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***************************f ^ ^ V ^tMM************^**4****** *. I Eggs 30c per Dozen J 7|f 1*1* JHfl 1 r||| "Jrtl>1*M I w ICotton T(H,ay 14"S?f 5 ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER. 1, 1910. VOL 16. NO. 42. ?? RIDDLED WITH BULLETS I ? ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL ASSAULT AND S THEN SEVERED VICTIM'S HEAD. > CONFESSES CRIME AND DIES I L Daughter of Prominent Little Mountani Fanner is Munlcird by Luke Clarke, Trust<nl Farm Hand, and is Himself Killed by Mob. Little Mountain, S. C., Nov. 27.?- a For attempted criminal assault up- 8 on the 14-year-old daughter of a , prominent Little Mountain farmer t and her subsequent murder in a most brutal manner to cover his !, first crime, Luke Clarke, a negro, i u war riddled with bullets by a mob 7 of cnrRH'H citizens Saturrtnv niehl Clarke was an employee on the. j" place and Friday when he was sent to the house for some water he n enticed the girl away from the , u house, assaulted her and then j, severed her head from her body ! j, in an effort to hide his crime, i j; Blood hounds wrere put upon the g trail of the murderer and the trail u led to where Clarke was working in jj the field. He was taken into custo- ti dv and later confessed the crime, i i The following account of the bru- n tal crime and the subsequent lynch- y ing is taken from the News and a Courier: i n Lexington, Nov. 26.?Special: d Following a lynching party in South tl Carolina is not much fun, especial- s] ly to a person who never goes tj armed. To be among a thousand fl or more men, all of them arm- sj ed to the teeth, with every conceivable kind of a weapon from an j air rifle to a Gatling gun, all of / them strangers and swearing ven-; gence upon the first person who j, dared to "give them away," is enough to make the hair rise on one's head. When the News and Courier cor- j respondent reached the scene of the V crime last night, after having trav- ; V eled thirty miles in automobile, i o over the red hills of the Dutch j fi Fork, he found fully one thousand ti armed men on the grounds. They i a came in automobiles, in buggies, in ;w wagons on horse-back, on mule-! f' back and many on foot. One man is C known to have come all the way j fl from Laurens, so anxious was he to ! n ~r get to the party. It was an "order- j ri ly" crowd, (for all lyncbings are d orderly) yet the men that composed ci the "mob" wore the look of deter- 1 mlnation on their faces. Occasion- fi ally one would see little groups g standing around quietly talking fi over the terrible crime in the n midst of tall pines and stately oaks. 1 a A few yards away stood the home a of the girl's father, which the night ii before was an abode of peace and n happiness. In a little room lying on a a cot was the lifeless body of the I pretty little Miss, a young school' girl of fourteen summers and the ~ pride of the family. In that room i stood men and women with tears p In their eyes, while in the opposite j i room, just across the hallway was a the weeping father and mother and ^ sisters and brothers of the deceased. Such a scene was enough to make rt!?jr Ulilll O UIUUU uuu <111(1 UJC ? men on the outside were bent and j, determined to mete out justice by e taking the law in their own hands q to the perpetrator of the awful ti crime. b Held Negro for Several Hours. w Although the crime was committed ' w between 4 and 5 o'clock, and not- v withstanding the fact that the guilty B man had been in possession of mem- jj bers of the party since a short j. while after the commision of the , 8. crime, the lynching did not take u place until about 10:30 o'clock. This (j was doubtless due to the fact that those who composed the mob did not want to lynch an innocent man, 1 a Mk and thev worn waitinp fnr tl\o m>. . <{ ? *" --o *" * v*"v cl gro to confess. This he subsequent- ' c] ly did, and the lynching followed ' a immediately thereafter, or just as, Bi soon as the party could get to- tl gether. It is stated that fully 500 g people were present when the first shcts were fired. k The south side of (<ittle Mountain, famous for its annual reunions c'j and picnics, is an oats patch, was ^ chosen as a spot upon which the C) murderer and would-be rapist , a should be put to death. With a I i4 lantern burning brightly around his;t.