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‘Just Like & Member of the Family”
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BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH, 1925.
LarKest County Circulation.
Ij! BARNWELL COUNTY’S BEST
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NUMBER 35
MEMBERSHIP PRIZE WON BY
JOHNSON HAGOOD CHAPTER
J.-S.
RECEPTION
AT BLACKVILLE
u.
I). U. DISTRICT CONFERENCE
MET HERE FRIDAY.
M
(♦
Se\eral Hundr«?d Delegates and Visi
tors in Attendance.—Splen
did Meeting.
Willisten Man Babiy
SOCIAL EVENT TO BE HELD FRI
DAY EVENING.-
Hurt in Difficulty ^Marriage of Miss Annie Eubanks and
Mr. Bob Walker Was Pleasant
Surprise.—Other Items.
What I is said to be the most
ifg'ely attendetl U. D. C. Conference
• ver held in, the Edisto District con-
ened at Barnwell Friday momlng! white man of Williston, the arrest lx
.n<l the •exe-cises from the opening jing made by Sheriff Dyches.
irayer to the benediction, were
thoroughly enjoyed by" the delegates
.ml visitors, who packed the Vamp
Tieat.re t<> capacity. The first thing
"o attract the eye’was 1 a huge banner
ecrosis Main Street, with the words,!
E. R. Beaslev. of VVilliston. a broth
er of Policeman Perry O. Bdksley, of,
Barnwell, was lodged in the Barnwell j
County jail Wednesday morning of Idackville, April 2i. On last Sun-
last week, pending the outcome of in- | da * v afternoon - at four 0 ’ clock ’ at tho
judies he is alleged to have inflicted rosldonce wf tho hH(lo ’ s P^^nts, Mr.
upon William Jennings, another young aad ^ ,s ' ^ Fubanks, .Mr^ Bob
Walker and Miss Annie EubaWere
married, the Rev. Mr. 0’KelR*y, of
Denmark, officiating. Although it
CHAUTAUQUA AT
DUNBARTON SOON
THREE BIC. DAYS'AM) MtiHTS
NEXT WEEK.
BARNWELL COUNTY WINS
FIRST PLACE PER CAPITA
School Will Have Holiday Tomorrow
On Account of Reunion at
Mever's. Mill.
Result of Spelling
Contest Announced
Dunbarton, April 29.—Friends of
'Teachers froth all oyer the county
" V* ^
came to Bamwtdl last ’Friday even
ing. bringing with them their Jjh'am-
pion spellers whp, participated in the
was*knowm for some time that the
It is understood that Jennings was
hit over, the head, probably with a I
piece of wood, about 8:30 o’clock couple “were engaged, news of their
Tuesday evening, the 21st inst., and man '‘ a ^“ camt ‘ a " ( l uiU ‘ a ^’ Prise to
rendered unconscious. He Was found man >' ot ' their fviends - 11 was a ver >’
lying on the ground shortly after ^ u,ct afraH . ( ' n! y the ‘nnned.ate fam
the Rev. L. B. Johnson wil! regret to annual county spelling contest. This
learn that he is at the Lniversity Hos- i contest wais h'dtl in order to select
pital in Augusta, where he was taken icpresentativi'is from Barnwell Coun-
last week to undergo an operation, He * v p, the^State Spelling Contest which
was stricken with kidney colic Tues- j H to held ut Winthrop College
day and rushed to the hospital Wed- next JulyW One representative for
nesday. His iriemls hope he will get the Grammar Grade Contest (grades
MRS. A. A. LEMON, CHAIRMAN.
GETS TRIP.
County Led tho Christmas Seal Sales
in ,0'bunties Having No Tubercu
losis Associations.
Sumter, with a per capita kale of
.05, led the Christmas seal salts in
South Carolina for 1924. Mrs. A. A.
Howell was Sumter’s campaign man
ager.
Richland, under Mrs] Morris Lump-
'Welcome. U. ETC.’*,” ami that was | nine o’clock that night by J. F. Us-i d -V and close friends being present,
ic keymTtc of^the occasion. Every-1 sery, an employee of ^he Greene Lum- Immediately aftei the eeiemony, the
\ssii>le was done to make the! her and Crate Co., at whose plant the c()Uple !( ii> fpi Denmaik.
where they, took the evening train to
ahiV^nicely and be able to he
among his people within the
week or so.
