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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-12-19

"' = 'sStSSJ " SSbFSaa
have three ribs broken on the other
side!"
1t was three days before Christmas,
and the streets were crowded and
the stores packed like wardtcaucus
1t was crowd and jam and push. The
cousins had to link hands to prevent
separation. They had visited two or
three stores and were still in the Jam
when Polly suddenly disengaged her
hand and whispered:
Watch my hike!'
And ten seconds later she was lost
in the crowd, and the angeI.doctor
and Miss Hilda Fitch stood face to
face. They were penned In. They
had to lean against showcase and
hold their own. They had to talk
and say things, and by and by the
angel-doctor had to help select the
presents for the Sunday school chill.
dren and to help Miss Hilda through
the jam to taxi, and-and--
Say, now" observed tho twelve
year-old Polly when she made cali
three. days later on her cousin, II
don't claim to know everything, but /
do know when toto hike!"
And she wasn't even asked what
''hike" meant!
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-12-19

we're easily removed by hand, the
wood having no longer any holding
power. The track in the vicinity OF
this accident was poorly ballasted and
was unsafe for the passage of trains
at ordinary speed. This derailment
occurred on straight track while the
train was running about thirty miles
per hour
The report says that "the most dis
qaieting and perpiexing feature in the
problem Of accident prevention is the
large proportion OF train accidents
caused by dereliction OF duty by the
employees involved. The commission
believes, that as a rule there are no
nen THAT have a keener appreciation
or their responsibilities than railroad
trainmen and engineermen" and yet
IT is pointed out that sixty-three per
cent of the whole number of accidents
Investigated We're caused by mistakes
on the. part of employees.
( There is disposition in some
quarters, continues tho report. ITO
charge these lamentable errors to
failure Of discipline and to hold en-
ployees wholly responsible for such
failure. This is a superficial view
which contains no promise OF effective
remedy.
"A remarkable increase in the
speed and weight of trains within re-.
cent years, and the crowding Of
tracks and terminals caused by the
movement of an enormously enlarged
volume of traffic, have greatly in
creased the duties and Responsible
ties of train service employees and
multiplied the chances Of error on
their part. Notwithstanding these
added duties and responsibilities
which the conditions Of modern rail-
reading have imposed upon employ
ess, the methods of discipline md
regulations calculated to insure
safety in train operation have re-
NAMED practically unchanged {1Ji t:
ITO prevent railroad collisions ade+
.quate measures must DO taken1 frst.
to reduce the chances OF human error
to minimum and second to neutra-
lie the effects of such error whenFit
occurs. Tho recommendation pre-
y.ously made by the commission for
legislation requiring the standards
cation of operating rules and the use
of the block system were designed to
reduce the probability of mistakes By
employees, and those recommends
tions are once more presented for
consideration OF the Congress. Uni
formity and consistency in operating
rules are necessary to secure safety.
and 1t is not probable that a salts
factory code which viii meet the de-
mands of modern operating conditions
can be secured without appropriate
action by the federal government"
The commission points out that ex-
cessive speed has been an important
factor in many train accidents, and
thGS conditions of safe operation are
ofter ignored in the effort to bring
last trains in on time, This is bad
practice, for which the travelling pub
lie is largely responsible, and it
should be discontinued Adequate
measures should be taken to compel
low speed wherever conditions re-
quire 1t whether schedules are main
tanned or not"
The total number of casualties on
! steam roads, during the year ended
June 80, was 1923, of which 1885
were persons killed and 1883 in
jured. These figures indicate an In
crcasc over the previous year of 1876
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-12-19

Dorsey W. Cork, Of Mt. Glare. went
!" PIitsmnrs laGt niahl 10 attend 10
busmoss
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-12-19
JURORS
Are Drawn TO Serve at the
January Term Of the Cir
cult Court.

