Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-02-22
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South Carolina Items.
A serious rear-end collision between
two local freights occurred Monday
morning about o'clock on the South
ern railway between Grsers and Tay-
lors. It appears that both trains were
runniilg as extras, southbound, nd
the train III front hai stopped to get
up steam, when the train following
crashed into the train which was
standing. The engineer on the front
train, whose tlafne could not be learn
ell, sustained paiiiful though not serius
injuries. One of his arms was broken
and he was considerably bruised about
the body. The colored fireman on the
rear train was badly hurt and is not ex-
pected to live. Physicians were sum-
moned Immediately and went to the
scene of the accident.
Mr.. F. c.. Trefzer, the well known
jewelet, .wko mysteriously disappeared
from Union Oh Tuesday afternoon, Feb
ruary 7th, was late Thursday afternoon
found in the Fair Forest creek and ev1-
IDENTIFY G5mmitted suicide while in a
state Of mental alteration, as a wound
was found aear his heart. For a week
the keenest anxiety has prevailed ana
searching parties have secured the
country, but though many ldlcatlons
pointed to his body being; in the creek,
nothing could be really done, as the
stream was greatly swollen on account
of the recent melting OF the SHOWS, and
not until Thursday afternoon was it
possible tb take out a boat and instl-
tute thorough searsh: His body was
discovered about Ais Did the wound
near his heart was apparently made by
a 38-calibre pistol ball. The discovery
was made by !. E. Mabry at the bend
in the creek, stream about six miles
west of Union, half a mile below the big
Rice bridge. The body was kept under
~>water by some W!]lsW trees.
By cr2ss:ng Of ali electric light
wire with telephone wires at Rock
Hill early Monday morning, Azure was
caused outside of the telephone office
which called for the fire departments
attention. The damage to the telephone
system put all telephones in the city
except those Oh Main street out OF ser
vice. Some we're birHed Gut entirely.
It is difficult to estimate the financial
loss. The street lights were out and the
large force of men seeking for the
crossed wires were unable to find them
This is the second blow to the tele-
phone system within a week. Much
damage was done recently by the bllz-
zard. and tha company had not quite
finished the work Of repairing.
Will Brown, colored, was accident
ally shot Monday morning at Travel
ler's Rest, Greenville county, by Mr..
Otto Evans, a. merchant. Brown was in
Mr.. Evans store and was wounded
while handling pistol. The ball en-
tered the stomach and inflicted a GAN
gerous wound. Dr.. Goodlett, of Green
vile, was Immediately summoned and
gave the injured man every attention
but it could not be learned whether or
not the wound would prove fatal. Mr..
Evans is very much distressed over tie
occurrence.
While her mother had gone out to e
well for a bucket Of water, Ethel, the
three-year-old daughter of R. w.
Lewis, head Of the card room of the
Tucapau mills, at Spartanburg, played
too near the fire and the flames from
the open crate set her dress on fire.
She was fearfully burned and despite
the attention of several physicians, died
Of her injuries.
The police department of Spartan
burg is to have hurry up" wagon.
This was determined at meeting of
the city council Monday afternoon.
Capt. John Adams, for 12 years
keeper of the life-savlng station on
Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, diea
suddenly Sunday morning from natur-
al causes. He was buried Monday af-
ternoon from the Charleston Trinity
Methodist church. Capt. Adams was
in his 5Sth year.
Col. John D. Cappellmann, Of Char
lesion, has been appointed to succeed
himself as a member Of the board OF
visitors of the State school for the
deaf, dumb and blind at Cedar Surings.
Capt. N. A. Walker, superintendent OF
that institution, reports the affairs OF
the school to be moving along in a
very satisfactory manner.
The friends of W. Greenberg, the
Jew who was shot last Saturday by
Mrs. J. D. Bivens at Breech Hill, on
account of alleged improper conduct,
have begun collection for the pur
pose of further investigating the shoot
ing. Greenberg was buried Monday in
the Berth Shalom cemetery.
Albert White and Kit Green, color
ed, while on their way Monday morn
ing from CoosaW Island to the Farm
ers mines near Beaufort in search of
work, were drowned by the capsizing
of their row boat.
Ed Mack, colored, was convicted Of
murder without recommendation at
Naming. Mack slew one negro with a
shotgun and tried to kill two others,
the load wounding the second one in
the arm. Judge Klugh sentenced him
to be hanged Friday, March 31st.
The two hundred and more members
of the South Carolina Medical associa-
ton will go to Greenville for three
days session April II, 13 and IA. 1t
has been decided to have a banquet
after the business of the meeting is