The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 04, 1913, Image 1
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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1913. Established 1891.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME IXTERESTIXG HAPPEXINGS
IX VARIOUS SECTIOXS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, Sept. 1. Thos. Rivers,
of Charleston, has been on a visit to
* his sister, Mrs. Geo. Young.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Barber and
daughter, of Savannah, visiter Mrs.
It. w . caruer ictcuu>, I
Mrs. Julia Harter, daughter and
F son, have returned from a pleasant
visit to Olar.
Misses Zelle and Mildred Loadholdt
have returned from a visit to
their sister at Ehrhardt.
Mrs. Ed. Sheppard, of Augusta,
and her four chillren spent some
time with Mrs. G. W. Barber recently.
Miss Richie Chovin, of Estill, visited
Miss Margaret Folk recently.
John Preacher, of Savannah, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. J. T. Wilson.
Some of our young folks attended
, a box party at Barton last week.
They had a fine time.
Emma, Virginia, and Miss Sadie
Harter are visiting Mrs. J. C. Lott in
Columbia.
Mrs. and Miss Croft, of North, are
visiting Miss Edith Googe.
Chas. Fennel, of Barton, was here
recently.
Miss Smith, of Hampton, is visiting
Miss Lottie Singleterry.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Compton, of
* Savannah, and the latter's mother
o-r-a vic'tincr \frc M a rv GoniDton.
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Invitations have been received
here to the marriage of Miss Victoria
Crumpler to Prof. B. C. Monroe,
which will take place on 10th of September
in the Baptist church at Clinton,
North Carolina. Miss Crumpler
lived here, and was in millinery work
for a year or two. Prof. Monroe i
taught here, so many friends wish
them everlasting happiness.
Miss May Belle Brunson, of Statesboro,
Ga., has been visiting Miss May
Brunson.
Miss Edith Brooker, of Swansea,
? is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm. Simpson:
Brooker Simpson left on Monday
- to enroll as a pupil at Greenville high
school. We expect great things or
Brooker, ;and know we'll not be disappointed.
Rev. X. X. Burton, of Statesburg,
j is assisting Rev. Wm. Simpson in a
protracted meeting at the Baptist
church. Old "Daddy Caleb," 94
years of age, goes to hear most of
the white folks preach. Riding beV,.,/vnrr
nftoy CQrVlPO tVlP f (~1 ] -
JLUJLIU UUI UU55> anti v..~
lowing conversation ensued: "Dat
sure was a fine sermon." "Daddy,
wliat about those hogs you said disappeared
from 'massa' while in your
keeping?" "Missis, old massa got a
satty faction fer dat in dem liekins'
he gee me." The town helps much
to keep the old man comfortable, and
he looks upon "de buckra" as his
very best friends.
Mrs. Cope and Mi^s Pris Belle, of
the Ulmer section, attended the protracted
meeting services here.
Cotton picking has started and
* cooks are scarce, but we don't mind
that.
The health of our tov^n is good.
Miss Flora Kennev is here for a
week's recreation before school
opens.
Miss Francis Lea is the guest of
Mrs. Lea Brooks.
The State Militia.
Federal funds are not to be used
after January 1 next for the organized
militia of the states unless the
citizen soldiery complies with the law
which declares their organizations
"shall be the same as that which is
now or may hereafter be prescribed
for the regular army of the United
States."
This order was issued by the war
- department on Thursday. The law
was passed several years ago, and
Secretary Garrison expresses the belief
that "a sufficient time has now
elapsed to enable the states to more
definitely conform in organization
to the regular army."
"If at any time the number of
companies in a complete regiment
i 9 ovHnsivp of the ma
lauo ?r v-*v? ?
chine gun company," says the order,
"the deficiency must be replaced
within six months or the regimental
organization be considered as permanently
abandoned."
This principle of placing missing
companies within six months applies
V alike to infantry, calvary and artillery.
MARRIED S TIMES IX A WEEK, j
Held World Record with More than
One Hundred Wives, ^
Women, as a rule, are more given
to the marrying habit than men, <
though nQ woman has reached the
world's marrying record made by
George Witzoff. the notorious bigamist,
whose marriages totalled over
100. In one week he went through
eight ceremonies.
