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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1913. Established 1891.
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v COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the
> A County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, May 19.?Messrs. Harry j
E. Copeland and Eddie W. Rentz are
home from Xewberrv college. They
have finished their work at the instill
tution, and\are at home now writing j
up essays ana oranuus iui iucn wm- i
mencement exercises. Then the
President will give them a sheep
skin and open the gate and turn
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them out into the world for themselves
as graduates of Newberry College
to make their mark or dot, as
the case may be.
Mrs. Ada Copeland, wife of J. B.
Copeland, who has been ill for some
time, died Friday night, and was
buried Saturday afternoon at Mt.
i * / Pleasant church grave yard. Rev. IX
B. Groseclose, her pastor, preached
her funeral. Her mother and brother,
of Orangeburg, were by her bedside
when she died. She left no children.
Ada has gone to rest, and will
be missed from our midst.
f Some of our leading fishermen are
preparing to try their luck on the
waters of the Ashepoo River this
week, say about Wednesday.
Mr. W. P. Pate came up on passenger
yesterday to spend a few hours
don't get much time to see them,
with his wife and children. He
^ The Ehrhardt graded school have
ft announced their commencement for
> OToninffc n.f thp 1 9th and 20th May,
k f Copeland's hall,
r ? Our ball team was beaten last week
again by the Bamberg Fitting School
team. Shows our boys that they need
! plenty practice on the diamond.
JEE.
Kearse Items.
> Kearse, May 19.?Misses Kathleen
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Oswald and Hilda Kearse, delegates
from White Point Sunday-school, are
attending the Sunday-school convention
in Denmark this week.
. Mrs. EVnest Ritter has just return'
ed from an extended visit to relatives
in Union.
( Miss Cressida Breland is visiting
Mrs. James Bagnal, of Alcolu.
Mrs. W. D. Roberts has returned to
her home in Clio, after a visit to her
parents here. She was accompanied
home by her sister, Miss Melle
Kearse.
Mrs. W. H. Ritter is visiting her
parents in St. George.
Miss- Ettie Kearse is spending a
few days in Olar.
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? r guest of Mrs. G. B. Kearse.
Mrs. Leonard Chitty spent the
week-end with Mrs. G. E. Kearse.
Mrs. L. A. Brabham is in Bamberg
with her daughter, Mrs. E. Bart
Price.
Mrs. Richard Miller has returned
to her home in Ellenton after a delighful
visit to her sister, Mrs. H. M.
Brabham.
Messrs. Herman Lightsey and Albert
Loadholdt were recent visitors
here.
Mrs. Otis Ritter has as her guest
her mother, Mrs. Smoak, of Bamberg.
Mrs. Mattie Black, of Walterboro,
visited her sister, Mrs. J. F. Kearse.
i * recently.
The young folks of the community
1 are to have a fish fry at Rivers'
Bridge Wednesday and are anticipating
much fun.
The White Point school closed last
week, and the annual school picnic
was given in the beautiful oak grove
v * at Mr. G. E. Kearse's Friday. Quite
a large crowd attended and the
bountiful dinner was very elegantly
i i spread and of course enjoyed by
everyone. The whole day was one of
pleasure for all, school pupils especially.
Those who won gold medals
for the session were: Misses Kathleen
Oswald, Winnie Kearse, Elma
Chitty, and Master Merrell Johns.
Miss Mace, after a very successful
term, will leave for her home in
- _ Marion next Thursday.
> Liquor Fight in Florence.
Florence, May 19.?It is stated
that sufficient names have been secured
to the petition to warrant the
calling of an election to run out the
dispensary from Florence county.
The prohibitionists have been put-1
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, ting in some hard work or laie, anu
while they are satisfied that they will
vote it out, the anti-prohibitionists
are equally as satisfied that it will be
voted to continue business. The anti
folk, however, seem to be doing little
towards keeping the rum shop in the
county, or at least there is very little
evidence other than talk.
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MEMORIAL DAY AT DENMARK.
