The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, April 18, 1913, Image 1
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VOLUME LI, SOfBEB SLT1VICB A YfIEK, |llM A TEAR, "
WILL GOGGANS GETS
. , A MONTH'S RESPITt
WAS CONDEMNED TO DIE FOR
MURDER OX APRIL 25.
Respite Until May 27?Other Colnmbia
Items in Brief of Somewhat
Local Mature.
Special to The Herald and .News.
Columbia, April 17.?Gov. Blease on
Wednesday afternoon respited Will
Goggans, the Newberry negro sentenced
to die on April 25, to May 27, which
is the fourth Tuesday of May. Goggans
was convicted at the March term
of court in Newberry of murder in
connection with the killing of Mr-.
Spurgeon Johnson, near the Laurens
line of the county, and was sentenced
"hv Tu h Geo. E. Prince to death by
electrocution. The respite was grant-,,
ed in order to give time for a full
showing in the negro's case. Mr.
Henry C. Holloway, of ilie Newberry
t bar, defended Goggans, by anpointm-:nt
of the court.
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A big time is being looked forward
to in Aiken next week, on the occasion
of the annual reunion of the Confederate
Veterans of the State. The gov
ernor will attend, with his full staff.
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Assistant Attorney General Fred. H.
Pominick jumped straight into the
work of the attorney general's offic-e
as soon as he reached Columbia, and
has been steadily at it ever since. Col. j
Dominick in addition to being an able
lawyer is a hard worker and fits in j
the attorney general's office as smoothly
as if the groove had been made for
him.
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-Governor Blease has suspended |
three magistrates this week?two in
Anderson county and one in Spartanburg
county. The two Anderson magistrates
suspended were B. F. Wilson,
at Anderson, and C. F. Martin, at Belton,
and the Spartanburg magistrate
was E. Potter, at ('owpens. In the
cases of the Anderson magistrates
their suspension was unanimously
recommended by the members of the!
house of representatives from Anderson.
In each of the two cases, however,
one member of the house asked
to be excused from voting for personal
reasons.
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The case against B. B. Evans,
brought by J. Fraser Lyon while at
-torney general, to disallow Evans to |
practice law, on certain charges preferred
by the then attorney general,
will come up in the supreme
court again on next Monday morning
at 10 o'clock. As stated in the last issue
of The Herald and News, this case
was continued on last, iYiuuua.? uu
count of the illness of the defendant's
brother, Mr. N. G. Evans, of Edge
neld.
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many friends in Columbia <?f
Miss Anne 0. Ruff, of Newberry, join
with her Newberry friends in congratulations
to her upon her success in
f winning the News and Courier trip
k to Europe.
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St. Paul Votes Tax.
The election held in St. Paul school
house district Wednesday resulted in
ten for and two against the levying of
a special school tax or two nuns.
The sp?tial levy being carried, the
tiuste-s will *oon arrange to either
i t pair the pr? < f*nt school building or
build a new one
p Death of Mrs. .Han A. Sligrls.
The State, 17th.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Sligh,
was h-eld at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
at her late residence, about 10
miles from Columbia, on the Winnsboro
road. The pallbearers were:
Edward Eookter, George Taylor. John
D. Frost, John Ix>omas, Ruff Lever, L.
?r t : . vnnapdru t Prost Wal
1*1. .Lapacumu, iiuaum.,., -
. ker, R. H. Jennings. K. J. M. Graham,
^ ^J. B. Friday, and David Moore.
W Mrs. Sligh, widow of the late Capt.
B Sligh, died Tuesday night at the home
of her son, S. S. Sligh, on the WinnsV
boio road. She is survived by two
[ sons: S. S. Sligh and L. Hume Sligh.
the latter being a resident of Columb;a
and a brother. J^tcob F-Hers. of
Newberry. /
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SECOND PRESBYTERY.
Profitable and Enjoyable Session of A.
R. Presbyterian Held In Newberry.
A. R. Presb-eryterian.
The meeting of this Presbytery took
place at Newberry in the A. R. P.
church. Rev. W. C. Kerr, the retiring 1
moderator, preached the sermon, tak- j
ing as his text, John 10:10. "I am come
that they might have life ana that ye
might have it more abundantly." Rev.
