The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 11, 1907, Image 3
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HEB IIIE UMSTEH.
TWO III \DKF.D LIVES LOST IX
WKST VIH<ilMA.
indosso' of Fire Damp In Coal Mine
Was Sa kl to be Most Terrine In the
History of West Vir? I me Mim* llor
Falrmont. W Ve., Dec. ?.?The
Irrte of 200 miners at least were al
mott/certalnly snuffed out by a terrific
explosion nhlch "e:urr?d shortly af?
ter la o'clock this morning- at the
Monagah n ine. Neu?. 6 and S. of the
Fairmont Coal company at Mon
agah. six miles south of this place.
The details ..-? yet are most meagre
and the compan" :.as received no of
Ac la) report of the disaster. There Is
eery little hope. It Is thought, of any
af the men In the mine ever coming
oat alive. Two hundred is a conser?
vative number and it Is said there
may be many more than this In the
two mines. The first report of the
explosion to reach this city named
the number of met) In the mine as 1,
?<M. Among the mea In the mine,
who ' -or. caught In this latesl mine
calamity, ih r- \r* many Americans,
while the great majority of them are
foreigners. prtcl}>ally Hungarians.
The company is making every ef?
fect to save the lives of Its men if It
eaa be dotie. A special train made
?p on the Baltimore A Ohio carried
physicians and hospital supplies as
well as all the officials of the com?
pany who were In tosm. The explo
eten was the most terrific In the his?
tory of the West Virginia mine disas?
ters. It is aald. It could be heard
very plainly here, although more than
six ml lea away. The town Is In a
grant state of excitement as a result
of the disaster. The curiously Inclin?
ed are being carried to the mines In
droves by all (hs/ trains leaving the
?tty. Others are driving and there are
many who. In order to get there, are
walking.
At the company's offices tittle
ild be learned concerning U.e ex
It was said that as yet
nothing had been received there anJ
all the new* of the disaster will be
given out as soon as It is received.
'a ho comp my Is making no effort to
oenceal anything or keep anv of th >
details fron, the public.
^ Sven the oflelala of the company
?*utertau> practically no hopv of get?
ting any of the seen out of the mla<
a'lve. If rll She nen were nit ktiled
outright by the force of tlu exph>
sftoa, which must Have wrecked
much of the Interior of the mines, It
la generally believed they will die of
aephyiatlon or bocome victims of ac?
cumulating Are damp and poisonous
This Is betkevtd because there Is
said to be no possible means at pres?
ent to get mv supply of fresh air
Into the mine. The mines are near
each other, but each I? operated as s
separate plant. The force of the ex?
plosion hurled out great masses of
debris at the Monagah No. 8, that
an said to have completely choked
the pit mouth. The malnway was
also closed up by the debris and the
boiler house was wrecked by the force
of the explosion. Because of this
last fact the Immense fan that forces
the fresh air Into the mines .cannot
be operated and the miners who are
entombed In the mine will have to
breathe Into their lungs. If they >nre
still alive, the gases that will soon
make corpses of them.
By a strange coincidence the men
at Monagah No. 6 are given chance
to leave the mln- because the pit
mouth was not closed up by the ex?
plosion and the mine can be left or
entered at will. It Is aald. However,
not one miner who is known to have
been in the mine when the explpslon
- aaenftad has as yet left the mine and
thte cause? the belief that they were
all killed outrbjht.
If. on the other hand, they are Im?
prisoned In tho Interior of ahe mine
by the passages and entries, becom?
ing closed up oy debris as a result of
the explosion the men have little
chance to escape because no fresh
air can be fotced Into this mine, ei?
ther. The explosion wrecked the
monster fan house and It Is said to
? have been plsced out of commission
completely.
Relief parties have been organized
amoag oth? r men near the mines and
they are known to be working In
4sVsjtrlously to reach the men Impris?
oned. I*he cajse of the explosion can?
not be learned as yet. The mines
were consld. r-d safe. Mining experts
accompanied the officials of the
company to the mhi<s to ascertain If
possible the exact cause of the ex
plosion.
Each of he mines are slope-mines
and they are among the larg?st in all
the Wes?. Virginia coal fields. Th?>
Fairmont region Is a rich one ami tlu
mines are operated on en OStsntlTI
basis. The uv? ra?e daily capacity of
Mcaag.ih No n Is ton**, while
that of the sister mine I I <?" 'on*.
TidepH": messages from the
mines are crvlng for aid.