Exercises^- Held under Auspices of
Graham's Chapter, U. D. C.
Denmark, May 15.?Memorial Day
was fittingly observed in Denmark.
Interesting exercises were held by
Graham's Chapter, U. D. C., in the
Presbyterian chapel, at which time
crosses of honor were bestowed on
sixty-five Veterans or their descendants.
The exrcises were gracefully
presided over by Miss Lillie Cooper,
president of the chapter, who, in a
few well-<jhosen remarks, introduced
the Hon. S. G. Mayfield. This gifted
speaker made the welcome address
in behalf of the town, paying a most
beautiful and timely tribute to the
valor and bravery of our own home
Veterans, who so gallantly helped defend
Charleston and Fort Sumter.
I He then introduced Mr. J. F. Carter,
of Bamberg, who made a most masterly
address on the life and character
of Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson, his
speech being interrupted*many times
by applauses, when he related the
deeds of our famous leader.
Mrs. L. C. Rice, welcomed the Veterans
in behalf of the U. D. C., in a
neat little speech, after which Miss
Pauline Turner read the rules and
regulations concerning the bestowal
of the crosses. Then the crosses
were presented to the old soldiers by
Miss Lillie Cooper and Mrs. G. W.
Hightower and Mrs. J. S. Matthews.
A most enjoyable feature of the
programme was the quartette music,
consisting of Confederate war songs,
rendered by Messrs. Riley, Neely,
Goolsby and Wilkerson.
\t rrmnlnsion of the exercises
the Veterans were formed in line by
Capt. H. G. Driggs, himself a valiant
survivor, and marched to a bountifully
filled table, where a sumptuous
dinner was served by the Daughters
of the Confederacy.
In the afternoon at 5 o'clock memorial
exercises were held at the village
cemetary. A beautiful prayer
was offered by G. E. Birt, of Elko, S.
C., and after a selection sung by the
audience the graves of twenty-nine
Veterans who have answered their
last roll-call, were decorated by fifteen
little girls. A most beautiful
finale to the day's programme was a
selection from Father Ryan, said in
concert by the little girls, led by the
Hon. S. G. Mayfield.
Richard Austin in Jacksonville.
Columbia, May 19.?That Richard
Henry Austin, the negro, who was
charged with attempting to criminally
assault a white woman in Hampton
county, and then shot and killed threfe
white men of a posse who were pursuing
him and escaped into the
swamp, is believed to have been located
in Jacksonville, according to reliable
information which reachec^ Columbia
today. The police have the |
desperate suspect surrounded and are
expected to arrest him tonight.
According to the story reaching
here Austin was recognized on the
streets of Jacksonville by a white
man from Luray, in Hampton county.
It is said Austin has a brother who
is working in Jacksonville, and that
it was through him that the police of
that city first located the desperado.
He is said to have been wounded and
had his wounds dressed by a doctor.
Heavily armed and defiant, he is said
to have declared that no policeman
would arrest him and he failed to
fall into a trap which the police set
for him last night.
Word sent here is that Austin is
located and that he will be captured
alive or shot dead tonight. Rewards
aggregating $250 are outstanding for
his arrest dead or alive.
"INDECENT" SAYS ULUbWUMiUA.
Modern Dances and Dressing Denounced
by Charleston Federation.
Decrying the present style of dancing
as "indecent" and the up-to-date
models of dressing as "dangerous to
morals," the City Federation of Women's
clubs of Charleston, at its annual
meeting on Wednesday, unanimously
adopted a resolution against
two of the most popular evils of the
day. The resolution, which was introduced
by Mrs. Samuel G. Stoney,
reads:
"The Federation places itself on
record as opposed to indecent danc
ing and dressing so dangerous to
morals, and that each member be
called upon to give personal influence
to correct them in every way possible."
The seventy-five members of the
Federation present transacted a great
deal of important business in addition
to condemning the bunny hug and the
hobble skirt.
Read The Herald, $1.50 year.
