The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
A BUDGET FROM CAROLINA.
ID. II. EIkin MysteriousIy Missing
for Two Months.

Tor Two MONTHS
Columbia. s. c.. May ga case
which is not only puzzling the local
authorities but the police throughout
the state is that of David R. Elkin
the lineman who mysteriously disap-
peared from his home in this city two
months ago. Not a clue have the
friends or family of the young man
been able to obtain of his whereabouts,
and the conclusion that he has met
with foul play is forcing itself upon
them. Mrs. Elkin. the mother of the
young man, is almost on the verge of
nervous prostration as the result of
ceaseless anxiety for her absent son.
Killed by Mules Kick.
A. L. Funderburk of Chesterfield,
while driving a team near Monroe, N.
c., yesterday, met with a terrible
death. Mr.. Funderburk was seated
in a wagon when his lines fell out of
his hands. STOPPING over to pick them
up, one of the mules he was driving
kicked him in the forehead over the
right eye. The blow crushed in the
unfortunate mans skull causing his
brains TO run out on the ground.
Coincidence.
DR.. Richard H. Woods died last
night in the private sanitarium of DR..
S. w. Pryor at Chester, after an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis. Just twenty
four hours after the operation on DR.
Woods, DR.. Pryor was called in to
perform a similar operation upon his
cousins daughter, Miss Evelyn Woods
who had just returned from Charlotte
where she had been attending college.
Greenville News Editor.
A report from Anderson yesterday
stated that Mr.. r. w. Simpson. Jr.
had been offered and had accepted the
editorship of the Greenville Daily News
Mr.. Simpson is a son of Col. R. w.
Simpson of Pendleton, and has for
several years been connected with the
News and Courier of Charleston.
Serious Fire.
Details have just been received of a
serious fire which occurred early Tues
day morning at Salley, Aiken county.
The fire originated in the millinery
esta blishment of Mrs. Dora Tyler
caused by the explosion of a lamp
which was left burning during the
night The losses are as follows: Mrs.
Dora Tyler stock of goods, 81, 900, in
surance $500; store and dwelling which
was occupied by Mrs Tyler and owned
pN capt. u. n. SalleY, SSOU, no inSur-
ance; store in which postoffice was To-
Gated, owned by Capt. Salley, loss
$500, Insurance 5000; Mrs Anna ]. Hut
to, drug store and building, loss $4,000,
insurance $500; j. A. Jones, dwelling,
$780, insurance 81, 800.
SuRdry Notes.
At White Rock yesterday, Henry
Richardson, colored, who has been
blind for thirteen years, fell from the
window of his house. sustaining in
juries from which he died
A boiler explosion at the mill of s.
]. Riddle near White Rock yesterday
killed Alb Wingard. an old colored
man, who was standing nearby.
Minnie McMorris, a colored girl II
years old, was instantly killed at hel
home near Laurens yesterday by g
stroke of lightning. The girl had beer
in the garden and was returning t
the house. A younger sister was
knocked to the ground by the shock
but was not seriously hurt
DIR. James Evans, secretary of tht
State Board of Health, who is at.
tending the meeting OF that body IL
this city, stated yesterday that there
had been 1000 cases of smallpox il
South Carolina this year and that q
per cent. of these had resulted fatal
ly in some sections.