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DENVER MONKEY A HUGGER; Simian Causes Sensation When He j Boldly Embraces Young Woman Passing Along Street. Tbe lovable monkey is loose. When he swung from the low branches of a tree at Twelfth avenue and Detroit !| street and threw his arms about the I neck of a young woman pedestrian < there was a lot of commotion, says i the Denver Post. Aside from break- j ing the spooning laws, the monkey j shouldn't have chosen broad daylight, j A . scream from the young woman , brought residents to their doors. They saw her running in one direction and the monkey in another. It was difli- j , cult for them to ascertain which was j the more frightened?the young worn- j an or the lovable monkey. Patrolmen from the Capitol Hill station have been pursuing the lovable monk all over the Montclair district. 4-Kx-v wAnl'ATT rtorviA frnm ia Q I II11C1C uic luvuacj v.aiuc n viu A U v question. The zoo keeper at City park I says all his monkeys are "just where , they should be"; that none of them | would be ungentlemanly enough to leave home and try to hug pedes- * trians. I Residents of the Montclair district have joined in the hunt. A tree-to- , tree search is being made by the posse, including an examination of the nurs- J <ery at Eighth avenue and Clayton street, where the affectionate simian ' was last sighted. The monkey sought ' temporary haven on the front porch *\t a a Clasnn's home, at 945 Detroit \ street, but when an attempt was made j to capture him he curled up his tail find departed suddenly. In addition to the frightened woman pedestrian, the monkey was seen hug- j' fring several trees. Jnsc now he is> hugging some secluded spot Residents liope he is apprehended, as they do not want to be monkeyed with any more. ] / 1 Call British Tanks "Willies." During the summer of 1916 an en- 3 emy agent, trying to tap the wires in England might have been mystified 3 to pick up such messages as: "Twelve : 4 Willies reach you today," or "Send tails for six females," writes Col. E. Di Swinton in the World's Work, j "Willie," a pet cognomen adopted as 1 suitable for the telephone and obviat- 1 ing the use of a code for telegrams, i was suggested by the fact that the first experimental "Landship" com- < .. pleted, though equally malevolent, was smaller and less powerful for evil than its Immediate successor, eventually the type adopted. When the two creatures were togther they gave the ludl- j fmna imnression of being child and j parent of a monstrous and evil brood. , Hence, naturally, "Little Willie" and -Big Willie." The "Big Willies" were also somewhat unbiologically classified as males and females, according to their armament Incidentally, to help to conceal the destination of the tanks at the stage when any illusion as * to their purpose was precluded, ! they were painted with the inscription, j "With Care. To Petrograd," in large ; j Russian characters. |' i' England's Need. I. Howard E. Coffin, who is standard-' ( J zing the American airplane, said to a I correspondent: j "Standardization is the modern effl-1 ciency method. The Germans have , standardized their submarine. England is a great country, a brave country, an , unconquerable country, but England i needs standardization. "When an Englishman wants to say that a check is 'for deposit only* he I -doesn't write that on it. No, that isn't | . ?*? " U-.1. Ua TCT?)foo PA' xne j&i^hsu ?uj. jlj-c ninw , , "A Cambridge professor once ex- j plained to me some of the terms used | , at the great English university. "He said full term' means three- . quarters of a term. 'May week' is the first two weeks in June. 'General ad- . mission day' is the day everybody ; leaves. An 'ordinary degree' is one ' obtained by a special examination, and an 'arts inspector' is an arts students." Long Flights of Birds. A thrush was caught at Southport recently with a ring on its leg marked, ; *4T--e Ti'ifiiar.Kv TTirrh Holhorn. 