The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 23, 1913, Image 1
One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23,1913. Established 1891.
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Social News.
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Ehrhardt. Oct. IS.?The season's
^ first social event of much interest
9 was the marriage in the Lutheran
r?Vi 11 T*r>V> WoH-noerJov ovoninpr Or>tr>he?r
8, of Miss Ruth Groseclose, daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. D. B. Groseclose,
to Mr. J. Ben Ehrhardt. A
large crowd of friends and relatives
assembled to witness the ceremony.
The decorations were beautiful and
1^ consisted principally of smilax, ferns
K and yellow and white chrysanthejg^
mums. Before the arrival of the
JF bridal party, Mrs. W. F. Hiers, of J
Florence, rendered several selections c
on the organ. The strains of Do- I
|f hengrin's March ushered in the bri- r
\ dal party in order as follows: Ushers, a
F. H. Copeland, Dr. J. H. Hucks, D. f
E. Fender and John G. Copeland, who I
laid a white carpet for the bridal f
party. They were followed by the a
ribbon bearers, little Misses Margue- 1
^ rite Copeland and Hildergarde Dan- f
nelly, who looked very fair and fetch- < a
ing in white accordion-plaited crepe j ^
L de chine dresses caught with daisies j v
S and bearing the white and yellow rib- j
Sir bons; the maid of honor, Miss Mamie \ S
MR Ehrhardt, who wore a lovely gown of ] h
jgf yellow crepe de chine en traine, drap- j i
ed with brocaded chiffon, caught with i 1
? ? 1 . 4- Vi r\ rtf AM Ar I 1'
in ptJctl i Ui lla.LJ.lCU L , 1,11c uauic Ul 11U11V1 , | ?,
Mrs. F. H. Copeland, wore a gown of j
r- crepe meteor en traine, trimmed with j
rhinestones and chiffon drapery. The j
little ring bearer, Miss Merle Farrell, j t
was charming in white accordion- j
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plaited chiffon over blue satin and j
carrying the ring in a huge yellow j
L chrysantnemum. The bride entered
P on the arm of her sister, Mrs. J. H.
Hucks. Mrs. Hucks wore a lovely 1
costume of white brocade satin with j
drapery of embroidered lace and J
rhinestones. The bride's costume c1
consisted of white brocaded satin en ^
itraine, trimmed in real lace and j \
pearls, with shower bouquet of lilies !
- of the valley and bride's roses. Her j
veil was caught with lillies of the , 1
valley. The Rev. D. B. Groseclose,
father of the bride, entered from a j S
side entrance, followed by the groom
and his best man, Mr. A. F. Hender- e
son. The beautiful ring ceremony 2
was used, while the sweet, plaintive
notes of the "Humoresque" sounded !
v. from the organ. Mendessohn's Wedding
March was used as a recession- C
ai and tne oriaai pariy repaireu iu , ?
the home of the bride, where a re- j a
^ ception was held. Here Mrs. W. F. j t
Hiers and Miss Kate Hiers received j
at the library door and presented the | ii
? guests to the bride and groom. Salad I
and sweet courses were served in the t
dining room by Mesdames F. P.
(Wichman and Ed Dannelly. Among n
the presents displayed were a chest t
of silver from the bride's parents L
and a piece of gold from the parents
* of the groom. The out-of-town
guests were Mrs. W. F. Hiers and
little daughter, Dorothy, of Florence, r
and Mrs. Black, of Prosperity. The a
bride is a popular young lady, who v
has many friends here, and the groom
is a fine young business man. o
^ ~ On Friday evening, October 10, i]
Mrs. A. F. Henderson entertained the c
bridal party and few other friends at v
^ a delightful party. A salad course (.
