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PINIONED BETWEEN ELEVATOR AND FLOOR
YOUNG MAN’S LIFE IS SQUEEZED FROM HIS BODY
HARRY S. CHRISTY, MEETS TRAGIC DEATH
IN ELEVATOR LIFT IN CINCINNATI.
YOUNG CHRISTY WELL KNOWN HERE
Was Married to Mrs. Sadie Morgan, Daugh
ter of the late W. B. Watts, Sr.
f DAYTON, Ohio, Apr. Held
for 20 minutes, his body wedged in
a three-inch space between the ele
vator and the eighth floor of the l .
B. Bookstore building, l>efore death
relieved hin, Harry S. Christy, age
32, of Cineinatti, thought only of
his wife during the time he was
conscious. He called her name re
peatedly until he was so weakened
tliat his words became unintelligible.
FIREMEN' REMOVE BODY
The accident occurred at 9:40 p.
m. Monday and the man lingered
20 minutes. The fire department
was called and the men from the
Webster street engine house, under
the direction of Marshall Edward
Geisler, removed the body.
Christy came to Dayton from Cin
einatti on Februraay 13, and took
employment at the 1 . B. Bookstore
as an engraver. He was working
overtime when the accident occurr
ed. He lived at the Vendome Ho
tel, 35 West Fifth street.
VISITED HIS FAMILY
Eacli two weeks he made a visit
to his wife and 12 year old daughter
ot Cincinnati. He visited them
Sunday returning to this city Mon
day morning. Besides the wife
and daughter, his mother living at
Dilsboard, Ind., and five sisters at
Cincinnati, survive him. The wid
ow and child live at 12 1-2 \\ est 9
street Cineinatti.
Christy and Jno. .J. Roth, age 1C
of 406 Haynes street, were working
in the building. They were on the
seventh floor and started to the
eight.
The elevator was brought to the
seventh floor landing and the passen
gers turned out. The elevator had
started on its upward trip before
Christy was safely in it.
HIS LEGS PROTRI’DED
Christy stepped toward the ele*
fitor, but it was about two feet
pve the floor and he fell on the
ft. Kis legs protruded from the
elevator.
Exerting all his energy to pull his
body to a place of safety on the ele
vator, he was unable to manipulate
}t Codjran Journal
COCHRAN, PULASKI COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY MAY 4, 1911.
the rope that controlled the lift and
was carried to the eighth floor.
The clearing space between the
elevator and the floor is three in
ches. The body was caught at the
hips in this space. Frightened and
unable to render any assistance
himself, Roth called for assistance
and John Shearer, of 21 Clarreth
street responded.
ASKS FOR WATER.
The lad returned to the injured
man and was asked by Christy for
water. The water was given to him
and lie revived from the initial
‘shock. He was so badly stunned,
however, that he did not realize the
seriousness of his condition, and
said he was not badly injured.
CALLED FOR WIFE
Then he begun to call his wife’s
name ,
“Oh, my wife; oh, my wife,” he
repeated until his life was squeezed
out.
The truck from the Webster
street engine house was called and
the firemen went to the floor armed
with axes and crowbars. Life was
extinct. They set about to recover
the body, but were hampered by
fear of injury to some of the res
cuers.
The cable on the elevator, which
was operated by electricity, had un
wound when the elevator stopped
and it was feared that if weight was
added to the elevator it would drop.
A hole was cut in the floor by the
firemen, and the elevator was pried
away from the body. Before this
was done the body was secured with
ropes so that it would not fall when
released.
W. R. Funk, agent of the pub
lishing house arrived on the scene
and rendered his assistance. Coro
ner Swisher and Police Surgeon mc-
Cenny were early on the scene.
CROWD SOON GATHERS.
A crowd gathered about the ent
trance of thejbuilding, which is on
Fourth street, but only a few were
permitted to enter the building.
Theatre-goers were among the crowd
that collected, and probably a hun-
died persons waited until the body
was removed. It was taken to the
M"Conaughty undertaking establish
ment 1444 West Third street, and
relatives were notified.
