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)L XXXVII
M Ju»t Like a Member of the Family”
BARNWELL, S. C. JUNE 23, 1914
SUMMER tERM OF COURT
CONVENES ON JULY 13TH
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Jmif HayM P, Rice, of Aiko% Will
Pr^aido.—Pint Wook Jury.
The summer term of the -Court of
Common Pieas and Oeners^ Sessions for
Barnwell County will convene here on
July 18th with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of
Aiken, presiding. Both criminal and
civil cases will be tried. The petit
jnrors for the first week were drawn
on Monday as follows:
Allendale: J R Boylston, H. H. Ben
nett, B. F. Thomas, F. G. Craddock.
Baldoc: Wickliff Ashe.
Barnwell: J. D. Davis, R. C. Carroll,
A. J. Owens.
Bennett Springs: J. W. Rosier,
Drummond.
Blackville: Isadore Brown,
Chisolm, E. H. McDonald, W. 0
ling. „
Four Mile: A. R. Dunbar.
Georges Creek: H. C. Hutto.
Great Cypress: E. H. Jenkins, C. S.
Furman, E. B. Sanders, Jr., N. E. Still.
Red Oak: J. Wilkinson, W. L. Bax
ley.
®Rteh Land: B. F. Baughman, J. G.
Burckhalter.
Rosemay: S. J. Powell, J. N. Folk.
tjSjtamore: F. P. Cone, J. P. Wilkin-
J. S. Furgerson, J. F. Loadholt,
PC. Loadholt.
Williston: B. C. Matthews, W. A.
Porter, H. B. Kitchings, Jno. Bolen, J.
J, Bel).
J. J.
T. R.
Fick-
“PROOF OF THE PUDDIN’
IS CHAWING THE BAG”
SENATORIAL CANDIDATES
SPEAK HERE FRIDAY, 26TH
DEATHS.
MELONS AT SEIGUNGVILLE
Cucumber Season Over but Water
melon* Are Ripeninf.
Seiglingville, June 22.—Croos ire
Jooking fine in this section. The
nicumber season is over but water
melons will soon be ready for ship
ment, Mr. 0. W. Barker having pulled
several ripe melons a week ago.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bates, and three
children, of Allendale visited relatives
here yesterday.
Mrs. J. P. Moody and daughter, Miss
Annie Laura, visited friends at Thomas
Frida/.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Barker and three
children, of Allendale, spent Sunday
■with the former’s father, Mr. 0. W.
Barker.
Messrs. J. W. Boyles and H. H.
Youngblood motored up to Kline in the
former’s car Saturday.
Miss Ruby Myrick has just returned
home after a pleasant visit to her sister,
Mrs. W. F. Goodson, of Georgia
Mrs. R. W. Youngblood visited her
sister, Mrs. J. S. Stephenson, of Apple-
ton, Saturday.
Miss Alma Furman, of Ehrhardt, visi
ted at the home of Mrs. J. P. Boyles
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Moody and three
children visited Relatives in Kline last
- week;— —-- —
Mrs. T. S. Cave, of Barnwell, was
here on a business trip Thursday.
Among the out-of-town visitors here
Sunday were Messrs. Malcolm Moody,
' Allendale, and Baker Gill, of Apple-
&n.
Mrs. Morrall Strange and children, of
Allendale, visited relatives here yester
day.
ELLENTON NEWS.
Mr*. Bu»h and Mi** Bailey Improving '
After Recent Illnetse*.
Ellenton, June 20.—Little Mildred
Bailey was quite sick several days
last week, but is now able to be out
again.
Miss GusSie Miller is visiting relatives
at Rocky Ford, Ga.
Miss Mamie Bush has gone to Greens-'
boro, N. C., to enter a normal school. I
Mrs. Hahn and children, of Aiken,
are visiting the family of F. M. Young-
blood.
Mrs. 1). C. Bush was on the sick list
several days this week.
Miss Flossie Miller has been sick for
several days.
* Miss Florence Bush attended the
wedding of Mias Annie Mae Ransey
in North Augusta Thursday evening.
t E. R. Buckingham was in Columbia
a few days flits week.