Almost as strange a case was that
of a Russian woman condemned not
long ago to Siberia, She had been
married to twenty husbands and had
treated them all alike, running away
and taking all their portable property
with her. She was a most attractive
woman and highly educated.
A ^ ATAr Af 1
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Pennsylvania, was sent to prison not *
long ago for bigamy. Though she
was only 27 years old, she had mar- '
ried twelve men in ten years. Her
only comment in courts was that she
had liked them all. i
A Boer woman named De Beers, <
whose sixth husband died recently, <
is the proud mother and stepmother
of 4 9 children, while her grandchild- <
ren number 270. Four of her six
husbands were widowers, all with <
fairly large families when she married
them.?Chicago Tribune.
MAY DIE FROM INJURIES.
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Melvin Tarrant Badly Hurt in Auto
Smash in Columbia.
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Columbia, August 31.?Melvin i
Tarrant was probably fatally injured '
and Jess Reynolds seriously wounded,
when an automobile in which they
were riding, on the Bluff road, near
Columbia, this afternoon, got from
under control, and getting entangled j
in a wire fence, threw the occupants
against a tree. The men were at once
brought to a local hospital. Tarrant's
skull is fractured, his jaw- ^
bone broken and one leg broken in ,
several places, besides being badly
bruised and battered. Reynolds was .
bruised seriously and badly shaken (
up. Both parties are white.
With Reynolds at the steering 2
wheel, the car in which he and Tarrant
were riding, and which was said *
to have been going at a fast rate of
speed, got from under control when *
they turned aside to avoid a buggy.
-n* Vi i 1^ Torront
XVC> iiuius is jnaiiitu, ?> unv/ au.iiu.ui
is said to be a single man. Both have
been driving automobiles about the
city for several years.
Banks Editor of Intellingencer.
Anderson, Aug. 29.?Mr. William
Banks, for some time past editor of
the Anderson Daily Mail, will be editor
of the Anderson semi-weekly Intelligencer
under the latter paper's
new management. Mr. Banks will
probably take charge of the Intelligencer
immediately, as it is understood
that the issue of yesterday was
the last which Editor V. B. Chesire
would control. Mr. Banks is a widely
known newspaper man in South
Carolina, having for many years been
with The State, leaving that paper to
become editor of the Anderson MalL
The Intelligencer is one of the
most valuable semi-weekly properties
in the State, its circulation and
influence being very considerable. *
Up to the present it has been an ad- 2
ministration organ. Its purchase was f
made by a number of business men t
of Anderson, the deal being nego- c
tiated by the chamber of commerce.
Mr. Banks was one of the subscribers
to stock. Subscriptions are now
being solicited, and the idea is to '
make improvements in the property. *
The owners of the Daily Mail have 1
not yet announced who will succeed J
Mr. Banks as editor of that paper. ^
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TEACHER KILLS HERSELF.
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"Bad Case of Blues," She Says in (
Xote Left. ?
West Point, Ga., Sept. 1.?Miss i
Xaomi Wells, of Thomaston, Ga., i
committed suicide here early to-day i
by drinking poison. She came here (
recently to teach English in the local *
high school, and was to have assumed i
her duties to-day. A note was found j
in her room which said: "Just a (
bad case of blues." There were also l
a number of letters addressed, sealed c
and stamped on a table in the young
woman's room.
Miss Wells was a graduate of a
well known Georgia girls' college and r
was regarded as a person of unusual 1
ability. She was prominently con- *
nected. 6
Dr. O. D. Flust has returned home i
after a stay of two months in the r
mountains of North Carolina and has f
reopened his dental parlors and is
ready for al] who may need his ser- I
vices,?ad, t
N THE PALMETTO STATE
>OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Clemson college has ordered 500
gallons of canned tomatoes from the
Cirls Tomato clubs of Greenville
:ounty.
P. A. Grantham, a young trainman,
was killing by falling under the
wheels of a freight train on the Coast
Line near Mullins, Marion county,
Sunday morning at 3 o'clock.
