The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 23, 1913, Image 1
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\ One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1913. Established 1891.
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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, News Items Gathered All Around the t
County and Elsewhere. c
* Ehrhardt Etchings. *
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Ehrhardt, Jan. 20.?It seems as if a
we are not going to have any real e
winter. Last week was almost a r
summer week. What little we have s
. in the garden is growing rapidly; a
P good for the tough times, as we have
very little to eat in that line now. c
A few hales of cotton are coming t
?. % to market every week. One or two f
> bales were ginned Saturday.
Money seems to be a scarce article
in this section. ^
Our school seems to be very quiet
in its workings this year. Hope its j
a sign of getting knowledge.
Something going on. in Ehrhardt
all the time. Capt. J. M. Dannellv
/' v is putting an awning in front of his ^
store.
There will be a moving picture
show in town this week. Will commence
to-night and continue through .
the week. ^
A fence will be placed around the
Lutheran parsonage at an early date,
which will add to the looks and .
comfort of the pastor.
Mr. Walter Kinard moves into
his new home this week. Next is ,
the paint brush, and then Walter *
will have a cozy cottage. t
Rumor has it that Mr. Joe Hern- .
don will have his carpenters at work
on his dwelling. Has had some lumber
on the lot for a long time. .
Mr. Frampton Wichman has
bought a lot from Mr. Dannelly, owned
by Mr. Edwin Chassereau. Ru- .
mor has it tlfat he intends to build .
a model dwelling on same soon.
Mr. J. M. Smith has a visitor at r
his home. The young gent will spend '
quite a while with them, it is hoped. ,
From the amount of the parcels
~ *1 tol-o
sent by parcels posi man it mu O U w*.iv | ^
to every one's fancy. Quite a num- ^
ber pass in and out of this office j
every day.
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Dr. J. H. Roberts has his mother .
and brother with him now. Can't ^
say what work Boyce will assist him
in. c
K.
Plenty drummers moving around ^
now, hunting customers. Fertilizer ^
agents are coming this week to make ;
' contracts with merchants for their j
brands of fertilizers and will make
the air smell of the fish scrap and ^
blood and the like soon. JEE. j
Heyward School. *
Honor roll of the Heyward school
for the month beginning December 1
9, 1912, and ending Jan. 10, 1913: c
First grade?Coral Zeigler, Ban- *
na Fender. ]
Fourth grade?Gladys Zeigler, 1
Ida Bishop, Lina Bishop, Bessie Bikle.
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Sixth grade?Haulk Fender. "
Eighth grade?Lennie Zeigler, Ada
Bishop. 1
Distinguished?First grade ?Her
tha. Zeieler. Erman Bishop, Lennie
Fender, Willie Fender.
Fourth grade?Leon Bishop.
Fifth grade?Lizzie Lee Priester. ]
Sixth grade?Laura Fender. *
Ninth grade?Alma Bishop.
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Olar News. \
Olar, Jan. 20.?Miss Jessie Boyd ]
spent Friday and Saturday of last '
week in Columbia, where she attend- <
ed the State teachers' meeting.
" Misses Eloise Brabham, Minnie
Lee Aver, and Salome Brabham
spent the week-end in town with
Mrs. Frank Starr.
Miss Ila Harrison is at home again
after a long stay in Allendale.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Hooton, of Denmark,
spent Sunday in town with
relatives.
Mr. Edward Turner visited in !
town during the week.
Mrs. F. 0. Brabham and Mrs.
Frank Starr have had visiting them 1
this week Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Bush,
of Dunbarton.
Miss Anna Kearse is visiting relatives
in town.
