The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-21
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT |! } ] !.

a Young MAN FE;4ARFULLY3adAN- y.
ssIasp I, BY THE 8 TRAIN. q
:aas. S. EIland Conner Fatally Crushed
Ia Attempting to Alight From .
Moving Car at. Fort Motto: s
Is most horrible accident Occurred
at Fort Mote about midday on last
sSaturday,4by which Mr. s::@aBland
Gomez principal Of the Fort Motto
school, lost his life, while attempt
Ing oiget@ off train No. known as
the Carolina Special, while the train
was 5in motion. The unfortunate
young man was thrown. under. the
train by. striking against the platform
and was fearfully mangled. n. 81:
The accident occurred S about
twelve O'Clock. and Mr. Conner lin:
gered unit abont three o'clock when
he passed away. He was attended; by
Drs. IT. III: Dreher, of st. Matthews,
and Paul X. Switzer, Of Fort Motte,
who sdi d all that medical skill could
do TO save the life of the young man,
.bptt he was so badly injured that all
their efforts were futile. All that
could lie done for the sufferer was
done, both by the physicians and the
kind people. e.
1t was seen from the first that sMr.
Conner had a! slim chance to pull
through. His head was badly cut In
several places, and one. Of his arms
was crushed into fragments. With
The hope of Saving his life the doctors
amputsLted the crushed arm, but 1t
$aYailed nothing, as the young man
soon passed away after his arm had
been TAX en- of. When first picked up
after the accident Mr.. Co2ner was
,nnc conscious. $ss. $ss.si. 5!5 (!
1t seems that Mr.. Conner, who, as
above stat ed, was atthe head Of the
Fort Motto school, had come down
10 St. Matthew to attend teachers
meeting, and was returning home
when the fatal accident happened. It
seems that he returned to Fort Motto
ON what lis known as the !" Carolina
Special, which train does not stop
at Fort Nlotte, and in attempting to
get Off was thrown under The train
and mangled., 81: iit'g &t
Mr.. Conner was the only living son
OF Mrs. Hennie Conner OF Holly Hill,
:as younger brother having died last
,year. while a beneficiary cadet at the
South Carolina Military Academy in
Charleston. Both Of them we're fine
young men, and were winning their
way. In life when they were cut down
on the very threshold Of their young
manhood. Mr.. Conner had one sis
ter, Wh Q is married and lives in Flor
Ida: s 7: :.t...
Ss Mr. s., Bland Conner, who was
killed a Saturday, graduated y from
Wofcrd College last year, and stands
high with the faculty and student
:hody of that institution. He was q
most excellent young man. and his
sad death is deplored by q host Of
friends, 1rho esteemed him highly for
his many, noble traits Of character.
twas. largely through his own Of
forts thNt he was enabled to: a:go
through and graduate from Wofford
College. s;,i -! ~ Y
His death is a sad, crushfng b6R
30 ibis devoted mother, who, left
widow when her children were young,
struggled and raised them to honor
able manhood and womanihood, and
now the last Of her two noble boys
is taken from her just as he Is en-
ferlng upon an honorable and useful,
career. Mrs. Conner has the sympa-
thy Of all her friends in the great
sorrow that has come to her by the
death Of her noble boy. l.;sf. ,..s::. rs:
SsS;s "A Friends Tribute,
The following was sent to The
Times ard Democrat by a well-known
lady of this county: .55'3 ;,...ff ;s;af 81 !:S{|
Es Bland Conner, who8;was killed,
at Fort Motto on Saturday,, while.
trying. to step from: a moving train
;wss the son of Olin F. Conner, who
lis pleasantly embered 4 by scores
OF friends in this county, and S3the
grandson Of the late, lamellted David
l.. Conner. Bland was mbdsl young
man, He graduated at oford Col
1ege last June and many hearts are
saddened at his untimely end. He
was the only. son Of a widowed moth
or. His brother Olin died just as he
reached manhood. His father was
killed some years ago by' the acci-
dental discharge Of friends gun.
Here All This Week.