The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 11, 1912, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. pi
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A. W. KNIGHT. Editor. ev
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Thursday, April 11,1912. p?
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Our mail last week consisted most- tb
ly of Underwood supplements.
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If every man in Bamberg worked W(
for the good of his town, what a w
growth would be ours! cc
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The train service at Bamberg these te
days is about as- bad as it can be. er
Last Saturday, the train due here at tb
about eight o'clock at night arrived Pc
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at nearly eleven o'clock, ana it is
mighty near this bad most of the n<
time. Mails are delayed and the ?(
business men are handicapped badly to
on this account. The railroad com- ca
mission should be appealed to. f?
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The Herald has no great liking for is
sending out political supplements or P*
in fact any matter not prepared in th
its own office, but we need the
money which Mr. Underwood's campaign
manager paid us. But we are
frank to say that if this newspaper
received the local support which it
merits, we would not accept any- m
thing of this character at any time. Dc
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It may not be popular, but The er
Herald stands for doing away with ^
the present system of paying county
officers by allowing them fees in lieu
of salary. We want to see every office
put on a straight salary basis,
and every cent of income from fees
CO
to go into the county treasury. This
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is the business way to run a county.
We'll have to come to it sooner or S1
later.
Those tax payers who believe that
the State should spend about one gr
million dollars on improving the jn
State house will vote for the present 0f
governor and members of the legislature
who believe in his policies. nj
Those who are against this tremen- re
dous expenditure of money and who m
believe that taxes are too high now
will vote against him and those who
would carry out such extravagant in
ideas. The issue is plain and cannot es
he escaped. There is no middle
ground this year. No man can serve he
two masters. a
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. On Saturday, April 27th, the
Democratic -clubs will meet to reorganize
and elect delegates to the
county convention, which in turn will
elect delegates to the State convention.
We want to say a few words
in all frankness to our people. For w
years the attendance at the club A
meetings in this county has been tc
very small, only a small number attending.
If the business men of the w
county?those who pay the taxes and w
bear the burden of government? Di
want reform in our government they w
must attend the club meetings and d;
see that sensible business men are
sent as delegates to the county convention.
A man cannot expect to p
have any influence with the mass of
voters on election day unless he shows
some interest in the public business
before election day. The business a
men of Bamberg as a rule have never
attended their club meetings, and ^
they should do so by all means, for
here is the very fountain head of
government?where the election machinery
is put in motion. Don't ^
stand back and say you are not in
politics and it is none of your affair.
It is your business and your duty to ^
see that your ideas are carried out
in political matters, for here your ^
public servants are elected. It will
be too late to get busy on election
day. Let's start at the very foundation.
We hope there will be a large
attendance at every club in this coun- c
ty when they meet on Saturday, the ii
27th. o
If the editor of this newspaper
as a candidate for the legislature
is year, the strongest plank in our
atform would be abolishing fees
ir all county offices and putting
'ery official on a salary. But we T
e not a candidate and do not ex- j le&i
>ct to be, but we commend the idea the
all present and prospective aspirits.
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TWENTY-ONE YEARS OLD. mor
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Twenty-one years ago this month ^
ie first issue of The Bamberg Herd
was printed, and the same hand ^jar
tat writes these lines set up the type nea
ir the first issue. The paper has ^or
)ne through several hands since it a
as first established, but the con- pec1
sction of the present owner was ten(
lly for the first year of its exist- ty
ice, until July, 1899, when he CQ j
)ught the paper, coming here from tion
imier, where we had been half ?
vner of The Sumter Herald. The &en<
iper has made some progress in the cr|n
irteen years we have owned it, and was
e are naturally gratified at its jjni
owth. In alluding to its twenty- ]ittj
st birthday, we take occasion to scai
ank those who have been kind to eraj
; through all these years. Per- cou]
inally and as a newspaper we crin
ive made many strong friends his
10 have been as true as steel. -^rjs
e sincerely appreciate these jum
iends. We have made many mis- a(jv
kes no doubt and have possibly bec(
ven offence in many instances jnaj
here none was intended. However, coa(
e have never used the paper as a j.
