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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS:
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
r , News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere. ,
Ehrhardt Etchings. t
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Ehrhardt, April 8.?There was a
wreck on the Charleston and Savan-1 ^
nah branch of the A. C. L. Railway
at Yemassee last Sunday. The pas- ^
? \ senger train was standing at the de- 7
pot and a freight ran into it?head- j
end collision. Both engines were c
turned over. No one killed, but ^
1 some * were bruised and had thedr
breakfast shaken up. The air brakes
would not work was the cause. c
Miss Banna Westbury died Satur- r
day night and was buried at the Mc- j
Millan family grave yard. She was
president of the Sunbeam Society. v
Miss Banna has been a patient suf- t
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* ferer for a long while, never com- j.
* plaining of her lot while with us. She c
is at rest now and we will miss her r
% from our midst, and her numerous ^
friends join in with her family and s
relatives in mourning her untimely t
departure.
Easter services at Ehrhardt Lu
theran Sunday morning was well at- ^
tended and very impressive. The ^
communion service was the feature
of the day. At night the Sundayschool
tots sang and recited some
appropriate songs and poems suited i
to the occasion. The little ones c
were talking to the public as mission- \
x aries, for those who need, telling l
about these great festivals that they I
migh enjoy with us in the near fu- t
< ture. The appreciation of the con- j
gregation was shown by the collection
given them. c
There is a young drummer on the i
road that met one of our young ladies I
and the firm had to run him off to- \
day so he would not lose his job. r
The young lady must have told him j
4 some wonderful words of love. (
Farmers are working to get some- I
thing done in their fields. Cotton t
will be their aim again this year, c
as the crop will be shortened by the t
heavy rains and late start. 1
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Denmark Doings.
I Denmark, April 9.?On last Friday t
evening the ladies gave a musical *
for the benefit of the Baptist church 8
at the residence of Miss Don Ella 8
Rice. The house was beautifully 1
decorated in wisteria, ferns and potplants.
Music was furnished by
Misses Rosa Strait and Emma 1
Thompson; Miss Edna Steadman; 1
' Misses Katherine Wilkinson and ^
Julia Goolsby; Miss Virginia Faust, *
Mrs. S. G. Mayfield, and Mr. Thomas t
t Wilkinson. The instrumental music 8
was interspersed with catchy songs, 1
by the vocal talent of our town. A
very amusing selection was recited
by Miss Bertriand Perritt, and an
interesting piece read by Mr. J. Arthur
Wiggins. During the course of
the evening a sweet course was serv- *
ed, and quite a neat little sum was 1
. \ realized.
Miss Louise Zeigler spent the c
week-end with friends in Orange
burg. 1
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Chitty, of Co- *
lumbia, are the guests of Mrs. C. c
W. Garris of this city. 1
* Boy Indicted for Murder. \
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Savannah, Ga., April 9.?Samuel
Simms, a 10-year-old white boy, was
indicted late to-day for the murder
of Thomas Grinniff, an 11-year-old
negro boy. Simms is said to be the
youngest slayer ever taken into cus- *
tody in Chatham county. He has
just passed the age of an infant as
it is held by the Georgia statutes. S
Simms is alleged to have shot and t
?. killed Grinniff because the latter I
kicked Simms's pet dog. t
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The Bamberg Herald printed the ^
Underwood supplement that is being
circulated so extensively in the weeklies;
but as a matter of square deal- ,
ing with it readers told them that .
the supplement went as paid adver- t
tising. While the Enquirer does not t
* care to send out prepared supple- c
ments with its circulation, even for ^
pay, it has no criticism of other i
newspapers doing so if they see j
proper. What The Herald has done ,
in this case has the Enquirer's full ^
approval. Straight advertising is ^
legitimate; but a supplement like ,
C
i this sent out without explanation, t
k would seem to carry the editor's ap- l
proval with it, and where a price t
goes with it, the flavor of the trans- ^
action is not good.?Yorkville Enquirer.
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See the new Ford models and t
write or call on the Ford Sales Co.,
Bamberg, S. C., for catalogue and 1
/ prices. Stock of cars on hand. ^ c
WILSON ROBBED OF LETTERS.