Mrs. Ida E. Buah was confined to. her
bed several d^ys this week on account
of illness.
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Scholarship Winners Announced.
Misses Daisy Mnns, of Meyer’s Mill,
mod Blanche Deer, of Ulmer, have been
selected as the winners of the short
jurse scholarship to Winthrop College
i summer, with Misses Eula Lee
on and Thelma Goodson, of
Ulmer, as alternates. The winners
made an average ol lOO ^et.eenL flie. ^,
More About Bull Pond Township and tho
Public Uoad*.|
(Political Advertisement)
Where is Bull Pond Township?
Well, I really don’t know, but if the
chain gang will work the road through
Bryan brothers’ plantation on that little
piece of new road from J. L. Oswald’s
Wood Place on the Augusta and
Charleston road to the old Allendale
and Erwinton road, on towards Mr.
Speigener’s on the Erwinton and old
Allendale road, and then on the Anioch
Church road as far as Mr. H. C. Flow
ers’, the “boss man” may be reason
ably certain that he has worked ALL
the public highways in Bull Pond town
ship, running clear through to the
Hampton County line. At any rate that
seems to be the impression that some
of his supporters have endeavored to
create, and they laud him. to the skies
for his very excellent workmanship
and set up a claim for his re-election
because of the royal highways that he
has built through Bull Pond and other
townships, declaring them equal to the
royal highways of King Solomon’s day.
Either History or Dr. Hoover is grossly
incorrect.
For such excellent services they
claim that he should be re-elected, even
though they and I doubt if he has
ever seen the fifteen-mile stretch
of road on the Barnwell and McCoy’s
' bluff road from Briar cneek to Lafay
ette’s Cross Roads, nor the 15 miles of
road on the river road from Briar
Creek to Pender’s store, nor that stretch
from P. J. Zeigler’s ,to Cohen’s bluff,
on the Orangeburg road, on whicn is
the bad and even dangerous bridge
. that Mr. Box mentions having reported
to the grand jury. All of these roads
are very important highways and run
| clear through Bull Pond township
the Hampton County line.
| I wish to call attention to at least two
I other very important and much-usec.
public roads, running from Erwinton to
Fennel Hill and King Creek landings
! on the river.
1 The first of these, leading from 01<
1 Allendale by Mr. Flowers’ and Antioch
Church to Fennel Hill, in some places
! is impassable and the road grown up
1 (very near to the church, too,) to such
' an extent that the public is forced to
' use a private plantation road through
P. A. Erwin’s place; the writer has
the control, and permits the public to
, use his private road.
The same is also true as regards the
road intersetting the Barnwell road at
j Mr. W. H. Williams’ and running
through the writer’s plantation to the
river.
j Every one of the bridges, without
single exception, on this road is in bad
condition and some of them entirely
gone. Here again the pdblic is forced
toluse two public roads through my fields
simply because the regular public
road and bridges are impas
sable. “But Tom Erwin won’t
kick; you can go through his fields
most anywhere you please.” But if
he should (and which he is going to do)
put up# trespass notice j»nd stop those
roads, what then? “Oh, well, he’ll just
bathe meanest man in the world. Mr.
Diamond will fix them if you only give
him time enough.” WelA, we’ll see
about that; there is such a thing as pa
tience ceasing to be a virtue.
As above stated, these are both very
important public highways leading di
rectly from Allendale to the river, and
if they were put in good condition, at
least that part of them that does not
touch the swamp, the immense amount
of saving in distance to the farmers of
this section and the advantage of the
river water rates to Allendale would
more than compensate putting these
roads in good condition.
Don’t lose sight of the fact that they
are in Bull Pond township, where it
has been reported that the supervisor
has put them in excellent condition,
but it is a fact, nevertheless, that he
hasn’t touched them. But he ought to
be re-elected because he will do (if you
just give him time enough) that which
he is credited with already having
done, and the impresaion goes out that
he has done it, hut he hasn’t.
