The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 06, 1915, Image 6
CHARLESTON CLUBS' LOCKERS
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SYSTEM WENT INTO OPER VTION
AT sEVERXL YEsTKRDAY.
W% -
CNSju in Expres* Purpose <?r I <?r<Uni?
ty Cooperating with the < otcrttor
hi l m\n Knfonrmrni.
News and Courier.
Leading clubs of Charleston yester?
day actively i ?. I the locker sys?
tem for alcoholic beverages, the in?
dividual members being given an op?
portunity to secure lockern lor their
Individual use. Several weeks ago of
?cars of several clubs, after a con?
ference, announced that they Intend*
?d to Install the locker system, and
that thev desired to cooperate cor?
dially with the governor in his of
forts at enforcement of the law.
It was officially seated at the
Charleston. Carolina Yacht. Commet
rial and Elka clubs that the locker
system went Into effect yesterday and
that the lockers were assigned to in?
dividual members who had slgnlfb I
their purpose of hiring lockers. It
waa stated that the Freundschafts
bund would Immediately arrange for i
a system and the Countrv Club waa
aald to be prepared to carry out the
programme outlined several weeks
ago
officer* of the several clubs em?
phasised their declaration that they
purpose to cooperate with the gov?
ernor and that they desire to have1
their organisations live strictly up to
the letter of the dispensary law. The
system of Individual lockers Is said to
be legal.
Following Is the text of the statute
tn thin matter: "It shall be unlaw?
ful for clube to eell liquors. It shall
be unlawful for any club, company,
association or corporation, or any
chartered company now in existence
or hereafter to be Incorporated, for
social, literary or other purposes,
within this State, to buy, sell, keep
for eale. exchange, barter any liquor
wine. beer, bitters or other intoxicating
spirits for any purpose whatever,
either to members or to other per?
sona, and any member or members
knowingly belonging to any club,
eempany, association or corporation
which receives and dispenses intoxi?
cating spirits contrary to the provi?
sions of this section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof before a magistrate
shall be fined In a sum not less than
thirty dollars nor more than fifty dol?
lars, or Imprisoned in the bounty jail
not exceeding thirty days for each
and every offence."
Ill M>HEI> MEN ENTOMBED.
Ripkmlon In entry Coal Mlue Cuts
Them off From Exit?Will Probably
Be Saved.
Jflnton. W. Va.. March 1.?A hun?
dred and six men were entombed In
the Oentry coal mine today as the re?
sult of an explosion. The fans are
all working and It Is believed all will
be saved.
PROHIBITION EEYEK SPREADS.
Wewtern State* Ootitg Dry?IdaL.?.
MinnewotA. Utah and Colorado In
I4*t?t.ovemor Sign* hill.
Idaho. March 2.?The governor of
Idaho today signed the prohibition
bill which will he effective the first
of January.
Draatlr County Option Hill.
Minnesota. March 2.?The govern?
or today signed the drastic county
option bill, effective immediately.
Dill (om?s to Oo\cnior.
Utah. March 2?-The prohibition
bill went to the governor today.
Charrhea Combine Against Saloons.
Chicago. March 2.?A federation
of three hundred churches and so?
cieties have begun an active campaign
to close over seven thousand Chicago
aaloona before the end of next year.
Const it ot too .Amended.
Colorado. March -'.--The State?
wide prohibition nsht at local
amendment bill v\cnt t > the ;;,\.irior
today.
PLANS \ \\ \L < Itl ISL.
JtOUlon? Will Xttond Target Practice
?Over gg.OOO U Atallahh*.
Plana for the annual cruise of the
divisions of the naval miltia <>f South
Carolina were announced reetet
J. Shapter Caldwell, assistant adju?
tant general.
"The adjutant general's OS*
MaJ. Caldwell. "Is in teeeipt Ol I lettei
from Commander F. H. Haaaott, Jr..
17. S. N., in charge of tho division of
naval militia aSbiara relative to tin
erulee of the nival mltiUe ol Ibis
State. The hatr.iiioftfl are ached u P,;
to embark on I bittbshio ,tf Hampton
Roads on July I ami |g cruise
days along the AtI ur uMMI ?' "
to (Jardlner s bay ami spend 11 da\
la target practice." Til eil ll a fund
of $2.0aI available tor the cruise.