Thieves Steal Suit Case Filled with
Private Correspondence.
Chicago, April 7.?Thieves, apparently
with political affiliations, broke
nto the rooms of Gov. Woodrow
Wilson, of New Jersey, at a downown
hotel late to-day and stole a
iuit case full of private correspond;nce
and papers belonging to Gov.
Wilson.
The robbery occurred while Gov.
Wilson was at the rectory of St.
Vlary's church lunching with Rev.
3. J. O'Callahan and other priests
>f the Paulist order. The theft was
liscovered when Gov. Wilson return;d
to his hotel. '
Just before departing for Syra lifip.
N. Y.. to-nieht. Gov. Wilson
nade the following statement regardng
the robbery:
"The robbery will greatly inconrenience
me. But whoever obtained
he papers and correspondence will
)e greatly disappointed. While the
:orrespondence is of a nature which
lecessarily should be considered private,
between the writers and myelf,
there is nothing but what may
>e published without doing me harm.
"A great deal of the correspondmce
deals with the campaign I am
raging, as do the other documents
rhich were stolen."
"Letter from Clemson.
Clemson College, S. C., April 2.?
rhinking that some of the people
>f Bamberg county would like to
mow how the boys from that dear
ittle county were doing, the writer
las decided that this would be the
>est way to reach most of the peo)le
which were interested.
We boys organized a Bamberg
:ounty club in November and the club
s composed of the following boys:
). B. Hill, president; C. S. Folk, Jr.,
rice president; W. F. Johnson, secetary
and treasurer; F. B. Hutto, H.
H. Crum, Hamtaond Crum, W. B.
^ook, B. F. Hill, G. F. McMillan, W.
I. Rice. We had our picture put in
he college annual and we can boast
>f the fact that we have one of the
>est looking bunch of boys in colege.
We have three seniors this
rear, these are: C. S. Folk, W. F.
fohnson, and D. B. Hill. F. B. Huto,
H. M. Crum, W. H. Rice, and
J. F. McMillan are our Sophomores,
ind Hammond Crum, W. B. Cook,
md B. F. Hill are our "Rats" and
freshmen.
Our boys are standing well in
{very phase of college life. We have
nen on the athletic teams, officers in
he military department, one in the
;lee club, and men in every course
>ut one. Our president Hill has won
he medals for being the best orator
md declaimer in college; he will
epresent Clemson at the State oraorical
contest at Rock Hill this year.
Je is also president of the Calhoun
Jterarv Society and a member of
he annual staff of 1912. We want
.0 see at least ten more Bamberg
:ounty boys up here next year for it
s a great opportunity, and we beieve
that every boy should try to take
idvantage of it.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. D. Rowell paid
is a short visit last week. ||Mr.
lowell was attending the conference
>f the county superintendents of edication.
School will be out June 11, and
ve boys will be ready to come home
igain.
With best wishes we are the
BAMBERG COUNTY BOYS.
ORPHAN LAD IN JAIL.
2ut to Death Negro who Kicked His
Dog Around.
Savannah, Ga., April 4.?Samuel
Jimms, the 10-year-old boy who yeserday
killed Thomas Griffin, a negro
>oy about the same age, was commuted
to jail by the recorder to-day to
iwait an indictment for murder. The
>oy appeared in court neatly dressed
tnd smiling but unaccompanied by
my relative. His mother and father
me both dead. Col. Robert L. Goldng,
a member of the local bar, volmteered
to represent the lad before
he recorder. The boy told his story
imilingly and apparently unconcerned
about his fate. He said the little
legro boy kicked his dog and when
le remonstrated with him, started
it him with a knife. "I took the
mife away from him and cut him,"
s Sam's simple explanation of the
iffair. The coroner held an autopsy
;o-day and found that the dead boy
-eceived a cut in each breast'and
hat either wound would have proved
"ntnl
The State Democratic executive
committee will meet in Columbia
;o-night, at which time arrangements
will be made for calling the State
convention. . ,..
