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DYNAMITE EXPLOS ION DEALS DEATfT "WHOLE SEVfcNTH AVENUE BLOCK COLLAPSES. Trolley Cm Drops Fifteen Feet With 78 Passengers ;Orer Hall of War ed Are Women and Girls; Police , Reserves, Fifteen Ambulances, Thirty Surgeons, and Mayor Mitchell Hush to Scene. New York, Sept. 22.? Seven peraors "were Reported by police to have been killed and more than fifty others ser iously Injured today when a dynamite explosion in the excavation of the new Seventh avenue subway caused a cave in which engulfed a surface car and numerous pedestrians. The acoident occurred shortly after S o'clock and more than half the In jured were ""w6itieh""&nd girls on their Way to business. There were 78 passengers on the trolley car which dropped fifteen feet into the BUbway excavation when the entire block on Seventh avenue be tween Twenty-Fourth and Twenty Fifth streets collapsed. Although the car remained upright, it was partly buried under an avalanche of concrete, rails timbers and earth, and many of the passengers were crushed. Persons who were in a large of fice building nearby said there wai a great roar as the pavement and portions of the sidewalks sank. This wasfoltowed a moment later by the cries of the partly entombed passen gers and of pedestrians who were either thrown into the excavation or knocked doWh. Men and women smashed the car windows with their bare hands in an effort to escape, eye witnesses said, while pedestrians who had been thrown Into the hole struggled to avbid the falling debris and regain the street level. Police reserves were called out, two fire alarms were turned In, and fifteen ambulances with thirty sur geons were rushed to the scene. Tin hospital corps of a large cloak and suit house nearby turned out. The cave-in broke water and gaa mains and within a few minutes heavy flows of gas and water treat ened the lives of the 100 or more persons in the excavation. - Prompt work by city employes in shutting of the flow in the broken mains put an end to this danger. Fire ladders and ropes were low ered and police and firemen began carrving out the dead and injured, while contractors, empires and oth ers worked furiously clearing away the timbers and debris that Imprison ed many persons. Within an hour more than fifty injured had been removed. Two, a man and woman, died on the way to hospitals and another woman was reported dying. A short time later the rescuers reached the wor^l Dart of the wreckage and the first "body was recovered. Police and firemen later reported taking Ave dead froth the cave-ln. Mucli Dynamite Found. Rescuers found numerous sticks of dynamite scattered about In the excavation and a foreman said much blasting had been done this morning between Twenty-third and Twehty ' .fifty streets under'^eventh Avenue. V E A Little, general superintend ent .of contractors, said: A "The disaster was due to a sma^l explosion of dynamite which caused a number of street props or shoring In this section to give way. The charge which actually caused the ac cident was a regulation dynamite charge and the ca*B^ WftLBSil-Jlllfl ? to any carelessness on the part of our ?employes. Rather. It was due ti crude, loose formation of the dirt which we unexpectedly came across - Mayor to Seen?. Mayor Mitchell drove to the scene early There he foand Police Com missioner Woods, Fire Commissioner Adamson. officials of other city de partments, and Edward E. McOall, chairman of the public service com mission. After an inspection of -the cave-In Mayor Mitchell aald-tlwra had been seventy-eight persons lnl?? e dfsr as he knew, only one paaseniet bad been killed In the car. He ad - ded that It m too early to suggest .criminal responsibility, but -that *U subway construction work In the city would be Inspected at once. There were between seventy .. and eighty laborers In the excavation, al though most 01 them had withdrawn some distance, the others wey re ported to have been burled In the cave. - Five of the dead were said to have been laborers. . The dead: Lous Krugman, 24 years old7 a pas senger on the car, ' An unlndentlfled woman about H0 years old, a passenger whd Was ap parently on her way to work. Four laborers. It was announced the number of Injured would total between 85 and 100. - SEABOABlt DENTAL SOCIETY. Dr. D. T. Smithwick Entertains Society and Frlinds at Big Barbecue. On last Saturday it was the pleas