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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the
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County and Elsewhere. a
Ehrhardt Etchings. I
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Ehrhardt, - March 2.?February t
went out with a big snow storm for j
these parts. Dove shooting was ail t
that was done beside sitting by the i
Are, eating and sleeping. I don't t
think I would be considered an ex- i
< ~ aggerator to say that during last week t
2,000 doves were Killed in tnis sec \
tion. Every one who could handle I
a gun was out killing them. One I
lady went out with her husband and 1
shot down several doves. She is a
fairly good shot, and enjoys the
sport.
Wind is very high to-day and was 3
high all Sunday. d
Several of our townsmen went to s
Bamberg to-day to attend court. S
Such as jurymen, witnesses and the a
. like. I am informed that this little S
new county has 12 murder cases on
docket for this term. Shows up bad h
for our peaceful and law abiding h
i qualities. v
Not many visitors moving around, ?
suppose they think their own fire is
the warmest and remain at home
(and enjoy it. JEE. 5
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, March 2.?The social af- d
fair on the evening of the 23rd, the
i 15th anniversary of th? marriage of s
Mt. and Mrs. J. C. Preacher, was the s
event of last week. A large number 1'
4 of guests, some friends from distant >'
States, had been invited. Almost
every family in Fairfax was repre- d
ented, as single as well as married 1
l'nnlll rl oH Thp hp a 11 ti - t
wupica ncic juwuuwv.. *
fully decorated and illuminated
rooms, with the glittering evening
, , costumes of the dames and belles, 1
j presented an unusual appearance foi J
a place of this size. Two tables load- a
ed with glistening crystal (mostly
cut glass) presents, attested to the ^
^ popularity of the couple, who have
lived here (or quite near) all of their
lives. They have three bright and j
interesting children attending oux j
high school. Their hospitality was ?
of the typical "fore-de-war" kind? 3
plenty ot everything?big fires in all
the rooms?a darkey at* your beck <
and call, and as to refreshments, E
why there was more than enough left
for another large feast. Misses Mil- 3
dred Loadholt, Ethel Jarre! 1, Misses
Ruth and Lylete Wilson were the s
lovely waitresses, and served salads, <j
different kinds of cake, coffee, fruit
nectar,, ^mints, etc. Sparkling con- t
rersation, fund of anecdotes and a a
general air of having such a nice
time! made the hours fly all too 1
** fast. Miss Sadie Harter and others E
gave fine instrumental music, some i
J of the out-of-town guests were: c
, Mesdames Robt. and Frank Cansey,
of Lawtonville; Miss Frances Lea, ^
of Homily Hill: Miss Alma Griner, of
Brunson; and Margaret Smoak, of j
Hampton county. t
Mrs. J. B. BruVison and sister
have returned from a pleasant trip to f
Savannah. I
Mr. J. E. Johnston has been on a
visit to his family at Gaffney where t
; ' they have spent some time. c
During the recent snow storm a j
crowd of young people from Brunson r
were here and engaged with our
young folks in an animated snow \
balling. ?
Herman Lightsey, of Brunson, was i
here recently. t
. Our people are delighted with the (
preaching of Rev. Yarboro at the <
: Methodist protracted pieeting, but
the weather has kept many away. ;
Mrs. J. E. Johnston and children ' ]
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have returned home, after a long j
visit to Gaffney. j ]
St. John's News. <
St. Johns, March 2.?Well hew did
* you all like to see the snow last
week? There were plenty of birds
*** killed last Thursday and Friday.
, t It rained all day last Saturday and
a while Saturday night, and last Sunday
was some kind of a cold and
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windy day. Around the lire was a
fine place to stay.
There was a pindar shelling given
at Mr. C. H. Bishop's last Tuesday
night. I am sure it was enjoyed
by those who were there.
Mr. N. T. Hiers, from Hampton,
is visiting his children this week,
who are Messrs. J. B. and C. S. Hiers
and Mrs. C. H. Bishop.
* Mr. Henry Hutson was fhe guest or
Mr. J. P. Hiers last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Ayer and little :
daughter were the gueste of Mr. and
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CONDUCTOR JOHNSON HURT. j
Jtruck on Head as Train Was Leaving
Pinewood. $
Sumter, March 2.?Conductor
'ohnson, on A. C. L. Train No. 35, (
uffered a severe injury this morning
lr his train was leaving Pinewood.
le was standing on the step of the
:oach looking back to see if every>ody
was aboard the train, when a
>iece of timber used as an arm in <
tolding lumber on a car struck him I
n the head, knocking him from his
rain and inflicting a severe injury e
n the head. He was put on board a
lis train and brought on to Sumter, r
rhere he was taften to the Toumey ^
lospital. His injuries were said to I
>e serious, although not necessaryy
fatal. c
The Champagne Cure. s
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In "Reminiscences of My Life,"
>Ir. Henry Holiday relates an anec- E
lote for which Mr. Gladstone was reponsible,
and which he compelled a
mest to tell the author one evening
ifter dinner. The story relates to
!ir Andrew Clark.
