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IS CAARIED 3 mi; e^n s:wer Trip of Little Child In Daikncsj. terrors of a filth tunnel. For Over Two Hours She Stumbled Along or Was Swept Unconscious by the Current and Was Rescued Only to Ole. Wellesley, N. Y., Sept. 7.—For two hours and a half little Mary Morgan, a 13-year-old girl of South Natick, suf fered a living death in th« great sew- which runs between Natick and this place. For 3 miles &he stumbled along or was borne uoconscious by the cur rent, and when she was finally res cued she was still alive, but she died a short time afterward. The record of Mary Morgan’s experi ence is considered more wonderful than fiction. Though fcr two and a half hours in the darkness and foul fttmosphero of the great metropolitan sewer, and being carried about 3 milea Underground, she was taken out alive, and at one time it was almost that she would live. The girl—13 years of age—was sent out about 1 o’clock with her father’s dinner. He Is employed on the water works at South Natick. o»ly a short dibta-nce from his home, but he prefer red to have his dinner brought to him. Began in Bravado. On the way she met some compan- I'^ns and began playing with them. One of hiir child playmates said she w’anted to explore the sewer. Probably in a spirit of bravado lit tle Mary, on account of her father be ing employed there. volunteered ta show them. Ten minutes away from where her father was working, there is a big manhole. A wooden ladder is placed there, used by workmen. Mary volunteere.l to go down first. She went down and called for her companions to follow, they hesitated,, owing to the dismal appearance and the roar of the fast rushing water below. They waited there for her to come up. Minute after minute they waited,, but she failed to appear. Alarmed, j finally, they ran to her father and | told him that Mary had "gone into the sewer through ths manhole.” For a second or so the father was almost paralyzed, then the truth grad ually burst on him. He knew that the fir&t outlet was at Wellesley Hills, and immediately tele pho-nod there to watch for her. and there, two and a half hours after her disappearance, she came floating alon^ on the bottom of the murky waters, unconscious but still alive. Just what she suffered, no one can tell. It mus-t have been terrible, how ever; dense darkness and an atmo sphere of foul smells a-n'd poisonous gasea. It is thought she must have blindly stumbled along tor some time. She was, probably, finally overcome by the gas and sank into the current. It is fully 3 miles from South Na tick to the spot where she was found, and seeing that she entered the sew er at 3:30 o’clock and was not foun;l until 0 o’clock, it is thought she must have wandered aimlessly around ir the aark and loathsome undergroumi passage for about two hours. Child Fell Exhausted. Tired and exhau.sted. she probably stumbled and fell, and was then swei)t along on the cuirent. The current runs swiftly, and aocordi'ig to Super- intenaent Oldham, of the water works she could have been a short distanc‘d from Wellesley when she sank exhaust ed. I Five hundred feet away, per^iaps, from safety, only to be swirled away by the swift moving current. I Mr. Oldham had been notified that the girl had been lost in the sewer and would probably be found j^the «nd. Searching parties were f ^niz- ed at once a-.-jd sent down th f /er, the ladder wlien. some one shouted: “What’s that coming down?” Candles were swung around in a second and half a dozen men splashed into the water again, just In time to catch the child as she was floating peacefully on the bosom of the water. She was hurried to the poor farm, and for two hours Dr. Schoefield and another physician worked over h«r. Their efforts were useles-s. Her terri ble experience amid water and ob noxious odors for two hours and a hall had been too much, and ki spite o\ all efforts she died. Her father had been notified that ehe had been found alive, an4 arrived just in time to see her die. MAN-EATING SHARKS, They Bask In the Sunlight on Ne*w Jersey Coast. New York, Sept. 7.—The entire Jer sey coast, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, Is Infested with man eating sharks this fall. This statement is made up on the authority of Director Townsend, of the Aquarium, who is fitting out sA expedition to capture so-me of these big fellows and exhibit them i>n his tanks. Since the middle of August fishermen have reported the presence of huge man-eaters In adjacent waters. They s-eem to have come north from the gulf and the Carribbean |ea, driven thence by the great storms which lash ed tho&e waters into fury. Coasting vessels have run into schools of enor mous sharks. These are baskin? sharks, 20 to 25 feet long, but harm- j less; man-eaters, 15 to IS feet long, and huge hammerheads. The continued roughness of the wa ter along the coast has prevented these creatures from approaching shore with in a mile or two, to which fact may be credited the continued safety of bathers along the Nt^/ Jersey coast. The sharks which are now swimming Just outside tlie line of breakers are vouched for by Director Tov/nsend as being of the true man-eating variety, ^le to bit© a man’s leg off and de- ^ur Jilm. Ho has offered as high as $250 apiece to fishermen ter specimens, but the fishermen are afraid to try catching the creatures. Consequently Mr. Town- eend has fitted up a fioating tank ship w^hlch will be used to bring caj)turod sharks here. Great pound nets will be used to catch the huge fish and it is expected that within the next two or three weeks some monster sharks will bo on exhibition at the Battery, BILL CAUSES SPECULATION, Governor Jell^s May Have To Nams New Judges. 'Montgomery, Ala.. Sept. 7.