ure of the members of the Seaboard Dental Society and about one hun dred friends of the host, to attend a most enjoyable barbecue by Dr. and Mrs. D. T. Smithwick at their beauti ful country home Just across the road from Corinth church, about six miles from town. Long before time the crowd began to gather and enjoyed the social feature of the occasion un der the shade of the huge historic elms. About one o'clock the many pres ent were invited to assemble around ah uge table heavily laden with the finest kind of barbecued pig, pickle3 etc., making a dinner fit tor anyone but as the genial Doctor says "was none too good for his friends," at least it was enjoyed beyond the means of ex pressing by those present. After par taking of this bountiful feast Attorney General Bickett responded to an invi tation with a witty and humorous' Ut ile address, as did fiiso Rev. A. D. Wilt cox, Mr. A. J. Harris, of Henderson, and Mr. E. N. Williams, all of which were greatly enjoyed. At this point Dr. Smithwick an nounced that the occasion was given in part to the Seaboard Dental Soc iety and that this Society would then go Into session during which time the guests were free to bo at-tafSne and en joy a day on the farm, which was gen erously engaged in. I" The Society then met in regular session and elected officers as fol lows: President ? Dr. F. A. Macon, of Hen derson. Secretary and Treasurer ? Dr. Hen derson, of Henderson. Several Interesting talks were made ?by the members after which a con stitution and By-Laws were adopted No special business being taken up it was decided to hold the next meeting in Henderson after which adjourn ment was taken. Auto Goes Down Steep Embankment, None Hurt. Mr. S. S. Meadows and tanittf, of -this city, had a very narrow escape Sunday afternoon on their way from Oxford to Henderson. Just after cros sing a bridge Mr. Meadows car ran into a hoW .In the road bed, which broke a spring of his car, throwing the body of the car on the axhjr The steering gear havlng?Aeen put out of commission, the car proceeded to take a plunge down a steep embankment of some ten or fifteen feet. Fortunately It did not overturn, r.nd beyond being badly shaken up end terribly frigh tened the occupants of the car wore unhurt. Considerable damage was done to the car. Those In the car were Mr. 8. S. Meadows, his wife, daughter, Miss Susie, mother,-' Mrs. Dr. Meadows, of Savannah, Qa., sister Miss Ruth Meadows, of Savannah, and brother, Boyd Meadows. oL ^Eocky fcfontf. LOI'ISBIIBG TOBACCO MARKET. i ? ? Prices Steadily Advancing and Mere Weed Being Marketed. The past week haa witnessed a steady advance In the price of tobac co on the local market and an in crease In the amount of the weed of fered. The bidding Is beoomlng more lively and In earnest and produces tin necessary smiles on the faces of tho umiiy fanners who patronlw this mar ket. Mr. J. J. Hlckey, of Richmond, rep resenting the Imperial Tobacco 06., was a visitor to the market the past week. _ AMONG THE VISITORS SOME YOU KNOW AND SOKE SOU DO NOT KNOW. Personal Items About Folks and Their Friends Who Travel Here And There. Mr. H. E. Hight returned Sunday from a visit to .Durham. Mrs. Dora Meadows, Savannah, Oa., Is visiting her son, Mr. S. S. Mead ows. ?;'/ Mrs. C. R. Burnette, ot Atlanta, Oa., is visiting her mother, Mrs. B. B. Mas senburg. Mr. O. N. Harris, wife and daughter returned Monday from a visit to friends at New Hill. Mr. Boyd Meadows, of Rocky, Mount, who has -Been visiting his brother here returned home Tuesday. Mr. R. H. Strickland left Tuesday for Raleigh, where he had been called to the beti-slde of his aunt, who is critically ill. Mr. W. R. Taylor left the past week for Cambridge, Mass., where he will take a post graduate course in English at Harvard University. Mrs. J, A. Hodges, Misses Margaret Hicks, Katie Furman, Grace Hall, Messrs. C. ,T. Stokes and E. T. Hall spent Tuesday in Raleigh. Misses Kittie Foster and Lucy Smithwlck, who have been on an ex-, tended visit to friends and relatives at Bridgport, Conn., returned home the past week. Robinson's Circus. Ever anxious to offer tilU moist new est and novel acts, regardless o f cost or trouble, the management this sea son presents among the grand pro fusion of awe-inspiring marvels of the Robinson Famous Shows the Incom parable Aerial Lamonts. Each and every member ot. this matchless troupe seemingly controls the law of