I note from Mr. Box’s letter that
there are at least two of us of the same
opinion when it comes to voting for
a man seeking re-election based upon
misstatements and false impressions
(though they may be unintended on
the part of those who did it) as regards
his road record. As Mr. Box very
pointedly states, my vote counts only
ONE; that’s true, but when that one is
doubled, then it makes two, and when
Senator Smith, Governor Blease, Mayor Jennings, ami Mr. Pollock
Will Address Voters of Barnwell County.—Con
gressional Candidates Will
Also Speak. " ^ A
Henry Lard
i Satur-
The Senatorial and Congressional candidates will make their
appeals for the suffrage of Barnwell County voters here tomorrow,
Friday, June 26th, in the “Circle.” There are four aspirants for the
Senatorial toga: Senator Smith, Governor Blease, Mayor L. D.
Jennings and Mr. W. P. Pollock. Congressman Byrnes, of Aiken, and
his opponent, Col. R. M. Mixson, will also lay their claims before the
people. ' /
According to an agreement made by the candidates at Waiter-
boro, the speaking will begin promptly at 10:30 o’clock A. M.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
NEWS FROM WILLISTON
FACTS AND FANCIES
FROM FAIR FAIRFAX
A Number of Visitor* in Town.—Col
lege Boy* Return Home.
Willistoi/ June 23.—M*. an<i Mrs.
Austin Latimer, of New York, are visit
ing Mrs. Latlimer’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Kennedy.
Mrs. Sallie Hair, pf Blackville, spait
several days last week with relatives
and friends in Williston.
Mr. and Mrs. Laura Dicks, of Chatta
nooga, Tenn., spent Friday and Satur
day here with friends.
Messrs. Winchester Smith, Eugene
and Cecil Greene are at home from
College.
*- Dr. and Mrs. J. Lewis Smith and Mr.
and Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy and son are
in the North on a pleasure trip. They
will be away several weeks and will
visit many points of interest.
Capt. W. H. Kennedy is in Washing
ton visiting his daughter, Mrs. C. J.
Owens.
Mrs. Ista L. Wallace has just re
turned from Columbus, Ga., where she
delivered an address on personal loyal
ty to Christ, before the State Philathea
Convention.
The friends of Mrs. Fannie Hair will
be pained to learn that she is seriously
sick at her home here.
w itwuilM titter
two alternates being doce seconds with ; up by a little Influence coupled to the
99 per cent. The course at Winthrop unvarnished facti, the results may as-
begins July 2nd and closes July 14th. tonish you. „■ . „
\ • • •—"—7”- I would like to know what has be-
Cd. Harry D. Calheun went overate eome of the Bull Pood road tax money.
Thursday- " ’ . j-1 venture to say that, outside of the
towns, the road tax population ia equal
to any other township in Barnwell
County. Why, then, are we given the
go-by every time? Will somebody ex
plain? DISCRIMINATION is the
word; pass it on.
Friend Box, can't we poor little fel
lows down here "bunch up” and get
us a traction engine or an automobile?
May be if we could .do that we could
create a sort o’ fellow-feeling andNgain
recognition so that our roads wouldn’t
be outlawed and we wouldn't be entire
ly counted out. ■ '
1 am indeed glad to note, the deliber
ate stand for right and justice that Mr.
Box takes, and I heartily concur with
him in all that he says, except when
he says, “His work is good if com
pleted.”
1 am sorry to say it, but in justice to
Bull Pond I feel justified in saying that
frottrmy viewpoint I have never seen
a single piece of his road work that I
consider good—not even good ordinary,
much less excellent. I haven’t trav
eled perhaps quite as much as Dr.
Hoover has over his roads. What a
pity the Doctor didn’t come down this
way through Lover’s Lane. If he had
no doubt but that his song and dance
would have been pitched on a differ
ent note.
If there is a single stretch of road
that has been built or worked up by
the chain gang, wide enough for a
bicycle, much less a wagon or a buggy,
to go pass Bryan brothers’ traction
engine (and I think it has the right to
travel the public roads) I have not
seen it. All of the road beds that I
have seen are entirely too. narrow and
too hiked up—like a “cooler’s” back
—for anything that is loaded and rolls
on wheels to pass each other, the one
keeping to the center of the road and
the other driving around, except a bi
cycle, a baby carriage or a wheel bar-
row.
