The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 14, 1912, Image 1
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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, MARCH 14,1912. One Dollar and a Half a Year.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
v News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, March 11.?On Saturday
night the citizens of Ehrhardt went
to bed after a hard day's work and
were sleeping?all except the watch*
man at the Hacker Manufacturing
Co.'s plant. About 12 o'clock the
alarm of fire was given by him and
guns and pistols were fired off to
alarm and wake up those that had
gone to sleep. Everybody in town
was on the scene in short order and
went to work with a vim, fighting
the fire. The dry kilns and dry
sheds and building with planer, mills,
moulders, rip saw, etc., was on fire.
It is thought it caught in the shaving
1 room near the furnace, as this was
where the fire was first seen coming
through the roof. When seen first
was beyond control, the only thing
to do was to prevent tne spread as
much as possible. Every one went
to work with a determined will to
stop the spread. The ginnery of the
> Carolina Gin Co. was next to follow,
then the shops of Hacker Manufacturing
Co. Then cotton seed houses
and cotton shed. Other houses
caught but by the determination and
untiring bucket force they-were put
out. Cool heads directing and others
working with all their might put out
* lire on the buildings as fast as they
caught. The saw mill building was
saved for the Hacker Manufacturing
Co. by hard fighting.' The wind was
high, coming from a little west of
north, making it so much more difficult
to fight the flames.
Carolina Gin Co., loss $6,000;
Hacker Manufacturing Co. loss $200,000;
A. C. L. Railway Co. seven box
cars five or six loaded with fertilizer,
^ 12 bales of cotton and cotton shed;
500,000 feet of very choice lumber,
dried and dressed, was burned for
the Hacker Manufacturing Co. Carolina
Gin Co. no insurance; Hacker
Manufacturing Co., some insurance
on building and machinery, none on
lumber. About 4 o'clock Sunday
morning the fire was left with a few
to watch it, others went to bed to
get a nap. The Hacker Manufecturing
Co. will rebuild as soon as pos
sible^
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax,1 March 11.?Shelly Platts
and family, from Hickory Grove,
were recent visitors of Mrs. Julia
Harter.
Mrs. Raymond Ginn is spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs.
Hammond.
The Knights of Pythias held their
convention here last week. Congressman
Byrnes and the grand
. chancellor made fine addresses in the
school hall. Many . delegates were
entertained in our homes.
Miss Harrison's musicale on Friday
evening was a great success. Her
pupils fully demonstrated that they
had been well taught, and even the
small tots did well. The advanced
ones, Misses Joella Padgett, Sadie
Harter, and Ruth Wilson, played
charming duetts and trios with Miss
Harrison, which were much applauded.
But when Miss Lyl Parish, of
the New York conservatory of music,
played duetts with Miss Harrison
the applause was tremendous.. The
occasion will be long remembered by
. music lovers present. Among the
I many visitors that night were: Geo.
[Barker ana wire ana i\nss naiue
Priester, of Allendale; Prof. Campbell
and Miss Jones, of Brunson;
Misses Radcliff and McDaniel, of
Hampton.
A large shipment of cattle wa~
made from here last week, and in a i
few days more will go. Messrs Geo. j
Sanders, F. M. Young, and Newton i
Loadholt had about 350 to ship.
Bear Scare in Anderson.
Anderson, March 9.?A big, black,
shaggy animal, supposedly a bear,
has been playing havoc in the community
three miles south of this city.
Two nights ago the animal visited the I
place of Mrs. Sadie Burts and killed
two hogs, tearing the carcass to bits.
/Several days ago an animal described
like the one that came to Mrs. j
Burts's place appeared on Eugene \
Snipes's farm and killed two large j
pigs, tearing the carcasses to pieces ;
the same way. The tracks of the!
animal were described as being as j
large as the hand of a man, and a ne- !
gro on Manly Watson's place described
the animal as being black and
shaggy and of the size of a large St.
Bernard dog. Hounds have been secured
by persons in the vicinity, and
it is said that they have driven the
p bear into the swamps of Rocky River..
