The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-01-20
N. P. ABRAMS SUFFERS
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT
NO HOPE HELD OUT FOR HIS RE-
COVERY.

Plow Which He Was Sharpening
Wrenched From His Hand and
Crushed His Skull.
A message from Mr.. Abrams home
late yesterday afternoon said that he
was gradually sinking and that there
was practically no hope.
Mr.. N. Pink Abrams, who manages
Mr.. L. W. Floyd's farm above Long
shore, in No. township, suffered a
serious and probably fatal accident On
Wednesday morning, his skull being
frightfully crushed by a plow point
which he was sharpening being caught
by a belt, hurled to the pulley over
head and shot with terrible velocity
upon the top of his head. An opera
tom was performed on Wednesday af-
ternoon by DR.. LeGrand Guerry, of
Columbia, and his two assistants, Drs
Bunch and Shaw, assisted by Drs. j..
K. Glider and W. D. Senn, but very
little hope is entertained for his re-
covery.
The accident occurred in the well
house, where there is gasoline en-
CINE used for pumping water and for
other purposes. On a shaft near the
engine is an emery wheel used for
grinding tools around the place. The
emery wheel is run from pulley on
the shaft overhead, and being on a
separate shaft is run only when in use.
Mr.. Abrams was at the work Of
sharpening pillow points, two OF
his children being in the house with
him at the time. In moving the ploW
point backwards and forwards across
the emery wheel it is supposed that 1T
was caught by the belt and jerked out
of his hand. Striking the pulley above
it knocked large piece out of the
pulley. The pulley was revolving
rapidly, and the revolution Of the pull
ley, accompanied by the high velocity
with which the plow point struck it.
gave the point terrific force in it's de-
scent.
Crushing the skull, the poirt Of the
plow entered a portion of the brain.
DIR. W. D. Senn, who lives nearby,
and DR.. J. K. Glider, of NeWberry, were
summoned to the wounded man. The
message to Newberry came to Mr.. l..
w. Floyd at about II o'clock Wednes
day morning. He drove to Mr.. Abrams
home, taking with him Miss Maude, the
daughter of Mr.. Abrams, who is at
school in Newborry. DR.. Glider, MIR.
H. H. Abrams, a brother of Mr.. N. P.
Abrams, and Mr. Claude Abrams, who
clerks in Newberry, and who is a son
of Mr. N. P. Abrams, went in Mr..
Robert Norris automobile, driven by
MIR. W. G.. Waldrop. Mr.. Floyd i'm
madiately summoned DR.. Guerry, from
Columbia, and his assistants, Drs.
Shaw and Bunch, and a trained nurse.
They reached Newberry on ~ the 2.48
train on the Southern Wednesday af->
ternoon, and were taken to Mr..
Abrams bedside in Mr. Norris auto
mobile, reaching Mr.. Abrams home at
about o'clock. An operation was per-
formed, and everything that the high
est medical skill could accomplish was
done.
Mr.. Abrams is a native of Newberry
county, having been born in the Whit
mire section about forty-eight years
ago. He has been twice married, and
has six children: Claude, Maude,
Boyce, Wilbur, Floyd and Ray. His
sI.corI wife was Miss Verona Salter, of
Vaughnville, bride of the recent hol-
Gays, Sne anu MI AOldIllS udTlllS DS0n
married on Wednesday, December %,
just three weeks before the terrible ac-
cidant which her husband. has suffer-
ed. Mr.. Abrams is a brother OF Mr..
H. H. Abrams, of Newberry, and of
Mr.. James F. Abrams and Mrs. Nc
Dufie Metts, of Whitmire.
Of sturdy character and of genial
disposition, Mr. Abrams makes friends
of all who know him and his mlsfor-
tune is a h2avy blow to them.
National Lecturer of ". c. L. c.