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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
L IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
8| News Items Gathered All Around the
H County and Elsewhere.
B Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, June 30.?Ehrhardt was
visited by an electric storm Saturday
night about 2 o'clock. While the
}town was under electric illumination
3 a 1 i ? , ? 1 ~ ~ C + v, . . t r tw\
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houses in Robertsville were set on
fire. First. Arthur C. Kearse's
% (colored) smoke house was alarmed
5. for. Before citizens could get to the
fire, Mr. J. D. Dannelly's barn showed
signs of the lightning, and flames
soon had a smouldering ruin in place
of the large barn that acted as a
back stop for the base ball grounds.
Arthur says his loss was merely house,
his stock of meats, etc., was not over
SI50.00. Mr. Dannelly lost a lot of
oats, corn, etc., and farming impliments
amounting to $2,000 or $2.500
at least. Don't think he could
replace his loss for the amount
named. Mr. Dannelly and his wife
were away from home. The lightning
and thunder was as vivid and
loud that most of our citizens were
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afraid to venture out to render assistance
to those in need.
Mrs. J. D. Dannelly is spending
u some time with a friend in Worth,
N. C.
Rev. P. E. Monroe, of Johnston,
* - S. C., has been elected president of
Summerland Female College. Rev.
Monroe served quite a number of
years as pastor of Mt. Pleasant Lutheran
church. Knowing the man and
the position to be filled we all feel I
that if his energy and ability (what
is called push) will do any good, the
school will be a success. Here's our
congratulations and wishes for the
best of success for him in his new
field.
Messrs. Chas. and Herbert Ehr- J
hardt are ahead on the vegetable
growing list so far. They showed me
a squash last week that had a C on
the stem end of squash and E on
the blossom end. Hard to believe,
but can be proven. ? Don't know that
they have gotten the lettering of
* vegetables down to a science or not,
but this one had the letters perfect.
Miss Dorothy Taylor, of Newberry,
is spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. Herbert Ehrhardt.
The weather makes ice in good demand.
JEE.
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1 Country Correspondence.
So long we've been silent and now
very little we have to offer; our
community is thinly peopled, con
sequently there's little above minor
importance happening, but the Herald
is a very welcome visitor among
us.
We have been visited lately with
very refreshing showers. A good
deal of electricity accompanied the
rain storm Saturday night. Have
heard of a good many trees and some
houses being damaged by its visit.
Mrs. Susanna McMillan, of Ehrhardt,
came from a visit to Mrs.
Westberry, her daughter, Sunday, and
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Hill, in
our midst.
The glorious 4th is near us and
as usual the picnics are promising to
* be plentiful in number to celebrate
the great day of Independence.
Sirs, iselin's horse killed.
Lightning Strikes Many Times at
Hopeland Farms, Near Aiken.
Aiken, June 30.?Of sufficient in>
* terest to mention is the fact that during
the past two months of the thunder
storm season, lightning has
? struck no less than eleven times in
the immediate vicinity of Hopeland
Farms, the plantation of Mr. Jno.
Wallenberg, a prominent and successful
farmer residing about three miles
east of Aiken. On one occasion it
killed two mules and a saddle horse,
the latter being the property of Mrs.
C. Olover Iselin, wife of the well
known Gotham millionaire and sports4
man.
Sunday afternoon, and just a few
moments after Mr. Wallenberg had
left that point, the lightning struck a
tree within eight feet of the residence
proper.
Gigantic Breed.
A woman at a recent dog show noticed
a pretty girl gazing around as
if puzzled. She went over to her and
said: Pardon me, but can't you find
the kennel you wish? If not, I shall
be glad to assist you."
"Oh, thank you," she replied.
"Would you mind showing me where
they are exhibiting the ocean greyhounds?"?National
Monthly.
DENMARK SOCIAL NEWS. jj
I Happenings in Our Thriving Little
Sister City.
Denmark, June 2S.?Mrs Frank
V. James entertained last Friday j Si
evening in honor of her guest, Miss
Isabelle Strait, of Rock Hill.