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LANDLORD CUT BY TENANTS. |
S. D. Cross, of Chester, Receives Severe
Injuries. I
Chester, March 11.?S. D. Cross, a
prominent farmer, was badly cut ,
about the face this afternoon by two
white tenants on his Triplett place,
when he (Cross) ordered them to
get off the plantation. Mr. Cross
pluckily rode home unattended, but
when he reached the city was cover- 1
ed with blood and was very faint.
The physicians pronounced his
wounds as severe, but not serious. 1
The two men who did the cutting are
being pursued by Sheriff Colvin and
a posse. ]
Mr. Cross is wen Known an over <
the State, his exhibit of White Face
Herefords at the State Fair each fall .
i
being especially fine. ,
Denmark Doings.
Denmark, March 11.?Sunday last ;
being the first pleasant one this year ;
quite a large Crowd attended the ser- i
vices at both churches. i
"Cupid" reports himself very busy
in Denmark, and "Madam Rumor" ,
says that wedding bells will soon be 1
ringing again. (
According to the number of autos
that have arrived in town lately people
judge that money must be very
plentiful with some folks.
The many friends of Mr. W. H. !
Wroton are very sorry *o learn that
he and his daughters, Misses Genevieve
and Lula Bess, have gone to
Jttaieign, 1\. C/., 10 many men iuiuic
home with his son, Mr. James Wroton.
:
Mr. R. M. McCartha, of Bamberg,
and Mr. H. W. Goolsby, of Fort
Motte, spent Sunday with the latter's
parents here, Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Goolsby. 1
Miss Kate Dickert, of Union, form- 1
erly a teacher in the Denmark high
school, is the guest of Mrs. J. R.
Martin. 1
Mr. Geo. Turner has accepted a
position with the Citizens Exchange
Bank here, Miss Martha Riley having
resigned.
Kearse News.
Kearse, March 12.?Last Sunday's
sunshine was a treat. Rev. Walker
preached an interesting sermon to a
large congregation at White Pond
school house in the afternoon.
Mrs. W. H. Ritter had as her
guest for the week-end her classmate,
Miss Zelle Loadholt, and Miss
Annie Halford, two popular teachers
of the Olar high school.
Mrs. James Bagnal, of Alcolu, is
at home on a visit to her grand parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Chitty.
Mr. Newton P. Smoak, of Bamberg,
spent Sunday in our midst.
Miss Sudy Ritter entertained a
number of young folks at a dinner
nartv Snnrlsv
Recent visitors among us were Dr.
Breland, of Allendale; Messrs Hugh
Kearse and Atticus Neely, of Olar;
John McMillan and K. 0. Sanders,
of Ulmer; Clinton Platts, Willie
Lightsey, and Albert Loadholt, of
Brunson.
Mr. Clyde Ariail, of Charleston,
spent several days last week with
his sister, Mrs. W. H. Ritter.
A party of young folks went out
on a kodac hunt and wagon ride Sat-^
urday afternoon. They say a wagon
ride is a good deal "surer" way of
riding than an automobile, and we
believe we could soon convince Dr.
Breland of the fact. Don't ask him
anything about the roads on Three
Mile.
Robe suits, robe suits, flouncings,
flouncings. THE MILLINERY
STORE, (C. W. Rentz, Proprietor.)
ENGINEER McDOUGAL HURT.
Ankle Broken when Locomotive Pulling
Florida Flyer Derailed.
Columbia, March 11.?'Southern
train No. 31, the Florida Flyer, was
derailed near Blythewood this morning,
the engine of the train striking
several box cars of freight train No.
i o mai were nor in rue ciear. i uc j
engine was the only part of the train |
which left the track and Engineer j
Robert McDougall, who was at the
throttle, sustained a fractured ankle i
and a few minor bruises.
The box cars were thrown from the i
track by the force of the contact. Xo I
others persons were injured. A relief
train was sent out from Columbia
and the track cleared in a little over
two hours. Conductor T. W. Elanton
was in charge of Xo. 31.
Engineer Robert McDougall is un- j
der the care of a local physician, and I
it is stated that he will be out again !
in about two weeks, probably.