—A Cr* 5 bill that Is pending before the l<^?”'Iature and which has received a favorable re port by the senate judiciary commit tee creating two additional Judges ot the state supreme court is causing much speculation. It Is argued by lawyers t^C',t the prctj- ent court, composed of five members, Is over-worked a^nd that two additional | Judges are necessary to justice an ’ ' j are demanded by attorneys and their clients. If the bill pasfies both hr-uses and runs the gauntlet of the governor, who is inclined to voto all mei-siuros now looking to a-n increase cf the state’s expenses, the question will arise who will the governor appoint to fill tho two offices thus creatcd. ror one from Wellesley, also ano' South Natick. The Natick party s^arc^ for nearly an hour, but foi slightest trace of the nii and during that period she l»ly clutching blln.il.v at ^ piece of rock. Here and the metropolitan .'ew**;- rh tions hewn from th*- and jagged. These sections hroa .f^-n mu marked by fissures an.: rr«-vl one of these she {)roi,;tr,iy -exhausted while the .-f.irrl,.. past with their lighted ranri’ Was Rescued Too L. Both parties met ha!' wav ly decided that the ^jp] V gone the other way Tht.y the South Natick mmy search the other end or' the ^ The Wellesley part> '^there and were ju^x at>out •om nd he irl >a- in or- gh V Woman a Human Torch. Chicago. Sept. 7.—Holding a can of keix>sene above her head, Mrs. Mabel I>athey, 24 years old, of No. 2000 Wa bash avenue, allowed the oil to trickle down over her head, shoulders and clothing. Not until the can was empty did. she put it a-sdde, and then she struck a match and applied it to her garments. It was morning when the I woman sought a horrible fate, and it ! was not until 3 o’clock in the after noon that death came to her relief. She suffere;! for hours in St. Luke's ho&p-it- al, and It was there that that she ex pired. She was burned from head to foot. It was the seco-nd time within as many weeks that Mrs. Lathey had ' sought death. Her previous attempt at suicide was made with carbolic acid, but the bottle was snatched from her hand before she could do herself harm. Foarftil Odds Aj»aiii.st Him. liodi'idden, alone and de.<titiite. Such, in brief, was the conditi('n of an old soldier by the name of J. .T. Hav ens, Versailles, C). For years he was troubled with Kidney disease and nei ther doctors nor medicines yave him i*elef. At ien}>:th he tried Electric Bit ters. It put him on his feet in short order and now he testifies: “I'm on the road to com])lete recovei’y. ” Best on earth earth for liver and kidney troubles and all forms of sttnnach and >owel com])laints. Only aOc. (luar- nteed by Z. W. Nichols, drugyfist. The SvLv.w VAiiLEY News office r tine job printing. r For om 1 Hop^ My Customers Will Excuse Me not changing my ad, oftener, as I am usually too busy selling goods to our many customers to take time to think what to put in an ad. And besides, I prefer talking face to face with the peo[)le to seeing them at long range through a newspaper. So don’t wait to see me in that way. There is no use for me to do so, but 1 will tell you that I have the best all-round general mer chandise store in Brevard; and those who don't already know it can find out by looking through my store. My lines—including Dry Goods, Groceries, Shoes, Clothing and others—are strong; and from the amount of business done my prices must be low. Hoping that T may be able to serve a satisfied people, I am yours fjiithfuil}% T. D. ENGLAND Phone 8. McMinn Block. Brevard, N. C. From the Factory to the Foot T. \V. Whitmire lias just received the largest line of men\s. women's and chijdren's Shoes over in Brevard, and the prices are per cent cheaper considerin*? quality than any other shoes in town. These shoes are bought direct from the factor.y. and every pair guaranteed. My Clothing was bought the same way—direct from the factory—and I have some of the nicest and most stylish patterns in the city. My line of Negligee Shirts and Neckwear are simpi.y out of sight. When it comes to dressing a .i?en- tleman from head to toe and in the swellost of style no one in Brevard can do this but myself, and tliis is the wa.y I do it: First thing is a silk tinished undershirt with double elastic seams; Scrivin’s drawers; next is that pretty little low collar and niidg(‘t tie with the -0th century link culfs and buttons; then I follow that up with a suit of the Kantbebeat brand of clothing, which is the most swell line iii town; then comes the great Manss pat. cult blucher shoe, the prettiest thin,ir ever seen in Brevard, and every pair guaranteed; the last and best of all is for the head, and that is a John B. Stetson hat in the latest shape, if you will tell me what more it takes to dress a man I will bu.y it. Ah! I foi‘^'‘ot to put any socks on my man, but it is not because T haven't <xot them. I have them, and the very nicest in town. My dry goods and grocery trade is good enough. Come and see me. T. W. WHITMIRE /, 2, 3 Cooper Block, Main and Broad Sts. We Wish to Call. -(■ > The attention of our customers to the fact that we liave some special bargains in ^ ^ Dry Goods These goods must be sol'd, and we have put them on the market at a very low price, giving our customers our profit. To Our Country Tradk: When in town make our store your head quarters. Brinj? all your produce and we will ])ay you the highest market price. THE OPERATES Double Daily Trains rarrying- Pullman Sleepers. Cafe Cars ja la carte) and Chair Cars free). Electric Lighted Throughout BETWEEN Sirmlngham, [Memphis and Kansas City ANO TO ALU POINTS IN Fcxas, Oklahoma and Indian Territories AND THE Far West and Northwest me ONLY THROUQH SLBBPlNa CAR LIN3 BETWEEN THE SOUTHEAST AND KANSAS CITY Yours for business, KINSLAND & WELLS Descriptive literature, tickets ar- I rang'cd and throuR-h reservations made upon application to UV. T. Saunders, Gcn'L Aqt. Pass. Dk»t, on F.E.Clark, Tnav.Pass.Aqt., Atlanta. &a. Phone 71. Brevard, N. C. W. T. SAUNDERS Q«n'l Agent Passsnger Departm*nt ATLANTA, GA. 7'
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