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i ne Darn 01 n. .u. oe.\iuu, & itnuici
near Star, Anderson county, was
mrned Thursday morning before day.
The loss, including the destruction of
his automobile, was $2,000, with $1,000
insurance.
Dick Alewine was lodged in Lexington
jail on Saturday on the charge
of attempted assault upon a 16-yearold
girl who was on her way from her
home to the Lexington cotton mills
on Tuesday. The parties are white.
Alewine is more than forty years old
and has a family.
The county board of canvassers in
Lexington and Sumter counties have
decided that the dispensary won in
each place, although on the face of
the first returns it seemed that prohibition
had won. The prohibition
people in each county will carry the
matter to the courts for final settlement.
Pure Indian in High Office.
The Montgomery Advertiser directs
ittention to the fact that the appointment
of Gabe E. Parker, of Oklaloma,
to be register of the treasury
marks the first elevation of a fulljlooded
Indian to high office in the
Washington Government. Men who
i&d a strain of Indian blood in their
reins have frequently occupied seats
n both the House and the Senate.
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Senator uwens, 01 uhiauuiua, ?nv
oined with Senator Gore, in reccomnending
Parker, is such a man. Ex?enator
Charles Curtis, of Kansas,
s another. But no full-blooded Iniian
ever sat in the United States
Senate or filled other high places in
he Federal Government.
Parker is a Choctaw. He belongs,
according to our Alabama contemporary,
to the Parker family which has
'urnished ruling chiefs to the Chocaw
nation since Indian history began
o be recorded by the white man. The
Thoctaws of Oklahoma went across
he Mississippi River from West Ala)ama
and East Mississippi, having
reded their Alabama and Mississippi
ands by the treaty of Dancing Rabbit
Hieek, executed in 1831. They had
vaged war on the French, who set;led
Mobile, and sought to conquer
he upper Tombigbee River, but they
vere friendly to the early Americans
tnd remained so until their migraion
to the West. Of all the tribes
)f Southern Indians the Choctaws
vere conceded to be of the highest
iverage in intelligence and in susceptibility
to civilization. Many of
lie Choctaws are wealthy, thanks to
he care with which a paternal government
has conserved their lands
md money, and the Parker family,
rom which the new register of the
reas.ury comes, is one of the richest
>f all the Indian families.
Cured of Rabies By Quinine.
Chicago, Sept. 2.?Charles Beardsey,
a patient at the. city hospital suffering
from a disease diagnosed as
*abies, has been cured by quinine injected
under the skin. Dr. Downey
U Harris, city bacteriologist, to-day
^ave out details of the treatment. '
When the patient entered the hospital
he seemed to be on the verge
)f convulsions that mark the final
>tage of the disease. Dr. Harris gave
lim a modification of a quinine treatnent
that a Chicago physician had
ised on dogs afflicted with rabies,
fifteen grains of quinine were injectid
under Beardsley's skin. Favorible
symptoms followed and another
njection was given. Since then the
jatient has been given two injections
>f quinine a day. Dr. Harris beieves
that the quinine tends to throw
)ff the germ organisms in the body.
Three Killed in Family Feud.
Saylersville, Ky., Sept. 2.?Three
nen were killed and a fourth was
)robably fatally wounded near here
ate last night in a gun fight, believed
to have been the result of a famiy
feud. The dead are Xero and Seynore
Howard, brothers, and a young
nan named Cornett. The latter's
PArnoff n* Vi a oIca
d LIICi ? ivuoo^n vvi ucii, n iiv ttiwv
)articipated in tfhe fight, is believed
o be mortally wounded.
END OP THE MASSEE CASE. |
Judge Sease Grants Full Discharge
to Macon Millionaire. I
Spartanburg, September 1.?Judge
Thomas S. Sease, sitting in chambers
to-day, wrote "finis" to the case
of the State of Tennessee against W.