Come see our tailored ready-towear
hats, "Acatos," "English Walking
Hats," "The Lazarus" and
"Ache." THE MILLINERY STORE,
(C. W. Rentz, proprietor.)
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARI OUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About;
Men and Happenings.
The State federations of woman's
3lubs will be held in Abbeville in
May.
The State Sunday-school convention
will be held in Greenwood.April
16, 17 and 18.
Joe Boon, colored, shot and killed
bis stepson in Darlington on Saturday.
Both were drunk.
Lieutenant Governor Charles A.
Smith, of Timmonsville, announces
that he will be in the race this summer.
Tit-- t ^ ~ trriTT tal*0
JL Q(3 uuy SUUULS u; oumwi niii
a. three-days .hike into the woods
March 28th, 29th and 30th. The Boy
Scouts movement there is an adjunct
to the Y. M. C. A.
The Winthrop college girls will attend
the unveiling of the monument
to the Women of the Confederacy in
Columbia the 11th of April. President
Johnson has already promised them.
Donald Mayburn, white, aged 12,
was arrested in Columbia on Saturday
on the charge of highway robbery.
He is accused of holding up
Wilile Rose, about the same age, and
taking $1.45 from him.
Frederick Myishall, postmaster of
Abbeville, died on Tuesday night,
aeed 40 vears. survived by a wife and
three children. His wife was Miss
Grace Hemphill, a daughter of the
late Robert R. Hemphill.
A special term of court has been
called by the go^?rnor for Anderson
county the first of April to try William
Reid, colored, who is charged
with attempted assault upon .the wife
of an Anderson county farmer.
Ira B. Jones spoke by invitation to
the people of Hampton on Wednesday
at the dedication of the high
school building. He talked education
and politics to a large crowd. Gov.
Blease had been invited also, but he
wrote that he had business in Columbia
requiring his attentior;.
*
The number of bales of cotton sold
on the Greenwood market up to
March 1st, is 24,491. Last y^r up
to this time the number was only
about 16,000, which shows a big
increase in the number of bales this
year. It is estimated tha-: the crop
in the county will be 45,000 bales
this year.
James Reynolds was tried in the
circuit court in Edgefield on Saturday
for malicious mischief?cutting
the wire fence of his brother, Geo.
B. Reynolds?and was found guilty.
The court find him only 510, as it
appeared that he honestly thought
his brother had built the fence across
a public road.
John J. Jones, of Branchville, is
riding the perpetual merry-go-round
of the State's judicial system. He
was convicted in the circuit court,
and appealed to the supreme court.
That court dismissed nis appeai; meu
he went back to the circuit court and
asked for a new trial, and the court
denied it. Now he will no doubt take
another appeal to the supreme court.
?Newberry Observer.
The supreme court in a decision by
Chief Justice Gary on Monday affirmed
the verdict of the Spartanburg
court in the case of Mrs. Johann
Ladshaw against the Southern. Mrs.
Ladshaw brought suit against the
road for $2,000 for injury in receiving
a cinder in one of her eyes while
riding on a passenger train of the
company near Spartanburg. The jury
awarded a verdict of $633, which
was affirmed by the supreme court.
An Eye to Business.
Jimmy had been to church for the
first time. When he was going to
bed that evening his father asked
him how he liked it.
"Oh, I thought it was bully," was
his answer.
"Well, what part did you enjoy
best?"
"Oh, I liked it when they passed
the plate. I got a dime, how much
did you get?"
.Jack Porter, a young negro of 17
years, was killed at a hot supper
near Elko Friday night of last week
by E. W. McKerley (white.) The
details of the killing are very
meagre. .McKerley shot Porter with
a pistol killing him almost instantly
and McKerley in turn was badlv
handled by the negroes His head
was badly beaten up and we understand
that he is in a critical condition.
On account of his injuries he
cannot be brought to Barnwell.?
Barnwell Sentinel.
LEVER CARRIES HIS POIX
Item for Potash Explorations Kej
Appropriation Bill.
