The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 25, 1913, Image 1
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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1913. Established 1891.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
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Ehrhardt, September 22.?Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Appleby and daughter,
Virginia, are visiting her relatives
in town.
Little Mildred Copeland, daughter
r of Dr. J. L. uopeiana, Drone ner arm j
yesterday while at play.
- Saturday night, after the stores
i ^ere closed, say about 10 o'clock,
i Mr. J. Monroe Kinard and Joe Hiers,
way to Monroe's place, on their
bicycles. Concluded they would
fire off their pistols. Monroe fired his,
but Joe's didn't make a report, so
they stopped to see what was wrong.
Joe broke his pistol down and when
he closed same up it fired off and the
ball struck Monroe Kinard in the
6ide. They were near Mr. G. S.
Shaw's place, and Monroe was taken
in the house and Dr. J. H. Roberts
called. Sunday about noon Monroe
that Monroe said
before he died,
down from Bamto
hold an ins
body.
is morning, with
he farmers have
tton with a vim
t listen at doing
anything else.
Cupid is shooting his darts about
in this section. Look out, young
ladies, you will get hit by some of
them. Guess you won't mind it i
much.
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Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, Sept. 22.?Mrs. Annie j
Ellis, of Lena, spent several days
with her brother, Mr. Joe Tuten, recently.
Miss Hattie Dowling visited
*- friends at Ulmer last week.
Mr and Mrs. Elliot Sanders, of
/ Ulmer, visited relatives here recently.
Mrs. Robert Mixon is spending
some "time in Allendale with her sister,
Mrs. Jno. Hewlett.
Mrs. Nan. Gregg and little Joy,
of Savannah, are spending some time
with Miss Jennie Du Rant.
Misses Alma Knight, Hattie Googe,
and Gladys Buckner have returned
to Winthrop College; Brooker and j'
Ethel Simpson have gone to Green- j
ville; Russell Loadholt and J. B.
v O'Neal to Furman; Lee Bessinger
has returned to the University of
S. C., so we are left sad and lonely,
and will miss our young folks much,
? but believe that everyone of them
will make good, as they are good
students. J. Loadholt also returns
to Clemeon.
7Vfr?e? XfArTT T aH nf flin TJur.
JUO. iUUl ? UVUUIlViV) V/l
mony neighborhood, has been here
on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Dr.
Googe.
Mrs. Luther Barber has returned
'from a stay of several weeks in
* Hartsville
The teachers and Miss Anna
Kearge were hospitably entertained
at the home of Mrs. M. A. Wilson recently.
After animated conversation,
and sweet music by Miss Harrison,
a delicious sweet course was served.
r Lizzie and Mary Jarrell, of Barton,
visited Miss Ethel Jarrell recently.
Friends here sympathize very
much with Messrs. Fred and Martin
Lightsey in the death of their father,
Mr. Judson Lightsey, Sr., of Brunson.
He was held in high esteem,
, and had many friends here as well
as in his home town. He was sheriff
of Hampton county for a number of
years. Most of his family were at
his bedside when the end came Sat
urday night.
A new use for "the old grey bonnet,"
with no ribbons on it: In the
spring, when this scribe was setting
hens, our practical domestic begged
that she should convey the eggs just
as she wanted to. We complied
with the request. "Now," said she,
"you'll see, every egg hatch, 'cause
I carried them to the nest in that
old grey bonnet." Sure enough,
we've never had better hatchings
any past year. Anything in it?
Miss Mercedes Buckner has accepted
a school at Wagner, S. C.
Frank Wilson, who has been in
Florida for some time, is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wilson.
There was a dance for the young
folks Friday evening. Mesdames W.
L. Brooks and W. G. Ruddell were
chaperons.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Westcott, of
Ol8r, were here recently and went to
Allendale for a visit. She was pleas
SUICIDE AM) FOOD PROBLEM
Case of Girl Who Killed Herself In- j
terests Welfare Workers. I
Chicago. Sept. 20.?Social welfare !
workers were interested today in the
fate of Selma Peterson, a 19-year-old
girl, employed in a chothing factory,
who committed sfiicide after she had
lived for six months on meals which
food experts had said were sufficient
to sustain life. Her reason for her
act was given in a note:
"Wages too low. Life not worth
living."