Next Tuesday, W< dne-duy
Thursday, May 5. <5 and 7. are tin
1 -7 i and one
High School
kin, and Darlington, under Mrs. W.
representative for’ thejH. Evans, tied for second place with
Contest (grades 8-11),; a pe r capita of .03f», the former hav-
V
7’
# 1 h<
, .Tilid:
nmg jh
trtihgej within the gates^-f’cePthat | alleged difficulty is said to have
a- or she was welcome, and if there | curred. The injured man w’as carried
• any one thing for which Barnwell to his hoarding place, the home of
s noted above all others if is hospi-j P. F. Parker, and was in an uncon-
ditv. I setous condition throughout the ' t>ay a ‘ u * bapps. lile.
* j
The business section presented a night, and until some time Wednes-
oil i’day : an pea ha ncewith show win-! (jay. An examinatio T“ of his injurfe.-
decorated with
y appearance
n*’s attractively
(•'.federate flags and colors.
The meeting \va- openwl at the
v a rap Theatre with prayer by Mrs.
B. Hagood. the chaplain of the
oc
visit 1 Charleston and other points of
intere. t. Heartiest goiwl wishes an*
extended to this young couple for a
ig and
\lthough it rained copious showers
all amiiiid Blackviile and-neighlmrimn
1 were allowed from eaeh school,
and r i') lc . judges .irving last Friday
e big evening weie’Supt. E. T. Spiegner, of
days fm-the people of tirs'Community, the Denmark.TIigh School. Mr. D. L.
'The Radcliffe Chautauqua will be here i^.y.js. Rural S h-xd Supervisor of
then. Three !.igdays full.d enter- Columbia, and Mrs.*W. I. Johns of
M
showed that his -kul! was not frac-
1
tured but that he suffered a concus
sion of the brain-.
Ji*nnings, who is about ^21 years
sections Sundiy afternoon, no re-
!( i fr e.shing showers fell here, much to
the disappointment of everybody.
Mi
tainment and instruction. The pro
grams are stronger this year than
ever, because of the facT that this
same Chautau(|ua has been nlaying
the tourist centers' in Florida and
Allendale. As a result of this con
test, the following were announced as
winners: .*
In the Grammar Grade Contest:
First place -Francos Owens, of
LieurgiadJie—past winter and , k^d to VV i!i ist on; se-.eYtel-place -- M i ria‘m Hut - burg.—Charleston^—Eexingtor,—Union,
would satisfy of Blaekville; thinl place
of the tourist Odom, of Healing Springs.
Myrtis
t'hnson Hagood Chapter. The as-
-*mblj then sang “Dixie,” after and
• hich Miss Elizabeth Easterling do- ; company.
ghted them w ith a musical selection. der bomb
ohl, is in the emplov of W. E. Ander- i her ht,nu ' in r ' >,u ' mbia ’ ixfU ‘ r
fon. Beaslev is a mid.jlg. aged man ' hi ‘ r » >a '-eni.s, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J
Fickling.
Beasley
holds a position with the crate
He has been released un
tie addres: of welcome in behalf oft
Barnwell v.a> delivered by Mayor J.
r. Moodv, Jr., while Mrs. (i. M.
lee it\ pies dent, weieomeM the visi-
. os in behalf of the chapter. ‘
Cei. Harry IV Calhoun extendo 1
greetings from the Poos of Veterans
.rid Solomon . Blatt, Esq., from the
• eterans of tlie World War, the lat
ter being particularly fine. After
’Little Miss America and Uncle
Swimming Pool Onens
!
1 Next Monday, ?4ay
have a program , that
tin* exacting demands
trade. These same programs will be ] n the High School Contest:
Earl DeWitt has returned to J given in Dunbarton, the smallest town | Kjrst j>!ace Miss Sarah Storm*, of
i visit to (in the* State to put on the three-day Blackvilk*; second ))lace Basil Jcn-
program. T'm-'afternoon .perform- t;j rWt n f KHne; thiiri p!ace--Morris
ances will hegi i at four o’clock and W .ngpow, of Willi-ton.
tho night shows will begiu al <*ight-
thirty. The te'it will Ik* placed on the
•■ehool grounds this year. Oomf irt-
:.i!,!e seats will be provided for the j Dies in Columbia
Mr. J. M. Farrell was a recent vis-
j.itor to hi- sister, Mrs. George Milner,
j in Aiken.
