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Hamforg 2f?ral& 4 One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25,1913. Established 1891. j COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS > IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. Nt .9S Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt. Dec. 22.?Prof. Harry E. Copeland, who is principal of a a high school in Kinley, N. C., came home to spend holidays at home with his parents. Harry shows that he has had some work to do to keep his school up, says his school will * open up on the 7th of January, 1914. Rev. C. J. Shealy will preach for us in the Ehrhardt Lutheran church next Sunday morning and at Mt. Pleasant in the afternoon. Miss Louise Taylor and Miss Wat^ son left last Saturday for their homes to spend Xmas at home. Prof. S. C. Paysinger went to Newberry Saturday to help eat a big turkey dinner with the home folks. Mrs. H. W. Ehrhardt and her little son went to her mother's in Newberry to spend her Xmas days. Frank Copeland says he drove a > horse that could kick some. Chief says the horse was so tall that he kicked Weimer's Cross Roads out of place last week. Weimer's Cross Roads is only about nine miles from here. Some booze is taken out by some citizens, and don't think they are * able to manage same very well. All are trying to give all the Xmas presents to their friends that they can. The post office is busy all the ff time, fixing them ready, for the mails. The meeting of Ehrhardt lodge, Vn QS T^ni^hts nf PvthiAS. WAS held as usual on second and fourth Monday nights. At our last meeting we had a large crowd and officers were elected as follows: F. E. Robinson. C. C.; A. W. Kinard. V. C.; Geo. Warren, Prelate; Frank Hiers, M. of W.: W. B. Moore, K. of R. & S.; G. P. Sease, M. at A.; J. B. U? .Ramsey, M. of F.; J. H. A. Hartz, ? M. of E.; A. E. Kearse. Inner Guard; F. H. Copeland, Outer Guard. Wi'l ?v be glad to see all the members al our next meeting. January 12, 1914, with their families, as there will be a public installation of officers and an oyster supper, and any one that has been suspended for non-payment of dues and wishes to be reinstalled, come, as it will only cost three dollars for the present. Election of Union lodge, A. F. M., - - ? t r* T">? NO. .? 4 <, as IOIlOWg; y. JDeiij. rvaiiisey, W. M.; J. J. Farrell, S. W.; Geo Mckenzie. J. W.; W. C. Hughes, S. D.; W. H. Mitchum, J. D.; F H. Copeland, Secretary; L. C. McKenzie, Treasurer; Melvin Lyons and H. S. Kearse, Stewards; H. L. Brown, Tiler. The lodge is in fine shape, and hope to see it hold its own and see all members present at the next meeting on January 8, 1914, and all visitors that can, come. Will confer two Master degrees that night. JEE. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, Dec. 22.?Mr. and Mrs. Hampton Williams celebrated their crystal wedding recently. Rev. J. H. Wilson, now of .Marion, Va., who officiated at their marriage fifteen years ago, was present on the occasion, also Rev. Jas. Edwards was there. Many relatives and tnenas partook of the sumptious dinner. They received handsome presents; some of them were cut class. Mrs. Jones Williams, of Brunson. visited Mrs. Julia Harter recently. Miss Willie Timmins, of Lowndesville, and Misses Dewy Rheny and F, Marsh, of McCormick, are spending the holidays with Miss Sadie Harter. The banquet given by the Masons at the Commercial hotel on the evening of the 19th was quite a success. Miss Margaret Folk, from Estill, and other visitors attended. Rev. J. H. Wilson, of Marion, Va., spent several days with Mr. F. M. Young recently. WOMAN WON'T HEAD POLICE. >lrs. Hay, of Indiana Gives Reason for Refusing Job. Gary. Ind., Dec. 20.?This city win not have a woman police head at present, as .Mrs. Kate Wood Ray today declined to accept an appointment tendered several days ago by Mayor Knotts. Mrs. Ray. who at first planned to accept control of the fire and police department, to-day said she would not hold office under laws in the making of which she had had no part. 1913 town taxes are now due, payable to town treasurer.?adv. k KILLED IX AUTO ACCIDENT. W. Aaron Fass fleets Instant Death When Car Ran into Ditch. Dillon, Dec. 21.?W. Aaron Fass v. as instantly killed and Miss Mary Moore was seriously injured this afternoon at 6 o'clock when an automobile in which they were riding ran into a deep ditch one-half mile from Dillon, Miss Moore, daughter of John B. Moore, of Latta, was rushed to Dillon in an automobile, where she was given medical attention. Mr. Fass is a well known merchant of Dillon and is a native of New York. A spoke on the steering wheel severed the jugular vein of Mr. Fass. Mr. Fass and Miss Moore had been for a ride through the country and 1 were returning to Dillon late this afternoon. Just after passing the Ma pie dairy the machine swerved sharply to the right and plunged into a dUch. The car was badly damaged. Several persons in an