Miss Ruth Guess is spending several
weeks with relatives in Batesburg.
After a visit of three weeks to c<
Miss Josephine Faust, Miss Belle as
Ross returned to her home in Macon, s;
Ga.. on Tuesday. c<
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Riley of Char- e<
lotte, X. C.. spent several days with
friends here last week.
Miss Emmie Marvin of Henderson- 7
ville is the guest of Miss Lynn Gools- t,;
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i Misses Edna Steadman and Kath-! jc
J ryne Wilkerson and Elmore Steadman J tr
' are attending a house party in Batesburg
at the home of Miss Frieda Rut- K
land. C(
Mrs. H. J. Faust and daughter, T
Miss Virginia, left "Wednesday for ^
Christiansburg. Va.. to spend the sumct
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mer with relatives.
Miss Julia Goolsby spent a few
days last week in Bamberg as the
guest of Miss Martha Ray.
Miss Ruth Byrd of Bamberg made ^
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a short star here last week.
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Miss Louise Zeigler went, WedC(
nesday, to visit Miss Irma Warren
in Allendale. *
Mrs. W. L. Rilev and Mrs. R. A. S*
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Goolsby are visiting the latter's
! mother, Mrs. T. E. Stokes in Orange151
burg.
Mrs. Fred Turner has returned to
her home in Augusta, after several w
weeks' stay with relatives here. si
Miss Frieda Rutland returned to ol
| her home in Batesburg on Tuesday, M
j after an extended visit to Miss Edna
i Steadman. ai
Mrs. Poland Griffin of Lynchburg se
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. in
G. W. Hightower. ai
James Fogle left Sunday for Hen- in
j dersonville, X. C., to spend several fc
! weeks.
j Miss Clara and Frank Wyman went jj
to Charleston on Wednesday to spend
some time with relatives. SI
Mrs. Xorman Walker of Appleton
was the guest of .Mrs. j. u. ri. uuess
this week.
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Fairfax Fancies.
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Fairfax. June 30.?Miss Celestie .
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Brodie, of Augusta, is the charming ^
guest of Mrs. W. L. Brooks.
Mrs. Va. McDaniel is spending
some time in Beaufort. ge
Mrs. W. O. Smith, of Savannah, is
visiting Mrs. H. M. Harveley. q(
Mr. Paul Amand, of Sumter, is here wj
| among old friends.
Prof. L. O. Watson, of Clemson t
I College, spent the week-end with G. n
D. Sanders. in
Misses Louella and Estella Lawton. rg
of Hampton, were guests of Miss Mar- .
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1 garet Folk on Friday. .
j Mrs. John Brunson and children,
of Gifford, are guests of Miss May
| Brunson. ^
Fairfax and Augusta played a se- ^
I ries of three games of base ball, Mon
day, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The
games were all close, and very inter- *
al
esting.
Mrs. M. C. Dowling has returned ^
from a week's stay in Augusta, bring- ^
ing with her a loved aunt.
Miss May Brunson has had considerable
improvements made on her g,
home recently, and it looks quite new
now.
There will be a lawn party and
silver tea in Mrs. S. L. Sanders's lawn
on the afternoon of July 4th, under ^
charge of Ladies' Aid Society.
Mr. Elliott O'Neal, of Florida, is '
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spending some time here with his p
i parents. ^
! Misses Sadie Harter and Ruth WilI
con hflvo r&tnrnpH frnm a nlPflRnnt
visit to friends up the country.
Mrs. W. E. Harter will visit at
Hickory Grove on July 4th.
Mr. Davis, superintendent of the tc
Methodist Sunday-school, is now in
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the hospital at Columbia for treatment.
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Miss Edith Googe has returned
from a pleasant trip to Baldoc.
Mr. Lipscomb, a brother of Mrs. Sc
Johnston, is visiting her here.
Mrs. W. E. Harter spent several a
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days in Charleston recently.