IN THE PALMETTO STAT
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOU
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quic
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
N. B. Dial, a prominent lawye
banker and business man of Lai
rens, has announced that he will t
a candidate for the United State
Senate this year.
W. B. Crawley, a plumber, age
45, was shot in the head and serioui
ly wounded in Hartsville on Satunda
by Will McKenzie in a fight ove
some trivial matter.
TT ^ - ? A II.aw -.An kn/
Jtl. li. JOUUSUU, UL Alheu, wat) uat
ly hurt in an encounter with a bur/
lar in his house on Tuesday nigh
He could not tell whether the burj
lar was white or black.
Capt. F. S. Evans, of Greenwooi
who is well known in Bamberg, hi
announced that he will be a cand
date for congress up there to succee
Wyatt Aiken, who will be a candidal
for re-election.
The State Teachers' Association
to hold its annual meeting in Cha
leston on Thursday, Friday, and Sa
urday, April 25th, 26th, and 2711
A most interesting program has bee
arranged, and there will no doubt t
a large attendance of teachers fro]
all over the State.
A Greenville lawyer named Tillc
Von Nunes was arrested in Charle
ton on Saturday on the charge of ol
taining money from a Greenvil
bank under false pretenses?givir
| a UlieCK uu <x uaun. m yvmi/u j.
had no funds and saying he ha
funds there. He was carried back 1
Greenville by an officer.
Fred Ray, an employe of tt
Charleston racing association, hi
brought suit against the associatic
and against Anna May Moore and h<
husband, E: Moore, for $2,000 f<
injuries received in being run ov<
by a horse belonging to Mrs. Mooi
on the track. Two fine horses b
longing to the Moores have been a
tached by the sheriff to await tl
event of the suit.
Woman Sentenced to Chair.
Newport News, Va., April 9.?Vi
ginia Christian, a young negro w<
man, who has been on trial in tl
Hampton circuit court for the pa
two days on a charge of murderii:
Mrs. Ida Virginia Belote, was th
afternoon found guilty of murder i
the first degree and her punishmei
was fixed at death in the electr
chair. Mrs. Belote, a widow wil
eight children, was found murdere
at her home in Hampton March 1
She had been beaten over the hea
with a heavy earthenware cuspidc
until unconscious, after which si
was choked and a towel was crau
med down her throat. A brooi
handle, it was brought out at tt
trial, was used to force the towel ii
to the woman's mouth. Robbery ac
revenge were ascribed as the motiv<
for the crime. The dead woman
pocket book, together with sever;
bloody garments, were found at tl
Christian girl's home, and the ev
dence against her was conclusive. '
the sentence of the jury is carrie
out, which is very probable, it wi
be the first execution of a woman i
this State since the inauguration <
the electric chair as mode of inflic
ing capital punishment.
Blease Appoints Bank Examiner,
Columbia, April 8.?Gov. Bleas
to-day appointed Hugh Wilson Fr;
ser, of Georgetown, bank examiner 1
succeed B. J. Rhame, against whoi
he recently issued a proclamation <
removal. Mr. Fraser has filed h
oath and his bond of ? 15,000 wit
the secretary of State, and has r<
ceived his commission.
Mr. Rhame has employed W. 1
Stevenson, of Cheraw, as his atto:
ney, and he states that he will n(
surrender the office until so ordere
by the courts. A lively fight is e:
pected to follow.
Mr. Fraser stated to-day that I
did not yet know what course he wi
follow in securing the office, but t
will consult with an attorney to I
named by Gov. Blease.
"Now, Johnny," said the teache
after she had explained the meanic
of the word, "I wish you would wril
a sentence containing defeat."
After a struggle which lasted f<
about twenty minuted, Johnny ai
nounced that he was ready to I
heard.
"Please read your composition,
the teacher directed.
"When you git shoes dat's tc
tite," Johnny read, "it's hard on c
feet."?Chicago Record-Herald.
p MEASURE ORDERED REPORTED.
Favorable Committee Action on
S Byrnes Bill Affecting War Claims.
