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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1914. Established 1891.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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| News Items Gathered All Around the t
County and Elsewhere. t
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News from Ehrhardt. t
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L Ehrhardt. February 9.?Another j
school month has gone by and has i
left with us the following long honor i
| roll to show that there are many s
workers in our school:
First grade?Marshall Copeland, t
I Bays Dannelly, Vere Planer, Lonnie i
^ Bishop, Effie Bishop, Maxwell Kfnsey, t
B Merle Farrell. t
B Second grade?Hildegarde Dannel- 1
fit ly, Dorothy MacDowell, Florence
B Fender, Louise Copeland, Reba f
|| Kinard, Katherine Lemacks, Corne- e
m lius Brabham, Archibald Taylor t
h Edna Kirkland, Mildred Copeland, t
p William Patrick. c
f Third grade?Louise Simmons, e
Margurite Copeland, Wilhemina Mc- c
Kenzie, Furman Roberts, Viola t
Bishop, Autry Warren, Eddy Warren, 1
Ernest Patrick. ' 1
Fourth grade?Flossie Fender, t
Richard Roberts, Earle Guess. t
Fifth grade?Ruby Kinard, Zeita s
Planer, Katie Rentz. c
Sixth grade?Ruth Bishop, Chester t
Copeland, Bettie Kinard, Helen Mac- ?
Dowell, Alice Pate, Eleanor Pate., r
Effie Ramsey, Glen Smith. N
Seventh grade?Inez Hutson, Ada t
Smith. i
Eighth grade?Genie Ramsey, l
Dick Roberts, Prettoe Fender, Zelma i
Herndon. . ^
Ninth grade?Allie Kinard, Laurie J
Kinard, Edward MacDowell. f
Mr. E. F. K. Roof, student at the s
Lutheran Theological Seminary, \
preached here last Sunday afternoon
and at Mt. Pleasant in the morning.
Both sermons were excellent and the
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people seem wen pieaseu %*iuu
Roof. . We Lutherans are minus a
. regular pastor since Mr. D. B. Groseclose
left us, so it happens, then, that }
we are supplied from the Seminary. ?
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It is a certain fact that we are get- t
ting the -best service that any church t
so fixed could wish for. It seems that ^
the Seminary must be filled with ex- a
cellent young men who are going
to make excellent ministers. t
Rey. D. B. Groseclose and wife, of
Fairfax, spent Monday and Tuesday c
in town with their daughters, Mrs.
J. H. Hucks and Mrs. J. B. Ehrhardt. j
Ehrhardt News. C
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Ehrhardt, Feb. 10.?The following ^
invitation has been issued: "Mr. and *
Mrs. H. C. Bishop request your pre- a
sence at the marriage of their daughter,
Alberta, to Mr. William B. Hiers, a
on Sunday, February 15, 1914, at 3
o'clock, at home."
The ladies of the Methodist church *
are receiving much encouragement
in their preparations for the bazaar E
t which is to be held in Copeland's a
hall Friday and Saturday, 13th and
' 14th instant. We trust that their
most sanguine expectations will be
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rt;<xnz.tru. i uc v nvpc iu ua< v k.u& v?i dial
patronage of their country as c
well as their town friends. a
A beautiful home marriage was y
that of Miss Bessie Smoak and Mr. s
Carson Berry, which took place last 'J
Sunday morning in the Hunter's i
> Chapel community. A wedding (
march and other music was well c
rendered by Miss Graham, teacher 1
of the community school, and the s
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
hj. A. McDowell, pastor of the bride, e
Many of the friends of the young c
couple were present to wish for them a
a prosperous voyage of life. c
Mr. George McMillan, of the 1
opringtown community, was in town :
* on Tuesday. George is busy build- >
lng him a house, into which he proposes
soon to move with his young 1
bride. ?
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Two prayer meetings will De neia ^
this week in lieu of the meeting to i
begin next Sunday night at the Bap- t
tist church here. 1
Mrs. Jas. H. McLeod, of Sumter, is i
visiting her brother and his family t
at the Baptist parsonage. s
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FISH CAX GET SEASICK. ,
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Game Warden Declared Railroad j
Made His Pets 111.