A patient of Sir Andrew's, whom
ie dieted very strictly, sitting near
lim at a dinner party, when the serants
were filling the champagne
.lasses, Sir Andrew's included, said: ^
"I see, Sir Andrew, you don't folow
the advice you give your
>atients."
"How so?" said Sir A.
"Why, you would not allow me to j.
Irink champagne as freely as you 0
io now." ~
"My dear sir, you don't under- t
tand the exigencies of my profesion.
I dare say you won't find forty
etters waiting to be answered when
ou get home to-night." \ ,
"Very likely not, but you surely t
ton't mean to say that drinking freey
of champagne is the best preparaion
for answering forty letters?"
"Certainly not," said Sir Andrew,
'but it is a first-rate thing for get- ^
ing you into that state of mind that
ou don't care a damn whether they
ire answered or not." .
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Representative J. A. Hunter, of ?
Jam berg county, has entered the
ace for lieutenant governor. He is s
. splendid man and will undoubted- I
y make a good race.?Greenville o
Medmont. ' >
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?Irs. J. B. Hiers last Sunday. a
Miss Elizabeth Hiers was the guest
)f Miss Ella Hiers last Saturday e
tf&ht. - t
Mr. H. L. Kinard visited Mr. and t
Irs. H. W. Chitty last Sunday. c
Mrs. Banner Mears, from Ehrhardt, T
pent last Saturday night and Sun- c
lay with her sister, Mrs. C. L. Brant, e
Mr. and Mrs. Bradlv Hiers and lit- 1
le daughter were the guests of Mr. t
,nd Mrs. J. A. Peters last Sunday. \
There was preaching at St. Johns s
~ - -'a T^V,awa. n-oel C
ast sunaay aueriiuuii. mcic v
lot very many out to preaching, but h
guees it was on account of such <% p
old and windy afternoon. t
We are having some very cold s
veather this week.
Messrs. J.. P. Hiers, G. L. Kinard, e
. B. Hiers, and G. J. Herndon went s
o Bamberg last Monday on business, t
Miss Mary Jane Brown spent a
ew days with her brother, Mr. Wil- t
ie Brown, last week. * Y
Mrs. Pauline Ayer and little daugh- g
er, from Olar, and Mrs. Lucia g
Jandifer, from Colston section, vis- e
ted Mrs. C. S. Hiers last Monday c
light and Tuesday. T
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Brant and fam- p
ly, from over the swamp, were the a
quests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Kinard e
ast Saturday night and Sunday. 1
Mrs. George Ayer visited her c
laughter. Mrs. Mittie Kinard, last c
Sunday. e
Mr. Joe Hiers was the guest of t
Messrs. J. P. and E. P. Hiers last
^riday night. c
Sorry to know that Mr. B. W. ?
3ishop is going to move out of the
St. John's community, and will resign
as superintendent of the Sunlay-school.
I am sure we will miss
lim in the Sunday-school, but I hope
le will not stay away so long before
le comes back to St. John's.
We didn't have any Sunday-school
ast Sunday afternoon, but I hope we
will have a large crowd out oiext
Sunday afternoon. I want every one,
young and old, to go to Sunday
school. If the children cannot go
ox themselves, will you not go with
them? There are some who could i
?o to Sunday-school that do not go. <
Parents, let your children go; en- <
courage them to go to Sunday-school, t
! would certainly like to see a large j 1
Sunday-school every Sunday. I want <
to see how many will go to Sunday- i
school next Sunday afternoon. <
Misses Edna and Julia Bishop were <
the guests of Misses Edith and s
Salome Hiers last Tuesday afternoon. 1
IN TIE PALMETTO STATE
iOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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state News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The Farmers Bank, with a capital
>f $50,000, has been organized at
o 11 rnrr o
ua. u x ^/uo.
Hartwell M. Aver, for many years
sditor of the Florence Daily Times,
mnounces that he will sever his conlections
with that paper soon. He
vill be succeeded by James D.
Dvans.
