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W * . <3 un SflATII mUA* IN IE- PIT II I’LADIIN. HAKES A GOOD SENATOR HU W HEAD WITH AXE ftixUTHR PLACV&D FOOT ON CKMT AND ILKWKD MAN. •t Rom Too*««, ol Coaaly, Om of Moot UraUl Boml- OINNLRS RIPORT ALMOST IIENTtCAL VITI IBIS TIME Un TEAI SCHOOL EXPENDITURES WHAT BOVTH CAROLINA COWH- , ' » • TXR0 PAT PHR CHILD. A»<l Hju Sapported Proaldeat WUoOa aad tko Demoorotte A«Imlml*tro- tioa, Wbilo OoTeraor BIoom Hm OooMd Oat tho Preoidoat and the Demoeratle AdmlniMrattoa froaa tho Beglmalng. la raplF to S 60 ® 101, T*. Mc- Laarla’i letter Senator Tillman aakee the following atatement: “I hare Just read McLanrln’s re ply. There are some things I want to answer. He says I ‘rubbed sand la his ejM'. I had ao such psrpose. It Is aot ehlTalreos and generens to do such a thing, and I think I hare some ehlTalry and generosity la my nature. I simply told the truth. That Is all. “He says: That letter diadoMs why I eouldn’t get ea with TlUmaa, why Latimer couldn’t and why he and Smith can’t agree.’ Latimer and I never had any clash at all, and Smith and I never had one. We have simply been unable to agree about patronage. That la all. “I want It distinctly understood that whee I said *1 for the flrat time since I denounced him on the floor of the Seoate believe he hat at laat be som# a patriot and wants to do tha State all the aervlce he ran during the helaeee of hla life.' I did not bmss I would under any clrcum- atsaeee support him myself, for 1 am edge of tt>» weep golag to So all I ean to re elect Hoo 1 rosrhtng h a hrein • tor Smith While fUr.ator Sirl'h It la that Details ef eae ef the moat Mid- blooded homicides la tha memory of any -living man la Cheater couaty were brought to light early Sunday morning, when Deputy Sherlf S. W. Bindeman and J. G. Hbwae re turned from the Stover neighborhood with Ed Sibley, who is charged with the killing of J. Boss Tongue with an axe Friday evening about 7:30 o'clock* near the home of Sibley's son. After the affair Dr. C. C. Cros by was summoned, and SMlng the frightful eoidltioa ef Tongue’s cuts hurried him te the Magdelene Hos pital. Rvarythlng poaaible was done for him, hut he pasMd away Saturday night about 12 o’clock. It la said tkat Tongue had gone to Great Falla Friday and secured some whiskey, wklck he imbibed quite freely. He returned end stopped st the home of his brother, Ned Tongue, where he lived. It Is thought that he was on hla way to J. W. Bankahead'a atore, a little distance from Sibley's house, wn^n he met Sibley. The quarrel, li :n alleged, had Ita Incep tion In an old f»v.d between the de ceased and 81 >.• y. The feud, It la claimed, atarted o?#r a fight between the two when fongue got the better of Sibley When not very far from fltbley'a house It Is said that Y<>ng ie being Intoxicated, fell to the gr ijnd. an 1 that S:b'- y grabbed up an aie 1 placing hi* f ><>t up";. !.!• < tie*: ga*»- 1 him o: e »e f • r • r j t with tf« • > i»r. » ' *.« • ea ;u t; a t.