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w ? _ _ Hamhrnj i^raliii ; Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 19, 19G6 One Dollar a Year IN THE PALMETTO STATE. INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. 4 Dr. Rupert Blue, of Marion, now in the United States hospital service, will be sanitary officer at the Jamestown Exposition. In a wreck on the Central of Georgia railway near Marshalville, Ga., Monday three men lost their lives. The wreck was caused by foul play. m Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, has ordered a special term of Rowan Superior Court, to begin July 30th, for the trial of the five negroes charged with the murder of Isaac Lyerly, his wife and two children Friday night. George Shaver, r. young white man, was convicted in S;>artanburg last week of the combined charge of marrying a girl ^ under age and perjury. He got five years or $400 fine on the first charge and one year or $100 on the second. A woman attempted suicide in Columbia last Sunday by jumping in front of a street car. Her name was not learned. She had a little child in her arms at the time. Her attempt was frustrated by the >motorman stopping the car. j * The Anderson Traction company has decided to extend the street car line to the Gluck mills three miles south of An- J derson. The liDe at present runs as far j as the Orr mills and will be extended from V'that point southward. The extension : - will cost about $20,000. Three baggage masters of the Southern Railway running from Charleston to Columbia, have been caught up with in their stealing from baggage, which has . been going on for years, and discharged. The men admitted their guilt, but they will not be prosecuted. Randolph Rory shot and killed Kate % Addison, last Saturday evening, near Ashland, in th^ western part of Darlingf ton county, because she refused to allow - - vol!?- hnmp with her. Both Darties mill ?V T? UAlk MVMW ? f are colored. Rory made good his escape ' Immediately after the shooting. The publication committee of the Uni;;/.ted Synod of the Southern Lutheran church recommended the establishing of a publishing house in Columbia, and Synod ^endorsed the proposition. This means that the Lutheran Visitor will soon be p published in a home of its own. }: The Bank of Mayesville, at Mayesville, ' Sumter county, has bean closed by Bank .Examiner Holleyman. There is a dis? crepancy of $4,000 in the books which ' cannot be accounted for. It is not i:; thought the stockholders will lose anything, and the bank may resume business. A. H. Willis was shot in Abbeville Sats urday night by Luther Scott, aged 17. r< Both are white. Willis was entering the window of the room occupied by Scott's mother when Scott came home and saw him. He immediately opened fire. One ball took effect and Willis was thought to be seriously hurt, but later reports say he will recover. Both work in the cotton ~ 1 J mill. BCOtl was piaueu in jaw. Mary Branson, colored, was shot and killed Sunday afternoon by her brother, Olando Branson, at Shannontown, a negro settlement, two miles from Sumter. The killing is said to have been an accident, but as a crowd of negroes were drinking and carousing at Branson's house it is impossible to obtain a satis* i factory account of the affair. The woman was shot through the body and lived but a few minutes. Branson has been arrested and committed to jail. > William Williams, colored, fell from the top of one of the vertical boilers in the boiler room at the Olympia mill in Colombia Monday and was instantly killed. He had been engaged in blowing out . the tubes of the boilers, which necessitated his getting on top of them and with a jbose and nozzle blowing out the interior P of the shells with steam. He had finishp ed his work on one of them and was step1 1 ping across to another when he fell to the l: concrete floor below, a distance of about SO feet. g..^ Webster's Retainers. Edward M. Nason, superintendent of buildings for the State of New Hampshire, tells the following anecdote of Daniel Webster, says the Boston Herald. One day a man came to Webster's office and consulted him in regard to a prospective law suit. At the close of the conferCh** ' ence he paid the attorney a retainer of $100 to look after the matter. After returning to his place of business he found ^that his partner had already settled the suit, obtaining the sum demanded without an attorney. He thought ?100 was altogether too much for an office fee, so he dispatched his clerk to look after the subject. "Mr. Webster," said the young man, 'my employer thinks you should return a part of your retainer. That case has been settled." "Young man," said the lawyer, "you go back and tell your employer that a retain-! er is something to be retained." I k jjj^* AWFUL TRAGEDY AT RUFFIN. J. W. Irnegan Slays His Wife and Four Children. Killed Them