Among .ho boys from the Citadel
i who visited home folks here recently
. were Messrs. Reddick and Henry Still.
| Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fickling are
Barnwell Infant
ing, if anything, a slight edge on tho
latter. Greenville and Spartanburg
averaged .03 each, the formet having
Mrs. Biuce Moran as chairman, and
the latter undor Mrs.-Fraser James.
( ho-tor. with Miss Ann Fraser, chair
man, averaged ^029. There were 20
Counties making a cent and a fraction
per capita. These were: Greenwood,
Dillon, Newberry, Fairfield, George
town, Lancaster. Laurens, Orange-
Mi-. IV A. Dyches. piupiietor <jt
Dyehes' Swimming Pool, near Barn
well, announces that the pool will be
opem*d MomUy, May Itb. and extends
a coijdir.l invitation Li The people of
the county to be present on opening
day. , He has made a numU-r of addi-
ong
thing's he has added i second | Fnda.\.
■ ois
Sam" came in and gave a splendid ! , . , . »
.. , . .Ltions <lurtng the past winter.. Am
umber. Derry fVmersarr ns t nch*T . —;
'am" and Mildied Moore as -‘jMiss j 1 tm 1
, • ,. . . storv to the buddings for the conven-
Vmeiiea were dressed m lostumel
; nd “brought d »wn the house.’ They
• ere trained J>y Miss Willie Mac
Vann, the accompaniment for. their
f at T mo again, after spending several
months in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Browning, Jr.,
and little naught t. Anne, of Colum
bia. are visiting home folks here.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Fickling, Mrs.
James Nevils and little son and M ss
Eugenia Still visited Orangeburg
comfort of those who attend and there
will be plenty of parking space pro
vided for the cars. The tickets will
sell for two dollars for adults and one
r For all school ehidren. Tickets
tiie being sold by the high srhool
girls. Everybody i- ui-ged to make
arrangements now to be on hand for
The
umber being played by Miss Josie
'ax is. Mis Blanche Bennett, who
.ayed the nia io during the. morning
xeivises.- also added much" to the
ijoymeiit of the occasion.
Tl'e State prosiiient. Mrs. O. D.
s.dley, and the director.' Mis Alai ion
I\. were pt sented with fltiwers
. litth- hnv: .It’DWn and June Mil-
•us. tip' page•.
Ev» r\ n-inib-" <>n Hie’ I'ldvrani. ‘ f t , j
r hu h was published in Th
ience of spevtutors apd noliody will lx
allowed cn the first floor except bath
ers or persons with small children
- .*
who wish t<i enjc»y a swim. It is alsA>
tundei-stood that as long as a nerson is
! clad in a bathing suit, he or she will
not bo given access to , the second
story.
Several individual dressing rooms
People , j,
-t
Week, warn thoroughly
it i-- a mu’t<*r. for ?vg-
ire
a <mviile
* *yt'(l
that
te-
have also i>et*n provided foi- the eon-
j venieuce of patrons. „ ,
| Mr. Dyches, in an advertisem--tit
j rh'-where in this 1 sue of .The People,
J si > announces that :.ilmis'' n will be
Monda> aft rri-nm to tjiose own-
heir own suits.
source ot recreation
serious illness - of Mr. J. Lang
Buist is a source of regret to his
many -friends and his speedy recovery
is anxiously hoped for.V
Mr. John C.- Matthews has just
purchased a h indsome Franklin tour
ing car. Hi* and his family inte nd to
motcr to Birmingham, Ala., in the
near future to visit his sons. -Messrs.
Hubert and Ralph Matthews, who are
succes-fully engaged in the electrical
business there. Mr. Matthews stays if
God spares his life and continues to
pro: per him for t,en years longer, He
hoj-t s to visit them then in his
flyfng machine*.
all three days.
The Dunbaiton
Wallace Perry Harley, the eight-
months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil
more S. Harley, of Buniwcjl, died
sit the Baptist hospital in^Cplumbiu
about six o’clock Saturday afternoon.
The little fellow w-utS carried to the
hospital a week prior to his death,.
! suffering with an attack of colitis.