automobile passing 30 minutes later found the wrecked car. Mr. Fass was dead and Miss Moore was unconscious. Mr. Fass wa^ 36 years of age and bad been a resident of Dillon for several years, coming here from New York. He was engaged in the mercantile business. He is survived* by his mother and a sister of New York and four brothers, residents of Dillon. The funeral will be held at Florence tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Those who viewed the wreck tonight were unable to account for the accident. It is supposed that the steering gear broke, sending the machine into the ditch, which is about six feet deep. The car was overturned. FIXIXS TEETH IN STOMACH. Woman Does Not Know How They Got There. Discouraged because she and her i- ? u ? ? ccr>Q m t oH AI rc Vina II us Uctuu ncic o&yuiuivu, ...... Cooper swallowed fifteen grains of bichloride of mercury, but as she immediately announced the fact, a doctor from St. Catherine's Hospital was able to start the treatment within ten minutes. After Mrs. Cooper had swallowed the whites of innumerable eggs and a great deal of milk she was taken to the hospital for the application of the stomach pump. From- her stomach this instrument brought to light a set of false teeth. This surprised the doctors and nurses, and their surprise became amazement when Mrs. Cooper expressed great wonderment as to how they had got there. She said she had no recollection of having swallowed any teeth at any time, and, in fact, did not recall ever having mislaid a set. Mrs. Cooper will recover.?New York Times. BEFORE BOARD OF CLIMS. Charleston Architect Wants $13,000 for State House Plans. Columbia, Dec. 19.?The claim of A. W. Todd, of Charleston, architect, who designed the proposed extension to the State House for $13,000, is before the State board of claims, it was announced this evening. Mr. Todd drew'- up the specifications for the million-dollar improvements to the State House, and the original bill was $60,000, the $13,000 being the first claim. The legislature turned down the recommendation of the ways and means committee for a compromise amount to be paid Mr. Todd. The State board of claims will finally act on this claim at its last meeting. December 30. All other claims must be in by December 23, twenty days before the Legislature meets. Another claim before the board is " * TI ?Difta frtrmo".' that Or JElims neui > iv> auv g?.me warden, for one year's- salary of $1,900. The Audubon Society is also asking for $1,150, which it spent in its work, without being heretofore reimbursed by the State. Xo Beauty for Him. Haggerty and his wife were riding home on the street car. Haggerty was in the mellow state which urged him to be extra nice to his wife?totreat her as if he was courting her gain if you know what we mean, j Haggerty's wife sought to divert him ] from the extravagant compliments he was paying her. "Look, dear." she said. "There's a remarkably pretty girl sitting across the aisle from us two rows back. I want you to notice her." "Ah. my darling." whispered Haggerty leaning close. "I have no eyes i'or beauty now. I just want to look at you." That's the way he carried it too frr; and confirmed her suspicions that he was the way he was.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OP VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The Building Trades Council of Columbia nas passed a resolution in protest against the establishment of a furniture factory within the state penitentiary, and calling upon the citizens to support tnem in men efforts to have this.mill, now being established, abolished by the state. There was a wreck on the Southern Railway at Augusta last Monday morning, two switching engines colliding on the Savannah river bridge. One or two men on the engines were hurt but not seriously, but one of the engines fell into the river. The trains on this part of the line were delayed very much in consequence. Joe Bates, former policeman, who was sentenced at Spartanburg in October of 1909, to be hanged for th* murder of a young married woman, and whose sentence the present governor commuten in July of 1911, to life imprisonment, received Monday at the some hands a full pardon, effecting not only his release from the penitentiary but his restoration to full citizenship. T. U. Vaughn, a preacher, formerly in charge of the Odd Fellows' Home for Children in Greenville, has appealed to the United States Supreme Court to set aside his conviction of assault upon a 14-jrearold girl in the home. The court will review the case. Vaughn was sentenced in the State Courts to the electric chair. He pleaded guilty, but his attorneys says he did not plead guilty to assault, only to a great moral wrong. A stinging rebuke to the electorate of the First South Carolina congressional district in the primary which sent Representative Richard S. Whaley to rhe house is contained in the report of the investigating committee of the house, which