Washington, April 8.?Representk
ative James F. Byrnes, of the 2nd
South Carolina district, who is a
member of the committee on war
clainm, has been authorized by that
committee to report favorably to the
r? house his bill reviving for two years
1_ after its passage the right of action
>e under the Captured and Abandoned
Property Act, and also a resolution
introduced by him calling on the secid
retary of the treasury to furnish a
s- list of persons from whom property
iy was taken under that act and the
sr amount so taken from each individual.
i- Under the act of 1863 property
j- was taken and sold, and the pro
t. ceeds, amounting to more than $20,000,000
were placed in the treasury,
with a record of the names of those
j from whom it had been taken. After
the war a bill was passed giving
i the claimants two years in which to
,d sue for property thus taken, and
te $10,000,000 was recovered as a result.
A little over $10,000,000 yet
remains in the treasury.
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If congress passed the bill introduc^d
by Mr. Byrnes and approved
by the committee, claimants would
have two years in which to present
?n
their claims for moneys due them
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out of this fund, and should the reso111
lution with regard to the list of
names be enacted, the process would
,u be simplified and expedited, because
s" no claimant whose name is not on
b' the list, or who cannot establish le*e
gal heirship in connection with one
IS of these names, can in any event reie
cover by suit before the court of
l<* claims.
Up to this time congress has refused
to pass any resolution requirie
ing the secretary of the treasury to
is make the list public, although the
>n $10,000,000 held in the treasury
3r ever since the war on account of
)r captured and abandoned property
2T does not belong to the government
re and really ought to be distributed
e- among its legal owners. It is not
t- certain that the resolution will pass,
ie but it has a better chance now than
' ever before.
Capers a Candidate.
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Spartanburg, April 19.?Capt. Jno.
G. Capers, of Greenville, South Carolina
member of the Republican nast
tional committee, announced here to1ST
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. day that he would be a candidate for
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congress against Joseph T. Johnson,
^ the present representative.
In an interview at the Gresham
ic
hotel where he was conferring with
' Republicans from several counties
' of the Piedmont, Capt. Capers detwmi
1S 0tvo Mr. .Tnhn
^ tiai cu mat u^/ nvmu T v V
L son a hot race.
)r "There are 12,000 voters in the
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fourth congressional district," said
a Capt. Capers, "who have come here
m from North Carolina and Tennessee
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and are working in the mills. These
men will vote for a Republican candidate
if he is a clean, decent white
* man. There has been no opportunity
? here to vote for a Republican of
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good repute for 16 years. These men
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. are naturally Republicans and would
~ vote the Republican ticket if there
was a republican organization and
' Republican candidates of which they
were not ashamed. As there has been
^ no respectable Republican party,
these men have had to turn to the
Democratic primary."
Killed at Target Practice.
se Charleston, April 9.?Cadet Louis
1- Dotterer, son of Dr. Louis Dotterer,
:o was killed this afternoon at the rifle
m range where the cadets of the Cita)f
del have been in camp for ten days,
is The young man was in the pit, serv h
ing as a marker, and it is said that
2- he raised his head above the ground
at the wrong time and received the
bullet from a Krag-Jorgensen rifle.
r- A hurry call was sent for Dr. Mul)t
lally, the surgeon in attendance upon
;d the race track, but when he reached |
i- the young man he was already dead.
Death must have been instantaneous.
le Dotterer was 18 years of age. He was
11 popular among his college mates and
ie the accident is generally deplored.
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Abbeville Man Kills Himself.
Abbeville, April 9.?John Y. Dar,
vis, for many years an operative in
ig the Abbeville Cotton Mills, and a
ie leading political factor there, committed
suicide yesterday at his home
)r near Bordeaux in this county. Davis
a- had only recently moved from the
>e mill to the plantati. n of Major J. E.
Jones and had started a farm.
He had been drinking heavily for
several days. Yesterday morning ne
>o left home and went down on the
le river. His body was found later in
the day.
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WARRANT OUT FOR BEAC
HE IS CHARGED WITH SLASHIN
WIFE'S THROAT IN AIKEN.
Damaging Evidence Claimed by D
tective, Contradicting Statement
of Mrs. Beach.