E. B. Kennedy made out the roll, discovering
forty delegates present. All
the ministers were present save two,
Revs. P. A. Pressly and J. P. Pressly. J
rni-- ?? niftdarotnr rpv t v. Ken-1
1 lie new iliv^uw aivi , . . .. ...
n-edy, was then introduced, and after
a few appropriate remarks, took the
chair. Routine busines^ was taken
up. Revs. H. B. Blakely and W. B.
Lindsay were given letters of transfer,
the fornver to the Tennfssee and i
Alabama Presbytery and the latter to
the First Presbytery.
The two students of Theology,
Messrs. W. E. Snipes and' R. C. Grier,
the latter after being formally re- J
into the Presbytery, preached i
trial sermons. Mr. Snipes preached
from the text: "Never a man spak-e
like this man." Mr. Grier preached
from the text "Except a corn of wheat
fall into the ground and die, it
abideth alone, but if it die, it bringeth
forth much fruit." These efforts!
were heartily sustained as specimens
of progress the brethren generally
taking part in remarks on the trial
sermons.
Rev. H. B. BiaKeiy resigucu uum ,
board of Erskine College. This place!
was lat-er filled by the committee Oxi
nominations, presenting the name of
Mr. J. C. Xeel, of Prosperity.
Rev. L. T. Pressly was e'ected moderator
for next meeting and Ora, S. C.,
was selected as th? place of meeting.
On Saturday morning trial sermons |
were heard from the students, W. E.
Huev and C. H. Xabers. The former
' ",r- noco nvpr
taking ins texi: i e puuo ~
the Jordon to go into possess the land."
Mr. Xabers pr-eached from the text:
"Even as the Son of Man came not to
be ministered unto, but to minister'."
The Presbytery was very kind, not to
say very complimentary, in all that
was said about these sermons. One
brother said that the statement often
heard that the young men of talent
and promise were going into other
callings, was not true, so far as the
A R. P. church was concerned.
The report of the finance committee
was regarded as encouraging. A
brief discussion took place on the renort
of the committee touching the
work at Greenwood. A special com-j
mittee was appointed to bring in a re- j
r>ort on the Greenwood mission. Dr.
F. Y. Pressly, Revs. X. E. Smith. Ira
S. Caldwell and Mr. E. C.* Stuart constitute
the committee.
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Til? report 01 tne cuiununc un nim
utes of Synod asked that the churches
be called on to know if the orders of
Synod had been obeyed. The responses
were generally favorable:
those who had not obeyed promised yet
to do so.
A special committee consisting of
Revs. I. X. Kenedy, L. T. Pressly, Ira
S. Caldwell and r^"1 \ ^ r - v." ^. of Smr
-? - ---I
tanl-urg, was aprn'nTran o *imi
t'ord, S. 0., and in^-^ti^te with regard
to the church p-o'5or*y fhcre.
with power to act.
The special committee to r?com rend
action in regard to the Greenwood
church brought in a report
pledging the solid support of the
?i_?i. +rv oATivmittpp who has I
rresuyteiv w mr ?
been raising funds for this cause and
suggesting that a special collection be
taken up on the Second Sabbath of
May in all of the churches of the
S- cond Presbytery for the purpose of
defraying the expenses of the mission
until next meeting of the Presbytery.
and requesting that Mr. W. E.
Huey be assigned to the work at
Greenwood. Presbytery adopted this
report and appointed Dr. F. Y.
Press]y, Kev. T. S. Caldwell and Mr.
E. C. Stuart to visit the field at once
nn the mirchase
anu ut niiitfijr ulviuv ^
of a lot?two lots being available.
The meeting of Presbytery was very
pleasant indeed. Bro. Carson's people
exerting themselves to make the
whole stay of the brethren every way
comfortable. Hp has a good people.
On Sabbath the pulpits of Newberry
were filled by the following brethren:
At eleven o'clock In the A. R. P.
church Rev. W. S. Reid preached and
Dr. F. Y. Pressly conducted the communion.