and mints were served. Mrs. Hen- j s
K. derson was assisted in entertaining c
B by Mrs. F. P. Wichman. c
On Wednesday preceding the mar- s
? - riage Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt a
t entertained at dinner in compliment n
L to the bride and groom. Those in- 0
m vited were the Rev. and Mrs. D. B. t
w Groseclose, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Hucks, l
g Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Copeland, Mrs. &
^ VV. F. Hiers and daughter Dorothy. 3
Thursday evening, October 9, the c
home of Dr. and Mrs. James H. Rob- f
erts was the scene of a brilliant event, c
the occasion being the celebration of 1
their 12th marriage anniversary. The \
whole first floor was thrown en suite I
and was beautifully decorated with a
palms, culadums, smilax and Killar- e
ney roses. The guests were met on c
arriving by Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank
Chassereau and Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. p
Dannelly. Dr. and Mrs. Roberts ana j t
Miss Elizabeth Roberts in the draw- n
5 ing room, after which the guests were t
conducted into the library and regis- v
g ' tered in a guest book presided over i;
by Mr. A. F. Henderson and Miss p
Ruth Kennedy, of Williston. In this \
apartment also were displayed many <j
beautiful articles of linen, the pres- ients
from Dr. and Mrs. Roberts's fc
many friends. At ten o'clock, to the i
^ strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding y
^ March and other appropriate selec- y
tions, played by the Dixie Orchestra, I
TOTTOX FIRE AT BKAXCHVILLE.
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Discovered in Car Containing Forty-Two
Bales?Number Damaged, i
Branchville, Oct. 20.?Between fif- j
een and twenty bales of cotton were '
onsiderably damaged by fire here j
ibout 1 o'clock to-day. Fire was
iiscovered in a Southern Railway
ar containing 4 2 bales, which had
ust been transferred from the cars
>f the Bowman and Branchville Rail oad.
The cotton was brought here
torn Bowman this morning and it
s supposed that one of the bales
vas on fire when put into the South
>rn car. Hard work was required
o get the cotton out of the car before
he entire 4 2 bales were destroyed.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, October 20,?Mrs. J. E.
ohnston gave a reception on Tueslay
evening to her sisters, Misses
Jpscomb and Johnston. Quite a
lumber of young folks were invited,
md, as they are charming hosts, the
louts passed all too swiftly. Misses
tuth Wilson and Sadie Harter served
ruit nectar all during the evening in
. cozy corner. The beautiful bungaow
was tastefully decorated in lovely
all flowers. Little Lena Johnston
.nd little cousin were charming
vaitresses. Delicious refreshments
rere served.
On Thursday evening Mrs. S. L.
ianders, assisted by Miss Zelle Load1Lolt,
gave an entertainment at school
tall for the benefit of the library.
"h6 following program was beautifuly
carried out:
Reading?Mrs. S. Sanders.
Music?Miss Padgett.
Song?Seeing Nellie Home (illusrated.)
Recitation?H. M. Harveley.
Song?Little Frances Loadholt.
Recitation?Ronald Preacher.
Recitation?Marion Simpson.
Recitation?Helen Lightsey.
Song?Ocean Nymphs.
Reading?Mrs. Benj. Brunson.
Illustrated Song.?'Scuse Me Tolay?Beautifully
rendered by Ruth
Vilson, Jamie Carter, and Robbie
Vilson.
Song?Over the Sea to Nora.
Dialogue?Miss Zelle Loadholt,
'hos. Wilson, and Fannie Wilson.
Song?Miss Ruth Wilson and Mrs.
landers.
Poem?Gone Off With a Handsomr
Man?Earl Hammond and Miss
,'elle Loadholt.
Glee Club Song?Led by Miss Sadie
larter.
The closing scene, "Such a Bad
lold," brought down the house, and
fas well acted by W. W. Anderson
nd Ronald Preacher. All seemed
o eniov the occasion very much.
Mrs. Martin Lightsey went to Lexagton
Saturday as a delegate to the
Lutheran's Young Peoples Federaion.
The Lutherans are holding a rumaage
sale in a store for benefit of
heir church.
The Lyceum starts off Tuesday
tight.
Bronze hose, in which there is no
ubber canvas or leather, has been
dopted by the British navy for coneying
oil fuel to warships at sea.
f Bamberg, the guests were ushered
ato the dining room, where a salad
ourse, followed by a sweet course,
,-as served by Misses Jennie Ramsey,
Irace Moore and Grace Hoffman, asisted
by Mrs. Max Walker and Miss
llem Walker. In an adjoining room
offee, fruit cake ana mints were
erved by Mesdames B. M. Roberts
nd J. M. Dannelly. Miss Alma Furlan
presented dainty souvenirs of
range blossoms tied with white ribons,
bearing the dates 1901-1913.
)uring the evening fruit nectar was
erved on the wide veranda by Miss
Iary Livingston and Dr. Clyde Ariel.