In a note book she had set down
her weekly expenditures, showing
that meals, room rent, car fare and
laundry took $7.25 of her $8 wages.
There were entries which stated that
her daily diet consisted of the following:
For breakfast, coffee and rolls;
for dinner, beef stew and milk, and
rice pudding; for supper, fruit, salad
graham crackers and milk.
Shortly before the girl died she regained
consciousness. To a physician
she said:
"Doctor, did you ever live for six
months on 20-cent dinners?"
The menu in the girl's diary was
submitted to an expert on food values
who. asserted it contained all of
the elements necessary to support 1
life.
Denmark News.
On Tuesday morning Miss Louise
Zeigler left for Rock Hill to attend
Winthrop college.
Dexter Guess, of Spartanburg,
spent a few* days at the home of Mr.
J. B. Guess last week.
Mrs. H. W. Goolsby went to Barnwell
Tuesday to visit her mother,
Mrs. M. M. Owens.
T. B. Wilkinson, Jr., went to Clemson
college on Tuesday.
Miss Laura Layton, of Hepzibah,
Georgia, is the attractive guest of
Mrs. Joe Corbett.
Miss Virginia Faust returned home
last week, after spending the summer
in Christianburg, Va.
Miss Blonde Barton left Friday
for Rock Hill to attend Winthrop
college.
Mrs. G. W. Goolsby is visiting
Mrs. J. D. Milhous, in Columbia.
Miss Inez Starr, of Olar spent
Monday with Miss Martha Ray.
W. H. Rice has recently gone to
Clemson college, to complete his
course in chemistry.
Mr. S. T. Califf, spent Sunday with
friends in Columbia.
Dr. Odom, of Springfield, is the
guest of H. M. Crum.
Mrs. Joe Corbett entertained a
number of young folks on Monday
evening in honor of Miss Layton.
On entering the guests were served
to delicious fruit punch, 'by Misses
Christabelle Mayfield and Daisy Tillman.
The chief amusement of the evening
was "progessive Rook" Miss Martha
Ray and Mr. J. K. Mayfield were
the recipients of the prizes. The
fell with it. Jumping up, he ran
decorated in ferns and flowers, the
color scheme of white and pink being
carried out, also the score-cards
and the dainty ice course which was
served. Those present were: Misses
Martha Ray, Louise Zeigler, Julia
Goolsby, Josephine and Virginia
Faust, and Christabelle Mayfield;
Messrs. Frank Henderson, James
Fogle, Malcolm Crum, Stanwix and
Kennerly Mayfield, Thomas Wilkerson,
and Dr. Odom.
What a Mate Does.
The Chicago Tribune tells this
one:
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"This, ladies and gentlemen," said
the showman, "is a moving picture of
an old-time steamboat mate in action."
"But he doesn't seem to be doing
anything," objected a man in the au
dience, wno suspected tnat tne picture
was a fake.
"Don't you see his lips moving?"
sharply retorted the showman. "He's
swearing to beat the band!"
antly known here as Miss Kathleen
Kearse.
The Fairfax Advance will make
its bow next week to the public, and
we hope will be long-lived.
A colored fireman of the Brunson
oil mill was beheaded here Saturday
night by a freight train coming on
him suddenly.
Mr. and Mrs. Middleton, of Scotia,
and Mrs. Jennie Barker were recent
guests of Mrs. Benj. Loadholt.
Mrs. Dr. Tuten visited Mrs. Ray-'
mond Tuten, of Ulmer, last week.
Mrs. J. T. Compton is visiting Mrs.
Otis Compton at Clyo, Ga.
Miss Isabel Brooker, of Swansea,
is spending some time with Mrs. W.
