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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
> IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
Nt .9S Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt. Dec. 22.?Prof. Harry
E. Copeland, who is principal of a
a high school in Kinley, N. C., came
home to spend holidays at home with
his parents. Harry shows that he
has had some work to do to keep
his school up, says his school will
* open up on the 7th of January, 1914.
Rev. C. J. Shealy will preach for
us in the Ehrhardt Lutheran church
next Sunday morning and at Mt.
Pleasant in the afternoon.
Miss Louise Taylor and Miss Wat^
son left last Saturday for their homes
to spend Xmas at home. Prof. S. C.
Paysinger went to Newberry Saturday
to help eat a big turkey dinner
with the home folks.
Mrs. H. W. Ehrhardt and her little
son went to her mother's in Newberry
to spend her Xmas days.
Frank Copeland says he drove a
> horse that could kick some. Chief
says the horse was so tall that he
kicked Weimer's Cross Roads out
of place last week. Weimer's Cross
Roads is only about nine miles from
here.
Some booze is taken out by some
citizens, and don't think they are
* able to manage same very well.
All are trying to give all the Xmas
presents to their friends that they
can. The post office is busy all the
ff time, fixing them ready, for the
mails.
The meeting of Ehrhardt lodge,
Vn QS T^ni^hts nf PvthiAS. WAS
held as usual on second and fourth
Monday nights. At our last meeting
we had a large crowd and officers
were elected as follows: F. E.
Robinson. C. C.; A. W. Kinard.
V. C.; Geo. Warren, Prelate; Frank
Hiers, M. of W.: W. B. Moore, K. of
R. & S.; G. P. Sease, M. at A.; J. B.
U? .Ramsey, M. of F.; J. H. A. Hartz,
? M. of E.; A. E. Kearse. Inner Guard;
F. H. Copeland, Outer Guard. Wi'l
?v be glad to see all the members al
our next meeting. January 12, 1914,
with their families, as there will be
a public installation of officers and
an oyster supper, and any one that
has been suspended for non-payment
of dues and wishes to be reinstalled,
come, as it will only cost three dollars
for the present.
Election of Union lodge, A. F. M.,
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NO. .? 4 <, as IOIlOWg; y. JDeiij. rvaiiisey,
W. M.; J. J. Farrell, S. W.;
Geo Mckenzie. J. W.; W. C. Hughes,
S. D.; W. H. Mitchum, J. D.; F H.
Copeland, Secretary; L. C. McKenzie,
Treasurer; Melvin Lyons and
H. S. Kearse, Stewards; H. L. Brown,
Tiler. The lodge is in fine shape,
and hope to see it hold its own and
see all members present at the next
meeting on January 8, 1914, and
all visitors that can, come. Will
confer two Master degrees that
night. JEE.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, Dec. 22.?Mr. and Mrs.
Hampton Williams celebrated their
crystal wedding recently. Rev. J. H.
Wilson, now of .Marion, Va., who
officiated at their marriage fifteen
years ago, was present on the occasion,
also Rev. Jas. Edwards was
there. Many relatives and tnenas
partook of the sumptious dinner.
They received handsome presents;
some of them were cut class.
Mrs. Jones Williams, of Brunson.
visited Mrs. Julia Harter recently.
Miss Willie Timmins, of Lowndesville,
and Misses Dewy Rheny and
F, Marsh, of McCormick, are spending
the holidays with Miss Sadie Harter.
The banquet given by the Masons
at the Commercial hotel on the evening
of the 19th was quite a success.
Miss Margaret Folk, from Estill, and
other visitors attended.
Rev. J. H. Wilson, of Marion, Va.,
spent several days with Mr. F. M.
Young recently.
WOMAN WON'T HEAD POLICE.
>lrs. Hay, of Indiana Gives Reason
for Refusing Job.
Gary. Ind., Dec. 20.?This city win
not have a woman police head at
present, as .Mrs. Kate Wood Ray today
declined to accept an appointment
tendered several days ago by
Mayor Knotts. Mrs. Ray. who at
first planned to accept control of the
fire and police department, to-day
said she would not hold office under
laws in the making of which she had
had no part.
