The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 25, 1925, Image 1
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NUMBER 26
VOLUME XXXVII
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1925
THE ' KING'S HIGHWAY
Camden To Be on Short Line Met ween
Charleston aiul Charlotte
\r a moettn^ ol Camden an, I
fifcVjshaw County Chamber of Com
riHicv. held Tuesday afternoon local
rjUMNb&'s joined with highway and
com morula 1 body representatives from
Sumter an-1 Lancaster c.oupties in
ihjjf a resolution to ^mnu\liat< ! v
n a determined effort to re-estab
lish the old King's Highway as a
/out.e of principal travel from
Charleston and the coastal country by
ay of Manning and Sumter to Cam
at which point it will continue
i-ong State Highway Number 2G
through Kershaw and Lancaster to
: kite ;mil points in the north ami
east. . ? ' ?'*'
Committees appointed from eom
unities along the proposed route are
lo work Under the direction of J. J.
y whit, as temporary general
' nairman, is offering a plan that is
. xnected to prove the ultimate estab
- y ? -r-fj ?? -c? - ? ? ? -- ?
isbmerit of this highway from Char
uttO to Charleston qnd Savannah ap
propriately named and extensively
narked and advertised. Citizens frojn
,J.l communities interested are invited
correspond with Mr. Riley at his
home in Sumter.
The proposed route covers the stage
coach trail in use before the Revolu
tionary War and now passing through
... highly prosperous section of the
mate, it offers also much in historic
nterest and natural beauty, and Is
-a icl to be nearer by thirty miles than
?ny other route frOm Charlotte *t<r
Charleston.
Mr. John T. Stevens of Kershaw
epresented Lancaster County at the
neeting Tuesday afternoon and Mr.
l ulp, Mr. Riley, Mr. Osteene and Dr.
Booth formed the Sumter delegation,
all of whom made interesting talks
. nd voiced enthusiastic, support of
their communities for the proposed
plan of advertising this short line
connecting North Carolina's metrop
? ?lis with South Carolina's city by
the sen.
For Aiding Prisoner's Escape
Walter Logan, 19 year old white
t?oy of Clarendon county, has been
.nested and lodged in the Sumtei
county jail chnrgod with assistirg
pr'gcrr-r ? > escape j'rvn the jai'.
He i* specif'cally cliargod v. ith hav
riK .-.muggled hack saws to ? Henry |
: i ly Williams, bootlegger who Cs- 1
vapeci several weeks ago
eeaptured last week.
Information was receivod that!
n .
Lo^r.ir had purchased several hack
>aws *rom a store in Manning a day
ur two before Williams cut his^way
to freedom. Logan has a brother
n the Sumter jail charged with
housebreaking and larceny andoit was
while visiting him that he made the
acquaintance of the bootlegger. Wil
iams persuaded him to smuggle the
Waws to him and gave him money
vith which to have his car repaired
and with which to buy the saws. He
also gave him $5 for his work.
I/Ogan will be tried at the next
urm of court of general sessions.
The penalty in case of conviction for
assisting a prisoner to escape lies
?yithin the discretion of the judge and.
nay be very heavy. ? Tuesday's Sum
ter Item.
Named ton Crop Observers
Appointment of W. . J. Mayfield of
> amflen and L. I. Guion of Lvgoff,
crop observers" fri Kershaw' TrOUBly
'or the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural
Foundation Index, is announced from
Chicago by P. V. Ewing, director of
research for the Foundation and edi
tor of the Index, They 'Vfill form a
!ink in the nation-wide chain of
county agricultural observers elected
because of their first-hand knowledge
of farming conditions and their abil
ity to observe these and intelligently
nterpret them.
The Index, to which the observers
from this county will contribute, is a
compilation of the monthly reports of
3,650 observers in every section of
the country, and this number is being
added to steadily. AH the observers
are practical, thinking, farm-minded
TOen, each chosen because of <^he op
portunities he has to observe the
needs of agriculture in bis own local- J
*ty and for his ability to apply eco
nomic principles to current i farm
problems. As a group.Uiey ^present
a cross-section of the thoughts that
the man in the furrow is thinking, and
their joint anal?*)* of existing agri
cultural ? <Jl?gfl|i+nn as expressed in
tb? Index,. ed a forward
?tep in hel
seif.