B. Simpson.
Mrs. L. Boyles and daughter, of
Barnwell, have been on a visit to
Miss May Brunson.
IN THE PALMETTO STATEi
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Roiled Down for Quick j
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The foreign mision office of the!
Lutheran church has been moved
from Orangeburg to Columbia. Dr.
Holland, the president of the board,
has moved to Columbia and will
make his home there.
Troy Philips, a young man claim?
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ing to be from Houston, Texas, pieau-1
ed guilty in court at Lexington' to the
charge of house-breaking and was
sentenced to 12 months on the county
chaingang Wednesday.
Samuel Dibble of Orangeburg died
in Baltimore on Tuesday, aged 76. He
was the first graduate of Wofford college,
was several terms member of
congress and was a good man and
useful citizen who did a great deal
for his town and its people.
In the second primary in Spartanburg
on Tuesday for mayor Jno. F.
Floyd defeated the incumbent, O. L.
Johnson, the vote being 757 to 712.
The four commissioners elected were
J. P. Fielder, C. B. Waller, 0. T. Gallman
and J. T. Hudson. It was the
first election under the commission
form of government.
CRUELTY TO CONVICTS.
Carried to Extremes in Penal Colony
of Frencji Guiana.
Cayenne?red pepper to the world
at large, hell to the few thousands of
convictr transported to this isolated,
northeastern corner of equatorial
South America, says Harper's Magazine.
Here, it was rumored, existed
cne of the world's most antiquated
and revolting penal systems, wnere
thousands of men are not only transported
for years, but exiled and
doomed to a living death. Men from
French Guiana had intimated conditions
which vied with the cruelties of
the old convict ships.
Groups of convicts lounged about
or lay sick and incapacitated on the
verandas. At night the barred iron
door on each dormitory is locked,and
outside paces a guard, revolver in
hand. Sometimes under cover of
darkness the inmates settle feuds. Occasionally
to establish leaders, rival
gangs fight with cudgels, knives and
even paving-stones. Some disabled,
others dead, the most indomitable are
reconciled and form a tyrannical
secret society. Many a poor wretch
dreads the night hours, and one
suspected of informing may be set
upon by an enraged pack. Occasionally
murder is committed in profound
silence, and daylight finds a dead or
dying convict in the passageway or
entrance. Questioning is useless, and
few guards will risk life in entering
the barracks when smothered cries
and cursing warn them of internal
strife.
All the men I talked with were
well disposed toward me, one in particular?a
tall well educated man
with a pair of dark rimmed glasses
and large eyes fearfully strained ,
through inability to secure pruper
lenses.
"You must not lose hope," I told a
group of relegues, and almost swallowed
my own words. "Hope!" burst
out the rich tremulous voice of the
tall man. "It is always the same;
there is no hope here." "No, no hope
here!" was the echoed murmur of his
comrades.
Quick Wit of a Soldier.
It is a serious offense for a German
soldier to appear in public except in
uniform. Even when he is on furlough
he must always wear it, says
The New York Times.
* T iontononf ti'hn
A uci uaxii Uicuwuuuv ?
was engaged in some adventure or
other dressed up as a civilian, was
having a fine time of it when, on
turning a corner, he unexpectedly
met his colonel.
Lieutenant Schmidt, however, did
not lose his presence of mind, but,
in a changed voice, asked.
"Can you tell me, sir, where Lieutenant
Schmidt lives? I am his brother,
from the country, and am paying
him a visit."
The colonel gave the desired information
and Lieutenant Schmidt
hurried home and got into uniform
as soon as possible. He thought he
hart rtpppived his suDerior officer, but
the next day, when he met his colonel,
the latter said:
"Lieutenant Schmidt, if your
brother from the country pays you
another visit I'll have him placed in
close confinement for 30 days."
NEIGHBOR SHOOTS NEIGHBOR, j
Georgia Woman Fires at Another, j
After Alleged Quarreling.
