mons and gave the little sufferer re lief. The little one’* clothing was burned nearly off and he was painfully burned about the breast. The physi cian stated that afternoon that the burns were not serious. Mr. R. O. Pickard, a most estimable gentleman, superintendent of the Wil son Cotton Mills at Wilson, and super intendent of the Presbyterian Spnday school, was late Thursday afternoon shot and instantly killed by a ydung white man named Wiley House, who was recently an employe at those mills. House, accompanied by Charles Norton, went to the mills, and was or dered out by Mr. Pickard. Norton turned to leave, and Hous-e drew a pis tol and shot Mr. Pickard, who fell and died instantly. House endeavored to escape, but was caught by Captain . Massey and his bldoodhounds near Contcntnea creek. He and Norton are now in Jail. Dr. VVilliam Sharswood, of Winston. : aged 75 years, at one time a man of brilliant intellect, was struck and fa tally injured Friday afternoon by the in’-cominug passenger train from NNorth Wilkesboro. • The engineer says that Dr. Sharswood was lying on the guard .rail of the trestle acrooss Little Yadkin river, two miles west of * Doonnaha. The trpin was making 35 mites an hour, and on account of a sharp curve, the engineer did nert see < Wm-until the train was. within a bund- % red yards of the man. Dr. Sharswood f fell only a short distamice but he was *?■ picked up unconsciouione shoulder and a hip being mashed. He was placed in a car and . taken to the hos pital at Winston, where he died at 7 o'clock Friday night. Fire origiatek in the frame store building of T. C. Hearn, just north of the court house in Albertnarl, Thurs day ^afternoon, and. when first dte- . covered was so : far. Aborted that It could not ,be checked at once. That building and.a email office belonging to, Mrs. J. M. Brown, were a total loss. The store buUding was occupied by the bottling work* of B. G. Whitley. '*■ His loss is estimated at $1,000. He saved nothing. Mrs. Eunice Caldwell also occupied living rooms in the store building. Ehe lost all her household and kitchen furniture estimated at $500. There .was no insurance on any- •• thing, tt.locked fora time like the court house would $*rn; .fa ‘fact, ./it . caught several titpes, hut was put but by .the efficient, work of the bucket brigade. •.The damage to the court house is estimated at §M$.