(iRKAT ATT1LUTION WILL BF
?iu maxn KVKXT POR
SlMTFR.
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Program indicate- That There Will
Igaln 1h? a Full U*t or Excellent
IVrforiiiuinvH-^-Allct* XVIIson C liieV
Feature- HvCflN?Partial litt of At?
traction^.
^umter people will interested
in the fact that the Redpath Chau
tiuqua will again come to Suinter this
{spring*, arriving hero on April 21st
for ? stay of MM week, performances
helng three time.; a day for seven j
?lays. Sunday programs being elimi
nated entirely this year. The great
attraction or the ('hautnliqua this!
year will be Madame Alice Neilson.
one of the greatest soprano singers
in America today.
A partial list of the attractions has |
been secured and this indicates that
the musical feature of the program
will again he up to the high stand
in! of last year,'and other attractions
will be as complete and full of in?
terest. Lecturers of nation-wide
reputation, singers known over the
world, a high class hand, and the
usual magician to please the chU- j
dren and most of the older folks.
Mflame Alice Neilson will come on1
the last day of the Chautauqua. As
previously stated, this will be the
leading attraction of the Chautauqua
end Sumtcr is fortunate to have thla
celebrated prime donna to come here.
Other musical features are Sijf.
Oluseppe Rartolotta, Italian tenor.
The Manier Sisters Orchestra, instru?
mental performers; the Holander Or?
chestra, vocal artist*, the Savrnnoffs,
famous Russian players, and the Mu?
sic Makers Quartet. One of the fea?
tures of the week is tho "Servant In
the House," performed by an all-star
cast led by Charles Rann Kennedy,
who played the leading part fo. lia
Marlowe in various plays. This great
drama takes the place of the annual
Shakesperian play, which has always
hitherto been offered Chautauqua
audiences.
Among the events put on especial?
ly for children is the magician Taber,
the Miracle Man. This is always a
pleasing performance and delights
young and old folks.
Lecturers well known to the
American people arc an ong those to
be heard. Those coming here are
Wells Watson Olnn, who will give a
reading from the well known play
from Pooth Tarkington's popular
novel, "The Man from Home;" Ash
ton & shallenger, former governor of
Nebraska; Ralph Ringham, the well
known entertainer; and Frank Dlxon,
a brother of Thomas Lixon, Jr., and
one of the best Lyceum lecturers in
America; Thomas Rrooks Fletcher,
who will tell of the "Martyrdom of
Fools," one of the most interer.ting
speakers ever on the lecture plat?
form: and Sylvester A. Long, whoso
subject Is "The Challenge of the
1 iour."
Coming in the musical entertain?
ments not already mentioned Is Pal
laria's Kami, an organization said to
be fully as good as the band which
came last year.
This gives a partial list of the at?
tractions only, for the morning lectur?
er has not yet been named, nor has
tho entertainer of the children's de?
partment been announced. The full
program will bo announced later, as
more informtalon is learned about
the different attractions. However,
the people of Sumtcr are assured that
t'hautauqua will be of the same high
standard as last year and will be
Ailed with events of interest to every
I body.
A SENSIBLE DOG.
Collier Discriminates Between COWS
to He Hrought ll<-me and Tho>e to
Ho lieft.
Gaffnoy, March 2.?J. I*\ Jamison,
WhiO lives near Oaffnoy. has a collie
>\>>i:, which is a most remarkable ani?
mal. His master studs him to the
pasture with Instructions t<? bring up
only the c?.\vs which arc |lvln| milk.
;tn<i Nip will eonnne himself strictly
t<? those instructions. Then Mr. Jami?
son will tell him to hrinL,' all the cows,
and he will come driving them all to
the barn. In addition to this, when
milking is in program Nip will seize
the calf around the neck with his
paws and hold it off while the cow is
being milked. The above information 1
was obtained not directly from Mr.,
Jamison, but from Sheriff Thomas,
who is a truthful man, and any one
who do uIds tho statement will be
liable to arrest as soon as he may put ,
toot in Cherokee count v.
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Mi XKd ( I TV ITTACKKD,
/.a pa tu lias Cut < ommunlcnt ion and
Mgsegcre I'carcd.