Statesboro. Ga., Sept. 19.?At Parish
a small town, 15 miles from here
yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Judson
Howard, was shot and it is feared
fatallv* wrmnrloH Viv \Trs W \T Par
ish, a neighbor. Mrs. Parish used a
shotgun and shot out one of Mrs.
Howard's eyes and otherwise wounded
her. The women were neighbors
and are alleged to have been unfriendly
for some time because of
quarrels over their children and
chickens.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Howard
went into her yard, and Mrs. Parish
is alleged to have appeared with a
shotgun and threatened to shoot her.
Mrs. Howard is said to have returned
to the house and obtained a gun.
When she came out Mr6. Parish shot
her twice. She fell in the yard, and
since the shooting has been in a critical
condition. It was hoped to bring
her to Statesboro for treatment, but
her physicians say she is' too badly
wounded to be moved. Mrs Parish
was arrested by a bailiff, but released
on bond. The relatives of the wound-j
ed woman are here to have her arrested
again for assault with intent
to murder'.
Country Correspondence.
Our usual quiet community is
somewhat waking up.
On Sunday afternoon, September
21st, Miss Lessie McCormick was
married at her father's home, Mr. J. A
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:uc^ormiCK, 10 lur. Jtvistiei oduuuci.
The attendants were as follows: Miss
Wilhelmina Folk and Mr. Lennie
Hightower; Miss Ruth Cain and Mr.
Conner Smoak; Miss Blanche Crider
and Mr. Glennie Hightower; and
Miss Jerolee Sandifer, sister to the
groom, and Mr. Grayson Hix. Rev.
B. D. Bolen, of Bamberg, united the
couple in matrimony. The young
lady attendants and the bride were
gowned in cream cloth dresses, and
'twas truly a pretty marriage. Quite
a crowd was present, and many useful
presents were given the young
people. The bride is the youngest
daughter, and is loved among her
friends. The groom is the second
son of the late Henry Sandifer, and
is a farmer boy. We wish for this
youthful couple a long life of happiness
and prosperity.
This cold wave is significant of the
autumnal equinox. The gales were
with us a week, and left us hunting
up heavier raimnent. f
Hampton school is under the"
supervision of Miss Kate Kornegay,
of North Carolina.
Quite a number of visitors were
in our midst to attend the McCormick-Sandifer
wedding. Among them
were: Misses Cain, McClendon, and
Keller, of Blackville; Maj. Joe Carter,
of Colleton; and Mr. Grayson
Hix, of Norway.
The peas, potatoes and cane were
helped some by the rains we've been
having, to say nothing of the people
and stock.
There is no sickness in our community,
and we hope malarial troubles
will be foreign with us.
About two weeks ago Mr. Sam
Goodwin, of this community,; and
Miss Ellen Kinard, of St Johns,
were married. They started wedding
bells to ringing, and the bell
is still telling of more to follow.
Good wishes to all of them.
In the death of Rev. S. P. Chisolm
many have lost a good, true, and sincere
friend. % He was of the true type
of gentleman. Educated in the fifties,
and reared in a home of the best
culture and refinement, he carried
those virtues wherever he went, and
was ever ready to impart any know
ieage to tne young wnenever ne was
sought. The writer feels bettered in
many ways for the life and the many
kind words and gracious deeds received
from Mr. Chisolm, and our
pen is too feeble to attempt to do
justice to such a character as his.
In his early manhood he was an educator,
and many of the best men of
the State today were his pupils. The
pulpits that he filled were many, and
all of his congregations loved their
pastor. His ambitions were never
lagging, and in his last years, when
his physical strength forbade an active
life, he was ever ready and anxious
to bestow a loving act, especially
on those who were ready to imbibe
knowledge. The writer, along with
his other young friends, feels that a
good, true, friend is gone and his
was a life worthy of example. To
his family we extend sympathy.
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Wofford college opened on Wednesday
with more than five hundred students,
says a Spartanburg special to
the Charlotte Observer.