( waist and pleading for his life, it is ^ said he was shot to death. As vol- i CJ ley after volley went into the life- ^ less body, shouts would go up from ti the crowd. This was kept up for | q several hours, and it is estimated cj that no less than a thousand shots > ei were fired. As each man would strike a match to take a look at j the mutilated body as it lay on the : ground, he would empty a charge into the murder's form. ! f, Had Nursed Girl. t< The crime for which "Flute" fj Clarke met his death at the hands t( of the mob was one of the most j t< horrible ever committed in the an- 4 uais 01 crime leaving niK worn in 9 the field presumably to go to the s? house for a bucket of water, Clarke t( . went to the home and, finding the it innocent little child by herself, ask- o: ed her to bring him some potatoes. n, Thinking nothing of the danger o *. perhaps, for "Flute" Clarke had e m,' nursed her in her infant days, she c< at once carried him the potatoes, n They were found at the well by the tl girl's parents, which corroborates g the story told by the negro in his C] confession. Upon reaching the well g, thog'rl grabbed by the brute h can get Vor a distance of thir<?. -ejjy writing m*he cellar door in the tl % **se, where, failing in w 9 "2 tf ^rpose and for fear lx '1 - lateTwafftii 1 <p AAY HAVE CITY HOSPITAL 3 INSCRIPTIONS BEING RAISED FOR ES- SLA! TABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTION IAGKED ByllJSINESS MEN PRI real Need of I.oral Infirmary.,. < lai Prompts Physicians ami others ^ to liaise Subscriptions limits Erection. Dillon's <1 team <?f a local infirniry may soon he realized. She I*' criptions are being secured to a I'lni und to establish sucli an institu- Wil ion in Dillon and it is very prob- *tr Me that a sufficient sum to equip Diil modern hospital will be raised and mong the business men of Dillon. W. 'be petition was started last week poll nd the first day quite a large on umber of subscriptions were se- the ured. Mr. J. W. Dillon is very 2 it iuch interested in the establishtent of such an institution and V'51 romptly subscribed $500 when the one etition was presented to uim. it j enet > probable that Mr. Dillon will j ehni reatly increase his subscription, reti: nd it is not improbable that the l?ac] istitution will in the very near fu- bills ure secure an endowment. That i C illon needs such an institution is ' fent ot. doubted. For a number of witr ears there has been talk of such the n institution, but the project did ot take tangible shape until a few " ays ago when the circulation of and lie petition was started. l^ack of tion pace prevents us from explaining notl tie details in this issue, but The wlie lerald will have something more to had ny on the matter in a few weeks, and witl *** ~ * ed t FIRST WOMAN TO FLY. ,H' - fhui a Southern States,?Mi-s Willnrd ,1uri Sullivan (iocs Up With Fly at I ' ( Ilirniinghuni. ( ,J Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 23.?Mrs. keci Mllard Sullivan, daughter of Dr. the E. Evans, rector of the Church hou ? the Advent of this city, was the : the irst woman in the South to take a " rip in an aeroplane. She went up \vr; L the fair grounds this afternoon rith Ely in a remarkably success- the . I #U ?V. A - lii 1115111. riiy ana ward of the Jam urtiss team have been making him lights here in connection with Bir- koe] lingham's census jubilee and ar- j.nyt ungements were perfected several ays ago for Mrs. Sullivan to ac- cros ompany one of these men. whii Ely