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IN THE PALMEHO STATE '
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About .
Men and Happenings. \
The supreme court has dismissed <
the appeal of Willie Bethune, colored, r
of Manning, under sentence of death <
for killing a white man two years ago. ^
Another day will be set for his elec- j
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John M. Mazyck, aged 38, a milk (
dealer of Charleston, committed sui- j
cide on Wednesday by drinking car- t
bolic acid. Business reverses was the '
cause. He leaves a wife and three s
children. i
The Winona hotel at Laurens, i
owne^ and run by Mrs. Reese, was *
burned Wednesday morning at 3 1
o'clock, with practically all its furni- i
ture. The loss is estimated at $7,- '<
000; insurance not stated.
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Jos. M. Poulnot has a pretty good
pull for the Charleston postoffice. 1
Having the endorsement of his con- J
gresBman and both United States
senators, he can count with a good 1
deal of certainty on getting the ap- ?
pointment.
Convicted in the court of sessions
at Greenville on Tuesday of assault *
with attempt to ravish, but recommended
to mercy, Noah Brooks, a negro,
was sentenced by Judge Bowman
to serve twenty years in the State
penitentiary.
The jury in the case of Harry D.
Coleman, of Jonesville, charged with
the murder of his father the night of i
January 30th last, failed to agree, af- l
ter being out all night, and the judge i
ordered a mistrial. This is the sec- g
ond trial of this famous Union coun- i
ty case, both resulting in mistrials. <
W. F. Stevenson says it is a mis- ?
take about his announcing to intimate
friends that he would be a f
candidate for the United States Sen- i
ate. He says that he has thought 1
very little about the matter, that it is
too early to make any definite an- t
nouncement, and that he may or may (
not make the race. ?
Joe Malloy, of Bennettsville, con- *
demned to be electrocuted for the c
murder of-v Prentiss Moore, has ap- *
pealed to the United States Supreme 2
court, on the ground that his electro- (
cution would be unlawful as that
mode of punishment was instituted
after the murder was committed.
Presumably he would prefer to be
hanged, and he is probably not anxious
for either mode.
A CRUSTY OLD JUDGE. 1
Tells Woman Litigant She Is Disre- i
spectful to the Court. 2
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Thin stockings, which Justice Gav- 1
egan, of New York, thought were dis- i
played in a manner "disrespectful to i
the court," caused a delay in a trial i
of a suit in which Benjamin P. Ducas 1
and his wife are disputing the travel- a
ing allowance to be given their son. t
The stockings belong to Mrs. Ducas, *
who has been reciving an allowance j
of $4,000 a year. She has charge of .]
the son and receives $2,000 a year s
for his maintenance and schooling, i
A hobble skirt is said to be mainly to ^
blame for the public appearance of i
the stockings, wjiich caused the jus- ]
tice to halt the trial while he com- c
plained.
"If she wishes me to be more ex- ]
plicit I will say for her benefit that
her lower limbs are insufficiently
clad. She is making too free an ex- i
hibition of them." i
The court was obeyed. ' i
Mrs. Longstreet Offered $3,600 Job. J
Clarksburg, W. Va., May 15.?Col 1
Albert E. Boone, of this city, has c
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confirmed a story to tfie effect mar he
had offered Mrs. Helen D. Long- 1
street, widow of the famous Confed- *
erate general, a position in his office *
at a salary of $3,600 a year. Mrs. *
Longstreet recently failed of appointment
as postmistress at Gainesville, 1
Ga., Col Boone served with the Union
army. Mrs Longstreet's acceptance
has not yet been received, but Col.
Boone expects it before the end of
the week. ,
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Fined for Catching Fish. *
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H. H. Martin, a citizen of Saluda i
county, was tried and convicted at (
Edgefield for violation of the law reg- 1
ulating fish and fined twenty dol- <
lars. There were several other de- 1
fendants, but this trial was set for an- <
other day. The case was reported by (
County Game Warden Wallace i
Thoinpkins, who apprehended several 3
parties seining Turkey Creek. <
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rURY PI YDS JOHN ANHUT GUILTY
Offered $20,000 to Get Harry Thaw
Out of Matteawan.