S. L. Harmon, proprietor of the
Vendome Hotel, where Christy
made his home, spoke in the high
terms of the unfortunate man. He
said that Christy conducted himself
in a quiet and gentlemanly manner
and was well liked by all about the
hotel. He spoke of theaffection for
his wife and child often expressed
by Christy, and of the pleasure de
rived from his visits to his home. —
Dayton Journal.
Mr. Christy was favorably known
here, having lived in Cochran for
a number of years. He was mar
to Mrs. Sadie Morgan, daughter of
the late \V. B. Watts, Sr. He was
known here as a young man of
steady, sober habits, and sterling
character and the entire community
will he shocked to hear of his tragic;
death.
City Council Proceedings
Council Chamber, May 2, 1911. —
Mayor and Council convened in reg
ular meeting and on roll call the
following were present:
J. H. Mullis, Jr., Mayor; T. L.
Bailey, C. T. Hall, J. C. Urquhart,
T. I). Walker, Jr., and If. F. Bul
lard.
Absent, T. A. Wfllis.
Minutes of last meeting read and
accepted.
T. D. Walker, Jr. excuse for be
ing absent heard and on motion he
was excused.
On motion Tax hooks were or
dered to be closed May loth.
On motion a license of $25.00
each was put on the liberty Bell
andJChcck Boy Machines operated
within the city limits.
Motion carried that city borrow
money to keep up expenses provid
ed it is not over $2,000.00.
The following hills read and or
dered paid:
Freight $135.48, Cochran Lbr.
Co. $23.00, Pay Roll (L. & W.)
$2.25, Oscar Everett $23.00, Pay
Roll (L. & W.) $2.30, B. E. Mor
but $20.70, Horses $375.00, Sou.
Pine Product Co. $12.50, Westing
house Elec. Mfg. Co. $61.20, Tele
phone $3.00, W. B. C. Towler
$5.00, Dunham & Meadows $0.50.
No further business, council ad
journed .
J. E. Cook, Clerk,
J. H. Mullis, Jr., Mayor.
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MOTHERS’ DAY
The Second Sunday in May Will
Be Observed As Mothers' Day
All over the World.
The second Sunday in May is
set apart by the mother’s day Fed
eration to he observed throughout
the world as Mothers’ Day. The
special aim of this observance is to
honor motherhood in general and
particularly to encourage each man
woman and boy and girl to give
appropriate expression to his re
spect and reverence for his own
mother. A few suggestions may he
given in regard to its observance.
“Live this day as your mother
would have you live”
“Loving rememborance of your
mother (or her memory) through
some distinct act of kindness, tri
bute, visit or letter. If you can
have her as your guest of honor,
or, go back home and give her
pleasure, or write her a letter of
praise and gratitude; send a gift
with it, or at least a ‘memory flow
er’. No one is too poor or busy to
send a letter home. Do something
to show your mother that she is
‘Queen of May’ in your heart.
“If she he not living, perhaps
you can place on her grave the
white flower of love and fidelity,
not as morbid sentiment, but in
glad recognition that she was the
best mother that ever lived.
“On mother’s day wear a white
flower or your mothers favorite one.
“Give one to some one else to
wear and remember the sick.”
Special services will be held at
the Methodist church the second
Sunday in this month at 11 o'clock.
A cordial invitation is extended
to every one to assist and worship
at the service of Mothers day.
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MOST DANGEROUS THING ON EARTH;
IT’S JUST THE COMMON HOUSE FLY.
By Edward Hatch, -lit.
(Mr. Hatch is chairman of the
‘fly fighting committee” of the
American Civic Association, which
is chiefly responsible for the nation
al campaign against the fly, which
is now being carried on. His com
mittee has issued many “tracts”
against the fly, including the pam
phlet, “The House Fly at the Bar”
and the leaflet, “Beware of the
Dangerous House Fly,” which also
gives “Rules for Dealing with tiie
Fly Nuisance.” These are sent all
over the country to individuals and
organizations who wish to aid in the
work of fly extermination by start
local campaigns of education.)