Jordan Massee by granting a full discharge
to Massee and cancelling his
$10,000 bond. Massee is a millionaire
street railway promoter and n
horseman of Macon, Ga. He had n
trouble with George Williams, niana- t:
ger of his stock farm, and Williams e
sued him in Tennessee for defama- n
tion of character. t
Massee endeavored by threats, it p
was said, to induce Williams to drop t;
the suit. Such attempted coercion
constitutes a felony under the Ten- o
nessee Code, and criminal proceed- c
ings were instituted against Massee. e
The State of Georgia refused to honor, 2
a requisition for the delivery of P
Massee into Tennessee. Detectives p
employed by the State of Tennessee 6
watched the millionaire, however,
and succeeded in arresting him in C
Spartanburg in July of last year as P
he was passing through here on a 1
train. s
The case has since beeD involved in c
a maze of litigation and has gone i
through the Supreme Court of South d
Carolina. Massee so arranged matters
with Williams that the Governor 3
of Tennessee recently withdrew his 1
requisition for the Macon man. S
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SHOOTS GUARD AXD ESCAPES. r
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Marion Brown, Jasper County Chaingang
Convict, Gets Away. c
Ridgeland, Sept. 2.?Yesterday afternoon
about 7 o'clock Marion
Brown. a nearo. who was convicted
at Jasper last term of court for ^
shooting Grant Moore, another ne- *
gro, and sentenced to serve three ^
years on the county chaingang, made
a sensational escape. While H. D. ,
Floyed, the only guard on duty, was *
near the main tent, the negro, who *
was looked upon as a trusty, secured ^
a heavy shovel and made a rush at
the guard, and at the same time se- ^
curing the latter'^ rifle, which was a ^
short distance away. As soon as he '
secured the rifle he shot at the guard,
hitting him in the leg. The guard's
life was only saved by the fact that
when the negro went to readjust the
rifle one of the cartridges jammed, .
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thus preventing him from firing until
the guard could get out of the way.
The negro then turned the weapon
upon another trusty but missed his ^
mark. It is said that he then went
to the guard's trunk, secured all the
g
rifle cartridges he could find, and
left with a suit of citizen's clothes. .
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The negro served before on the gang
for a similar offense. He is dec
scribed as being a dark ginger-cake
negro, almost DiacK, aoout 4U years
of age, 6 feet 3 inches. Ke has three ^
scars on his forehead and a very severe
burn under right wrist. It is
understood that the county will offer
a reward of $50 for his apprehension.
OBJECT TO EXCESS FREIGHT. b
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Unjust Tax on Cotton Producers, l)e- J(
clare Southern Senators/
^ a
Washington, September 1.?Senators
E. D. Smith and Hoke Smith, a
with other Senators from the cotton E
States, will call on the interstate v,
commerce commission to-morrow to r<
protest against the operation of a ^
new railroad requirement, that every
bale of cotton not of standard size n
and wrapping shall pay one dollar c;
excess freight. The railroads insist
that the bale must be 37 inches wide tl
and 54 inches long, with six yards (St t<
bagging weighing two pounds to the
yard, protected by six ties headed up. lj
Senators from the cotton States declare
that the exaction of the extra b
dollar on each bale not so standard- "w
i7pH a*rmM lirriiictlv tflY the farmers b
of the South millions of dollars and
the interstate commission will be lj
urged to investigate and report im^ n;
mediately and prohibit it, unless justification
can be shown. si
It has been suggested in Washing- fi
ton that the course of the railroads li
in laying the additional dollar on a
bales not of the stipulated size is by ?
way of retaliation upon the round
bale people, who some months ago
began proceedings before the com- p
merce commission to force the carriers
to give them preferential rates. SJ
A round bale, of course, would have
la
to pay the excess dollar if the new
railroad tariff should be upheld.
When the $75,000 new union depot w
is built in Spartanburg a handsome vj
granite slab will be placed in it to w
the memory of Robert Y. Hayne, in tl
recognition of his interest in the w
Piedmont section. ti
OSS IN COTTON CONDITION '
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>ETERIORATED 11.4 PER CENT
SINCE JULY REPORT.