srsonal organ to punish enemies or jj01
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sward friends out nave aavocaieu rob:
ose measures which we believed mer
r the best interests of our town, ror
>unty, and State. To this policy iun]
e are irrevocably committed, and toni
ith malioe toward none we shall 0f \
ntinue in the future to follow the ??gi
,me course. Some of our friends ber
11 us we are a little too independ- tair
it and outspoken. Maybe so, but tak<
at is not likely to be changed. The to s
OirtT nf nawr Vine TIPVPT hPftn A
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ctated by the receipts from the busi- of !
iss office and never will be. It is tool
>w> and always has been our purpose Con:
serve the whole people. This we whc
.nnot do except in a plain, straight- con:
rward manner. We may be par- sta?
med for saying that The Herald ger:
on a solid financial basis, and ex- em{
jets to enlarge its usefulness as ger
e years roll on. and
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Why She Blushed. gov
and
A very pretty but extremely slen- ed
ir girl entered a street car and
anaged to seat herself in a very ^
irrow space between two men. a ^
resently a portly colored mammy dotl
itered the car, and the pretty miss, regj
inking to humiliate the men for coa(
.eir lack of gallantry, arose.
"Aunty," she said, with a wave of or
?r hand towards the place she had rje(j
ist vacated, "take my seat." The
"Thank you, missy," replied the he (
lored woman, smiling broadly, an(j
jut which gen'man's lap was you aisc
ttin' on?" him
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Xine Convicts Break Out. *
Tampa, Fla., March 9.?Nine ne- to (
o convicts, six of whom were serv- * 0
g life terms for murder, brdke out
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a convict camp stockade at Cross
ayou, 30 miles from here last
ght and are at large, according to
iports received here to-day. The ia^
en hacked their way through the
trie
irs of a window in the stockade. ,
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Event v-seven other convicts were
the building but they failed to
to 3
icape.
Six of the men were seen five
Fie
)urs later trying to cross the bay in
vict
small boat, headed for the mainpric
nd, but the water being rough they * "J
irned back. Deputies with track
ere;
)gs are in pursuit.
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Too Heavy to Live. ^ell
the
Boston, April 9.?The abnormal one
eight of 850 pounds attained by of i
braham Sodekson caused his death at
?-day from fatty degeneration of the tak
gart. He was 26 years old. Four Tor
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eeKs ago, wnen taaen 111, ouueivsuu >
eighed 434 pounds. During his sick-' w^]
ess it is estimated that he gained j the
eight at the rate of 20 pounds a 1
ay. fin?
the
J. T. DAVIS FOUND DEAD. dec
the
armer of Bordeaux Took His Own bor
Life. Tin
ter
McCormick, April 9.?J. T. Davis, a c
farmer living in the Fork section prj,
ear Bordeaux, was found dead Sun- jy
ay night, locked in his room. Those
'ho forced an entrance to the room jnt(
aund the body lying upon the floor ear
ith an ugly gun-shot wound in the iat,
ack of the head. uiose to mm ma
lan lay a singlebarreled shotgun e(ji
ontaining an empty hull. Evidence the
rought out at the inquest that pro- js j
ounced the death a suicide, showed bra
hat the deceased had threatened to a j
ake his life. Mr. Davis leaves a fre
rife and five children.
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Miss Mary Eva Hite will take rej
harge of the Girls' Tomato Clubs the
n Aiken, but will not become State fGr
Tganizer as has been stated. car
CASE OF BLACK BART.
ed Outlaw May be Released from
Prison.
he law enacted by the Michigan
slature last winter, which extends
benefits of the parole law to cons
undergoing life sentence, will,
i confidently expected, says a Martte,
Michigan letter, enable Rayid
Holzhay, more widely known
'Black Bart," a life prisoner with
jnsational criminal record, to ob.
his release on parole from the
quette prison, where he has spent
rly twenty-three years of his life
murder. Holzhay, who has been
odel prisoner for many years, ex- (
:s that under the new law his sen;e
will be commuted to one of forrears
and that he will be released
parole shortly after the commutaof
his sentence,
lolzhay's career was extremely
sational and interesting from a
"linnlnsdral Doint of view. He 1
born in Austria and came to the
ted States when quite young. But
e is known of his early life,
cely more than that he was illit;e,
of great physical strength and
rage, and had strongly developed
linal tendencies. He was still in
teens when he began to work in
consin "pineries." The life of a
bermen did not satisfy Holzhay's .
enturous nature. He decided to
)me a bandit and began his crimcareer
by holding up a stage :
:h in the lumber district,
[is success was encouraging and
zhay, single-handed, held up and i
bed coach after coach until the ;
e mention of his name struck ter- '
to the hearts of travelers in the .
ber region. His boldness was asishirig.