#ad has pi*.' uude eom# mlataheu here he haa heea loysi te th# p*opl# #f tha t*'at# ■ • dOMCTM re oUettoe and o ir pew plo will mah# a 'earful hiaude- if they do e>>( ew«4 him t>ec a te the •eaale Ha eaa dn Safer ae r»fe he raster that ha taa a-raady doaa for ha haa >aa-aed la )ao> So# au af ta aadarataaS tha d 4 T >Og«l# hegg. ) 8,835,913 BALES GINNED ♦ ■■ ■ ■ I .urge lucre aae in G inula gs of Sen Is land Cotton —- Comparisons for Tear and Other Big Crop Years With Percentage Ginned Prior to This Time ta Thooe Tears. The fourth cotton ginning report of the season, compiled from reports of csnsus burssu correspondents and agsata throughout ths Mtton bait and iMued at It a. m. Saturday, an nounced that 2,835,913 balM of eot- ton, counting round as half balM, sf the growth ef 1912 had bean ginned prior to November 1. Te that date laat year 8,869,222 balM, or CS.t per cent, ef the entire erep, had been ginned, in 1911 te that date 1,97#,- 906 or <4.1 per cent, ef the crop had been ginned; In 1902 te tkat date 8,1 11,557 had seen ginned, sad in 190« to that date 6,906,295 balM or 5 2.2 per cent, of the crop had bMn ginned. Included (a the total glnntngs were 61.S20 roniid bales, compared with 54.53 9 balt-s last year, 68,3 18 bales in 1911, 8 1.183 bales In 1910 an 1 I 1 9.61’1 bait-* In 1909 Th# number "f Sea Island cotton bales included was 4 2 7 4". compared w ' n 2H.8S7 1 ;••* la*t y*-«r '.4.5ft l^le« n 1911. < 4 b»!. « In 1910 an 1 51.2 3 7 bale* in 1 > ' 9 '.Ititi ng* prior to Notetn^er 1. b* ^•a'e * • eoiupar eons f >r last »«-4r ant other b g ■ r. p *eera an 1 t' • ; • r <■ e r.a g • of tha re ^-op g ne4 HUERTA UNMOVED A LIFT TO Demancratie V M INDICATION THAT NE WILL COiriT VITI NEMANI SENDS DIPLOMATS NOTE “The flgarM apeak for them- selvM,’’ said J. 1. Swearingen, State superintendent ef edacatioa, an- aoaaclag the statistical tabla ef the State department ef agriculture skewing the per capita expenditure accerdiag te enrollment la the pub lic schools ef South Carolina. Ac cording te the table, the average ameuat spent for the education ef Mch white child la the State was $12.29, the average ameuat for negro child $1.27. The average for both raeM was $7.22. Ths grMtMt amount, $2 2.29, was spent for the eduMtlen ef Mch white child la Beaufort Muaty. The lowest emeuat, |2.72, was spent la Horry. Green ville ranks next te lewMt, with 26 92 for each child. Richland Is fearth among the MuatlM la respect ef per Mpita expenditure aoMrdlng te enrellmeat. The following table was glvea eat by Superintendent Swearingen: Both White Negro Races y to b# p#rml't# 1 '• g• up 'bit ba r#qj##'» w«r« Sy iB-e# *of.#r k #wa o•• i#'ne# tb# •ft ••• -• a^‘#aa tb# r-ght 'o-# 1 aa t a 4 ’ba ■ • #f ar’#e# ta# rtga* «ae#a * •* ‘k« col# *#f# 4#«p a a 4 ag'y •» *w aa< ( “ • • •q#*'**'- •# t i r . a g-e#'. 4»a aa 1 #4 'Sat Toagj# *•# a# •- g a* ka let# ».M#e «• Botk'.ag t»r fir * » » w J. : • * w ft- / * • 'aw a fcv/v • k • ’ t *r f’ • l • . **• r s a- ’ pm t»h »* \ • :• * - • '.a f •«*• • a '. r * s ' • 3-. . i' : 9 tbe feat# t*e«««ae ke ak##«-4 trum Samt Wl.aea kefo'# fc# • aa a^m aa: #4 •#‘ti«t#e4 km for k • Maaiaea pettoy •« ki« 4a#t Ifp W# W a* ag l«a ke# • • • a^ y t# lofa "» l« ik# : w m--x • a' « »aM? aad • » > a#- «eaa *'a»*ao a t a#e • w v fc • Admta wre a w^i# • a •# a t # ' 'a* » f#f ##'* »••• a ■ • •a* t 4 « ta * *4« '* r a a - ■ * • • ■ * • • »■« 7*« «».