Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PRESIDENT SPENCER KILLED. HEAD OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY MEETS TRAGIC END. Terrible Rear-End Collision on the Southern Near Lynchburg, Va. President Spencer's Private Car Demolished and the Wreckage Barned-Everybody in Car Killed. Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 29.-Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway company, and recognized as one of the foremost men in the de velopement of the Southern States, was killed this, morning at 6.10 o'clock in a rear-end collision in which two fast southbound passenger trains were involved, ten miles south of Lynchburg > and a mile north of Lawyers' depot. In the same wreck three of his guests were killed. Only Mr. Spencer's private secretary, E. A. Menill of New York city, and one of the three porters survived the ac? cident. The Dead. President Samuel Spencer, Wash? ington. Chas. D. Fisher of Baltimore, Md. Philip Schuier of New York. city. Frank T. Redwood of Baltimore. DD. W. Davis of Alexandria, Va, private dispatcher to President Spen? cer. , . William Pollard, colored, porter on President Spencer's car, who died in hospital here. 'An unknown person, whose head and limbs are burned off short, who is believed to be the third porter on the private car, who is missing. His name cannot be learned. The Injured. Lucretia Allen, colored, Danville, Va., leg broken and amputated below the knee; '.eft arm badly broken. 'Willis J. Winston, 233 East One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street, New1 York city, leg badly broken. J. W. Shaw, colored, Spencer, N. C., fireman, badly crushed and both legs broken. Garland Thomas, colored, Greens? boro, N. C., leg broken and badly bruised up. P. E. Vauls, colored, Waynesboro, Va., badly broken up and bruised, v iCora Logan, colored, Shelby, N. C., both legs broken. Sam Cox, colored, porter on the private car, of 6^1 First street, S. W., Washington, D. C., leg broken. - Cruett, address unknown, the supreme organizer of the Heptasophs,2 back badly wrenched. Son Hoglan, colored, Charlotte, N. C., badly bruised leg. E. A. Merrill, New York city, pri? vate secretary to President Spencer, head and arms badly burned, will re? cover. Mr. Spencer's destination was Friendship, N. C., where he was go- I ing on a hunting trip with Messrs. ; Schuyler, Fisher, Redwood and Mer? rill, as his guests. Presiden-t Spencer ,and his entire party occupied the rear car on the foreward train and as far as is known were sleeping when the collision happened, and the probabilities are that all of them excepting Dispatcher Davis were killed instantly. It is certain that life was extinct before the flames touched them. President Spencer's bady was burned almost beyond recognition, as was that of Mr. Fisher. The body of Mr. Schuy 1er was taken from under the train before it was burned very much, having been singed only slightly. President Spencer's car was attached to the rear of the Jacksonville train, which was standing still when struck. President Spencer was lying direct? ly under the big locomotive of the rear train. So great was the force of the impact that the forward train was sent at least 150 feet ahead, the locomotive going over and upon the body of Mr. Spencer, Until after 'the debris burned itself out and the engine cooled off th bodies could not be removed. The impact drove the combination car forward and the express car lifted up together with its truck and crush? ed the car 40 feet, leaving the re? mainder of the car strewn with tons of baggage and colored passengers, who were pushed back, as the ex? press car crushed the combination car, like rats. The combination car did not leave the track and in clearing the track the express car was hauled to a siding a mile distant on top and in the debris of the combination car. How the colored passengers in this com? partment, which is known as the Jim Crow part of the train, escaped, none of them being killed, is beyond ex? planation. The wreck occurred on the crest of a steep grade, when the Atlanta train could not have been running more than 30 miles an hour, if as fast. Had it been a mile or two further south, the number of dead might have been frightful, as the train was about two hours behind the schedule, a con? dition in the grade there that would have meant a speed of more than 60 miles an hour. It was reported at first that Engi? neer Kinney of Spencer, N. C.. who was in charge of the engine on the Atlanta train was killed, but this proves to be incorrect. Kinney suf fered only a few slight bruises and cuts, which were dressed and he did not go to a hospital. Mr. H. B. Spencer at Scene. Mr. H. B. Spencer, the sixth vice president of the Southern railway, was a passenger on the northbound train from the south, which reached the scene of the