also received to-day a letter as t rom the secretary of the navy, con- erin ratulating him 011 his recent flight M com the deck of the cruiser Bir- goir lingham and asking him if he will on ttempt a flight from the deck of for warship and then return, land- folh ug again on the deck. Ely au- put ounced that he will make this trial unit nd that it will be made at San ind >iego in about two months. ing into 1 lam bat the child would tell, Clarke co.u' ulled out his pocket knife and cut v ul1 he child's throat from ear to ear, lmost servering the head from the ody. root Unturned to His Work Leaving his victim the negro re- UI!" urned to the field, and resumed is work, thinking 110 one would ver suspect him of the crime. ; 'larke didno t wt ih? ?'ninr Mo\ he yard, however. hut out of a ",rt ranch instead, told those who were tliet forking with him that the water ''1111 fas muddy. The clothes that Clarke tlle ore showed no signs of blood- r|*ni tains, and there was nothing to ,lir<1 idicate that he was the guilty man. alld le admitted in his confession, it is "un aid, that he had his sleeves rolled s^>n p and others who saw him declare ovei liat he did. Negro Assisted Physicians. ft84 The uegro returned to the house " * nd was as anxious, apparently, nyone in the community toaffit lue as to the perpetrator ,of the ' fc;\ln wful deed. He assisted the yhy-!*1" Ician who dressed the wqpnd.B of 1 no dead girl and his 11 ervff pever live way. Ab soon as the crime became nm* nowu the bloodhounds of th? coun- s . f chain gang was summoned. in w harge w^Cant. P. J. Mack nt? w:,s i other,"me dogs were hfarricdly ' arried to the Bcene. Upo^i,arrival L the spot where the g^rls body . ly, the faithful old -dori at once ? >ok up the trail, the t^o younger T ogs joining in hb the trail was Imp ai ried from the hoijpe. w Across the iiir< oods and through ,the, fields the a c rail was carried to wh'.ere "Flute" oak larke was working, an^J here they trie ime to a halt. The ne^ro was tak- esEf a in charge by a ? */ Pe rsons and Wo pirlted off In the wotoasT and Two Sheriffs Nctlr Scene. ami At first, it is said, tihat he bitter- Anj r denied his guilt, bjut later con- of seed to having kille.d the girl af- p.et< ?i having failed to commit his 1 endish purpose, any upon being Mis >ld by the girl tbut she was going Col > tell her father. ')The confession Apt id not come, however, until about be o'clock and one ol" the party was 2 sut back to where the crowd was of < ) break the news. This was done mat i such a manner as to keep the be ffloPro frnm flnHltt * * ?.viu 4iuuiMig out wnere tne J ugro was, for She xiff p. h. Corley,: the deputy Sheriff Miller and M. M. for uford, the sheriff of Newberry gl&i >unty, any one w?f whom would er ave protect^ tl.ie uegro once in or lelr pohAKaB|W were on the sue rounds. j^HHE-wcers were misled j tioi a every h^^H m neither of them ma ot a glin^HEKjl Clarke. About sue ulf past flUlick the shooting par tgan an<^^^HHiieved the situaon. as ita^^HuA.he news to those ho had flRAi time been kept! i the da^^^HH TO DIE ON GALLOWS (ERS OF ELIHO MOVE TO PAY DEATH PENALTY OECEMBER 16. INCIPAL CONFESSES CRIME rciici' Hum, Alex Wrltloii ami iVilliam llurroltjjlis to I'aj Ili IVnalty for Itrulal Munlcr of PrniiiiiH'nt Kninicr. 'loreiice. Nov. JS Special rente Ham, Alex Weldon and liani Burroughs, three negroes, e convicted of murdering Mr. iu M. Hove 011 October *JN last, were sentenced by Judge (?eo? ,! Brown, the special Judge aplted to hold this court, to hang Friday, December 16, between hours of 10.in the forenoon and 1 the afternoon. he bill against Alex Weldon and ' 1 liam Burroughs was made under indictment, and that of t'lar? Mam under another, each rging murder. Vhe grand jury 1 red and fifty minutes later*filed ' k into the court room, with true ' ? under two indictments, larence Ham, one of the de- . lants. hut who was used as a less, took the stand and