Qalveeton, March 2.?Unofficial re?
port! from Vera CTUfl today state that
ihe Zapatistas attacked Mexico nty
last night, culttlng Oil all communi?
cation and it Is feared a blody mas
saeic u piogrcssing there today.
FAIRPLAY TRIAL IN WALHALLA
six WHITE MEN CHARGED
WITH KILLING NEGRO.
Solicitor Huts up Hali Score Wit
MMfi to Itri 11^ Out Tacts in Re
ffHft1 to December Race Riot.
Walhalla. March 2.?When court
convened et 10 o'clock work was
promptly begun on the Fairplay riot
case, in which six white men arc
charged with the killing of Green
Gibson, a negro, on December 20,
1914. The men on trial are W. C.
Mednrc, Wood row Camphell, C. C.
Kay. S. A. Jones, William Kay and
John McDonald,
There Wai very little delay in se?
curing the jury. The entire panel
was ailed. The State excused five,
the defense IS, and six were disquali?
fied for cause.
All jurors were put on their voir
, dire. The solicitor asked many of
the jurors the following question:
"Will you convict a white man or
white men for killing or lynching a
negro if the fact is proved beyond B
.reasonable doubt?" two of the jurors
answered in the negative and were
'excused.
j J. A. Zimmerman, a young business
man of Westminster, was appointed
foreman. The other jurors are as
follows: J. C. Seaborn, T. C. Burns,
J. P. Walters, W. T. Burton, A. M.
Brown, J. L. Barker, Elias Woodall,
J. Carroll Lee. It E. Fendley, J. B.
' Satterfleld and W, B. Stephens.
After the adjournment of court this
afternoon Solicitor Smith stated that
ho had sworn ten witnesses whose
story was as follows: On Saturday
night previous to the killing on Sun?
day, December 20, Tom Speights was
severely whipped at the plantation of
one of the defendants. On Sunday
j morning five of the defendants went
to Speights' home, had him put on
i his clothes, put him in a buggy and
I started toward Fairplay. The defend?
ants carried three other negroes
! along. Before they reached Fairplay
they met three negroes in a buggy.
They halted the negroes and took
George Gibson, a young negro, out of
his buggy and beat him over the head
with a pistol which they took from
this negro. They then proceeded to
Fairplay with both George Gibson
and Tom Speights, where they were
Joined by the sixth defendant. From
Fairplay they went to Knox's bridge,
where they crossed the river to the
Georgia side. After reaching the
Georgia side, the defendants made
two of the negroes brought along
hold George Gibson and Tom
i
Speights and the third negro Ueat
them. Some of the defendants also
beat them.
While this was going on, old Green
Gibson and two other negroes came
up with shotguns and asked what
these negroes had done to be whip?
ped. The negroes were told to put
! down their guns and they would bo
' told what they had done. The ne?
groes did not put their guns down
but began to retreat toward the
bridge. They were then fired upon
with pistols and returned the shots,
using shotguns. George Gibson died
the next day and Speights some days
later In Georgia.
Green Gibson then came back to?
ward Fairplay, was pursued and was
overtaken near the home of a negro
Mose Williams, and was shot. He
fell, arose and tired upon his pur?
suers and started to run. He was
j shot and beaten to death.
Five of the defendants were present
when the nepro was killed and the
sixth came up later, having been
wounded at Knox's bridge. One of
the defendants was wounded by Gib?
son.
The solicitor stated that tomorrow
he would put up several witnesses.
Among those who testilled today
Wae J. H. Godfrey( who as a news?
paper man had interviewed John Mc?
Donald soon after the killing but be?
fore any arrests had been made.
Every inch of the ground today has
been contested by the defendant's at?
torneys, one ground of contention
was that this was not a continuous
act. The solicitor held that all these
facts were relevant to the case and
his contention was sustained by the
court.
The interest here is intense. The
court house has been packed ;ill day.
Scores of Anderson county people i e
In attendance.
HKADI.EY \ssisT\NT EXAMINER.
Ibbevllle Man Gets Jt 1,800 .fob from
Governor,
Columbia, March 2.? Gov, Manning
this afternoon named \\\ w. Bradley
of Abbeville aa an assistant to the
State bank examiner. It will be the
duty Of Mr. Bradley to inspect the
books of all Ktate Institutions. The
salary la 11,80(1 a year.