At night Rev. W. B. Lindsay
occupied the pulpit. At the Lutheran
church Rev. E. B. Kennedy, at the
Baptist church, Rev. W. H. Millen, at
the Methodist, Rev. I. N. Kennedy, at
the Presbyterian in the morning, Rev.
W. B. Lindsay, at Unity, Rev. L. T.
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Pressly,/ at Prosperity, Rev. s. .J.
Hood, at Cannons Creek, Rev. 0. W.
Carmical.
R. S. G.
PHENOMENA OF AIR.
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Connor Explains The Eccentricities I
of the Wind Family.
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Kansas City Star.
What is a tornado? A cyclone? Ai
hurricane? A gale? And why? I
Pol P. f!onnor. of the Kansas City!
Weather Bureau, has received those'
inquiries many times of late.
"It's all a matter of barometricpressure,
" Mr. Connor elucidates. |
"There are very few violent atmos- j
pheric disturbances in the winter!
time, because the atmosphere is pret
ty well chilled to the same temper- J
? Tl.,4. ; v. f Vi cnvin o-+irY"> Q tho Tint i
(tlUI'C. DUl ill IUC gpiiu^uuiv I.UV uvv |
and cold strata of air become ner- j
vous. Then folows a rarifkd centre J
in some locality.
"Now it must be known that air par- j
tides are very sensitive and selfish as {
well. So that when such a rarifica-1
tion takes place all those air particles
on the outside want to get in there |
and take the seats in the front row.
When they all get started toward the
centre a gentle whirling motion is set
up, always moving in the opposite di|
rection of clock hands.
"That movement is a cyclone. It
| sweeps over an area of 1,000 miles on
1 so at a rate of 30, 40, 50 or 60 miles j
an hour. Those movements drop an j
! occassional thunder storm or two J
along the way. Were it not for these!
cyclones this great Western country j
1J 1 ?* ^ ri f r\r tVlOV ?1 1 -
wuuiu ue <xi xu emu. *?. ,
ways carry the clouds along with
them that contain the rain.
"The tornado? Well, down in the
southeastern quadrant of the cyclone
'probably 100 or 200 miles from the
I centre of the cyclone, Old Sol is
warming up the earth. The earth's
| heat is thrown back in turn and
| warms the atmosphere and it be!
comes light. And all the while this
I whirling motion of the cyclone continues,
bringing down the colder,
heavier air. When this light, heated
air bumps into the cold wave there
.is nothing left for the cold air to do
except drop. And with he dropping
[it sets off along the earth at a fast
?ni A mAVDTTlDnf
[ pact* 111 <X YVUllllIlg, I CX^IVX mviv>uvu?,
j while the warm air goes scooting up
j to the clouds.
That is the tornado. It shoots
, along at the rate of an express train
land roars like 100 locomotives puffing
[ and snorting together. And woe betide
the house that gets in the way.
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Finally the disconcerted bunch of air
I layers go on up into the northern part
of the cyclone. There they get cooled
off and calm down.
"A is just a plain old bre-eze
-hat n-rts rp a sf^dy, hard speed. It
changes to a hurricane when it passes
the "0-mile-p.n-hour mark. Never
'vr-t frightened at a cyclone?but look
"i t for **-fle fight between the air [
layers when they bump."
The city board of education of
Xashville has decreed that the sw-eet
girl graduates cf the Nashville city
schools must wear a simple uniform
of white and carry only a small bouquet
of flowers on graduation night.
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The Diamond Ring Contest.
The leaders in the Arcade ring contest
are as follows:
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Miss Geneva Thornton -*-<
Miss Sarah Fant 320
Miss Ruth Digby 285
Miss Woodie Bowman 150
Miss Dosia Franklin 150
M'ss Lucy Hill 65
Miss Verna Summer 54
The votes will be counted again on
Friday and announced Friday night.
About 2,000 votes not in as yet.
The Arcade.
Adv.
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DR. HARMS' ADDRESS.
Large Audience of Men and Boys
Hear Interesting Talk Sunday
Afternoom.