gravitation In each of their many death-defying deeds of daring. Of them it may be truthfully sal if that they begin where all other aer ialists stop, working on apparatus at the uppermost top of the !)uge can vas dome, and without a net or safe guard of any kind to meet them, those venturesome men and women execute their hair-rasing stunts with the same unconcern the average person par takes of a dinner. Wherever seen they are proclaimed by press and pub lic premiers of their dangerous pro fession. The Robinson Famous Shows wiU, exhibit at Raleigh afternoon and evei in^ on September 27th. aj^ which time shsw-goers of this vicinity will be afforded an opportunity of seeing this wonderful troupe. It Is however, c-nly one of the several mighty feattire acts to be placed *n view by these shows, which do not now have nor .never have had room for threadbare and worn-out numbers; Imitations are never tolerated, and as a result every lame upon the program of these shows is that of an originator in his or her respective line. It is because of all this that the Robinson Famous Shows are today alone and unrivaled. r iievlval at Baptist Church. The series of evangelistic meetings nrfw In progress at the Baptist church of this place are attracting deep and widespread Interest. Evangelist J. W. Hlckerson and his wife are doing very faithful and effective work. Large crowds are attending the meetings and already much good has been accom plished." ~ Besides conducting the Junior and senior choruses, Mrs. Hickerson is leading a class In soul wlnnng every afternoon at 3 o'clock. ? Rev. Mr. Hlckerson Is a man of per sonal magnetism and preaches the word with unusual clearness and pow er. He will preach Sunday 11 a. m, 8:80 p. n\. and 7:45 p. m. meetings dolly during the weok at 3:30 and 7:46 p. m., the junior chorus begin ning their exercises at 7:15 each even ing "Come thou with us and we will do thee good." At BandelPs Chapel. Mr. Kenneth A. Plttman, who re cently obtained his liccnao to practice law, will 'preach at Randall's Chapel Sunday afternoon ntS p. m. Mr. Pit man la a very forcoful speaker and a mggt excellent young man. FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIR ONLY ABOl'T TWO WEEKS OFF 0 l>r. Fleming to Durham to Secure At ? Work on Grounds Near Ingr ( ompjetlon. * * * ~ That the Franklin county Pair is go ing to be a success is now an assured fact is conceded by all. The stables and fencing have been completed and the Main building is almost ready. Work is being pushed rapidly and everything will be in readiness before the time for the opening. Dr. A- II. Fleming, who was elected Secretary on last Saturday to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. A. _0. Dick ens, left yesterday for Durham where he will engage several attractions now ?At the Durham county Fair. It is only about two weeks now till the time for the Fair to open and everybody is urged to get their ex hibits in readiness and have them here on time. Below will be found an additional lot of premiums that have been offered for the Girls' Canning Clubs : 1. Fpr the largest and most profit able yield on l-10th acre, including written report and record book. 3. piece illumimum cooking set. -* t. To the Club making the best ex hibit in glass. 1 iluminum preserving set 3. Best single glass jars, any fruit; girl one year experience,, Ladies' Home Journal. Girl two years, God house Keeping. 4. Best single jar any ^vegetable, girl one year experience, subscription to Ladies' Home Journal.. Girl two years experience Woman's Home Com panion. 5. Best glass of jelly any variety, one double illuminum boiler. .6. BeBt bottle of catsup, one roaster. .T; Best jar of f reserves, subscript ion to Woman's Home Companion. S-Best jar of preserves, subscript ion Ladies' Home Journal. 9. Be3t history of season's work (a pretty booklet made by the girl her self to tell the story of her work) sub scription to the Ladies' Home^fcrifr nal. 10. Neatest and mosj^accuratc re- 1 cord book, subscription to the Delinea tor. * The following are premiums to the , married women in the Club: Best six glass containers of jel lies, jars or pretffcrves or assorted, subscription to Good Housekeeping. 2; Best six jars of vegetables or fruits, one hand clothes washer. 