1913 town taxes are now due, payable
to town treasurer.?adv.
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KILLED IX AUTO ACCIDENT.
W. Aaron Fass fleets Instant Death
When Car Ran into Ditch.
Dillon, Dec. 21.?W. Aaron Fass
v. as instantly killed and Miss Mary
Moore was seriously injured this afternoon
at 6 o'clock when an automobile
in which they were riding ran
into a deep ditch one-half mile from
Dillon, Miss Moore, daughter of John
B. Moore, of Latta, was rushed to
Dillon in an automobile, where she
was given medical attention. Mr.
Fass is a well known merchant of
Dillon and is a native of New York.
A spoke on the steering wheel severed
the jugular vein of Mr. Fass.
Mr. Fass and Miss Moore had been
for a ride through the country and 1
were returning to Dillon late this afternoon.
Just after passing the Ma
pie dairy the machine swerved sharply
to the right and plunged into a
dUch. The car was badly damaged.
Several persons in an automobile
passing 30 minutes later found the
wrecked car. Mr. Fass was dead and
Miss Moore was unconscious.
Mr. Fass wa^ 36 years of age and
bad been a resident of Dillon for
several years, coming here from New
York. He was engaged in the mercantile
business. He is survived* by his
mother and a sister of New York and
four brothers, residents of Dillon. The
funeral will be held at Florence tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock.
Those who viewed the wreck tonight
were unable to account for the
accident. It is supposed that the
steering gear broke, sending the machine
into the ditch, which is about
six feet deep. The car was overturned.
FIXIXS TEETH IN STOMACH.
Woman Does Not Know How They
Got There.
Discouraged because she and her
i- ? u ? ? ccr>Q m t oH AI rc Vina
II us Uctuu ncic o&yuiuivu, ......
Cooper swallowed fifteen grains of
bichloride of mercury, but as she
immediately announced the fact, a
doctor from St. Catherine's Hospital
was able to start the treatment within
ten minutes.
After Mrs. Cooper had swallowed
the whites of innumerable eggs and
a great deal of milk she was taken to
the hospital for the application of the
stomach pump. From- her stomach
this instrument brought to light a
set of false teeth. This surprised the
doctors and nurses, and their surprise
became amazement when Mrs.
Cooper expressed great wonderment
as to how they had got there. She
said she had no recollection of having
swallowed any teeth at any time,
and, in fact, did not recall ever having
mislaid a set. Mrs. Cooper will
recover.?New York Times.
BEFORE BOARD OF CLIMS.
Charleston Architect Wants $13,000
for State House Plans.
Columbia, Dec. 19.?The claim of
A. W. Todd, of Charleston, architect,
who designed the proposed extension
to the State House for $13,000, is before
the State board of claims, it was
announced this evening. Mr. Todd
drew'- up the specifications for the
million-dollar improvements to the
State House, and the original bill was
$60,000, the $13,000 being the first
claim. The legislature turned down
the recommendation of the ways and
means committee for a compromise
amount to be paid Mr. Todd. The
State board of claims will finally
act on this claim at its last meeting.
December 30. All other claims must
be in by December 23, twenty days
before the Legislature meets.
Another claim before the board is
" * TI ?Difta frtrmo".'
that Or JElims neui > iv> auv
g?.me warden, for one year's- salary
of $1,900. The Audubon Society is
also asking for $1,150, which it spent
in its work, without being heretofore
reimbursed by the State.
Xo Beauty for Him.
Haggerty and his wife were riding
home on the street car. Haggerty
was in the mellow state which urged
him to be extra nice to his wife?totreat
her as if he was courting her
gain if you know what we mean, j
Haggerty's wife sought to divert him ]
from the extravagant compliments
he was paying her.
"Look, dear." she said. "There's
a remarkably pretty girl sitting across
the aisle from us two rows back. I
want you to notice her."
"Ah. my darling." whispered Haggerty
leaning close. "I have no eyes
i'or beauty now. I just want to look
at you."