Sumter Item, 14th.
There was a large audience of men
and boys present Sunday afternoon at
6 o'clock to hear the address delivered
by Dr. J. Henry Harms, president
of Newberry College, at Xewberry.
The address proved a most eloquent
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ana inspiring one ana inr spedKei
heM tlie undivided atention of his
audience for the fifty minutes that he
sr>oVe.
The title of 'Dr. Harm's talk was
moot I'nimie. "The House That .Tack
Puilt." and many in his audience were
orwir.no +/-> coo v>nTr lto TvrnilH pYnnrHl
it into a religious lecture. His subject
" ic ^imrnfter building and hp showed
how every man was what hp made
hi'rnq^if. to the material he
used in his building.
Pr. Harms commenced his lecture
hv tilling his andienre that the men
rf thp nresent dav were too far removed
from childhood, th?v were sep
A -J Anl~ or/1 nmV*iflAr\C
araifjll t rum Uic lUCais emu aiiiuiuuu>. j
nf rhiVho'vl, wp'd too far rpmovpd
from their children and did
not take sufficient inter?st in those
tVnorc thnt interested their children.
Wp told of how onp could find enjovrpent
in the reading of the old
"Goodie" rhvmec which wnre so dear
to childish hearts. He told one of his
friend5? had b?fn forever freed from
pessimism bv reading one of thp- little
.iinsrles. and how the same treat'
^ ? ? A To ^ V\ 111 o c*
TOPTlt WOU1Q cure Ollltirs ui me uiuci).
He then went on to show how the
little jinerle about "The House That
lack Puilt" was v*xnanded and applied
it to the building of one's character.
Oood material must be used,
tho timbers must be solid, they must
be straight and snuare, he said. The
tools must be purpose, a plan and
perseverance. The speaker quoted
frrvn many authors and brought into
his talk many interesting anecdotes
pnd incidents, throughout a wide!
range of subjects, applying th-pm to
his points in an apt and interesting
manner.
Dr.. Har ris made a deep impassion
on his audience by his address, which
no doubt will be the means of much
future thought in the minds of those
who heard him, as there was much
to think about in what he said. Tf
he ever comes to Sumter agaia he wil1
meet with an extremely favorable reception,
so heartily was his audience
' 1 nf+omArtn
pleased wun mm suuuaj
College Entertainment.
One of the most instructive and
pleasant entertainments that the peo
in nf V'\r?iorrV h?*ve bad ttiis scason
will be given by Mr. Arthur Delroy?
thp r^Pcntly arrived Tendon Psychic
entertainer?in Holland Hall, College,
Friday evening, April 18, beginning at
8.30.
This unusual performance?as series
of astonishing actual demonstrations
of almost every branch of the subject?caters
to the growning desire on
the part of thinking mankind for an
entertainment which, while it amuses,
throws light on both the genuine and
'faky' side of life's greatest* mystery?
th^ phvchic.
Mr. Delroy. with ro knowledge of
sleight of hand, without the aid of
trick cabinets or any mechanism, in
the full light, as c'ose to the audience
as possible, and. not necessarily upon
a stage, gives all manners of 'spookv'
demonstrations under such conditions
thnt fplrprv could be argued as "Iin
possible although, some of his work
hr fr^n]-1v rippiqres to bp trick rv.
A partial sketch of his program as
eivpn hefp. will insure you in advance
of a most enjoyable ?ntfrtainm nit.
The Psychic versus the pseudo- psychic;
some demonstrations of spirit
writing; the reading of character from
handwriting; is slate writing a fakc?
is there such a thing as hypnotism?
the power of developed intuition: is
palmistry fakerv? does clairvoyance I
?f o/iinff ,-vf fa ops.' a final I
fc?X-ltoL: Lii*r i~auiiig ui ii..v ~, --
demonstration of the pseudo?psychic.
If you want to spend a pleasant
hour Friday evening, don't miss this
entertainment. It is given solely for
the entertainment of the students,
faculty and friends of the city and
surrounding country. Admission
twenty-five conts at the door. Xo ticketc
will be issued.