, . uas His life was dispaired of at the time,
represented at the county spelling t)Ut ht . ^ apparently - recovering
contest, wh^ch was held in Barnwell when pneumonia developed. In bis
last i-nda\ night, by Miss lui!;*. hi at * weakened condition ho was unable jto
P.u-bee for the higher grades and Uu- ravages of this dread
‘ n tb, ‘ ^ r amni:>r school. ( ij seato . Hj s death came unexpeoted-
W hile neithei ef these pupils won a jy an( j brings much sadness to friends
of the family.
the j ’pv... iini#» i.jk.ic- \ymic 1 .r/,ii,rP♦ ^o
to'
cil Harley in thi
er of
place, it is to their credit that they
school and did
The pool was a
Mrs. Reka Ri*-h vi itw
O*angeburg Thursday*''
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represented the
best they could,
The local school will have a holiday
I-h-iday on accidint of the Meyei ’s Mill
l>ienic. It has been the oust im for a
number of years for th** Dunbarton
school to give this day so that the
children <oukl attend; this year, he-
(•:.u v of the fact that the Meyer’ Mill
own sc gon! h c(>o|a at ing with Dunbar-
t n. makes it doubly expedient that
,n this day should be observed. There
!wil! be a bu-ll game that d r on the
"all • »und .-it !"unluirton be*\Voen the
Dunbarton Hig.i Sehm*! and Edenton.
Tie* , .inn* will'Tie (-all'-d at four <>'-
(IikH . The T’blhiwing- admission to
, The little body was brought
Barnwell that night and laid
rest Sunday afternoon in the Bap
tist Churchyard, the funeral services
being Conducted by the Rev. R. W.
Humphries, pastor of the Barnwell
Meth -dist Church, in the Baptisjt-'
ChurCh, iti the presence of a large
number of relatives and friends.
Many beautiful flowers coveted the
little child’s last resting plu ' *..
small !«»ys act *d as pall bearers:
Crenshaw. Jim Bush; Cecil Ray
Wilson Sai.deis.
WaH.-M*"'i uu viv.( 1 by hi- pav' n*
m
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of | '( 'll ,
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children.
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! two ‘n-al! brothers, who have
sympathy of many friends in thei*.
reaverrant. '
out a*-,(l supp )*■
a- this i ; ; their lirsit
t hi
high school boy
rame this vcaiy
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n .
r *’llSe . Ill
■ ist yea i.
• the pro
Iiagid'd Chap'
./.e for the largest
ni ; ership dimhig
pf i/.,* wp. present'd her itp-h* .n'Oiar Saturday afternoon.
Miss Julia Warren spent Saturdav
M
Gif^em. who
Ml '. Sallie Mi Nab to
had Ip* accept it. the
P>
mo
Th'.'
ident
ir turn called
ih<- stage and
i.y tei having hruftght into the chap-
p j 22 memlK‘i-s <Iuring Mai--h. The
Elioree ('hapter won the prize , for
the hugi .-I -Vex. chapter.
Lunch wa> served at the Court
House, cafeteria style, and a bevy of
prettygirls who acted as Ushers
also took ( hai-'-e : of the Veterans and
Ik Ippil sene • dinner. ('opfcjlerate
k etorms and W orld War Veterans of
Barnwell .were served at long tables
on the Court House ground;, while
dinner for tin- delegates and other
The
j ,M. - Ltila BnC of l!
wmi section; va ihe w
in- ! M i.-s Ollic I a e Janes.
th.* i Mrs. Leiia DeWng-was
I.
I'd
Hrain n
:est of
a vi dor to ,j
t:u* I .ippy rat (*p.t s •! ■ a
S’lnday id.: in. Mis.
foi merly Miss Kitty
daug-lite, of Mr. am
> a very pie-
joyful event.
Pringle arc
fiiii* son, Io n
Pringle was
1 Irown i ne only
MVs. (. W vatt.
i y. Mi. and M < . A. \very and
■'hilili'' n, of AngU'ta. and Mr. and Mrs.
•'•oh ii Ei’bank' were in Blmkville
Sunday t . attend the
aj(-
:;t ix al ien s[M-nt
and Sumlav with Miss
Oilie
night
Jones.
Quite a number of the Double Pond
folks attended tlte .school exercises
and the picnic at Hilda Safui day.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winton Jone-
and children were the g-ues-- of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Hair Saturday night
ami Sunday.