11L.U1UI fix luti uj. London." Mr. H. E. Witherby, who ;; is the editor of British Birds, has, since 1910, had 75,000 birds so marked in the hope of learning something about their travels. A swallow ringed j in Lancashire was found seven months i [ later at Grahamstown, South Africa, I 6,000 miles away. A "lesser black* j 1 backed gull," ringed at the Fame;! Islands, off Northumberland, was : found eight months later at St Louis, j * -? A 1 Senegal, and a blacKDira, rmgeu uc London, was found in Moscow a few ! weeks afterwards. It would seem that 1 birds are greater travelers than most. 1 of us Imagine.?Exchange. What Women Did in Civil War. Women all over the United States formed societies and made bandages 1 x and comforts of various kinds for the ] fsoldiers, but their work, too, lacked 1 the direction and uniformity which are 1 necessary for prompt and effective as- j sistance. In the Civil war, country 1 women were especially generous in ' contributing time and labor to the 1 cause of helping the sick and wounded. i " ' x ? *" ??An nnf 1 in many msiaiiuea mc u?;u nv?v given enough green food, and farmers i contributed potatoes and fresh vege- 1 tables in large quantities, which fre- i quently saved a camp from scurvy and i other diseases.?Farm and Fireside. j< History Repeats. : ' "The penalties for poaching used to fce very severe." f 1 "Yes. And we're drifting around to J those times again. As values are going j 1 I shouldn't be surprised to see stealing j' & watermelon or a chicken classed as j ' grand larceny." ' - BRITISH VESSELS W0RKF0R/1LLIES Merchant Marine Is First Line of j Naval Defense in This War ARE FEEDING MANY LANDS English Freighters Fight U-Boats While Neutral Craft Ply to Safe Zones?Half Tonnage Working for France Sent by England. London.?An analysis of the present status of Great Britain's merchant Beet as affected by the war will indicate more clearly than any statement heretofore issued the extent to which the merchant marine has been absorbed into national service under the immediate control of the government. There is no more emphatic proof of the measure in whirh Rn^land has placed her resources at the disposal of the war cause than this analysis of the merchant fleet's disposition. British ships are working for France, for Italy, i for the unfortunate neutral states that would be threatened with starvation if the allies did not help to keep them alive. Troops, munitions, equipment, food supplies have been brought from all quarters of the world in British ships, not exclusively for British consumption, but for all of Britain's allies and for neutrals. Without the British merchant marine the world's international commerce would be almost at a standstill. A famous authority on shipping and naval affairs recently pointed out that the merchant marine has become the first line of naval defense in this war; and it is literally true. A majority of merchant ships are now armed, and j therefore take the same chances as ? ? ** fFl? AM Kw A ! w&rsuiys. mcj arc aiia^ncu uj enemy on sight and they fight the enemy on sight Keep Out of Danger. Nentral vessels have sought the less dangerous zones of operation and ply j their trade in waters far from the Ger- j man submarine bases, where they may ! reasonably be certain to remain un- j molested. To the British merchant fleet is left the uncomfortable duty of serv Ing in those waters where submarines: are thickest, where^ mines are strewn, where the Germans show the least con-: cern for humanity, where every hour ; and every mile represents the serious j chance of death and destruction. The French ministry of mercantile marine has issued a statement which sets forth the condition of the French merchant fleet It is stated that the French merchant marine amounts to $4,167,000 tons, of which 2,100,000 tons has been loaned to France by Great Britain. Thus It appears that half the tonnage working for France is furnisn ed by Great Britain. This is particularly interesting in view of the wellknown fact that French shipping has been dealt with rather tenderly by the German submarines. The greatest of French shipping corporations has been particularly fortunate in this regard, and a curious explanation of the fact is current in both France and England. It is that this corporation represents a large investme S one of the most powerful and lential religious orders of the Ro Catholic, and that the Germans have made it a policy not unnecessarily to give offense in this quarter. Secondly, it is a matter of frequent note that certain French ships are always permitted to escape, while other vessels In the same waters are invariably attacked. Almost Cut Off. France is now almost as completely cut off from the privilege of commerce with her neighbors by land as is Great Britain. To put it in the reverse, she Is almost as dependable on shipping as Fncrland. Before the war. accord tng to the French ministry of marine. Prance imported by land 18,000,000 tons annually, while last'year her Imports by land amounted to only 1,000,000. Inasmuch as the total of Imports in 1916 was 44,000,000 tons, the proportion received by land is very small indeed. Inasmuch as France Is at present much less capable of living within itself than is England, by reason of the necessity particularly to imnort