That's the way he carried it too
frr; and confirmed her suspicions
that he was the way he was.?Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OP VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The Building Trades Council of Columbia
nas passed a resolution in
protest against the establishment of
a furniture factory within the state
penitentiary, and calling upon the
citizens to support tnem in men
efforts to have this.mill, now being
established, abolished by the state.
There was a wreck on the Southern
Railway at Augusta last Monday
morning, two switching engines colliding
on the Savannah river bridge.
One or two men on the engines were
hurt but not seriously, but one of
the engines fell into the river. The
trains on this part of the line were
delayed very much in consequence.
Joe Bates, former policeman, who
was sentenced at Spartanburg in October
of 1909, to be hanged for th*
murder of a young married woman,
and whose sentence the present governor
commuten in July of 1911, to
life imprisonment, received Monday
at the some hands a full pardon, effecting
not only his release from the
penitentiary but his restoration to
full citizenship.
T. U. Vaughn, a preacher, formerly
in charge of the Odd Fellows'
Home for Children in Greenville,
has appealed to the United States
Supreme Court to set aside his conviction
of assault upon a 14-jrearold
girl in the home. The court will
review the case. Vaughn was sentenced
in the State Courts to the electric
chair. He pleaded guilty, but
his attorneys says he did not plead
guilty to assault, only to a great
moral wrong.
A stinging rebuke to the electorate
of the First South Carolina congressional
district in the primary which
sent Representative Richard S. Whaley
to rhe house is contained in the
report of the investigating committee
of the house, which for spnvj
time past has been probing the charges
filed dv Mayor Grace against Mr.
Whaley, in which the latter was accused
of buying his seat at a cost.of
something like $60,000 and of making
false statements in connection
therewith.
MAKING FOR CHARLESTON.
Gaillard Woman Left Vance by Boat,
Now Thought,
Orangeburg, December 21.?It is
believed that Mary Gaillard, the ne
gro woman cnargea v/un aiuL-Km^ j
and severely wounding Mrs. Sue C.
Cannon, at the latter's home, in the
Vance section of Orangeburg county,
Thursday night, has already arrived
in or is on her way to Charleston,
where she is said to have lived before
going to the Vance community,
about two years ago.
This is the latest information received
from the scene of the difficulty.
However, having no assurance
that the woman has really left that
vicinity, the officers are still searching
for her. All trains on the Pregr.all
branch of the Atlantic Coast
Line, which traverses that section of
ihe county, have been watched since
the attack on Mrs. Cannon, and so
for as known, nobody answering the
description of the fugitive has at
tempted to leave the neighborhood
by rail.
The fact that Mrs. Cannon's son-inlaw,
Capt W. J. Morgan, is the conductor
of the train running between
Creston and Pregnall might have deterred
the suspect from trying to
make her escape by train, which
strongly indicates, according to the
authorities, that the woman has probably
left the community by boat on
the Santee River, with Charleston
as her destination.
Information received at a late hour
tonight relative to the condition of
Mrs. Cannon, who is still in this city
at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
Morgan, was that Mrs. Cannon was
doing as well as could be expected
under the circumstances and thai in
all probability she will recover. While
she received a number of wounds at
the hands of her ferocious assailant.
^ io eoir* that a earefnl examination
disclosed that none of them is serious
enough to cause death unless blood
poisoning, which the doctors are caking
precautions to prevent, sets in.
The Gaillard woman is described
as being slightly darker than copperco^red,
but not black. She is said
to have a very small face and head,
the latter peculiarly shaped.
1913 town taxes are now due, payable
to town treasurer.?adv.
