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JAMBSVILLB.
September 33rd, 1903.
Many of oar business men had
to attend court this week.
«. L. Wallace and W. W. Wal
Mis weal to WiHiamstou Tuesday.
We are having it very dry and
aottoa picking is progressing very
njUly.
lfr Moyt Moore and sister, Miss
Mattie, returned from Washington
la* Wednesday.
Mia* Mae Mizell returned from
Waahington City and Virginia
Beach. Va., Monday.
There will be preaching Sunday
bjr lev. D. H. Petree, of La-
Grange, at the Christiau Church.
Mr. S. L. Wallace, Arthur and
Miaa Annie, returned from New
York and Washington City Mon
day.
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case of accident and for slight in
juries ailments. A good liniment
and one that is fast becoming a fa
vorite if not a household necessity
is Chamberlain's Pain Balm. By
applying it promptly to a cut,
bruise or burn it allays the pain
' and cauaes the injury to heal in
about one third the time usually
Nfolni, and aa it is an antiseptic
it prevents any danger of blood
poiaoning. When Fain Balm is
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GOLD POINT
September 21 st, 1903.
Mr. W. A. Roberson is expected
to be married early.
Mr. W. L. Stalls and wife went
to Bear Grass Sunday.
The people of our town are fear
ful of loosing theif post office.
The cotton ginning business is
raattag in this place at present.
Miaaes Mattie and Lizzie Rober
son were in town shopping Monday.
The barbecue bete last Friday
was grand. .We shall have another
oaeaooa.
Mia Annie Anderson, of Wil
ttareotou, has been visiting in this
■last for aome time.
Hea. L. A. Briley, Mayor, and
Chief Smith went to Williamston
Monday on business. r "~
The young ladies and gentlemen
af thia place attended the Yearly
Meeting at Conoho Sunday.
Mr. Md Mrs. L. A. Briley and
Idas Lillian Taylor have returned
from their visit to Greenville.
lb. B. L. Roebuck and wife, of
Craaa Roads, were the" guests of
Mm. J. T. Edmonson Monday.
Mr. Richard Jenkins, of Rober
aoavflie, look the town's belle, Miss
Lillian Taylor, to Oonoho Sunday.
Mr. J. B. Coburn, of thia place,
went to church Sunday and took
dinner with the widow, his old
ghL
The farmers through this vicinity
are akk oyer their tobacco, and de
clare they will never plant any
more.
t y . t ' •
Mr. Jobn Peel, the painter of
the 8. O. Taylor Buggy Company,
reports a time oa his return
home.
Mr. Harvey Roberson left Mon
day for Richmond, Vs., where he
- will enter the Massey Business
College. ' ' ■
We are expecting a R. P. D.
route through this place, which
dare they will not patronize.
Mr. J. L. Weaver keeps the road
hot from here 19 Partnele nearly
every Sunday- We greet Mr.
Weaver and wish him success
Mr. R. T. Taylor started to Nor
folk, Va., Sunday evening; in s
short while ffter getting on the
train he went to sleep, which lead
into a trance; as the train was mov
ing away from Bveretts he awoke
and leaped off the train, declaring
the train was leaving Norfolk.
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DARDENS.
Mr. Harmon Gurkin was in
Dardtns Friday.
Capt. C. C. Bundy was a visitor
in Dardeus Eriday. j
Mti. Mittie A. Barden was in
Dardeus Wednesday.
Mrs. J. C. Jackson's sister, from
Washington, visited her last week.
Miss Olive Jackson spent Thurs
day evening with the Misaes Dar
den.
Mrs. Mittie Fngan and little son,
who were quite sick last week, are
out agaiu.
Miss Willoby, of Bertie County,
is the guest of Miss Minnie Rid
dick on Smith street.
Miss Bettie Lilly, of near James
ville, came Thursday aud is the
guest of relatlvea in the Jones'
family.
Misa Mary Warreu Coburn is in
our midst aud is the guest of bcr
cousin, Miss Courtney Coburn, ou
Smith street.
Misses Nellie and Lula Jones
aod Bettie Lilly were visitors in
Dardens a few days ago.
There will be a Union Meeting
at the new Disciple church here
the sth Sunday in November.
Mrs. Lillian Riggsby and chil
dren, of Warren Neck, are here,
and are the guests of Mrs.Riddick.