metals and coal, it may fairly be said that France Is even more dependent upon maintaining her touch with the sea than is England. The French government is co-operating with England In every possible way to increase the production of new tonnage; but France's contribution must necessarily be small compared to those of England and the United States. The French minister of marine said that Great Britain would shortly have to recall a part of the 700 vessels which she had lent to France. British needs are Increasing rapidly, and no vessel will be recalled from the -service of an ally unless it is agreed be tween the two -countries that It Is more necessary to England than to the ally. The British nation before the war was importing 58,000,000 tons of goods a year, which fell to 43,000.000 tons in 1916 and will he considerably further reduced this yenr. Before the war foodstuffs represented less than 25 per cent of the imports; in 1016 two-thirds [)f al1 imports consisted of foodstuffs, munitions of war and the manufacture war supplies. / / ? . S \ ? ? " CJP'V 8 w 3? a R ft f* : ? ' : "UiWfthTtN Law SAVES ENGLISHMAN Army Officer Is Acquitted on Murder Charge. ????? i TfijAI USTS BUT FEW HOURS * i Case Is Unprecedented in the History of English Jurisprudence ? Dead Man Believed to Have Been German Spy?Officer Is Free in Less Than Month. i A remarkable case Is that of Lieut. Douglas Malcolm, Royal artillery, attached to the headquarters staff of the British army in France, who, at Old Bailey, London, after a trial of a few hours, was acquitted of the murder of Anton Baumberg, alias "Count de Borch," believed to be a German agent, but mentioned in the London press merely as a "slacker." ' Before the coroner's jury which gave the verdict of "justifiable homicide," the police court justice who held him for trial, and the jury at Old Bailey which set him free, Malcolm repeatedly declared that he had killed the count to save his honor. The London press emphasizes the fact that the case is the first in the history of English jurisprudence where the "unwritten law" has prevailed *as a defense at a murder trial. Yet, the defense made no attempt to introduce that plea and the prosecution repeatedly declared that it could not be admitted. The prosecution, however, did a remarkable thing. Its attorney at the examination said: "All homicide is prima facie mur-' der. This case contains every element of willful murder. . . . But in this case it will be admitted by the prosecution, and contended by the defense, that if ever there (fid exist, or could exist, a motive which would bfe adequate for murder, that motive existed with the prisoner in this case." Decided in Record Time. There were other curious phases ?. The whole procedure occupied less' time than was ever known before in a British murder case? in less than a month from the day Baumberg was shot?the perpetrator was a free man.1 There were stories of challenges to duels sent and ignored and revelations secretly made by Scotland Yard to the defendant in regard to the mysterious "count" which did not figure as evidence at either examination or trial. At the inquest held by Mr. Byrne, deputy corone* for Paddington, it was ahown that "Count de Borch," age thirty-two, ^as found in his bed, in a boarding house at 3 Portchester place, Hyde Park, with fatal shot wounds in his head and chest and that Lieu tenant Malcolm was present. Detective Sergt. JHfried Davies stated that Lieutenant Malcolm, while waiting to go before the magistrate, said: "It is all over now. I went to give him a good thrashing with the whip. I gave him one before; he is such a coward. I have done all I can to get him away from my wife, and her from him. He is a white slave trafficker, and a spy. Scotland Yard knows all about him. I have called there. You can imagine how I felt when I saw the coward who has been trying to J. rrr\ onror vci+h him flfld gtfl llijf WXXC LV/ feU anuj iitw ?" ") iae out in France helpless to defend her honor. Can you wonder at what I did on tiie impulse of the moment when I saw the cur before me who was luring my wife to dishonor?" The witness, continuing, said that Baumberg was a powerfully built man of 5 feet HV2 inches, but was not in good condition, being "flabby" in appearance. "I Have Shot a Man." Police Constable Stephens of Scotland Yard stated that Lieutenant Malcolm said to him: "I want you to come to 3 Portchester place. I have shot a man." The witness accompanied the lieutenant to that address, onfhoro cow thp hnriv of a man lyins on the bed bleeding from the head and chest, with the mouth wide open. The bedclothes were all