Boston Has Disastrous I ire.
Boston, March 3.?The old Rice
and Mutehins building was burned
this morning. One fireman was
badly Injured, The |om is a quarter
of ? million dollars,
STATE CONCLUDES AND DEFENSE
OPENS ITS CASK.
\v. T. McClure, One of Defendants,
Claims to Have Acted in* Perform?
ance or Dmios as Magistrate?
Walhalla, March 3.?In tlx- case of
W, T. McClure, et al., the state offer?
ed some ten witnesses today and
closed Its ease at 4 o'clock. Allen
Ii. Marett Wai one of the State's wit?
nesses who testified that several of
the defendants came to his homo In
search of Green Gibson. Gibson had
left the home of Mr. Marett and tho
j defendants left in the direction that
Gibson went; later he heard a num?
ber of shots and still later learned
that Gibson had been killed.
Mose Williams, near who*o home
Gibson was killed, testified that he
was an eyewitness to the killing.
Mose s son and daughter also testified
to the same.
The defence placed Kirby Smith on
the stand as its first witness. Mr.
Smith said that he was passing
i Knox's bridge en route to his home;
as he passed the bridge on the South
Carolina side he saw three negroes
leaving the bridge on the Georgia
side. This is a long covered bridge.
Within a few seconds he heard a
number of gunshots followed by sev?
eral pistol shots.
Pan] Marett was the'next witness.
He was returning home and had had
no connection with the trouble at the
bridge. Ho was closer to the negroes
than any of the whites. The negroes
opened lire upon him. He drew his
pistol und llred upon the negroes.
W. T. McClure, one of the defend?
ants, testified that ho was prepar?
ing to go to Georgia to consult a
physician lor Jule Marett. He was
at the bridge but did not whip any
of the negroej. After John McDon?
ald was shot by negroes at the bridge,
he sent for a p?yi-ieian. Returning
to Fairplay he learned that Green
Gibson and his boys were going about
armed. He as magistrate went in
pursuit of them with the intention of
placing them under arrest. He first
saw Gibson as he passed through a
Meld. He called to him to halt. Gib?
son stopped, raised his gun, but did
not fire. He approached nearer Gib?
son and Gibson fired upon him; sev?
eral si ota struck McClure in the face
and arms and he walked back and
others came up and shot Gibson.
The defense is that McClure as
magistrate went to arrest these ne
' groei for terrorizing the country and
that ho Organised a posse to assist
him. That the negroes shot him as
peace officer and that this posse was
forced to kill Gibson In self-defense.
The case will hardly be given to the
jury to decide before Friday after?
noon.
FAIR SECRETARIES GATHER.
Manning-, Watson anil Long Among
Speakers?lor AgTicidtural Ex?
hibit*
Columbia, March 4.?Secretaries of
a score of county fairs will gather in
Columbia today for their annual con?
vention. The sessions will be held
at the Jefferson hotel ami Gov. Man?
ning, Commissioner Wat80n ami V.'.
W. Long are scheduled to deliver the
principal addresses. Luther Ellison,
secretary of the l^ancaster Chamber
of Commerce, is secretary of the as?
sociation. He has arranged an inter?
esting and instructive programme.
The county fairs will this year pay
more attention to the agricultural de?
partments.
PITTSBURGH RANK CLOSED.
One of Biggest Ranks Put Out of
Business by Comptroller of Cur?
rency.
Pittsburgh, March 4.?The German
National bank, one of the largest In
Pittsburgh, failed to open today. The
only announcement made was it was
"closed by order of the comptroller
Of the currency." It is said the
closing was the result of the
WCaknesa of some commercial bank.
The bank is capitalized at a half mil?
lion. It iias marly live million de?
posits,
TO PROTECT NEUTRALITY.
Both Houses Pass War Time Reso?
lution.
Washington, March 3.?By unani?
mous Vote the senate late tonight
adopted a substitute for the joint res?
olution passed earlier In the house en?
larging the power of the president to
prevenl infringements of American
neutrality by vessels leaving ports of
tho United States with men or sup
! plies for belligerent warships. Th ?
senate substitute later was agreed lo
in the hoii.se and the resolution Wi 111
i to President Wilson for his signature.