While dodging the officers
:he law who were pursuing him,
ack Bart" walked boldly into lum- i
camps asking for food and ob- 1
ling it, no man being willing to 1
s the risk of making an attempt
;eize the outlaw. t 1
ifter a while, finding the robbing j
stag* coaches too tame, Holzhay
\ to holding up trains and for a ,
siderable period he terrorized the
>le of northern Michigan and Wissin,
holding up railroad trains and
;e coaches, robbing the passen- .
3 ar.d rifling the mail bags and
)loying his time between the big- =
coups by robbing banks, stores (
private houses. Large rewards
e offered for his capture by the <
ernment, the State authorities
the railroads, but nobody seem- .
to have courage enough to earn
reward.
liter having held up and robbed
Visconsin Central train near Cat,
Holzhay went to the Gogebic :
ion where he held up a stage
:h near Lake Gogebic. One of
passengers was a Chicago banknamed
A. E. Fleischbein, who car- ;
I a considerable amount of money.
( banker drew his gun, but before !
lould make use of it, Holzhay shot
killed him. Another passenger :
> tried to resist, but Holzhay shot [
i also and after having robbed
victims he made his escape. The .
horities made a determined effort
capture the daring bandit, but alugh
bloodhounds were u&ed to :
ow his trail, no trace of him could i
found.
'ive days later, however, Marshal
de and Justice Weiser saw Holz- :
in one of the streets of the town
Republic and arrested him. He
d to make use of his gun, but was
ipL-oH Hnwn anrl nvernowered be- :
* he could do so. He was brought
darquette and was positively idenid
as the man who had killed
ischbein. Holzhay was tried, coned
and sentenced to Marquette
;on for life. During the first year
tiis imprisonment Holzhay gave a
at deal of trouble to the prison
horities. He was moody and reious
and not inclined to submit to
prison rules and discipline. On
occasion he obtained possession
i knife and held one of the guards
bay in his cell when he came to
e the prisoner to work. Warden
npkins came to investigate and
t Holzhay through the hand in
ich he held the knife. Not until
n did the prisoner submit,
iolzhay remained untractable and
illy he was sent to the asylum for
insane at Iona, where the doctors
ided to perform an operation on
prisoner to remove a piece of
ie which pressed upon his brain.
5 operation was successful and afhis
return to prison Holzhay was
hanged man. He became a model
soner, began to study and gradualacquired
a good education,
rough the warden, who took great
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erest in mm, nuizimy mvesit;u Ills
nings in copper stock and accumuBd
a handsome fortune. He was
de the librarian of the prison,
ted the prison paper and did all
! photographic work required. It
believed that the operation on his
tin has transformed Holzhay into
noral and law-abiding individual,
e from criminal tendencies.
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iable car on the market. Write
5 Ford Sales Co., Bamberg, S. C.
catalogue and prices. Stock of
s on hand.
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"all," meaning king of ?
over the United States.
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| day and we are glad thai
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CANDIDATES'CARDS, j
FOR STATE SENATE.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for re-election to the State
Senate, subject to the rules and regulations
of the Democratic primary.
J. B. BLACK.
Conveying to. the citizen taxpayers
of Bamberg county my appreciation
of the confidence shown in me by repeatedly
electing me to the responsible
position of County Treasurer,
and believing that I can be of greater
service to you, I am retiring from
that position and hereby announce
myself a candidate for State Senator
from Bamberg county, to which
position, if elected, I pledge you my
best efforts in the protection of your
interests and the upbuilding of our
county and State, and I hereby pledge
rm-eplf ohlrip thp rpsillt of thp
Democratic primary and support the
nominess thereof.
JOHN F. FOLK.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Grateful to the voters for their
support two years ago, I hereby announce
myself a candidate for reelection
as a member of the House of
Representatives from Bamberg County,
subject to result of the Democratic
primary.
J. AQUILLA HUNTER.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the House of Representatives. I
will abide the result of the Democratic
primary and support the nominees
thereof.
J. WESLEY CRUM, JR.
FOR SHERIFF.