disarranged. Lieutenant Malcolm said to him: "I suppose you had better have the revolver j that I shot him with." Detective Sergeant McHattie, who made a sea*h of Baumberg's room, stated that he found a loaded pistol In one of the drawers, correspondence, mostly from women, and three letters J -C- 1 c T aaaressea 10 .Duuiuuerg num wcmcuant Malcolm. He also found several letters from Mrs. Malcolm to Baumberg. Mrs. Malcolm had acknowledged that she had written them. At the police station the witness charged Lieutenant Malcolm with the murder of Anton Baumberg, and he replied, "Very well; I did it for my honor." Lieutenant Malcolm wrote to Bauinberg as follows: "If I ever hear of your trying to see ( or even talK to my wife again, whereaver 1 am I wKl get leave and hunt you out and give you such a thrashing i-Hof Dvon mnr mvn mother would not know yon, and I will thrash you until I have maimed you for life. This I swear before God, in whom I believe, and he is my witness." Writes to His Wife. Ol the day on which Baumberg was Shot Lieutenant Malcolm wrote to his wife: "My Very Own Darling Dorothy: Dear God. It Is time?everything points to it that this creature is the ciost unutterable blackgward ever horn, t ^nudder to think that he ever dared to speak to yotk I simply can't <tand it any longer. I am going to j thrash iiiii! umii he is unrecognizable i I may shout hini if I think lie lias got, a gun. I expect lie has, as he is too j much of a cmvard to stand a thrashing. J If the inevitable has to happen, of J course I may get it in the neck. You I see I am quite cool. If that happens, | oh, believe me, my own little darling, j ] my beloved soul whom 1 love so absolutely, beiieve me, it is only for you. | I love you more than any man has j ever loved a woman before. You are | a brave woman, noble, honorable, and j upright, with a beautiful soul. I be-1 lieve in God. I said yesterday that 11 did not, but J do, I do. I thank God ^ from the bottom of my heart that he has sent me over in time to save you from this devil incarnate. Your honor is saved, thank God. Oh, thank God. "Good-by, which means God be with you. I love you. I shall go on loving you for eternity, for ever and ever. I know I shall meet you in the next world if the worst happens, when you j will come to me with open arms, and with those beautiful eyes shining, and say to me, 'Duggy, I forgive.' "Yours for ever and ever, oh, so lov mgiy, your own jjuggy." Disregard Judge's Charge. After the coroner's jury had brought in the verdict: "Justifiable homicide in self-defense," Lieutenant Malcolm was instantly arrested and arraigned at Marylebone police court. Then came the trial by jury at Old Bailey before Justice McCarthy. In opening for the defense Attorney Simon declared: "We do not appeal to the 'unwritten law,' but only to justice. Lientenant Malcolm acted the only course open to him to save not only his wife's . honor but her body and soul from destruction at the hands of i infamous scoundrel." 1 Justice McCarthy in summing up vigorously attacked the "unwritten law." "The unwritten law," his honor der clared, "opposes the elementary principles of British justice that the hus- 1 band has no legal property in his wife's a body; that she is mistress of her own destiny and if she cnooses to give herself to another the husband is not en- a titled to Dunish the other man." d In spite of this summing up the jury v ordered the defendant acquitted. _ a F ????>??^^ t | CANADA GREETS HER >! * GREATEST AVIATOR | [ Major William Avery Bishop, V. C., D. S. 0., M. Q., recently returned to his home in Owen Sound, Ont. He was given a warm reception in all the cities through which he passed. The premier British aviator was recently appointed instructor of aerial gunnery. He will be raarried before he returns to the front He is shown in the picture with . his fiancee. $2,500 LEFT A WOMAN She Saved Life of New York Man a Long Time Ago. Because she was the means of saving his life when a canoe overturned L six years ago, Lloyd F. Vosburgh, whose will was made public at Green boro, N, Y., recently. left to Mrs. William Loftus a $2,500 legacy. Mrs. Loftus, who was Mis3 Miriam Booth of Stony Point, lives in Lakevine. At Lake Ontario, in 1911, she cqtxr Vnchnr^h fall out of a canoe. Swimming to his aid, she .'kept him | afloat and landed him safely ashore. f His will, filed with Surrogate Hathaway at Greenboro, shuts his two sonk* b, off with $5 each and leaves the balance of the estate, $35,000, divided equally between twa 'tii'eces. Mrs. Loftis had not heard from Vosfrurgh ? since a week after the accident , ' MAKES FAMILY