With an Axe While Thev Slept Last Thursday morning before daybreak while they were wrapped in peaceful slumber, J. W. Irnegan, who lived at Ruffin in Colleton county, took an axe and slew his wife and four children. Mr. Irnegan first brained his wife, Mrs. Olivia Irnegan, and then his son George, age 16 years, and then his daughter, Carrie, age eight years; then his son, Thomas, age four years, and then the youngest, a little girl, Lillie May, who was only two years old. Mr. Irnegan was carried to Walterboro the same morning by A. M. Ulmer and B. R. Ulmer, sons of Magistrate Ulmer of Bells. As soon as Mr. Irnegan had slain his family he went to his neighbor, Isaac Salsberry, and reported it to him. Mr. Salsberry and Mr. Sinyly and several others went to the place and took Mr. Irnegan in charge and immediately summoned a physician. When seen by a press representative Mr. Irnegan stated that he had killed his wife and children, but did no't know why he had done so; that he loved them very dearly and that they had always gotten on well together. He said when he got through killing them that it was nearly daylight, when he went over to Mr. Salsberry's and reported it to him. Mr. Irnegan is a well-to-do farmer, who ; lived about one mile from Ruffin. He kept books for J. M. Dannclly for a long ' time, but about ten years ago he quit j1 keeping books and bought a farm. Mr. |1 Irnegan came to this country some years 1 ago from Sweden. Several years ago he ( made an attempt to cut his throat. Though in prosperous circumstances. Mr. 1 Irnegan seems to fear that his wife and 5 l children would be put out of house and home, and he is said to have stated to 1 others that this is the reason that he had 1 killed them. There is little doubt but ( that the man was insane. Before her marriage Mrs. Irnegan was Miss Olivia Andrews, of Williams?Walterboro Press * and Standard. 1 < Mrs. Chapiu's Assaulter Confesses. 1 Aiken, July 16.?-Isaac Knight, the] negro who assaulted Mrs. L. S. Chapin at her home six miles from Aiken on Sunday night, has been captured and is now in the Aiken jail. The negro was captured in Bartow, a small town in Jefferson County, Georgia, on Wednesday about noon. The negro appeared suspicious and his actions caused the town marshal to arrest him. When ordered to submit to arrest, he drew his pistol quickly, and but for the alertness of the marshal in knocking him down would probably have killed him. After arrest he could" not give any account of himself and was held there. It was thought that he might be the negro wanted here, so Sheriff Raborn was noti- , fied, and he immediately telephoned a description of Knight, and the negro proved ^ to be the one wanted. The sheriff brought i the prisoner into Aikejn yesterday morning. The negro admits having attempted an 1 assault on Mrs. Chapin, but denies that he ' succeeded. He stated that, on Sunday night he came to Mrs. Chapin's about one o'clock, and went to the room where she was, and was talking about the crops, etc., . when he suddenly grasped her and at- J tempted to throw her down, but she called < for "John" (his brother-in-law) and that ? be then turned her loose and went to his sister's house nearby. Mrs. Chapin called his sister, Knight said, and told her she 1 wanted to talk to him before he left, and < hp rpMirned to her house, and that she told < him she "would hate to have him arrest-1, ed or lynched." He says he told her to * kill him or do anything else to him, as he ( would probably "be lynched or hanged ] anyway. He then got his clothes and 5 went back to his sister's, and next mom- . ing went out to Montmorenci, stayed there until the 11.30 train came, and got ( on the train and went to Augusta, where ] be stayed a while, and then went to } Bartow, where he was taken into custody. Capt. Sidney Chapin, a son of Mrs. Chapin, is now out at his mother's. 1 Capt. Chapin was in the city yesterday < and stated that the negro positively did ; not accomplish his purpose, whereas it has been reported that he did. The negro stated that Mrs. Chapin had 1 always been kind to him, and that he stayed in one of the rooms in her home at night. Yesterday afternoon after the negro's story became known there appeared to . be considerable unrest among the citizens \ who gathered upon the street to discuss . the affair.