MUs Alice Gibson is spending a
few days in the home of Mr. J. C.
Smith, on the coruer of Smith
street
The protracted meeting com
mences at tbc Methodist church
the 4th Sunday afternoon of this
month-
Master Luther Gurkin, who has
been staying in Norfolk, Va., is
home visiting his mother, Mrs.
Mary Gurkin.
Robert, the infant son of Mre. 8.
D. Jones, has been very ill at the
home of Mre. Jones' mother. We
wish him a speedy recovery.
Mre. J.S.Cheaaon anddaugbteis,
Misses Sadie and Lillian, were in
Hardens Wednesday night, and
were the guest of Mrs. C.C. Pagan.
Continued on Second.Page.
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WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1903;
. EVARTB' QUAINT HUMOR.
■ton Urn NIM a Poet u • HMM*
Mia lata (he l*ut«.
■ Daring the Im*t day* of Oliver Wen-
Aril Holmes' life he visited Washington
la company with Robert C. Wluthrop,
and both of the venerable men visited
the senate chamber on the occasion of
some ceremonies which crowded the
galleries with people, so that they were
enable to obtain seats. They sent their
cards to Mr. Everts, hoping that he
might arrange a place for them, and
when he met them In the marble rooai
bo explained the difficulty.
' "The galleries are crowded, aa you
know," he said, "and the rales of the
acnate admit to the floor of the cham
ber only member* of the two bouse*
of congress, members of the cabinet.
Justices of the supreme court, ex-sen
ators, persons Who have received the
thank* of congress and prlvato secre
taries to senators. I onnnot get you
admission In any other capacity, but
tf you wIU a««pt highly respectable
and remunerative employment as my
private Hcittirte* I will find you seats
on the floor." Both tlic poet nod the
statesman accepted, and Mr. Bvarta
took them to the door, vhm to ad
dressed the doorkeeper aa follows:
"My dear sir, these two yuuug men
are my private secretaries. Too will
observe that they are both very green
and Ignorant, but I am frying to have
patience with them aud overlook tbelr
deficiencies. I wish you would tako a
good look at them so that when they
come here again to see me you will
know them." And with that be pushed
open the swinging doors and motioned
Dr. Holnica and Mr. Wluthrop to pass
In. while tbo doorkeeper In a bewlldvr
cd sort of way remarked tp an un
dertone:
"Well, I'll bo blanked ["-Chicago
ttecord-Herald.
Growth of the Papal Trow*.
Originally tbc headdresj of the popes
was only a cap, but Clovla, king of the
Franks, to show his respect to the
church of Borne, sent to the polnce of
St. John In Latorun a royal crown of
gold, which Anastusius, emperor of
Constantinople, lutd presented to lilnJ.
Tlie I\>pe llorniiadas placed upon the
tUira this crown, which wn» at that
time uothlng more than a circle of
gold surmounted by leaf work, being
much such a coronet as Is nowadays
boruo by marqulsc.l In Franca. Tlio
successor of Fopo Ftoruilsdcs con
tinued to wear tbs ttnrn with on«
crown only up to the tlms of Boniface
VIII., but this pope, having claimed
authority over things temporal as well
as spiritual, wished to mark thia. dou
ble dominion on tlie pontifical tiara,
on which ho placed two crowns in
stead of one. fcltlmately Fope John
XXII. added a third crown. —Bt.
James' G a set to. 1—
Hark Twala's Jolt* on the BUhoo.
Bishop Donne of Albany wna nt one
time the rector of an Episcopal church
In Hartford, and the services at this
church Murk Twain would occasionally
attend. Twalu one Bunday played a
Joke upon the rector.
"Dr. Doane," he snld nt the end of
the service, "I enjoyed your sermon
this morning. I welcomed It like an
pld friend. I have, you know, a book
at home containing every word of It."
"Yon have not," raid Dr. Doane.
"I have so," snld the buuioilst.
"Well, scud that book to me. I'd Ilka
to see It"
"I'll send It," Twain replied.
And be sent the next morning an un
abridged dictionary to tbo rector.-Bos
ton Post
PUh Heed Air.
