The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-12-07

Presidents spencer was the beg
known of Southern railway msgnabs
and had under his dir0ssion aad een
trol one Of the largeaA railroad sysesm
in the world. Ho was che rieht.h haut
man OF J. p. Morgan. The gYeatsst
excitement prevailed no the head
quarters Of the road In Washinrtor
wlen dispatches regarding ths W. Scl
were received, 10 Was 40 first report
cd that Mr.. Spencer was only slightly
injured. Later, the rumors OF hii
death, which had bean circulated over
the wires, weTa confirmed In an OH
DIAL dispatch from the sceno.
MANY NARROW EsCApHs.
The combination oar 6id nea leave
ahe track and in clearing the track
abe * ress car was hauled 10 q siding
q milo Distant on top and In the dc.
byts Of the combination car. How
ebe oolored passengers In this eom.
partment, which 10 known as the Jim
Grow part Of the train, escaped. norr
OF them baing killed, 10 beyond ex-
| PLANTATION
The wreck occurred on tho crest of
q steep grade, when the Atlanta train
GOULD not have been ruoning more
then 30 miles an hour II aS fast HlG
tb boSn o mile or ave further aouth
the pumber Of dead might have boeU
frighsful, ga che train wea about two
hours behind its schedule, o condi.
ZION in tho grade there that would
have meant q apeod Of more thgn go
miles an hour.
1t was reported ab first that I'm
gineer Kinney Of Speucer, n. O.,
who was In charge Of bho engine ar
the Atlanta train, waa killed, but
this proves 10 bo ineorreob. kinney
suffered only few alighG bruis&S auG
cuts, which were dreE8sd and no did
not go to hospital.
Mr.. II. b. 9panosr, the sixth vice
pre8idcDA Of tho Southern railway,
Was 6 passenger en- sha norbhbouno
train from tho South, which seaolla6
tho aoene Of the wTeo& Is few minutes
after 10 occurred. He spens ssysrstl
hours there until the ohaYrcd rannyine
of bis flasher were taEon from un9er
the locomotive a"d then he oame TO
the city with t0e remains Of his
father and those q. hi8 party.
The ooaoh CO. aln!pg tho oorpses
was sidetr2okeo i he yard above the
city. Osskets N.,ye procured fos
them. These wGys pl%osd In the
private car Of Pr. sidant Stevens Of the
chesapeake and Ohio railway, who
waB pasaing through tho city With
his family, the car having baen ten
dered for thiH use by PreBldeuS Stew.
ems. This oar and tho ono containing
the remains OF the killed were az.
taohed TO late train going north and
the ramaiDs were transferred TO the
casketI while the hrain Was In branBi6.
DAVIS END WAS PATHETIC.
Dispatcher Davis wes alive when he
vas taken from under Gho wreokage.
He was crushed about tho lower por
zion OF the body and was conscious ba
bhe end He asked that word ~ =.
9ennSSu hia wire ana cI,si.ss zhe DE- th
Of Mr.. Davis was touching. He aSat.
cd TO his rescuer shat he know he waa
dying and knew that the end GOULD
not be far off, place your FIN or or,
my mouth" ho said. 1T reels so
cool and good" He pleaded with the
gentleman, who WAS also s passenger
on the trein, not to leava him, and
tor 10 minutes tho man stayed with
him until he saw that nothing could
b9 done for him.
II. M. Curtis OF Jamestown, N. Y,
who was 8 passenger op the Jackson.
Vile train, aSw one negro porter go
through g lady's grip. He saw him
throw away such things an were Of no
VSlue to him and appropriated those
things that he wanted. Mr.. Onrtia
declared that he would have oertSinly
killed the porter II ho had had some.
thing to do 1t with.
In the rear Of the Pullman, which
was smsshsd," said Mr.. Curtis, there
WAS o mother with six. months old
babe. They wer In q drawing room
which had been smashed, but strange
go say, they we're not hurb In bhe
slighte5t. They were COTTON out and
saken to safety. AS far as I know
the train attaches did not aid In the
first relief because they had gone
both ways to protect the bwo trains
from other and moro serious trouble.
One Of the things shat struck me
torClDly was Una heroic manner In
which the oolorsd passengers who
we're injured bore their sufferings.
There was practically not o sound
from them. They wera laid out in
the folds adjoining the railway,
whore tkey remained for several
hours until trey could be placed In a
coach aud brought to tho oity."
Mr.. Curtis has In his possession 8
valuable case Of jewels which was
handed to him by lady. He does
rot know to whom 1t belongs and why
1t was handed him. 10 evidently IL
the property OF some one OF means as
1t containn a hGayey set diamond ring
and other jewes Of value
Makes appDIntmants.
Governor. eloct Martin II. Anael an
nounood Friday the appoinbmeub Of
Mr.. a. j. Bebhea, of DARLINGTON, az