* While there is no' talk of a , lynching, still the citizens are anxious J about the negro and requested the Bar j Association to meet and request the gov- , ernor to order a special court to trv him. , The members of the bar met to-aay at noon, but their action has not been made public, having adjourned until to-mor- * row morning. , Knight was taken to Columbia Mon- ( day night and lodged in she penitentiary ' for safe keeping. ^ Rev. Will. Aiken Kelly in Hospital. Rev. W. Aiken Kelly, formerly pastor i of St. John's church in Aiken, and then ' of Grace Methodist church, North Augusta, after being lost to his congregation for .1 nearly two years, has been found, and the j opinion prevailing at the time of Mr. j Kelly's disappearance that he had suff-i1 ered mentally is practically sustained. He j is now at the Riverside Infirmary, Charles-' ton, where he has been for the past two I j weeks. He entered the infirmary for an operation on the brain and is reported to j be doing well. It is stated that he went j directly to Charleston from Charlotte. I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN YARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, July 16.?The usual quietude of our little town was disturbed ou Monday evening about dusk?the usual supper time for working men?wheu two pistol shots were fired in quick succession and soon after word came that some one had killed Otis Davis, a colored man. On July 5th Mr. Joe Kinsey went to collect a payment ou an organ that he had sold Otis. Otis had been off taking the 4th and when he returned was full of booze. Consequently when Mr. Joe Kin sey tackled him for money he was sassy aud impudent. Mr. Kinsey called in aid of Mr. Priester, marshal, f nd after a livelv rhase eauuht him and imnrisoned him.! He was released on bond for bis appear-1 ance before the council. Monday evening at dusk, rumor bas it that Messrs. Cbarlie, Joe and Junior Kinsey went to Otis Davis's bouse and that Cbarlie and Joe called Davis out to where tkev were standing and were talking to biui. Otis Davis's wife says a third party came up and did the shooting. Toe darkey no doubt was scared and ran for the bouse. He fell to bis knees and hands and when be reached bis room fell over and turned on bis back and was so when Judge J. C. Copeland held the inquest. Both balls bit Davis. One in thick part of thigh, went through as no obstacle was hit to stop it; the other went in about shoulder blades near back bone, went through lung and heart, struck breast bone and rebounded into heart lodging in cavity of heart. It is thought that the fatal ball was first one 5hot. There was no eye witness to the Jeed except Otis Davis's wife and she was too frightened to know exactly what was said or done. Some white parties saw the Kinsey brothers going and re taming to livery stable or Mr. J. A. Chassareau's where they had left their buggy and horse in the afternoon. Otis Davis was a good hand, obedient to orders, and was only mouthy and contrary when drinking?nothing unusual with all drinking men. He leaves a wife and three little children. Otis had been in the employ of C. Ehrhardt & Sons fxorn January until death. He worked well wherever he was placed and was (ireman when killed. We had a good week last week and farmers made use of it in working up their crops. Had rain Saturday and Sunjay. Farmers are all discouraged exsept those who want more supplies, they invariably have fine crops. Anthony 0. Able last week killed a huge rattler. It was at least six feet long and had 18 rattles. Anthony lives in the Clear Pond section. Quite a crowd of our town folks took .n the big meetings at St. John's and Litle Swamp churches. Jee. Roswell T. Logan Dead. Chahlestox, July 11.?Roswell T. Logan, telegraph editor of the News and Courier, died at his home this morning ifter a brief illness. Mr. Logan in point of service as he was perhaps in age, the oldest employee )f the paper. Either on the old News or )n the News and Courier after the consolidation of two papers he was connect?d in some capacity with editorial de partment. He was a Confederate soldier, md ever since the war has been engaged in journalism as a writer chiefly, but also loing something in the advertising line. Be has a great reputation in the South as i head line "artist," being able to put more in the small space of an ordinary lead than many writers could put in half :olumn or more. His headlines were aright, witty, sarcastic at times, but always containing the "meat" of the article following. Not the Right Question. "The bravery of young men," said Rear Admiral Buhler at Atlantic City, according to the New York Tribune, "is a fact ihat I shall never cease to marvel over. Did you ever hear of a hope too forlorn, i risk too overwhelming, for the young men of the armies and navies of the world to undertake? "If only the'young men's wisdom squalled their bravery! But this is impossible. Sometimes I think boys have so much bravery there is no room in them for anything else. "I used to know a boy who was brave enough, but reckless, careless, extravagant. He accumulated a great quantity of debts. 1 TT?' 41?- V?Im o to 1 Itir? nr tA rvnt* "HIS iaiut'1 iiUC UtLU c KumuSj tv vuv day. " 'Suppose,' he said, 'that I should be taken away suddenly, what would become of you?' " 'I'd stay here,' the boy answered, smiling. 