told': story as follows: Ham's Story of Killing. The plan to murder Mr. Move '' rob him was under considers-1, for more than a week, buti J ling was done until Friday, n it was known that Mr. Moye come to Florence to sell hogs get money to pay off his hands , i. That night when we gather-,! ,o murder him it was found that;' had gone to Timmonsville to|( roh, but wt> knew he would rei with Mr. Howard Cole about j'elock, and then it was that the iils were arranged for. The plan was that 1 should j j watch in the road, and when! team crossed the bride near the se of Mr. Moye, I was to give alarm by whistling. In the party were Alex Weldon. liani Burroughs and myself. When Mr. Moye was to enter, house Weldon. Burroughs, es and Senion were to knock down and rob him, and I was to [) watch and give the alarm if one tried to pass. i When Mr. Moye and Mr. Cole sed the bridge 1 whistled, 1 stled but they did not hear me, hey were in Moye's house plundg in the dark. Ir. Cole drove on down the road, ig home, and Mr. Moye started towards the house, but stopped a moment, then went on in. I owed easily and heard Mr. Moye his key in the front door and )ck it. H e then struck a match went on in the passage, lioldtlie match up in front of him, his bedroom and lighted the p. I was standing outside and Id see him through the glass dow." The Fatal Shot. Weldon went, in the dining n, and Burroughs went into the et. I did not know where James Senion were when he was mur?d, but they were round behind ! house or in the house ? After lighting the lamp Mr. ' e took off his overcoat and 1 w it on the foot of the bed; he ( 1 took off his coat and vest and ' g them up, but lay his watch on bureau. He was in the act of ' oving his tie when Weldon 1 w open the dining room door ( fired one shot from Mr. Move's ' wh ich struck Mr. Moye in the ! ??<*' Mr. Moye threw his hands 1 f I". bowels and started to run j o'lihe house when Weldon fired iccnd load at him, but never hit 1 i After getting out on the piazza, ' Moye fell dead and Weldon : e on out and stepped over him ' i one foot on either side of his y, but only found about $2." ' Shot Prostrate Form. Weldon then said that he would ce sure of his being dead and L liirn twice more from the gun ' le lying on the floor; one load ' finwl inln klu uhonM... .. .. .1 .1... 1 ?r Into his nock." the Teachers of DiMmi County. ' ( lie I). B. Johnson Rural School rovement Association of Win- . >p College offers a large picture, ( opy of the masters' framed in to any pupil from the rural dists of this State writing the best ty on "The Five Pictures I ; i uld Choose for a School Room !, Why." This essay will be ex- ( ned for originality and research, r country boy between the ages fourteen and twenty may coin-' i 5 under the following rules: All papers must be sent to s Johnny May Lynch, Winthrop lege. Rock Hill, S. C., before | 11 15th, 1911. The decision will made by May 15th, 1911. Pupils may avail themselves | every aid in obtaining subject Iter, but the composition should : their own I. The picture will be won for school of the competitor, not i the individual. We will be j d to correspond with any teachor pupil concerning thiB offer concerning any other problem , h as those relating to the selec- | i and buying of pictures, books, | teria-ls, etc. for the school. All h requests should be accomiled by a stamped envelope. Johnnie May Lynch, President. Franke I^esesne, Secretary. HELD FOR ABDUCTION STRANGE TRIO ARRIVES IN DILLON FROM NORTH CRAOLINA MAN WANTED A CHILD WIFE Voting Men Ahdiiet l;5-Vt'aM)lil Child Who is Kosciu'tl l?