,'c. n -rnxx: nn V)A
I I1CI C iO a i v??
tween Senator Tillman and the gov- <
ernor. Last week the governor sent ,
a message to the general assembly
in which he rehashed the political ;
happenings of last summer and attacked
Senator Tillman. The mes- <
sage was not printed in the journal
pending a reply from the Senator. ;
This was received Tuesday, and now
some of the members don't want to
print either paper in the journal, as
some of the Senators complain at
Senator Tillman's charge of railroad
domination of the legislature. The
whole matter is to come up to-day
(Thursday) far disposal.
lYSTERIOl'S EXPRESS ROBBERY
(5,000 Disappears Bteween Madison j
and Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville. Fla., Jan. 17.?Deectives
are here working on a mys-erious
robbery, in which a package
ontaining $5,000. sent from a bank
ti Madison, in this State, to a Jackonville
bank, disappeared, with no
pparent clue of how or where. The |
xpress 'officials and detectives are i
eticent, but it is said they have rea- I
i
on to believe the package was stolen
fter it reached this city.
The shipment aggregated S6,000,1
if which $1,000 was delivered to the
tank here, but no trace has yet been
ound of the $5,000.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, Jan. 18.?The Fairfax
Chapter U. D. C. held its January
neeting at the residence of Mrs. W.
2. Harter. There were fifteen mem)ers
present. Plans were made to
:elebrate Lee's birthday. Appropriite
exercises will be held in school
lall. The chapter will present a
?ortrait of Gen. R. E. Lee to the J
chool.
Miss Maude Speaks, of Varnville,)
s spending some time with Mrs.
dove Dowling.
On Monday evening a "social tea"
\as given the teachers by Mrs. Salie
L. Sanders. Later in the evenng
their young gentlemen friends
ailed and a sweet course was served.
^ short story contest was entered in:o
with zest. Mrs. Sanders gave
he prize?a box of confectionery?
o Miss Mary Harris, her story being
n original one. At a late hour all
expressed themselves as having
horoughly enjoyed the informal oc:asion.
v
Miss Margaret Youmans has reurned
from a pleasant trip to Kingsroo
Our young folks enjoyed a ride on
Tuesday evening to "Pleasant Rereat,"
the home of Mrs. Newton
-oadholt. All enjoyed the social oc:asion,
also the charming moonlight
ide home. The only missing link
vas the absence of Miss Zelle Loadlolt.
whose visits home are like the
mgels'?few and brief?yet bringng
joy to many hearts. She is at her
>ost of duty in the Barnwell school.
It is very seldom that we of the
south benefit by benefactions from
he North, but Mrs. Dr. Felton, of
Hartersville, Ga., has received $2,>00
from Mrs. Russell Sage, as that
ady gave her father board in 1855
vhen he was without funds. She
vill devote the money to establishng
a school for mountain girls near
Dartersville.
At a recent meeting of the K. of P.
Fairfax Lodge No. 115 the following
)fficers were elected: E. P. Young,
:. C.; I. Knoff, V. C.; P. H. Loadholt,
W. H. Williams, M. W.; W. M.
Lightsey, K. R. & S.; W. E. Harter,
\I. of E.; B. F. Thomas, M. of F.;
L Youmans, M. at A.; J. T. Wilson,
G.; J. B. Brunson, O. G.
There was a dance Thursday evenng
in the Masonic hall, given by the
young gentlemen of the town. It
a inral affair and just enough
:ouples present to make it interesting.
The Fairfax band gave the
music. This closed the week's fes:ivities.
Our town on Friday was invaded
(amicably) by a crowd of young folks
:rom Varnville. They presented a
play in our school building, which
was much enjoyed by the large
2rowd.
Rev. Paul Brown, of Estill, visited
Mrs. S. L. Sanders on Saturday.
Our teachers are looking for a
horse back ride tomorrow.
LITTLE CHILD'S BODY FOUND.
Chattooga River Gives up its Dead
, and Solves Mystery.
\ /^io-no+nVi frnm WalhalTn savs tllG
*1 UlOpaiV^U WVSXJ..& ? ? ^ mystery
of the disappearance of the
little four-year-old child from the
Pine Mountain, Ga., section has been
solved.
Last Monday jveek the little body
was washed to the bank9 of the
Chattooga river, and it was discovered
by people in that section, who,
though having given up active search
for the child, were still alert for any
clue that might lead to its finding.
J. C. Powell, of the Russell section,
was in Walhalla Tuesday, and reported
the facts as above given. The
body, it is said, was in a fair state
of preservation, though it is now
^< "0 n-ool.-c flinrfi ohild disan
L 11 1 V ^
peared.
