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CODNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
I IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
if' Ehrhardt, Aug. 7.?rMr. H. Karesh
[ talks of going to the northern mart
kets this week to look up goods for
ets this week to look up goods for
| * fall trade.
The Conrad Ehrhardt Co.'s gins
will be run and managed by the
[Carolina Gin Co. Mr. Coggins will
i manage them.
The thermometer went to its July
height Sunday, and cool drinks were
relished where they could be had.
Our town seems somewhat lonesome,
so many have gone off on vis:Jg
its to watering places.
Times are somewhat on the mend,
^ i however. Had a runaway mule in
town the ether day. No one hurt,
but a buggy was somewhat damaged
by the one horse wagon hitched to
scared mule.
The young folks are having a big
time trying to get their ducks in a
line. They know how, but are too
bashful. For further information
Vmrt I oolr "Pan/lnr o r? r?
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Harry Copeland.
> Mrs. Addie Lock and little son,
of Savannah, Ga., and Miss Philips,
of Pineland, S. C., are visiting their
l sister, Mrs. F. B. Smith, and family.
Misses Davidson and Johnston, of
Augusta, Ga., are spending some time
with Mrs. Julius Ehrhardt, who is a
relative of theirs. ,
Miss C. Cave, of Denmark, is
spending some time with her sister,
L Mrs. A. A. Zeigler.
There will be three games of ball
here this week. Olar, Walteroro,
and Smoaks teams are going to play
the Ehrhardt team. JEE.
Pleasant Porch Party.
L Olar, Aug. 1.?Among the many
J social events given in honor of Miss
Jones, of Newberry, one of the most
pleasant was a porch party given by
Misses Alice and Edith Kearse last
Wednesday evening. The entire
front being decorated in trailing
vines and pretty lanterns looked like
fairyland. Progressive Anagrams
was played, while fruit nectar was
^ served by Misses Hilda and Winnie
Kearse during the game, keeping all
in a good humor. The lucky couples
with cards punched progressing on
to other tables gave witty toasts to
the unfortunate ones left behind. At
the close of the contest Mr. Wyman
Kearse was declared the lucky one
and given a handsome box of candy,
v x which he presented to Miss Jones,
his partner.
Mr. W. J. Light^ey, of Brunson,
declared himself an hero on this occasion,
and called the judges to witness
that fact that he did not have
a single punch in his card and that
he had sat quietly at table four the
entire evening. The judges agreed at
once that he deserved the booby and
he was gracefully presented a tin dipper
of ice water. This he accepted
with many smiles and much thanks
but very reluctantly presented the
prize to his partner, Miss Cresse
Breeland.
At the close of the evening ice
cream and cake was served.
All present pronounced Misses
Kearse most excellent hostesses, and
went away hoping they would entertain
again soon. Those present were:
Misses Evelyn Brabham, Mell Kearse,
? Vena Breeland, Aline Kearse, Edna
Chitty, Cresse Breeland, Annee Jones.
Messrs. Stacy Kearse, Ernest Ritter,
Jake Hiers, Will Lightsey, Clinton
Platts, Horace Kearse, Ennis Breeland,
and S. E. Neely.
Sixty Hour Bill Passes.
* Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 7.?TJjp Georgia
senate to-day passed a bill setting
60 hours a week as the maximum
for work in cotton and wool mills.
It was not opposed. The measure,
introduced by Senator W. T. Roberts,
was recommended as a substitute for
the Tarver bill passed by the house,
which specified 10 hours per day.
The substitute permits employes to
* work overtime if they wish and thus
Vioif hnlidnvs Saturdays.
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Boy Killed in Runaway.
Spartanburg, Aug. 7.?Alvin Rhymer,
11 years old, was killed here
to-day, when a team of mules he was
driving ran away down a hill, near
Rock Cliff park in the eastern part
'of the city, throwing him under the
wheels of the wagon. The lad's chest
was crushed by the wheels, and before
he could be taken to a hospital
in an automobile, he died. He was
a son of J. D. Rhymer, of Drayton
^4 mill village.