There isn’t a single stretch of road
that ! have seen that is uniform in any
particular. There is not s ditch with a
straight clearance and proper grading;
some of them are cut wide, some nar
row, some dodge around stumps, roots
and trees, and still some stop short off,
both ends approaching streams. In
some places only a few briarr and
brushes are brushed aside. None of
the abutments will stand the test or
heavy pressure of loaded wagons,
oftbent are supported at an im.
angle with only a small slender
pine or gum pole, not larger than
man’s arto; and yet this work is pro
nounced excellent and tha man who
supenrisod it held up to the public
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(Coetinued on fourth page.)
A Number of Item* of Interest from
Hu*tbnf Little City.
Fairfax, June 20.—Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Jennings are now living here
and are at home at the Commercial
hotel.
Mrs. Jennie Barker of Allendale has
been here visiting her mother, Mrs.
Till.
Miss Lily Weekley of Ulmer is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Otis Deer.
Mr. and Mrs. Moorer have returned
from their bridal trip and are at home
with Mrs. Martin Lightsey.
Miss Maude Barber has returned
from a pleasant trip to Columbia.
Mrs. Anna Padget and son, Sydney,
of Florida, are spending some time with
Mrs. Jones Lane. t
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis of Tillman visited
their daughter here recently.
Mrs. L. O. Browning and daughter are
visiting Mrs. C. M. Davis.
Dr. J. B. Stokes of Charleston was a
recent visitor here.
L. 0. Watson is the guest of G. D.
Sanders.
Mrs. G. L. O’Neal has returned from
A visit to Delray, Fla., where several
of her sons are living.
Miss Iris Kearse is spending sdfllg
time with her sister, Mrs. Dan Hart*
man, at Waycross, Ga.
Miss Eloise Garrick has returned to
Norway, after visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Purdie Ayer of Olar and Mrs.
L. W. Clayton of Bamberg were recent
visitors here.
A miscellaneous shower was giv;n to
Miss Mell Kearse, who is to wed George
DuPre Sanders on June 30,by Mrs. John
Jones Friday.
Robbie Johnson of Augusta visited
Mrs. C. F. Hiers this week.
Meva Hiers is spending some
in Augusta with relatives.
James Connelly of Waycross,
visited'C. F. Hiers this - week.
Sam Jenkins of Birmingham,
is here for a while.
Robert Padgett of Florida is here
qn a visit, as is P. Padgett of Ehrhardt.
HmwyLut
Williston, 9un^23.—Mr
died at his home in Williston on
day, the 14th inat, after a short illness.
Mr. Lard was an upright citizen and
left a boet of friends who extdnd to his
wife deep And earnest sympathy.
Williston, June 23»—On the 10th of
June, Mr. William Hair passed peace
fully away at his home here after an
illness of many months. He was a
consistent member of the Baptist
Church. He leaves a wife and a large
family of children and many friends to
mourn for him.
W. C. Leu. 1
After an illness of only a few days,
Mr. W. C. Lee, aged 62 years, a native
of Barnwell County, died in a Columbia
hospital Thursday morning about 5
o’clock, from the effects of a, stroke of
paralysis followed by pneumonia. He
was buried that afternoon in Elmwood
cemetery, Columbia. Mr. Lee is sur
vived by one brother, Mr. U. D. Lee,
of Snelling, who has the sincere sym
pathy of his community in his sad
bereavement.
Mr*. CKiralette Simms Row*.
Mrs. Chivelette Simms Rowe, relict
of the late Mr. Donald J. Rowe, of Bam
berg county, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. H. F. Buist, in Black
ville, Wednesday night at the ripe age
of 65 years, after a long ittness follow
ing a stroke of paralysis. Her body
was taken to Charleston and buried in
Magnolia cemetery, Friday the Rev.
S. C. Beckwith conducting the services.
Mrs. Rowe was a sister of C. C.
Simms, Esq., of Barnwell, and ia sur
vived by three daughters, Miss Mamie
Rowe of Charleston, Mrs. H. F. Buist,
of Blackville, and Mra. W. T. Weekley,
of Birmingham, Ala., and one son, Mr.