Heavy snow Over Middle West.
Kansas city. March I.?One of the
Heaviest snows ol the winter is cov?
ering the middle w est today,
FEDERAL COURT BILL PASSED
HOUSE am) SENATE PASS MEAS?
URE DIVIDING stau: into
two districts.
Delegation to Recommend Johnson
for Judge; Thurmond lor Attorney:
Lyon Tor Marshal.
Washington, March 2.?The house
hill dividing South Carolina into east?
ern and western federal judicial dis- :
trlcts and providing for the appoint?
ment of an additional district judge
passed the senate tonight. It now goes
' to the president. The bill requires the ;
I president to make public the names
of sponsors for any applicant for ap?
pointment.
j The present district judge resident
in eastern South Carolina is to become
judge of that district, hut will retain
! jurisdiction in the western district In
cases which already have come before
him.
I As passed by the house today the
, bill provides that the court shall be
' held at regular periods at Greenville.
Rock Hill and Greenwood, and the
ofTtce of the clerk of the court shall
be located at Greenville.
As passed today the house hill pro?
vides that the Cullop amendment
I
shall bo added, this requiring the
names of indorsers to be made pub
ilic.
; Cong: .rsman Aiken and other mom
! bers of the delegation who have la
J bored diligently to have this bill pass
: deserve credit for what they have ac
, complished.
While Representative Johnson, who
first introduced the bill to provide for
the separate operation of the eastern
and western districts, was In the con
j ference committee on the legislative
appropriation bill tonight, the mem*
Ibers of the delegation conferred and
i unanimously agreed to recommend
Mr. Johnson for appointment to the
; new judgeshlp.
The following statement was later
given out:
"After the passage of the court bill
by the house and senate the senators
land members of the house from South
Carolina agreed unanimously to rec
I ommend to the president for appoint?
ment as judge of the new district
\ Congressman Joseph T. Johnson of
Spartanburg. They also unanimously
agreed to recommend Hon. J. William
Thurmond of Edgefteld for district
attorney and C. J. Lyon of Abbeville
{for marshal. While no official state?
ment has been made it is understood
that the president will approve the
recommendation of the delegation."
The delegation will tomorrow morn
ling call on the president in a body
land present the act for his approval
and will deliver to him a letter recom?
mending the appointment of Mr. John
| son signed by every member of the
j delegation except Mr. Johnson,
j The appointment will in all prob?
ability not be made until the next
; session of congress in December.
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MENTIONED FOR JUDGE.
i ?
i John Gary Evans to Re Put Forward.
Spartanburg, March 2.?The pas
sago by the United States senate to
j night of the bill dividing South Caro?
lin into an eastern and western fed?
eral district brought confirmation of
the report that ex-Gov. John Gary
Evans of this city would be urged by
? his friends for appointment as judge
of the western district. Mr. Evans
j
was informed early tonight of the
passage of the bill, but when asked
for a statement would not comment
further than to say his friends would
present his name.
The bill is one that has been watch?
ed with intense interest in this sec?
tion of the State by those familiar
i with the situation in Washington, hut
Its passage at this time came as a
i surprise.
Under the provisions of the hill fed
1 eral court will -be held at Greenville.
Spartanburg, Hock Hill and Green?
wood.
[SPECIAL JUDGE FOR YORK
i COURT.
-
Kaloott P. Green of Columbia Rar is
Appointed by Gov. .Manning.
Columbia. March :\.?Halcott P.
Green of the Columbia bar has been
I
! named by Gov. Manning as special
judge for the court of common pleas
and general sessions of York county,
beginning the second Monday in
April. The appointment was made
upon recommendation of chief Jus?
tice Gary of the supreme court. Mr.
Green will take the place of Judge
Spa in.
COAL MINE DISASTER.
Itc*cucrs Find Thirteen Dead Miners
?Many More Entombed.
Layland, W. V*a? March ?Three
more bodies were taken front the
New Itiver and Pocahontas coal
mine this morning making n total ol
thirteen recovered, Nearly one bun*
dred art- still in the mine. The res?
cuers are working bard to reach the
entombed miners, it is feared that
many are dead.