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DENMARK DOINGS.
A Budget of Interesting News from
Our Sister Town.
Denmark, Aug. 8.?Mrs. Palmer
is visiting the family of Dr. H. J.
Faust for a week or ten days.
Miss Josephine Faust spent the
past month with relatives in Savannah.
A good many people from town
attended a picnic at Hightower's mill
pond to-day.
Miss Moselle Humphries is visiting
Mrs. Geo. H. Hope.
Messrs. S. S. Ray, S. G. Ray, R. A.
Goolsby, and W. H. Faust, prominent
merchants of this city, left Sunday
afternoon for a stay in Baltimore to
select their fall and winter goods.
Mr. R. O. Kirkland is now the efficient
chief of police, and Denmark
is well guarded under his ever watchful
eye.
Mrs. W. D. Rice left for Chester
i Tuesday morning, where she will
spend some time with her mother.
The handsome new residence of
Mr. J. Z. Brooker is now nearing
completion, and Mr. Brooker expects
to occupy same in a very short time.
Mr. N. C. Stack, one of the Atlantic
Coast Line operators, expects
to move to Sumter about the 15th
of this month.
Mr. Amelius Creech, the efficient
operator of the Southern Bell Tel. &
Tel. Co., has returned from Olar,
where ne spent a very pieasant vacation
with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs." George Riley and
their little daughter, Sarah Vivian,
left yesterday for a visit to relatives
at Harlem, Ga.
Mr. H. 0. Chapman is here now
relieving Mr. Liles, agent of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway, who is
taking his vacation.
* Mr. S. T. Naff leaves to-morrow
for Rocky Mount and other North
Carolina points on a business trip.
He is expected to return next week.
Mrs. N. Z. Felder, of Bamberg, Is
spending a few days with her daughter,
Mrs. Clinton R. Hooton.
Mr. Algy Guess, who has been
spending a few days with his parents,
has returned to the West.
Mr. W. A. Sandifer returned Monday
from a very pleasant trip to Columbia.
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The Misses Arnettf, of Walterboro,
are here%on a visit to their parents.
Miss Mamie Birge, niece of Hon.
S. G. Mayfleld, is here on a visit to
his family.
Misses Eunice Keel, Lila, Sadie,
and Walton Best, of Allendale, Marian
Patterson and Marian Reynolds,
of Barnwell, are visiting at the home
of Mrs. F. H. McCrae.
A party was given last Friday
evening by Mrs. F. H. McCrae in
honor of her guests, Misses Keel,
Patterson, Best, and Reynolds. The
prize in a contest was won by Miss
Reynolds, of Barnwell. The guests,
one and all, expressed themselves as
having a delightful time.
Mrs. J. R. Martin gave a tacky
party Saturday evening In honor of
Miss Margaret McMillan, of Savannah,
Ga. The first prize was won by
Mr. Ira Garris and the booby was
awarded to Mr. Malcolm Crum.
Miss Margaret McMillan left Sunday
for her home in Savannah, after
a stay of two weeks at the home of
Mrs. J. R. Martin.
"I'M SHOT, CENTRAL; HELP!"
These are the Words of a Dying Man
Over the 'Phone.
"I'm shot central, help!" These
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W UIUS W1U1115 UIC1 buv bbi^uvuv
were heard by an operator in the
Monroe street exchange of the Chicago
Telephone company about midnight
Wednesday night.
She then heard the sound of a
falling body and several crashes indicating
the banging of the receiver
against the wall as it fell from the
hand of the wounded man.
She at once notified the police station
that some one had been shot at
one of the two addresses tohere there
were two telephones on the party
line.
One of those addresses was that of
Matthew Stron's saloon and that was
the place where the call came from.
The police found John Dalzall, the
bartender, lying unconscious on the
floor near the telephone. The cash
register had been broken open and
the money taken. Dalzall probably
will die. He had been shot by the
robber.
Governor Blease is quoted in the
Columbia Evening Record and the
Charleston News and Courier as saying
that he wants to see liquor dispensaries
established in every county
in South Carolina.