Aiken, April 8.?Frederick <
Beach, New York millionaire ai
society leader, and one of Aiken
prominent winter residents, is char
ed with slashing his wife's throat
this city several weeks ago, a wa
rant being issued here to-day f<
his arrest.
This action revives interest in tl
mysterious assault on Mrs. Beach c
February 26, when it was general
believed that her assailant was a n
Evidence Against hseacn.
Detective Baughn, of Atlanta, h
been at work on the case just thr
weeks, having begun an investigate
shortly after a Pinkerton man, wl
failed to throw any light on the mj
tery, ceased his efforts. What E
j tective Baughn considers a damagi:
; piece of evidence against Beach
j the alleged finding of a gold plate
diamond studded pocket knife 1
longing to the millionaire. It is al
| stated that an examination of tl
knife by a prominent chemist in tl
State disclosed a quantity of hum:
blood on one of the blades. In ad<
tion there is offered as evidence t
! phony pearl earring, also cover
i with blood, and the back com
I which it is alleged, fell from Mi
Beach's hair when she was stabbe
Both of these and the pocketkni
were found on the driveway on t
opposite side of the house from t
spot where Mrs. Beach said she w
attacked, and directly adjoining t
laundry house, between the Bea
residence and the residence of J
seph Harriman.
Doubt Wife's Stqry.
It was the latter physical fa<
which first gave rise to doubt of Mi
Beach's statement, though the a
thorities kept their find a secret f
some time, and not until to-day d
it become known that the knife hi
been found. Therefore, there w
nothing to connect Mr. Beach wi
the attack except comment based <
surmise.
The investigation has been prac
cally completed by Detective Baugl
and the results have been placed
the hands of Solicitor R. L. Gunte
Special Agent Baughn came
Aiken on March 16, just after tl
Pinkerton man had abandoned tl
field. Evidently the investigate
was carried on with the greatest pc
sible dispatch and expediency, C
tainly with a great deal of secrec
for even now very few people a
acquainted with the detective.
Shortly after Mrs. Beach was a
tacked, .and after a fruitless sean
for her supposed negro assailant, r
wards were offered for the apprehe
sion of the criminal. The rewar
were increased from time to time u
til now there is outstanding a rewa:
of $3,000 for the arrest and convi
tion of a man "of medium heig
and illiterate." 1
According to details made knov
subsequent to the attack, Mrs. Bea<
heard a noise in front of her res
dence on the night she was wounde
She went into the yard to invesl
gate and was handed a note by a n
gro, who seized her and slashed h
throat with a sharp weapon, inflictii
an ugly wound. The alleged neg:
then disappeared.
According to a statement attri
uted to Mrs. Beach, the note hand<
*Trrftrt ftiiywA/1 Kxr *4 AT orio " CO
LU lici was sigucu u; .uui iv,
to be a servant in the employ
Mrs. Joseph Harrirnan.
It is stated that Mrs. Beach fo
merly was the wife of one of tl
Havemeyers.
The assault on Mrs. Beach ai
subsequent charges against her hu
band provide probably the greate
sensation the city of Aiken ever kne
gro.
The warrant charges Beach wi
assault and battery with intent
kill, and was issued on the affidav
of Special Detective M. S. Baugh
supported by affidavits of several
his witnesses.
A deputy has gone to Columbia
get requisition papers from Govern
Blease on the governor of New Yor
and will go on on to New York ci
to-morrow to serve the warrant, i
though it is stated that Beach has i
ready sailed from that city f
Europe, his departure, it is allege
taking place two weeks before I
schedule, as anounced a few hou
before bis leaving AiKen ior r
home in New York.
In the event that Beach has sail
for Europe, it is not known wh
steps will be taken toward service
the warrant.
|| MRS. GREEVER DROWNED.
Friend Identifies Body Found in Poc
tomao River Near Fort Hunt.