Petit jurors have been drawn as
follows for the January term of the
circuit court and they will report for
duty the second Monday January Isl:
o. A. Allen, Ray Burnside. olundus
West, Lewis Cottrill. Gordon Preston.
James Haggerty, c. D. Robinson, NJ.
L. Dunkin wesley NJ. Bird, James l..
Griffin. ELL Flanagan. y. W. Taylor,
J. D. Helmick, F. NJ: Robinson, T. Tur-
ner'Nutter NJ. v Hurst. Lemuel A lex
ander, Edwin X Stout. R. G. Robinson,
w. l. Shields. Brantley Rittenhouse,
Ralph Holden, Arthur Sheets, Mar
shall Law, W. b. Smith, Curtis R.
Boggess, "A. L. Crop, Harry Higgin-
botham. Stephen 6. Allen, A. "A. Lad
wig, Arthur Kidd. Jefferson Bradford,
George L. B9Fing, Harley Lawson, Ed
ward Basel, Brennie Burnside Lloyd
Smith, Earl c. Israel. D. H. Feltner
Lee Lang. David w Kemper, W. /.
Dawson, William D. Newton, ~. NJ
Hess. Samuel W. Bowman, Richard
Scott Scott cofindafSer and NJ. L
siblett.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-12-19
Holly and MI.tIe.o..

In the language OF flowers holly sig
miles foresight, and mistletoe means
II have surmounted all difficulties"
Holly, as everyone knows. is the sym
boil or sign of Christmas, but the Gus.
tom of using it is older than Chris
tEanity. The Romans sent friendly
greetings and sprigs OF holly to ono
another during thier winter festival,
For this reason, perhaps, It was taken
to stand for the spirit of love and
goodwill.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-12-19
Musln,t spIn al .chrlstmaatIeIe.

In North Germany, where the .prac-
teal yet poetic spinning wheel still
huns In the cottages, one must not
spin during the twelve, nights Of
Christmas lest he or she walk after
death. II the spinning Is done after
sunset on Saturday. mice will eat the
work II one Wishes to have money
and good luck all the year, one should
not fail % eat herring on New Year'A
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-12-19

PPosITE each other In the
cosy morning room sat a
young woman and \ girl OF
twelve.
Nov, Cousin Hilds." said
the latter. as she smoothed
down her dress and settled
hnranlk In her chair Elm
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-12-19

W. S. Parker went to Parkersburg
Wednesday. where he will spend sew
eral days visiting friends and rela-
tives.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-12-19
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.

The city schools will close Friday
Friday evening for Christmas holidays
covering two weeks.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
THREE SOLID CARLOADS
OF BOTTLES RECEIVED HERE
Local Coco Cola Company Receives
Record Shipment.

Probably the largest single ship
ment of bottles ever received by one
concern in this section of the state
came in yesterday for the Brunswick
Coco Cola Bottling company. In all
there were three solid carloads, the
total number of bottles costing ap-
proximately $4,000.
The business of this concern has
increased with great rapidity recently
Not only Brunswick is supplied by
the company, but heavy shipments
are made daily to nearby places and
the company has maintained we'll
earned reputation for putting the pop
lar beverage UP in most satisfac-
tory manager.
Many bottles are used daily by the
company and recently shortage has
been experienced, consequently
large order was placed and the full
shipment arrived yesterday.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
FEATURE OF BANKRUPTCY PRO-
cEEDlNG TO BE HEARD BY
JUDGE ISAAC.
Point at Issue is Whether or Not the
ATerican Hotel Resort Company,
the Lessees Of Hostelry, Are In
solvent.

Before Referee Max Isaac in the
oan4ruptcy court today, an interest
ing. feature of the case of the Ameri-
can Resort Hotel company, Iessees Of
the Oglethorpe, will come up, and
upon the result depends the future
management of the hostelry. That is
to say it will be decided whether Or
not the present lessees are insolvent.
If they are, then the hotel will con-
tinue to be operated by a receiver
until the affairs of the company are
settled, and if it is shown that the
company really is solvent, then the
lessees may be permitted to resume
the active management and pay off
the Indebtedness.
When the original petition for
bankruptcy against the company was
filed petition for receiver was also
made and a few days later Judge J..
w. Bennett was appointed by United
States Court Judge Emory Speer
Judge Bennett placed Major F. H. Hu-
ger in charge of the hotel and he
mas since been acting as the active
manager. 90.
Efforts were made then to amicably
adjust the matter the American Re-
sort company taking the matter up
with. the local creditors. Two or
three meetings were held, but no sat
isfactory adjustment could be made.
Later the company, through their
attorney, came in and claimed that it
was not insolvent The petition was
filed with Judge Emory Speer and he
later referred the question to Judge
Maxi Isaac, of the local bankruptcy
coulf and this is the issue which will
be ought out today.
The owners of the Oglethorpe are
represented by Judge Boiling Whit
field, the lessees by R. D. Meader and
the majority of creditors by Judge
A. J. Crovatt.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
GETTING READY FOR CAMP.
Rifemen Were Out Last Night for
Practice Drill.