Screen wire doors and windows of
all sizes and quality at Hunter's hardware
store.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The Laurensville Herald plant has
been made a joint stock company.
The paper will be conducted by W.;
L. Taylor and B. L. Culbertson.
The South Carolina Live Stock
association will hold a meeting at
Clemson college during the time of
the Farmers institute?August 8-11.
Bernard Manning, son of Richard
I. Manning, of Sumter, has been appointed
to consular service at Buenos
Ayres and will leave for that point
in October.
Harry W. Langston, a farmer of
Florence county, was killed by lightning
on Fiiday while going from his
house to his barn. He leaves a wife
and several children.
The Warrenville cotton mills, that
had been shut down since the first
of June, started up again on Friday.
On the. same day the Graniteville
mills closed indefinitely.
The election in Sumter county on
Thursday on the question of issuing
$150,000 worth of bonds for good
roads was defeated, the vote stand
ing 403 for and 403 against.
Bowe & Page, of Augusta, who
were paving streets in Greenville,
have been compelled by financial
troubles to give up their contract,
and the Mack Manufacturing company
of West Virginia, have sold out
their outfit on a debt of $13,000.
Clemson college will this year receive
about $275,000 from the sale
of the fertilizer tags. The records
in the office of the State treasurer
show that $242,885 worth of tags
have been sold since the first of the
year as compared with $217,681 on
the same date of last year.
James. Johnson, alias Portland
Ned, who had just completed a long
sentence in the federal prison in Atlanta,
was convicted at Spartanburg
on Saturday of robbing the Enoree
Manufacturing company's store nine
years ago, and was sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary.
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A OOll Or llgmmilg buuvk. a uyuoc
at the new asylum grounds near Columbia
on Friday and shocked 13
persons who had gathered In it out
of the rain. The most seriously injured
was a man upon whom the
lightning left a streak from his neck
to his waist and around his body.
Fires as the result of rats and
matches cost the people of South
Carolina during the month of July
over $10,000 according to a statement
issued Thursday from the State
department of insurance. The report
shows the total fire loss for the
month to be $47,373.07 as,compared
with $180,457 during the month of
July last year. There were 102 fires
reported during the month as compared
with 7 4 durfng the same period |
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A Happy Occasion.
The children and grandchildren of
Mrs.^Annie Eugenia Folk, together
with other friends and relatives,
gathered at her home in the Colston
section, August 5, 1911, to celebrate
her 68th birthday.
Gathered about her were her six
children: Mrs. J. M. Felder, of Bamberg;
Mrs. I. A. Dyches, of Hilda;
Mrs. J. E. Bishop, of Ehrhardt; Mrs.
F. Kirkland; Messrs. W. H. and
Frank Folk, of the Colston neighborhood.
Her grandchildren, 42 in
number, were all present except two:
Dr. H. M. Varn, a traveling dentist
in Tennessee, and J. H. Varn, who
is with the U. S. Navy, now in Norfolk,
Va.
About 1:30 a most bountiful dinner
was served, after which the'children
and grandchildren of Mrs.
Folk marched from the back yard
out to the road, then back up the
avenue and into the parlor, where
a part of the afternoon was devoted
to music and singing, with Misses
Elizabeth McMillan and Jessie
Dyches at the organ, with an accompanying
violin tenor played by Miss
Minnie Kirkland. Afterward some
beautiful marches were played by
Mrs. Florrie Folk, accompanied by.
Mr. Howell Delk, of Hilda, with the
violin.
The day proved far too short for
the young folks and older ones as
well, and all were sorry when the
time came to depart, and each went
away wishing dear grand mother
"many happy returns of the day."
Many beautiful gifts were presented
to Mrs. Folk.
GRAND DAUGHTER.
Branchville, S. C., August 7, 1911.
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THE WONDERFUL WEST.
Description of a Most Interesting
Trip Through the West.
An excellent program for a midsummer
tour was planned and directed
by A. V. Echm^n, of Radnor
college, Nashville, Tenn., through
the most wonderful and picturesque
sections lying west of the Rocky
Mountains, from the snow capped
mountains to the tropical beauties
of Southern California. Our route
included a number of resorts in Colorado.