W. Q. S. Rowe, of Louisville, Ga., who
haye the sincere symfmthy of many
friends in the sad in bereavement. 1
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PRODUCTION ON COTTON
IN THE UNITED STATES
U* Veto.
Washington, D. C., June 24, 1914.—
The quantity of cotton ginned from the
crop of 1913, counting round as half
bales and excluding linters, was 11,-
982,811 running balds. With toe ex
ception of that of 1911, this ia the hnf-,
est cotton crop the United States has
ever produced. Expressed in gross
500-pound bales, toe crop amounted to
14,156,486 bales, being 1,536,215 belea,
or 9.8 per cent, less than tost of 1911,
but exceeding that of 1912 by 463,085
or 3.3 per cent; that of 1900, the small
est in recent years, by 4,161,537 bales,
or 41.5 per cent; and that of 1904, the
fourth largest crop, by 718,474 bales, or
5.3 per cent. These figures are given
in a bulletin on Cotton Production for
1913, which has been issued by Director
William J. Harris, of the Bureau of the
Census, Department of Commerce. It
was prepared under the supervision of
William M. Stuart, chief statistician
for manufactures.
The amount of cotton seed produced,
in tons in 1913, was 6,306,000, with nn
estimated value of 1156,0000,00a Of
this quantity, 4,787,902 tons were
crushed. The corresponding amounts
for 1912 were 6,104,000 tons produced
and 4,579‘508 tons crushed; and tor
1911, 6,997,000 tons produced and 4,-
921,073 tons crushed.
RsMcr-LawMa.
Augusta, Os., June 19.—At the home
of the bride in North Augusta this
morning took place the marriage of
Miss Annie May Ransey and Malcolm
Stoney Lawson. Owing to a recent be
reavement in the family, no cards were
issued and only a few friends were
present in addition to the family. The
bride wore a coat suit of one of the new
shades of green with blouse of flesh-
colored chiffon, black straw hat and
black pumps and gloves. She canied
bride roses and ferns.
After the Ceremony by the Rev. W.
A. Waugh of North Augiula and an in
formal breakfast, Mr. and Mrs. Lawson
left for Palm Beach, Fla. On their re-
J&me* B. Cav*.
Mr. Jimjfc B. Cave, formerly of Barn- fro ® wedfflng trip they Wfli
time
Ga.,
Ala.,
MORE ABOUT MR. DIAMOND.
E. G. Connelly, of Fairfax, Praiae* Work
of Supervisor.
(Political Advertisement.)
Fairfax, S. C., June 18, 1914.
Mr. Editor:—
Dear Sir: I wish to ask for space in
your columns to compliment our pre
sent supervisor for his past good work
n our surrounding community.
Our public highways are in first
class condition for the first time in past
years, and Mr. G. J. Diamond certainly
has the praise for them.
Our surrounding community, one
and all, certainly have to give him the
praise for our good roads, and we feel
like Mr. Diamond has done his utter
most best for the benefit of Barnwell
County. We feel like he has put forth
every effort and every move that was
in his power to the welfare and benefit
of our county, but we must say that it
is impossible for him to work Barnwell
county in two years, especially like he
has worked the territory he has cov
ered. He has not left anything undone
whpre he has been and two more years
Weil Gotirify, died at his home at Lyons,
Toombs Ooknty, Ga., on the 5th inat.,
after an ilineSS Of three months, in the
73rd year of his age.
Mr. Cave served through ih« Wlf
Between the States and when peace
was restored, returned to his native
county, where he married and en
gaged in farming. Seven children
blessed the union. About twenty
years ago he left his old home on his
Green Savannah plantation and moved
to Georgia. During the last four years
of his life he served the yeople of his
adopted county as tax receiver and at
the time of his death was a candidate
for the office of county treasurer. The
bereaved family have many friends in
this county who deeply sympathize
with them in their loss.
Mr*. A. M. Sander*.
Mrs. Nettie Sanders, wife of Mr. A.
M. Sanders, died at her home near
Barnwell Tuesday night about 11 o’clock
after an illness oT three days, from the
effects of blood poisoning. Mrs. San
ders, who was only 36 years of age,
was a daughter of the late Mt\ L. T.