While the mystery of the whereabouts
of the child is cleared up, still
it is cause for wonder and speculation
as to how the little one got into
the river, as the Chattooga is between
two and two and a half miles,
at its nearest point from the home
of the child's father, John Owens.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
State Treasurer Carter has appointed
Capt. -R. H. Jennings, late
treasurer, his first assistant.
hr Ricpr pys mined one hundred
persons at Aiken on Saturday, and
found that fifty of the number had
hookworm.
The governor and other State officers
were inaugurated Tuesday of
this week. A large crowd attended
the exercises.
The Laurens Advertiser says that
Greer, Fountain Inn, Clinton, Whitmore,
and Cross Anchor all have the
new county fever.
The conference school men at their
State meeting in Columbia last week,
attended by 155 superintendents,
principals and .teachers, endorsed
compulsory education and asked for
"a fair chance for all the children."
Gov. Blease Saturday revoked the
commission of the following notaries
public in Orangeburg county: E. F.
Ulmer, Elloree; S. G. Parler, J. S.
Jones, Norway; G. B. Harley, Springfield.
Residences of two wealthy winter
residents of Aiken were entered by
burglars last week, at night, and
numbers of valuable articles were
stolen, including- about a thousand
dollars worth of ball costumes from
one of them.
A. M. Stokes, a white man of Orangeburg,
was tried in the sessions
court in the that city several months
ago on the charge of selling whiskey,
this being the second offense,
He was tried in his absence and a
sealed verdict left for him. At court
there last week he came back to receive
his sentence and to apply for
bail in order to appeal to the State
Supreme Court. When Judge Wilson
opened the verdict it was found that
Judge Hayne F. Rice, before fvhom
Stokes was tried, had imposed a
sentence of five years on the chain
gang with no alternative fine.
My Heart Needs Thee. \
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My heart needs Thee, O Lord, m\
heart needs Thee! No part of m\
being needs Thee like my heart. All
else within me can be filled by Th>
gifts. My hunger can be satisfied
by daily bread. My thirst can bt
allayed by earthly waters. My colc
ran he removed bv household fires
My weariness can be relieved by outward
rest. But no outward thing car
make my heart pure. The calmesl
day will not calm my passions. Ths
fairest jcene will not beautify mj
soul. The richest music will no
make harmony within. The breezes
can cleanse the' air, but no breez*
can cleanse a spirit. This world has
not provided for my heart. It has
provided for my eye; it has providec
for my ear; it has provided for mj
touch; it has provided for my taste:
it has provided for my sense of beau
ty; but it has not provided for mj
heart. Provide Thou for my heart
0 Lord. It is the only unwingec
bird in all creation; give it wings, C
Lord. Earth has failed to give i
wings; its very power o-f loving hai
often drawn it in the mire. Be Thoi
the strength of my heart. Be Thoi
its fortress in temptation, its shiel<
in remorse, its covert in the storm
its star in the night, its voice in t*h<
solitude. Guide it in its gloom; hell
it in its heat; direct it in its doubt
calm it in its conflict; fan it in ib
faintness; prompt it in its perplexity
lead it through its labyrinths; rais<
it under the shadow of Thine owi
wings.?By George Matheson.
A Laudable Gift.
The gift of an athletic field to th<
Carlisle Fitting School, at Bamberg
by W. D. Rhoad, of that town, is an
nounced. Mr. Rhoad is now causing
the three and a half acres of lam
to be put into condition for sport;
and a 6tand will be built, so that i
is expected that the school will in j
short time have an athletic fiel<
equal to that of any institution o
South Carolina.
The gift is a most laudable one
To a high school a playground i
essential. One may scarcely think o
a good school nowadays without ;
field for baseball and football. Mr
Rhoad has set an excellent example
Aipantime. sites for Dublic school
should always include ample play
grounds. The education of the bo;
and girl in wholes-ome sports is ;
most important part of education.?
Columbia State.
KILLS DETECTIVE AND ESCAPES
| Search for Chicago Automobile Ban
clits End in Tragedy.