for spnvj time past has been probing the charges filed dv Mayor Grace against Mr. Whaley, in which the latter was accused of buying his seat at a cost.of something like $60,000 and of making false statements in connection therewith. MAKING FOR CHARLESTON. Gaillard Woman Left Vance by Boat, Now Thought, Orangeburg, December 21.?It is believed that Mary Gaillard, the ne gro woman cnargea v/un aiuL-Km^ j and severely wounding Mrs. Sue C. Cannon, at the latter's home, in the Vance section of Orangeburg county, Thursday night, has already arrived in or is on her way to Charleston, where she is said to have lived before going to the Vance community, about two years ago. This is the latest information received from the scene of the difficulty. However, having no assurance that the woman has really left that vicinity, the officers are still searching for her. All trains on the Pregr.all branch of the Atlantic Coast Line, which traverses that section of ihe county, have been watched since the attack on Mrs. Cannon, and so for as known, nobody answering the description of the fugitive has at tempted to leave the neighborhood by rail. The fact that Mrs. Cannon's son-inlaw, Capt W. J. Morgan, is the conductor of the train running between Creston and Pregnall might have deterred the suspect from trying to make her escape by train, which strongly indicates, according to the authorities, that the woman has probably left the community by boat on the Santee River, with Charleston as her destination. Information received at a late hour tonight relative to the condition of Mrs. Cannon, who is still in this city at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Morgan, was that Mrs. Cannon was doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances and thai in all probability she will recover. While she received a number of wounds at the hands of her ferocious assailant. ^ io eoir* that a earefnl examination disclosed that none of them is serious enough to cause death unless blood poisoning, which the doctors are caking precautions to prevent, sets in. The Gaillard woman is described as being slightly darker than copperco^red, but not black. She is said to have a very small face and head, the latter peculiarly shaped. 1913 town taxes are now due, payable to town treasurer.?adv. I BIBLE SAVED HIS LIFE. I 1 j Bullet of Supposed Assassin Lodges; in Book. I Blairsville, Pa., Dec. 21.?What is believed to have been an attempt to j assassinate the Rev. R. E. McClure, J president of the Indiana county AntiSaloon League, failed late last night when a bullet penetrated a Bible which he carried under his arm and made a slight abrasion upon Dr. Me- , Clure's side. ( Dr. Mpflliirp had made a. sick call and was returning home when fired ( on. As the minister reached the , street leading to his home he saw two , men. As Dr. McClure approached , them a whistle sounded and one of . | the men fired a revolver at him. The < minister picked up a stone and hurl- , ed it at the men, running toward ^ them. As the assailants retreated , the man with the revolver fell. Be- 1 fore Dr. McClure could reach him the j man had regained his feet and fired , a second time, the bullet tearing through the minister's Bible and ( clothing. Both men then fled. Dr. McClure has been pastor of the United Presbyterian Church here for j twenty-five years. j Will Adopt Part of Byrnes' Scheme ^ Washington, December 20.?The ] good roads committee of the house. ] after conducting hearings for several weeks, has appointed a subcommittee to draft and report the bill embody- j ing the views of the committee. The , subcommittee has been instructed by ] the whole committee to include in j the first section the plan similar to \ that introduced by Representative ; Byrnes of South Carolina, providing j fnr. r>n-nnArat.ion between the federal , 4V1 VV wr _ government and the States in the ! building and maintenance of roads and to have section 2 contain practi- , cally the provisions of the Shackle j ford bill of last sesion. Section ( will provide that the States may elect ] under which section they shall receive federal aid. Mr. Byrnes says that an ( appropriation of 120,000,000 will be t asked for. j Greenville Prisoner Has Ranch. Greenville, Dec. 20.?Ray D. Gould, 1 an American, owner of a ranch m Mexico, who is now held in the 1 Greenville county jail on two minor 1 charges, is said to be wanted in Mex * ico to the extent of $1,000 reward of- { fered by the Huerta government. 1 Sheriff Rector wired the Mexican department of justice yesterday, also 1 wrote the Mexican embassy and de-J' partment of state at Washington. Gould came to Greenville about two pionths ago. He took quarters at the Y. M. C. A. and joined the 1 Greenville band. A week or more 1 ago he left the city for Spartanburg. ' being brought over from that city by 1 a deputy sheriff on a warrant charg- * ing breach of trust. * Gould is said to have killed three { Mexican Soldiers when they sur- 5 rounded his ranch. He was wounded * in the leg, and escaped on his horse. He says he has no property except j his possessions in Mexico, which, b: * this time, may have been confiscated ( by rebels. Gould says the federals * surrounded his place after finding * a large quantity of dynamite buried ( on his ranch. J < CHARGED WITH FORGERY. 