The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 15, 1912, Image 1
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I One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15,1912. Established 1891.
J COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
v News Items Gathered All Around the '
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings. j
Ehrhardt, Aug. 12.?The Caro- j
lina Gin Co. have their gins and press
in place. As soon as the engine (
ill -U ? 3..
comes cut?,) wm ue reauji tu gu iw ?
k work. Mr. Henry" Ehrbardt has ?
charge of the machinery and promises
to give farmers the best of service
this year.
Some of the farmers are talking
about their open cotton.
Rev. D. B. Groseclose is away on
his month's vacation. He has gone
to his old home to visit his old mother,
who will no doubt be glad to see j
him and he to see her. j
Mr. Julius D. Fender and Miss
* Lucy Carter were married Sunday afternoon
by Rev. E. A. McDowell at
the Rev's, home. Quite a crowd witnessed
the marriage. t
It is reported on a certain young ,
lady that when the 'phone rings the t
call bell, before she will go to answer g
oVio cnoo hof nro hpr mirror
wvjlv* v ? ?
* and looks at herself to be sure that
her curls and general appearance is
to her taste.
Another young lady sits and listens
to a freight train moving off.
Says its the prettiest sound she ever
heard; says it sounds like it calls
< the name of her best fellow. Ha!
ha! ha!
The old farmers have it that a
thick shuck on corn foretells a cold
winter, and that lots of marriages
indicate hard times. Look out for
\ both of these, if there is anything
in their signs. Prepare.
Bamberg ball team crossed bats
with Ehrhardt team on the latter's.
grounds last week, resulting in 3 to
6 in favor of the home team. The
game was enjoyed by the ladies as
well as the boys.
Quite a number of strangers in
town visiting, but am minus of their
names, so can't inform the public as
to who they are.
The Ehrhardt Grocery had out its
sign, "Fresh Cold Ice For Sale," last
week.
Mrs. J. Monroe Kinard was laid to
rest in the St. John's burial ground
last week. She was sick only a short ?
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reaved husband and relatives left be- ?
hind to mourn her early departure ^
from this earth. JEE. c
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Govan, Aug. 12.?Plenty of rain
and protracted meetings in fodder t
, pulling season makes a fellow get r
busy. j
Miss Letha Fail has returned home c
from an extended trip to Guvton and f
other points in Georgia. a
Mrs. Nettie Hutto, of Georgia, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. D. E. Hutto.
^ Mr. D. W. Kittrell was in our
midst Sunday.
The chain gang is doing seme very ^
efficient and much needed work c
around Govan now.
Mr. G. W. Fail, Jr., and Miss Pearl r
Morris, Mr. W. C. Kearse and Miss
Sarah Morris, were happily united in
the bonds of matrimony on Sunday, r
+>i^ 1 1 inotant _T S FMplris Xo
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tary Public, officiated. t
Death of Mrs. Kinard. s
Olar, Aug. 11.?On yesterday the j
sweet young wife of Mr. Monroe Kin- j
ard fell asleep on death, as a tired j.
* babe upon its mother's breast. She
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. c
George R. Ayer, and out of a family j.
of fifteen children she was the first t j
W to die.
The writer knew her from infancy, t
and she was a queenly girl?so j.
young, so sweet,, so pure, so inno- c
cent, and just as she was blooming
into womanhood, death claimed her q
for its own. However, in the short ^
nieteen years of her pure life she f
made the world better for having lived.
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To the bereaved ones we extend s
all the sympathies that a bleeding t
heart can give, for we know the full j
meaning of-the passing through "the a
valley of the shadow of death." L
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Becomes Mother at Age of Eleven, fc
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Iowa City, Iowa, Aug. 12.?The
youngest mother recorded in Iowa I
medical history is an 11-vear-old girl t
from near Davenport, who gave birth
to a healthy 8% pound child at the (
University hospital to-day. The hos- t
N . pital authorities did not make public i
the girl's name. a
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'INFERNAL MACHINE" GOES OFF
Fatally Injures One, Hurts Another,
During Belated Explosion.