Chicago, .Tan. 20.?A climax to th
search for members of the1 automo
bile bandit crew came to-day. wit]
the shooting and killing of Detectiv
Hart, supposedly by one of the ban
dits.
The detective was shot through th
heart when he entered a flat at 1,
617 South Wabash avenue to arres
"Bob" Webb, said to be an accom
plice of James B. Perry, confesses
bandit, now under arrest.
After shooting Hart, the assassi:
leaped through a window to an ad
joining roof, ran the length of th
block, went down a stairway and es
caped in a crowd.
Knowledge that Webb had a wc
man friend in the flat led the polic
to watch the place. Arrangement
were made with an occupant of an
, other flat in the building to notify th
detectives if Webb should come.
Hart was told this afternoon tha
Webb was there, and the detectiv
, hurried to the place. Evidently h
encountered his slayer soon, for oth
er detectives, attracted by the soun
' of a shot, arrived in the flat within
few minutes after Hart did an
found him near death. He died b
fore they could call a doctor.
The woman in the flat was arresl
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ea, ana was luenuueu <*s .uios xac
bella Hastings, a sister of Mri
Michael Casella, whose husband wa
^ a witness to the shooting. Accorc
5 ing to Casella, Detective Hart wa
' holding Webb on the floor whe
Webb obtained Hart's revolver an
shot him.
; BLEASE BLOCKS MILITIA'S TRII
Will Xot go to Washington if H
Can Prevent.
Columbia, Jan. 19.?A number c
the military companies in the Stat
. have made preparations to attend th
inauguration of President WoodroWilson
on March 4, among the con
. panies reported as having made thes
preparations being several froi
Charleston and Columbia. Som
^ have already arranged everything
and this morning a report gained ci:
culation that the governor was nc
going to allow them to attend th
inauguration, it being necessary fc
his permission before they could g<
Gov. Blease was asked this mon
' ing about the report, that without
formal invitation he would not 1<
1 the military companies go to Wasl
! ington to attend the inauguration,
1 being stated to the governor that
* was understood that a good man
companies had made arrangemen'
1 to attend the inauguration, and the
^ it was not usual for them to recei\
* formal invitations.
The {governor said that no form.'
invitation had been extended and thj
3 unless such was forthcoming t
i would not permit the militia to go t
3 Washington, if in his power to pr<
3 vent, and that he had declined 1
1 sign the adjutant general's order 1
that effect.
' The governor stated as furth<
reason for his attitude that Cap
f William E. Gonzales, of Columbi
' would have control of the Sout
* Carolina part of the inauguratior
* that it was his opinion that Mr. Goi
t 7oioo rarmiH if nossible. place ti
5 governor, as commander-in-chief <
1 the State militia, in an embarrassir
1 position, and that, he did "not wis
1 the State troops to suffer thereby.
? Asked if his prohibitive stand ii
3 eluded the Citadel and Clemson, tl
3 governor said he Aid not kno
; whether or not he had authorii
s over these institutions, but if so, 1:
' would prevent the cadets going 1
3 Washington.
i
A dispatch from Washington la
night stated that Senator Tillman
in correspondence with the war d
a partment in an effort to secure qua
ters for the Citadel and Clemsc
' cadets at Fort Meyer, just across tl
y Potomac river from Washington,
j was further stated that there w;
s some comment there and discussic
t as to whether or not the South Car
i lina governor could prevent tl
} cadets taking part in the parade.
f Who Bit the Dog?
A bird dog belonging to a man i
s Nashville disappeared and the own<
f suspected that it had been stolen, s
* he put this notice in the paper ar
' insisted that it be printed just as 1
(. had written it:
s "Lost or Run Awav?One liv
- cullered burd dog named Jim. Wi
1 V*i^/\T?pAKKT in
y snow signs 01 inuci iuuuj m
a. days."
The dog came home the followir
day.?Mack's National Monthly.
!REGARDED AS AN INSULT.
TILLMAN'S REPLY CREATES STIR
AMONG LEGISLATORS.