Leaving Colorado Springs,
the passenger gets all of the thrill
and wonder of aeronautics without
being separated from terra firma,
for we boldly assailed the backbone
of the Rockies and were carried into
the very sky. Manitou is a very attractive
resort, while there we indulged
in many delightful excursions
andvreveled in the beauties of nature.
The trip to Crystal Park is the highest
auto trip in the world, it was
unique in its many windings and
turns, besides its ever varying panoramas
and bird's eye views.
Denver is a rich and beautifully located
city; its magnificent structures,
beautiful parks, summer gardens,
and splendid driveways made our
motor drive a trip to remember.
Salt Lake City has the advantages
and improvements of the modern
city, and still suggests a beautiful
country town, with its broad avenues
and huge city blocks.
Salt Lake itself is one of the great
natural wonders of the world, the
waters of which are the same density
as the Dead Sea, but Salt Lake is
seven times as large, and the surrounding
scenery possesses a rare
and peaceful beauty, said not to be
duplicated even in the Holy Land.
Los Angeles is fittingly called
America's play grouna; amusement
is everywhere provided for. Ostrich
farms, Japanese tea gardens, curio
shops, and orange groves, keep one
wondering what to see next. Santa
Barbara, Santa Cruze, San Jose, and
Del Monte, stand high in the list
"see America first." We spent seven
days in the metropolis of California,
(San Francisco,) which offered many
distinct centers for visitation that
should not be overlooked. A sea
trip, to the fisherman's paradise,
Catalina Island, Long Beach, Bay of
Avalon, and San Diego.
There are. many variations, at
times when entering one bf the many
canyons, the overhanging walls reaching
as they do to a marvelous height,
shutting out the light and the view,
one is made to feel that he is entering
the secret recesses of the earth.
I cannot imagine anywhere in the
old world grander or more varied
scenery, offered in endless combinations
of beauty, appealing to every
omntfnn Wp Ascended the famous
Pike's Peak, irejoiced over the view
point par excellent, and found ourselves
nearer the vaulted dome thah
we have ever been before.
Southern California completely
captivated me, its combination of
ocean, beach, desert, and mountain.
The well kept homes, embellished by
attractive grounds. I realized the
prodigality of nature, and stood spellbound,
as the wonderful floral specimens
were pointed out to us. Particularly
is this true of Riverside,
such an enchanting vista of lawns,
flowers, pretty homes, nestling in
foliage and orchards bending 'neath
their luxurious fruits, that it seemed
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tion of perfect sunshine, and well
tempered heat, produced a picture so
j beautiful, that we were moved with
the unreasoning rapture of a child
over their lavish gifts of nature.
One of the features set apart for
the benefit and enjoyment of mankind,
that impressed me most was
the great Yellowstone National Park.
There nature has established her
own gigantic exposition, displaying a
great variety of wonders. There may
be seen in active operation, some of
the greatest phenomena the world
has ever produced, geysers, hot
springs, paint pots, and sulphur
+ ViQ inpociflant phanee
OpiHlgS> V V I CIA kuo
and yariety, stopping at a fine hotel
for lunch, and at another at the close
of each day, distinguishes this coaching
trip, and makes it a memorable
one to each and every one of us.
The park abounds in many species
of wild animals, the bear being much
in evidence near most of the hotels,
and it is a favorite pastime with the
tourist to watch them eating, without
being intrusious, one may approach
sufficiently near to enjoy their
antics, and movements without the
slightest danger. While this is true,
they are yet wild, and it is said will
resent familiarity.
These palatial places of entertainment,
or hotels of the park, present
a throng of joyous guests, who have
apparently subscribed to the motto,
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DEATH FOLLOWS VISIT
AIKEN COUNTY WOMAN FRIGHTENED
TO DEATH.
, Husband Lies at Point of Death and
Nephew Has Disappeared?Five
Men Arrested.