Fishes, like sll other animals, need
air. If they could not get It tbey
wonld be suffocated Just as you would
if you were locked In an air tight
trunk. When the sea Is frozen for
miles, aa In tbs Arctic ocean, the fishes
find it very hard to come to the top,
and moat then "breathe" the air which
la dissolved In the water, too have
often seen the tiny bubbles which col
lect on the Inside of a glasj wklch has
been aUnding full of wnter overnight
Well, that Is the air which has been
dissolved In the water, and after the
glass has bean tapped, so that all these
babbles corns to the top, fishes could
not live In that water. In other words,
U>ey would drown.
rsstlac Far Health.
Thousands of years bafors It was
practiced aa a religious rite fasting
waa practiced aa a health measure lo
Egypt India and China. Contempo
rary to Cicero waa Aaclepladea, a Greek
physician, who strongly advocated this
Idea, and 1.000 years after bis dsy Ibn
Wna, philosopher and medical ssge, ar
gued the virtues at temporary abstl
nenca on the ground that It came eas
ier than conatant moderation.
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TrlaaUs Satis.
"Charley, dear," said young Mrs.
Torkking, "how do tbey trim the sails
of a yachtT" '
"Why—cr—tbey Just trim 'em, tbat'a
all."
**l know. But what kind of trimming
do they use?"— Washington Star.
Yoar Health.
Too young people, don't forget that
health to greatly prised In old age. j
Toting people can stand abuses to their
health In youth, but terrible Interest Is
collected later on^—At. bison Globe.
Still Harder.
"It's hard to have a lot of debts that
yon simply can't pay." '
"Oh, I dont know. It's worse to bavo
a lot that you simply havs to pay."—
Philadelphia Ledger.
Hilton 1 * Oriilos. t
Milton waa once asked if be Intended
t® Instruct his daughter in the different
languages. He repUed: "Mo, sir. Oas
fastis Is ■offldent far a woman." I
YVYTVTTTTTTVVTTfY *?¥¥!*
STRAWS fEI
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:! CLINTON DANOERHELD t
! ...Oop> right, IHB, w T. C. MoClor*... $
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"Vhat wo suKl the senior
partner eagerly, 'ls jpwni* blood In this
venture, for It menaa the command of
the whole coast trndo f > run. \Vboevcr
we aend must go because one of us
knows him Intimately/'
"Quite right," asset*, id Cuklwell, the
middle aged Junior.
"I really can't recommend nny one,"
pursued the other. "I thought to turn
tho wliole matter over to you, but I
think"—be smiled pleasantly—"that I
can suggest a man who*o fitness you
could at once decide on."
Caldwell returned the smile. "All
right" he said confidently. "You know
I rather pride myself on being a good
Judge of a man-that la. If I've bad any
chance to study him."
"Host chance In the world," said the
senior, with a touch "of enthusiasm be
had no Mbys of his own. "1 mean your
son."
"My sonT" Caldwell stammered.
"Certainly, lie's as fine a youngster
as I know. Just tweaty-flv* and burn
ing for a chance to do something. Told
mo bluwelf that bo wanted to work."
"110 ho never seemed to take any
interest In tho firm before," objected
Caldwell, reddening vfadbly.
"1 know It But It eeems this new
opening—the change of aoctkm has
awakened htm. He was aa pleased as
punch when I told him I'd talk the
affair over with you."
"Fact of the matter. Dobaon," said
Caldwell uftcr an embarrassed pause,
"1s Just this It's exactly the chance I'd
beet like the boy to have. But yon
suld, ami I understand this Importance,
that the man we send we must kuow
Intimately."
"But jour own son!" cjuculnted Dob
sou. "Who else would > ou"—
"Wlio else could I know so well?"
said Caldwell desperately. 'That's
what you'd say, I>obsoii, because you
have 110 s.ins— Indeed, no chlldreu at
all. Con«!i]ucntly you can't understand
how mutters go ntiWHdnjH with us busl-
UOKS men. I'iu self made, Just as our
business Is. To keep things going I've
scarcely ever taken off my harness.
Harness hasn't made me blind. I
don't say that, but w'lat opportunity
has It left me for an Intlmute acquaint
ance with John?"
"Nonsense, muni Von show a re
murknblu knowledge of every clerk we
employ. I believe you have literally
turned 'em Inside out!"
"They are clerks! It was port of the
business. But John—lie may not bo
competent; the strain may crush him.