'.j":
iltnre help it
PBE PEE con iks.
Mi.?S Wllie BarfleW Take-. Fn>t in
Biscuit M :: k i n
Under the suporvii? >? Mrs, ?v.O
Piowden in charge o #?vttic Demon
stration Work in Pee .it District, the
aiiiaihj c)ub rolilc.-'ts weiv In- Id last
Friday and Saturday ?t. Darlington
hi}. h? school building, Mrs. J. S. Mc
lanes, hostess agent, made many proy
visions and assisted in every way to
make thi* tworday meeting a success.
The ever-ready ?tond faithful club
women were another factor in the
pleasure and success cif the (?ojvti'St s.
The opening exercise was held in
the. .Court House from when- the con
testants and leaders wem to the
'Munch box" for their first meal,
which was served in banquet style.
Attractively arranged club colors, and
place cards added to the festivity of
the occasion. Mrs. Piowden intro
duced Mr. K. ('. Norment and. Miss
Lonny I. Lahdrum, each responding
with fitting brief speeches to the club
members.
Contests began at 2 p.m. Friday in
the domestic? science department . at
the school building and continued un
til 5 p.m. Saturday. Through the
courtesy of Miss Richards, head of
the well equipped department of
Home Economics, thi '-^n tests moved
along smoothly thro - the two days.
The following c .'Cksts were ?n
charge of specialist' Aom . Winthrop
College:
Biscuit and yeas*, -.-read contests:
Miss Minnie Floyd, food specialist,
, and Miss Henrietta B. Iyayton, assist
ant state leader. '
Canning: Mrs. Dora Dee Walker,
production and conservation special
ist, and Miss Jane Ketchen, market
ing specialist.
Clothing: Miss Landrum, state
leader, and Mrs. Harriet F. Johnson,
girls' club leader^
Poultry and egg judging contest:
in charge of Miss Juanita Neely,
poultry specialist.
' After the contests ended the club
members assembled near the lake in
the memorial open air amphitheatre
for a brief talk from their club lead
er, Mrs. Johnson, on her vacation in
i Europe.
The Ipncheon the second day was
j more enthusiastic than the day be
! fore as this was the time for an
; nouncing honors, and for receiving a
lovely treat provided in the program.
Mr. Wiley J. Rfypdes, with Mrs:
Rhodes accompanying, sang a group
of songs. Among these "Seventeen"'
was applauded most enthusiastically
by the young folk. ^
Winners were announced by the
>MMioU3 specialists as follows:
bread contest? first, Cecil
Hendrix, Horry County; second, Pran
ces Redick, Darlington County; third,
Ethel Lee, Clarendon County.
Biscuit contest: first, Nellie Bar
field,- Kershaw Qgypty; ^ec ond, Ha 1 1 i e
Williams, Lancaster County; tKTrd
place, Gladys Allen, Dillon Coanty.
Clothing contests ? First year:
first, Bertie McCoy, Marlboro
County; second, Nina Bryant, Dillon
County; third, Mildred Gaskin, Ches
terfield County. '
Second year clothing and room im
provement: first, Helen . Davis, Ches
terfield County; second, " Louise
Wheeler, Clarendon County; third
place, Cordelia 'Woodward, Horry
County.
Canning contest ? First teatn: Mar
garet Folsom and Florence Howie,
Daalington County.
Poultry contest: first, : Thornton
Smith and Fay Branson, , Marion
County; second, James Crudle and
Clyde Mercer, (Georgetown County;
third, Woodrow Lupo and J a npe* Mc
Donald, Dillon County.
Best story of room improvement:
Pauline Young, Kershaw County.
Visiting home demonstration agents1
were Misses Cora Westbrook, Sum
ter; Louise Evans, Florence; Etta Sue
SettersrDiH<m; K4r4>y~ Tyler,. Chester-,
field; Callie Koontz, Lancaster; Lois
Carra<way, Horry, Jennie Boyd, Marl
boro, Eleanor Carson, Clarendon;
Mrs. Boykin, Kershaw; Mrs. *E. M.
Doar, Georgetown. Mrs. Edna Mc
Pherson, formerly agent for Marion
County, also sent a team for poultry
contest*.
? ?
