The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-04-11

ton, thousands OF bales OF Whlcn, II
is said, now held back by the grow
ers, are lying out OF doors subject to
serious injury.
Special Agent J. S. Webster, OF the
Seaboard Air Line. was shot and SER
iously wounded b. a negro thief
about three miles west OF Jackson
Vile, Fla. Webster was e~ndeavorlng
to discover who was entering n
! robbing the freight cars. and was shot
bv a negro who had just entered a
car. at about 4 o'clock in the morn
ing, and to whom he had called, ask
ing what the negro wanted.
While tamping powder in a blast
on Saturay afternoon at the Ard*ay
| limestone quarry, in Pulaski county,
Va. the blast was accidentally dis
charged. causing the explosion OF two
! other blasts that had been set nearby.
The explosion instantly killed eight
men and SO badly injured two others
as to leave but little hoy of their
recovery.
President Harvey Jordan of the
| Southern Cotton association, Will
make a tour of the state ofNorth Car
| DINA this week, accompanied by the
Hon F. D. Smith. of South Carolina.
Mr., Jordan will make addresses in in
terest of the association at the toll
lowing dplaces: Charlotte, April II;
Concord, April IL; Salisbury, April
IL, and Fayetteville, April IA.
Four hundred persons were killed
Or injured in Madrid on Saturday by
the collapse of a new water reservoir
in course, of construction. 1.-THE catas-
troohe caused a profound sensation
throughout the city and all work was
SUSPENDED. The public hold the n
| eineers and contractors responsible
for the catastrophe, into winch the
cabinet has ordered a strict inquiry
Eugene Harris, aged IS years, was
hit in the back of the head OF a bat
ted ball during the preliminary prac-
tice prior to a game Of base ball IN
| Asheville. N. c., on Saturday alter
noon and died in fifteen minutes, his
neck beine ~dislocated. The lad was
pitching and failed to successfully
! dodge a terrific liner that was driven
in his direction by the batter, a mar
Of g wears. This is the first reported
baseball fatality for the season.
Among the interesting facts about
the new Pennsylvania railroad tun-
mel and terminal in New York are
these: Total cost, $6o,ooo,ooo, in ad-
dition to the ~S1o,ooo,ooo for the sta
ton site, on which were about 800
dwellings; daily train capacity, goo;
passenger accommodation daily, 2oo,-
900; men at work 10000; time requ'r-
| ed for trip under the Hudson, two
minutes. In projecting this enter
prise the engineers believe they have
solved all the problems which Dat
| fled the most daring. engineers 81
twenty-three years ago.
Telegraphic reports from practical
" all the leading strawberry and veg
etable points throughout the trucking
belt of the Carolinas to the Carolina
Fruit Truckers Journal, Of Whining
ton. N. C., indicate that the recent
| cold weather and light frosts have
| done no damage to strawberries. Inc
frosts were so light and buds so we'll
protected by foliage that the effect
| Of the cold snap is not noticeable. a
few beans, peas. etc. were nipped by
frost but none was killed outright
and those slightly damaged will re-
cover within { week.
The Pope received in private AUD
fence Martin Maloney, of Ph'laoei-
ohia, and dis daughter, Helen, says
the Hartford Times. The Pont'h
was most interested in Mr.. Maloney's
| conversation about Catholic affairs IN
America and the efforts being made
;0- The welfare Of immigrants and
dressed 2 desire to have another and
longer interview with Mr.. Maloney.