The Brunswick Rife'nen, under the
command of Capt. CA. Taylor, were
out last night for a practice drill,
viii 3h are to be held regularly here
after in preparation for the annual
joint maneuver encampment of the
Department Of the Gulf, which will be
held in July and which the Rifiemen
will attend.
At present members Of the COM
pany are working for a number of
new members in an effort to bring
the enlistment up to the required
number. 1t is necessary to secure
number of recruits and this the COM
pany hopes to do within a few weeks.
The men are evincing much interest
in the encampment and it is prob
able that every member who can pos
sibly get away will make the trip.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
NO DELEGATES
FROM THIS CITY
GLYNN REPUBLICANS MAY NOT
PARTICIPATE IN ATLANTA
ROOSEVELT MEETING.

The Roosevelt republicans in Geor-
gia will meet in Atlanta on Friday
for the purpose of naming delegates
to the national convention in Chi
cago, which will contest the election
of the regularly elected Taft dele
gates.
Local republicans, however, have
not named any delegates to the At
lanta convention, and it is doubtful
if this county will be represented
The republicans in Glynn met sew
eral weeks ago and elected Taft dele
gates, and it seems that a large ma
jority of the republicans of this coun-
ty, both white and colored, are for
the president for the nomination
though Roosevelt has some support
ers among the leading colored repub
licans.
The Roosevelt managers in the
state declare that at leastt 100 coun-
ties have held authentic conventions,
according to law, and have named
delegates to the district and ctate
conventions The meeting in Allan
ia tomorrow is being watched with
interest, as it means that a fight will
be on at Chicago to see whether the
Taft or Roosevelt delegates are seat
ed.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
ALL-NIGHT SESSION RESULTED IN
CHOOSING FOUR DELEGATES
AGAINST ROOSEVELT.
Lack of Leader Prevented Holding of
Separate Convention by Friends of
Rough Rider candidate-Bolt Mar
rowly Averted.

Nashville, Tenn, May 15.-Tennes-
sees four delegates from the state at
large were instructed to cast their
votes in the republican national con-
vention for William H. Taft by the
state convention last night, but not
withstanding the fact that Taft men
we're in control of the convention, the
delegates we're not chosen until after
midnight, at the conclusion of an out
break of disorder which lasted two
hours and might have resulted in a
bolt had leader appeared.
Premonitions of a bolt were not
lacking up to the time the conven-
tion voted on permanent organiza-
ton; but a conciliatory spirit brought
about, it is said, through the good Of
er, was manifested by both Taft ana
Roosevelt leaders throughout the pro-
ceedings, and the convention was de-
void of unusual incidents except for
the one outburst.
That was unexpected to both sides.
The permanent organization had Deen
effected and a platform adopted, in
structing the delegates for Taft,and
the chairman had ordered a call of
the counties on the election of dele
gates from the state at large when
someone on the platform shouted,
Come on, let's hold a convention of
our own"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
NO CANDIDATE IS
OUT FOR SENATOR
CHARLTON TO NAME THE OFF.
CIAL, BUT NO ONE SEEMS
ANXIOUS FOR THE JOB,

1t looks as if the Fourth senatorial
district, composed of the counties of
Glynn, Camden and Charlton, may be
without a state senator next year.
Under the rotation system. it is
Charlton countys turn to name the
senator, who will succeed w. w. King
OF Camden, but as yet no announce
ments have been made and it appears
that there are but few in the county
who really want the job. One or two
Of the leading citizens of the county
have been urged to run for the office,
but they have declined, and it is ap-
parent that there will be some little
difficulty in finding a candidate.
Senator King recently stated to a
News reporter that there were one or
two good men in Charlton for the DO
sition and that efforts were being
made to get one of them to announce
for the place, but up to the present
no announcements have been made.
OF course the selection of the senator
is left entirely with the people OF
Charlton, the other two counties
merely ratifying the election of who
ever is nominated by the voters of
that county.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
COMMITTEE NOW
READY TO REPORT
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEET.
ING WILL PROBABLY BE
HEL9 NEXT WEEK.