wreck a few minutes after it occurred. He spent several hours there until-the charred remains of his father were taken from under the locomotive and then he came to this city with the remains of his fa? ther and those of his party. The coach containing the corpses was sidetracked in the yard above the city. Caskets were procured for them. These were placed in the private car of President Stevens of the Chesa? peake and Ohio railway, who was passing through the city with his j family, the car having been tendered j for this use by President Stevens. This car and the one containing the remains of the killed were attached to a late train going north and the remains were transferred to the cas kets while the train was in transit. Judge John D. Horsely, division j counsel for the company here, and i Assistant General Superintendent E. H. Coapman of Danville were in charge of the remains, Mr. H. B. Spencer having preceded this train on a special m?de up here in order to I be in Washington upon the arrival of I the regular train. At the City hospital tonight all of the injured colored persons are re? ported to be doing nicely. All are expected to recover. County Coroner J. W. Davis, at the request of the Southern railway offi? cials, went this afternoon to the scene of the wreck for the purpose of hold? ing an inquest, but he found the bodies had been removed before his arrival. He returned to his home in tho suburbs, and tonight could not *-ay what steps will be taken to? morrow. The Jacksonville express had the right of way in the block and the en? gine left the train and proceeded two miles, ont of which was beyond Law? yers before th*, engineer noticed he was without tra:-;. It may be that when he passed Lawyers that the operator there gave Rangoon a block, without noticing whether or not the rear end markers were to be seen before he did so. In the absence of an official state? ment, except that the operator at Rangoon was at fault, that statement is being accepted here. It is possible that a raiway investigation may de? velop that the Rangoon operator let the Atlanta train into the block on an order from Lawyers that the block was clear, the operator there think? ing the trsiinless engine cleared the block, and the rear train had passed Rangoon before it could be stopped when the mistake was discovered. Should the investigation show that the Lawyers operator gave a clear track after the engine passed his sta? tion without noting the rear end markers, then the cause of the acci? dent was at Lawyers and not at Ran? goon. Only an official investigation will reveal this. At 10.30 o'clock it was ascertained from a reliable source that D. L. Maddux, the operator at Rangoon, who was on *uty at the time of the accident, ha* disappeared ,and he cannot be found, although railway officials have made an effort to locate him. THE OPERATOR BLAMED. Southern Railway Officials Trying to Fix Responsibility for the Wreck. Washington, Xov. 80.-The South? ern railway is making a vigorous in? vestigation of 'the cause of the wreck on Thanksgiving morning when President Spencer was killed. Itis stated that rh-* fault rests sole? ly with the operator either at Lawyers or Rangoon. D. J. Maddux, the lat? ter operator, has disappeared and a warrant is out for his erre:.:. The funeral of President Spencer will be held tomorrow. The officio! statement of the wr*ck was issued today by Counsel A. P s^?m. The report says: "Why the ?gnal vis given to Xo 37 thar the track was clear we havy b>.sa unable to ascer? tain, nut that'matter is being inves? tigated." Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deaf? ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lin ining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rum? bling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is the result, and unless the inflamma? tion can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hear? ing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by ca? tarrh, which is nothing but an inflam? ed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give $100 for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cared by Hall's Catarrh Cure. .Send for circulars free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. | Sold by druggists, 7Gc. TILE RUNNERS ARRIVE From Columbia to Sumter on Foot in Nine Hours. From the Daily Item Nov. 28. Three mombo.s of the Mercury j Running Club of the "University of . South Carolina, Messrs. H. McGow- i an Holmes, J. D. Reeves. Jr., and R. J D. Loo, Jr., made a fine run from Co- ? lumbia to this city, a distance of 44 miles, in a little over nine hours. Tho j j boys in their running" suit? 