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i- Senator Carlisle Would Not Incorh
porate Attack by Blease and Reply
by Tillman in Records.
Columbia, Jan. 21.?A stir was
e created in the State senate this morn>
ing when United States Senator Tillt
man's reply to the attack made on
i_ him by Gov. Blease, was read, in
d which the senator characterized the
governor as the greatest demagogue
n of the age, and charged that Col. B.
L. Abney manipulates the liegislae
ture and that Gov. Blease is a close
?- friend of the Southern Railroad.
Senator Carlisle voiced the vigorous
>- resentment of the senate to the ase
persions cast upon them in Senator
s Tillman's statement and said that the
L~ senator's charge with reference to
e Mr. Abney manipulating the senate
was untrue.
No Place for Vituperation.
"I don't believe the records of the
cpnfltp ?hrmld he burdened with
L~ the viteuperative abuse passing
d between Senator Tillman and Gov.
a Blease," said Senator Carlisle. He
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argued for the sake of the history
of the State and her fair reputation,
that the senate ought to refuse' to
"" print in its journal either Gov.
L~ Blease's bitter attack or Senator Tills'
man's vitrolic onslaught on the govs
ernor. "Whether Senator Tillman is
a scoundrel as Gov. Blease says that
s he is or whether Gov. Blease is a
n lunatic as Senator Tillman says that
^ he is, this senate is not concerned,
but I hope for posterity's sake that
both of these distinguished gentlemen
are wrong in their estimation of
e each other," remarked the Spartanburg
senator, who contended that the
senate should not be taken up with
>f private quarrels between these two.
e Senator Carlisle characterized the
e message of Senator Tillman as a
w gratuitous insult to every member
l- of the senate, "when he said that
,e Ben Abney could make the senate do
n his bidding."
e Print Both, Says McLaurin.
*> Senator McLaurin did not think
r_ that the senate had the constitutional
right to refuse publication of the
e governor's message and in spite of
)r the fact that it did have the right to
refuse publication of Senator Till1
man's statement he thought it best
a to print both of these communicant
tions and then frown down on any
1_ similar messages in the future. Senit
ator Laney agreed with Senator Carlisle
that the senate should not be
T the place for the washing of the pots
litical linen of these two officials anri
it oo O nlopc fnr thp battle SrOund of
UO U Jk/iuw i.v? wre
their past political quarrels, but he
thought that the governor's message
was with reference to a recommendalt
tion he hacj made in his^nnual mesie
sage.
0 To be Consi(lrede<l Thursday.
3" Senator Clifton wanted to settle
? the matter to-day. Senator Nichol:o
son did not agree with the vituperation
in either message, but thoughl
lT it a matter of simple justice that as
the senate had printed the message
a> attacking Senator Tillman from Gov
Blease it ought to print the senator's
l? reply. Finally on the urging of seva"
eral senators the matter was postie
poned until Thursday, when it prom
ises to cause a hot fight.
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;h JACKSONVILLE TO BUILD DOCKS
City Votes Million and a Half ii
ie Bonds for Purpose,
w
:y Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 21.?Th<
ie citizens of Jacksonville to-day voter
to one and a half million dollars ii
bonds for construction and operatioi
of municipal docks and terminals
st This terminates a campaign of IS
is months by the board of trade foi
e~ this cause, involving calling of j
r* special session of the legislature a
)n its expense to pass the enabling act
1 Fifteen citizens were elected to-daj
as port commissioners to carry om
as the act.
m This will make the port of Jack'
?~ sonville one of the finest on th(
ie South Atlantic coast and docks wil
be ready for use on the opening oi
the Panama Canal. At that time
Jacksonville's thirty foot channel tc
in the sea will be completed.
sr
so The small county of Saluda ha:
lcj 33 school districts in which the peoie
pie pay a special tax for their public
schools; in most cases two mills, bui
er running from that figure up to 9 %
,11 in the Saluda district; and two othei
3e districts pay six each.
? ? 1r An? t
Not 0116 man in a uiuuaauu huuiyi
ig enough to run a business for himself
so everybody wants to try it.