Having been solicited by a number
of friends, I have decided to offer for
Sheriff of Bamberg county, and hereby
announce myself as a candidate,
pledging myself to abide the result
of the Democratic primary and sup
port the nominees of the party.
J. FELDER HUNTER.
Grateful to my friends for their
very liberal support some years ago,
I announce my candidacy for the office
of Sheriff of Bamberg county,
subject to the result of the Democratic
primary. S. G. RAY.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for Treasurer of Bamberg
county, and pledge myself to abide
the result of the Democratic primary
and support the nominees. I will appreciate
the support of the voters and
promise you my best service, if elected.
GEO. A. JENNINGS.
I respectfully announce myself a
candidate for the office of Treasurer
of Bamberg county subject to the
rules and regulations of the Democratic
primary, pledging myself to
abide tne result ana support xne
nominees of the party. If elected I
shall perform the duties of the office
to the best of my ability.
JACOB H. A. CARTER.
FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of Supervisor of
Bamberg county, subject to the rules
and regulations of the Democratic
primary, and pledge myself to support
the nominees thereof.
E. C. BRUCE.
I respectfully announce myself a
candidate for the office of County
Supervisor, subject to the rules and
regulations of the Democratic primary.
If elected I promise to give
my entire time and best talent to the
work. Respectfully,
G. BROOK KINARD.
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for Supervisor of Bamberg
County, pledging myself to abide the
result of the Democratic primary and
support the nominees of the party.
w. preston mcmillan.
FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE.
I respectfully announce myself a
candidate for the office of Judge of
Probate of Bamberg county, subject
to the result of the Democratic primary.
H. WHILDEN WALKER.
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FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for County Commissioner of
Bamberg county, and will abide the
result of the Democratic primary.
W. PRESTON SANDIFER.
I hereby announce myself a candi
Rexall!
he agency for the Rexall p]
lex" meaning "King," anc
ill. The Rexall stores and ]
Every Rexall remedy is gi
you after you have tried it
dly return to you the full
r money to us and we are n
s the greatest line of preps
; we are in a position to off<
nk of the
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n be known throughout thf
. STORjE" of Bam
date for County Commissioner
Bamberg county, subject to the rul
and regulations of the Democrat
primary.
W. BARNEY SMOAK.
I am a candidate for County Coi
misisoner of Bamberg county, subje
to the result of the Democratic p:
mary. J. J. ZEIGLER.
I hereby announce myself as a ca
didate for County Commissioner
Bamberg county, and will abide t
result of the Democratic primal
H. W. CHITTY.
With thanks to the voters f
their support in the past, I respe*
fnllv nnnniinpfi mvself as a Candida
for re-election to the office of Coun
Commissioner for Bamberg counl
I will abide the result of the primal
G. W. FOLK.
FOR COTTON WEIGHER AT BA1
BERG.
I respectfully announce my cant
dacy for Cotton Weigher at Bambei
subject to the result of the Dcmocr,
ic primary. G. L. KINARD.
I hereby announce myself as a ca
didate for cotton weigher at Bai
berg, pledging myself to abide t
result of the Democratic primary.
G. A. RICE.
FOR COTTON WEIGHER AT
EHRHARDT.
I respectfully announce myself
a candidate for Cotton Weigher
Ehrhardt, subject to the result
the Democratic primary.
W. D. SEASE.
FOR MAGISTRATE AT EHRHAR1
I respectfully announce myself
candidate for Magistrate at Ehrhar
pledging myself to abide the resi
of the Democratic primary and si
port the nominees thereof.
J. H. KINARD.
* IF YOU WANT A POLICY
On Your Life
HSSHRHBnm
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| Isaac M. Loryea
i Bamberg, S. C.
? Office Over
Delays Are Dangerou;
I represent the Mutual Life ]
surance Co., of New York, one of J
strongest old line companies in <
istence. Let me show you our rrxa
attractive policy contracts. I a.1
represent the Standard Live Sto
Insurance Co., of Indianapolis. T1
is a strong company. Insure yc
horses and cattle.
W. MAX WAKLER
Ehrhardt, S. C.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
All parties having claims agaii
Bamberg county are hereby notifi
* A t ai. J i. i_ .
that tneir claims must De meu mi
days before the county board mee
The board meets the first Monday
each month, so if you want yc
claims approved, file them three d?
before. J. B. KEARSE,
County Supervis
Bamberg, S. C., April 1, 1912.
