The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-10
ATorpedoed
Tornado 8 &
BY FRAME L. POLLOCK

ONO, and he decided to drive over anr
spend Sunday there, But Paul Mat.
thews and his wagon were not a wei.
come sight in that region. The town
would not allow him to drive within
its limits, and he had to leave his
wagon a mile outside.
This was due to no personal praiu-
dice. 1t was because he was by pro-
fession a "w~ell-shooter," and that rod
painted spring wagon, with the red
flag, carried 80 or 40 pints of nitro
glycerin, in small tins packed snugly
in padded frames.
The business of the well-shogter is
well understood in the oil regions. end
his wagon becomes a familiar. though
always an alarming. sight. When an
oil well ceases to flow, a charge of
high explosive fired at the bottom gf
the tube will often stimulate it INTO
activity again. 1t is the business of
the weIl-shooter to supply this slim
uIus, n he drives about from place
TO place with a carload of nitro
gIycerIn, and everybody allows him 10
I- H. - ~
take the whole road when he passes
sna1, tho Ia '@Nen up the business
= "","ial propensity OF youth
'iS ilSNS Iof the chance of large
profits. He was growing accustomed
to the risks, but the profits were not
what he had expected, and it had he
ste'in~ "''Ln1'i' unpleasant to be a ter
o'JN0' wherever ne appeared.
rro.~, = Io"No tnaJ the continual
pgJol Il ouof u lhe hltro8Iycerin
an ~ ~ pi0"0ce violent headaches
~ Dta''',
notah Is e ~ MS wagon IN q little
1nma ~" "J'US ~ the west OF the vii
,oS. nurses were S'aked out by
Y9 1'Po9' anu every Gay ne walked
- ice" anu water them. There
,,t.L o"n5cI u hyohe meddIing
,,"I aD". ou'n'' II" req nag was pro-
"I''Jt INooSn' +
al''r noon on saturday he
%na,,aI u ~ Nt'0'-o 10 ms team, a
h Sa,O' E 'ppI 1o@''e HeaI anu dust. 1t 7
mtG. '1'' HoI Ior d week A +
-, k.t a!, "''" " lee1e hau sprung 2
o + w., ~ ''9'neSS Ill It, ana the d
~Y ~ N'To"'" @isHtly Win a cop s
= VIM "ToFe vast clouds il
,a w. w. 1''''ne"S lace aS ne walked Il
w. = '0"U' anu Oslore ne reached his "
thnndano4a " Non''"Veo mat d heaYy Il
TEt, H' was cunning up Il
na, nil' hasten TO get d
sire to remain near hfs woaan d,nn O.
annh ' S near MS wagon during b,
~ c'al"' o'IN7' "A thunderstorm fe
rOitr, +. '0ilo'' Vi lHe OIL dyna-
~, "P"i' i'0m Tue oaISef OF til
na,, Ems "'iuCh' there Is al q
shock Of thrndor nav t,' ga
ooroa ~. '' may eApIoue the cl
WAX ,Irt 10L00'''oi al
oronn 4ba . aunt out from to
~ ~, - '"NV 7loI1ef LOOK ed
st,r,rad ,E' however ne was M
uos,onn ~"pp'"'aHce OF the lit
",''''n 'hS' "A oehSe bank Of dark br
bI,,n4na '0''i"S up IapIdIy, tet
Il +,rr - ~St'e"hleIS' as Tt
Il w.. ~ " p0"'ii"' Sale' Already =
II, w., Inns Na'l-"dy 10 the zen liz
p, rad6ish hoan w. U!H'' 'nIouSn be-
more thfc u,oo h1at4o1 "'i""''' rel
trorro ana "H,I W. out' anu d EFT
,orth Tho ~ "'N ie'' upon the tlic
ton,n+ "''e 9ioitIhS ana gla
,oIanod WIN iiiSNt, Il storm de- the
i rst' wv, % '"ploly thaI Matthews at but
d., ~''1"7n'@e" us nature. Wo
a, nv - Nu''"tioI9 were only pas
90, +ou,a ~ MO me ne nao
,on -. %| lucy are NOT SO com tina
he nIoics h,t t.n,. a. upon 'ie It
ooaiara ~. '"ISVeIS 10 Oar
nd ~ 9"o'p a'loSS lHdt region tou
,,t +hia a.u' III lacl' roo
,~lan " " SUI VI olShoot OF the cap
~ Dr. C''10'' "lPeu OUT the iaFl
r,a "pll"5S III IIe same Day. the
Nol''n7 apparently slfalght to- not
,tnnoi "!0I,o' anu Fau'S hrst and evel
nh.I "aS 10 run LOT NJ
Ia raa PEN
oafot- y m0II' "l"ilheu LOT MS OF b
'~LstS un'll ,he thought Of his But
10 S0"o ~| Vi explosives occurred to He
tafnE +IlooN u 'ne 'yclohe would try
~ feApiode IT, Should 1t go off the
H. fStooa' Inc resulting damage he Y
MA -, comparatively slight; but it age
most certainly be lifted from
a., luna by The suction, and the Gel
.dad am 'eISeeiin dropped and eX- m
'0So all over the neighborhOod, Thei
NY would certainly be carried to- II
MIA 1870 anu tne toflado ltseli