3. Best jar of catsup, one roaster, j All containers inust be labeled un der the 3ar, not on the sides or tops: , All goods must be sent to Prof. E. L. Best's office by Saturday October 2nd. I The remainder of_the premium list can be found on another page in this issue. The following letter from Dr. Flem ing tfie new Secretary will explain itself. V Having been elcctcd tho permanent Secretary of the Frr.nklin county Fair Association. I want to ask every one interested in^Jio good county of Franklin to help make our Fair a grand success. We want exhibits from every Bection of the county and I want to ask all who heve something they want to put on exhibit to please write me at once so I can resevre | space for you. We Want to make this I an educational Fair from start to finish and you can help by sending | something that you have raised or 1 made so that the thousands of people in other parts of the county may be benefitted- t>y your skill. Somebody else may have something you want to j see. Get your exhibits ready and write me at once about It With the co-' operation of the people who are Inter ested in Franklin county wo will make this Fair the best In any part of the State. A. H. FLEMING. Secretary Franklin County Fair. The Xeth?4it Church. Services at the Methodist church next Sunday at 11 a. m. conducted by the pastor. Special . music by the choir. No services at night on ac count of the rarlral In the Baptist ehiifcfc cTccpt -ttio Ep worth League service which will be held at 7:30 p. m. ? Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Lesson for Business Men's Bible Class is the 7th Chapter of Second Corinthians. ? B. ?. Prince First Pre*. Conference A large number of Raleigh people attended the Sunday school meet ing in the Raleigh district In Franklinton Monday and Tuesday many of them going through the country by automobile. The meet ing closed Tuesday night, a perma nent organization haying been effected to be known as the Raleigh Dis trict Sunday School Conference. Mr. R. E. Prince of Raleigh was e\pct ed president, the other officers being Rev. O. W. Starling, of Zebulon, vice-president; Capt. E. J. Cheat ham of Franklinton, secretary and treasurer; Mr. T. B. Elbrldge, of Raleigh, teacher training superin tendent; Mr. F. B. McKinne, LouU burg, organizer; Mr. J. R. Betts, Jr., Toungsvllle, home department or ganizer, and Miss Bessie T. Brown of Raleigh, organizer of primary work. The following compose the execu tive committee and will select the next-place of meeting and form a nominating committee; Revs. M. T. Plyler, chairman; J. H. McCracken, Messrs. J. G. Brown, F. B. McKinne and E. J. Cheatham. - There were about 206 in atten dance, 110 delegates being registered. The Methodist church at Franklin ton was the host and delightful en tertainment was furnished the visi tors. A Sad Accident. Possible one of the saddest acci dents that has happened In Loulsburg In many years was that on Thursday evening of last week when the horse of Mr. J. S. Place stepped on his lit tle three-year-old daughter, Annie Newell, inflicting injuries from which it died a few hours later. It seems that Mrs. Place had been to ride and on returning home the little child ran out to meet her and stepped in be tween the wheels when the horse made a step forward. Mrs. Place spoke to the horse and at the same time took hold of the reins, which caused the animal to step backward the front axle knocked the child down and the horse stepped on the body of the lit tle girl. * The accident occurred at about (! o'clock and the child died about 9. The funeral was held on Friday af ternoon and was conducted by Re\L W. M. Gilmore, of the Baptist church, and the interment was made .at Oak Lawn cemetery in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. The grief-stricken family has the sympathy of the entire town. Mr. I? M. Johnson Weds Miss Lottie K. Kerr. A wedding of local? interest, yester day was that of Miss Lottie Kerr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kerr, of the Acorn Brancli section, to Mr. Leslie M. Johnson, son of Mr. aiiyi Mrs. George W. Johnson. The cere mony was performed at the homo of the bride in the presence of only a few friends by Rev. T. G. Vickcrs, pastor of Bladen street Methodist chuch. Mi. J. T. Kerr, father of the bride, is a member of the Board of County Com missioners of New Hanover county. Mrs. Johnson is an attractive and ac complished young woman, having re cently graduated from Louisburg Female College. The groom is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and