> .ludtt*' McHac mid Returned to l':iivn(s in North < nri?liiin. For many years Dillon litis been the refuge of elopiie* couples from North Ctirolinti am! local officials have had many queer experiences with cupid-smittcn youths and maidens who were seeking a haven of happiness in South Carolina's lax marriage laws, but the most singular experience of them all came to Judge McRae when he was called upon the other day to marry a man of 22 years to a girl of 1". Accompanying the couple was another man dged about 2 2. Up at !.acoma. a small town in North Carolina, the two men the night before had abducted 13-year-old Nettie Sullivan, and they came to Dillon for the purpose of marrying her to Jonollian Lucas, the elder of the men. The name of the man accompanying the would-be child wife and her intended husband was Sidney Llass. The child was clad in short dresses and when they applied to Judge McRae to make them man and wife the Judge sent the girl to a local hotel and had the two men locked up in jail. Communication was established with the girl's lather and h.c requested Judge McRae to send her back home on the next train. Sext morning the child said she Sid not know what induced her to run away, but that she was mighty tlu.nkful to Judge McRae for res ruing her from the clutches of the men. Bass and Lucas were later released and the last seen of them they were counting cross ties in the iirection of North Carolina. A Hit of Marlon History. Mullins Enterprise. Mr. Editor: 1 am a great lover of history, and love to visit historl:al places. It is strange, but It has i fascination for us, creates au interest. in our heart we feel like trying to know more and get all the information we can that will enable us to hand down to future generaions the history of our past lives iud country. Do we know of any places in Marion county? Why, yes. We have i number of them. We have Gen. Marion's breast ivorks at Dunham's Bluff, on the [Jig Pee Dee river. Tha battle ground at Blue Savannah, near trial's X Roads. The scene of a ong s. ii gj.lt in Waiiee township, ind a numliiM 01 otl.tr points in jui county are plao s of interest. I tvisli 1 could give an account of all these places and the history connected with them, but space does lot allow at ibis time. Do the Mullins people know that ilugins' Landing holds an interestng spot? Well, you all know how ive all iik* to go to picnics on tho river, and especially at Huggins', iiiti now i.v water seems to lasclnitc us, druw'.iig us to its edge, aud :hen tl??> Li.ah hanks and large .ree sappenl t.<? our desire for luictness and rest of mind aud jody. Hoggins' Landing seems to hold J.e secret that draws our people here In the summer time. If the ild hill and tall trees could talk, .hey would tell us many interesting stories of the happenings there that would add much to history. In visiting Hugins' Landing did n>a ever see John Brown's cave? If you have not when you gc there igain, go up the bank two or three Hundred yards from the landing md you will se a large opening in the earth near the water edge. Mr. Joilll H. Llillard lllp filft vntora n has furnished us with a historical ketch of the cave as follows: In the year 18t!2, Hon. John Brown and one John Kuss, being disposed to remain at home instead of fighting for their country, dug Ibe cave that can be seen to-day. It was six by five feet, and covered with an old barn door, then a layer rot' dirt and a layer of straw over the whole, and any one might walk aver it and never know that a cave was there. The honorable kept his supplies in the cave, safe and dry, and often the cave was his haven ' ? suletv end u'eiity Many are the stories told of John Brown's troubles, including his capture, and how he made his escape on several occasions, and how the cave furnished him protection from his pursuers While it is true that the honorable had other hiding places, none are as interesting as the one at Iluggins' Landing. Many interesting stories are related of the honorable's recklessness and his manoeuverins in his community and whne in the hands of the law. However, we have the honorahle's word for it, that in his latter days he had sought and received the assurance of a blessed life in the great hereafter. When you go to Huggins' Landing