Chairman F. E. Twitty, of the spe-
cial chamber of commerce committee,
stated to a News reporter yesterday
that the committee was about ready
to report back to the meeting and
that general meeting would prob
ably be held next week.
Another joint meeting between the
members of this committee and rep.
resentatives of city council and the
county commissioners is to be hello
before report can be finally formu-
lated.
This joint meeting will probably be
held Friday afternoon. The special
committee will then be in position to
make up its report, which will be
submitted to the general meeeing to
be held next week
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
HE CAN'T SLEEP
IN DEATH CELL
RIcHESoN TOSSED ABOUT EN-
TIRE TIME DURING FIRST
NIGHT IN CELL.

Boston, May 15.-Clarence w. T.
Richeson, confessed poisoner of AVIS
Linnell, passed his first night in the
death house Of the state prison at
Charlestown tossing about on his cot.
Breakfast from the prison hos pital's S
kitchen was served to the former
Baptist minister, but he could eat lit
tie.
At 1 o'clock today Governor Foss
had not received the reports Of Drs.
Stedman, Tuttle and Frost, the alien,
lists whom he appointed to examine
Richeson as to his sanity, nor had
the governor been informed as to
when the reports would be ready.
AS it is not expected that Richie.
son will be summoned to the death
chair before Tuesday morning, May
p, there still is time for action by
the executive council that may result
in commutation of sentence.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
HUNDREDS OF REFUGEES CROWD
TOPS OF DYKES AWAITING
U. S. RESCUE FLEET.
Mississippi River crushes Embank-
rents With Roar and is Spreading
over Richest Plantation in Louis
iana-Waters Cover Land.

New Orleans, MAJ 15-At noon to-
DAY the crevasse in the west bank of
the Mississippi river, which occurred
IN front of the Hymel plantation, 80
miles above New Orleans, was pouring
an immense volume of water over the
populous and rich farming country
adjacent thereto. Telephone messages
from Killona, one mile south or the
break, state that hundreds of people.
many of them narrowly escaping with
their lives, are rushing to the levees.
The breach early today was over 500
feet wide and several small towns in
the direct path of the rushing tor
rent have already been inundated.
The Hymelia is the third break in
the west side levees in Louisiana. 1t
will probably be the most devastat-
ing, as the country south of it is
thickly populated and is considered
the most fertile territory in the en-
tire state.
Sixty Thousand People Affected.
approximately $4,000 were a@ectec.
and if the crevasse is not closed prob
ably half Of this number will be with
out homes until the waters find their
way eventually into the Gulf of Mex
leo.
Boils were discovered near the base
of the levee early yesterday and lab
orors were put to work building crib
work. While men were DUMPING sand
bags into the crib the levee went
with rush. The water spread rapid
ly over the Hymel and Glendale plan
tations.
This morning the Trinity, Mary, Rid
Grande and Waterford sugar planta-
tions were under water. Water had
reached Lucy, La, five miles north,
three hours after the break
Dozens of villages and hamlets
along the Texas and Pacific will be
under water from the Hymela crew
asse before another week passes.
couriers Spread News.
The new of the break was spread
rapidly last night by couriers, by tele-
graph and telephone to the thou
sands of persons in the affected dis
trict and throngs of women and chill
dren almost panic-stricken sought
refuge and safety on the levees vl.u
their hastily gathered belongings
awaiting the coming of the rescue
boats.
The Hymelia crevasse which takes
its name from the Hymel plantation,
is only a short distance below the
1903 creVasse of the same name.
There today the river is foot higher
than the 1903 crest and a much swift
er currency indicates that consider
able n ore territory will be submerged.
! he section affected is dottai with
vast sugar plantations, big sugar mills
and productive truck farms.
D. A fieet of tugs and barges laden
with laborers ana supplies, rus*ed ct
of New Orleans by the United States
engineers last night was on the scene
by daylight.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
Instructions Not Likely,

Bay City, Mich, May 15.-Attempts
to instruct the Michigan democratic
delegation for Woodrow Wilson failed
here today when out of "a district
delegates named in caucus, the New
Jersey governor obtained only seven,
while II were listed as opposed to
Wilson or instruction.
" lille it is predicted an instructed
delegation will be sent to Baltimore,
Clark workers continued their activ-
ity.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
STRIKING PRESSMEN IN
ATLANTA HAVE BATTLE

Atlanta, May 15.-The first yio-
lence in connection with the strike
of pressmen on William R. Hearst's
Atlanta Georgian took place late las,
night when strike breakers and union
men from The Journal fought
Three of the union men, including
F. B. Brigham, president of the At
lanta local, are in a hospital badly
beaten and cut. 1t is said the strike
breakers are from New York. The
Georgian's former employees, it was
announced this morning, will consider
returning to work.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
cREvAssE GROWING WIDER.