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BIBLE SAVED HIS LIFE. I 1
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Bullet of Supposed Assassin Lodges;
in Book. I
Blairsville, Pa., Dec. 21.?What is
believed to have been an attempt to j
assassinate the Rev. R. E. McClure, J
president of the Indiana county AntiSaloon
League, failed late last night
when a bullet penetrated a Bible
which he carried under his arm and
made a slight abrasion upon Dr. Me- ,
Clure's side. (
Dr. Mpflliirp had made a. sick call
and was returning home when fired (
on. As the minister reached the ,
street leading to his home he saw two ,
men. As Dr. McClure approached ,
them a whistle sounded and one of .
| the men fired a revolver at him. The <
minister picked up a stone and hurl- ,
ed it at the men, running toward ^
them. As the assailants retreated ,
the man with the revolver fell. Be- 1
fore Dr. McClure could reach him the j
man had regained his feet and fired ,
a second time, the bullet tearing
through the minister's Bible and (
clothing. Both men then fled.
Dr. McClure has been pastor of the
United Presbyterian Church here for j
twenty-five years. j
Will Adopt Part of Byrnes' Scheme ^
Washington, December 20.?The ]
good roads committee of the house. ]
after conducting hearings for several
weeks, has appointed a subcommittee
to draft and report the bill embody- j
ing the views of the committee. The ,
subcommittee has been instructed by ]
the whole committee to include in j
the first section the plan similar to \
that introduced by Representative ;
Byrnes of South Carolina, providing j
fnr. r>n-nnArat.ion between the federal ,
4V1 VV wr _
government and the States in the !
building and maintenance of roads
and to have section 2 contain practi- ,
cally the provisions of the Shackle j
ford bill of last sesion. Section (
will provide that the States may elect ]
under which section they shall receive
federal aid. Mr. Byrnes says that an (
appropriation of 120,000,000 will be t
asked for. j
Greenville Prisoner Has Ranch.
Greenville, Dec. 20.?Ray D. Gould, 1
an American, owner of a ranch m Mexico,
who is now held in the 1
Greenville county jail on two minor 1
charges, is said to be wanted in Mex *
ico to the extent of $1,000 reward of- {
fered by the Huerta government. 1
Sheriff Rector wired the Mexican department
of justice yesterday, also 1
wrote the Mexican embassy and de-J'
partment of state at Washington. Gould
came to Greenville about
two pionths ago. He took quarters
at the Y. M. C. A. and joined the 1
Greenville band. A week or more 1
ago he left the city for Spartanburg. '
being brought over from that city by 1
a deputy sheriff on a warrant charg- *
ing breach of trust. *
Gould is said to have killed three {
Mexican Soldiers when they sur- 5
rounded his ranch. He was wounded *
in the leg, and escaped on his horse.
He says he has no property except j
his possessions in Mexico, which, b: *
this time, may have been confiscated (
by rebels. Gould says the federals *
surrounded his place after finding *
a large quantity of dynamite buried (
on his ranch. J
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CHARGED WITH FORGERY. 1
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Warrant Sworn Out Against Cashier f
of Augusta Bank.
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Augusta, Ga., Dec. 20.?A warrant t
charging forgery has been sworn i
out against Cashier James P. Arm- c
strong, of the Irish-American Bank, ^
the doors of which institution were c
closed last Saturday by the State i
bank examiner at the instance of the ?
board of directory. It is alleged that c
Armstrong forged the signature of a t
local business man as the endorser \
of a note on which he secured funds. ?j
According to the family and friends t
of Armstrong, he will return to Alt- j
gusta tonight or tomorrow and give
himself up to the officers. Bond in the
sum of $10,000 will be arranged and g
he will assist the auditors in clearing .
vp the tangled affairs of the institu- c
tion. c
As a result of the Irish-American c
failure the Industrial Lumber Com- j
panv, with liabilities of over $175,000 j
was placed in the hands of a receiver t
by the United States Court at Char- r
leston, S. C. r
The whereabouts of Armstrong a:
present is known only to his famny c
and a few intimate friends. It is i
known that he left here several days r
ago. but those close to him say that jj
he is within thirty minutes' ride of t
Augusta and will return. e
Sale stables, horses and mules, buggies
and harness. RIZER & MOYE, I
Fairfax, S. C. i
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NEGRESS ATTACKS WIDOW
MRS. SUE C. CANNON DEPERATELV
WOUNDED NEAR VANCE.