?i>ewitr? CaetSCMged witch' Rai I
?nlve?don't forget the name, and ac?
cept no substitute. Get De Witt's. It's
gti.id for piltH Sehl by all druggists.
BIDS FOR CANAL BONDS.
mWCM AK KPTrll) TO AMOIXT OF
g2&,ooo,ooo.
Tin* jkfMM Price I* 103?The HUN
So Far Mostly In Sniull Amounts
Ami From All Farts of the Country.
Washington. Dec. 6.?The ?ecre
tary of the treasury has accepted bids
for the Panama eg ial bonds to the
amount of $25.000,000. The average
price for i ll bids accepted ?s 10J.
I'nder the terms of the law governing
the. secretary's acceptance of these
bids, the allotments of bonds to in?
dividuals and institutions will be con?
fined to the small subscriptions, from
$10,000 down to $20. i
The amount of bids from jndivvld*
uals and Institutions which it had
been possible to accept will, as here?
tofore, not be large. The remainder
of (he acceptances will be bids of na?
tional banks. Th" bids accepted have
come from every section of the
country and are mostly in small
amounts.
secretary Cortelyou further an?
nounces that the notices of accept?
ances \nI11 be prepared and mailed to
the successful bidders with the least
portable delay. The notices will
state that payments for the bonds will
be expected to be made at the treas?
ury of the United States or at some
sub-trearury, as Indicated In the bid
of the subscriber within 10 days from
the receipt of the notice by the sub?
scriber. In the case where the
subscriber has, not inlicafed the
place of payment, the notices sent
will Include a request that the place
of payment be immediately made
known to the secretary. All subscrib?
ers should await receipt of the notice
from department before taking any
action respecting payment for the
bonds.
The offering of Panama canal bonds
was largely oversubscribed, but the
Improvement In business conditions
following the announcement of recent
measures of rellef*by the treasury de?
partment Is regarded by the secretary
as warranting him in limiting the Is?
sue at this time to half the amount
offered, namely. $25,000,000. This Is
almost exactly the amount of the dis?
bursements from the general fund of
the treasury that have been made
during the year on the Panama canal
account!
The allotment of the 3 per cent
certificates will not, the secretary says,
exceed $15.000. These have been
confined to national banks throughout
the country which were In position to
take out at once additional circula?
tion, this being a measure designed
to afford immediate relief, inasmuch
as a considerable time would necessa?
rily elapse before the Panama canal
bonds could be put on the market.
?Orino Laxative Fruit Syru\p. thf
new Laxative, stimulates, but docs
not Irritate. It Is the be*t Laxative.
Guaranteed or your money back. Si
bert's Drug Store.
Two Southern Hallway engineers
living In Greenville were droWned
while out on a fishing trip. \
?Are you having trouble with your
kidneys? There are lots of people; to?
day who wonder why they have pains
across the back, why they are tired
and lacking In energy and ambition.
Your kldneya are wrong. They need
relief without delay. Take DeWiU's
Kidney St Bladder Pills; they are
for weuk back, inflammation cf the
'Madd??. backache and weak kidneys.
Sold '?->} all druggists.
Voluntary bankruptcy proceedings
in vc been started In hehalf^of G. S (
Garner, of Darlington.
?King'* Little Liver PlUs wake up
Inxy llv'Ts. clean the system and
1- r the skin. Try them for *\?llous
ness and sick head ache. Price 25c.
Sold by Slbert Drug Co. 12-l-3m
A young negro boy wa3 burned to
death near Waterloo.
?The finest Coffee Substitute ever
made, has recently beer, produced by
Dr. Shoop of Racine. Wis. You don't
have to boll It twenty or thirty min?
utes. "Made In a minute," says the
doctor. "Health Coffee" Is really the
closest Coffee Imitation ever yet pro?
duced. Not a grain of real Coffee In
it either. Health Coffee Imitation is
made from pure roasted cereals or
grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really
It would fool an expert?were he to
unknowingly drink It for Coffee. Lev)
4k Moses.
Th# Farmers' Cnlon of Greenville
county has paeeej resoltulons agree
lit* to hohl theft cotton for better
j prices.
When to Go'llomo.
?From the Rluffton, Ind.. Kanner
"When tired out. gc Marne, win n you
want consolation, go homo. When
you want fun. go homo. When you
want to show others that you have
reformed, go home and let your fanv
Hy g*'t acquainted with Ihe fact.