LETTERS DISMISSOKY.
On Monday, April 15th, 1912,
11 o'clock a. m., I will file my fii
account as executor of the estate
Mrs. Charity Steedley, deceased, w
Geo. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate
Bamberg county, and will thereup
ask for letters dismissory as such ?
I T TTTTT DPIR HUNTER.
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Bamberg, S. C., March 15th, 19.'
The man who sets a bad exam]
is working for the devil, whether
knows it or not.
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Store
reparations. Rexall being .
I the addition of the word m X
preparations are known all
uaranteed, and if it is not
tell us. and we will ask I
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amount paid for it. The p
ot out one cent. The Rextrations
pn the market tosr
them to you. When you
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of BARBAROUS CRDIE CHARGED. >
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lc Blind Tiger and Wife Accused or
Trying to Burn Boy to Death.
11' Chattanooga, April 9.?A special
^ from Gadsden, Ala., says: Wheeler
Beasley and his wife, Delia, are un- >
? der arrest here charged with assault 4
'JJj with intent to murder. They ophe
erated a blind tiger near Gadsden
y- and yesterday sold whisky to Ezra
__ Busby, a 16-year-old boy, who beor
came badly intoxicated.
2t- Fearing the drunken boy would
attract attention, it is alleged they' j ty
placed him under a brush' heap and
*y. set it on fire after saturating the
wood with oil. His screams attracted
= attention and he was dragged out >
with his clothing burning. He may
_ die.
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.g Negro Lynched at Shreveport.
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Shreveport, La., April 9.?Thom~;as
Miles, a negro, 29 years old, was
m_ | lypched in the outskirts of Shreve- %
he I port early to-day. He was tried in
I police court yesterday on the charge
I of having sent to a young white woj
man insulting notes, but was released
because positive proof was lack- ? j
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as! His body was found about dayI
? light by a small colored boy. He had
been hanged and shot. The mob \
worked so secretly that the authori- *
= ties were not apprised of the lynchincr
until tho \'ni1T1fr npfirm found the
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a body. An investigation is in progdt,
ress. No arrests have been made.
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ip" PROBING BAMBERG KILLING.
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? John Wiggins Dies at Hands of *
^ George Rivers.
I Bamberg, April 3.?Coroner Zeig- - }
ler was called upon yesterday afternoon
to go to Hunter's Chapel and
hold an inquest over the body of Jno.
Wiggins, colored, who died about
noon yesterday from the effects of
pistol shot wounds inflicted by Geo.
Rivers, also colored, on last Monday
morning.
The details of the killing are very f i
meagre. Rivers came to town this
morning and surrendered to Sheriff
Hunter. He says that Wiggins has
been mad with him for some months
about some cotton, and during the
last few days had told several parties,
among them being his mother, ,
that he intended to kill him (Riv- sf
I ers.) On Sunday morning about
W sunrise, it seems that Wiggins and
his son went to Rivers's cottage and
? called him out, Wiggins saying he
intended to kill him. Rivers, anticipating
trouble, said he had prepared
^ himself and as Wiggins reached to
3X_ his hip pocket to draw his pistol t *
ny Rivers shot three times, inflicting
'so wounds in the abdomen and thigh.
Wiggins was taken to his home nearer
where he lingered until yesterday V
and died. This version of the affair
was given by Rivers. The coroner's
inquest may bring out other matters
more damaging to the defence, but
it appears that Wiggins went to the
home of Rivers for a fuss, got into
ist one and was mortally wounded
ed there.
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^ " HAD NARROW ESCAPE.
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tvs Governor of Mississippi Came Near
Being Drowned,
or. ____
Jackson, Miss., April 9.?Advices
i rVf/sanxriHo ctatp tbflt (rOV.
11 VUI Ul^VUI 114V WWW V?? - at
Brewer, who is assisting in directing
lal the forces fighting 'the Mississippi
,of floods, had a narrow escape from
^ death by drowning yesterday. A
on launch in which the governor was
3X- riding through the backwaters capsized
in an eddy and the governor
was thrown on to the water. He
?le clung to a telegraph pole until Df. J.
he T. Atterbury, a member of the levee
board, tossed a life preserver.