'The question is, What would become of you?'" To start the day with a wine glass of SHAW'S MALT gives vigor to carry on the work; to end it with the same is to j help nature recuperate. For sale at the i Dispensary. I ' * & : -v + FLORENCE *AN LOST AT SEA. No One Saw Him Fall or Heard the Splash. Had Been Drinking It is Said. Charleston, July 12.?Clyde steamer Apache arrived here this afternoon from New York with one passenger short, Walter Irving of Florence. He was j missed at the breakfast table this morning and investigation developed that he was not aboard the vessel. His berth has not been occupied and the presumption is that he fell overboard or deliberately elected this method of the ending of his existence. He was seen about midnight sitting in an easy chair on the deck of the vessel and up to this time he was in bright spirits and gave no indications of any mental trouble which would have induced suicide. He is said to have been driuking and it is possible that he sat on the deck rail, lost liis balance and fell overboard. The watch officers heard no splash or call for assistance and could not give no information abou tthe man's disappearance. The vessel sounded an alarm on her whistle before docking and the police department investigated the matter, but could secure little or no information. Irving was about 25 years of age. He made many friends on the voyage and his untimely end was the occasion of much regret among the passengers. Negro Teacher Acquitted of Killing Her Child. Spartanburg, July 12.?Georgia Erwin was acquitted this afternoon on a charge of infanticide and convicted of polluting a spring and well of water and was fined $100. The Erwin woman was charged with having killed her baby and thrown it in a well at a negro school near Cowpens. The water in the well was used for drinking purposes for nine days after the child had been thrown in. The woman did not deny that she threw the infant in the well but stated that it was dead at the time and that the child had been still born. Georgia was a teacher Ill CLIC CV/UUVi auu au vuuvuvvu having been employed at the school for two years. The child was illegitimate. The negro women, who were in the room with the woman continuously for five months, though sleeping in different beds, denied all knowledge of the birth of the child which took place in the room while they were there and swore that they did not know the woman was pregnant. As She is Wrote. Clarence i^udlow Brownell, in his book "The Heart of Japan," tells how eager the native shopkeepers are to corral the custom of the English and the Americans. To this end they display signs couched in what they fondly believe to be English language, the following examples seem to require some translation: "Barber to shave Beard or to Dress Hairs Away." The Genuinely Bier Buy the Health for Drink." "Of somkes our tobacco is pressure to our tongue and gives the healthiness to Hers and He! Also All People by it." "Cowmeat and Pigmeat and Ramune Souda Sasupre Zinsiubiya mjyael." This last means lemon soda, sarsapa rilla, ginger beer and ginger ale. ONLY 82 YEARS OLD. "I am only 82 years old and don't expect when I get to be real old to feel that way as long as I can get Electric Bitters," says Mrs. E. H. Brunson, of Dublin, Ga. Surely there's nothing else keeps the old as young and makes the weak as strong as this grand tonic. Dyspepsia, torpid liver, innamed kidneys or chronic constipation are unknown after taking Electric Bitters a reasonable time. Guaranteed by Hoover's Drug Store and J. B. Black. Price 50c. Tnrning the Tables. A statesman, in an argument, had turned the tables rather neatly on his opponent. Senator Dolliver, in congratulation, said: ' You remind me of a Fort Dodge doctor, Dr. X. This gentleman once had a grave dug for a patient, supposed to be dying, who afterwards recovered, and over this error of judgment the doctor was joked for many years. "Once He attended, in constmauun with three confreres, another patient. This patient really died. After the death, as the physicians discussed the case together, one of them said: " 'Since quick burial is necessary, we might inter the body temporarily. I understand our brother here has a vacant grave on hand.' "Dr. X he smiled. " 'Yes,' he said, 'I believe I am the only physician present whose graves are not all filled.'" . A TRAGIC FINISH A watchman's nedect nermitted a leak in the great North Sea dyke, which a child's linger could hare stopped, to become a ruinous break, devastating an entire province of Holland. In like manner Kenneth Mclver, of Vanceboro, Me., permitted a cold to go unnoticed until a tragic finish was only averted by Dr. King's New Discovery. He writes: "3 doctors gave me up to die of lung inflammation, caused bv a neglected cold; but Dr. King's New Discovery saved my life." Guaranteed best cough and cold cure, at Hoover's Drug Store and J. B. Black's. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. NEGRO ASSAULTS WOMAN NORTHERN WOMAN THOUGHT NEGRO A "PERFECT GENTLEMAN Brutc'Makej His Escape?Posse of Aiken Men are Searching Surrounding Country for Him?No Lynching Expected. Aiken, July 11?News of a horrible Icrime that was perpetrated about five | miles from Aiken reached here yesterday afternoon, but a coherent account could not be obtained until this morning. On Monday morning about 2 o'clock Mrs. L. S. Chapin was assaulted in her home by a negro man named Isaac Knight. The fact that Mrs. Chapin is an old lady, at least 65 years of age, makes the crime all the more revolting. The narrm oieanltod her llOii flppn in hpr employ for over three years. Mrs.Chapin lived in the house with uo white person. The negro man, who lived in a room at the side of the house nest to the kitchen, aud a negro family living in the yard, were the only ones who stayed near her. Isaac Knight had been off all day Sunday and did not come back to Mrs. Chap* 1 iu's home until early Monday morning. ( Hearing a knock at the entrance of the ; 3 ] house, Mrs. Chapin went to the door to ( see who it was. She opened the door t and found it was Knight. She went into the dining room and was fixing the j negro some supper when he committed j the assault. The negro left the communitv and has not been seen since. Mrs. Chapin has no near white neigh- l bors, so she could not report the case at , once. When the sheriff learned of it y yesterday morning, he went to the com- j munity at once and tried to capture the j negro, but he could find no traces of him. r The crime had not become generally ^ known in Aiken until late yesterday afternoon, when a posse of about 50 men t under the leadership of the sheriff organ- ^ ized for the DurDOse of catching the , w I negro. t NO LYNCHING. It was distinctly understood before 1 they left here that there would be no j lynching, but that they would do everything possible to catch the negro and * have him placed in jail. They left here 4 last evening and searched the country thoroughly, but they could find no traces ( of him- Further search will be made for 1 him. * Mrs. Chapin wanted the case dropped, 1 as she did not wish to appear in court in ' such a case, but, of course, the sheriff and ! the people of the community will not al- ! low the negro to go unpunished if it is possible to capture him. Every effort 1 will be made to bring the scoundrel to ; justice, but the people have agreed that ( there will be no lynching. The posse 1 went armed last night so as to be prepar- ' ed to meet any opposition, for it was ru- 1 mored that the negroes in the community ' intended to give some trouble. DID NOT KNOW NEGRO NATURE. Mrs. Chapin is a Northern lady, and be- { fore her misfortune did not understand 1 ' .- CT i l J : 1 me nature ot me negro. aue uau put every trust in Knight and had even consid- s ered him the equal of the average white ( man. She had treated him as well as she ^ could have treated any white person, s thinking that he was a gentleman. She I even declared on one occasion that he t was a perfect gentleman. Knight wasal- * ways respectful to Mrs. Chapin, but it c could be seen by his actions among other * negroes that the treatment that he was s receiving was giving him a false idea of * his importance. On Monday morning the * nature of the negro asserted itself; it could be held in check no longer. c SHE HAD BEEN WARNED. Mrs. Chapin was originally from Man- T Chester, Vermont, but she has made her home near Aiken for a number of years. 8 White people have warned her several ( times that she should not stay alone with no one near her except negroes, but she i would pay no attention to them, thinking ( that the negro was worthy of trust. She j came South with the New Englander's usual idea of negro character, and no argument that was put forth could shake ' the negro from the pedestal on which she placed him. While the white people of 1 the community are not in sympathy with 1 Mrs. Ghapin's treatment of the negro, 1 they are determined that he shall be ( brought to justice. A white lady has ( been insulted?that is enough, punish- ' ment must follow. ( When the posse collected last night, 1 there were no signs of mob violence. 1 They were a quiet determined body of * men bent upon the capture of the scoundrel who had dared to insult a lady. Although they did not succeed in capturing him last night, they are determined to 1 search for him until he is captured. * knight captured. Aiken, July 15.?In response .to a tele- i gram from town marshal of Bartow, Ga., s Isaac Knight, the negro who assaulted 1 Mrs. L, S. Chapin some days ago, has * been captured by Sheriff Raborn of this county. * Yesterday it was rumored that the 1 negro was where he could be easily cap- 1 tured, and the son of Mrs. Chapin, on i receiving,, this information immediately offered a reward of $100 for the man's j capture, which was effected as stated. 