Killona, La, May l5-At noon the
Hymelia crevasse, which promised to
be more disastrous than the 1913 Gre
vase, near the same spot, had wild
ened to more than 500 feet, and the
water ~as rushing through the a1cc-
Widening sap with a rcar that codl1
be ha4.i foi several mes
There has been no loss of lille ca
ported but a number of nar'1" os-
capes from drowning W2s recorded.
A small number of refugees came in
to Killona today.
Urgent appeals have been made TO
the Naw Orleans relief committe a. g
the g my relief cOrDs for both boats
and skiffs to send INTO the flooded
terr tory.
The water from the crevasse had
reached Lake Des Allemands at noon
and was spreading over wide area
up and down the river.
Railway Tracks Hidden.
The water has hidden the Texas &
Pacific tracks one mile north of Kill
Iona and everal large sugar planta-
tiOns are inundated. The water is
eight to ten feet deep right at the
crevasse. and about five feet deep
over the ground below the break. EV-
erv Jew minutes more earth from the
ends Of the levee drops into the swift
current, and if steps are not. taken to
close the gap it probably will be LOCO
feet wide by tomorrow.
Large quantities of lumber, sand
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
EXPRESS coMAN.I DENIALs.

New Orleans, May IS. - Southern
EXPRESS officials here today declined
t. ~ouchf;ie any Information as TO
the amount of money secured by the
robbers who early today held up the
Queen and Crescent fast train south
of Hattiesburg and dynamited i've ex-
press car. 1t was denied that the rob-
bers obtained a sum approXimating
$4,000.
Express officials here admitted that
the safe contained the following val
uables:
Two sacks of silver dollars, contain
ing $1,000 each; one half dozen of
packages of jewelry; one package of
bonds; one package of stock certifi-
Gates; several miscellaneous pack
ages aggregating a few thousand dol
lars.
The officers of the express company
are extremely reticent about discuss
ables secured by the robbers and dis
miss reporters by saying: Exactly
how much the robbers secured we will
not be able to determine until
thorough investigation has been
made"
One of the chief detectives of the
Southern Express company was on
the train, in a sleeper, but his name
was withheld by the company.
The extra guard in the car, whose
presence many considered conf1rma-
tion OF the reports that the safe con-
tanned extra large shipments of cur
rency, officials of the company here
declare was merely Fdeadheading" to
his home in Chattanooga
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
MAKING A FINE SCORE.
Young Brunswick Shooter Stars at
Southern Handicap.


InISporting the first days shoot
at Il big Southern Handicap, now
being held in Columbus, the Enquirer
Sun of that city contains the follow
ing about young Vassa Cate of this
city, who is among the best amateur
shots of the country;
THE youngest trap shooter in the
bunch was Vassa Cate of Brunswick,
Ga, aged 18, student of Stone Noun
tain. Mr.. Cate, who has been shoot
ing three or four years, obtained leave
of absence from the academy at Stone
Mountain to take part in this tourna-
ment. He is attended by his father,
Dr. Cate. In the singles he broke 142
out of $50 targets, and in the doubles
made a score OF As out of So"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16

bags and tools reached the scene
last night and this morning from the
United States engineering depots, and
the Texas & Pacific Railroad com
pany sent a large quantity of mate
rial.
1t is believed a determined effort
to close the crevasse will be instI-
tuted this afternoon with Cape. c. U.
Sheriff., chief of the engineers, in
charge of the work.
Sheriff. has a fleet of seven steam
ers. about 500 laborers and a large
quantity of material at the break.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16

ing it at the junction of the Now Or
leans end Northeastern railroad and
a small iogging railway. A freight
train had stopped at the junction
soon after the passenger tran had
proceeded on its way after the hold
up, and it is believed the robbers
boarded the former. That four men
were seen to leave the freight train
when it reached the outskirts OF Hat
tiesburg : as the report made to Off
GERS here this morning.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-16
CLARK WINS NEVADA.

Reno, New, May 15.-Of the 1876
delegates to the democratic state con-
vention, the returns show 1879 pledged
for Clark, p for Wilson and 80 un-
reported.