)ut-of-town guests were Misses Kate
tentz, Mary Livingston, Messrs Bert
'arter, C. W. Rentz and Dr. Faust, of
Bamberg; Miss Ruth Kennedy, of
Villiston, and Mr. Earle Furman, of
Ulendale, About one hundred of Dr.
,nd Mrs. Roberts's friends were presnt
during the evening to offer their
:ongratulations.
On Wednesday afternoon of the
?ast week Mrs. George Kearse enterained
at her country place in component
to Mrs. Horace Kearse, an Oc-1
Oava^OI foKln? nf rAolr
U L)fc!I UI 1UC. t)C*ciai luujtu Ui
i*ere played, in which Mrs. Max Waller
scored highest and received the
>rize. The guest of honor prize
ras a beautiful cut glass bon-bon
lish and was presented by Mrs.
Cearse. A fruit nectar was followed
iy a delicious salad and sweet course,
"hose attending from town were
lesdames Horace and Oscar Kearse,
lax Walker, Edward MacDowell, J.
Copeland and J. L. Farrell.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Roiled Down for Quirk
Reading?Pain graphs About
Men and Happenings.
Thomas Gardner, aged 60, committed
suicide in Columbia on Friday bytaking
an overdose of laudanum.
John Gilbo, colored, aged 40, fell
off a cotton wagon in Anderson county
on Thursday, enroute to the circus,
and was killed, the wheels run
ning over him.
. The jury inquiring into the cause
of the death of Thomas Edward Lewis
near Cayce, Lexington county, Saturday
night a week ago, decided that
he was killed by a train on the Southern.
Lewis McFarland, a young negro
man, was badly wounded Friday
night by a trap gun set by W. R.
White in his home at Manning. Mr.
White had suffered from burglars
lately.
Wm. F. Fraylick, a trestleman for
30 years in the employ of the Southern
road, was knocked down and
killed by freight cars in the Columbia
yards Saturday afternoon. He is survived
by a wife and seven children.
There was a head-on collision on
the Seaboard Air Line about seven
miles below Columbia yesterday
morning at 10.40 o'clock, between a
north-bound passenger train and a
South-bound freight train. The collision
occurred on a sharp curve between
Dixiacn and Gaston. Twelve
persons were injured, five passengers
nnrt spven members of the train crew.
The engines were badly damaged.
It is thought that all of the persons
injured will recover.
NEGRO TEACHER ARRESTED.
Prominent White Lady of County Receives
Insulting Letter.
Mellnot Watson, .a negro school
teacher of the Big Creek section of
the county, was arrested and brought
to jail Tuesday afternoon by Constable
J. B. Amaker, charged with
sending obscene matter through the
mails.
It seems that a respected white
lady of that section received an insulting
letter with the name of another
negro, Doc Clary, who is a
preacher, by the way, signed to it.
As it was known that the letter was
written in a better hand than the
colored divine could command, and
also known that Watson could write
a good hand and was at outs with the
preacher, suspicion was directed to
him. His house was searched and paper
was found corresponding to the
paper on which the letter was written.
He was then taken into custody.
It is understood that there was at
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first some talk or ivncning, dui ieeiing
quieted down to such an extent
that the negro was brought here and
lodged in jail. Doc Clary, also, probably
will be arrested.
Watson has been a school teacher
in this county for some time and is a
graduate of a negro college atOrangeburg.?Saluda
Standard.
Mrs. Kearse Entertains.
Olar, October 18.?On Wednesday
afternoon, October 15th, Mrs. G. B.
Kearse entertained a number of
friends in honor of Mrs. Horace
Kearse, of Ehrhardt.
At four o'clock the guests were
ushered into the parlor where a se
ries of tables were arranged for a
game of "Progressive Rook." An
unusual amount of interest was taken
in the game and each participant
strove diligently to win the prize,
but only one could be lucky, so we
were delighted that Mrs. W. M.
Walker was awarded first prize, the
consolation falling to Mrs. O. E.
Kearse's lot.
A handsome piece of cut glass was
given the guest of honor by our
hostess.
A delightful fruit and salad course
was served in a most graceful manner
by little Miss Winnie Kearse, one
of our charming young ladies to be.