Mr. H. W. Jones. Sr., attended the
Ernie cue jfixen for the old Veterans
at Barnwell Friday.
I Browning. Sr. Best wishes for many
: happy years are sent the little box- by
• hosts of friends.
An enthusiastic and appreciative
I crowd from here attended the E. D.
; C. Convention in Barnwell and cairre
ilker-Euiiank
iptarvi.ige.
Dr. Murchison fidh d his usim
jointment at tin Piv-bvSc ian < 'hi(;vh y^T ( , llT
; Sunday morning anci Suhoay evening,
and as usual impressed his hearers
'with his earnest and intellectual ser-
»
' m ons. i
Mrs. Ellen Izlar and Mrs. .f W.
Biowning, Jr., and Irftle Anne Brown-:
T-d h:m.- H" in'*.! miol.
er-in-law, vvliq xva
m inag<*<l to ansi*
seizing his two year o
crazed
iy hire iited
of th-* child
-h-u-
.i 1 , ’ v
auc.tii'
Chesterfield, Kershaw, Dorchester,
Pickens. Florence, Oconee, Aiken, Sa
luda and Williamsburg. The eountv
- t *
winning first place per capita amotig
counties having no tuberculosis* aisso-
ciatkins was Barnwell with .02. The
chairman, Mrs. A. A. Lemon, of Barn
well, wins the trip to the Southern
Tuberculosis Conference in Memphis
in October.
The, State per capita was .0176, a
small increase over last year. The
1924 seal sale v as the l>est in the his
tory of the association, and the cam
paign committee, of which Gov. Ttios.
G. McLeml was chairman, has ismed
a statement thanking the public for
its cordial support and promising a
year.of enlarged activities.
The total sale of seals was $31,-
224.7)3. Five per cent, of this goes tq
the National Association, $1»561.23.
Elxpensg of the campaign was $2,000.
The local associations will spend $12,-
963.72 of the remainder, and the bal
ance. $14,699.7(8, will be spent- by the
State Tuberculosis Association.
The seal money last year was rpent
in employing cloven county and field
workers; in operating free clinics, at
which 4,221 persons were examined
and 1 822 were diagnosed as active or
suspicious eases; in enlisting the chil
dren of the State in the Modern
Health Crusade for thi; purpose of
building resistance in them against
disease. Detailed reports are avail-
ab'n^at all times from the State office.
The program for 1925 an exten
sion of this work. Th f> children’s
\x i k will be carried on as usual. Tu
berculosis nursing demonstrations
v ill be put on in four additional coun
ties and survey and clinic campaigns
be conducted in 23 counties, be-*
s the regular pro gleams carried on
*r
ocal associations, f
Th
sale by ebuntieh^ in
State, showing the
this section
amount re
seven*- Aiken
, $7,32.31
.011
oiuiit ...m ■ Allenddle
47.1-P
,003
. is'.held i BamK*rg
38.10
.0017
I Barnwell
.7)00.00
.0215
•'•.tempt- Beaufort
_ * 200.00-
. .0089
powered Hampton
175.61
.0088
L »j Jasper
86.10
,0086
aUDSS a GrangebUig
M,148.31
.0167
o’clock
hack singing th" prai-es ot that won-jjng spent Meilday' in Barnwell;
derful event. j guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. B
Mr. and Mrs. (!. W. Saxon .and f-*
S.
the
(Ul-
tam- xvare
l
f*
were
'(■veil un-stairs
visiti > iv
j*
menu consisted of bArhoru
Hash..
•x
saiad, pickles,
iced tea, coffer
chicken, giblet gravy,
hot rolls, egg
. red and whiti
meat.
vice,
bread.
bloek
Messrs. ,\. T. IVeani. of Aiken, 1.
V> . Roiirti'ie, of Dunha- u.n, and T. E.
IcMii-et;. of Augusta, were in the city
Mead,iv mi business.
Farmer Is Found Dead
After Slashing Baby and
Attempting to Kill Wife
dinner at. tin* (’ourt House.
cream and pound cake.
N'inete n Yvtenms of tin* Sixties
I . .
hind about ti dozen World War Vetcn-
v
'Uns were present.' in addition to a
ttige number of wives and widows of
e.Veterans. Col. Butler Hagood. son
of the-hrte'Cenei al .ko^nson Hagood.