LeRoy Young left to-day for the
mountains of North Carolina.
Mrs. J. F. Lightsey and children u
have gone to Sullivan's Island for a C1
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few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Lightsey, of ^
Rrnn?nn -orith Misspc TTnttip arid P*
Theresa Lightsev, visited here this
week. 11
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Have you noticed that the snake
stories are unusually weird and in- ol
tereeting this season? T
S THE PALMETTO STATE
IttEE OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
tate News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The prohibitionists of Orangeburg
mnty will make a strong fight
?ainst re-establishing the dispensary
rstem in that county. In other
ninties a warm campaign is expect3.
Geo. \V. Watts, a well-known citi?n
of Georgetown, committed suicide j
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uesclay by snooting nimsen iu uic i
reast three times with a pistol. He |
as 4 2 years old, and had suffered a i
ing time from various physical j
oubles.
The Gilbert community of Lexing- j
hi county has had two cases of j
?rebro-spinal meningitis recently. |
hat is the report by James Adams
aynes. M. D.. State health officer
nd secretary of the State board of
ealth, who had been called into coniltation.
Various sites for the Baptist hosital,
which is to be erected in Coimbia,
in the near future, were couriered
Friday at a meeting of the
immittee charged with this duty.
?veral of these sites are receiving
irious consideration, and while no
loice has been made the committee
opes to come to a definite concluon
within the next few days.
Mrs. William McAbee and baby
ere shot and seriously injured by a
lotgun in the hands of a 12-veartd
boy. a cousin of the McAbees,
onday night at Inman, S. C. The
oman was holding the baby in her
ms when the boy, who had been
nt into the house to get the gun,
t fun pointed the gun at the baby
id pulled the trigger. Shot lodged
l the woman's hip and severed a
>ot of the baby.
ESPERATE NEGRO SAFE IX JAIL
layer of Two Georgia Farmers
Wounded lie fore Capture.
Shellman, Ga., June 29.?The ne o
who shot and killed J. O. Wilson
id Ben Swords, well known farmers
Cordray's Mill, yesterday, has been
iled at Morgan, Calhoun County,
fter the negro shot the two white
en he himself was wounded by an
lcle of Swords, but his wound is not
irious.
Feeling is running high in Calhoun
Dunty because of the shooting, and
lile there has been no move towards
olence, it will be no surprise if an
tempt is made to-night to get the
igro from jail. Details of the shootg
were learned to-day, when posses
;turned to this place after an alight
hunt for the negro, whom they
ter learned was in the custody of
e sheriff of Calhoun County. Swords
id his uncle had been fishing at Cor ay's
Mill, and on their return home
jcame engaged in a dispute with the
igro at his home. Mr. Wilson and a
>ung man were passing the house
id stopped to intervene. Wilson
icceeded in disarming Swords and
id gotten him to the buggy when
ie negro opened fire on Swords and
le man who had acted as peacemak*.
Wilson was killed instantly and
words so badly wounded that he
led before reaching home.
The sheriff of Calhoun County beat
ie posse from this place to the scene
l the shooting and hence got away
ith the negro, taking him to Moran.
The body of Mr. Wilson was
iken to-night to his former home at
orsyth, in Monroe County, for buri1.
Flags Never Become Rags.
The Government sets an example
) the whole country in requiring
lat worn out flags shall be burned
3d not permitted to become mere
ieces of waste rag. Whether or not
ay special law or regulation governs
le disposing of the flags, the univeril
practice of the army and navy for
aerations has been that whenever
flag is no longer fit for service it
lall be destroyed.
When a flag used at an army post
r on board a naval vessel becomes
nserviceable a requisition to the
nartermaster is made for a new one
ad the old one is burned. The same
isposition is made of flags used on
lblic buildings in Washington. Cus)dians
of buildings outside Washigton
buys their flags outright of the
overnment. Whether or not they
)llow the official plan of disposing
f old flags cannot be stated.?Boston
ranscript.