1 i Warrant Sworn Out Against Cashier f of Augusta Bank. i Augusta, Ga., Dec. 20.?A warrant t charging forgery has been sworn i out against Cashier James P. Arm- c strong, of the Irish-American Bank, ^ the doors of which institution were c closed last Saturday by the State i bank examiner at the instance of the ? board of directory. It is alleged that c Armstrong forged the signature of a t local business man as the endorser \ of a note on which he secured funds. ?j According to the family and friends t of Armstrong, he will return to Alt- j gusta tonight or tomorrow and give himself up to the officers. Bond in the sum of $10,000 will be arranged and g he will assist the auditors in clearing . vp the tangled affairs of the institu- c tion. c As a result of the Irish-American c failure the Industrial Lumber Com- j panv, with liabilities of over $175,000 j was placed in the hands of a receiver t by the United States Court at Char- r leston, S. C. r The whereabouts of Armstrong a: present is known only to his famny c and a few intimate friends. It is i known that he left here several days r ago. but those close to him say that jj he is within thirty minutes' ride of t Augusta and will return. e Sale stables, horses and mules, buggies and harness. RIZER & MOYE, I Fairfax, S. C. i ! * NEGRESS ATTACKS WIDOW MRS. SUE C. CANNON DEPERATELV WOUNDED NEAR VANCE. Fugitive Reported Surrounded by Posse in San tee Swamp?Details of Fiendish Deed. Orangeburg, December 20.?As re- 1 suits of one of the most atrocious needs ever commiuea in mis wum/, Mrs. Sue C. Cannon, about 45 years old and a widow, is in the city desperately wounded, and Mary Gillard. a. negro woman, accused by Mrs. Canaon of attacking her, was, at last reports, surrounded by a posse in a swamp in the vicinity of Vance, near the scene of the assault, which, it iu greatly feared, will terminate in a tragedy. In fact, it is said, the doctors attending Mrs. Cannon hold out little hope of her recovery, so serious are the many wounds she received. Mrs. Cannon was brought to Orangeburg last night for surgical and medical attention, after her phy- , 3ician, Dr. W. H. Lawton, of Vance, bad taken more than twenty stitches in her wounds. She is now at the borne of her daughter, Mrs. W. J, Morgan, wife of the well known At- ; [antic Coast Line conductor on the Pregnall branch Children Saves Mother's Life. The fiendish attack on Mrs. Can- < ion, of which Mary Gaillard is acwac mnd#> earlv Thursday light at Mrs. Cannon's home, on her plantation at Milllcan's, a small station on the Coast Line near Vance, i Mrs. Cannon was alone at the time, tier children, a boy about 11 and a ; girl a little younger, having gone on , i visit to neighbors, and returning just in time to witness part of the ittack and prevent the assailant ap- . plying a match to their mother's , ;lothes, which she had saturated with i kerosene. Although fearfully injured, Mrs. . >.nnOn has been able to talk about , :he attack, which she declares was nade for the purpose of robbery, and luring which a sum of money, for , vhich she had sold some cotton, was , taken. She asserts positively that Mary Gaillard was her assailant., it s said that the Gaillard woman hs ( leen in the Vnce community about ( ;wo years and bears a bad reputation , imong both the negroes and white people. The substance of Mrs. Cannon's , version of the difficulty in which she , "eceived what may prove fatal in furies, is aoout as rouows; ] Victim's Recital. She declares that while alone in ' ier home, about S o'clock Thursday night, .Alary Gaillard came to her louse, but the woman's presence beng objectionable .Mrs. Cannon ordered her away. The woman stated that < jhe Had come to see about a pattern md also spoke about some sewing die probably wished to have .Mrs. Gannon do for her. Then, without giving the slightest intimation of her intentions, Airs. < Gannon says, the woman struck her in the head with a billet of wood, < ;hen began slashing her with a razor, i ilso striking her with a bottle. Mrs. 1 Jannon further declares that her as- < >ailant grabbed her, telling her that ' die was going to break her arm, ? vhicli she proceeded to do by twistng the member until the bone was j ractured. i The woman then, says Mrs. Can- ; 1011. stuck a knife into her ear and < ' J "nvovol t i moc na UK .W1S16C1 11 aruunu 3c> ti uj i.iu>vu) ng excruciating pain and inflicting 1 >ne of the most serious of her many < vounds. Mrs. Cannon says her dothes were then saturated with terosene by the woman, who' was ibout to apply a match to the oiloaked garments of her prostrate vicim, when the children arrived, findng their mother barely able to speak. ' The negro woman then ran out of he back door and, presumably, gong into the Santee River swamp. c Posse in Search. ^ The alarm was immediately given md a posse was soon in search of the ] ;orpetrator of one of the most brutal , < leeds ever recorded in Orangeburg ounty. Sheriff A. M. Salley sent one , >f hi6 deputies from here to direct he hunt for the woman, and Rural ( 'oliceman Ballard, of Elloree, about t en miles from the scene of the out- t age, and other men from the com- ( nunity are assisting. The latest information from the ( cene of the woman hunt, received ] tn.ni?rht it thnt the fugitive has t I I v. IU 4 V v-?