New York, May 17.?John N. Anlut
was convicted of attempted bribery
tonight by jury which has been
:rying him in connection with an atempt
to free Harry K. Thaw from
Vlatteawan by alleged illegal means,
rhp vnnne lawyer will be sentenced
Tuesday by Supreme Court Justice
5eaburv. The jurors deliberated less
:han two hours and a haif. They
'ound that Anhut was guilty of offerng
Dr. John W. Russell, former head
)f the Matteawan Hospital, $20,000
.'or the release of Stanford White's
slayer, as Dr. Russell had testified.
Thaw had given Anhut $25,000 in
stocks and cash to be used to get him
!ree. Anhut's defence was that the
noney was a contingent fee only,
^.nhut seemed calm when the verdict
Evas brought in. He faces a mininum
penalty of ten years in prison
ind a fine of $500.
In summing up, Assistant District
attorney DeFord rehearsed Thaw's
msuccessful attempts to get his freeiom
and declared in the Anhut case
Thaw, in desperation, sought illegal
neans to gain an end he could not
iccomplish legally.
Arthur C. Palmer, in summing up
or Anhut, asked the jury to disregard
Thaw's testimony in view of his
nental condition.
In charging the jury, however, the
?ourt said Thaw's testimony should
>e given careful consideration.
Denounces Dances and Dress.
Aiken, May 17.?Before adjournng
finally yesterday, the South Caroina
Branch of the Woman's Auxilary
to the Episcopal Board of Mis;ions
took occasion to condemn in ho
incertain tones the sensational dancjs
now in vogue and the present
styles of women's apparel.
Without a dissenting voice, the
'ollowing resolution was offered and
inanimously passed by the nearly two
lundred delegates present:
"Resolved, That this convention of
;he Woman's Auxiliary in South
Carolina makes an earnest protest
Lgainst the indecent mode of dress of
he wctoien, and against the vulgar
iancing of the present day, and that
;his Convention heartily endorses the
iction taken by our council of 1913
m these matters."
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VICTIM OFF ODD ACCIDENT. .
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it. F. Nance Painfully Hurt at Barn
well?Gash in Head.
Barnwell, May 14.?Mr. L. F.
^ance, a clerk in C. F. Molair's hardrvare
and grocery department, suf'ered
a, painful, though not a serious,
iccident Monday afternoon. While
dosing a window in the store, two
oose bricks fell on his head from the
window arch, a distance of several
:eet, cutting a deep gash about three
nches. in length, and exposing the
jone. So great was the impact that
. fellow clerk inside the store heard
he blow and rushed to Mr. Nance's
issistance, finding him lying unconscious.
Medical attention was immediately
given $md a number of
stitches were necessary to close the
vound. Although he suffered much
)ain Monday night, Mr. Nance is now
mproving, and his friends hope that
le will soon be able to attend to his
luties again.
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rcev. netues 9iri&? mc i?.?. ^??
Spartanburg, May 19.?The Rev.
Stephen A. Nettles, editor of the
Southern Christian Advocate, quar'elled
over a financial matter with
he Rev. J. B. Chick, a licensed
dethodist exhorter, at Wofford Colege
this morning, and in the course
)f the altercation struck Mr. Chick
i blow in the face, according to witnesses'
report of the affair. Mr.
Ihick did not retaliate, but, it is said,
?ave Mr. Nettles a short, emphatic
alk on the ethics of their calling.
KILLED A -HUNDRED RATTLERS.
^alifornian Blasts a Rock Den He
Discovered on a Ledge.
While Mortimer Peckingraph, of
sTorthFork, was taking a trip through
he Sierra forest reserve last week he
liscovered a ledge of rock alive with
oftiMnoVoc Rplieviner that he had
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liscovered a den he returned with a
)ox of dynamite. Twenty-five sticks
>f dynamite were stuck in as many
loles in the rock and simultaneously
exploded. After the debris had been
cleared away the bodies of over 100
rattlesnakes were found. Pecking*aph
is going back with dynamite to
continue the slaughter.