SEVEXTY-FOUR DIE FROM HEAT, i
Chicago and Tucson Hottest Places
in the United States. !
Chicago, June 30.?Reports received
up to a late hour to-nightshow- ]
ed that at least 74 persons died to-day
as a result of the heat wave in the
Central West. The heat wave, which
has continued uninterruptedly for six
days, extended from Denver to Pitts- .
burg, and as far nortn as L.aKe super- (
ior. Chicago with a temperature of ,
102 degrees was the hottest place in ]
the United States, except Tucson, (
Ariz., where the temperature also (
was 102. I
Intense suffering was reported in
all the large cities enveloped in the 1
heat wave.
Thirty-nine persons are known to (
have died in Chicago to-day as a re- j
suit of the intense heat. This num- (
ber includes only the cases reported
by the coroner and the police, and it ,
is expected will be increased by re- ,
ports of private physicians. Of these
deaths, 22 were the direct result of
heat strokes, five persons committed
suicide as a result of the heat, and (
two deaths were of children seeking
relief. This was the hottest June (
day recorded in this city since the i <
Government records were first kept (
in IS72. Xinety-nine degrees was ,
the official temperature, but the Gov
ernment thermometer on the street i
level showed a temperature of 102 1
degrees. The heat last night and to- <
day was not tempered by a breeze.
The record breaking heat to-day 1
was the culmination of a six day pe- ;
riod, in which the thermometer dropped
below 90 degrees only for a few 1
hours in the early mornings and for
o tinio of nicrhtc T'n f n fho lo.cf 91 <
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hours more than forty persons are i
known to have died as a result of ]
the heat. More than 100 cases of
heat prostrations were reported to ]
the police to-day. Hospital ambu- ]
lances handled as many more and <
all the hospitals in the city are filled <
to-night with those stricken in the (
streets. <
Extra police crews were detailed to
ambulance duty and patrol wagons as
well as the regular ambulances were <
called into use to carry heat victims l
to their homes or to hospitals.
Reports from Coroner Hoffman in- 1
dicate that few persons under forty 1
years of age had been seriously af- 1
fected by the heat. The average of *
those who died was fifty years. 1
Highest Mountain in United States.
The highest mountain in Oregon is (
Mount Hood, 11,225 feet above sea
level. Compared with Mount Whit- 1
ney, to the south in California, and
Mount Ranier, to the north in Washington,
each rising well above 14,000
feet, Mount Hood does not appear
as a skyscraper. However, according
to the geologists of the United
States geological survey and other
authorities, Oregon had at one time,
probably before the dawn of life upon
the earth, a great volcano which towered
as far above Mount Hood as does
Mount Ranier, possibly even several
thousand feet higher. This was the
great Mount Mazama. But thousands
of years ago this mountain disappeared
into the bowels of the earth, and
all that is left today is the huge rim :
around Crater Lake.
Crater Lake is the caldera of this 1
extinct and collapsed volcano and is ,
nearly six miles in diameter. The inside
walls of the rim of the ancient
mountain are in places nearly 4,000
feet high and almost perpendicular.
The lake itself, is in places 2,000 feet
deep and parts of the wall rise above
its water another 2,000 feet. A restoration
of the mountain in fancy, ;
using as a base the angles of the lower
slopes, which still remain, shows <
that the apex could not have been ;
far from 15,000 feet in height, so <
that Mount Mazama was one of the ,
most lofty and majestic peaks in the ,
United States.?San Francisco Chron- |
icle. ,
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Xot His Property.
After the small boy emerged from
the quick lunch place he opened a
paper bag and revealed a club sandwich.
Glancing furtively around, he '
lifted off the top slice of bread, took
out a piece of chicken, ate it and re- i
placed the bread. A few moments '
later he again removed the "lid," extracted
a piece of bacon and repeat- 1
ed this process as he shuffled along 1
Market street until all the bacon was :
gone and most of the chicken. A man
who had watched the process i
with curiosity, tapped the boy on the
shoulder and inquired:
"Say, kid, why don't you eat your <
sandwich instead of picking at it that
way?" i
"Dasn't!" replied the youth. 1
" 'Tain't mine."?New York Globe.