He would do all he ponsibly could. But
what are his capabilities? I can't ru'.u
our firm even for my sou."
"Good Lord!" said Dobson cynically.
"If this Is your modern father"—
"You needn't use that tone," Bald
Caldwell defensively, tlusliliiK a deeper
red. "If I had stopped to think. Dob-
. 1
iffi?*™ 1 ®
"AM I DiUUKINO IN ON A OaMPKMNO^
DAD?" 111 UtOHUI.
■on- if I'd bad Umo to think of ttil»—l
wouldn't lmve been forced to tliia con
fession. But I'm no worse tban the
rest Take Jackson and Iteed and Kim
ball. Ask tbem what tlic-lr sons really
are aside from being college fellows
who are well supplied wltb everything
aud who they believe In, of course.
They couldn't tell you. They know
their clerks—they bave to—as they nev
er will know tbe capabilities of their
sons."
"Good Lord!" said Dobsoo again like
an Irritating echo of himself.
"Of course I know there are excep
tion*, but that'* where tbe boy baa
ahown tastes In common wltb bis fa
ther, has gone Into tbe bdslncas In de
tail of bis own accord. John never had
much In common wltb me. llow could
he? I'm Just a business man. while
be—he's bad a cbnnce to enjoy life.
His mother says there'a nobody like
blm; that the girls all run after him. I
know myself," he added, wltb fatherly
pride, "that It does me good to look at
blm." Tban, with a return to dejec
tion, "But that's not business."
"No," assented Dobaon, "that's not
business."
j As he spoke the office door swung
, open without warning, and a broad
' sliouldcrcil, finely groomed figure,
eager, alert, swong into the room un
ceremoniously.
"Am I breaking in on a conference,
dad?" bo Inugbcd.
I "Not at all! Not at all!" said Dob
aon, rising hurriedly and taking tbe an.
swer on hlmaelf. "I am Just going
out." , -
He made good his escape and taught
himself emitting a whistle as be went
down tbe elevator.
"And that's the man," be ejaculated
Inwardly, "who told ine to a fraction
1 last week where the bookkeepers bob
ey went, what his personal habits were,
what the man's breaklug strain was
to a hair. I guctta he's nil exception
about Ills son. And yet. come to think,
1 don't know."
I'D at tbo office John regarded his
father with a Joyous certnlnty which
annoyed his parent excessively.
"Itobaon has been telling uic," said
the elder, making the plunge, "that you
want to lake charge of this new devel
opment.. Ton know you gave mo to un
derstand you never Intended to go In
with an; that you were fitted for some
thing higher—something literary, I be
lieve."
'That's what 1 thought, but 1 was a
silly ass," said his son, with refreshing
frankness. "The fellows at college said
my verses and short stories were the
very best ever turned out by any mem
ber of my class, l'erhapa they were,
but when 1 tried tlieni on your genuine
editor the fish wouldn't bite at all. Of
course, my friends and Minor—l mean
Ulas Btorrs-- ]noted the old maxim to
me, 'Ad astra per aspera,' and"—
"Talk English, will you?" Interrupt
ed his father Impatiently. Tf I'd wast
ed my time studying that stuff you
would have been In the gutter now."
T dare say," said tho young fellow
good humoredly. "What 1 want to do
now, since I'm a failure at prone and
verse. Is to go In for something solid.
You see—l—l've got some on* els* to
think of beside* myself."
"florae one else?"
"Truth of the matter Is I'm—en
rwd." ,
"To who?"
1 wlab he would learn to say to
whotn," thought tin! boy. Aloud he
Mid respectively, "Elinor Btorrs."
"Got injr money Y"
"Onlj a very little, arul I've merely
what you arc good enough to let me
have on allowance. Ilut give mo a
chanco on thin opening, and I'll make a
fortune for the Arm and for myself.
I've written rhymes, but I'm practical
for all that"
"You may lie," said his father grimly,
"The trouble Is I haven't the pleasure
jf your acquaintance."
John Caldwell stared, astounded be
yond words. The few curt sentences
that followed enlightened him. The
boy's head dropped.
"I've done wrong," said Ills father
humbly.
John Caldwell flung np Ills head.