Grape juice and Nabiscos were also
J ? m? llnn^n-all Hronl- !
servcu, wimc .ma. .u^jLiuncii |
to the health of the bride with witty
toast.
At 6 o'clock the "Jolly Twelve"
disbanded, each departing to their
respective homes, voting "Phoebe" a
successful hostess. Those present
were: Mesdames. H. S. Kearse, J.
L. Copeland, J. H. Farrell. B. V.
Kearse, 0. E. Kearse, H. M. Brabham,
E. A. McDowell, W. M. Walker;
Misses Ettie Kearse, Cressida Breland,
Irene Keel, Hilda Kearse.
BOTTLE ALL NOISE. M
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By Pressure of Electric Button Any .
Boom Made I*roof Against Noise.
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Hartford, Conn., Oct 14.?In less;
than one year Hiram Percy Maxim,! *
inventor of the Maxim gun silencer, j
is going to hush every unpleasant |
noise in Boston, New York, Chicago, j
or any other place. The cars and j
trains will go on thundering, the i 1
wheels will rattle, whistles will j 1
? < am* A.. ? ? 1* 1? AM/N /V n /I /\1? i 1 r* I 1
ani itJK, cues Ui na.\\ivcis <uiu uunuicu ; '
will fill the streets; but you, sitting i
at home, in your office, in a railway 1
train, or in the street cars, will 1
hear none of this. The cars will <
neither rattle nor thunder. The
streets will bear only dead silence 1
to you. 1
It sounds Utopian?like one of the i
dreams of a Wells. It is a reality. <
Maxim, son of Hiram Maxim, the '<
machine gun wizard, not only prom- <
ises all this, but in his home, at 550 s
Prospect avenue, here, he has the device
with which he has proved that it <
can be done. 1
By the mere pressure of an electric <
button, any single room or section of 1
a room, can be made absolutely proof '
against noise. 1
There is something almost uncanny f
about this wonderful silencer, which <
in less than ten months from now, ]
the inventor will demonstrate pub- i
licly by first installing it in the ward <
of a New York hospital. <
The moment it is in place in this i
ward every outside noise heard there ?
will cease. '
The secret of the wizard's inven- 1
tion, which is to bottle up the noise ?
of the world, is simple. The human t
ear receives sound vibrations and
distinguishes them as sound up to a
rate of 30,000 per second. Beyond '<
that rate of vibration there is no ?
sound to the human ear. 1
The average vibrations of the street ?
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?the street hum or the street note-- | 1
is low, as about 450 vibrations. Mr. j
Maxim, with his silencer, will accelerate
the speed of these vibrations be- I
yond the ear vibration speed limit, j
That carries them beyond the range
of the ear drum. In other words, you
don't hear them at all.
A noiseless world! It is a large order?one
of the biggest ever?but
Hiram Percy Maxim is going to fill
it. There is not the shadow of
doubt in his mind that he can.
Corn?Cat tle?Cot ton.
Georgia will possibly raise sufficient
corn this year to last for one year. I
This is quite an unusual thing for
Georgia to ever do?this being her
bumper crop?placing her in this re- ,
spect in fine condition. .
As to the cattle proposition, she is t
simply "killing the goose that laid (
the golden egg," or committing an act (
of personal injury to all her subjects. }
The scarcity of cattle, the high cost ,
of beef, the heavy advance in leather. A
all is owing to the fact that too many z
cows and heifers are slaughtered in ,
the state. At the price of beef, it ?
seems reasonable that quite a profit- j
able undertaking would be to engage <
in cattle-raising for the market, as j
every farmer could raise yearly one
or more for beef, and thereby reduce ^
th cost of living. Make cotton the j
surplus crop and the farmers will (
then realize more money on that (
crop than they now do as a main J s
crop. Make the demand for cotton
great by cutting off the supply, and
prices will always go high. ,
All farmers should make corr-cat- *
tie-cotton their slogan?and live cp j
to it. j
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Avo Sentenced to Federal Prison
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 18.?E. L. j
Hendrey of Lonoke, Ark., and J. M. j
McDonald of La Kemp, Okla., con- j
victed of conspiring to use the mails j
in an attempt to defraud, today in r
the federal court each were senten'
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ced to serve '6 years in me icuciai ^
prison at Atlanta and to pay fines of (
$1,000. Notice of appeal to the {
United States court of appeals was f
given. Hendrey's bond was fixed at <
$5,000 and McDonald's at $7,000. <
Both were furnished. {
Hendrev was a director and Mc- j
Donald was president of the American
Trust company, a Memphis institution
which closed its doors about
a year ago. Its capital was $500,000,
$200,000 was supposed to have been j
issued to promoters, but that I 1
none of the money had been paid in. s
The trust company was allied t
with a chain of "night and day" I
banks located in Memphis, Oklahoma 1
City and other places, which have
been subject to scrutiny by the fed- ?