- w lot yet been captured, but it is be- i ieveci that she is in the swamp, which ? he posse has surrounded, and cannot, iscape. I It is said that in the searching t >arty are a number of determined i nen and what will follow the capture } JAPANESE WOMEN HEALTHY. Are Taught Care of Body from Childhood Up. Some interesting facts have been published, which throw light on the remarkable healthiness of women and girls in Japan, says The New Yory Weekly. They are well worth the attention of parents in our own country. "The Japanese men are strong," said an athlete who had been studyhie in Japan, "but they are weak compared with the women. A Japanese woman will outwear a man every time in the athletic games and in ether feats of endurance." in Japan you see few ailing women. All seem to have sipped not only of the fountain ofthealth, but also of beauty. And ail are peaceful, with that quiet, contented look which tells that the heart as well as v the body is at rest. Partly this is due to the sensible, quiet, well-ordered life which every woman leads, making the care of her body her chief consideration, but more is owing to her training. A Japanese child is taught to breathe, deeply. All its clothing is made with this end in view. The lungs must be inflated a: every breath, and right down into the deepest lung cell there must go a supply of pure air. The little Japanese girl is taught that no part of the body should ' be restricted. Even her feet are left free, and are encouraged to grow. "There are nerves in your feet," the Japanese teach, "and you must keep them supplied with air." The shoes of a little Japanese are light and soft, and they are made to yeild to the shape of the foot. k The Japanest youhg girl is made to take gymnastic exercises. When an American or English child swings, or plays horses, or jumps the rope, or rolls the hoop, the little Japanese girl gots into a little home gymnasium i and practices gymnastic tricks. She -.alls them jujutsu and she knows that it is a fine thing to be proficient in jujutsu. Every little Japanese girl has her gymnasium teacher and after the teacher has gone she and her little sisters will play jujutsu " * tor an hour. They wrestle with each other, bend and sway and do other tricks which are watched by the family and applauded. . Such a thing as a weakling is hardly known in Japan, for, though the race is a small one, the children are healthy and strong. Such a sight \ as a tired out little girl is also rare there. And it is not very often one jfc.; sees a peevish child, for both boys \ and girls are kept interested in taeir c\ ork. CITIZENS ASK PROTECTION. Claim There is No Law in Copperfield, Oregon. Salem, Ore., Dec. 21.?Charging * that there is little resemblance to law E?nd order in the city, that the saloonelement is in control of the municipal government and that the lives of citizens and their families are in conRiant danger, fifty-five residents of Copperfleld have appealed to Governor West for relief. One of the'petitioners in a letter to the Governor ?ays: "The mayor lives in a house with x saloon in connection. He gives Saturday night dances, sells and gives away liquor to minors and sells liquor to habitual drunkards." ' "These people are going to have the relief they demand," said the . Ciovernor to-night. What He Thought of His Hock. "Well. Bre'er Wilson," said the slder of one of the colored churches to a newly appointed pastor, "what Jo yo' think of yer new congregation?" "Since yo' ask me, Br'er Johnsing," replied the minister, "I have got to ay dat I think dey is a scrubby lookin' crowd." *'Why, Br'er WiLson, what do yo mean?" questioned the other in unazement. Dest folks has had mo tamp meetin's and got religion oftea>r dan any congregation in town." "Well, dat's jes' it, Br'er," responded the pastor, "dat's jes de trouble. Dey has done wore out de ;eat& ob dey pants backsliden, and iere knees prayin' for fo'giveness." )f Mrs. Cannon's assailant is probematical, although it is possible that he' presence of the deputy sheriff .vill deter the crowd from taking iummary vengeance.. Mrs. Cannon's wounds are princi)ally in the top of her head and on he back of her neck. She has a son esiding in Charleston, Mr. U. V. Uillican.