Hi'sh Point, N. C., Aug. 10.?W.
VI. -l. sbee, manager of the local express
office, was probably fatally injured
and L. C. Morton, cashier, bady
hurt by the explosion to-day of an
'infernal machine," which was about
:o be consigned to the "old hoss"
heap. The package, addressed to
Charles L. Hoover, and shipped from
Thomasville, had been in the office
several months. When Busbee startid
to open it to ascertain its contents,
t exploded, burning him about the
face and chest. It is believed by the
police that the package was intended
or Charles Hooper, postmaster and
nfluential politician at Thomasville,
the sender evidently thinking it
7/ould be returned to that address,
it is said an arrest is expected soon
oo OA
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Wesley Chapel Picnic.
On last Thursday we had the pleasire
of attending the picnic at the
ibove place, and it would not be flatting
those good people there to
say that there are no cleverer people
n the world. The Folks, Varns,
fullers, Rizers, Kearses, Keys, and
ithers would put to shame "an Arab
vith a stranger for a guest," when it.
omes to true, unassuming, openlearted
hospitality.
We met persons from four coun;ies,
and we heard nothing but praise
)f the Wesley Chapel people and the
jicnic.
The surprise of the day was the
speaker. When clever Miley Varn
^ot up and introduced the orator of
hp dav and announced the name Of
Hiss Ida Fishburne, everybody, or at
east many of us, were truly astounded,
when she arose, and began a
>eautiful talk. She is very attractve
in appearance, with lovely eyes, a
nouth simply perfect, a form truly ;
aultless, and a voice as sweet as the
iiren's song, but rather too weak to
ill a large edifice. She handled her
ubject, Sunday-school work, splenlidly,
much better than some efforts
nade by the sterner sex on the same
ines. She is an officer in the Word's
5unday-school Association, and it <
vould be hard to find her equal in
itness for the position she holds. ;
Mature gave her a splendid mind,
ind art has given it that polish that
nakes it shine as a beacon. She is
i graduate of Columbia college and
tas taken a post-graduate course, reently,
in New York. The Sundayichools
of the independent Empire
>f Colleton are fortunate in having
he services of Miss Fishburne.
The crops that we see in passing
hrough the country will surely not
nake more than half of a normal
'ield. Here and there are small spots
>f fairly good crops, but, taking one
ield with another, the general averige
is very poor.
ON THE WING.
Country Correspondence.
Mr. G. W. Folk, of Clear Pond,
las been teaching a singing class at
Sassafras, and nis session naving
tnded, the Sunday-school gave a picric
last Saturday. We understand a
rerv pleasant day was spent.
Misses Marie Smoak and Virginia
Seigler, of Sassafras neighborhood,
ire visiting relatives at Denmark
his week.
Some young folks bediked themelves
in varied costumes and visit'd
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hughes last
Friday evening, at a "tacky" party.
)idn't hear who carried away the
lonors of the most stylish.
Misses Virginia and Grace Hill,
>f our midst, are enjoying a visit to 1
heir aunt, Mrs. W. A. Jordan, at
Johnston. 1
Mr. Steedley Hughes, of Charles- :
on. spent a few days last week with
lis father's family. His friends were
?lad to see him home again.
Miss Georgie Emma Jordan spent
Thursday and Friday in Denmark,
he guest of Mesdames Laurie Sandi- 1
er and J. L. Smoak.
Mr. David B. Hill left Sunday for
Cleveland, Ohio, where he will first
et sail in life's canoe as an elec- 1
rical engineer. He graduated in
'une at Clemson college and was
ssigned this position by the college
ipon his graduation. We miss David
rom our midst, but we wish for 1
lim the very best that life can hold
?ut.
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Little MISS Lva nugues rciuiucu
iome a few days ago from a visit
o Ulmer.
Messrs. W. M. Sandifer and Alonzo
21ark, of Johnston, made a hurried 1
rip in our midst last week, return- ;
ng Thursday with Mesdames Clark 1
md Berry and children.