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SCHOOL TEACHER WAS ILL.
Miss Scotta Brown, of Kershaw, Explains
Absence.
Hartsville, Jan. 15.?There was no
mystery or sensation at all, it appears
about the absence or so-called disappearance
of Miss Scotta Brown, of
Kershaw, who teaches the Flinns
Crossroads school near this place,
and who did not report back for
duty at the expiration of the Christmas
holidays. It has been a matter
of much distress and mortification to
the young lady that any public comment
was made about it at all. Miss
Brown's statement of the matter is
as follows:
Miss Brown's Story.
She left home in Kershaw on the
31st of December to go via Camden
to visit a friend, Miss Raley, at McBee,
until the opening of her school
on the 6th of January. While in
Camden between trains she met a
friend and college mate, Miss Turner,
of Hamlet, who was then on her
way to Jonesville to visit a married
sister, Mrs. W. F. Jenkins. Miss
Turner persuaded her to accompany
her to Jonesville for a few days' visit,
after which she intended to go
to McBee, as planned, and thence to
Hartsville in time for .her opening
exercises at school.
Was Taken 111.
On January 2 Miss Brown was
< - " 1? ? 4. T/-,n^r.Tri1lA
LUKen St?riUUSl,y at *j uiiwi iiiTi,
and was in bed, constantly attended
by a physician until the 10th. Immediately
on being taken sick she
wrote to the trustees advising them
of the fact and warning them that
she might not get back in time. This
letter has never come, however, and
it was in consequence of no word
from her and her not appearing for
duty that the trustees made inquiry
about her and the thing given publicity.
On getting better Miss Brown wired
an assistant to say she was better,
but still unable to come, and to carry
things along at the school a few
days longer, unconscious of the fact
that her first letter had been lost.
On her recovery she came here immediately
and was surprised and mortified
to find that her unavoidable ill
ness and detention had been made
! into a sensation, of which she had
! not known a word until her arrival
' here. These are the facts in the
case, with names and dates which
may be easily substantiated.
Mr. Jenkins's Telegram.
In answer to a wire Miss Brown
sent to Jonesville for confirmation
* * 11 ? ^ J Ar^finn + V> nro
oi nor muess cinu Uviciuiuu i,uv>vi
the following telegram is self-explanatory:
Received at 9:40.
| Jonesville, S. C., 16.
Miss Scotta Brown,. Hartsville, S.
; c.
Your message delayed. Miss Scotta
A. Brown was visiting at my home
and was sick in bed from January 2
untiL January 10. Unable to go to
her school. The letter she wrote to
* trustees was mailed. W. F. Jenkins.
Et by a Bare. (
> The Rochester Democrat and
? Chronicle prints the following, which
. it says is a letter received by Mayor
> A. F. Hooper, of Hobart, Okla:
Mayor of Hobart, Oklahoma?
- Kind and Respected Sir: I see in a
- paper that a man named John Sipes
was atacted and et up by a bare
whose cubs he was tryin to git when
> the she bare come' up and stopt him
by eatin him up in the mountains
1 near your town. What I want to
know is did it kill him or was he
onlie partlie et up and is he from
2 this place and all about the bare. I
* don't know but what he is a distant
i vinohanH r>f mine. My first husband
1 was by that name and I supposed he .
was killed in the war but the name
of the man the bare et being the
r same I thought it might be him after
1 all and I ought to know it if he was
t killed by the bare or in the war for
I have been married twice sence then
J and there ought to be divoi^e pat
pers got out by me or him if the bare
did not et him all up. If it is him
' you will know it by him havin' s-ix
J toes on the left foot. He also sings
I base and has a spread eagle tattoo
^ on his right arm which you will know
II him by if the bare aint et up those
} sines of bein him. If alive dont r
tell him I am married to Joe White
cause he never liked Joe. Maybe3
youd better let on as if I am dead but
" find out all you kin without him
; knowing anything about what it is
t for that is if the bare aint et him all
up. Re^ectfully,
SALLIE WHITE.
P. S.?Was the bare killed also
3 was he married agin and did he leave
, any property with me layin claims
to.
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