The legislature did not adjourn last
Jaturday as was expected, the senite
holding up the appropriation
aeasure. The senate cut the approbations
considerably, and the.meaure
had to go to a committee of the
louse and senate for adjustment.
Up to the present time there are
en announced candidates for goverlor
in the primary this summer.
They are: John L. McLaurin, R. 1.
banning, R. A. Cooper, W. C. Irby,
Tohn G. Richards, M. L. Smith,
Charles A. Smith, Charles Carroll
Jimms, L. J. Browning, John. G.
}linkscales.
An Incident of the Rifle Pits.
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An Irish soldier who had singlelanded,
captured two of the enemy
xplained his feat fey saying. "Begora,
1 surrounded them." The explanaion
would almost describe an exploit
>f a young Confederate soldier in one
if the Virginia campaigns.
He was on picket duty between the
ines of the two armies, and was told
- 1 o m nn cr thp hllsllPS.
U KtJCp aiiivu& vw F
nd if possible determine the position
if some rifle pits from which sharphooters
were firing upon the Confederate
outposts. Keeping himself hidlen
as well as he could, he cautiously
idvanced toward the spot where he
opposed the pits to be. He then
hrew himself on the ground and be,ran
to watch.
After a vigil of ten minutes, he
law the head and shoulders of a
Jnion soldier rise up, apparently out
if the ground, not more than thirty
ards in front of his position. The
nan gazed about for a few moments,
nd then disappeared into the pit.
Alarmed at the nearness of the
memy, but desirious of securing all
he information he could before reurnjng
to camp, the Confederate sollier
lay perfectly still, and watched.
Fhree times he saw the Federal sollier
rise, look toward the Confedirate
army, and then disappear. At
ast he made up his mind to charge
he pit and capture the lone occu)ant.
So he seized his rifle and
ilently crossed the intervening space.
)ne look into the pit so unnerved
iim that he was on the point of dropline
his gun and making a run for
he nearest cover^ Instead of one
entry, he found that he had charg;d
a pit that contained three men,
:ach armed with a rifle. The Federal
;oldiers, however, were equally asonished.
The Confederate suddenly saw
hat he had the advantage, for he had
tis gun actually presented, while the
:uns of the others were lying on the
ground beside them. Se he exclaim:d,
"Throw up your hands at once,
>r I will kill the last one of you!"
.Vithout stopping to argue tne im>ossibility
of his accomplishing such
i result with a single shot, the Federal
soldiers promptly put up their
lands. The captor then ordered one
>f the prisoners to toss the guns out
>f the pit. At the saiiie time he callid
out, "Come on, boys! I've got
nf thom in hprp'"
Hi CU U L aa* v.
Thinking that they were beset by
iverwhelpiing numbers, the Federals
stillenly passed out the guns, and
vere then ordered to come out of the
)it and fall in line, single file. Fifeen
minutes later a Confederate
aptain was saluted by a private 01
lis company who reported that he
lad captured three of the enemy in
i rifle pit between the lines of the
wo armies, and requested that a deail
of soldiers be sent to bring in
hree rifles that would be found lying
in the ground beside the pit.?
Youth's Companion.
Discussing the Carlisle bill witl:
-eference to statutory rates for offi?ial
advertising, the Bamberg Herald
?alls attention to the fact that it sus;ains
more losses on account of this
\ind of advertising than on account
Df commercial advertising. The poinl
s very well taken, and we are inclined
to think that most other papers
:an testify accordingly. We are quite
>ure that it is so with us.?Yorkville
Enquirer.
PPIUSONER KILLED. ^
Alleged Feudist Slain by Prosecution's
Witness. I
St. Louis, March 2.?Wesley (Red)
Simon, on trial here on a charge of
murdering Emmett Carroll in a gang i;
feud nearly a year ago, to-day was
shot and killed in a nearby saloon
during a recess of the court in which
he was being tried. Shortly after the
killing Henry Zang, principal wit- .
ness for the prosecution, surrendered ^
at the central police station, saying
he had some trouble with Simon.
The sheriff, who had feared an ^
attack would be made on Simon, had n
detailed four special policemen to t
guard him in the court room. When
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the shooting occurred they were
e
standing on a street corner two
blocks away. ?
Zang says that Simon, after making
a menacing gesture and threat,
moved his hand toward his hip
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pocket. When Simon's body was ex
amined no revolver was found and
his hip pockets were buttoned.
The killing of Carroll, for which ^
Simon was placed on trial to-da>,
occurred in a saloon last March. After
the murder Carroll's body was ?
placed in an automobile and left near
the home of Mrs. Mary Hagerty, ?
whose daughter discovered the body.