Cotton Crop Forecast
Washington, Sept. 28.-*-The De
partment. of Agriculture today fore
cast this season's cotton production
at 13,931,000 equivalent 500-pound"
bales, or 101,000 bales more than
forecast a half month ago, and about
303,000 bales larger than last year's
crop. Hi
The earlines:; of the crop is indi
cated by except! mally heavy ginnings
the census bureau reporting 4,247,038
balrs having been ginned -prior to
September 16. To that date a year
ago 2,655,703 bales, or 19.5 per cent
of the crop, had been ginned. This
year's ginning* to September 16
totaled about 30.7 per cent- of the
total crop forecast by the Department
of Agriculture.
Mr. and M re. L E. Elmore of Sum
ter ware the week-end guests of Mr.
and Mts. E. B. Tindai
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rOl.ICK CHINK WOtNDKf)
' t i \ ??r k .loiu s Shut With Buekahot Hy
Supposed Itum Kunner
- Bishupviile, Sept. 550. ? -Th* vhittf- uf.
police, George N. J ones of Hishop
vjlle, is in a Florence hospital Suffer
ing from the i-ftYrt of six .wounds i ??
eeived about (I o'clock this morning
when u muh, \vl>4? is alleged to be a
boot ii'KK1 ?'? tiicd \ipon him. with %
load of buck shot.
It )it said that. the Hishopville police
?had information to the effect that an
automobile was expected to pass
through here some time Saturday
night with a load of rum, coming
from the celebrated Hell Hole section
of Berkeley county by way of Sum
ter. Chifef -li'Mc-s und h j men waited
all niglft with one of the main thor
oughfaies partially Mocked. The of
ficers .were secreted in various places
along the route. P.
Their long wait was rewarded
shortly before i> o'clock this morning
when the suspotfted car was seen to
approach the partially blocked street.
The car suddenly swerved and started
out another djoad. Chief Jones called
to his waiting car to follow and just
before entering Church street the
chief fired vvtih a shotgun at ' the
fleeing car, flattening one of the
tires. When he saw that his victim
was stopping the chief made prepara
tions to seize him when without much
ado a man jumped out and fired a
load of buck shot at the officer. He
then made his escape.
1 . ?
Mr; Jones -was wounded six times,
once in the mouth, once in the arm,
twice in the abdomen and twice in
the leg. He was rushed to a hospital,
? where it is said that his injuries
should not prove fatal, unless compli
cations set in. The fleeing automo
bile lost a suitcase in the shuffle, in
which were pieces of marked laundry,
a box Of shells containing buckshot
and other articles, by means of which
it is expected that the party shall be
identified and caught.
It is said that officers have infor
Imatjon upon which to work and
Sheriff S. J. Scarborough and his
I men are on. the hiiijt today for the
J guilty persons.
GATLIN ACQUITTED ,
Jury Out Few Minutes and Then. Re
turns Verdict
Bishopville#,. Sept. 23.? After very
few minutes of deliberation by the
jury this aflternoon, Henry Gatlir.
prominent Lee County farmer, was
declared not guilty upon the charge
of murder. Gatlin ?hot and killed
Tillman Fields, son of another sub
stantial Lee County farmer. The
shooting occurred in front of Mr.
Gatlin's home in the Ashland section
on July 8, of this year, and the cor
oner's jury held G&tlin for the crime.
The prosecjition attempted to show
tha? because of bad feeling of several
months standing between the two
men, that Gatliil's plea of self-defense
was not justifiable.
About thinty witnesses were sum
moned for the trial, which started
Tuesday afternoon. The case at
tracted quite a large crowd and the
court house was comfortably filled
throughout the trial.
Gatlin was represented by R. E.
Dennis, while Solicitor Frank A. Mc
Leod was unassisted.
Court adjourned this afternoon af
ter disposing of several minor cases,
Judge Townsend, of Columbia, pre
sided.
TO CHANGE ROAD MAP
Tourist Bureau Revising Columbia
Advertising Medium
Changes are to be made in the map
being prepared by the tourist bureau
of the Columbia chamber of com
merce, it was announced yesterday by
William Lykes, Jr., secretary of the
trade board, who conferred during th*
afternoon with Eugene H. Salmon,
chairman of the bureau, and W. S.
Hendley, a member of the bureau, j
Orangeburg will be included in the
map as now planned.
