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Show While Protecting Brothers HimselC Badly Burned. Monday, Venrl Manwltl, tho IB-yea r-old r-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Mnn-wlll Mnn-wlll was severely burned with powder. powd-er. A big part of his clothing wan burned off his back and his left arm was ono big blister. Tho doctor says that the wounds will entirely heal. It appears that some llttlo boys got n can of black powder out of tho Chlpmnn powder houso nenr the mill, on Raster. Several of them had their pockets filled nnd somo of them buried In tho earth sacks nnd cans filled with It. At Intermittent times they hnvc been playing with the powder powd-er and fire. Young Munwill discovered that his little brothers hnd somo In their possession, poss-ession, which he took nwny from them nnd was In the net of destroying It when the powder cnught fire with the nbovo results. |