IN THE PALMETTO STATI
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quid
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
At Spartanburg last Friday Judge
Jones read a telegram from the
Daughters of the Confederacy, whe
said they were working and praying
for his success.
Jno. C. Daniel, who has been su
perintendent of schools at Manninj
for several years, has been electee
superintendent at Darlington tc
succeed Nathan Toms, who resigned
It is stated that James U. Jacksor
and other capitalists will soon appl]
for a charter for an electric railway
to be built from Augusta to Colum
bia. It is expected to have the roac
in operation in twelve months.
The city council of Charleston ha:
granted a franchise to another stree
railway company, and the terms o:
the franchise provide that work mus'
A/1 irt fl'v rv?AT)f^C A OinO*lx
UC &iai ICU ill OiA uiuuius. n.
track is to be laid on the battery
although there was considerable op
position on the part of some citizens
At the State campaign meeting ir
Laurens yesterday the candidate:
for State offices were asked how the}
stood for governor, and Thos. H
Peeples, of Barnwell, J. R. Earle, oi
Oconee, said they were going to sup
port Blease. The candidates foi
State treasurer and railroad commis
sioner sidestepped the question. At
torney General Lyon was not queS'
tioned.
Sings Duet^ with Himself.
Geramn physicians are trying tc
discover the mystery of a man witl
a double voice. His normal voice if
a baritone of wide range, but ir
singing he is able to accompany himself
in a higher key.
The Berlinger Klinische Wohens
chrift says that Dr. Schreir introduced
this man at a recent meeting o!
the Berlin Laryngological Society
the members of which examined him
without being able to throw any lighi
on this human duet.
In demonstrating his faculty h(
sings an air that in the normal, ther
in the double voice. Unfortunately
when the laryngoscope is in positior
for study the double singing is produced
with great difficulty and the
artist would not permit the use ol
cocaine. The possession of the double
voice makes it easy for him to imitate
various instruments. As thi:
class of mimetics and also ventriloquists
have already been studiec
profitably with radiography the
thought lay near to use this diagnostic
resource in the present subject
The skiagrams showed enough tc
suggest to Shreier that the double
voice was produced by the simul
taneous action of the vocal chords
and epiglottis. Others have suggested
that the extra voice mighi
have been produced with the sofi
palate or ventricular bands. It is
highly improbable that it can be produced
by the vocal cords alone. As
the vibrations cannot be seen theii
causation must remain conjectural.?
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THERE WILL BE EARLY FROST
If the Oid Sign About Fog Holds
Good This Year.
According to an old tradition there
will be frost sixty days after the firsl
fog in August. There was a heavj
fog on Friday morning, August 2
and if the sign comes true then there
will be frost about the first or seconc
of October. However, it is said thai
this sign is like all other signs, never
infallible. In commenting or
signs the Augusta Herald says:
A ring around the moon, lightning
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Ill lilt? 11U1 L11 diili uui ci u xxi^m
and other signs are said to indicate
rain for the next day, but all signs
fail sometimes in dry weather. A
cotton man said Friday morning thai
if a killing frost would come sixty
days after the first fog in August cotton
should go up a cent per pound
on the strength of it.
This year's crop will be later and
the farmers want frost to come as
late in the fall as possible. An early
frost would prevent great quantities
of cotton bolls from maturing and
with a late crop there must necessarily
be a late fall for ah even fair
yield will be far short of what it was
last year and as the farmers are facing
the prospect of only a moderate
sized, and in many instances, short
crop, they want the frost to stay away
as late as possible in order to let all
the cotton bolls mature that are on
the plant.