RICH Good Luck in Everytmng increases Wealth of the Perrys. It now looks as if the Perry family is destined to become rich through good luck. Some weeks ago J. S. Perry of Chicago, owner of valuable property in Louisiana, made a profit of $17,000 on 102 acres of Irish potatoes. A story now comes from Chicago that his brother has just been forced to acquire wealth to the amount of $5,000,000 as the direct result of owning land in Texas. Jti. Jferry several jfeaio agu compelled to take over some land in the Lone Star state to satisfy a debt >f $200. Reluctantly he consented to ake 11)* rract of 1,280 acres. Recenty he was informed that a quicksilver line was found on his land. FOUR WEEKS I IN HOSPITAL No Relief?Mrs. Brown FinilUr P Kw f n> P vtuvu uj &jj u:u j_ji Pinkkam's Vegetable Compound. Cleveland, Ohio.?"For years I suffered so sometimes it seemed as though Illlllllllllll ill* cou^ not 8tan(^ it any longer. It M was all in my lower Hi or^ans* At times I hardly walk, f Hf for if I stepped on a wt?M kittle stone I would almost faint. One ji JgH|H|lJi day I did faint and my husband was sent for and the doc- j .AHB tor came. I was taiSHHHl ken to the hospital md stayed four weeks but when I came Kime I would faint just the same and lad the same pains. A friend who is a nurse asked me to xy Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comxrani I began taking it that very day ? ? T4* tins .Or i was suueimg a gicoi, ucw. j.w uoo ilready done me more good than the lospitaL To anyone who is suffering is I was my advice is to stop in the first Irug-store and get a bottle of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound before fou go home." ? Mrs. W. C. Brown, 5844- W. 12th St, Cleveland, Ohio. [TO STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA BOUNTY OF NEWBERRY ? i By W. E. Ewart Probate Judge; Whereas, Alan <Spann made suit to tie to grant .irm tetters of admininration of the Estate and effects of .net offects of Calvin Spann. These are, therefore, to cite and .dmonish all and singular the Kinlered and Creditors of the said Calin Spann deceosed, that they be and .ppear before me, in the Court of 5robate, to be held at Newberry on he 14th day of November next, after lublication her of, at 11 o'clock in he forenoon, to show cause, if they tave, why the said Administration rould not be granted. Gven under my hand this 31st dayj f October ^.nno Domini 1917. W. P. EJwart, P. J. N. JC. ' Soldiers / A Bible., Steel Mirror Soldiers Kit Folder ifor your Fath< or Sweetheart's Ph Tooth Brush Tooth Paste Brush and Comb Wrist Watch, ,!?Bo Fountain Pen, Cuff L Knives and many oth p l ^ V/U111C CLUU 9CC lUjr for the War. Mayes' B< The House of a 1 i" i An Ambition an * /1 '* * J j T'HE needs cliicSortkarck ^ K ' of the Soothera Raitw^* W f r the npbaildinf of tbc ocber. j| yf ' The Soothera Railway nakt no tut '* I 1 *rmrdal to OtbCJS. l( v The ambition oi. tbe Southern Rafli y } tnhy of interest that Is born of co-open r t tbe rail reads; to see .perfected that fair aa ) rnent of railroads 'rhich inrhe the I afendes; to realize that liberaflty of tn \y > to obtain the additional capital needed foi J enlareed facilities iiddent to tbe dexsa 1 semce; and. finally? / To take its niche In tbe body polk i other treat industries. with no mors, bt ) nrhes and equal opporrankiaw ^ 1 * Soutiieni Serr f Southern Kai M'kCML NOTICE?* Vi?i? i 11 n sim dogs re rirst claid pointer dcg i H. Cr c?er, < C !i:. 1, Box 15. 11-2-1 tf. .'1ST RECEIVED one more car those fine apples oats ^ ill save you money. l!:e Purcell Oo. 11 - J tf. FOUJiD?On 'Caldwell Street, roll of greenback money. Owner can get the same by applying and stating how much he lost, paying for thia notice and also a liberal reward. Elishe Denni3. 11-2-lt. WE HAVE one thousand bbl. best flour?will save you money. Tne rurcen <jo. 11-2-tf. NOTICE?The Newberry Co-operativ^ Cannery is now prepared to pay the highest market price for all farm produce, such as all graiss, potatoes, chickens, eggs, etc. 11-2-tf. TRESPASS NOTICE?All persons are hereby warned not to trespass upo* the lands of the undersigned m. Xos. 2 and 11 townships by hunting or in any other manner, W. H. Folk, Mrs. Elliat iC. Croraer, A. G. Crooks. 10-30-41. V: TflXTEB BARLEY?Seed Ry. North Carolina Potatoes. Get them at Johnson-McCrackin Co. 10-2-tf. * OET OUR PRICE on the best wagoa ever offered for sale in -Newberry. The i nrcell Co 21-2-tf to- attO Dotforn anr* TI.KJ j. avvviu, ?? Dixie Boys, also points of all sizes. See Johnson-McCracfcin Co. 10-2-tt. Most heaters waste half your fuel. 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