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C4PT. RICHARDSON FREED
CHARGE OF ARSON AGAINST HIM
NOT SUSTAINED.
Hearing Lasts Practically All Day.
Nothing to Substantiate
Charges.
Aiken, May 20.?At a preliminary
hearing, which began this morning
and lasted practically all day, before
Magistrate Smoak, Capt. J. Maxwell
Richardson, a well known citizen of
this place, who was arrested last
Friday on a charge of arson and lodged
behind the bars of the county
jail, was discharged and the charges
against him dismissed, bearing out
his statement Friday to The News
and Courier's correspondent, that it
would only be a few days before he
would be absolutely vindicated of the
charge, which he characterized as a
"frame-up" ana ponicai persecution.
Capt. Richardson was charged literally
with destroying his own property
in order that he might collect
the small sum of $600 for which it
was insured. The warrant had been
issued at the instigation of Insurance
Commissioner McMaster's deputy,
B. A. Wharton.
Solicitor Robert L. Gunter was
present in behalf of the State during
the preliminary, while the defendant
had as his counsel Col. Claud E. Sawyer
and Messrs. Croft & Croft. The
hearing was a tedious one. After all
of the testimony was in it became
quite clear that there was nothing
whatsoever to substantiate the rather
serious charges preferred aginst a
man of Capt. Richardson's prominence.
As a matter of fact, no part of
the entire testimony tended in the
slightest degree to connect in anywise
Capt. Richardson with the alleged
incendiarism.
Capt. Richardson is now receiving
the congratulations of his friends and
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STARVES IN COSTLY HOUSE.
Tragedy in "House of Mystery" in
New York Town.
Yonkers, N. Y., May 19.?In the
spacious residence occupied by herself
and her brother on a fashionable
residence street here, Ada Dunscomb,
a middle aged spinster, was found
dead last night, a victim of starvation
according to Coroner Dunn. So far
as the searchers could discover, there
was no food in the house. The authorities
stepped into the case when
a physician whom S. Whitney Dunscomb,
Jr., 60 years old, the dead woman's
brother, had summoned, found
Miss Dunscomb dead on a couch in
her bedroom, her body clad in rags,
and notified the coroner.
The Dunscomb residence has been
a house of mystery to the neighborbors
for the 12 years since the family
moved here, the blinds always being
drawn, no servants being employed
and no one ever being seen to visit
the mansion. The officials who visited
the place today reported that the
costly old furniture seemed to be
falling to pieces from neglect, while
dust had been allowed to accumulate,
apparently for years. Dunscomb was
f ' A x foTYlilv
reticent as to uimscu auu iumiV
affairs in general, only saying he
would go to New Jersey to notify
retailves there of his sister's death.
Neighbors believed the pair to be
wealthy.
POSTOFFICE ROBBED.
North Augusta Postoffice Entered and
Robbed of Cash and Stamps.
North Augusta suffered a double
robbery late Wednesday night or
early Thursday morning. The postoffice
and the blacksmith shop owned
by Hugh Phillips w^re broken into.
Approximately $150 in stamps was
stolen from the postoffice. The
blacksmith shop was robbed of its
tools. A small rifle was also taken,
which belonged to one of the smitns.
The thieves effected their entrance
to the postoffice through a panel in
the door. The panel wras bored out
with the aid of the auger stolen from
the blacksmith shop. The stamps
consisted of various denominations,
some of them being special delivery,
and others being the regular twocent
stamps.
Some mail was broken open and
the contents examined. The robbers
cast it aside when they found
nothing of any value. The rural
mail carrier's box was also broken
open and $3 or $4 worth of stamps
stolen. The thieves struck a great
^ it
many matches, the floor oeing ineran
ly covered with them when the postmistress,
Miss Mary Kennedy, entered
it next morning.?Aiken Journal
and Review.