J AWAIT ACTION OF GRAND JURY. ^
Plantation Manager and Overseer
5 on Cliarges of Peonage. I
Savannah, Aug. 8.?Jonas Kilpatrick
general manager of E. T. Comer's
plantation at Millhaven, Ga.,
and R. Lee Chew, an overseer there,
were held under bond at $1,000 each
on the charge of peonage, to await
3 action of the federal grand jury at
3 the end of hearings before United i
3 States Commissioner Walter G. God=
win, here this afternoon. Similar r
charges against E. T. Comer, his
- brother, J. W. Comer, and Mungeon F
I Peele, another overseer, were dis
1 missed. t
> The Comer plantation is among t
the largest single tracts of cultivated s
i land in the United States. The men c
jr who work there do so "on shares." j
j Some of these men, negroes, are al- a
. ieged to have sold stolen goods, from j
1 the plantation to "blind tiger" keep- a
ers outside the plantation. Late in
3 May two negroes suspected of these
t thefts left and were found at Aiken, 4(
? S. C., where a rural policeman ar- ^
j. rested them. There was no warrant, ^
j but witnesses sai? the negroes made
no objection to returning to the plan- .
' tation. They were handcuffed until ^
they reached Georgia. The negroes,
v
Evans Martin and George Smith, said
in their testimony to-day that they ^
' were on their way; back to Georgia
when arrested and''after they reach- *
' ed the plantation believed they were ^
free to go or stay. '
r TYRUS ROUTS A TRIO OF THUGS. 1
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- Demand His Cash, But Get a Trounc- S
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Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. iz.?iy uodd e
was attacked and stabbed in the b
back by three unidentified men in v
Detroit early to-day while on his way a
to the train which was to bring him (
and the Detroit team to this city for g
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an exhibition game this afternoon, s
Cobb's agility saved him from se- C
rious injuries and. possible death. His t
injuries are slight. I
^ Cobb, accompanied by his wife, (
was driving his automobile to the g
' station when three men ordered the a
J car to halt. t
The men were partly intoxicated t
and when the machine came to a g
stop Cobb jumped out and began to f
argue with the men.
' The trio then demanded money of
the ball player and with the demand r
all three made a lunge at Cobb. s
p He attacked the trio and then be- s
gan a battle royal. One man was I
knocked down with a blow on the i
chin, another began to run, while I
the third grabbed Cobb around the t
j neck. They clinched. e
While wrestling the thug pulled a 5
knife and inflicted a wound in Cobb's s
back. Cobb finally shook off his as- 1
sailant before he could cause any (
further injury. r
Cobb was treated here to-day on 3
the arrival of the Detroit team. Two c
stitches were required to close his
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| wound.
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t Electrocuted in Columbia.
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Columbia, Aug. 13.?Alex Weldon,
3 the Florence county negro who was
* convicted in 1910 on the charge of .
- killing Elihu Move, a prosperous 1
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planter, was electrocuted at the State .
penitentiary this morning at 11:18
o'clock.
He made a talk of ten minutes af- 1
ter being seated in the chair and bit- r
terly denied that he was guilty. "I v
? can not face God Almighty with a lie 6
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t on my lips," said the negro, as the
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r metal cap was being placed over his *
head. . f
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x Uttering a prayer, he declared he
I was an innocent man just as the cur2
h rent was turned on. The current was
. applied by J. C. Robbins, a guard at *
, the prison.
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Why We Are Late. 3
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' i. ne neraia is uxit? uav iauc m w- p
i suing this week, but it could not be g
5 helped, as our supply of blank paper a
l did not arrive, although it should v
: have been here more than a week y
ago. We were forced to get some by n
' express from a near-by newspaper i
1 friend in order to complete this fi
week's issue. Had we known in a
^ time that we would be late we would n
* have published an account of the t
Denmark campaign meeting, which s
; j we understand was more exciting s
t than the meetings previously held, a
' on account of spats between the can- f
didates. However, it was impossible ^
; for us to be present at the meeting, t,
i and we cannot, therefore, report it. ^
S18.00 suits now $13.25, all wool, 1
; perfect fit. Write F. G. MERTINS, t]
Augusta, Ga. u
We cover all kind of umbrellas and s:
parasols. Write F. G. MERTINS, Augusta,
Ga.
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iVAISON TALKS HARSHLY.
3LEASE BITTERLY DENOUNCED
BY FORMER FRIEND.