Simon, who was arrested, admitted
that he shot Carroll but pleaded self- e
defense. n
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Zang, who is a bartender, was ex- .
pected to testify that Simon borrow- 11
ed a revolver from him two hours p
g
before the shooting.
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A Century of Missions. t
* A hundred years ago there were *
less than 100 missionaries in the 0
field, to-day there are 22,000. a
A century ago the Eible was translated
into only 65 languages; within a
the century it has been translated in- t
to over 500 languages and made accessible
to more than eight hundred
millions of the human race, with its t
mighty moral and educational uplift, f
A hundred years ago there were no e
medical missionaries and more than c
two-thirds of the world was without *
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adequate medical knowledge; io-aa> v
there are several hundred medical a
missionaries treating annually more s
than 3,000,000 patients. t
A century ago there was a little
handful of mission fields; today t
there are more than 29,000 mission 1
schools and colleges, educating a mil- o
! lion and a half students and pupils c
in the great strategic centres of the s
Orient. x t
A hundred years ago a few thous- c
and dollars were given annually to i:
foreign missions; to-day missionary s
contributions amount to about $25,- t
000,000 annually, while about $5,- r
000,000 is given by foreign con- t
verts. ? S
It took nearly a century to win the F
first million Protestant Christians;
the second million were won within
12 years; it is taking less than six
yeara to win the third million.
There are to-day in the world near- *
ly 4,000,000 Protestant Christian ad- *
herents on millions of fields.
Sixty yeays ago there was not a 1
. professing Protestant Christian in
Japan, not one in Korea, less than 50 x
in the Chinese empire, and a few *
thousand in India. To-day there is a c
Protestant community of .75,000 ad- c
herents in Japan, 200,000 in Korea, *
nearly half a million in China, and
a million souls in India. ?
POLICE LOOK FOII tyOXEY.
Yeggman Supposed to Have Buried
Big Sum at Savannah.
Savannah, March 2.?The police
! this morning began a search for $2u,000
supposed to have been buried in
and near Savannah by C. C. Craven,
' a yeggman, who was recently killed
in a fight with a railroad special
agent at Wildwood, Fla. Craven,
11 whose correct name is said to have
M been Charles Prator, left a widow in
) Savannah, and she wrbte to another
'[alleged yeggman that the money was
horfl onH p?kpd that he come *
IUU1 U11U
and help her to recover it. The po'
lice intercepted the letter. Mrs.
1 Craven is now ill in a local hospital.
! Mrs. Craven's mother lives in Syra- *
cuse, Ohio. , g
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MAV ASK SENTENCE TO-DAY. I
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Lucy's Attorneys Not Likely to Wait a
on Court's Day.
t .Montgomery, Ala., .March 1.? I
Judge Armstead Brown to-night c
1 stated that attorneys for Theodore
Lacy, former chief clerk for the State y
; convict department, who was con
: victed late last night on a charge ot i
: embezzling fifty thousand dollars of r
i State funds while in office, suggest- v
? ed to him that they may request that
? their client be sentenced to-morrow t
; instead of next Saturday, the regular I
sentence day of the court. ?
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KREEON APPROPRIATIONS
legislature ready to act on
money bell.
Hscussion of Two-Cent Flat Passenger
Rate Measure Resumed.
Columbia, March 4.?It was said
2 the east wing of the State house
ist night that the free conference
ommittee on the general appropriaion
bill had practically agreed and
hat the bill would be reported this
lorning. In this event the legislaure
may adjourn to-day eine die,
nless the bill is held up in the govrnor's
office. No information was
iven out as to what changes, if any,
rere made in the bill.
Having given tne Dest part or tne
ession last night to the 2-cent pasenger
rate bill, without disposing of
t, the senate adjourned about 11
'clock to convene again "this mornlg
at 11 o'clock. Senator Clifton atempted
to have the senate consider
he Nicholson substitute for the Forter
bill and Senator Sinkler asked
d have the Rittenberg bill disposed
f, but the proponents of the rate
ill would not yield.
Senator Hall offered a resolution
arly last night providing for a comaittee
of three members from the
enate and three from the house to
avestigate passenger rates and to reort
next session. At the request of
senator Hall, the resolution went
ver until to-day. Senator Mars said
hat he would offer an amendment
o exempt branch lines of 150 miles
ir less in length. Senator Clifton
Iso has an amendment.
Senator Young and Senator Mars
gain spoke against the bill, Senaor
Mars having the floor and yieldng
for the motion to adjourn.