1 THE SENIOR SENATOR SPOKE TO URGE CROWD LAST FRIDAY. He Takes Almost His Entire Time in Railing. Against the Newspapers Who Are Not Doing to Suit Him. (M. W. BRABHAM.) A much larger crowd was here last Friday to hear Senator Tillman and thecandi< ates for congress than was here on the regular campaign. The crowd numbered about 600, many ladies being present. The court house was occupied by the audience until the congressional candidates had had their say, then Chairman IT r. "Prtlt sHirtiirnpH thp mpptiniy to t.h? ?w. * ? e front of the court house on account of a large number of voters who were not able to obtain places in the court room. Senator Tillman went away a disappointed man. He came here to feel the pulse of the people, and after all of his say, he could not bring the crowd to agree with his dispensary policy, this being clearly evidenced by the marked paucity of applause when he referred to his pet. ' , The reason that Tillman is stumping the State was the first point which he sought to explain, and this reason he said is because he believes that he has a right to let the people know the truth about this dispensary business. Senator Tillman used The Bamberg Berald to illustrate the fact that Bamberg s an up-to-date town. He paid the editor )f this paper several compliments by dis tgreeing with some of the editor's editc-* rials; he also used refined words, such as 'lies, lying, I'll swear" and such other vords and phrases as seem to fit his mouth )etter than the audience, which was largey composes of ladies, when speaking of rhe State, The News and Courier and the Jreenville News. Mr. Tillman gave an explanation of he affair concerning his treatment of >en. Hampton. He said that Hampton lad meddled in State politics, and had hrown his influence for Earle, and that vas the action which he had resented, tlowever, nothing was mentioned by Mr. rillman concerning his throwing his inluence against one of the candidates for utorney general in the present campaign. Mr. Tillman is tired of fence straddling candidates. He be'ieves that the real Sight is between the State dispensary and ;ke county dispensary. "Let us," cried the senator with an air of appeal to the people, "clean and reorganize the dispen- J 3ary, then elect a governor who is not afraid of his shadow." There were frequent cheers for the senator, and Tillman, the senator, was well received, but Tillman, the father of the dispensary, was rather looked upon as the father of a wayward child, and the .L!1 J ^ Ixai'MI* A/) AA fit A *t?/"W"l _ JllllU UUt jet UCIU? tcvuiucu ao vug piuuigal of the scripture, the people naturally iid not kill the fatted calf. CANDIDATES FOE COXGBESS. The candidates for Congress in the second district preceded Senator Tillman, ind there were some lively tilts by the ;rio. Mr. Butler B. Hare was the first speaker and he stated his views on public questions and attacked the record of Mr. Patterson in congress. Mr. J. 0. Patterson followed Mr. Hare and stated the )Osition which he has taken on all quesions and narrated different bills' which le has advocated in the lower house of songress. Mr. G. L. Toole was occupied or the most part with disproving any set of importance worked through by dr. Patterson. These two gentlemen lad it lively for several minutes and they iach promise that when next they meet >n the stump they will finish the spat of irguments which their limited time here vould not allow them them to complete. The entire day passed off very quietly, snd nothing occurred to mar the pleasure >f the day. ? It has caused more laughs and dried more tears, wiped away diseases and i riven away more fears than any medicine in the world. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. H. F. Hoover. By the Simple Twist of His Ankle. Indianapolis, Ind., June 26.?Ernest md Walter Carruth, brothers,w ere sen:enced yesterday to prison for perpetratng a peculiar fraud on a local street car company. Walter can throw his ankle )ut of joint at will and the scheme of the mothers was for Walter to fall from the car and then claim damages for alleged njuries to his ankle. Traction compares in a dozen cities have been de,'rauded. Tact Lacked. Miss Clara Clemens, Mark Twain's jrilliant daughter, was talking at Atlanic City about entertaining. "Tact," she said, uis essential to good entertaining. With the most hospitable ipirit in the world, one may, without act, only render one's guests uncomfortible. Tact averts blunders. "I once dined at a douse where tde lostess dad no tact. Opposite me sat a nodest, quiet gentleman. This gentlenan suddenly turned as red as a lobster md fell into a horrible fit of confusion >n hearing his hostess say to her husband: "'How inattentive you are, Joe. You nust look after Mr. Blank better. He's lelping himself to everything.' "