"It's more my fault than yours, dud,"
he said Impulsively. I had time to
come out to you, and 1 didn't. Do you
know, dad, we had a tenor In college
devoted to mournful airs, and many a
time I've heard him at that old song:
"BUansers yet after yonrs of llfa to
gether,
After fair nn] stormy wcnthcrT
Why thiu Ji'liicd, why cftr met,
11 they muni bo—straliocru yet!
' "By Jove, I never thought it would
come home to me so! But we'll get on
another footing If you will accept'- hu
rase and held out his warm young
hand—"the pleasure of my acquaint
ance."
Mutely tlio father rose also and clasp
ed It. As they stood together tears lay
In tho eyes of both.
Lor J Kelvin and the Teapot.
Domestic science has of recent years
adopttd the phraseology of the labora
tory and become the favorite Held of
chemists and economists. Many years
ago, however. It was still a novelty to
be treated not flippantly, perhaps, hut
with less B'.-rlousness than It receives
today. It was with something like Joy
therefore that a few students admitted
to the somber meetings of tho Koyrtl
Scientific society of ICdiuburuh heard
I.ord Kelvin aunounce "Tea Cozies'" as
the subject of his paper for tho even
ing.
In that bleak land, where the after
noon cup of tea Is the universal habit,
the padded hood to slip over the tea
pot and arrest tho dissipation of Its
heat Is everywhere In use. Lord Kel
vin had made an exhaustive study
of radiation In proportion to the sur
face of the teapot and wished to show
that the surface of the teapot might
be reduced to a slue where the cosy
would no longer keep It warm, but
make It actually colder. The boy on
the back seat listened eagerly. Ilero
at last was a practical uso for science.
By manufacturing teapots of scien
tifically exact proportions the cumlier
■ome tea coey might be dispensed with
and one's fortune made. Through end
less formula; the lad tried to follow the
course of the argument At last Lord
Kelvin readied his conclusion. "The
proper slxe, In short for the Ideal tea
pot" he announced, "la approximately
that of an ordinary garden, pea."—
Harper's Weekly.
ro*l*rl-m»(tr.
The word costerinonger Is now used
of an Itinerant fruit seller. It was for
merly spelled costard-monger and In
this form appears In Drant's "Horace,"
to translate the Latin word "poma
rlus."
Literally it means costard seller, coe
tard being a kind of apple, the name
of which Murray connects with costs,
a rib.
Some etymologists connect It with
custard, assuming thnt tbe pulp of ap
ples was used In preparing this deli
cacy, but there Is no real reason for
tbla, since the "custard apple," men
tioned in Dnmpler's "Voyages" (10DO),
Is quite different fruit from tbe middle
English costard.
Some connect It also wjtb "costard,"
tbe htimorous name for m*head: 'Take
him over tbe costard with tbe bllt of
thy sword"—Shakespeare. But It seems
more probable that the bead was called
after tbe apple than tbe apple after the
head.
The termination "monger" simply
means a dealer or trader, as In fell
monger and Ironmonger, and Is derived
from the Anglo-Bnxon word "uinnglun,"
to truffle or barter, wblcb Is akin to
tbe Latin "mango," a dealer ijbo sets
off and polishes op hla wares. —London
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WHERE.
STATE NEWS.
550 students were enrolled at the
University the first week.
The strike in Durham has been
broken 'flfcd everything is again in
full swing.
Fred Truesdale. colored, was ar
rested Monday in Charlotte,charged
with assault with iutent to rape
Mrs. T. J. Kill.>ugh
The two prisoners, who were re
ported in our last issue as having
escaped from the penitentiary, have
been fouud. They were in hiding
in the loft of the shoe shop.
V
William Bondurant, aged sixty
one, was arrested in Winston-Salem
Sunday and carried to High Point
that night to answer a charge of an
attempt to criminally assault Miss
Uewellen.a seventeen-year-old girl,
in High Point a few weeks ago.
Sunday the wife of John Helncr
was one of the penitents daring the
forenoon services at a revival meet
ing at Smith's chapel, in Meddle
brook. Hefner objected to this and
entered the church iu the presence
of a large congregation, polled his
wife from the altar and dragged her
out. He was arrested.