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epartment of Agriculture Gives Con- .
dition of Growing Crop on Au- <
O'ucf UC P*?r Ppnt. I 1
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Washington, September 2.?An- t
ouncement to-day by the depart- s
lent of agriculture, that the condiion
of the growing crop of the Unit- <
d States was 68.2 per cent of a nor- c
lal on August 25, disclosed the fact (
hat the crop had deteriorated 11.4 i
er cent since the July report was ?
aken. 1
The August figures were the same 1
s those of August, 1900, and the 1
ondition at this period has beep low- 1
r only three times during the past I
2 years; in 1896, when it was 64.2 i
er cent; in 1902, when it was 64 1
ier cent, and in 1909, when it was
3.7 per cent. <
The greatest deterioration was in >
)klahoma, where the condition drop- <
ed 36 per cent to 45 per cent. In l
?exas the condition of 64 per cent <
ho wed a deterioration of 17 per 1
ent. Deterioration in other States 1
n the part of the belt stricken by the '
[rought was: 1
Arkansas, 15 per cent; Missouri,
4 per cent; Louisiana, 12 per cent;
"ennessee, 10 per cent; Mississippi,
! per cent, and Alabama, 7 per cent,
n all the States the condition was
tiuch lower than the 10 year average
eport. ;
Comparisons of conditions, by
Itates, follow:
Aug July ?Aug 25?
O T O r 1 A
CO CO 1U-J1.
1913 1913 1912 1911 Av.
/"irginia 80 81 80 96 82
Corth Carolina 78 77 75 76 78
South Carolina 77 75 73 74 77
leorgia 76 76 70 81 77
Florida 81 82 73 85 78
Uabama 72 79 75 80 76
Mississippi .. ..69 77 70 70 75
Louisiana 65 79 74 69 69
Cexas 64 81 76 68 72
Arkansas 72 87 77 78 77
'ennessee 80 90 76 88 83
Missouri 72 86 78 88 84
)klahoma 45 81 84 62 76
California 96 100 95 100
'nited States 68.2 79.6 74.8 73.2 74.7
Since the July report growing conations?
had been generally favorable
hroughout the Eastern section of the
otton belt and the condition of the
ilant in the States east of the Mississippi
was expected to show up
veil. In the States west of the Misissippi
conditions were not so favorLble,
drought in Texas and Oklaloma,
parts of Arkansas, Missouri
nd Louisiana marking the early part
if the period which to-day's report I
overs. High temperatures prevailed
hroughout most of this section. The
[rought was partially relived during
he last week of the period.
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They Couldn't Either.
QVio n-oe o pViopminor TTn cl icVi cirl >
_r* IV " U.O U, l,UUWUIUfj IJUfjilOU & A * i ,
ut she could not see the point of a
oke. Her class-mates at college, 1
oily, fun-loving girls, regretted this grious
defect in their dear friend >
nd determined upon a reform. 1
So they made up a little joke with 1
very broad point to spring upon (
Ivelyn that night. Accordingly,
'hen they had all met in Evelyn's
Dom, Clara propounded the joke, '
hich was really a riddle. 5
"Maud," she said, "can you tell
le the best way to make a Maltese
ross?" 1
"No" replied Maud, after due (
lought. 'How do you make a Mai- 1
?se cross?"
"Pull its tail," said Clara prompt- 1
r.
The other girls tittered obligingly, 1
ut Evelyn sat solemnly as an owl *
'ith a puzzled frown on her classic
row.
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"What's the matter with you, Eve:n?"
cried the girls, justly indigant.
"Can't you see the point?" t
Evelyn shook her head. "Girls," 1
ie said reeretfully. "I know it's aw
illy stupid of me, but I can't for the t
fe of me see how anyone could make 3
Maltese cross out of a pullet's tail." 1
-National Monthly. J
Some of the largest fleeces ever I
roduced come from the State of fc
Washington. Sheep grow to large h
ze on the ranges in the Snake River v
alley. What is believed to be the t
trgest fleece ever taken from a sheep t
as brought to Pullman, Wash., by }
Ross Husby, a rancher. The fleece t
eighed sixty pounds. At the pre- h
liling price for wool this fleece is
orth almost $8. Three fleeces from v
le same flock of Rambouillet sheep I
eighed 142 pounds, and another one H
pped the scales at 50 pounds. I h
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RELIEVE MAN WAS MURDERED.