When yog want to sh< w yourself at
'?our host go home and do the act
there, Wh? n yon ,fee] liko being s -
tra liberal no home and practice on
your aife and children first. When
N.ai want to shiiu with CXtrS hril
I Ilaney go home and light up the
whole b*ueehold.H To which ?'*
weald add. whan >ou have ;i hid oold
ga home and lake Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy ami $ "tick cure II
certain. For gale by DeLorrge'i
i*h irmucy,
RESCUES UNEXCELLED IN His
TOR1 OF MARINE DISASTERS.
Canadian Pacific bluer, Mount Ton?
nte, Has Rough Experience Off
HgRfggi N. s.?More Than Six Hun?
dred raastugc 11 Were Reecuod.
Halifax, N. S., Dec. l.-fThe ad
n.irality office will at once begin an
investigation to place the blame, if
an;.', for the wreck of the Canadian
I
1 Pacific line steamer, Mount Temple,
which struck the La Have ledges at
IrohbotMd Itlgnd yesterday while
bound from Antwerp to St. John, X.
s.
Indications are that the Mount
Temple will be a total loss, rocks
pierced the steamer's bottom directly
beneath the engine room when she
drifted broadside on the ledges and
the terrific pounding she has sustained
.since she struck has further damaged
her hull. The engine room was Hood?
ed.
The work of transferring to the
mainland 480 passengers ahd mem?
bers of the crew who remained on
Ironbound Island all night was resum?
ed and it was expected that all would
have reached this city by this morn?
ing.
The saving of all the Mout Tem?
ple's passengers, more than 600 in
number,( uhder conditions dangerous
to the rescued and rescuers alike, is
regarded as a feat unexcelled in the
annals of marine disasters in the
North Atlantic. m
When the ship struck the rocks
hundreds of immigrants among whom
were more thah 200 women and chil?
dren, were thrown Into a panic. Of?
ficers and crew had difficulty in nick?
ing the foreigners understand that
there was no immediate danger and
when daylight came and the storm
cleared the panic was over. For
hours the passengers stood waist deep
in water. All suffered terribly from
the cold. \
A Dangerous Deadlock.
?That sometimes terminates fatal?
ly, is the stoppage of liver and bowel
functions. To quickly end this con?
dition without disagreeable sensations
Dr. King's New, Life Pills should al?
ways be your remedy. Guaranteed
absolutely satisfactory in every case!
or money back,tat Sibert's Drug Store
If cents.
-, % I
Pinesalve Carbolized acts like a
poultice, draws out inflamation and
poison. Antiseptic healing. For chap?
ped hands. Hps, cuts, burns. Sold by
Slbert Drug Co. 12-l-3m
?Jack and Jill were both quite ill,
Now each is well and wiser,
For blues and headaches have to go
When they take an Early Riser.
De Witt's , Little Early Riser Pills
are -sold by all druggists.
A Home M.ide Happy by Chamber?
lain's Cough Remedy.
?About two months ago our baby
girl had measles which settled on her
lungs and at last resulted In a severe
attack of bronchitis. We had two
doctors but no relief was obtained.
Everybody thought she would die. I
we*nt to eight different stores to find
a certain remedy which had been rec?
ommended to me and faile>d to get It,
when one of the storekeepers insisted
that J try Chamberlain's Cough Rem?
edy. I 'did so and our baby is alive
and well tr da>\?Ceo. W. Spence,
Holly Springs, N. C. For sale by De
Lorme'8 Pharmacy.
x
M. J- Nolen, a member of tue fire j
department e>f Charleston died at his
home In that city.
?A tickling cough, from any cause.
Is quickly stopped by Dr. Shoop's
Cough Cure. And It is so thoroughly
harmless ami safe, that Dr. Shoop
tells mothers everywhere to give It
without hesitation. even to very
young babes. The wholesome green
leaves end tender stems of a lung
healing mountainous shrub. furnish
the curative properties to Dr. Shoop's
Cough Cure. It calms the cough, and
heals the sore and sensitive bronchial
membranes. No opium, no chloro?
form. ne>thlng harsh used to injure or
suppress. Simply a resinous plant ex?
tract, that helps to heal aching lungs.
The Spaniards call this shrub which
the Doctor uses. "The Sacred Herb."
Always . demand Dr. Bhoop's Cough
Cure. Sibert's Drug Store.
?When the stomach, heart or kid?
ney nerves get weak, th?n these or?
gans always fall. Don't drug the
Stomach, nor stimulate th? Heart or
Kidneys. That Is simply a makeshift.
Get a prescription known to Drug?
gists everywhere as Dr. Shcop's Re?
storative. The Restorative Is pre?
pared expressiv for these weak inside
nerves. Strengthen these nerves,
build them up with Dr. Shoot's Re?
storative?tablets or liquid?and see
how quickly help will come. 'Free
sample test sent on request by Dr.