SO others need APPLY for
new position',
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I
Can Not Accept During Life of Six?
ty-third Cotsfress But Can Take it
After Noon Today.
Washington, March ?>.?President
Wilson tonight signed the hill creat
ing an additional federal district
judges!.ip In South Carolina.
Washington, March ?>.?The mem
bers of tho South Carolina delegation
tin congress interested in the passage
of the bill providing for the appoint?
ment of an additional judge, a district
attorney and a marshal, did not see
the president today, as announced last
night would be the case. Because of
other engagements which the presi?
dent had for the day, and for other
r< asons, it was thought better to post?
pone the visit. This being the case,
i
the matter will go over until probably
Friday or Saturday. Numerous ap?
plications for the positions mentioned
ha\e been coming in today by tele?
graph to the South Carolina congress
i men hut it appears that since an
agreement has been reached In the
matter there would he no use for
others to apply.
There was much speculation here
tonight after it was fou..d that the
Visit of the delegation to the Whit'^
House had been temporarily called off
as to the reasons why this was done.
From well posted lawyers there seem
j ed to be at least a doubt as to whether
?Congressman Johnson, being a mem?
ber of the Sixty-third congress, thfl
\ congress which has just passed the
bill, would be eligible for appoint
i
I ment should he be nominated today
and at once confirmed before congress
ends tomorrow at noon. The best
opinion was that he would not be
j eligible under these circumstances but
that the federal statutes will permit
, him to accept the nomination of judge
if this nomination is tendered him af
j ter the Sixty-third congress ends.
While he is now to all intents and
purposes a member of the Sixty-fourth
' congress, he will not be so according
to law until actually sworn in next
f>oc;>mbor. Just here is said to.come
in a well marked distinction and it
i may have been that to meet any pos?
sible legal technicalities it was thought
, better not to push the matter until
? the end of the present session at noon
1 tomorrow.
j At any rate Mr Johnson is certain
to be the new judge of the western
j district. He is an original Wilson
: man, in and out of season, one of the
first men in the country to bring to
the attention of the president the need
j of reforming the banking laws, and a
1 Democrat of the old school kind. In
j addition to this the door of the White
House has always been open to Mr.
Johnson any time he wanted to go
th< re and the various cabinet officers
are his intimate friends. Mr. John
j son, of course, will not resign the po?
sition of congressman from the Fourth
district until he is nominated for the
new judicial position and possibly, in
'he face of a recess appointment,
[ would prefer to hold his seat until
regularly confirmed by the senate.
However, whenever he does resign,
he will send his resignation to the
speaker of the house, the speaker will
notify Gov. Manning of the vacancy
from the Fourth South Carolina dis?
trict, and there will then have to be a
? special election to select a successor,
j Vmong those whose names have been
mentioned here today in connection
with the race are John Gary Evans
>f Spartanburg. I. A. Phifer and R. A.
J Blackwood of Spartanburg. R. A.
j hooper and William C. Er by of Lau
| rens, T. C. Duncan of Union, John J.
\fcSwaln, B. A. Morgan and Lewis W.
Parker of Greenville .
From letters and telegrams received
here throughout the day not only from
hose who would like to have the po?
sitions of judge,, district attorney and
marshal but also from those who
would like to succeed Mr. Johnson, the
news that South Carolina is to have
mother set of court officers has caused
much interest in the Palmetto State.
It was also remembered here in
connection with this matter that sev
ral years ago when the salaries of
cabinet officers was raised from $8,000
to $12.000 a year. Philander C. Knox
wan a member of the senate passing
UCh a law. Afterwards he became
secretary of State and the question
irosc as to whether he was entitled to
$8.000 a year or $12,000. He voluntar?
ily accepted the former amount, ac
ording to the recollection of those
who discussed the matter hen* tonight,
ivhlch would indicate how nicely the
law is drawn.
Congress Has Adjourned.
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Washington, March i.?The senate
adjourned at 12.04 and the house ad?
journed at 12.20.
Railroad Oihcial Read.
st Augustine, P.a., March 4.?Mor?
ton Kiddie, general manager of the
Florida Cast Coast Railroad died igj
the railroad hospital this morning af?
ter a brief illness. M