again, be sure to take a look at the old cave. Its history is more interesting than its appearance. I feel sure that the sight will carry your thoughts back to the struggles of 1862-'5, and thun turn from the 6cene and think of the great prosperity theV has come to the South and of t peaceful homes that we have he /i contrast to the homes ot the ' .' days of the war period. Subscriber. MuljJ, 8. C. ^ 1 MISS MAY Bl I DURHAM BUGGY W TOTAL NUMBER OF VOl Miss May Hello I'arliatn Cote I'iano, M'?4,t>00 Miss Nniipv Mi'lWi Sit iis.in Bunny. sr?:?.noo Mrs. Mon roe Boners. $4 cess Range, 3M.375. Miss Kt hoi McKachcrn, Piano Certificate, 250.92a. Miss Berta Mclnnis, $175 Certificate, 227,425. Miss Blanche Stanton, $ alio Certificate, 223,800. Mrs. C. R. Tabor, $125 Certificate, 217,175. Miss Cora Grantham, $1?? Certificate, This was the final stand tlie contestants as shown official count of tin* contest on Wednesday afternoon. The contest closed with ; Wednesday morning. The ants who stood near the to very busy getting in their 1; subscriptions. In fact the manager could not take money fast eno.ugh to keep the flood that came pouring The results' will be a sur many, a pleasant one to rnos contestants we trust. It t ~ Joooooooooooo [1/ IS I ! 9 o A prominent bus o other day that Dillon o business men standii o no comments. Their : o admission that they o by the business man o remark and went to 1 o man's remark could o discovered that it coi o which merely express o who was so deeply al o never had an opportr o To prove that the g< o spreading a dangerou o ports of Bradstreet's c merchants from 1898 o ed us. Dillon's grov o It has been without o son was made of othf o same period Dillon h. o low are the figures: o Population, o 1898, 551. o 1903, 1,015. ! o 1910, 3,000. o A jump from $8? o elusive evidence that c lie and these figures o servative commercial o death has removed fr< o aggregated $40,000 ;ta o wealth of Dillon in 1? t> the town in 1910 is lit o per capita wealth of ' $30.03, in 1910 it is ! v o lion and a half in 12 N> ''Dillon is not growii ' ? \ o o cko oooooooo I ^^?^?mmmm wm PKINCK IN I'AII'KK an Body IhmI in Mandurii and Sent to China Denver, Nov. 26.?After a jtar search, in which the ai< I nited States Government li enlisted, the body of Print Crow Cum, a leader in tin uprising, has been found pauper section of a cemetery mesa, C'ol. it was unburied and rerlt I mandarin robes, with yellov and peacock feathed cap. put in a splendid coffin, en ted with golden dragons, and da.v it was started on its rt 'China, where it will be pi the vaults of the ruins of tl dynasty. Prince Ylian fled from Cli ter a yellow silk cord, the order to commit suicide, ht given to him. lie was a ct Emporer Kwn.ng Su, and tubeieulosis among some pot ese who did not know his id - - l>t-Mtli of a Italic. November 13th, at 10:50 aied at me home of he mother in Dillon, little Man tia Hood, ape 13 months, d of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ho nierly of Dillon, but now of Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Hood . here from Millen, Ga., at ni. with hopes of tnyrovea i the condition of the little ot sw*H?tly she passed away th< night. Sleep little babe and take yc For God called you wl , thought best. i <>> WEDDING PRESENTS.? tiful line of Cat Glass, at a ingly low prices. Evans' Ph :lle parham carries off piano nw RV miqq Mni cnn Ull Ul IVIIUU IVIt'LLUU ICESS RANGE BY MRS ROGERS ^ES POLLED MORE THAN 3,000,000 $4ou pleasure to award these handsome prizes. cicht in all. to the winners mi Dur- thereof, They will he held at The Herald office, awaiting the instruca Prin- tions of the owners. Miss MeHeod deserves special mention for tin wonderful race she tan. She has worked unceasingly Piano since tin' beginning of the contest, and in the face of strong opposilr.u Pi- tion right in her own home sec t toil, worked without faltering Piano liven though