Williams, of Elko. She was a consis
tent member of the Rosemary Baptist
Church, with which she affiliated at an
early age. On Wednesday her body
laid to rest in the Hair cemetery, near
Elko, the Rev. W. L. Hayes, of Barn
well, conducting the funeral services in
the presence of a large number of
sorrowing relatives and friends.
Besides her husband, Mra. Sanders is
survived by two daughters and four
sons, the eldest being twelve years of
age and the youngest eleven months;
two brothers, Messrs. L. P. Williams,
of Elko, and Sam Williams, of Olar;
and thr^e sisters, Mesdames Staley and
T. E. Turner, of Elko, and Huttof pf
Olar, who have the heartfelt sympathy
of a host of friends.
put Barnwell county roads' in first class
condition, and I hope that when the
last ballot box will ring Out in Barnwell
county court house this coming August,
1914, that we can all say, “Well done,
our good and faithful supervisor, you
have been very faithful for the past
two years—now you are re-elected for
two more.*'
E. G. Connelly.
The subject 'of this sketch, little
with success from G. J. Diamond wtU Saleta Creech, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry. E. Creech, was born in the
Friendship section of Barnwell county,
JJov. 30th, 1907. On Saturday, May
16th, 1914, while in the field where her
father was cutting oats with, a mowing
machine, “the mules became unmana
geable and dashed off. The sharp
blade of the machine completely sev
ered obe of her feet and cut the other
almost off, A physician was hastily
summoned and the little sufferer
rushed to a Columbia hospital, where
ad operation was performed. Her in
make their hpme in Forsyth, Ga.
Mra. Lawson is the second daughter
of Mr. and Mra. John Ransey and has
made her home in North Augusta since
childhood. She has always been eopapM-
out for her beauty and charm, being pop
ular in South Carolina and Georgia alike.
Mr. LaWSotl ig a member of a prominent
South Carolina family and has lived in
Allendale until recently. They re
ceived many handsome wedding pres
ents.
(Political Advertisement.)
ArticW Endorsed.
We, the voters of Bull Pond Demo
cratic Club, take this method of en
dorsing the letter written by Mr. J.
Lawton Box, published in the Barn
well People under date of June Ul
1914, entitled, "No Chain Gang in Bull
Pond.”
(Signed) W. Z. Bryan, J. O. Brun
son, Jno. G. Jones, H. G. Bryan, W. L.
Best, E. W. Gray, M. L. Middleton, JL
D. Box, W. H. Harley, H. E. Box.
Mr. I. E. Black has purchased a lot
near the site of the new graded school
building trom Mrs. C. T. Bamberg and
will build thereon in the near future.
The Barnwell baseball team went
over to Orangeburg Thursday to eroes
bats with the Holly Hill aggregates
but the game could not be played m
account of rain.
Mr. John Duncan Holme*, of Ban-
well, who will enter the senior chwa
at the College of Charleston this tel,
was one of three students at that ex
cellent school to receive high honan
on his excellent scholarship.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Huggins, Messrs.
W. L. Cave, S. & Moseley, V. 8.
Owens, J. G. Wooley, Wfli Greene sad
B. P. Davies were among those frees
Barnwell who attended the
meeting at Orangeburg Thursday.
Col. R. M. Mixson, candidate for
Orngresir passed torou^i hercCMeatoqr
morning on his way to Beaufort, where
the Senatorial and Congressional as
pirants spoke Tuesday. They wfli
make theta’ bow to the voters of this
county Friday.
Elloree, June 23.—Barnwell was t
delayed in reaching Elloree today and juries proved tetaU however, and the
the scheduled game between these ' little pure white spirit returned to dti
is was therefore not played. At 51 Maker esriy Sunday morning." All
o'clock tomorrow afferhooa the 4wo, that loving hands could do eras done
teams will asset oa the diamond. • lor her, but He who toyed tittle chil
dren while here in this world, called
her unto Himself. Little Saleta to WS
more, hut only gone oa before. Etor
place is vacantia toe home, tort tore
for her still remains;
her parents to com?*
ia but her gain. For she'Id pet
but aleepeth.” She was a
Iigent,sweet tittle girt,and
all who knew her. Shewi
five months, and seventeen days