NO LAWYERS IN THIS COURT.
Cleveland Conciliation Justice Tries
to Prevent Lawsuits.
John Smith keeps a little grocery,
^mong his customers is Mary Brown,
a widow with three children. She
works in a department store for $7 a
week.
Usually Mary paid cash for her groceries,
but a while ago she started a
charge acount. Her bill ran up to
$10. John Smith pressed for payment.
Mary asked for time. He decided to
go to law. In almost any other city,
substantially this would have happened.
"An initial court fee usually of $4
or $5. Bailiff sent to Mary's home
with a writ, a printed forW with only
a name or two filled in, but the bailiff
would receive a fee for writing the
writ, one for handing it to Mary or
putting it under Mary's door, and
mileage of five to twenty times the
actual cost of the journey. Mary
would appear, judgment be entered ,
against her, her wages be attached,
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and, under the rule prevailing in
most places of employment, she would >
lose her job."
Now this Is what happened in
Cleveland:
"John told his story to the clerk ?/
of the 'court of conciliation,' a new,,
branch of the municipal court, paid
50 cents for fees and was advised to
'come in next Friday.' The clerk
turned to, his typewriter, thumped out
a brief note to Mary, telling her, of
John's claim and advising her, too to
/come in Friday,' and dropped this
letter into the mail box, having first
registered it."
Mary and John both stood before
the judge?no lawyers, no jurors, no ^ . /
stenographers, no more court costs.,/
The judge asked Mary if she admitted
the debt. \ j|
"I do, your honor."
"Then why not pay it?"
"I just pulled through before I
ran this bill. The baby got sick. The
doctor had to be paid, because I never
yet have taken charity. The doctor
wrote a prescription and that meant
money for the druggist. And the fact
*<a that thmierh I've tried hard. I
haven't yet caught up." ,
"Are you willing to sign an agreement
to pay off this debt at the rate V . ;
of $2 a month?" 1
Mary nodded assent. At first John
was stubborn.. But when the judge v J
told him an attachment on Mary's
wages would only get him a part of
the claim, because she had only $7
coming, and would cause her to be
discharged, throwing her three children
into distress, the agreement was
signed. Failure to keep- it would /
leave the old way of justice still open.
This court of conciliation has been
in operation a month. Its aim is to
sift out the cases?about 60 per cent
?which can be settled without a law- / .'"Saj
suit. No lawyers are allowed before
it. It saves perhaps 80 per cent of
the present expense and gives Irnth
sides a full and fair chance to present
its case without technicalities.?
Milwaukee Journal.
Dog With Rabies Bites Nine.
Williston, May 19.?Mr. Matt
Clark, who lives near White Pond,
was recently brought to the unwel?
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eight children had been exposed to ;
infection from hydrophobia. In the
family was a pet dog, which ten days
ago had bitten one of the children.
Nothing was thought of it until recently,
when the dog began to act
queerly, and then it was discovered
that each member of the family had
been bitten by the same dog, even ,
to the two year old baby. The dog
was killed and the head forwarded
to the State pathologist at Columbia,
who informed them that the dog undoubtedly
had a case of rabies, and
sent treatment for the entire family
-fViA fomilv nhvainian Dr. W. C.
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Smith.
Life Term for Baby's Death.
Waycross, Ga., May 16.?W. C. Lanier
today was sentenced to life imprisonment
in the penitentiary by
Judge Parker, of the Ware Superior
court. Lanier was convicted of murdering
his infant eon, one day old. . j
The prisoner's eyes filled with tears
as he heard the words condemning
him to prison for the remainder of
his life and the judge was not unmoved.
Layer is but 22 years old.
Ware Superior court will reconvene
in sDecial sesion June 23 to try Mrs.
Lanier, who was jointly indicted ^th
her husband for the death of their
When a woman shrugs her shoulders
at the mention of another woman's
name it's a sign she can tell