-a* v a»« a k a * * «*••••■»•'•« 1 *. • n»«a‘* • • • '' • ,- •# ‘ •# a • a that t* a •’ ’• * ’ • -a i fc a« : * r-vaw* 1*» •*-»»• '':•<# * Sit tfc»t'-aw4*«'i*a r fU a»^ p. ff * 'h a* aa f • IW,» ' fc t arviiaa fca t k.- 'a 1 > 4 v fc a eom aitVoe thaa aa* #t*#r o«# S'e a b >a — kaa akvwa that ka l# s >*. kromS eeougfc a»4 k!|‘. aaoufk 1 * r S a Me: ta :k# a • w::b #r«s t to fcimee ' or aa*Vw1» • a# How weald tka peep.a of ?*. i'h < erellea Mka to bev# k Sweater w.o -e^’gt: tea bla fr'enda * Hal I pt'esed that potl y tbe Oeeaalea brotber# savor woald bsve voted for m# last summer sad e greet maay ether e!d pe'Hleel as tsgoaiate and peruoaal enemies would set ha»# v#(ed for sae “This may peeeibfy be my last pub lic utleraate Hut If It were, aad I could speak te tbe peeple ef tbe whole State la os# meeting. I weuld emphasis# tb#lr duty te suppert tb# Democratic Proaldeat by •ending him a loyal friend to tb# Senate Weed- row Wllsea grows bigger Is the Mtl- motion ef the Democrats bore and the people ef the Ualttnl States every day do otherwlae than Incresae his Demo- ef bis life. It would be erlmlntl te cratie majority. Ws do sot wait a Rlddlebsrger or Habsns from South Carolina. “Another thing: The Stats ware house ides with agricultural products as s bankable asset originated In the Ocala platform. Ths schema to have the State place itj credit behind tbe farmers and lend them money te la- anee their erepa is a good one, no matter who originated it. I hope to aee It worked out in a practical way, aad the sooner the better. “I realize only too sadly that my star Is sinking to ita setting, and McLaurln is very much mistaksn if he thinks I have any deslrs to ’dim the lustre’ of his. If It be dimmed It has been by his own actions. Noth ing I have said has done it. He saya that he haa ‘long ago forgiven me, hut my letter shows that I hare never been able to forgive him.’ He must W9aa Papa #a b afvmaa Haw#a «at :a 9 . ay a a ma M-a arramafatka :«>' aa 2 • p 3 1 aatwt 'fca wfca^wa ^Wa'i af ka/ A J 4 ft • • ft • ft • * a I •w • . * ' • 9 A • • • •••••„ l ’ • C h * ft § • f I • ' • • !!• * i* • • ••a. •*-» ■»» »*•• • - a •••• 4* i as '-ja' ‘ a Ti f • las' w‘a’ : /aa '• ' a r. 1 - - #3 a i, a / - - • 7’ Kaa ifr. • gas* aa ’>•* -a » :‘a fa • a' Ifca p-w p a a- 5 T waa bw:i#*#4 a#: a: ka .#*•# a (fca Ja' 'a-ww# as Sa-«(f‘.aa Taaar. tba pa.■ r> sad trua: tka p^g a Wkaa tkay rlgMIy talarwtaa! tfc ugu tha* cat*- mala mlatako# tor r • g'aa 1 kaw.-t af tha paap a to alway* »n ika rght Plaae Rat ak bow pttlfu! It to sad • kat faerful blaadaru tbay maka wf#a demagoga## 111 tbetr mla la full • f •nphletriM aud falMhoeds’ "9Vkaa I telog-agbed Oov#ru#r B1#sm my MagratalaHeaa lu.1919 aad w#uad up by aaylng. l>et tb# haetb#u ruga’ I maaat It HlaaM •avs I did u#t support blm In 1919 I did bet la tbe tret primary, bat I did la the last rsM. aad be knew# It. He baa failed ef belag e good T1II- maalte beceuM he puts MllshneM sbovs duty and tbs InterMta of ths people. No Governor ean run the ef- flee os th# basis ef being good to his ‘friends’ alone. I nevsr did It. and T have not run tho Senatorshlp that way. No great man ever does It, but be puts duty abovo all other consld- eratlona, patriotism and love of tho State and Its peopla naxt, and then considers himself last. Biease has 'made the heathen rage,’ and has mad# good people mourn, and almost cry—sometimes it seems out of pure 'enssedness' only. “McLturln can do the State more good right now thun at any previous time In his life. He says: ‘I am go ing to net for the best good of the State, ns i see it.’ Let him 'make that his religion—cast sentiment and consideration of himself to the wind. If he shows that he has been convert ed and makes due atonement, tha people may forgive him. But It is not worth while for him to expect to get to the Senate, at least not next make atonement to tbe people of year. He Is not too old to come here- ftotth Carolina, and demonatrnte the purtty ef his patriotism and hla 4e- alre te Mrve the public wmI and the State before I can forgive him. **■!• illusion to ’brave Hugh Far ley*, tbe polished Tledal, deer old She!!', and ‘cerly-heMed John- areuad the fteree eld m air brings ed after perhaps. However, he muat Mrve the people honMtly end loyally, sod convince them that be If no long er playing for hla own ambition and eelf-aggrandlsement—If he would win their confidence again. Ho Mys: ’Our people mast bet together.’ I My they ought to get together, and ! believe they will get together Bet mee’a aaMttoe shoe Id set ee figure ta thet fight far teeth to t!.a'. Iii 1 * tu *aa'< 4UI I ' 9 ■ 'sa r |• * ' ♦ « ♦ r <’ » : l» 4 4; • • ■ * : »11 • • <« i 1 » *4 <i i SrAae—# % ^ « • 1 . • • «< • «I : i ft 9 9 9 9 «« k » i « • 13 1 rwta* • ♦ i 9 * % • » « t .« • ■ 1 ♦ « t • 9 * 9 • i < -V- % « ' « • % « * * « t » » 4 9 • * » 4 • 1 • • >« 9 ' ft * 4 • ‘ 1 1 « • M t e ft 4 1, |* * J * * • 9 9 k • 9 ft ' i • > 9 • '-lb 1 mi • 4>a* • > t * 4 * ; f : 9 » < : 4 • :» : • » k« • • ; ♦ • 4 • : • i .4 ' < >kU4» ■*• ’ 9 1 t • * ; '* : i i i i »^ kk 4 | ifu 554 »JJ fc4 « , 1 9 i 1 : • tit 1. « ftwwth l erwbbaK 1911 . Ml.lit 19 11 :m «m fc I 7 19 11 .1.02 2 < ! 4 M 4 IMS 821.6M 67 • 1 9 11 1.799 925 19:2 . . 118.485 44 9 19 11 211,128 49 l 1908 ,118,783 69 6 Tcim. 1912 2,950,419 1912 3.709,725 79 9 1911 3,21 1.752 78 2 1908 2,502,862 19 0 Other Status. 1913 46,204 a • • • 1912 43.291 48.1 1911 58.303 42.0 1908 36,602 50.0 The ginnlnga of sea Island cotton prior to November 1, by States, fol- low: Florida. Tear. Glnnlngs. 1913 16,221 1912 • t •• •• ,, «• •• 11,967 1911 tt a • *a *• •• a* 21,038 1909 Georgia. 19,740 1913 • • *• *• •• a* •• 24,570 1912 • • a* •• •• •• a# 16,276 1911 . r • • •• •* aa *• •* 33,841 1999 • a aa aa v* *• *, 31,277 South Carolina. 1913 • • •• •• •• •• V* 1,878 1912 • • a* •• •• •• •• 1,544 1911 • • •• •• •• # • •• 1,684 1999 • • a • •• •• •• v* 4,220 Bleane to the Senate. It la time for demagogy to take a back eeet and stateemanshtp to come to the front. Above all, high private character and unimpeachable Integrity of purpoM will govern la the long run PtmI- dant Wtlaoa has net everybody noeb e high •sample of unealftsh patriot- turn that It ought te be aacy for small le be picked out and re- • they eoghd le be -a ■. yu ** Abbeville . . 