eral authorities in connection with
stock selling and other operations t
connected with banking which the t
government alleged were fraudulent- i
ly carried on through the use of the
mails. a
SVATSON PLEADS OWN CASE
FEDERAL JUDGE THROWS OUT
INDICTMENT.
Jurist Points Out That Former Populist
Leader May I5e Haled
to Court Again.
Augusta. Ga., Oct. 21.?Holding
:hat the indictment charging Thomas
E. Watson, historian, editor and forner
presidential candidate, with sendng
obscene matter through the mails
vas illegal, Federal Judge Rufus E.
Poster today ordered the case thrown
)ut of court.
In sustaining the motion of the defense,
made yesterday, asking that
the indictment be quashed, Judge
Poster brought the trial to an abrupt
ind unexpected close. The largest
ludience ever asembled in the federal
;ourt room here attended today's session,
and when the judge announced
his ruling dismissing the charges
igainst the Georgia editor, the spec:ators
broke into thunderous cheers.
Judge Foster paid no attention to
:his demonstration!, which quickly
subsided. It was solely upon the connention
raised by Mr. Watson himself
nhat under the federal statute the
entire alleged obscene article, and
iot portions of it, must be included
n the indictment, that the court or
jerea tne case dismissed, nixteuueu
argument upon the motion had been
made by S. G. McLendon, Mr. Watson's
principal attorney, and at the
:lose of this the defendant asked
permission to present what he described
as "other phases" of the mat:er.
Pleads Own Case.
This being granted, Mr. Watson
addressed the court briefly, laying
stress upon his claim that the indictnent
should not select certain passages
of the article written by him,
jut should include the entire matter,
de said that unless this were true, it
;vould be possible to indict persons
nailing copies of the Bible or the
criminal code of Georgia.
Argument against the motion by
he United States district attorney,
Alexander Akerman, was brief and
vas limited to a defense of the government's
position that the indictment
need merely indicate the alleged
obscene passages and not the enire
article in which they appeared.
Je said that he had decisions to support
this, but did not produce them
n court, and Judge Foster ordered
he indictment quashed. In announcng
his decision, Judge Foster said:
Must Be Complete.
"It appears in this indictment, in
ill three counts, that the publication
alleged to have been sent through
he mails in violation of the law is an
>xtract from a complete article. It is
.dearly my opinion that the governnent
is required to plead the entire
irticle. The article is obscene as a ,
vhole or is not obscene, and we can
lot take out a few paragraphs here
ma there and charge them as obscene
and make them the basis of an
rdictrrent. It may be that a para-1
T'aph here and- there is sufficient to
mpress the whole publication with obscenity,
but the defendant is entitled
:o be charged with sending the complete
article. The publication is an
mtire thing. It is not part or ex:ract.
We would be able to indict a
sender of the Bible on this theory.
Can be Reserved.
"I am not pretending to rule on
my other feature of this indictment,
rhe question of whether it is obscene
f set out in a dead language is not
lassed upon. On this view I will
sustain the motion o quash.
"No proscription will have run. It
s possible for the government to rendict
and make these entire articles
)art of the indictment. I think that
s due to the defendant in this case.
That will be my ruling."
What course the United States disrict
attorney will pursue still is in
ioubt, as he has refused, so far, to
iiscuss the matter. Mr. Watson, be'ore
leaving Augusta for his home at
Thompson, Ga., expressed himself as
satisfied with the outcome of the
rial. He apparently was greatly
ileased.
Xot Yet.
Mrs.
Brown could only buy two
lisle seats, one behind the other.
Yishing to have her sister beside her
>he turned and cautiously surveyed
;he man in the seat next. She finaly
leaned over and timidly addressed
lira.