she did tiot win th. piano Miss McHeod has the satisii pirtno faction of having won the respect and admiration of every person who ing of I'iiv kept up with the contest. by the hope that tin* buggy will give h judges i as much pleasure as it does the Hoi liday Company and The Herald to ;i rush award it to her. contest- Miss Mclnnis and Miss Stanton p were also deserve much credit for their list Bull- v.erk as they were the last contestcontest ants to enter. They began work in the the last week in October, thus havup with | ||..r only five weeks in whic* V . | to win a prize. Determination wa liriKo til ? it of the I sPi''it which prevailed with them tives usl?nci it conquered nil odd*. T oooooooooooooooooooo 1ILL0N GROWING? : o iness man was heard to remark the o l was "not growing." Several other o tg nearby heard the remark and made o silence might have been taken as tacit < concurred in the opinion expressed < The editor of The Herald heard the c lis office to find out if the business o be sustained by actual figures. He o uldn't. It was an "off hand" remark o ed the views of an individual?one c bsorbed in his own business that he o inity to recapitulate Dillon's growth, c mtleman was wrong?that he was o s sentiment?we looked over the re- o i books on the "ratings" of Dillon o to 1910. The recapitulation astonish- c ,'tli has been something marvelous. i a parallel in the State. A compari- o ir towns o? the same class and in the o ad outstripped them five to one. Be- o o No. Firm*. Estimated Wealth. o 22 $ 89,000 o 62 304,000 o 97 1,450 500 o >.000 to S1.450.5C0 in 12 years is con- o Dillon growing. Figures do not o are takin irom one oi the mcst con- o agencies in the world. Since 1898 o am the records two men whose ratings o ike from this ?89.000 and the combined o [98 as compared with the wealth of o tie short of marvelous. In 1898 the o Dillon was 16.01, in 1903 it was o $46.20. An increase of nearly a mil- o years does not sustain the claim that o ?g-'' o /y o oooooooooooooooooooo ;.\ \ I.. ItAllY I.OST TWO l?.\VS < H ASF1> liY WOIiVKS. ii Kotirs ! Tliiii'A'i'uMHd li<?y Wanders Through Forest With Scuniy n eight- < 'lot hiny. tl ltf ,|)0 Seliginan. Mo., Nov. 2?.?After ad been wandering in the forests near the e Ylian M'ssouri-Arkansas line for two days [, i>oxt.r :,nci nights and being tracked by in the w*olves, Rule Crisnian, the threeiit Ala- i >Ci,,'-?ld son of J. A. Crimsan, a. ' farmer of near Avoca, was restored xhed in lu ,lis P?rents. jacket ' The baby was clad only with a It was | l!,in suit of underclothing and iblazon- i hurt gingham dress to protect Its vester- 1'ttle body from the severe cold, turn to The child had no food or water aced in w^ile he was trodding aimlessly ie Ming about in the wild tract of country. On several occasions the youngster's tracks were discovered, tollll&l. <1 I , , , , ^ ^ * _ Chinese Kc,hf*r with the tracks of wolves, id been un<' then the trail was lost. The >usin of I Parents were frantic, in the belief died of i ll,ut their baby had fallen an eacy )r fnin- ' l,re>' to the beasts, who seemed to lent it v i following him like little Red Ridinghood. The rvo^e.. .. e .1 . ?v |#arviiio aiiu men I rifflUS J had about despaired of ever finding i p. m., the baby alive when movers disr grand covered him In a cluster of thorns r L.avor- alongside the road, laughter The little wanderer was almost od. for- dead from exposure and starvation. Millen. ?ar.r've<1 Sheriff Hcl?eod Improved. 9;00 p. Rowland Sun. lent in jt lg indeed gratifying to the le. But many friends of ex-Sheriff Geo. BL 9 same McLeod, who was recently so badly hurt in an automobile accident near >ur rest, Raef0rd, to know that he was r'? ten He - ? - 3 - H mo KiiuuBiy injured as was at f t feared. He was able to leav 1 e hospital in Fayettevllle Is- w * A beau- aud is now at his Lome I- f- ir?* stonfah- ton. It la hoped that h ? 11 a. yn armacy. fully recover. A _ A