116 94 $1 29 $ 6 29 Aiken . . . . 15 71 2 09 7 76 Audereoa t 14 175 6 32 Ham berg . 19 90 1 14 6 79 Barnwell 2 9 8 2 1 40 10 49 He# ufort II 89 9 5 7 1 13 Berkeley 9 05 1.17 2 59 •'alkea* 18 12 1 0 0 fc 41 (''i»r>* , i>a 2 5 8 33 14 51 feerok•• 1 3 4 2 34 14; i' ‘ ppfpr m : i 1 -4 « 3 3 1 fcwterg* 4 ■ kj 1 4 1 1 II a-** !*n i« t : : i fc 4k 1 • •' »> • ' 4k 4 4 : k 5 3 i : i t k OB ]» fcl : 11 ’.334 l >•-'*••:•/ 2 4 • ; 1 9 g 4cefl* 4 1 3 » ' 94 4 3 V a 4 111 1 •< fc fc f •-•ate ' ♦ 1 3 •• : ■ » .*•*■••• a fc : •. • 1* a•••• • a 1 » t 3 3 . fc • vaa • *4 13 1 a » fc ■ ■ 1 'a a* •a « 14 1 1 ■ • U '•/ • 4 ) « • i .’*•*«' : i « 1 1 1 » » • aw i) « t » * aa -a* •- i . < • 4 a •iik • 1 4 • • •« * < t 9 ! fc k ,t a | 1 • • * « k • « . • # • I t . t : i 1 « # • , < • • - * « < eft t « a * • J | « 9 e v • % < ' fc ' t 4 « " fi ft < « * * » • • • t k 1 4 » » • / • « Seys That New Congress Will be La- stalled—Plans Continued Ooce- paney of Presidency of Mexico Until New Election Can be Held and Defying U. S. Even to War. Gen. Huerta has shown no Indlca.- tlon that be will comply with the American demands for hla resigna tion. On the contrary thoM who profess te have his confldenM say hip program Includes the continued eecu pancy of the presidency until som< time late In the year, 1914, and that he Intends te carry out hla plan ef ergaaizlng the new CongreM and de fying Washington even te the feint ef war. It la aot forgetten. hewevar, that tha uaoxpected In Mexican politics never Is surprising, and as evldense of this fact every houra brings a aew rumor regarding Huerta. On# per sistent report was tbat he had turaed the government over to the foreign minister, flenor Moheno, and had gone to Vera Cru* Another was that h# bad committed sulcld# There la aome baala for believing the I nlied Sta'ee ha* aerve^ on Dree lent H j#rta a •'jt'plementary notice that bli ofT.c;a 1 rar##r mukt b# brought to »:> end b» M i. !a* r.lght It Ha' jr *4* • aa re;, n#l t K ,at J->hr. 1 ! • - d P-e* 1 tent V, 1 a r. a r# p - e#ar. ’ a * a a *'a x# 1 'jm aB#'*#'. b» 1 a a fc n | a W- I -da'4"aV4*» <- a a • • v. a a *•'» t’ a a.' •' a - • r | n a a ' Tk«aa •ko • ' • aa a'. » • a Baa*/ a • a/#4 • * « | a a# a a | r • •4 a ( ai a e- fca a ' • » a 1 a . a a 1 * a a a a t ‘ a • *• ; a •' a • a - ea aa» t^aa’ • *• ‘'a •/ ■ j ' • a * a a - t a# • » > >t ( * ■ ■ a a *e w a a # a -a* a - a - 4 a g • t a* " • ta 4 aa In an nddreM be fere the In Uoaal Farmers CengreM at Tain, iabomn, last wMk, United BtntM Beb- ator Gere, who la very nmr President WIImb, gave aasuruaM that legisln- tien tending te better the condition ef the American farmer weald he M&- ■idered by CeogreM immediately after the pending currency Mil la diapee- ed ef. Senator Gore dMlnred, tee, an a result ef the rsMnt investigation ef rural credits In Europe a plan would be devised whereh^ money with which te rniae the erepe would he leaned to the farmer at four per Mat. interMt. President WIImb and his Admin istration has alrMdy done mush for the farmers ef the flenth end WMt by leaning out GevernmMt money to the banks te move the erepe. Had this action net hMn token, Wall Street weald have prMipitated n ready-made panic