Rol>ert Pcnland, one of the
wealthiest and best known men iu
lUtncombe, was, it it believed,
fatally stabbed by his nephew, Hen
ry Pcnland, in an affray which oc
curred Monday as the result of a
feud of long standing. Henry Pen
land was committed to jail without
bond.
The post office at Albemarle was
broken into and robbed Sunday
night, but no money nor valuables
are missing so far. There is no
safe in the office and no money was
left there, but the burglar got away
with a ra/.or that was locked up in
a drawer in the office. An entrance
was gained by removing the steel
bars from the back window.
In a wreck on the Seaboard Air
I y ine at Henderson Sunday morning
about 2 o'clock, Capt.W. A. Brown
was killed. The train that Capt.
Drown was on was standing at the
coal chute, when another, in charge
of engineer D. G. Martin, ran into
it. The finding of the coroner's
jury was that Capt. Brown came to
his death by the negligence of en
gineer Martiu.
At Marion Rev. G. H. L Hyder
is under 'arrest, charged with the
murder of bis infant. His wife,
who is said to be the fifth of the
living women who claim to be the
wife of the minister, is also under
arrest on the same charge. Hyder
deserted the wife with whom he was
living in Asheville, Mrs. Tiny Al
monds Hyder. She says she will
prosecute him if he escapes from
the murder charge, which seems
improbable. Hyder and wife num
ber five, it is claimed by the author
ities, murdered their five months
old babe in the dead of night and
buried its body a hundred yards
from the place where they were lin
ing. The arrest of the minister
who is well known, has created a
big sensation.
Stir Stcnack
When the quantity of food taken
is too large or the quality too rich,
sour stomach is likely to follow,
and especially so if the digestion
has been weakened by constipation.
Eat slowly and not too freely of
eaily digested food. Masticate the
food thoroughly. Let five hours
elapse between meals, and when
you feel a fullness and weight in
the region of the stomach after eat
ing, take Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets an& the sour
stomach may be avoided. For sale
by S. R. Biggs.
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GENERAL NEWS. -
The corn crop in the west has'
been seriously damaged by frost.
The trial of James H. Tillman
for the murder of N. O. Gonzales,
has been set for Monday.
Oliver T. Sherwood, the default
ing cashier of the Sonthport Na
tional Bank,(Conn., )was sentenced
Tuesday to 10 yean in prison by
Judge Piatt in the United Statics
Court.
Mote than 5,000 people tic hot
less on the island of Coxninal, sit
uated on the coast of Yucatan, ow
ing to the fact that their haiisf
were destroyed by the heavy Storm
that recently visited Yucatan and
other coast states.
After a trial lasting eight days
the jury in the case of Curtis Jett,
charged with the murder of Town
Marshall Thomas CockreU, at Jack
son, Ky., July 21, 1903, Monday
evening rendered a verdict of guilty
and punishment at death.
The Upton testimony committee
met at the Waldorf hotel in New
York Tuesday and examined testi
monials to be presented to Sir
Thomas Lipton. No final choice was
made. Money is coming in rapidly
and indications are that the fund
will reach SB,OOO or SIO,OOO.
Four masked men held up •
I westbound, Burlington and Missouri
River train five miles north of St.
Joseph, Mo., Tuesday night. The
safe in the express car was dyna
mited and the car wrecked. The
safe contained between $5,000 and
SIO,OOO which was secured. —Tho
robbers escaped.
Two heavy Southern railway
freight trains collided at Boone sta
tion, about 6 miles from Portsmouth
Monday morning. The cars were
destroyed fire. Engineer Richard
Carrington, of Selma, N. C., is in
St. Vincent's hospital, in Norfolk,
badly injuied. The others of \he
train crews jumped and escaped in
jury with the exception of a colored
brakeman, was caught in the wreck
and cremated.
While returning to their home at
Dutch Gap, from a circus in Peters- 1
burg, Va., Tuesday, a family named
Lozon was plunged into disaster.
Mrs. 1,07.0u two sons and a daughter
were iu a wagon, and as they crossed
the Atlantic Coast Line tracks at
Riddle Station, were struck by the
Norfolk & Western "Canon Ball"
train, and Mrs. Lozon and one of
the sons, aged 5 years,were instant
ly killed, and the daughter seriooC* ' «
ly, and second son slightly injured.
The father, with a third son «M
following in a buggy, and witnessed
the catastrophe.
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