"I beg your pardon, sir, but are you
ilone?" ?
The man. without turning his head
he slightest, but twisting his mouth
o an alarming degree and shielding
t with his hand, muttered:
"Cut it out, kid; cut it out?my
vife's with me."
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HAS BOTH BYES GOUGED OUT.
Two Lexington County Men Meld in
Connection* With Unusual Case.
Columbia, Oct. 20.?Logan Branlion
and William Trapp, two young
white men, are being held by the
Richland County officers in connecV-J
lion with an unusual case.
James Brown is in a local hospital
w ith both of his eyes out. Physicians
ooiH tA.Hov tViot tho ovnhallc hflH
WUiU tv UUrJ i-TAMb bAIVy VJ VWUAAk) **? %
been cut out or gouged out by some
one. He is totally blind and is considered
to be in a critical codition.
According to the Richland officials
Brown lost hie eyeballs in a general
fight in a gin house near Blythewood,
in the upper section of the county,
Saturday night. Brannon and Trapp
were arrested in connection with the
affair. A preliminary has not been
held.
"The two men, Brannon and Trapp,
have been placed in the Richland
County jail pending the outcome of
the injuries to Brown. I do not know
yet what charge? they will be held
on," said Sheriff McCain, of Richland
County, to-day.
Reports reaching Columbia to-day
were to the effect that there was a
general fight Saturday night in a gin
house, which was participated in by
Brown. Brannon and Trapp, and in
the general mixup some one pulled
out the eyeballs of Brown.
Richland officers are investigating
the case.
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Gets Divorce From Sixth Wife.
Dalton, Ga., Oct. 21.?Robert S.
Knox, who today was granted divorce
from his sixth wife, yesterday afteraVi
attta/I himoAlf n a moon DTlfoT
llUUli 31JV/YTCU UilUiJCll uu mvuu uutui
tainer when he rendered to the court
officials several songs composed by
him while the jury in the case was
deliberating over the matrimonial
tangle which had been given into
their keeping. Among Knox's songs
with which he charmed the court
was a classic on "Home," in which
the delights of genuine home life
were strongly brought out.
Mr. Knox, who is eighty-nine years
of age and a veteran of the Mexican
war, was in high spirits. He sang a
number of songs and related incidents
connected with the Mexican
war, stating that if he was a young
man again he wouldn't object to going
over into Mexico and fighting
again.
The case attracted widespread attention
here, owing to the number
of marriages both plaintiff and defendant
had contracted. Mr. Knox
acknowledged he had been wedded
six times, while he was on the witness
stand. Mrs. Knox confesses to
having been married four times.
The defendant was on hand to contest
her husband's claim to divorce
on the grounds of desertion.
While the hearing was in progress
Judge Fite dismissed all jurors in
stead of those serving in the case,
and after he had charged the jury,
the court was at ease while waiting
for a verdict. Then it was that Mr.
Knox freely discussed his matrimonial
troubles. Judge Fite tried to af- R
feet a reconciliation, but the aged
man would not consider it.
Judge Fite then advised him to remain
in single blessedness if he was
given a divorce, but he didn't favor
this, insisting that "home was no
place without a woman." From his
words, it was apparent he was considering
taking unto himself his
seventh wife.
Hobble Skirt Saves Life.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 20.?Grace
Stewart, a beautiful young woman,
richly gowned in clothing of the
latest mode, owes her life *to-night
to the fdct that she wore a hobble
skirt that had all the buoyant qualities
of a life preserver, although its
designer never meant that it should
be used for that purpose.
Shortly after four o'clock this
afternoon she walked out on the
Smithlield street bridge and, taking
a large sum of money out of her
waist, mounted the bridge rail and
jumped overboard into the Monongahela
river. Several pedestrians
saw her leap.
Striking the water 75 feet below,
she sank only half her length and
then, buoyed up by the air under
her tight skirt, remained afloat. She
made several desperate efforts to sink
herself below the water, but in this
she was unsuccessful.
Joseph Baseman, who was rowing
on the river, seeing the young wo
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man struggling in uie waiei, numcu
to her aid and after a battle with her
succeeded in getting her into the
boat. Boseman later stated that
Miss Stewart was only half submerged,
floating like a cork, and that she
stood no chance of drowning while
the air remained under her skirt.