? A delegation from Camden, con
sisting of M. H. Heyman, president
of the Camden and Kershaw County
Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Sanders,
the secretary; Mr. Mills and Hughey
Tindal visited the offices of the trade
board yesterday in the interest of the
map.
When printed some 35,000 copies of
the tnap will be distributed among
filling stations and at other points of
service throughout the Southeast. ?
Thursday's State.
Hi: I II l NK NEWS NOTES
Item* of Interest as (Gathered by Our
Regular Correspondent,
, -JUiilhuiu-;. S, c,r:.?ep;. 21 ' '!*- ;
Bohool Itnpi'Ove.tii^H Aw^o^mttr V -jM
fls iijAular monthly meeting *rld*y
itfti'inoon in the? high - >vliool audi
? oetlon ??f uffj
fers wivs held arid the following were
eU i't. ,|- M>. \. !!. Mil am in. )uym
d> "i ; Miss Ruth Watt.*,' vice-presi
dent; Mis* Stella Bcthune, secretary;
Mrs. Margaret Marion, treasurer.
Instructive t^lks were m^ade by Mr.
\V. Birchmore, of Camden and Mr.
J. < . iv-tri', -uperintcmUnt of the
Bethyne school, u
Mr. R. M. Bcthune of Che raw was
in towr\ Wednesday.
Mr. C. A. Byrd, former principal
ol" the grammas* school was a visitor
here Friday,
Ms, \V. K. Davis and family 01
l}':Uh?p\ ilk' were visitors here Sun
day at the homo of >lr. Davis- son,
Mr. W. !?;. Davis, Jr.
Mr, and Mrs, Bur re I See gars and
Miss Alice King of Sumter were
guests of. relatives here Sunday.
A conference for teachers of agri
culture was held in t ho high school
building Friday evening and Satur
day, Fourteen teachers, representing
seven counties, were present v'he
members of the school Impr< <cni
association provided entert; v.Men,
for thosi' attending.
\V. K. Davis, Jr., little son ... Mr,
W. K. Davis of this 'place, met with
the misfortune of breaking both
bones in his arm above the wrist.
The accident occurred Tuesday while
jumping on bales of cotton in playing
with his little classmates.
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. King, of Harts
yille were guests of relatives here for
the week-end,
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Clyburn are
receiving congratulations on the ar
rival of a son, September 19th. "
Mrs. L. D. Robertson and Mrs.
i Mary Bethune were visitors in Harts
ville Saturday.
Joe Estridge, who is in the rail
road employment underwent an oper
ation for appendicitis last week. His
father, Mr. K. T. Estridge, spent Sun
day and Monday with him.
FARMER IS KILLED
Two Loads of Shot Fired Into New
man Sitting in Barn
Society IM1, Sept. 23.? Fletcher C.
Newman, a farmer living: thrc smile?
southwest of here, was shot t> death
while sitting in his tobacco tirn to
dfty.: ? : ? -r-'- ?
Two loads from a shotgu.. were
fired, the first taking effect in the
back of Newman's head and the sec
ond in his fyee and ch?st.
Officers are holding Tabe Weather
ford and a man "named Turnage, white
neighbors of the slain man, on sus
picion. Blood hounds have been sent
for and were reported on the way
from. Sumter early tonight.
Mr. Newman is believed to have
been asleep when he was shot. After
the first shot, persons in the vicinity
heard him cry out, calling the name
of one of his sons, James, and then
quickly a second shot. He staggered
about 75 feet from where he was
sitting before he died.
Neighbors of the slain man tonight
indicated thejr believed he was killed
as the result of some difficulty he
had in his rformer home in Virginia
from where Tie tame about 25 years
ago. 14
Mrs. Newman left here this after
noon on a visit to her mother in Vir
ginia.
Besides his wife, Newman is sur
vived by six children. He was a ten
ant on a large farm owned by Allen
Coker of Society Hill. W^herford
and Turnage were sub-tenants under
him.'
An attempt was blade on his life
last spring, Newman told friends. He
was called to his door one night, he]
said, and a charge from shotgun
w?h fired at him.
Sheriff James T. Grant &nd other
officers from Chesterfield were on
the scene shortly after the killing,
and began investigating the circum
stances.
Newman was 53 years old. Al
though he was a tenant farmer, he
was regarded as a substantial citizen
of this community.
Wetherford and Turnage were held
by officers because of some difficul
ties they are alleged to hare had with
Newman in recent months over busi
ness transactions concerning their
farming activities.