3ody of St. George Man Found on
Railroad Track.
St. George, Sept. 1.?The death
)f Crum L. Reeves, whose body was
found lying on the track of the
Southern Railway this morning by
aborers going to their work at the
Dorchester Lumber Company, about
:wo miles from here, is to-night
shrouded in mystery. |
The general belief, until brought I
)ut otherwise by witnesses at the in- I
luest, was that he met his death acci- 1
ientally by being run over by a loco- a
uotive, but it is now thought by I
some that he was killed by a negro fl
jvith whom he has had trouble and ?
lis body placed on the track in order
:o divert suspicion. The top of his
lead was cut off and his brains were
found above the particles of skull,
ndicating that the train which struck
iim was going towards Columbia.
Mr. Reeves was last seen on yesterday
evening going in the direction of
3t. George from Badhams. The jury
empanelled by acting Coroner Moorer
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LiilitJU LU ICUUC1 a VClUJtl UJJt av,wuui
Df the lack of sufficient information,
but a further investigation will be
beld to-morrow. The 'negro who is
suspected was sent for, but could not
)e found; it is not yet known whether
he has escaped or not. Mr. Reeves
was a man of family and was well
known in this community.
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Truly a Dark Corner.
One acre of cotton was destroyed
and five cows were poisoned on the
place of Constable Green Howard on
Thursday night, and in spite of the
.qjj
fact that Sheriff Rector scoured the
Gowansville section with his bloodhounds
no trace of the guilty parties
was found. A telephone message
reached the city yesterday morning
that the trouble had occurred in the
Gowansville section, and Sheriff Rector
rushed to the scene immediately.
It was found that unknown parties
had poisoned five of Mr. Howard's
cows with paris green and had destroyed
about an acre of cotton by
beating it down with a frail. It is
understood that the officers have a
clue to the guilty parties and that arrests
will follow. None of the cows
have died, as too much paris green
was used, the cows refusing to eat
much of the food with which it was
mixed.
Green Howard is a consiaDie ior
Magistrate Lanford, of Glassy Mountain
township and it is thought prob-:
able that some person or persons upon
whom Howard served papers lately,
or who bear him a grudge for
some other reason, took advatnage of
darkness to do damage to his home
and property. The section of the
countv in which the trouble occurred
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it known as the "Dark Corner" and
it is feared that serious trouble will
result unless some action is taken.
Crimes of this kind are not unknown
in that neighborhood, and previous
ones have resulted fatally.
Sheriff Rector did not return to the
city until late yesterday afternoon,
when he gave the account of the occurrence,
stating that every possible
step had been taken to apprehend the
?uilty parties and that he did everything
possible with the blood hounds,
but to no avail.?Greenville News.
Seeks Job and Finds Lost Husband.
Mrs. W. B. Wallace, of Anderson,
3. C., found her husband, who, she
says, deserted her several weeks ago,
by a peculiar co-incidence Tuesday
morning. As a result Wallace is
ocked in the police station on a
jharge of desertion. He probably
vill be arraigned before City Recorder
Pro Tem Preston Wednesday af;ernoon.
Mrs. Wallace had last seen her
lusband in Anderson last August,
;he told the police. He had left her
md their two children to go to Linlale
to seek work. She never heard
rom him again, she said, and finally
;he came to Atlanta, where she inended
to find employment and sup>ort
her children.
Wallace, it has been disclosed, went
0 Lindale but remained there only
1 short time. He then came to Atanta
with the intention of getting a
ob here.
Tuesday morning both went to the
^ulton Bag and Cotton Mills. The
usband arrived a few minutes before
lis wife. It is required of persons
tho apply for positions at the mill
hat they sign their name on a regis
er before they enter the mill. As
Irs. Wallace was affixing her name
o the book she discovered that of
er husband on the line above.
She immediately communicated
rith the police. Probation Officer
lollingsworth was sent to the mills.
,'e arrested Wallace at the gate.?Atmta
Journal, September 2.
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