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VAUGHN MUST DIE IN CHAIR
SUPREME COURT REMANDS CASE
TO FIX EXECUTION DAY
Defendant's Attorneys Failed to Show
Abuse of Discretion on Part
of Judge.
Columbia, June 30.?In the case of
r. U. Vaughn, former superintendent
of the State Odd Fellows' Orphanage
at Greenville, who confessed to unlawful
relations with girls placed un3er
his care and was sentenced to be
electrocuted last December 20, the
Supreme Court to-day affirmed the
judgment of the Circuit Court and
the case was remanded for the purpose
of having another day for execution
set. The opinion was written
by Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary and
concurred in by Associate Justices
Hydrick, Watts and Fraser. The
next term of Court of General Sessions
of Greenville County will be
held in October.
The Court's Findings.
Concerning the exceptions, the
Court held that the attorneys for
Vaughn failed to show an abuse of
discretion on the part of the Judge,
and that the right to insist upon the
errors assigned was waived when the
defendant withdrew the plea of not
guilty. Concerning the penalty imposed
upon Vaughn, the Court says
that the same question has been decided
in the case of the State against
Malloy. The Court refused to sustain
this exception to #the sentence
providing for electrocution.
With reference to the alleged confession
of Vaughn, the Court says:
"Conceding that the defendant
would have been entitled to all the
rights claimed in these exceptions, if'
he had insisted upon them in the
manner provided by the rules of
practice, nevertheless, it clearly apDears
that he waived such rights in
expectation that the jury would re?ommend
him to the mercy of the
[lourt, thereby enabling him to escape
the death penalty.
Appealing for Sympathy.
"At the time he withdrew his plea
of not guilty he had no reasonable
grounds for supposing that the jury
ivould render any other verdict than
that of "guilty," and the method
?v*hich he adopted, it would seem,
night have naturally been expected
o increase his chances of appealing
o the sympathy of the jury, and,
thereby, indeed, induce them to recommend
him to the mercy of the
Uourt."
"Nothing was omitted," says the
iecision, "during the trial of which
the defendant has just cause of complaint.
He, his attorneys, the presiding
Judge, and the jury unquestionably
understand fully the nature,
force and effect of the plea made by
the defendant.
"He was represented by an ex:eedingly
able counsel; the plea was
tiot interposed until two days after
the commencement of the trial, the
presiding Judge clearly stated the
lature, force, and effect of the plea,
to which neither the defendant nor
h.is counsel made any objection. The
:estimonv which had heen introduced
indicated that there were no reasonable
grounds for hoping that the jury
would render any other verdict than
that of guilty." #
rEX OFFER BLOOD AT $25 QUART
Y. M. C. A. Athletes Respond to a
Surgeon's Advertisement.
Athletes in the West Side Y. M. C.
A. gymnasium are ready to sell human
blood for transfusion operations
at $25 a quart.
That is the market rate. It was
established yesterday when 10 men
answered an advertisement in the
gymnasium asking for a man, strong
and healthy, who would give a quart
of blood for a transfusion operation.
A large placard posted in the gymna
sium reads as follows:
''Wanted?A good man for blood
transfusion operation. One quart of
blood needed, $25 reward and extra
payment if operation is successful.
Apply at the office."
The succesful applicant is a Western
college graduate who offered himself.
He was selected in preference
to the others because blood tests
showed his blood to be in almost
perfect condition. Dr. W. R. Weizmiller,
who has charge of the gymnasium,
refused to give the name of the
surgeon or the patient.
The reason that the advertisment
was nlaced in the West Side gymna
sium, it was explained, is because
there are so many athletes there, and
the surgeons say their blood is the
bst for transfusion purposes.?The
New York Sun.
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Charlie Jowers Wounded by R. A.
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Sims?Former in Jail.