*vi. Avho played so valiant a part in the
War Between the States,* was an
jNHonor guest of the Daughters. Ap-
!, pvoxinvate 1 y 700 people were served
At the afternoon s *ssion, the recent- 1
iy rirgnnized ('hripter of Children of
the (’onfedei-i-.ry g'n.ye an interesting frchf.Denmark
l>eirrrra’k. Apf-ii 28.- Luther Robin-(water abuu
on, pi-ospnous farmer of two miles^fmaijks of violi
u
x\(is f >und dead in thElgie and
o: relatives six^hearT failure
miles fabout 11 o’clock kmC
nig(it after he had apparently gone
program. ' Miss Maude Brabham, as woods near ihe homi
president, extended greetings.. The
entire chapter sang a chorus com
posed tor the L*. 1). ('. and a quartette j suddenly-* mad, severely cutting the
ot girls, die-sed in costumes of the. youngest of bis six children, a girl of
<» f| s, sang “When You and 1 Were two. attacking his wife, his mother.-
5 oung, Maggie.’f ! in-law and brother-in-Taw. The little
1 he next meeting of tho District j girl is in a grave condition hut hope is
( (inference will be held with the i held out for her recovery. Robinson’s
; body was found, in a shallow pool of
' - “b
nc’-.e’s de<*p with n*i
nee or signs of a-strug-
stiPTKised he dieiUAof
or from some other nat-
ill in bed, but she
md escape. Theri. D'!
Id d in"-h‘c- D-e ceivod' and; the per capita, follows:
1 man cut her throat an
her body. The
i - gray but hope i
out i o>" aer n cov i i
A blather ff Mrs. Robinson
ed t a'intei’fere l*Ut Was ovg
mvc* fjie eye.
Robin.'oii then tied on foot
field and xyus found about 11
at night in the woods wi,th his face in
a mb all piKil of writer. ** No marks of
violence were found on the body nor
signs of a struggle at the spot and it
is supposed he died ‘of heart faifure
or some other naturaf cause.
Robinson had savedj up at)imt"$7(Ki.
in the Bank of Denmark, whijlrfailed
a few days ago, JtTTo was despondent
.1 , r' u ; u • arr island in the Edisto River, where a
•over the Toss of tms money, txxhich is ,t - 1 '*“*" * 'I* t r
'the only cause that can Ik*., assigned
for his mental affliction. It is said
i the, xvife wished to buy a ear with her
share- of the money, while Robinson
«•
wanted ;to purchase a home. W’hib*
♦ he discussioii xxas still uns«* , tled the
i bank closed. —-v »
Robinson was regarded as a giKnl
•father and husband and w as xx'7*tl
liked. - <
Officers Capture
Two Large Stills
Sheriff Dyches and his assistants
succeeded in locating and destroying
two large stills during the past week.
The first raid -was made Saturday on
Elloree Chapter.
Account from BlacTcx-iHe.
Blackvilk*. April 28.—-Although at
this time the report has not lieen veri
fied officially, there comes news of a
terrible tragedy' occurring between
Blackville and Deiimark today. It is
said that Mr. Luther Robinson. ia
suddenly seemyd to becomo violently | tenant #n lh( . fl ,. m „ f Mr Joh „ Da „.
in>ane. He secured a knife and first ; —— *—
attacked (Mrs. Robinson but she evad-
uVul cause..
Late yesterday afternouq Mr. Rob
inson, with his wife*-and six small
children, drove to the home of his
mother-in-law, four miles from his
own home*, and it was there that he
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Mr. and Mrs. W. Porter, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Boylston. of Springfield, ar^d ^trs.
Jennie Strickland, of Wagoner, - " at-
1011(1(^(1 the funeral of little Wallace
Pi Harley, here Sunday afternoon.
100-gallon copper still complete was
found, together with 1,900 gallons of
ma h, three gallotis of liquor, buckets,
and other utensils.
Monday morning the officers raided
a still on Simon Branch, in the Wes
tern part of'the. county. This was a
big-s.earner outfit, consisting of a
100-gatlon still, thirteen 750-gallon
vats'filled with mash, shovels, axes,
etc. No liquor was found and the
s* iil apparently had not been operated
for several days.
No arrests were made in either raid. *
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