Fugitive Reported Surrounded by
Posse in San tee Swamp?Details
of Fiendish Deed.
Orangeburg, December 20.?As re- 1
suits of one of the most atrocious
needs ever commiuea in mis wum/,
Mrs. Sue C. Cannon, about 45 years
old and a widow, is in the city desperately
wounded, and Mary Gillard.
a. negro woman, accused by Mrs. Canaon
of attacking her, was, at last reports,
surrounded by a posse in a
swamp in the vicinity of Vance, near
the scene of the assault, which, it iu
greatly feared, will terminate in a
tragedy. In fact, it is said, the doctors
attending Mrs. Cannon hold out
little hope of her recovery, so serious
are the many wounds she received.
Mrs. Cannon was brought to
Orangeburg last night for surgical
and medical attention, after her phy- ,
3ician, Dr. W. H. Lawton, of Vance,
bad taken more than twenty stitches
in her wounds. She is now at the
borne of her daughter, Mrs. W. J,
Morgan, wife of the well known At- ;
[antic Coast Line conductor on the
Pregnall branch
Children Saves Mother's Life.
The fiendish attack on Mrs. Can- <
ion, of which Mary Gaillard is acwac
mnd#> earlv Thursday
light at Mrs. Cannon's home, on her
plantation at Milllcan's, a small station
on the Coast Line near Vance, i
Mrs. Cannon was alone at the time,
tier children, a boy about 11 and a ;
girl a little younger, having gone on ,
i visit to neighbors, and returning
just in time to witness part of the
ittack and prevent the assailant ap- .
plying a match to their mother's ,
;lothes, which she had saturated with i
kerosene.
Although fearfully injured, Mrs. .
>.nnOn has been able to talk about ,
:he attack, which she declares was nade
for the purpose of robbery, and
luring which a sum of money, for ,
vhich she had sold some cotton, was ,
taken. She asserts positively that
Mary Gaillard was her assailant., it
s said that the Gaillard woman hs (
leen in the Vnce community about (
;wo years and bears a bad reputation ,
imong both the negroes and white
people.
The substance of Mrs. Cannon's ,
version of the difficulty in which she ,
"eceived what may prove fatal in
furies, is aoout as rouows; ]
Victim's Recital.
She declares that while alone in '
ier home, about S o'clock Thursday
night, .Alary Gaillard came to her
louse, but the woman's presence beng
objectionable .Mrs. Cannon ordered
her away. The woman stated that <
jhe Had come to see about a pattern
md also spoke about some sewing
die probably wished to have .Mrs.
Gannon do for her.
Then, without giving the slightest
intimation of her intentions, Airs. <
Gannon says, the woman struck her
in the head with a billet of wood, <
;hen began slashing her with a razor, i
ilso striking her with a bottle. Mrs. 1
Jannon further declares that her as- <
>ailant grabbed her, telling her that '
die was going to break her arm, ?
vhicli she proceeded to do by twistng
the member until the bone was j
ractured. i
The woman then, says Mrs. Can- ;
1011. stuck a knife into her ear and <
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ng excruciating pain and inflicting 1
>ne of the most serious of her many <
vounds. Mrs. Cannon says her
dothes were then saturated with
terosene by the woman, who' was
ibout to apply a match to the oiloaked
garments of her prostrate vicim,
when the children arrived, findng
their mother barely able to speak. '
The negro woman then ran out of
he back door and, presumably, gong
into the Santee River swamp.
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Posse in Search. ^
The alarm was immediately given
md a posse was soon in search of the ]
;orpetrator of one of the most brutal ,
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leeds ever recorded in Orangeburg
ounty. Sheriff A. M. Salley sent one ,
>f hi6 deputies from here to direct
he hunt for the woman, and Rural (
'oliceman Ballard, of Elloree, about t
en miles from the scene of the out- t
age, and other men from the com- (
nunity are assisting. The
latest information from the (
cene of the woman hunt, received ]
tn.ni?rht it thnt the fugitive has t
I I v. IU 4 V v-?- w
lot yet been captured, but it is be- i
ieveci that she is in the swamp, which ?
he posse has surrounded, and cannot,
iscape. I
It is said that in the searching t
>arty are a number of determined i
nen and what will follow the capture }
JAPANESE WOMEN HEALTHY.