Shoop, Racine, Wls. Your health is
surely worth this simple test. Slbtrt's
Drug Store.
An effort hrts b?*en made In Union
to restore the dispensary to that coun?
ty.
A Heal Wonderland.
? South Dakota, with Its rich sMver
mines, bonanza farms, wide range
and strange natural formations. Is a
veritable wonderland. At Mound City,
In the home of Mrs. B. I>. Clappe, a
wonderful ca*.< of healing; has lately
occurred. Her son si emed near death
with lung and throat trouble. "Ex?
hausting COUghIng spells occurred
every live minutes," writes Mrs.
Clapp, "when I began giving Dr.
King's Neu Discover}*! Ine great med?
icine, that Saved his life and com?
plexly cured htm." Guaranteed for
coughs and cold- throat and lung
troubles, by Bibcrts Drug Store drug4
gist. fiO cent and $1.<?0. Trial bottle
free.
A Woman's Health
ige too sacred to be experimented with. For her peculiar and
its only medicines of known corp-inc}* [on and which con
ircotics, or other harmful or habit-forming; drn^s
The one medicine which fulfi;11s all1 these require?
ments is JDr^. Pierce's Favorite Prescription?a remedy \viib_a record of
over
mt
forty years of cures to recommend it ; a remedy, the makers of
which print its formula on every bottlc-wraoj???er andB atjggX it^.CQinple* i1 -
ness and correctness under oath; a remedy devised ancj rid anted to wgnv
an's delicate constitution by an"edueated physician?an experienced
specialist in woman's diseases; a remedy, every ingredient of which has
received the written endorsement of the most eminent medical writers
of all the several schools of practice for the cure of woman's: peculiar
diseases; ajgrflej^vj^iiciTlia.s more bona-fide cures to ivs credit than any
Ether sold by druggSti tor woman's special requirements. It is not
given away in the form of "trial bottles" to be experimented with, but
is sold at a fair price by all dealers in medicines.
Delicate,weak, nervous women should | feeble women generally, Dr. Pierce's
^specially shun the uso of alcoholic
medicines which, from their stimulat?
ing and exhilerating effects may seem,
for a time, to do good, but which from
the inevitable effects of the alcohol in
shrinking up the red corpuscles of the
blood are sure to do great and lasting
harm in the long run. Besides they
beget a craving for stimulants which is
most deplorable.
Only invigorating and nerve strength?
ening effects can follow the use of this
famous medicine for women. It can
not possibly do harm in any state or
condition of the system. It has been
carefully adapted to woman's needs by
an experienced physician?a specialist
in their diseases. It makes weak wom?
en strong and sick women well.
If a woman has bearing down, or
dragging pains, low down in the abdo?
men, - or pelvis, backache, frequent
headaches, dizzy or fainting spells, is
nervous and easily startled, has gnaw?
ing feeling in stomach, sees imaginary
floating specks, or spots before her
eyes, has melancholia, or ? blues," or a
weakening disagreeable drain from pel?
vic organs, she can make no mistake
by resorting to the use of Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. It will invigor?
ate and tone up the whole system and
especially the pelvic organs. 1
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Perscription is
a scientific medicine, ccrefully devised
by an experienced and skillful physi?
cian,"and adapted to woman's delicate
system. It is made of native American
medicinal roots and is perfectly harm?
less in its effects, in any condition of the
female system.
As a powerful invigorating tonic," Fa
?orite Prescription" imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs
distinctly feminine in particular. For
over-worked, "worn-out," run-down,"
debilitated teachers, milliners, dress?
makers, seamstresses, "shop-girls,"
house-keepers, nursing mothers, and
Fiv^rite Prascrlpt:on is th3 greatest
earthly boon, being unequaled as an
appetizing cordial and restorative tonic.
As a soothing and strengthening ner?
vine "Favorite Prescription" is un?
equaled and is invaluable in allaying
and subduing nervous excitability, ir?
ritability, nervous exhaustion, nervous
prostration, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms,
St.Vitus's dance, and other distressing,
nervous symptoms commonly attendant
upon functional and organic disease of
the uterus. It induces refreshing sleep
and relieves mental anxiety and des?
pondency.
No woman suffering from any of the
above symptoms can afford to accept
any secret nostrum or medicine of un?
known composition, as a substitute for
a medicine like Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, which is of known com?
position and hAs a record of over forty
years of cures and sells more largely
to-day than ever before. Its makers
withhold no secrets from their patients,
believing open publicity to be the very
best guaranty of merit. U
Dr. Pierce invites all suffering women
to consult him by letter free of charge.