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> Prof. L. L. Dyche, State fish and (
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game waraeu, ?uuiu nnc yut a.
boycott on some of the railroads c s
the State because the roads are v>o t
rough, wavy and jerking that they
make the fish seasick. A good many .
people might scoff at the idea of fish j
being" seasick, but Professor Dyche
says that the fish become as sick as j
any person he ever saw on the ocean.
?Tokepa, Kan., Dispatch to Kansas
City Times. s
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WAREHOUSE BILL ;J1> READING.
Governor Urges Senate to Act Favorably
on Fortner Bill.
Columbia. February 10.?The Mc^aurin
warehouse bill was advanced
o third reading in the senate late
o-night under an understanding that
he test vote will be taken there.
Notice of general amendments was
jiven. The debate lasted the entire
light, with Senator McLaurin makng
what is regarded as the final
ipeech on the bill.
Both branches adjourned over unil
Thursday. Practically the entire
nembership will go to Charleston
o-morrow. The governor and Atorney
General Peeples went to Chareston
to-night.. \
The Fortner bill to prevent whites
rom teaching in negro schools caus
!d a snort, nurry in tne senate just
> fore that body recessed for dinner
o-day at J o'clock. Senator Clifton
ailed up the bill and the senate votsd
to take it up out of the regular
>rder. Senator Clifton then moved
o adjourn debate on the bill until
:o-night at 9.30 o'clock. Senator
iardin said the bill was unconstituional
and moved to recommit it to
he committee on education, but the
lenate refused to do this. Further
Jiscussion of the matter was ended
>y the senate adopting a motion by
Senator .Manning to recede from busiless
until 8 o'clock p. m.
The governer sent in a message
o-day on the Fortner bill and atached
a picture of the faculty of
Benedict College in Columbia showng
both races. Senator Appelt
ranted the photograph printed in the
fournal along with the message, but
inally yielded to the other senator"
md the message was ordered printed
vithout the photograph.
Married at Ehrliardt.
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Ehrhardt, Feb. 7.?Of much interist
to their many friends was the
uarriage of Miss Annie F. Carter, of
his place, to Mr. E. S. Sease, of
Barnwell, which occurred Thursday
ifternoon, February 5th, at threehirty
o'clock, at the home of the
iride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H.
'arter. Quite a number of relatives
ne friends assembled to witness the
eremony, and at the appointed hour
he bridal party entered.
The procession formed in the hall,
oming through the parlor to the
liazza, where the bride's pastor, Rev.
L C. Lawson, awaited them. First
:ame Miss Elizabeth C. Smith with
Jr. W. H. Carter, then Miss Sallie j
barter with Mr. W. C. Carter. The
>ride and groom entered together,
:nd in a very impressive manner
?lr. Lawson pronounced them man
,nd wife.
Mrs. Sease is a young woman of
nany lovely traits of character. She
eaves many friends to go to Barnvell,
where her husband is a pros>erous
young 'farmer. We wish them
l long, prosperous, happy life.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, Feb. 9.?Gordon, the year
>ld son of Mr. and Mrs. Snyder
lied on Monday of throat trouble,
md was buried at Bethlehem grave
ard on Tuesday, Rev. W. H. Simpon
officiating at the funeral services.
The school turned out en masse and
>laced a beautiful wreath of flowers
which they had purchased for their
lassmate) on his bier. The little
'ellow was much beloved and all
ympathize with the affiicted family.
Our teachers attended the teachers'
meeting at Allendale on Saturlay.
They were enthusiastic in their
iccounts of the success and pleasure
>f the meeting. Dr. Snyder, of Woford
college, woke them up to a
sense of their responsibility. He
vas the great speaker of the occasion,
rhey said they would not soon forget
lis good advice and valuable suggestions
in the school room. He adriooH
Thorn for nno thing' nOt to 11 Se
superfluous or big sounding words
:o the younger grades when a simpler
one would be better understood.
For instance, the teacher of
;he second grade in a certain school
>aid, "Johnnie, were you detained at
lome by the inclemency of the
leather?" "Xo ma'am," said Johniie,
"just staid cause it rained so
lard."
Mrs. Fred Lightsev and little
b're^rica are spending some time in
Jolumbia.
Mrs. Laura Gooding is spending
some time with Mrs. W. W. Anderson.
Mrs. D. D. Dowling, of Varnville,
nas been spending some time with
ler son at Commercial 1 otel.
J. W. and Cbarlton Ellis were
nere on Dusinees oaiuiuay.
Spend and the girls go with you,
save and you go alone.
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IN THE PALHETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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State News Boiled Down for Quick d
Reading?Paragraphs About f
Men and Happenings. t
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Beaufort county lias voted bonds of t.
$80,000 to build a bridge from the b
mainland to St. Helena and Ladies b
islands. *
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Alex Mathis, a wmte man, committed
suicide at St^tesburg, Sumter
county, on Tuesday by shooting *
himself with a shotgun. He was fifty
years old. *
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James. 13-year-old son of C. D. .
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Eskew, who was accidentally shot by
a negro Sunday, died on Tuesday.
The two were out in the woods Sunday
practicing shooting with a pistol,
near Greenville. j.
Prof. W. K. Tate, State supervisor r
of rural schools, has resigned and j.
has accepted the position of professor
of rural education in Peabody College g
for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. He ^
will enter upon his new work about c
the first of May. b
Dr. C. T. Wyche, a member of the n
legislature from Newberry county, t
was suddenly stricken with paraly- c
sis last Friday evening while presiding
over a session of the house of t
representatives. He is slowly im- r
proving at a hospital in Columbia, v
F. H. Dominick has won his case J
for a fee of $1,200 from the State-for S
representing the governor in the t.
testing of the State bond issue, the
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case naving Deen iriea ueioie ms *
appointment as assistant attorney g
general. Comptroller General Jones t
refused to pay the fee on the ground P
that it was not a proper charge
against the State.
A notorious negro named "Big >
Jim" McRae, lately paroled by the
governor from the penitentiary,
where he was serving a term for murder,
got into a row with his son and ^
another negro Saturday night and ?
shot his son in the neck, inficting &
a wound that may prove fatal. He 5
claims self-defense. s
Capt. J. J. Keller Takes Own Life. e
Rock Hill, Feb. 10.?Capt. John J. ?
Keller, known throughout the Carolinas
as a business man, committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the head at 2.30 o'clock this after- ^
noon. The shot was fired in an out- .
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house near his residence in Rock Hill
and the weapon used was a 38 calibre
revolver. No cause has been assigned d
for the deed. He is not thought to
have had business troubles and so'far
as is known no statement was left.
He was unconscious after the shootc
ing and lived less than one hour.
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He returned from Columbia to-day
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and spent the morning hour at his
place of business on Main street. He ^
was seen by a number of friends and
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seemed to be in good spirits. He is
supposed to have secured the revol- rj
ver when he went home to dinner.
As he left the house he told his wife
that he would return in a iew mm- utes
for dinner. S
A negro man, working in the yard, s
heard the shot, and Mrs. Keller found A
her husband lying unconscious on the *
floor, the pistol by his side. t
Capt. Keller had large business in- o
terests here and at Yorkville. He was
a contractor and builder and a mem- n
ber of an undertaking firm. He had c
been a member of the public works 9
commission since its organization r
three years ago. He was a member e
of the staff of Col. Lewis, ranking as S
captain in charge of the regimental
commissary. ' t
Gentle but Cruel.
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For a long time James and Mautle
had courted. Eventually the engagempnt
was announced, and to the lov- ?
ing pair the future looked as beautiful
as if it had received a new coat
of paint. y
But, alas! One evening there was a j
misunderstanding and then came the
bitter quarrel. With hashing eyes ^
the proud beauty yanked off the hun- *
dred dollar solitaire. t
"Take your ring!" she dramatically
cried. "I have decided that I can t
never be your wife! I shall expect
you to return everything you have in
your possession that belongs to me!"
"All I have is a lock of your hair j
and a photograph," sadly replied f
James. "You will hardly care for the *
photo, but the lock of hair you will
no doubt wish to preserve as a
souvenir." ..
"As a souvenir of what, pray?" imperiously
demanded the angry Maude.
"Of the time when you were a bru- .
nette," was the gentle rejoinder of
James.?Philadelphia Telegraph.
SIMS CASE BEGUN.
lany Witnesses Against Spartan-!
burg Lawyer.
Columbia, February 10.?At two
essions 01 uie ouyreme v^uuri tuay
testimony for the petitioners and
or the respondent was submitted in
he case for disbarment of C. P. Sims,
n attorney of Spartanburg. During
lie first session, which lasted from 10
o 2 o'clock, evidence was introduced
o substantiate the many charges prec
erred against Mr. Sims, alleging unthical
conduct, and at a later afteroon
session, Mr. Sims was placed on
he stand in his own defence.
Mr. Sims, both in his returns to
he action and on the stand, denied
mphatically that he had ever acted
a an unprofessional manner. Charcter
witnesses will likely be summoned
at to-morrow's session to reute
the statements of a number of
witnesses that they would not beieve*Mr.
Sims on oath, and that his
eputation as an individual and as .
iwyer was bad.
While on the stand to-day Mr.
lims spoke with great emotion in
enying the charges against him and
harged that they had been inspired
iy malice, as had been the statements,
he said, by witnesses who tesified
that he was not of good moral
haracter.
All of the allegations are denied in
he return of Mr. Sims, which was
ead to the court by S. J. Nicholls,
.*ho, with C. C. Wyche and W. M.
nnoc ic corviri(r as attnrnpvs for Mr.
ims. Part of the return of Mr. Sims
he court refused to have read, sayng
rhat it contained improper exressions,
and the offending pararaphs
Mr. Nicholls omitted. Solicior
J. K. Henry represented the
etitioners.
BANK ONE MILLION SHORT.
lemphis Banker in Prison Charged
With Embezzlement.
Memphis, Tenn. February 9.?
Vith the discovery to-night that of
527,867 listed as actual cash on
and when the bank closed its doors
410,000 was represented by the peronal
checks of the president, C.
lunter Raine, now imprisoned chargd
with embezzlement, the amount of
he apparent discrepancy in the acounts
of the Mercantile Bank here
dvanced to more txian a million dolars.
The exact amount will not be
nown until the audit being made uner
the direction of J. L. Hutton,
itate superintendent of banks, is
ompleted. This will -require several
ays.
Count of the actual cash in the
aults showed approximately $52,
00, it is stated. Sight exchange and
learing house certificates not countd
in detail to-night with the peronal
checks of the president, it is
elieved will make up the difference
etween the money found and the
mount listed as cash on hand.
"illnian and McLaurin Shake Hands
Columbia, Feb. 8.?United States
lenator B. R. Tillman ?nd State
Senator John L. ^fcLaurin met and
hook hands here yesterday for the
irst time since they fought on the
Icor of the United States senate
hirteen years ago, when they were
iccupying the seat of South Caroina
in that chamber. Senator Tillaan
and his former lieutenant weNe
ordial in their meeting yesterday
,nd chatted as if they enjoyed the
eunion. Politics were not mention
d in tile lew minutes mey were iu- i
ether.
The ending of the feud between
hese two men, who have long been
irominent in this State, will recall
o many of the older voters the early
lays of the Tillman movement, when
he rugged Edgefield farmer, was asisted
by John L. McLaurin, John
Jarv Evans and the other lieutenants
if the reform movement, which conained
some of the brainiest men c
louth Carolina. Capt. Tillman went
nto the governor's chair, and from
here to the United States senate,
lr. .McLaurin served in the legislaure.
then as attq^ney general, went
o congress and succeeded Joseph n.
Carle in the United States senate,
lecoming the colleague of his politial
leader, B. R. /Tillman.
But the bond between the two
ras strained, and finally was entirey
severed when Senator McLaurin
olio wed what was called "Commerial
Democracy" and voted for the
atincanon or uie treaty ui yca^e
vith Spain. How the two former
riends finally clinched on the floor
if the United States senate, thus beonring
a national episode, is recalled
n South Carolina.
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Read The Herald, $1.50 a year.
WESTON AND SIMS LAND.
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PRESIDENT ENDS DEADLOCK
OVER BIO FEDERAL JOBS.
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Columbia and Orangeburg Men Nam- c
ed District Attorney and Mar- c
shal, Respectively. [
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Washington. February 9.?Presi- ,
dent Wilson ended the long drawn- .
out contest over the South Carolina r
Federal district attorneyship and i
marshalship by sending to the senate
the name of Francis H. Weston, of c
Columbia, to fill the former position,
and the name of James L. Sims, of t
Orangeburg, to fill the latter.
Mr. Weston is a prominent lawyer l
of the Columbia bar and at present ^
holds the office of senator from Rich- ,
land county. Mr. Sims is editor and t
proprietor of the Times and Demo- ^
crat, of Orangeburg. He has never
held public office except that of
school trustee.
The resignations of District Attor- 1
ney Ernest Cochran and Marshal J.
Duncan Adams, the Republican incumbents,
have been in hand here
for a number of months, having been (
forwarded immediately upon the sug- 1
gestion by Attorney General Mc- (
Reynolds that the administration 1
would like to appoint men in sym- 1
pathy with its policies. No fault t
whatever has been found by the de- 1
partment of justice with the work of ;
Messrs. Cochran lind Adams. *
In spite of the delay which occur- 1
red in presidential action on the
recommendation of Messrs. Weston '
and Sims by the attorney general, 1
due largely to the desire of Mr. Wil- (
son to oblige Senator Tillman, who 1
had hoped to have congress establish (
another judicial district in South c
Carolina by this time, the ultimate \
nomination of Weston and Sims was 1
made almost certain when Mr. Mc~
Reynolds endorsed them. }
Senator Tillman endorsed J. Wm/ *
Thurmond, of Edgefield, for the dis- 1
trict attorneyship and Sims for the {c
marshalship. Senator Smith endors- *
ed Weston for the district attorney- y
ship, and said that he would not op- (
pose Sims for the marshalship, if t
nominated. Later Senator Tillman *
withdrew his endorsement of Sims, t
but submitted no other name. *
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EARTHQUAKE PELT. t
Earth Trembles From Montreal South t
to Philadelphia. t
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New York, February 10.?An <
earthquake lasting from fifteen to j
thirty seconds and disturbing partic- s
ularly what are geologically known 3
OO tho rior/\nion onH Silnrinrt Spftions ,
CfcO tXIVy Ay\j> ? Vll'Uiu UMU *? ? ,
of the northeastern part of thfe Unit- j
ed States took place shortly after \
1.30 o'clock p. m. to-day. It was j
especially severe in the central and ?
northern parts of New York State.
Virtually all of New York State, including
this city, felt the shock, and ^
New England generally, lower eas- 1
tern Canada and parts of New Jersey
and eastern Pennsylvania were shaken.
Tremors were recorded as far
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south as Washington and as far west
as St. Louis.
At Albany the shock was severe .
enough to shake pictures from the ^
walls of the Capitol, and at Binghamton
a laborer was killed by the caving
in of a trench in which he was
working. At Fort Plain the heavy
doors of a bank vault shook under ^
the influence of the 'quake, and from
other parts of the State the falling (
of chimneys, swaying of houses and
destruction of fragile objects was .
reported.
In New York city the preliminary
tremor was felt at 1.35.15. At 1.35.
45 the shock had reached its maxi- .
mum intensity and at 1.37.30 the n
movement subsided altogether, mak- (
ing the total duration of the 'quake
two and one-quarter minutes as given c
by the seismograph. The period in "
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which the shock was perceptible by -e
man was from ten to thirty seconds}
and started in a majority of cases
about 1.35. "
So far as known the movement
was from northwest to southeast,
with the boundary line of the terri- j
torv affected converging to a point j
in the Atlantic.
The initial movement was at points
near the upper Atlantic seaboard
'about 1.35 and extended to places in ^
the northern parts of New York .