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MRS. GRACE REAMS
FOOfD IX 'FRISCO
Eloping Spartanburg Woman is Held
In California on Serious Charge.
Spartanburg, April 16.?Following
a telegram which arrived here last
night, stating that Mrs. Grace Reams,
tvifp nf Tlr T W Rpums. nf this r.itv.
had been found in San Francisfco, Cal.,
after a search of eighteen months, and
[ arrested on a charge of adultery, word
came today that she was seeking her
' e^ase through a writ of habeas corpus.
C. C. Wyche, attorney for Dr. Reams,
askel: Gov. Blease by telephone to request
the San Francisco authorities to
hr>lr? ATre T?oomc until a fnrmfll rip
mand could be made for her extradition
to South Carolina. Gov. Blease
promised to do so.
Warrants were issued here on June
12, 1912, by Magistrate Robert J.
Gantt, charging Mrs. Reams and J.
Rodgers McCaslan, an insurance agent
with whom she is alleged to have elop|
ed, with adultery.
Dr. Reams was a pharmacist in
Spartanburg. He and his family lived
! in the same boarding house at which
McCaslan resided. Taking her little
son, Orlando, Mrs. .Reams went to
Hendersonville, X. C., in the summer
of 1911 for a visit. It has since been
learned that she took $4,000 in cash
with her. McCaSlan went to Hendersonville
at the same time. They vanished
but were traced to Ashville. The
trail was then lost until June, 1912,
when word was received that they
wer? at Xorcross, Ga. When efforls
were made, however, to apprehend the
couple, they again departed.
Dr. Reams was grief-stricken at the
loss of his son and has employed detectives
and adopted other means suggested
in an effort to recover the
child.
Mrs. Reams' family, who live in
Prosperity, S. C.. received letter frpm
her indirectly and no assistance couid j
be obtained from them. It was learned,
however, that Mrs. Reams was in
communication with somebody in Spar- j
tanburg (whose address has not been i
disclosed) and through this source,!
W. C. Cash, a Spartanburg policeman, I
i employed in the case by Dr. Reams,
'learned recently that Mrs. Reams was
; in San Francisco. She was arrested
i at the San Francisco postoffice as she
j was calling for her mail.
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Mrs. Reams has been calling herself
Mrs. Janie B. Rogers. In San
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I Francisco she was employed in a ae|
partment store and supporting her
son by her wages. She owns property
in Newberry county, however, valued
at $15,000. Mrs. Reams told the
San Francisco police that she left
home because of her husband's intolerable
cruelty. Spartanburg people
acquainted with Dr. and Mrs. Reams
assert her statement is incredible. The
police could find no prooof that she
came to San Francisco with any m^n
! and believed her story, a telegram
from there said.
Mr. Wvche said that if Mrs. Reams
McCaslan was in San Francisco, basing
his belief on the fact that she
calls hjrself "Mrs. Rogers," "Rogers"
being a part of M>Oaslan's name.
Mr. Wyclie said tha if M'-s> Ream?
procured her rebate through a wrir
of habeas corpus and c;id not. 'eav-.
San Francisco Dr. Roams would try
to recover the child through habeas
corpus proceedings. Orlando is six
years old.
T)r Reams has almost exhausted
h:s resources Tn The search for his
child. He is at present employed as
n drug clerk in Winston-Salem. X. 0.
Mr. Wyche telegraphed to him today
to come to Spartanburg, wii? a
view to going from lrr-> to ?ncisco
to Hand If in person the proceedings
against Mrs. Reams.
Mrs. Reams is 23 years old and v-rv
beautiful. Before h^r marriage, which
was at an unusually youthful age. she
was Miss Grace Harmon, of Prosper^
~ ri ? ? i? 97 voars nlr?
liy, S. L'. :vicv. asiciii, - ?
came to Spartanburg from Greenwood.
S. 0. Dr. Reams before coming to
Spartanburg, conducted a pharmacy
at Johnston. S. <*\ All three moved in
the bsst social circles in Spartanburg.
Attorney Wyche received a telegram
tonFFFIt from N. D. White, chief of police
at San Francisco, stating that
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PROSPERITY ITEMS.