Aiken, Aug. 4.?Five white men
were lodged in the Aiken county jail
1 to-night, charged witn implication in
a most horrible affair last night at
Monetta, in this county. The men
are: Dock Cockman, A. L. Holstein,
R. H. Holstein, Sidney Holstein, and
J. C. Holstein, all of whom are prominently
conected. As a result of the
visit of a party of men to the home
of the Spradleys, near Monetta, last
night, Mrs. Nettie Spradley lies a
corpse in her home and her husband
is in a critical condition, with their
nephew, Columbus Spradley, disappeared.
His whereabouts are unknown.
He has not been seen or
heard of since the difficulty last
night. Whether he was murdered
and lies hidden in the woods or
whether he was frightened into leaving
the neighborhood remains merely
a conjecture.
No eye-witness are known to the
awful tragedy other than the parties
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mvui veu, auu mc ciuct oiuaui^, uwk
having regained consciousness, the
story has not been told and may
never be unless Columbus Spradley is
located alive, as the physicians do
not entertain hopes of the elder
Spradley's recovery.
The men were brought here tonight
by Rural Policemen Samuels
and Busbee. Sheriff Raborn, Rural
Policeman Holley and Solicitor Gunter
are now at Monetta investigating
the tragedy. Coroner Johnston is tonight
holding the inquest, which will
not be completed before to-morrow.
The story as told to-night is that
Columbus Spradley was to be married
to Julia May Holstein. The implicateu
men under arrest are the
father, uncle and cousins of' this girl.
More arrests are expected to follow
the coroner's inquisition.
. It is said that last night a party
of white men visited the home of the
Spradleys, the elder Spradley was
. thraehPil intn innptiBibilitV. sustain
ing serious injuries, from which he
is not expected to recover.
Was Young Mother.
Mrs. Spradley, who was in the
house, was frightened to death. She
fainted and never regained consciousness.
Columbus Spradley, about
whom the entire affair occurred, can
not be found. His friends believe
that he is dead or seriously wounded.
Mrs. Spradley gave birth to a
baby five weeks ago and the baby
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the most horrible the county officials
have ever known and particulars are
eagerly sought after, but are hard to
get to-night on account of the distance
from Aiken and the remoteness
in which the tragedy is shadowed.
The coroner's inquest in likely to
reveal a horrible state of affairs.
BLOWS THEM TO ATOMS.
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Novel Way of Getting Rid of the
Caterpillar Pest.
Caterpillars have no terrors for
Elihu Batdorf, a quarryman, living
near Breiningsville, Pa., who discovered
a new way to rid the trees of
his orchard of pests of all kinds. Recently
he happened to spill a small
quantity of nitroglycerine on some
bushes near his quarry.
Shortly afterwards he heard a series
of short explosions coming from
that direction. He investigated and
found that as each caterpillar devoured
a small amount of the ex
plosive he fell to the ground and
exploded with a loud report.
Batdorf was not slow to utilize
his discovery and mixing an ounce
of the explosive into four gallons of
water he began to spray his apple
txpp? with the mixture and in a short
time there was a regular fusilade of
explosions in the orchard, sounding
like volleys of miniature musketry.
All his trees were cleared of caterpillars
and every other known tree
pest.
"All care abandoned ye who enter
here."
My impression of the West, is that
it is one of the few spots on this
continent where the great faults of
our American citizen, worry and incessant
care, are not conspicuous.
The ride across the continent is none
too long a journey, for the privilege
of these entrancing and entertaining
excursions. However, the play is
over, we, the audience, break up and
go home, to dream over and over
again the wonders and the beauties
of the western world.
ROBERTA JOHNSON.
August 7th, 1911.
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HOW McLEMORE WAS SHOT.
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Bullet Was Intended Only to Stop
Fugitives.