NEGRO HUNT IN ANDERSON
SHERIFF AM) POSSES SCOURING
BRUSHY CREEK SECTION.
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Woman's Story Starts Husband and ! c
Others on Search for Eugene (
Hatton?Likely to be Caught.
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Anderson, Sept. 21.?Sheriff Ash- 1
ley and his deputies, together with ?
volunteer posses, have been scouring c
the Brushy Creek section of this s
county since Friday night in search
of Eugene Hatton, a negro, accused 1
I of grossly insulting the wife of his 1
employer, a planter, in the northern 1
part of Anderson county. The search, c
it is understood, is still being prose- c
cuted by the volunteers, the officers *
having returned to the city, after (
leaving instructions for the pursuit. I
It is considered scarcely prbbable
that Hatton can escape from the 1
searchers. He will hardly be taken *
alive. (
Friday afternoon the negro went
to the farm where he worked and
asked the young woman whether her 1
husband was at home. Learning of
his employer's absence, the negro is
said to have offered a gross insult to
the young woman. She fled to the
home of her father-in-law, and returned
with two women members of 1
the household. One of them with a 3
pistol covered the negro and demand- ^
ed his name. He gave it as Eugene
Hatton. Then, in spite of the pistol, 3
he managed to make good his escape.
Start in Search.
Returning from Piedmont, the
young husband learned of the inci- 1
dent, and with his father went to the
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negro's house. The two called Hat- .
ton out, but accepted his explanation,
inasmuch as they were imperfectly
informed as to his conduct. The ^
young woman had begged, too, that
his life be spared.
Later in the night the two learned J
further details of the negro's actions
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ana aeciaea 10 searcn ior tutu. .ucauwhile,
Hatton had fled.
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Saturday the sheriff was notified 1
and he and deputy Sanders went to f
the scene. They, with the assistance (
of the Brushy Creek people, made a J
thorough search, but were able to get
but the slightest traces of the ne- j
gro's course.
Last night about 8 o'clock word
was received that the negro had been t
seen crossing the watermelon patch
of a neighbor and that he had a gun
across his shoulder. Between 18 and
25 men, headed bv the father of the *
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young wife and the father of the (
^young husband, began a systematic
search of the houses in the community,
including the home of Hatton's
father-in-law, a negro named \
Sherman. The men knew that Hatton's
wife had, during Saturday, gone
back to her home and secured Hat- 1
ton's clothes and had taken them to i
Sherman's home. The supposition
was that Hatton would go to Sherman's
house during the night to get
his clothes and then skip out of the ]
country. The clothes were found <
and were identified, but the negro's j
whereabouts was not learned. 3
Detailing a couple of men to watch j
v./-* CVinrmon Vl/llICO frnm T1 P ?1 T* h V
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bushes the crowd of men went on a
searching tour of the woods and
nearby houses, but tljey met with no
success.
Rain Interferes.
Rain fell in torrents at intervals,
and the searchers were driven indoors
to wait until the weather
changed.
The searchers returned to their
homes this morning without having
found the man. The search is being
prosecuted this afternoon and will
probably be carried into the night. (
The young woman whom the negro ,
insulted is the daughter of probably ]
the largest farmer in the township. <
The husband is the son of a very
prominent and influential farmer,
and is one who has a wide and well j
known family connection. Besides be- ]
ing a bit nervous the young woman ?
has suffered no ill effects from the
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mciaeni. sn? nus u??u nnu
her father's family since the occur- \
rence while the search for the negro <
has been directed from the home of i
the young husband's father. {
Eugene Hatton is described as being
a bright mulatto and about 22
years of age, weighing probably ISO
pounds. He has been working for ]
the young farmer only since January.
It is not likely that Hatton will escape
frc-m the Brushy Creek section. 1
.Mayor Sain of Orangeburg cele- ]
brated his retirement from office on <
Tuesday by pardoning all the city ?
convicts on thechaingang. There were <
only three of them, and two of these <
<?roarroatofl nn 1
iwere i w??. v??v?. .
charges preferred by the county. | J
BIG JEWELRY ROBBERY.