and made meney scaroe. Farmers need enlv te let their minds rnn hack a f#w y#*m when Wall StrMt brought on pnnlM and forced them te sell their Mtten and ether prodnM below the eeet ef production, to rMllse what PrMldent Wilson and his Administration hue done for them by making money plentiful. Had uot Wall Street beee checked by President Wilson and his Admin istration, who gav# tbe money trust notice that It would not be allowed to hold up and rob tb# farmers as they had done In years g#n# by. cot ton never would bsve sold tills •••- for more thus veveu or eight rents per pound Wall Street was getting ready to bring on a money pic'.c by b"ard!sg mocev » :•» banka. ■ t en I'-ea'deat W .Irm a\ i Hecretarr W/A^i.e give kotif# 'ha' tbe i,uv- e-utneat ba 1 mi'ae> aJ ‘ a' ' *uu't !>a ■ ted 'o a 1 'ha fartre-e !a tniving • • •: r T' • kao'-ked Wa >*■•»•' o.t oT 'ke fc, i c#«p •'• * at. 1 'ka t>*ake-e • o'*, *J :p (’ 'na ait r a < a ' a a' »a* nan'* >' * • • ag . • • i • • rntp**'. ft ' • * • ft • * » « • « fti • ft • • * ! 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' • • ' a • • »a t - a a a •* : i. fit M rkl< I 4 I • T I N J I I:k I• ♦ 4a P dl/evtvee < rank* Her 4uU> l*Ve«*»l Felto and ab.a te V. • k ua .' a-T 'a: waa a s. ur. . pa nf j., but l to Ur« ,e< rga 1' Hie 1 e 1.1 tka meet reputotve ef the tfeeirucilv# reen t# ef kumaa eipeiuloe te tke po aws'ag ef rlveru aad ike eeeee 4sent eitlnetleu ef fieb aad anerly • vary ether living tktug tkat te la :hen Ha predicts sterility ke mend ewa and klllat lee dreacked with aau beating akemtanl maiuree frem facte rles The New Tork Medical Reeerd •peaks Is Hh* fsskles ssd says tkat theee werds of tke Brlilsk eclestlst sbeald awake as eebo es this side ef the Atlsstls, fer Is se other eouatry ef the werld have the bMutles ef na ture been se wantonly debased se b«re, ssd la no lend bsve tbe rivers end lakes been so polluted te satisfy the greed ef the Individual. Added te this is the disaster that will cer tainly come to the masses for such fisgrsnt disregard ef tbe bealth of the people. There Is much truth In what Is said a.bova. Our people are on tbe rush for the almighty- dollar and they are willing to sacrifice everything they have to get It. We will have to call a halt, or suffer the more direful consequences for our disregard of the commonest rules of health and well-being. We want the almighty dollar, and It makes vary little difference to us what it costs to get it. 9 99 Discord Leads te Murder. John Wilson, a Frenchman, struck and killed Hugh Guthrie, a SMtch- man, when there was a discord la the Maga they were trying te sing In Bdrmtnkhsm, Ala. One was sing ing ftMteh airs and the other French at the time »f the fight. w kl< a ke abide by •Mu Desired Drink m4 Mem J R Buckner, ef Tippecanoe City. O . Is dMd la WayeroM. Oik. He waa suffering from acute iadlfouttea brongbt cm by sxeeaMve drinking Re begged her a drink ef whlakey. iftd Alftd In a law p-eeUeu'to! eaa4 4atea at • beervM (bell p’• u*.