The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-22
THE AUTOMOBILE
AT MEMPHIS, MO.
Ono Tipped Over When Driver At
tempted. to Keep From Run
ming over Dog.
Especial to The Gate City.1

Especial to The Gate City.1
MEMPHIS. Mo-, July 22.-James
Didimus Davidson, of ST. Louis,
brother of William Davidson Of
near Memphis, had serious mishap
on Sunday while driving his car near
Greensburgh, fourteen miles south Of
this place. A dog came suddenly out
from a farm house, barking and run
ming along by the car, as dogs usual
ly do along the country roads. The
animal ran In front of the car and
came near getting under one of the
over the dog, Mr.. Davidson lost con-
troll OF his car and 1t ran into a
ditch at the roadside, capsizing the
vehicle, and throwing the load of pas
sengers into the street, and broke
William Davidson's collar bone. and
otherwise jostled him, while Miss
Tricket sustained broken arm, and
other injuries, and another passenger
had q leg broken In the accident Mr..
Davidson is spending the summer with
his brother In this county, and they
were enroute to Kirksville to visit
relatives in that city Sunday.
Mrs. Shoots Car Tips Over.
While Mrs. Smoot OF Kirksville.
wife of the late John d. Smoot, was
coming to Memphis to spend the day
with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Broad
water, her son Balm Pulliam, who was
driving the car, looked aside at some
object and veered the steering gear
too far, landing the car into a deep
ditch and tipped tho vehicle over.
Luckily the car was not going very
fast and none of the occupants we're
injured, further than slight shock.
Parties enroute to Edna turned about
and brought the passengers to Mem
phis, while others joined in and lifted
the car out again, and drove it into
Memphis Mrs. Smoot returned home
Monday.
Editor Grimes chagrined.
Editor Grimes OF the Bloomfield
Republican, spent Sunday in Keo-
kuk, Iowa, a few weeks ago, and
deigned to return over the "3-Stars"
trail, which passes through Missouri
counties along the north border of
the state. He was accompanied by
Prosecuting Attorney Ramsayer OF
Davis county. Iowa, and, OF course,
they were escorts Of two lady friends
Of Bloomfield. While In Keokuk,
they met a Memphis, and likewise q
Missouri booster, they we'll knew. and
made inquiry regarding the "3-Stars.'
1t was not long until the booster had
them enroute over the famous trail
that runs from Keokuk to Memphis.
They left Keokuk, Just as the sun
went down., and sped along the
broad Des Moines bottom road for
several miles, the birds evidently
singing In the editors heart, as birds
generally do when a fellow is out with
another fellows best girl, and giving
the roads and the cool zephyrs an ex-
change OF compliments when the con-
yersation Jagged until tray came to
the sand doons Of Wayland. The car
showed It's pulling procliyities when
the vehicle dived into the sand nearly
up to the axle and the front wheels
began to cut a serpentine invisible
pathway up the steep incline. the top
of which is many rods away. The
low speed was resorted to In skill
full manner, Just In time to save the
load being stalled before it reached
! the top, while the flying sand pepper
ed the occupants In the automobile
from all sides. The editor was so sur.
prised at the sudden change and the
road-bed, and SO busy shifting gears
and spark levers in order to save his
car from miring down, he quite for.
got his surroundings, and broke forth
In audible soliloquy, and reeled off q
few very strong adjectives, each one
burning with approbrium, but all di
rected to the Missouri booster Be
fore they covered the two and hall
miles OF intermittent sand pockets IL
the road, the booster had been thor
oughly worked upon by literary
epithets from the editor, and an oc
casional shout of approval from hii
guests. They reached Memphis at ,
late hour, and stopped to refresl
themselves with soft drinks at one o
the popular fountains. While sippinl