Vatson Gives His Version of BleaseKing-Watson
Episode at Governor's
Mansion.
The following statement from 0.
J. Watson concerning the KingVatson-Blease
episode has been
oade public:
I have tried to keep out of the
lapers as much as possible with ref:nce
to the King-Watson affair at
he governor's mansion, of which
here has been so much said, but the
governor has not seen fit to let up
in either Mr. King or myself, and
notice his statement in the Herald
md News, of Newberry of Friday,
August 2nd, and I cannot help but
.nswer same.
Who Watson Is.
The question has been asked,
'Who is O. M. Watson?" Olin M.
Vatson is a son of the late O. A.
Vatson,, who shed some of the best
ilood ever spilled upon Virginia soil
n defense of his country. Olin M.
Vatson is a son of widow Watson,
yho lives on Buncombe street,
.nd who is a sister of Capt. J. B.
lumbert, of Laurens county. Olin
1. Watson is a nephew of Capt. Joe
5. Humbert, of Laurens county; the
ate Emory Watson, who was a pasor
of the Methodist conference was
ay uncle. E. O. Watson, pastor of
Vashington Street church, Columbia,
1. C., is my cousin. G. P. Watson,
'astor of the First Methodist church,
laffney, S. C., is also my cousin. I
ould give name after name of good
iigh class citizens of South Carolina
/ho are closely connected with me
nd am willing to measure blood with
'ole L. Blease, and I defy him to
;ive his record of kin folks and himelf,
and let the good people of South
Carolina see who has the better
ilood running through their veins,
iet the people judge who is the hobo,
)lin M. Watson or the slanderer,
;rafter, liar and thief, Cole L. .Blease
nd I dare the said Cole L. Blease to
ell me to my face just the words
hat I have repeated, and which will
;ive me great pleasure to tell him
ace to face.
In Good Standing in Lodges.
He has tried, or his friends, to
ake capital by making the lying
tatement that I was not in good
tanding in the lodges to which I beong.
I am a member in good standng
with all dues paid, of Walden
,odge, A. F. *M. No. 274; am secreary
of said lodge. I am also Sachm
of Tallulah Tribe No. 33, I. 0. R.
with all dues paid up. I am alo
Worthy Patron of the order of
eastern Star. I am also Assistant
ehief Hay-maker of Tallulah Tribe,
Jo. 33%. I am also past N. G. of
fountain Lodge, Independent Order
if Odd Fellows.
Incident at Governor's Mansion.
The facts are these, as to what
lappened at the governor's manion:
Mr. J. N. King and myself, who
tad been strong friends of Governor
31ease, went to his mansion about 2
('clock on Sunday, found Mr. Blease
n his night robe with Sam J. Nich>ls
and another elderly gentleman,
n the room and a quart bottle of
vhiskey on a table with the contents
uostly gone. Neither Mr. King nor
nyself were under the influence of
whiskey while in the mansion; neithir
did we take a drink while there,
tor did we say anything that the
;overnor could take offense at. In
act, he ordered us out of the manion
because Mr. King had asked
dm for a respite of thirty days for
n old negro who had been sentenced
o be executed. This request seemed
o enrage him, and he ordered us
ut of the mansion. As we went out
Irs. Blease was standing ' at the
ront door of the mansion. Mr.
Cing introduced me to Mrs. Blease.
he talked to us several minutes and
sked us to return at any time that
:e saw fit, she not knowing that
Ir. Blease had ordered us from the
aansion. After leaving the mansion
stopped, and not being fully satised
told Mr. King I would go back
nd see what Cole meant by the manor
in which he had talked to us,
hat I could not see how he could inult
us after we had been such
trong friends and supporters of him
nd he being a brother in some of
he orders to which I belonged. I
ent back and told him I would like
d talk to him. Mr. King refused to
o. He (Mr. Blease) asked me what
wanted to talk about. I told him
bat he had been a little rough with
s, and that I thought he should conider
the respite for that old negro
(Continued on Page 8, Column 5)
YOUNG FARMER DROWNED.