TO KLTiRK SKlvlKS
Camden Huilding and loan Will
Begin Another Series
The Caniden Huilding and Loan As
sociation announces the retirement o;t
it* second wncs which has been run
ning i\U' six years. Shareholders will
ieea/frte $U1 per >hait"> having paid
in during the six years $72? making
:i JM m < i ? 1 Otl l 111' pa> UK'Hts. ?
This series had 1,895 shareholders
who wit: b> i he retirement.
At the same time announcement i;*
made that this association will Ivogin
sories number four on October first.
Alre'ady quite a number 6f shares*
have been miWci ihed ami the *? t" f i?.H' is
belieye that the new series will be
the largest in lis hi- toVy.
Building and lean stock is one ov
the safest 'invest ntents and with four
associations in operation in Camden
it has sjbuen the mean - of many people
of moderate means being able to pay
for their homes. Hi ad ihe hajf page
advertisement appearing in today's
.Chronicle and. if 'you want some of
the shares crtll on Mr. Lindsay or Mi\
Whitaker at the I.oan and Savings
Bank.
Georgia Negro Lynched
Milledgeville. Ga<? Sept. 21.? Willie
Dixon, negro inmate of the state sani
tarium for ih$ane persons, who last
week killed Miss Amy Oxford, a
nurse, last night was curried from
the colony fAwn, near here, to the
Wilkinson county line, where he was
lynched.
Dixon was chained to a tree and
beaten to dcatji with a pick hundle.
The body was left at the tree where
it was found early today. The pick
handle was found near by.
Wilkin* county officers begun an
investigation. The coroner's jury re
turned a verdict that the negro met
death at the hands of parties un
known. i
' No arrests have been made and
officers said they had failed to ob
tain any evidence as to the identity
of the men who carried tho negro
from the colony farm to the place
where he was killed.
Camden Jlorsea Won
Messrs. George T. Little and Ralph
Littje were in Charlotte last Monday
and Tuesday in attendance upon the
horse show held that city. They
ertcred ?evcra! I orses in the show
and brougri bacV five silver trophies
awarded their horses.
The winners were "Middlebrook" in
championship saddle horse class;
"Sky Rocket" in championship hunter
class; "Starlight" in threti-gaited
saddle class; "Lady Bird" in polo
performancedass, >and "Middlebr^okr"
won in five-gaited saddle class.
To Close Monday
The store of Wolfe-Eichel company
will (be closed on Monday, September.
28, according to announcement by this
firm. Monday will be a Jewish holi
day, observed generally by Jews all
over the nation.
Association to Meet
The annual meeting of ? the
Woman's Missionary Union of the
Kershaw Association will /be held with
Mt. Pisgah church on Saturday, Sep
tember 26th. All societies are urged
to send delegates. Mrs. G. A. Creed.
Young Men Captured
Manning, . Sept.-* 22.? An alleged
rum running automobile' party was
arrested early Saturday morning by
police officers and 60 gallons of rum
and a new Ford coupe Confiscated.
The car waft driven by two young
men, Johnnie Davis of Sumter and
A. E. Woodham of Bishopville coming
from the celebrated Hell Hole section
of Berkeley County.
The police offciers, J. M. Gamble,
J. M. Peavy, T. T. Flowers and Henry
Newman waited all nighrt on the pub
lie highway over Black river as in
formation had been received in Man
ning to the effect that this load of
booze was expected to pass over the
river. The officers divided and se
creted themselves on opposite end*
of the route over the river. After a
long wait the expected automobile
was seen to approach, a signal given
by the report of a pistol by an officer
put thn forward officers on the alert
and the anto was 'halted as it crossed
over, without any resistance. The
two young men were placed in jail
awaiting trial.
Another raid was made near Silver
Monday morning by the same officer*,
copper stall and mash were found, 1 1
negro men, one negro woman an4
one white man arrested and placed
in the Manning jail.
pa
Miss El? nor Mitchell spent Sun
day in Samter.