All letters of consultation are held as
strictly private and sacredly confiden?
tial and all answers are returned in
plain, sealed envelopes. Address: Dr.
R. V. Pierce, Inva?ds' Hotel and Sur?
gical xutititute, Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con?
stipation. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and
you cure the disease. One "Pellet" is a
gentle laxative, and two a mild cathar?
tic. Druggists sell them, and nothing
is "just as good." Txiey are the original
Little Liver Pills first put up by old
Dr. Pierce over 40 years ago. Much
imitated, but never equaled. They are
tiny 6ugar-coated granules ? eaay to
take as candy.
Dr. Pierce's* great thousand-page illus?
trated Common Sense Medical Adviser
will be sent free, paper-bound, for 21
one-cent stamps, or cloth-bound for 81
stamps. Address Dr. Pierce as above.
. We invite all who are seeking
Wedding or Christmas presents to
inspect our line of Carving Sets, Cut
Class and Silverware before pur?
chasing. v
CAROLINA HARDWARE CO.
Christmas Presents.
Carving Sets?All new styles.
Knives and Forks?Elegantly finished. ??
Spoons?Extra plate and handsome designs.
Chocolate and Toa Sets?Heavy plated.
Chafing Dishes?Guaranteed to last.
You could not ?nd a more suitable present for a gentleman
than a nice Gun or Rifle. VVe have them in many makes. *
-GUNS
Smith,
Parker,
LeFevre,
Fox,
Rodgers,
Remington,
Winchester.
RIFLKS
In all styles and many makes.
We have just received another lot of the
LISK ROASTERS
ssuiit uy self-tuisting and saving.
The Durant Hardware Co
Do You Enjoy
What You Eat ?
You can eat whatever and whenever you
like if you take Koto I. By the use of thi*
remedy disordered digestion and diseased
ston.achs are so completely restored to
health, and the full performance of their
functions naturally, that sue. fords as - wuid
tie one into a doubie-'oov*-- no *re eaten
without even a "rumbling" ana with a posi?
tive pleasure and enjoyment. And what is
more?these foods are assimilated and
transformed into the kind of nutriment that
5s appropriated by the blood and tissues.
Kodol is the only digestar.t or combination
of digestants that wi.l digest all classes of
food. In addition to this fact, it contains, in
assimilative form, the greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties.
Kodol curec indigestion, dyspepsia and aU
disorders arising therefrom.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
Makes the Stomach Sweet.
Bottles only. Regular size, $ 1.00. holding 2% time*
the trial size, which seiisfcr 50 cents.
Prepared by E. C. DeW ITT & CO.. Chicago, Ilk
For Sale by all Druggists.
For You.
If you are in the market for a Pi?
ano, Organ or Sewing Machine see or
write me, and I will give you more
for your money than any one else.
Call and see "The Best."
Beautiful Upright Piano from $150
up.
New Home Sewing Machine from
$27 up.
Organs from $30 up.
Old pianos, organs and sewing ma?
chines taken in exchange. New ones
sold on easy terms.
Repairs |Of all kinds done, and sup?
plies of all kinds furnished.
Write for prices. Office telephone
No. 181, resident telephone No. 162.
M. B. HANDLE, Manager,
10 West Liberty Street, Sumter, S. C.
9-25-ly
Garden Seed.
This is the gardening
season. We have a full
supply ot the best test?
ed garden seeds. For
years
Landreth's Seeds
Have been recognized
as the best. Let us sup?
ply you.
DeLorme's
Pharmacy
Drills and Medicines .
HONEMAR
The original
LAXATIVE cough remedy.
For coughs, colds, throat and lung"
troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic
Ojood for everybody. Sold everywhere.
The genuine
FOLEY'S HONZY and TAR -sin
a Yellow package. Refuse substiti.tea.
Prepared only i?y
Foley A. Comnpny, Chicago.
SI BEUT'S DRUG STORK.
KILL he COUCH
and CURE the LUNC8
with Dr. King's
New Discovery
FOR CS?Ds" ?
?ND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES.
GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY
OR MONEY REFUNDED.
FRIEND TO FRIEND.
The ]>? n mal recommendstJoaa of peo?
pie who have been cured of roughs snd
colds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
have done more than .ill else to make >t a
staple article: of trade a:;il commerce CT?
a lacve port of the civilised world.