?>'ew York "Millionaires' Row"
. Touched for $250,000
New York, Sept. 17.?More than
>250,000 worth of jewelry and
iliverware were stolen from residenes
an East 79th street, known as
Millionaire's Row," between July 16
nd September 4, according to an anlouncement
made to-day by an iniurance
company. All the victims
M the robberies were out of town on
mmmpr vacations.
The thieves entered the Wallach
esidence through a skylight in the
oof and cleaned out the house in a
eisurely and painstaking fashion. In
>ne of the bed rooms they established
a small smelting furnace, in which
hey melted down the silverware to
convenient ingots. They left the improvised
furnace behind them.
Among the lost valuables Mr. Walach
catalogued furs worth $20,000,
i painting valued at $3,500, and two
chests of silver.
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AMMUNITION SMUGGLERS UP.
Wen Charged with Murder of Ortiz
Will Make Stout Fight.
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Carrizo Springs, Tex.,- Sept. 18.?
Fhe case of thirteen Mexicans and
pne, American, ammunition smugglers,
charged with the murder of
Deputy Sheriff Candel&rio Ortiz last
sveek was called for trial here to-day,
in the State District Criminal Court,
rhe entire morning was spent in arguments
by counsel for defence.
When their attempts to quash special
venire for this case was overruled
the defence moved to continue the
case until next term and announced
if that failed they would try to se-%
cure a change of venue.
Charles Cline, the American memDer
of the party, whose papers indicate
he is a member of the I. W. W.,
said to-day: "This organization will
cot see me punished if money can
save me." '
The defendants claim to have
plenty of money for their defence,
cut refuse to say who furnished it.
They have employed C. L. Bass, of
Jan Antonio, and Judge Walter Gills,
of Del Rio, to assist in their defence.
Letters have been received
here asserting an attempt will be
made to release the prisoners. A
troop of the 14th cavalry and five
State rangers are present to assure
Drder.
Felipe Sanchez, one pf the smugglers
who escaped before the others
were captured, has been arrested by
Constitutionalists authorities at PieIras
Negras, Mexico. It is reported
the Constitutionalists will either deport
him or hold him for the Texas
luthorities for extradition. San- ^
:hez was indicted here charged with
:he Ortiz murder.
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IVife's Tight Skirt Put Him In Jail.
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New York, Sept. 17.?Because
w?. rintVinmna flontor rt f Vn ^ R1
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East One Hundred and Thirty-sixth
street wore a tight skirt last evening
her husband Joseph, spent the
aight in the Alexander avenue poice
station.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ganter have'been liv*
ng apart for some years. Her husaand
she charges has been annoying
tier a good deal recently. He now
iives in the same block, and, as she
told the Magistrate, drops around
every little while "to pull my posies
aut of the front yard." Mrs. Ganter
didn't see anything amusing about
this and went to the Morrisania Police
Court yesterday to get a summons
for Ganter. Magistrate Levy
issued one.
The indignant wife tried last evening
to serve it ou Ganter, when
she met him on the Third avenue
bridge over the Harlem River. He
stepped away. She rushed forward.
A tight skirt caused her downfall.
k. policeman thought she had been
felled by her husband and arrested'
aim for an attempt at felonious assault.
A revolver was found on Ganter
md he was held for a violation of
Lhe Sullivan law. Mrs. Ganter said
she did not see any revolver, that she
tvas to blame for her fall, but would
ippear in court to-day.
CHILDREN DIE OF LOCKJAW.
Picked Wounds on Arm After
Vaccination.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 22.?Raymond
Clee, five years old, and Catherine
Flynn, aged seven, pupils in the
- - - - -mi.
public school Ot AlOrriSVlue, ra., uicu
Df lockjaw in a hospital here to-day
is the result of picking the wounds
m their arms after having been vaccinated.
The children were compelled
under a law to submit to vaccination
at the opening of school.
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