'urned te corner of Main and Liberty streets at : exactly 2.02 o'clock, and they were lustily cheered by a crowd that had gathered at the corner to witness the finish of the long endurance race. The entire club, consisting of 14 members, all students at' the Univer? sity of South Carolina, are the guests of Messrs. John and Dozier Lee, and will spend Thanksgiving day in the city. Albino Squirrel. M. Wilford Horton, of the Ashton section of this county, was exhibit? ing in town today the1 skin of a pure white fox squirel which he killed while hunting a few days ago. The sqirrel was pure white, without a spot or mark of any other color. As is well known albinos occur occasional? ly among all animals and birds, but this was the only albino squirrel that any one in Sumter had ever seen. ANOTHER FOOLISH MAIDEN. The ,Daughter of Theodore Shonts of Panama Canal Fame Will Marry French Nobleman. Paris, Nov. 28.-Miss . Thedore Shonts, daughter of Theodore B. Shonts, chairman of the Panama Canal Commission is to be a duchess. Her marriage to Duke Chaulnes, De Piquingny, has been arranged. Miss Shonts, who is under twenty years of age, was abroad last summer when many noblemen sought her favor. Mrs. Whitelaw Reid presented her at St. James Court. The duke is not? ed for his interest in atheletics. Mr. Shonts and daughter are en route to the United States from 'Panama, and are expected in Washington tomor? row. KAISER CRITICISED. Orthodox Lutherans Call Down the Bumptious German War Lord. Berlin, Nov. 28.-Orthodax Luther? ans are severely criticising the Kai? ser's sermon delivered Sunday aboard the flagship Deucheland, in which he said the last thoughts of a drowning sailor should be of God, home and emperor, the supreme war lord. The Protestant organ, Reich, says it is too much to demand that sailors think of the supreme war god at the moment of death. Other newspapers make identical comments. A SCHOLARLY MURDERER. Washington * Professor Who Killed "His Mother-in-Law, Held in Lon? don. London, Nov. 28.-A plea of insan? ity was offered by Karl Hau (or Stau) ?he Washington college profes? sor who is wanted to answer the charge of murdering his mother-in law when the extradition hearing came up this monring. The magis? trate refused the plea because he was satisfied the man is the one wanted. The case was postponed for a week. OCTOBER COMMERCE. Internal Trade This Year Compares Favorably With That of Last Year. Washington, Nov. 30.-According to the department of commerce and labor the reports of internal com? merce movements fer October com? pare favorably with those of a year ago. The decrease in grain and live stock shipments is due to shortage of cars. Packing house products from Chicago amounted to 231,555,096 pounds, against 249,491,057 last year. Of this amount 4,181,000 is in canned meats. Slight gains were made in dressed hogs, hides and pork. BE READY FOR WAR. Rear Admiral Converse Makes a Sig? nificant Report. Washington, Nov. 30.-In view of the recent anti-Ameican agitation in Japan there is thought to be signifi? cance in the report of Rear Admiral George Converse, chief of the bureau of navigation, which was made i ub lic today. Tho necessity for keeping the navy fully prepared for war is ; the keynote of the repori. *A man with a sprained ankle will use a crutch, rest the ankle and let il g.-t well. A man or woman with an overworked stomach can't usc a crutch, but the stomach must have r<-st just iii?' same, lt can be rested too without starvation. Kodol will clo it. Kodol performs the digestive work "i" ti).' tired stomach and cor? rects the digestive apparatus. Kodol fully conforms t<> the provisions of the National Pure Food and Drug Laws. Recommended and sold by all druggists. HOLINA G.M?. un? y> on the i*y Tennis :\ ha? wo . S*-co:id Pla e. i ii Iiis tournament of the ...<L?! if olina InicrCoIlegiate ASSUCJ lion, v.hich was conducted :n Ci; iile last Tuesday resulted in K? ie College, of Due West, cap? i. v the loving cups for b'oiii . bles and singles, and the Univ . of South Carolina took sec ?n lace in both, events. Ca ia's team, composed of Mr L X. Green, of Sumter, and Air. S. ii ?n Rich, of Orangeburg; t asi i \ . (t-ated VVofford and New? bery au il lost to Erskine in. he finals. Mr Bernard Manning, of Sum? ter, mane a splendid record in singiez, but like the team in doubles, when it came to the championship contest,the Carolina boy was defeated by the Erskine contestant for the team.' Sumter shares with the Uni? versity an equal pride in the man? ner in which her boys acquitted themselves in th? tournament. FIRE DESTROYS SEED COTTON. Fifty Thousand Pounds Burned in Chesterfield County. Clieraw, November 26.-A serions cotton fire occurred on the piantetion of Mr. J. A. Watson, seven miles from Charaw, yesterday, destroying 50,000 pounds of teed cotton and entailing a loss of $5,000. Thia loss falls heavily on Mr. Watson, who is one of the leading planters in this section. No insurance was carried. *It is noticeable a cold seldom comes on when the bowels are freely open. Neither can if stay if they are open. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup tastes as pleasant as maple su? gar. Free from all opiates. Contains Honey and Tar. Conforms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by all druggists. KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE. An Old Man Run Down and Instant? ly Killed in New York. New York, Nov. 28.-An automo? bile ran down and killed Frederick W. Baecht, aged 77 years, last night, and then sped on so that the police were unable to ascertain its number. Orders have been given to search for the automobile belonging to Benj. Thaw, the half-brother of Harry, whose machine it is supposed by thf police may be the one that killed the old man. Benj. Thaw announced re? cently that he was prepared to spend $40,00,000 in defending Harry foi murdering Stanford White. New Cure for Epilepsy. *J. B. Waterman, of Watertown, O., rural free delivery, writes: "My daugh? ter, afflicted for years with epilepsy was cured by Dr. King's New Lif? Pills. She has not had an attack foi over two years." Best body cleansers and life-giving tonic pills on earth. 25c at Sibert's Drug Store. Home Endorsement. Hundreds of Sumter Citizens Can Tell You All About lt Home endorsement, the public expression of Sumter people, should be evidence bey one dispute for every Sumter reader. Surelj the experience of friends and neighbors cheerfully given by them, will carry more weight than the utterances of strangers re? siding in far-away places. Read the follow? ing: Geo. Ingram, farmer, well-known in Sum? ter, says: "I believe you have a most valua? ble medicine for backache, for ? never had anything do me so much good as Doan's Kid? ney Pills which I procured at Dr. A. J. China's Drug Store. My back has caused me a lot ol suffering; I did not know that it^was my kid? neys but thought I had malaria all through my bones for they ached so. The aching ex? tended all ur and down my back clear mtc my shouldei. and down my legs. I do not think I had a spot about me wl ere the pain did not strike and every once in a while I had a dull gnawing kind of a pain across the small of my back and then again sharp shoot? ing pains all over. I used numerous rem? edies and make-shifts but found nothing to do me any good. The kidney secretions be? came dark and strong and looked like liver when *eft to stand and get cold. They were too frequent in action and disturbed my rest nights. The first night after I used Doan's Kidney Pills I told my wife I felt bet? ter. I thought it might be imagination un? til after using the pills a couple of days when I knew the pains were lessened and the se? cretions from the kidneys soon ceased to an? noy me as they formerly did. I have not had a returr of the aching and pain since I used Doan's & idney Pills." For sale by all dealers. Foster-Milburn Company, Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other 43 Sour Stomach Tlie Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has 'bern? ia use for over 30 years, has borne the signatnr? o? and has been made under his per-? sonal supervision since its infancy Allow no one to deceive you in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and ** Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What Is CASTOR IA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups? It is Pleasant* Hr contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Karcotie' substance. Its age is its guarantee? It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness? It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic? It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend? GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Sears the Signature of Tie Kind Yon Haye Mys Bonght In Use For Over 30 Years, THC CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STPEET. NEW YORK CITY. CEIVEI^ /? Another Car Load of AND Stock Ring up No. 30-That's the Daily Item's Telephone number when yon want to place an advertisement that will bring results. W. A. BOWMAN, Pres. ABE RYTTENBERG, V. Pres P. G. BOWMAN, Sec. & Treas. The Sumter Banking & Mercantile Company. Sumter, 3. C. ??????????????BflHBHHBBBBnHHB ^##??ii?Capital Stock $50,000?^*^** Wholesale Grocers, Fertiliz? ers and Farmers' Supplies. Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil? cox & Gibbs Fertilizers. We are prepared to quote the very closest cash or time prices on au lines of Groceries, Fertilizers and Fanners* Supplies. And invite your investigation before making your arrangements for another year. Come to see us. We will save you money?, tnd give you a hearty, courteous welcome. Sumter Banking I Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d?door from the Postoffice* Sumter, S. C. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING OLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULST~