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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1914 Established 1891.
. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the r
BIB County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhhrdt Etching. ^
Ehrhardt, Jan. 19.?.Miss Viola. ^
Breland, of Lodge, spent a short
while with Misses Jessie and Effie ^
Ramsey. *
Mrs. Tom D. Jones and daughter,
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of Augusta, Ga., are spending some
time with mother and sisters and ,
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, Dromers.
Mr. J. M. Dannelly and son, Bert,
have gone to Tennessee to buy a car .
of mules and horses and have sent ^
- Lord Curtis to. exhibit him at ^frhe
Tennessee State fair.
There is a quantity of patients
suffering wih severe colds now in
this section, some bordering on ^
v pneumonia and keeping the doctors
busy going and measuring and jj
weighing out* medicine all the time, j
From what I can learn our banks ^
are making more loans to the farmers
so far than last year this time. f
The borrowinng money business, if t
? properlv used, is a good thing to do, __
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but to spend it to forward the disr
pensary receipts is no good and no j,
good can come from such uses of
money. h
The result of the comparison of ^
our sales, with other dispensers' sales ^
should make us feel that too irfuch
money has been spent for whiskey n
for our good and that less should be ^
cur motto from now on. h
Haven't heard of any of our young a
? men intending to stand civil service
examination for any of our mail a
routes from Ehrhardt. Don't think p.
it's a bad idea to be prepared for u
mail carriers or any other public 0
jobs of the government, whether you h
think of applying immediately for
one or not. s
Mr. J. D. Dannelly has let the con- e
tract for his brick store, to be ready n
in 90 ninety days. Can't say what jj
day this contract begins. b
> Mr. J. B. White, secretary of the ^
Hacker Manufacturing Co., has pro- ^
mised to be at their plant here with v
instructions' whether or not the force ti
of hands will put their mill to work ^
at an early date or not. Our town c
folks are getting anxious to hear the p
hum of the machines. Think it will
ddd life to our little town.
Shook hands with Mr. Dock Move
/ one day last week. Says he is stW
in good spirits, but his dog business b
is somewhat a losing game since he k
quit his ad. jn the Herald. V
Mr. J. Ben Ehrhardt has taken the n
position that Mr. L. C. McKenzie held t<
last year in the Ehrhardt Grocery t<
and hopes to serve all the former S(
customers with honest, prompt and t<'
* courteous service, and extends an invitation
to his friends to give him
*00_ a call and encourage him in his new ^
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work. Ben does the buying and the f]
%, selling and hopes by this method to c
know just what his customers want, d
and will do his utmost to please. e
Farmers are thinking about com- c
mercial fertilizer, quantity and quali- 6,
ty they intend to use for this season's tl
crops. 5;
Mr. Jacob Ehrhardt requests his
neighbors to stop the habit of haul- r
t / ing straw, wood, and the like from h
his land, as they have been doing ti
heretofore. tl
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Ehrhardt, January 17.?The two
hriok hnildineK that have been sarins .
up in town are rapidly nearing com- .
pletion. If there is anything that n
i would help our towns at all, build- p
* ings like those surely . will. They
are beautiful buildings, an ornament h
to the town and proof against fire. h
that, if started, would most assured- a
ly wipe out the business section of
Ehrhardt. j(
Mrs. Alma Taylor, of Newberry, e
was called to the bedside of her s
| / daughter, Mrs. Herbert Ehrhardt, e
last Saturday. Mrs. Ehrhardt has m^r
had a very severe spell of illness, a
? ? but is much better now, and is rapid- \
ly recovering, we are glad to state, c
Miss Esther Farrell, of St. Augus- g
tine, Fla., is visiting her sister, Mrs. .n
J. L. Copeland, and also her brother. ?
Mr. J. J. Farrell.
Mrs. Edwin Chassereau, of Lake t
> City, Fla., who has been visiting rel- | b
atives in town, has returned to her I li
home. t
The enrollment of our school is c
L /N i v-? r. /-. T ? ? v?/n n /-iL s-v Z,
smi uii Luc luuieaatr. xi litis icauieu i;
amd passed the 100 mark. The total t
enrollment to date is 109. Three t
teachers have quite a job keeping y
that many straight and doing what is c
% justice in recitation work. Our boys s
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VANISHED HOME ECONOMICS.
)ays of Lye Barrel and Other Frugalities
Numbered With the Past.
Domestic scientists tell us that a
eturn to certain old-fashioned home
conomies is demanded. There's the
making of family soap, for instance.
Vho knows of a home in which soap
5 still made and not bought? A
ew decades ago throughout a vast
rea of the country the prudent
ousewife saved fats of all kinds for
oap-making. The ash and lye barel
were much /in evidence. Waste
ras reduced to a minimum in the
isposition of domestic affairs. Thrift
v&s a dominant law. Some good
rives saved fat also for candies, tor
t was an age of candlelight. Matches
rere a luxury, and for them were
ubstituted tapers made of old newsapers,
which stood in a vase on the
lantelpiece.
If these home economies, along
vith others that might be listed,
ould be revived, the high cost of
iving would be considerably lowered,
n a day the thrifty housekeeper df
lays gone by could make enough
oap and candles to supply the family
or months, but now the material
hat she used is thrown away. If
romea were to revive the spinping.
rheel, the loom, the fat boiler, the
ye barrel, and the mold, living
rould be cheaper, but these houseold
aids belong to an unreturning
ay. We cannot so radically readust
our mode of living and order[ig
our households, and we would '
ot if we could. There was too much
^*ork and too little play for the
ousewife of a quarter of a century
go, and is still for many of them.
Household economies in food have
lso passed to a considerable degree,
low many housekeepers to-day put |
P tneir 0\NI1 JtfllitJS ctli u uaivc men
wn *bread and cakes? How many
ave homemade pickles, the sort that
5 best of all? Where is the ancient
kill in weaving crumbs and odds and
nds into epicurean mosaics? How
lany of us who have garden space
ave vegetable gardens? What has
ecome of homemade wine and corials?
Who uses nowadays the cookooks
of yesterday, full of recipes
ritten in feminine hand and confining
culinary secrets that the
ighest priced chefs of' Manhattan
ould not equal.?Richmond Times>ispatch.
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Congressman Wanted to Shoot.
Washington, Jan. 20.?A fist fight
etween Representative Johnson, of
Kentucky, and John R. Shields, a
fashing'ton attorney, broke up a
leeting to-day of the house commute
of the District of Columbia. Af*r
the two men had clashed and
everal blows were struck, Represenitive
Johnson broke away, shouting
Get me my pistol. I'll kill him."
During the encounter, Mr. Shields
as knocked down by rapid blows
rom the tall Kentucky congressman.
llerks of the District of Columbia
ashed into the arena and with sevral
spectators tried to quiet the
ombatants. Two clerks held Johnon
for a few moments, but he got
lie better of them and broke away,
houting for his ngvolver.
There were a dozen ruen in the
oom when Johnson hurried out, but
is demand for firearms soon empied
the office, and when he returned
liere was no one in sight. The
"entuckian addressed some caustic
emarks to the clerks who had held
im and prevented further trouble
nd the incident closed.
The clash between the two men
ame after a hearing on a bill to inrease
the salaries of crossing policelen
in Washington. Mr. Shields ap eared
as attorney for the policelen.
After Shields had presented
is case. Johnson declared that "he
eard that Mr. Shields had collected
large lobbyist's fee."
While making an attempt to adourn
the meeting, Shields demandd
an opportunity to "reply to false
tatements." The encounter resultd.
nd girls are working hard for the
>rizes offered by Mr. Rowell, the
ounty superintendent, for the best
eneral averages. They seem determined
to bring the county prize to
ihrhardt.
One of the greatest hindrances to
he school is its lack of a decent
'iiilding. The bonds for the building
lave been voted, but it seems that
he hardest job is yet to come, that
>f selecting a place for it. There
s a division among the patrons on
he Question, which cannot be set
led. It would certainly be a step
rogressward for Ehrhardt if a deent
building could be had for the
chool.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The four-year-old child of Curry
Gilchrist, of Nichols, Marian county,
was burned to death on Thursday, its
clothing having caught from the ^replace.
Harvey W. Mitchum has resigned
as dispensary auditor of the State,
and Moses H. Moblev of Columbia,
has been appointed by the governor
in his place.
Senator E. D. Smith hassaccepted
the invitation of the faculty of Wofford
College, of which he is an alumnus,
to make the commencement address
there next June.
There were 169 fires reported to
the State Department of' Insurance
during December with a total lose
of $170,434.46. During the same
month last year there were 210 fires,
with a loss of $172,807.08.
Mary Gibson, a negro woman, was
instantly killed in Columbia Sunday
morning when she fell down the
steps from the second story at her
home, 1805 Pulaski street. Coroner
Scott was called but decided that an
inquest was not necesskrv.
A coroner's jury sitting at Lykesland
Sunday morning exonerated
James Johnson of the charge of killing
Alley Long. Both are negroes.
The xjury held that the killing was
accidental and the negro was leleas
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ea irom tne mcmana cuumy jan.
PAROLED MAX AGAIN IX JAIL.
Ed Cuffy Engages, in a Shooting Affray
at Greenville.
Greenville, Jan. 19.?Edward Cuffy,
a negro, wanted here on several
charges and who was paroled by
Governor Blease on Thanksgiving
day, returned to the city yesterday
in rather an unexpected manner.
It seems Cuffy had some altercation
with Frank Dial, another negro,
which resulted in Cuffy being seriously
shot in the thigh. The shotting
affair occurred at some North
Carolina point, but no definite information
as to the details the shooting
or just where it occurred could
be had late last night. Dial is also
well known to the Greenvile police,
having been paroled by the governor
after serving twelve months of a five
year sentence.
Cuffy being considered seriously
injured was sent here in order that
his mother might nurse him. After
being carried to his fnother's home
at 343 Broad street Cuffy grew
worse and Adjt. Cook of the Salvation
Army was sent for. Adjt. Cook
decided Cuffy neded better medical
attention and he was *sent to the
city hospital.
"Cuffy will probably recover," said
the police last night, "and when he
does we can look after him for a
while. He has been wanted here
for some time and it is fortunate
that he was brohght here with such
little difficulty."
Father's Eloquence.
Reference was made to the eloquence
of certain great speakers, and
Representative Horace M. Tawner of
Iowa, remarked that he was reminded
of the beautiful flow of language
of the esteemed Smith, says The
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Recently Mrs. Smith asked her
husband to open a can of tomatoes,
and then leaving him to work out
the problem alone, she proceeded to
some other duty in the adjoining
room. A minute passed, and then
she suddenly paused and glanced to
ward the kitchen door.
"John." she called out, "what are
you opening that can of tomatoes
with?"
"I am opening it with a can ORener,"
came back the peevish rejoinder
of John from the kitchen. "What
do you suppose I am opening it
with?"
"I don't know," answered little
wifey in a reproachful voice, "but I
have every reason to believe that you
are not opening it with prayer."
TO PKOTKOT NORTH AHil'STA
Representative Byrnes Wants a River
Levee Built There.
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tative Byrnes, of South Carolina,
speaking before the house rivers and
harbors committee to-day; declared
that if Augusta. Ga., was to be protected
from the Savannah river floods
by a levee, similar work should be
authorized at North Augusta. S. C.
CONFESSES KILLING WIFE.
Did it for Love of Stepdaughter, Who
Urged on the Crime.
Galesburg, 111.; Jan. 19.?Robert
Higgins has confessed that he murdered
his wife at New Henderson,
111., January 5, so he would be free to
marry, his stepdaughter, Julia Flake,
15 years old.
He was arrested after the girl bold
State's Attorney John M. Wilson, of
Mercer county, of her infatuation for
Higgins and that she importuned hin?
to dispose of her mother who, she
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said, was the only obstacle between
I her and happiness.
The prosecutor hesitated to believe
the girl's story of the pact she
entered into with her stepfather, but
she told how they had schemed to
devise a plan which would make Mrs.
Higgins' death appear accidental.
I She said she was in the next room
(when Higgins fired the shotgun
j which brought instant death to her
[mother. She told how Higgins raved
and struggled with neighbors for
> possession of gthe gun saying he
i would end his own life. Then, when
the excitement somewhat subsided,
she said, they explained that Higgins
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had been cleaning the gun and it was
discharged accidentally.
Their story was so convincing that
the coroner's jury returned a verdict
of accidental death. Later C. W.
Ernst, a maternal uncle of the girl,
took two letters written by Julia
Flake, one to himself and one to his
daughter, to State's Attorney Wilson.
In these letters the girl offered part
of a- legacy of $7,000 she is to receive
when she becomes of age, provided
they would help to kill her mother.
Mr. Wilson thought the letters were
written in a fit of anger, but he investigated.
He called in State's Attorney
A. J. Boutelle, of Knox Coun
ty, and Sunday they went to see
Julia, who was at the home of another
uncle, A. J. Ernst, at Herman.
They were astonished by her story.
Higgins who is 26 years of age and
several years the junior of the woman
he hilled, was found at New
Henderson. He broke down after
several hours' questioning.
"I can't stand it any longer," he
moaned. "I'll tell everything."
Higgins signed a typewritten confession.
He gave what he said were
all the details of the murder plot
and asserted his infatuation for his
stepdaughter was the cause of it all.
He said Mrs. Higgins became suspicious
of his relations with her
daughter and they .planned to get rid
of her. '
The girl became hysterical on
learning of Higgins' confession.
NEGROES DENY CHARGE.
Death of Mr. Griffin Due to Accident,
They Say.
Greenville, Jan. 19.?All mystery
in connection with the head-on collision
Saturday afternoon of two buggies
on Greene avenue, resulting in
the death of William Aiken Griffin
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ana tne severe injury 01 jcvuius n.avenel,
the negro driver, was cleared
yesterday morning when three negroes,
arrested by the posse of officials,
confessed to having been the occupants
of the yellow buggy. Seven
negroes constituted the total number
of arrests made, but four were
released after being carried to the
police station and examined. John
Baskin has admitted being the driver
of the yellow buggy while Andrew
Barbery and John Dreher have confessed
to being with Baskin when
the buggies crashed together.
Coroner Black held an inquest ov-j
er the dead body yesterday morning,
the verdict being in substance that)
"William Aiken Griffin came to his
death as a result of reckless driving
on the part of John Baskin and that
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urener ana uarDery snouiu ue uuuuu
over to a higher court together with
Baskin as accomplices.The inquest
was held at the undertaking establishment
of Jas. F. Mackey & Sen.
The negroes deny being under the
influence of whiskey at the time of
the! collison, and stoutly maintain
that the accident was purely unavoidable.
Xo excuse for running
away was given, neither would they
go into any details of the collision.
John Dreher and Andrew Barbery
are well known to the police, having
been arrested nearly two years ago
on a charge of murder. The negroes
were accused of putting another
negro bo death and throwing the
body into Brushy Creek. They were
later dismissed for lack of evidence
but not until they had served several
weeks in jail.
H. \V. Johnson will offer for sale
at public auction, Monday, February
2nd, during the legal hours of sale,
son Hotel.?adv. j
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17 KILLED IN PRISON BATTLE!
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! CONVICTS IN OKLAHOMA "PEN"
MAKE f>ASH FOR LIBERTY.
Three Men in Stripes Get Outside,
But Are Chased and
Killed.
McAlester, Oklahoma, January IS.
?Seven persons were killed and a
telephone operator injured during a
pistol battle at the State penitentiary
here late to-day when three prisoners
with revolvers made a dash for liber
ty. The dead are: John R. Thomas,
Muskogee, former United States district
judge; D. C. Oakes, deputy warden;
F. C. Godfrey, store house sergeant;
H. H. Drover, record clerk;
China Reed, serving two-year sentence
for murder; Charles Koontz,
serving forty years' sentence for murder;
Thomas Law, serving six-year
sentence for larceny.
The men, armed with two revolvers,
which had been smuggled into,
the penitentiary, broke from the
ranks while the prisoners were being
marched through a courtyard. As
they ran through the office they fired
several shots at random, one of the
bullets striking Miss Foster.
Next they encouraged Judge mXext
they encountered Judge
Thomas, a visitor to the penitentiary,
in the corridor, and both of the men
carrying pistols opened fire, several
of the bullets striking the attorney
and inflicting mortal wounds. ,
Oates and Drover intercepted the
men as they left the corridor and
were shot to death, the prisoners continuing
their flight. By this time half
a dozen guards were in pursuit, and
in a running battle Godfrey and the
three men were killed. ^
At End of Day's Work.
None of the other prisoners attempted
to escape. The attempted
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day's work. Reed, Law and Koontz
worked in the tailor shop and when
their work was ended they approached
the back door* of the office in the
administration building. There the>*
met John Martin, the turnkey. They
told Martin they wanted to see the
parole officer. ' As Martin opened the
door Reed struck him repeatedly
with a large revolver, shot him
through the cheek and robbed him of
his keys.
The three prisoners, all armed
with revolvers, shouted to others to
follow them, and ran towards the
warden's office. There they met
Oakes, the assistant warden, and before
he could defend himself Reed
shot him through the heart.
The greatest confusion ensued.
Convicts ran about, shouting words
of encouragement to the mutineers.
By this time the guards were alert
and began firing. A random shot
passing through a door in the office
of Drover, the Bertillon officer, killed
him.
Guard Killed.
Godfrey, the guard, sprang directly
into .the path of the mutineers,
discharging his revolver at them.
He, too, fell a victim to Reed's deadly
aim.
John R. Thomas, formerly United
States district judge and widely
known through Oklahoma, was sitting
in the warden's office awaiting
the return of Warden R. W. Dick,
with whom he had a business engagement.
Apparently mistaking
Judge Thomas for the warden, the
mutineers fired a volley of shots at
him. He sank to the floor mortally
wounded.
Fearing an alarm might be given
by the telephone operator, .MaryFoster,
the three men next gave their
attention to the telephone switchboard.
They turned it over and tried
to disconnect iU "You come w;th
us," they shouted as they dragged
the girl into the prison yard, holding
her before them to keep the guards
from shooting.
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Girl Wounded.
Shielded by the girl's presence and
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three men made their way across the
prison yard. Only one shot was fired
at them and it struck the girl. As
she sank to the ground wounded the
convicts sprang to the prison gate.
With the keys they had taken from
Turnkey Martin they unlocked it and
were free. Outside the gate the
horse and buggy of the warden was
hitched. The three men sprang into
it
'You'll never take us alive,"
shouted Reed as he stood up in the
buggy and fired at the approaching
officers; The other convicts bent low j
to avoid the scattering bullets. Reed
fought the fight alone. Fear- j
stricken, the others crouched behind 1
YOUNG'S MURDERERS CAUGHT.
Confession Gives Retails of How Geo.
F. Young Was Shot
Laurens, S. C., Jan. 20.?Sheriff
Owings and Deputy Sheriff Reed
made two more arrests to-day in
connection with the murder of
George F. Young, at his home at
Stomp Springs, a week ago last
night.
The negroes taken today are
Greenwood Rodgers and "Junk"
Caldwell, both of whom lived in the
vicinity of the springs. Their arrest
was the result of the voluntary confession
of Tom Young, who was implicated
by the coroner's jury, along
with his brother, John, last Tuesday,
and both of whom, were committed
to jail that night.
Early to-day Tom Young asked to
see the officers and to them he told
the ctory of the tragedy, implicating
Rodgers and Caldwell. In his coni
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fession Young said that Rodgers,
Caldwell and himself instigated the
murderous plot, and executed it late
Monday night. That Rodgers shot
Mr. Young through an opening
through a window and then Caldwell
applied the torch to the cottage.
A week ago this morning the charred
body of George F. Young, a wellknown
citizen of the county, and an
extensive planter and landowner, was
found in the ruins of his cottage at
Stomp Springs, twenty miles east of
the city, and it was concluded at once '
that he had been the victim of foul
play. The conduct of Tom Young led
to his immediate arrest, and later his
brother was taken into custody. Since
then Sheriff Owings and his deputies '
have been working quietly on the ; , ?
case, using no coercion whatever in
handling Tom, the prisoner, but at
the same time encouraging him to
talk about the case at different times. . . ; 5
Early Telegraphy Without Wires.
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Comment was rfiade some weeks
ago upon the fact that an Eastern
railroad had experimented with wireless
telegraphy in the operation of
trains. Some of its fast trains had
been fitced with aparatus permitting
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constant communication ueiweeu luc ^ (
moving train and wireless sta- '
tions scattered along the division It
was considered something new and
promising. ? rM
Now comes a veteran telegrapher \ qj
to say that the idea is not so new as it,
appeared. He claims that more
than 25 years ago another Eastern
railroad established atelegraph system
to operate between its moving
trains and its stations and that the
system worked well. That was, of
course, before the day of wireless
telegraphy. It was called "indud- :
tion telegraphy."
This induction telegraphy, the old <'
jf"
operator suggests, looks now like the *
ancestor of the wireless. It operated
withouf the aid of directly connected
wires or other metallic circuit con.
ductors. Why this system was abandoned
is not explained. Patented devices
have a way of disappearing at
times in ways the public understand
but poorly.?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
BOLIVIA CONSUL IN JAIL. '
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Held on Felony Charges; Accused by
n\-..xv c:?lo
X HU Uli lo.
, San Francisco, January 20.?Carlos
Sanjines, Bolivian consul at this '
port, to-night occupies a cell because
of his failure to put up a $5,000 bond
to insure his appearance in police
court to-morrow^for a hearing on a.
felony charge growing out of an accusation
made by two young girls.
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Sanjines, indignant over his arrest,
declares the police have no authority
over .him and threatens to make an
international incident out of his arrest.
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While Sanjines was in a moving
picture theatre last night two 13- .
year-old -girls told the manager of the
house that he had insulted them. ;.
Sanjines's arrest followed.
Editor Knight of the -Bamberg
Herald has been highly complimented.
The government authorities
have forwarded to his address" in
ui?I.. O
come uiauns.?opaiuuuuig utiatu.
' The only men of worth to a town
or community are those who forget
their own selfish ends long enough
and are liberal enough in their ideas
to encourage every public ahd private
enterprise, who are ready with
brain and purse to push every project
calculated to build up the town and
enhance its importance.
the staggering horse. The guards
poured a merciless fire into the buggy.
The horse fell and the convicts
ceased firing. The three mutineers
lay in a heap in the bullet-riddled
buggy, dead.
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