is superintendent of the Carolina Trucking and Development Company, at Van Enden, where the happy young couple will make their home. ? Wilmington Star. MASS MEETINGS. At Baptist and Methodist Churches. Sunday afternon at 3:30 o'clock. Evangelist J. W. tllcksrson will" ad dress a mass meeting of men only at the Baptist church on the snbject, "The Fellow Who Got There.", at the same hour at the Methodist church Mrs. Hlfkerson will speck to a meet ing for ladles only on the subject, "Woman, Thou Mystery." An Inter esting and profitable time Is promised all who attend theso meetings. When a man admits that he is fc sinner you may begin to place some confidence in his word. GERMANY MUST ACT QUICKLY BULGARIA OX HHINK OF ENTER INS. . Military Authorities Take Possession el Railwaya ? Balgarla Delayed Ac ceptance o! Ceded Turkish Terri tory Because Noticed By Allies That Such Would Be Unfriendly Aet ? " King Ferdinand Says Entente "Hot Sure of Winning." Sofia, Bulgaria, Monday, Sept. 20 (via. London, Sept. 22). ? Bulgaria. The people generally belioyo hostilities a r? imminent. The military authorities have taken possession of the railways and ordinary traffic has been suspen ded. Diplomatic representatives of tho entente powers generally recognize that their cause Is a lost one, and that Bulgaria Is manifesting clearly a tendency toward the central pow ers. This is due to tho dissatisfac tion of the government" at Serbia's reply in the negotiations"' for terri torial concessions in Macedonia and at the conduct at Greece in this con nection. To Join Germany. / None of the allies representatives cherishes longer the hope that Bul ge rta can be prevented from Joining with Germany, Austria, ar.d Turkey. In government circles the state ment was thade today that all tho military measures takep are of a pre ventive nature, designed solely to guard against circumstanccs whl'cli might threaten Bulgaria's" position. in the present situation, which is de veloping with extraordinary rapidity. These measures consist in turning over the railroads to the military ira- ? thorities and - suspending ordinary traffic. People For War. Reports from many parts of Bul garia tell of enthusiastic demonstra tions in favor of the government This is considered symptomatic of public feeling. The formal cession by Turkey, o? the territory along the Dedeagffatch railroad has been delr.ycd by the ac tion of the en tent powers In notify ing Bulgaria that acceptance woiiVd be regarded as an unfriendly r.ct. It was learned today that King Ferdinand, replying last Friday to, the assertions of leaders of tho op position parties that the allies would be victorious, said: Iionbts An Entente Victory. ? ? "The entente is not suro of win ning. Nothing lndciates at this mo ment that such will be the case. If Bulgarian's chances of obtaining Ma cedonia depend thereon they may never be realized. My government Is following a policy which is . positive in action and certain of good re sults." Rumors that Premier Rado3lavotf in competent quarters as unfounded. The premier on several occasions during the war was ready to vacate Ills ofllce, but his principal support era prevailed upon him to remain 'in power, fearing a repetition of the catastrophe of 1913, at the time of the second Balkan war. M. Rado slavoil himself fearod ho might lie accused of conduct similar to that of J. S. GuechofT, who resigned the pre miership In 1813 when ? the country was in the midst of a crisis. 74. Rcdoslavoff accordingly consented to continue at the head of the govern ment. LONDON, Sept. 22. ? Special dis patches from Petrograd agree that the Russians have withdrawn safely from the. VUna salient, the strategic vs1ot of Witch was considered bo great that the Russian staff felt Just ified in risking some of the best troops to defend it to the last posi bie moment. . In their withdrawal the Russians are said to have destroyed every thing of military utility. Although the main army probably , la safe. It la hardly likely the wholo Russian force will, withdrawal without' heavy losses In men and guns. Von Hia denburgt cavalry, which ? was ox* pee ted to complete the encircling movement, is still hold up between bmorgon and Molodechno. ? On tho Vllna-Lidfr-Sloniau flanks, the Ger man advance Is proceeding steadily bnt Prince Leopold'* progress Is slower. wMle Field Marshal Voa (Continued on Page Six.)