Prosperity Citizens Buy Automobiles
And Motorcycles.?Personal and
Otherwise.
Special to Tke Herald and News.
Prosperity, April 18.?Mesdames A.
M. Counts and S. M. Mathis have gone
to Mountville to visit their father, Mr.
Wm. Werts who is very ill.
Dr. 0. B. Simpson spent Tuesday in
Char-in
Mr. A. L. Wheeler has returned from
a short stay in Columbia. Mrs.
.John Grant and little son, of
Andrews, are visiting at the home of
Mr. W. T. Gibson.
Mrs. A. Z. Counts, of Greenwood, is
iricilinrr Vior cictor \Ttc Tro flihcnn
> JOitlHJ, OlU X f AUI hj 11 Gfe VI1UWVM.
Mr. H. L. Slrealy has bougbt an automob
!e.
Mrs. G. Y. Hunter is spending a few
days in Columbia.
Mrs. J. A. Simpson has returned
from a visit to Newberry.
Mrs. 0. S. Miller spent Tuesday in
Columbia.
Ivfiss Tnez Wessinser has returned to
Peak after a visit to Miss Alda Ray
Wheeler.
Mrs. J. Sidney Wheeler had as her
guests Monday Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller
and Mrs. Oscar Mayer, of Jalapa,
and Miss Dolly Reagin, of Newberry. v
Mrs. H. P. Wicker has returned
- it
rrom me uuiumma uuopnai.
Mrs. J. A. Rowland and children
spent the week-end in Columbia.
Col. George Johnstone, of Newberry,
was In town Wednesday.
Mr. L. L. Shealy, rural carrier, made
his first rfpr Wednesday on his new
motorcycle.
Mrs. John Schumpert, of Mount
Pilgrim, is spending the week with
Mrs. B. B. Schumpert.
Mr. W. E. Moseley is in Columbia for
& few days.
Mr. .T. Willie Long, one of the leading
farmers of Xo. 9 township and Mr.
W. H. Caldwell, of the progressive insurance
firm of Brown and Caldwell,
have each purchased a Paige automobile
from Bedenbaugh garage.
Newberry college minstrel will be
given here Friday evening at 8.30. Half
the proceeds will go for the benefit of
the school piano. Admission 15 and
25 cents. . ,
RECALLED SXOW
OF YESTERYEAR
Anniversary of tfemo^ahv Fall of
1849?When Crops Were Wiped
Oet
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The State, 16th.
Reports of low temperature generally
over South Carolina, sleet in CoHi
o 1 nd snow in the Blue Ridge
m/Minfoino T" O Q11 orf tVlO fiipt that VPS'
UIUUUtaiMO I V4.V/
terday, April 15, was the 64th anni- \
versary of the phenomenal snowstorm
which occurred in 1849 and was general
along and north of the 33rd parallel.
The facts were recalled yesterday
by W. P. Houseal, the "Dutch Weather
Prophet."
"Everything was springlike," said
Mr. Houseal, "and the vegetation was
unusually far advanced that Sunday
in 1849 as people went to church.
Wheat pnd other grain crops were
nearly heading. The foliage of the
trees was full grown yet tender. When
r^rHi v-'s over the good people
were on their way home again snowbegan
to fall, and there followed the
biggest snow that the inhabitants had
ever seen in this section at this season
of the year. Nothing since has
compared to it.
"The destruction of the grain crop
wrs complete The sickle was not
used that year. Corn was the onl.vcereal
of which there was anything
like a harvest; and as in those days
March 10 was the time'to plant corn,
/.mn u-9 5 fllsn destroved. though
tU|?7 Vi vp ?? v%~ ,
it was planted again.
"Compensation was had only in the
fact that in those days the farmer did
not depend upon the crop of a single
vpp.p. His bins were filled from the
harvests of several preceding years."
Rogers McCaslan was supposed to be
in Southern California and an effort
was being made to locate him.
The Reams case was continued until
tomorrow the chief said, and expressed
the opinion that he would be able
to detain Mrs. Reams.
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