Washington, March 11.?In
debate over the agricultural ap
priation bill, in committee of
whole of the house to-day, Chair
Fitzgerald, of the appropriat
committee, made a point of o
against the provision of the
which provided $25,000, of w
$10,000 shall be available at c
for explorations and investigat
within the territory of the Ur
: States for sources of potash nitr
and other essential components
commercial fertilizers. When
point of order was sustained by
chair, Representative Lever, of S<
Carolina, tne author of the sectio
debate, offered it in substantially
same form as an amendment, ar
was carried by a practically ur
mous vote.
TUinnritv T.earier Mann aided
Lever by speaking in favor of
amendment, laying great stress i
the importance of the search for
ash, which is now entirely contrt
by a German trust. In the cours
good humored exchanges over
matter, the South Carolina cong:
man (who has sat by the sid
Capt. Lamb, the chairman of the <
mittee, all through the debate or
agricultural appropriation bill
has done more of the arguing
the chairman,) suggested that
Fitzgerald, as a city member, i
ably did not appreciate the vital
portance, of the potash questio
the farmers, and added, amid a t
of laughter, that the Brooklyn
would not know the difference
tween wheat and oats growing ir
field.
Found Dead in Lake.
Hampton, March. 12.?"Dc
You will find me at the big brie
was a note of summons to the fa
of Windman Smith, a prominent
zen of Hampton county, who
found drowned in Lowdes lake a
noon to-day. The dead man lef
home about 9 o'clock this mor]
telling his children that he was g
to the field where his older sons
at work. The note was carrie
the home of Smith by a negro wc
who lives directly on the road
tween where Smith lived and w
his body was found floating in
'big lake.
The negro stated that Mr. S
left it with her about 10 o'clocl
delivery provided he did not rc
by 12 o'clock. When the searc
party reached the lake they fi
his dog and his hat on the br
Thence they tracked him to the ]
where he is supposed to have jui
over. Mr. Smith was 66 years ol
and had lived in the Horsegall
tion of Hampton county all his
Derangement of his mind is
only reason ascribed for his act.
A coroner's jury will investiga
The Fre^ Use of Both Hand;
There was a fad some twenty i
ago among certain classes to i
the children use both hands equ
with a view to developing amb
terity, says Harper's Weekly. 1
were very few successful results
the contrary, the children that
oniy one nana scemeu lu get c
better in every way, especially i:
tellectual development. The ex]
ation for this is found in the
that the control of the hand is
mitely connected with the dev
ment of language; but the t
centers that have to do with lang
are situated on the left side?thi
in connection with the centers
eontrol the right arm and hanc
An examination of thousand
human skeletons showed that in c
case in which the right arm h
greater development than the
arm there was a corresponding
velopment on the left side of
skull. Left-handed persons w
accordingly be expected to have
language ability, on the whole,
right-handed persons; and chil
that used both hands indifferi
under compulsion would hinder
more the development of their al
in the use of language.
In the German army, Dr. Ba
ben found 3.S-S per cent, of
handedness. This figure is t<
considered as rather lower than
true ratio, as many left-handed
deny or fail to report the fact,
northeastern parts of Germany
handedness is less frequent tha
the central parts, tl is curious
among the monkeys the orang-ou
I onH -Via hvinhntp<? arp rieht-har
while the gorilla and the chimpa
are left-handed.
Men's hats at sacrific prices,
have too many in stock. See "
$1.50 will get you at Klauber's.
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j EHRHARDT-BAMRERG ROAD.
J* ??
New Line, Long-Discussed, Soon to
l>" be Reality.
Ehrhardt, March 5.?When the
-d people at Bamberg said they would
build a railroad from that town to
Ehrhardt, the folks at this end of the
line were sceptical. Even when a part
le of the way had been graded they still, ^
g- thought a game of "bluff" was on,
l11 but now that the entire grading is
)0 done and ties are being placed, ready
r MILLS INCREASE WAGE!