Barnwell, Aug. 7.?When the re
port of the shooting of John Mo- .<|l
Lemore by Sheriff F. H. Creech Sat- V-|
urday afternoon was wired in, it was M
impossible to get a statement from ^
the sheriff because of the fact that he gg
was out of town, having left on the
evening train for Yenome. This
morning 6. J. Diamond, who was
with Mr. CreeSh at the time of the
ijyii
shooting, gave some further details. . r
He said that Mr. Creech had & ^jg
constable at the depot for several --M
days on the lookout for shipments ^
of whiskey and that Friday after- 31
noon a grip came in as baggage It V||
was suspected that the grip contain*
ed whiskey and it was watched. Sat- '
urday afternoon Mr. Diamond and *J|
the sheriff went to the depot and
were met by the constable, who informed
them that the grip was to bp ,
rechecked to Blackville. He then
noticed the buggy in which Frank- 131
Grubbs, Barnie and John McLemore ' ;|3
were seated drive off from the depots -.^aW
and the sheriff sent Mr. Diamond ::r^M .
toward the depot, while he went tff
head them off in the opposite direo- '
tion. Mr. Diamond, however, crawl- ed
under the platform and came out ^
on the road just behind the buggy, 'jrgA'
He says he heard the sheriff call on .JaML
the occupants of the buggy several .
times Nto stop, but that, instead of ^
complying with his demand, they ||j
whipped their horse in an attempt
to get away. Mr. Creech then fired -\ljaH
the shot that hit John McLemore in ^
the leg. Mr. Diamond says that the
sheriff told him that he was not
shooting at the men, but at the horse,
and that in doin&r so it was merely
his intention to stop them; ~
Two Men Drowned.
Keene Browne and Clarence Driggers,
well known young men of Co- '}4
lumbia, were drowned in Ridgewood S 5
lake yesterday a few minutes before | ^
noon. The lake is about 200 yards ||
from the end of the car line and Is
a summer amusement park. y
The two young men who lost their :"'l
lives and J. W. Parrent and J. B, 3 - ;$
Lewis, all employes of the Seaboard: ;^ |
Air Line, were taking a boat ride on : ^ \
the lake. Brown, Driggers and Par- *3| |
rent were in one Doat ana ljewis in
another with a boy whose name ht.|| not
known. They had been down jjgMb
to the dam abont a half mile from
the pavilion and were on their way ||h P
back to surrender the boats when
'the accident occurred. Lewis an?|Mv|
the little boy were possibly 100
yards ahead of the other young men* ,y.
Parrent, the young man who wa? |
in the boat with Brown and Driggers , .
but was saved, said that the boat , J
they used, No. 3, had water in it
when they took it out. It was dip- r.
ped out. John Faust, the negro, who >||H A
rented them the boats, said the
water had been splashed in by the ;^S|
people who last used the boat '|?i
Lewis verified this statement by Par-.
Parrent said the water continued ^
to come in as they went down the
lake and back. He thought the boat "
leaked. They continued to dip it out -'-SjSB
the best they could, but the boat
went down about 200 yards west of
the pavilion and about 75 yards from
sh~re. Parrent clung onto the boat, - 3^8:
anu Brown and Driggers made an
effort, to swim to the bank. A little
boy came to Parrent and gave what
assistance he could.
Several hours after the accident
the boat was brought up to the pa
viiion ana ezammea, uui uu iwu
were found. It is the theory that
the occupants of the boat were s?tting
too much on one side and the
water gradually came over hi the :
The place, where the accident occurred,
is about seven or eight feet
deep, if they went down in the chan- ^39
nel of the creek, but when out of the ..
channel, the water in this part of the *. v33g|
lake is only four or five feet deep. I S?3
It is not known whether or not
Brown and Driggers could swim.?
Columbia State.
EMPLOYED SAFE-BLOWER. '.^|S
Cashier of Company Tried to Con- . v|jl
ceal Tracks. fl|j
New Jersey, N. J., Aug. 7.?Samuel
Brown, cashier of the Long Dock .~|B|
Milling company, confessed to-day,
the police say, that he employed
Frank Walsh to blow up the com- : ^
pany safe last night so as to destroy
two ledgers which would have re- ;j||!
vealed a shortage in his accounts of
Walsh loaded the safe with .too
much glycerine and sustained inju- ?
ries that resulted in his death to- -