Washington, April 6.?Mystery
?- surrounding the disappearance in this
city on February 17 of Mrs. N. Roberta
Greever, 44 years old, wife of
the Rev. Walton H. Greever, of'CoD.
lumbia, S. C., editor of the Lutheran
id Church Visitor, was cleared up, when
,'s her body was washed ashore near the
g- wharf at Fort Hunt, on the Virginia
in side of the Potomac, about 12 miles
r- from Washington,
or The discovery put an end to a
country-wide search which had been
ie in progress for six weeks. The body
m is in such a state that it cannot be
ly identified, but the clothing and a
e- plain wedding ring on the finger
leave no doubt that it is that of the
th missing woman. Miss Frances S.
to Ryan, of 1301 Corcoran street,
rit, Northwest, who knew Mrs. Gjeever
n, well, went to the morgue last night,
of soon after the arrival of the body
on the police boat Vigilant, and comto
pleted the identification. That Mrs.
or Greever was on her way to Tazewell,
k, Virginia, to see her three children,
ty and was accidentally drowned, is the
il- opinion of the police, which is shared
il- by some of the relatives,
or A report received last night from
id, Fort Hunt seems to confirm this
lis story.
rs Mrs. Greever went away on Febiis
ruary 17, about 5:40 p. m. That night.
about 9 o'clock, John L. Austin, a
ed member of Company 47, Coast Artilat
lery Corps, stationed at Fort Hunt,
of was doing sentinel duty, when he
heard a woman scream twice. The
cries seemed to come from the river,
as He investigated but failed to find
ee anything. Next morning he reported
on the incident to Capt. R. T. McMillan,
b.0 who ordered a squad of men. to
rs- search tne reservation, including uie
?e- water front The men were unsucQg
cessful in the hunt, but the date of
is the occurrence was recorded,
id, There was thick ice all along the
le- shore and it is thought that Mrs.
so Greever wandered down to the river
lis and that she fell through, not far a
lis from the shoie. The Mount Vernon
an trolley cars pass Fort Hunt and it is
ii- supposed that she hoarded one of
he these cars and alighted at the fort,
ed She might have passed the fortificaib,
tions at night without being seen,
rs. Dr. Greever was in Columbia at
id. the time a telegram announced the
fe finding of the body. He and his
he friend, Mr. A. H. Kohn, left at once
he for Washington, arriving there at 8
as o'clock Saturday morning. The bernoVmahanri
atanria hie'h in Tjllth
LH7 l^OTVU UUWM MM V? O
ch eran church circles, being editor of
o- the Lutheran Church Visitor. He
served as pastor of several churches.
Recently he returned from Savannah,
:ts where he went to follow a clue which
rs. he had learned of from detectives. He
u- stated at the time that he felt his
or visit would be without favorable reid
suits, but that he wanted to feel he
ad had left nothing undone that would
as contribute to the efforts to locate his
th missing wife.
an Besides her husband, Mrs. Greever
is survived by three children?Walti
ton H. Greever, Jr., age 9; Marian,
in aged 6, and Virginia, aged 3. Mrs.
in Greever was 44 years of age and was
;r. the daughter of the late Rev. G. A.
to Bruegel, a Lutheran minister. Mrs.
tie Greever had been in bad health for
tie several years. At the time of her
an disappearance she was in Washing
>s- ton under treatment for a distressing
it- nervous disorder. She was shopping
:y, was a nurse and somehow eluded this
re attendant.
L{-_ Beaches Arrive at London.
London, April 9.?Frederick O.
Beach, the Wall street broker against
nwhom
a warrant has been issued at
ds
Aiken, S. C., charging him with assault
and battery with intent to kill
his wife, has arrived in London with
c.
. Mrs. Camilla Beach,
nt
The Beaches who are staying at a
prominent hotel in London, have not
^ left their apartment since they arrived
here.
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" Beach aecnnea to De interviewed,
* but he told the Associated Press over
the telephone to-day that there was
"nothing in the charges."
er
Later in the day, when a cable
ig
message saying that a warrant chargro
ing him with assault and battery had
. been sworn out at Aiken, S. C., was
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received here, it was sent up to
sd
Beach, but he returned it without
making any comment and again refused
to grant an interview.
Nothing regarding the case against
Beach has so far been received at the
American embassy in London.
id The Ford is the simplest and most
s_ reliable car on the market. Write
t the Ford Sales Co., Bamberg, S. C.
for catalogue and prices. Stock of
lW cars on hand.