State, about three minutes later. t
reaching Albany at 1.38, Watertown
at 1.39 and Rochester at 1.37. From
points between these cities the t
movement is reported to have taken
place between 1.34 and 1.37. No i
seisbographic records being obtain- c
a hip frnm these localities the time 1
given in these cases deals with the I
moment when the shock was felt. <
FEARED BASEBALL.
talian Authorities Suspicious of Gentility
of America's Great Game.
Rome, Feb. 10.?The unlamiliariy
of the Italians with baseball tolay
was demonstrated by the refusal
>f the authorities to permit a game
)etween the New York team of the
National league and the Chicagos of
he American league, without; tirst
Deing convinced that it is not a
'brutal game." After the points of
he game were explained the authorties
still insisted that a net be erectid
within the stadium to protect tne
ipectators.
Even when promises were given
hat this precaution would be taken
iermission was withheld until Wedlesday
at noon, when a few innings
vill be played for the benefit of the
tuthorities who desire to judge for
hemselves what manner of game the
American national pastime is.
LAD REPORTS THEPTi
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Rutherford Klein Tells Chief of
Police That Safe is Robbed.
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Lancaster, Feb. 10.?Early Tuesiay
morning young Rutherfdrd
{lein, who has been in the employ
>f John Crawford, clerk and treaslrer
of the city and also of the waterworks
commission, after going into
he office sent the negro janitor to
;he police and shortly afterwards
vent out in the street and informed
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Jhief of Police Bell that the office had
>een broken into and the safe enterid
and robbed. Sheriff Hunter and
dr. Crawford were soon on hand and
>egan looking into the matter. Mr.
Jrawford suspected that the young
nan was the guilty party by his
lemeanor and by finding in the
lrawer of his desk one of the pack
tges of money which he had left in
he safe the night before.
After being questioned by the
iheriff, young Klein finally admitted
aking the money and carried the oficer
to an outbuilding at the rear
>f Mr. Crawford's office, under which
le had secreted it. The money was
vrapped up in a handkerchief. Mr.
Crawford had inadvertently omitted
,o turn the combination on the safe
he night before after bolting it and
he young man on going to his work
;his morning, finding the safe unocked,
could not resist the tempta *
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ion to take the money.
In his hurry he evidently forgot
he package of money he had placed
emporarily in the desk 'drawer. The
mm taken was $370.99, of which
^216.50 belonged to the city and
5154.49 to the waterworks commis>ion,
all of which was recovered. The r
rounc man was taken to jail and a
warrant will be sworn out charging
lim with grand larceny. Mr. Klein
s about 20 years of age. Much sym)athy
is felt in the city for his parents.
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MANIA FOR SUICIDE.
Seven Persons Sought Death in Crescent
City in a Day.
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New Orleans, Feb. 10.?Seven perions,
five men and two women, sought
.elf-destruction in this city late tolay
and to-night. Three succeeded.
Jf the four who will recover, two are
vomen. \
Frederick Anepohl, 35, a shipping
;lerk, swallowed poison and died in
he warehouse in which he worked.
Jeorge Anepohi, a brother, killed
limself a month ago. Employes at
hp warehouse said Frederick brood
;d over his brother's death.
Walter Grather, 32, who had been T
il several weeks, cut his throat, and
lied a few hours later in a hospital. . :
Percy Carll, 40, hanged himself
:rom an iron bedpost with a sheet
n his room at a boarding house.
The police learned that he had been
>ut of employment.
Mamie Carlton, 30, swallowed poison,
but was reported out of danger
it a hospital to-night. The police
>ay she was despondent.
Antoniene Pardo, 38, a negress, also
swallowed poison. She will re;over.
Max Lauber, a prisoner at the first
irecinct, tried to hang himself with
lis suspenders in his cell. A turnfey
rescued him.
M. Schetield, 45, was discovered
by a policeman on a street corler
trying to open an artery in his
ivrist with a pocketknife. After his
njuries were dressed he was sent
;o the hospital for mental diseases.
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"Jimmy seems to like himself prety
well, doesn't he?"
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"Yes. I fancy that he thinks his
ather and mother ought to get down
>n their knees every night and thank
leaven for having permitted them to
jecome his parents."?Chicago Rec>rd-Herald.
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