#« te tbe rueell "New in view ef th# fa«t aossrd tag te tbe repen# whlah the govern ment ba# received." eeutlaueu tb# • •to "tbat the-e •i , at# au eerueat ( resumption that because It ba# been Impeeetblu te carry on votlug It a number el pelting places preeerlbed by law. tbe elections fall te be eoa- sldered a true maalfeetatlen ef the will ef tbe people, aud because It Is foresees that Mid presidential elec tions would be declared null, tbe Ex- eeutlve wishes te make knows onee mors te the country and to the whole world that In accord with this dster- mlnatloa ha will oontinue exerting himself for the pacification ef the country la order to be able te guar- antee freedom and efficiency In the new elections, which congress muat call as a necsssary eonsequsnee of that deolaratiou. “In ths same manner he wishes to make known once more before his friends and those outside tha Repub lic that, being regardful of the law and persuaded that, by virtue of his having occupied the post of President of the Republic while the elections were being held, he considers him self constitutionally Impeded from being validly elected, he will on ilo account take Into consideration the vote which may hava been cast In hla favor and no matter what may he the reason ef CongreM, he will not ac cept in this cbm the constitutional T'rr'sideney of the Republic He rellM an President on the sol emn promise of honorable citizens who figured as candidates for the RrMldency, and who represent all the political pnrtlM of the Republic, ahd he Is sure that perfect harmony will reign between the thrM powers of the union and that the government* ef the werld wfll reeommend with- that euty a .a i • • k. .•'• 0 ef Sumter Tueedsy Wh • truuk ng Mr* g; person • rar ' .r #r a p a’.^l iroppel from the po- k#t < f I'.Wirw- man J M lawreo • ari l the w«ap<>t» •a# dlsrhargad tha ball atrlk ng Mr* r.ppersoo lu th* leg uaar the kne>* and making lla way for naarly a foot through tha fleeh before It emerged Ju*t below the tklgh After the ac cident Mr* Epperson was taken to the hospital, where It was found that none of the main blood veaael* bad baen cut and the bullet had not • truck the bona. While the wound is said to be very painful, It Is a flesh wound and not considered serious, althougb It Is probable that Mrs. Ep person will have to remain at tho hospital for aome time. Th# accident occurred when Mrs. Epperson came from a store and started to crank the car. The police man offered to crank it for her and she waa standing the sidewalk a few feet away directing him when tho pistol dropped. Policeman Lawrence had hla platol in a bolster, but it^wa* not belted In. He atated that he'had always been accuatomed to carrying it this way aad it had never fallen out before, even when making arrasts and holding unruly prisoners. He deeply deplorM the oscurrence, aa de the other members of tha police de partment. ..4 and guarantee tkeir freedom and ef ficacy. He hopM te be able to fulfill easily within the period which con- grcM ehnl) deeignnto hla sacred duty, consulting the national dMlre te con secrate by tbe suffrage of the peopla the KiMUtlve who le te rale definite ly the dMtlniM ef the Mnntry. Oth- erwlM the realisation ef the Rxeeu- tive'i pregram weald not be peeulbla within e kmg period ef time Men ef activity ueaally leaf for bat wbaa (her U they are