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Newspaper
Edgefield Advertiser
Location
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1906
Page
1
A wide state roundup covers cotton market quotes in Charleston Savannah and New York plus price lists. It notes a surge in public library establishments, library equipment contracts, and state funding aims. It reports new enterprises in Monroe and consolidation plans for Aiken banks, and a local accident involving a child.
A fast freight and a light engine collide head on near Winnsboro, South Carolina. Three die on the scene including conductor M. Dixon and engineer J. McPherson. Injured include Daniel Bree, Charles D. Weir, Henry Gates, and Henry Pile. Dispatcher errors and untransmitted orders blamed. Bolick, a young operator, is identified.
A New York firm J M Ceballos Co brokers and merchants faces liabilities between 3 and 4 million dollars after a reported defalcation tied to Manuel Silverira of Havana New York. The assignment claims creditors amounts exceed reported assets and that the firm plans to resume business after liquidation.
In an address before the Afro American council, Oswald Villard urged Blacks to organize for defense and rights, condemning anti Negro sentiment and calling for resistance to degradation in any form. He warned against contributing to anti Negro newspapers and stressed action to secure civil equality.
In Houston Missouri a farmer Barney Parsons his wife and three children were murdered Friday near Lickington. A man named Hamilton was arrested charged with the killings and is said to have confessed. Parsons had sold his farm to Hamilton and they reportedly quarreled over terms. The family had set out in a wagon bound for Misfound when shot and the mother and children were clubbed. John Hamilton is jailed in Munston, facing possible lynching as the alleged killer.
A distressing accident near Indian Hill crossing leaves six and seven year old girls dead after a child’s foot is caught in a cattle guard as a freight train approaches. Mimie Hunt and Dagna Senlad, both six and seven, watch in vain as the engineer cannot stop the runaway train. John Hunt, the father and a brakeman on the train, is unconscious nearby.
A massive blaze in Summerside Prince County razed over 50 structures including the court house jail electric light station post office four hotels two churches railway station and many homes. Total loss roughly 200000 with only about 59000 insured. A 300 foot wide burn path nearly a mile long cut through lawn. suspected deliberate origin.
Rochester and vicinity faced a severe sleet storm early Wednesday cutting telegraph lines to Buffalo and severing telephone service. Telegraph communication with Buffalo remained down as of reports, while railroads indicated westbound trains were on time and full restoration of links was pending.
In Lumberton area, Sunday afternoon Andrew Oxendine was killed by John Locklear, both Croatan. The incident occurred about 11 miles from Lumberton near Buie. Locklear surrendered at Bakes to Sheriff McLeod, employed an attorney, and has not spoken.
In a game near the Maries county line two players from the same team named Clark and McKee collided while attempting to catch a ball. McKee was killed almost instantly and Clark was rendered unconscious. Reports say Clark’s upper teeth struck McKee’s forehead, breaking and embedding in his skull.
Letters from Indo China report horror at Thanh Thai King of Annam who ordered seven wives executed and watched them tortured to death. France is urged to dethrone him and recall Prince Hamagh, an exile in Algeria married to a French woman.
Augusta Georgia local branch of the Odell Stock and Provision Company failed to open its doors. Manager Sylvester said the closing was permanent. Official liabilities list about $709, with the stock exchange gist unclear.
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