Edward Brady, of Cherokee, Meets
with Tragic End.
Gaffney, Aug. 12.?Edward Brady,
a well known young Cherokee county
farmer, who lived near this city,
was drowned in Broad river, near
Goat Island, this evening at about 4
o'clock. A party of fishermen left
the city this morning for a day at
Broad river. The party went in seining,
and young Brady, who was a
poor swimmer, got in water too deep
for him and went out. Jesse Brady,
his father, who was with the party,
made a brave attempt to rescue the
young man, but without avail. Up
to this hour, the body has not been
recovered. Brady was about 18
years of age, and enjoyed a good
reputation in the community.
Confederate Home Embroglio. /
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Columbia, Aug. 12.?Old soldiers
quartered there and the officials of
the Confederate home are busy writ-^
ing articles to the papers explaining
the pros and cons of the recent difficulty
resulting in the whole State being
aroused over the situation; fierce
resentment being expressed at what
is said to have been a "hint" to one
of the old soldiers that, unless he
voted for Blease, he would be discharged;
the suspension of a veteran
from Lancaster county, the home of
Judge Jones, for thirty days, and the
charge by Mr. Jno. J. McMahan that
the chairman of the board, Major
Richardson, in allowing himself salary
is violating the law.
The controversy begun over the
publication of a statement coming
from an old soldier to the effect that
an employee of the home, Edward
Jones,, a supporter of Judge Ira B.
Jones for governor, had been given
a "hint" by Major H. W. Richardson,
the chairman of the board, that unless
he voted for Gov. Blease he
...
would De "nrea. ' me matter was
aired in the press and Major Richardson
denied any attempt at coercing
the old soldiers or attempting to
influence them to vote for Blease.
It seems that Major Richardson made
a speech to this effect at the home
and denied Veteran Massey the right
to reply, at least that is the charge.
Subsequently more charges and denials
passed and then Veteran Mas- v
sey was suspended from the home for
thirty days on the charge of being
drunk, and in a card Major Richardson
stated that he had a petition
signed by a number of the veterans,
asking that Massey be barred from
the old Soldiers Home.
It should have been stated that
Major Richardson is an ardent supporter
of Gov. Blease. Former Representative
J. J. McMahan, who is
running for the legislature in this
county, wrote a letter to the press
in which he stated that the records
showed that Major Richardson had
been drawing a salary and pointed
out that the act creating the home
allowed the members of the board
- /*? i ?ti.
no salary, hie cauea ior ligni.
In his reply Major Richardson
stated that he had drawn the salary
as treasurer of the home, saying,
"As chairman I draw no salary. The
money I earn is for my services as
treasurer, bookkeeper and general
manager.
The last card was signed by thirty
of the old soldiers at the home and
declared that they have no knowledge
of the petition which Major Richardson
says he holds from a number of
them asking for the permanent discharge
of Veteran Massey.
The whole matter has caused intense
interest throughout the State
and the people are stirred up over it.
It is said that out of about thirty odd
soldiers who reside at the home all
favor Judge Jones but about six.
Four-Year-Old Boy Kills Brother.
Auburn, N. Y., Aug 11.?Imitat
ing what he said he had seen in moving
pictures, four-year-old Leo Avery,
son of Merton Avery, picked up a revolver
he found lying on a mantle
piece in his home to-day and fired
a bullet into the brain of his twoyear-old
brother, Floyd, killing him
instantly.
The father of the two boys, who
is a night watchman at a factory, left
the revolver where he thought it out
of reach. Leo, however, climbed on
a chair, and spied the weapon. As
his little brother todd^d into the
room, the boy playfully pointed the
rpvnlvpr at him and nulled the trig
ger. The child stumbled into the
kitchen and died almost instantly in
his mother's arms.
Carhartt's Overalls and gloves
$1.00. Write F. G. MERTINS, Augusta,
Ga.
Suit cases and hand-bags 25 per
cent. off. Write F. G. MERTINS,
Augusta, Ga.