>t in
HIGHER PAY MOVEMENT SWEE1
IXG OVER NEW ENGLAND.
the
pro- This Brings Total Number Affecti
the by Concessions Up to 175,000.
man One Small Strike.
ions
rder Boston, Mass, March 12.?T1
bill higher wage movement in New En
hich land textile circles reached F?
ince, River this afternoon and the 25,0(
ions employes of 100 print cloth mil
lited there will receive a 5 per cent, a
ates vance on March 25. The action '
3 of the Fall River mills brings the tot
the of wage earners in New England te
the tile plants who will get better pay
Duth 175,000. The textile council of Ne
n in Bedford has decided to ask for an a
the vance in that city,
id it An advance of 5 per cent, also w;
lani- announced by the cotton mills
Taunton, Holyoke, Chicopee and ot
Mr. er places, as well as by the worst*
the woolen mills and the Hoosac Cott<
lpon company's mills at North Adams. .
pot- the latter plant 200 operatives of tl
)lled spinning department struck for i
>e of increase and better working cone
the tions an hour before the advance w
ress- announced. It is expected, howeve
e of that all the operatives will return t
2om- morrow.
i the Cotton and woolen mills in Ne
and England employing about 100,0*
than persons have not made a formal a
Mr. nouncement regarding the wage que
>rob- tion, but it is expected in Boston m
im- circles that notices will be post
n to shortly in many additional establis
>urst ments announcing higher schedule
man Many of the fine cotton manufactr
be- ers in Rhode Island, the Blacksto
l the valley, the Northeastern Connectic
and Western Massachusetts are awa
ing the outcome of a wage demand
New Bedford, where there are 30,0
>llie' ?Peratives, before acting.
[ge " When business is in first-class cc
dition there are about 300,000 text:
citi- ?Peratives in New England. It is <
was timated that the general advance
bout from 5 to 7 per cent, will cost t
t hi 1,500 textile manufacturers $5,00'
aing, 000 a >'ear'
roing In some ?* t^ie Lawrence mills
were is understood the rise will be at 1 ez
d t0 12 per cent, for many classes
iman helP[
be~ H. ETHERIDGE IN YORK J All
here
Charged with Bigamy and Forge:
Arrested in Atlanta.
mith
c for Rock Hill, March ,10.?H. Eth<
>turn i(*ge, a man who was recem
hing connected the railroad office
ound Catawba Junction, ten miles east
idge was brou&kt Lere yesterd
place from Atlanta by Constable Allen,
npe(1 Magistrate Wingate's court. He
f age charged with forgery, obtaini
sec_ money under false pretenses a
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lif? I . VV UllC ill uauiHua lie mi
t^e ried a young woman of the neighbi
hood, and it is stated that he indue
t the mother of the girl to cash a dr;
which proved to be a forgery. In t
s. meantime a letter came from Arks
sas from a lady there saying that s
rears was Etheridge's wife. He imme<
nake ately left the county, but was arre
tally, ed
in Atlanta last week and v
idex- turned over to the constable on pr(
'here er requisition. Etheridge waived
on preliminary and is now in the jail
used Yorkville.
ilong iyjr A l Gaston, of Chester, I
Q m" been retained by Etheridge to defe
Plan" him.
fact '
inti- Byrnes Sub-Committee Secretary,
elop- Washington, March 11.?Rep]
)rain sentative Byrnes, of the 2d Sou
uage Carolina district, has been elect
at is, secretary of the sub-committee
that the banking and currency commiit<
I. which is to investigate the Mod
s of Trust. The position is an honora
jvery one, carrying no emolument.
ad a
left Scraps of News.
; de- The French army will purchase
the fewer than 350 aeroplanes duri
ould 1912.
less A special form of camera ha-; be
than invented for copying type or pe
dren written manuscript by photograp
sntly more rapidly than it can be done
still hand.
)ility Only one person is needed to c
erate a new range finder for milita
rdle- purposes in which two telescopes a
left- mounted at the end of a comm
5 be tube, their eye-pieces being close 1
l the gether.
men California is to ask congress
In make a grant of $250,000 a year f
left- the upkeep of the Yosemite Pai
n in If this is refused, the United Stat
that will be asked to cede the park ba
tang to the State on the ground of negle
tded, Paddles invented by a Wiscons
nzee man to be strapped to the hands
aid a swimmer, fold in when the ai
is pushed forward to lessen the 1
Wp
' sistance, but cannot stick togeth
to thwart their intended purpose.
is ior tne irons, tney can no longer
d- doubt that this road will be completof
ed.
al When Bamberg put Jones A. Wilx
liams to the head of this enterprise
to the right man was p *t in the right
gj
iw place. He knows the value of a dold
lar, and he makes every dollar count.