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Aiken, June 30.?The little mill
village of Warrenville, this county,
was intensely excited Sunday afternoon
over a shooting affair involving
well known white men of that
place, R. A. Sims and Charlie Jowers,
as a result of which the latter, bearing
a flesh wound in the left side, has
been lodged behind the bars. There
is no charge against Sims. if
When interviewed by The News and
Courier's correspondent, Me. Sims
avered that Jowers "had it in for
him;" the details of the difference
were not entered into. Continuing, >
Sims alleged that while he was in a
neighbor's house Sunday afternoon,
about 2.31 o'clock, Jowers, armed
with a double-barrelled shotgun, cam
with a double-barrelled shotgun,
came up to his bouse, where his wife
and a daughter were, and fired, several
of the shot entering and finding
lodgment in the hall way, the door
of which was open, Sims said he then
used a 32-calibre revolver on the alleged
intruder, firing twice and inflicting
a trivial flesh wound on Jowers's
left side. The latter soon was ;
arrested by Constable Joe Gray, who
brought his prisoner on to Aiken and
placed him in jail. Sims was not arrested,
nor is it likely that any charges
will be preferred against him.
Mr. Sims is weaving overseer at
the Warrenville cotton manufactory,
and is held in very high esteem by
his fellows. Jowers also is well
known at his home in Aiken. V r|?
WAS JOHN D. "JACOBS CRAZY?
Some Believe Lexington County Farmer
Killed Family.
Lexington, June 30.?The Jacobs .
tragedy seems to have opened and
closed in a single night. It came as a
surprise and a shock, then disappeared
leaving dismay and mystery. The
whole country has been shocked beyond
expression. It is hard to grasp
tne situation, me sun setting, leaving
a bright, prosperous, happy family
to the pleasures of the family circle,
and rising to see smoking ruins
and total annihilation.
This county has had its share of
surprising occurences, but they all
pale and are lost in comparison with
this last frightful human butchery.
In discussing the matter everyone
seems to have suffered a personal
loss. Many mothers and children in
the immediate community and elsewhere
are fearful when nightfall
comes lest some lurking agent of destruction
come to kill and burn.
There is a rumor afloat to-day that ? :M
the hand which dealt the murderous
blow turned upon its own and added
suicide to the general destruction. It
is regarded by some as a feasible explanation,
however terrible it may ap
pear. This correspondent has been informed
that Jacobs, the father, was
heard to say not more than a week
ago that he would commit suicide if
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if were not for leaving his family.
This may be significant. No reason - Si!
can be assigned for such a state of
mind, but it is possible that he might
have grown insane and then decided
to end it all by killing his family and
setting fire to his home, that no tale
should ever be told, and then dealing
himself the last deadly blow that
ended the chapter of insane and
bloody deeds. Diligent search has
been made for possible clues, but so
far nothing has been found. It is all
a dark mystery over which there can
only be conjecture.
BEAU FORT-SA VAXXAH ROUlE.
Congressman Byrnes Appeals from
Adverse Report of Major Howell.
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Washington, June 30.?Represen
f* +itf A Tno Ll"1 OlTTIVt AA a A A MA yl 1*1 A ^A?A
taciv^ uao. jdjiiico aypcaicu uciuic
the board of rivers and harbors today
for the purpose of appealing from
the adverse report of Major Howell,
as to the improvement of a water
route from Beaufort, S. C., to Savannah,
Ga.
Mr. Byrnes presetted to the board
a petition signed bv many business
firms of Beaufort, Savannah and Bluffton,
asking for an improvement of
that part of the waterway known as
Ram's Horn Creek, and for a channel
of greater depth. Letters from a
number of pilots and captains now
using this waterway were placed in
evidence by Mr. Byrnes, and upon the
strength of this showing he urged the
improvement of the water route.
While the board did not indicate
what action it would take, Mr. Byrnes
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io Virk-nofiil fhat fhpv will vannm-m an A
that Ram's Horn Creek be straightened
and a channel of 7 or 8 feet be
maintained.
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