Are Taught Care of Body from Childhood
Up.
Some interesting facts have been
published, which throw light on the
remarkable healthiness of women
and girls in Japan, says The New
Yory Weekly. They are well worth
the attention of parents in our own
country.
"The Japanese men are strong,"
said an athlete who had been studyhie
in Japan, "but they are weak
compared with the women. A Japanese
woman will outwear a man every
time in the athletic games and in
ether feats of endurance."
in Japan you see few ailing women.
All seem to have sipped not
only of the fountain ofthealth, but
also of beauty. And ail are peaceful,
with that quiet, contented look
which tells that the heart as well as v
the body is at rest. Partly this is
due to the sensible, quiet, well-ordered
life which every woman leads,
making the care of her body her
chief consideration, but more is owing
to her training. A Japanese
child is taught to breathe, deeply.
All its clothing is made with this end
in view. The lungs must be inflated
a: every breath, and right down into
the deepest lung cell there must go
a supply of pure air. The little
Japanese girl is taught that no part
of the body should ' be restricted.
Even her feet are left free, and are
encouraged to grow. "There are
nerves in your feet," the Japanese
teach, "and you must keep them
supplied with air." The shoes of a
little Japanese are light and soft,
and they are made to yeild to the
shape of the foot. k
The Japanest youhg girl is made
to take gymnastic exercises. When
an American or English child swings,
or plays horses, or jumps the rope, or
rolls the hoop, the little Japanese girl
gots into a little home gymnasium i
and practices gymnastic tricks. She
-.alls them jujutsu and she knows
that it is a fine thing to be proficient
in jujutsu. Every little Japanese
girl has her gymnasium teacher and
after the teacher has gone she and
her little sisters will play jujutsu " *
tor an hour. They wrestle with
each other, bend and sway and do
other tricks which are watched by
the family and applauded.
. Such a thing as a weakling is
hardly known in Japan, for, though
the race is a small one, the children
are healthy and strong. Such a sight \
as a tired out little girl is also rare
there. And it is not very often one
jfc.;
sees a peevish child, for both boys \
and girls are kept interested in taeir
c\ ork.
CITIZENS ASK PROTECTION.
Claim There is No Law in Copperfield,
Oregon.
Salem, Ore., Dec. 21.?Charging *
that there is little resemblance to law
E?nd order in the city, that the saloonelement
is in control of the municipal
government and that the lives of
citizens and their families are in conRiant
danger, fifty-five residents of
Copperfleld have appealed to Governor
West for relief. One of the'petitioners
in a letter to the Governor
?ays:
"The mayor lives in a house with
x saloon in connection. He gives Saturday
night dances, sells and gives
away liquor to minors and sells liquor
to habitual drunkards." '
"These people are going to have
the relief they demand," said the .
Ciovernor to-night.
What He Thought of His Hock.
"Well. Bre'er Wilson," said the
slder of one of the colored churches
to a newly appointed pastor, "what
Jo yo' think of yer new congregation?"
"Since yo' ask me, Br'er Johnsing,"
replied the minister, "I have got to
ay dat I think dey is a scrubby lookin'
crowd."
*'Why, Br'er WiLson, what do yo
mean?" questioned the other in
unazement. Dest folks has had mo
tamp meetin's and got religion oftea>r
dan any congregation in town."
"Well, dat's jes' it, Br'er," responded
the pastor, "dat's jes de
trouble. Dey has done wore out de
;eat& ob dey pants backsliden, and
iere knees prayin' for fo'giveness."
)f Mrs. Cannon's assailant is probematical,
although it is possible that
he' presence of the deputy sheriff
.vill deter the crowd from taking
iummary vengeance..
Mrs. Cannon's wounds are princi)ally
in the top of her head and on
he back of her neck. She has a son
esiding in Charleston, Mr. U. V.
Uillican.