AFTKK THIRTY -SKYKN YKAKS
Former Caijulcn Man Pays Yislt to
Hi* Old Home Tom n
Mr. F.URcnr 0.1 Jt.oa, Angeles,
V '."Ufornia, ?:.croinpa?lird l>y Mr. hh.I
Mrs. Charles T. Prioe, of In matt, S. C.?
wvro visitor, in Cannon fdr several
du$8 of this week,
1 Mr. B.ames left city when a
?? youth go Jog to' thi? \\\ t pOnst
where ho is e.inneotcJ vfeh 'tlje Union
Oil company, a large corporation do
ing An t,'\<cii>i\.1 husine.--. in the'
wi .- U i n state-. It was hi- first trip
!? i :. to t 'anuli'rt in thirty s*wn year/,
fow of the ufW Main street In nil marks
left to t'chvirtd him of the C-am
?1(1) ??f . long ago.
He eonies of a family v< f fourteen
childrt n ;t 1 1 living eXiOpt. two, who
have died In recvM years. lip is a
son of the Into George W. Havnes
and Mrs. Snllie Barnes, who is now.
j 85 years olwagev and residing with
[a daughter in Asheville, N. O.
! Despite her great ago it. is said that
.uhe is still in vetnarkable health and
makes her homo with her child ron.
| He was horn and reared on the Barnes
I place, a\>out nine miles north of Cam
I den, now occupied by Mr. Barfkbt
'Other members of this large Jam
ily an* residing in various cities and
1 their names and addresses are as fol
I lows: Mrs. Charles T. Price, lntuau,
S. C.', Mrs. K. M Lander of Williams
ton, S. C\; Henry Barnes of ltoanoke,
Va.; Preston Bavnes, of Union, S. C.;
Doby Barnes of Detroit; George
Barnes tof Washington, 1). C.; Mrs.
Minnie Hawlinson of Hock Hill;
Hampton W. Barnes, of Atlanta;
Frank Barnes of Greenville; Mrs.
Leila Goodwin of Greerisboro; Mrs.
Sallio Orr, of Asheville.
He will spend several weeks in
South Carolina and adjoining states
visiting relatives before returning to
his home in California.
DARLINCTON MAN KILLED
Hit By Local Freight on Atlantic
- Coast Line Railway
Darlington, Sept. 17.? S. Vaughn,
well-knorwn citizen of Darlington, was
almost instantly killed this afternoon
when the ear in which he was driving
to his farm was hit by a local freight,
of the Atlantic Coast Line. Railroad,
about three miles from Darlington.
Mr. Vaughn was on his way to
one of his farms and was almo3t
across the railroad tracks when his ,
car was hit just about the rear end
and he was thrown out and killed,
dying almost instantly and never re
gaining consciousness.
The train crow brought the body
on 'to the station in Darlington. ^
Mj.'. .Vaughn?, wan h native of Dar
lington County and was one of its
best known and most suecessfuh busi
ness men. '
He is survived by his wife, who
was a Miss Lewis prior to h&r mar- '
riage; two daughters, one of whom is
married, and the other, a redfcnt grad
uate of the 'high school and now a
student at Winthrop College, and the
following brothers: Hartwell Vaughn,
of Darlington County; Eugene
Vaughn, city clerk of Darlington, and
Leon Vaughn, president of a Harts
ville bank. Mr. Vaughn was well
known and highly respected. His
sudden and tragic death was a ter
rible shock and misfortune to the
entire community, where he has%?any
friends. Mr. Vaughn was fifty-eight
years of age.
York His JM Fire ?
York, Sept. 18. ? Fire of undeter
mined origin on Main street at 4
o'clock this imorning destroyed the
residence of W. W. Barron and the
moving picture theatre of J. Q. Wray,
both of which buildings were owned
by J. W. Dobson; the warehouse of
The Yorkville Enquirer, in which was
stored $2,500 worth of newspaper
and an automobile and truck belong
ing to W, W. Barron, entailing a total
loss of approximately $30,000, with
the insurance of all the lowers aggre
gating only $3,100.
The occupants of Barron's home,
where the fire originated, including
his family and J. W. Dobson and
Mrs.. H. B. McLure, the latter two
rooming there, had a close call for
their lives. The rear of the .house
was a seething mass of flames be
fore they were aware that anything
was wrong, and it was only by flee
ing in the most precipitate haste,
with not so much as a look behind,
that they escaped, partially clad/,
from the burning building. J. W,
Dobson, about 75 years old, suffered
seyere blisters on the head and hands
and had his hair singed, whHe making
his exit.
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