This road will fill a long-felt want. (
as Ehrhardt is a terminal town and
of when a traveller got that far the
h- only way to get out is to go out as he
Bd came in, or hire a conveyance, which
m ordinarily costs a fortune. Then
kt freight can come in or go out only
lie one way often handicapping the shipin
per with double freight charges,
li- This new road opens up one of the
as best sections of this country?fine
ir, timber and fine farming lands.
A- nnU/N HnAlrA?* Ifonnfon+iirirKy Pnm
v i lie nativci iiiauuiav/bui iu^
pany, of Charleston, is now operatjw
ing a railroad to the South from Ehr00
hardt, while the Schofield people are
h- building a railroad along Great SaltJs
kehatchie. In the near future these
ill roads will meet, and then could the
ed Bamberg-Ehrhardt line consolidate
h- with these two private roads, EhrJs.
hardt would be something of a railir
road centre.
The builders of the Bamberg-Ehrut
hardt line hope soon to open up their
line to traffic and when they do there
in will be better business this way.
00 The protracted rains for the past
few months have badly interfered
in- with the building of this line, but
rain or no rain, President Jones A.
is- Williams is on the job, and he soon
of will open up to traffic a virgin counhe
trv.
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Men's all pure silk sox, 25 cents.
t the pair, at Klauber's.
i-st Anent Snow and the Weather.
of It is to be hoped that those persons'
who in December last longed for a
real old-fashioned snow were fully \
J' satisfied in January and February
ult.
r^* The blankety blizzaray "Ozark"
snow of February 10th reminds the
sr- writer of the terrible snow and freeze
tly that came on the night of February
at n-12, 1899, when for days the earth
of bore a mantle of white and the trees,ay
shrubbery and house eaves had pend.
?
of ant tags of icicles for the same timer
is and when hundreds of the dear little
ng sparrows and modest doves were
nd found frozen on hill and dale,
ir- A romantic episode occurred about
ar- this time in a little town not 100
ed miles from Columbia. A prosperous
aft business young man had been paying
he his devoirs to a pretty dark-eyed
in- "Danish" brunette and imagining his .
he chances were bright called on his
di- dulcinea^and after "cussing" and disst
cussing the weather and other topics
'as quietly asked if she were ready to
>p- enter a matrimonial alliance. She
a answered with a laconic "No." Disat
mayed and crest-fallen, after a few
desultory remarks, he bade the fair
las one adios?quitted the threshold and
nd soon reaching the street, butted up
with a male friend, who asked him
how had he enjoyed the beautiful
snow. He curtly replied: I don't
re" want any more of the beautiful "no"
(snow) when they separated. But
ec* the matter was satisfactorily explain?*
ed when next they met.
2e> How few people observe that the
iey heaviest snow falls occur on SaturLry
day nights and Sundays. The writer
remembers well the snow that came
on Sunday, the 15th of April, 1849,
which cut down hundreds of acres of
"U ^ A Kaa? *%1 "Kir y*ty"1 _
uuril lllctt liau uccu piuntu u j j.u.1 u-i
ng
ers.
An old roommate, 81 years of age,
611
says that in 1854, he saw snow fall
four consecutive Saturday nights in
* February in the Piedmont section,
QV
* and also the heaviest one he ever
saw was on the 20th of February,
1863, on Sunday, in Virginia. Gen.
rv ,
* Lee remarked at the time that he
re ,,
never saw a worse storm in the
on Rockies while on duty in the United
*? States service prior to the War between
the Sections.
t0 Meteorologists tell us that snow is
or
not white, that a combination, of colors
and optical illusions cause it to
es look white when really it is greyish
ck blue?being nearer black than white.
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Confederate Home.
m See our ready-to-wear hats and
-e. sailors in following braids: Peonet,
Java, Milan, and Panamas. 50c to
er $10.00. THE MILLINERY STORE,
(C. W. Rentz, Proprietor.)
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