(Exclusixe Service The Survey
Press Bureau.)
“The land was corrupted by rea
son of the swarm of flies,” says the
book of Exodus, referring to the
plague of these insects in Egypt.
The common house fly has followed
mankind since the dawn of history.
He lives only when man made his
home. Though the sacred writers
had some appeeiation of the pest i
ferous nature of the fly, it is only
comparatively recently that we
have learned that he deserves the
title of “the most dangerous ani
mal on earth.”
Dr. Daniel D. Jackson, finding
that flies, attracted by floating sew
erage in the slips, swarmed along
the water-front, set a large number
of traps at different points on the
North and East river shores in New
York city. The captives were
found to contain innumerable fecal
bacilli on their legs and bodies. One i
which was caught in South street
had more than 125,000 on him. By
means of a map which indicated the
case of typhoid and intestinal dis
eases by black dots, he proved that
the increase in the number of these;
diseases was in direct proportion to I
number of flies. 'The vast majority
of the cases were in the parts of the j
city nearest the polluted water-front, j
A thorough-going reform of Un
sanitary conditions in the district
affected, including the adoption of
some system of sewerage disposal
would, Dr. Jackson stated in the re
port of his investigations, reduce
the yearly deaths of typhoid very
considerably and the diarrhoea!
deaths from 7,000 to 2,000, if germ
infected flies were not permitted to
contaminate the milk supply. It is
also estimated that the reform, as
recommended, would reduce the
number of case 3 of illness from these
causes about 50,000 annually. As
the result of investigations carried
in various parts of the world con
firmatory testimony by many au
thorities is available so that the
transmission of disease by the fly is
no longer a mere theory, but is a
truth that has been scientificolly es
tablished. In fact, a little more
NUMBER 48.
I than a year ago Dr. 1.. O. Howard,
of the United States Department of
j Agriculture, proposed the name of
“typhoid fly” as a substitute for
that of house fly.
The earliest convincing evidence
of the dissemination of the typhoid
bacillus by the house fly was fur
nished by doctors who investigated
camp conditions during the Span
ish-American war. It was found
that officers whose mess tents were
protected by screens suffered pro
portionately less from typhoid fe
ver than did those whose tents
were not so guarded and the fever
gradually disappeared in the fall of
1898, with the approach of cold
weather and the consequent disab
ling of the fly. “Nothing was more
noticeable,” says Dr. Dunne, “than
the fall in the admissions from ty
phoid fever coincident with the
killing off of the flies at the advent
of the cold nights of May and
June.”
Dr. G. N Koher, of Washington,
has estimated that the decrease in
the vital assets of the United States
through typhoid fever is more than
$350,000,000 annually. Although
physicians do not agree as to the
proportion of responsibility for ty
phoid which must he credited to
flies, polluted water, and infected
milk, most of them agree that flies
are the cause of a very important
part. The people of this country
spend over $10,000,000 annually to
protect themselves against flies and
mosquitoes. The monetary cost to
tlie nation because of the fly, even
without the infinitely more impor
tant consideration that should make
each of us guard the health- and life
of ourselves and our families, forms
an effective argument in favor of
the extermination of the fly pest.
For the fly plague need not be
endured as a visitation of Provi
dence. it may be stamped out by
the systematic adoption by individ
uals and by the public of the meth
od of cleanliness. The Hy is bom
in, lives and thrives upon filth. If
no filth is allowed to accumulate in
in a house or its neighborhood, it
will not be troubled hy flies; for
they do not ordinarily stray far
from their breeding places anil
their sources of food. In a thor
oughly clean neighborhood they can
not live in the face of screens pre
venting their access to food, and in
the absence of manure heaps and
other receptacles for filth in which
to deposit their eggs.
The investigation hy Dr. Jackson
into the relations existing between
flies and sewerage led to the forma
tion of a special committee of the
American Civic Association to urge
the extermination of the fly. This
committee, besides publishing liter
ature on the subject, arranged for
(Continued on last page.)