Senator Young declared that the
?ill was unconstitutional. He read
rom the constitution of IS95 to the
ffect that the railroads in their
harges should not discriminate. "I
inderstand that there are a half
lozen candidates for governor who
re violently pushing the 2-cent rate,"
aid Senator Young in the course of
lis speech. \
Senator Ackerman contended that
he railroads themselves were vioating
the constitution by charging
me rate for one passenger and anither
for another passenger. The
enator from Colleton county said
hat the rate bill should be disposed
if at this session of the legislature
n order to keep it out of politics. 'He
aid that if it was not disposed of,
hose coming back to the legislature
iext session would have to commit
hemselves one way or the other,
ienator Ackerman said that his peo>le
were tired of the dilatory tactics
imployed against the bill.
Amendable to Argument.
Here is a little story that was told
>y Congressman George R. Smith of
Minnesota the other night when re'erence
was made to the country
>arty who deadlocks a jury.
Some time since an autoist was
vhizzing it down the pike as fast as
le could spark the gasoline when a
sountry constable sprang .from a
lump of bushes by the wayside and
leld up a halting hand.
"Sorry, mister," said the contable
ic thp autoist stoDDed the car. "but
*11 have to arrest ye. Ye was going
ifty miles an hour or more."
"You are wrong, my friend," reDlfei
the autoist digging into his
leans. "Say I wasn't going more
han fifteen miles an hour, and here
s a ten dollar bill that says I
vasn't."
"Maybe I was wrong mister," calmy
replied the country constable.
Leastwise, with eleven ter one agin
ne, I ain't' going ter put the county
er the expense of no trial."
MILITANT LETTER TO KING.
Irs. Raere-Fox Says Suffragettes May
Go to Palace.
London, March 2.?Mrs. Dacre^ox
informed a meeting of suffra;ettes
here to-day she delivered Mrs.
Smmeline Pankhurst's letter at
Buckingham Palace under escort of
he gate policeman, who refused to
illow her to enter alone.
Mrs. Pankhurst's letter asked the
ting to receive a deputation which
lesired to complain of "the bar>arous
methods of torture used by
our Majesty's ministers."
Mrs. Dacre-Fox handed the letter
o the King's private secretary. If
raniv i* rpppivpd another letter
IU * g J io * w %- ?
rill be sent.
"If his Majesty is unwise enough
o refuse the deputation," Mrs. Dacre^ox
said, "we will go to Buckinglam
Palace anyway."
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WESTON BECOMES ATTORNEY.
Takes Oath erf Office in Charleston
Court Before Judge Smith.
Charleston, Feb. 28.?Francis H.
Weston of Columbia is now United
States district attorney for the State
of South Carolina, he having taken
the oath of office at 11 o'clock this
morning before Judge Henry A. M.
Smith.
The relinquishing of office by For- '
mer District Attorney Ernest F. Cochran
of Anderson, and-the taking up
of the reins by the new official was |j
unostentatious. At 11 o'clock the
two appeared before Judge Smith and
in a few well chosen words the reoHacto
toH tVlO TillT"?
pose of their appearance before the
court. Mr. Cochran stated in retir- ing
that he hoped the incoming district
attorney would find the work
pleasant and that he would have the
co-operation of other court officials,
as he had had it during his tenure
of office. He extended heartiest best
wishes to his successor. ^
The oath of office was administered
to Mr. Weston by Judge Smith, who
assured him that he would have the
heartiest co-operation of other officials
of the court in the discharge
of his duties. Mr. Weston responded
in fitting words to the remarks
by Mr. Cochran and Judge Smith.
The commission and oath of the
new district attorney were immediately
thereafter filed with the ^slerk of
court and the change of officials was . Vji
complete. ' '
District Attorney Weston will appear
at his first term of court as
such at Florence, a session convening
there next Tuesday. He had no
statement to make with reference to
the future personnel of his staff of
assistants and the staff connected
with the office. ' , %|jM
INQUIRY COMES TO HALT./
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Commission Rests 0/1 the Diplomat c
Rails.
El Paso, March 2.?The Benton investigation
commission rested on the
diplomatic track here to-day while
Washington and Venustiano Carranza
were reported to be rounding out tlie
new phase of negotiations direct
through an American consul. ^
George C. Carothers, special agent x
of the State department, left here late
to-night to visit Carranza. His mission
is said to be a discussion of the
general situation with regard to foreign
affairs rather than to hold a spe- |
-cific conference over the Benton prob- 1
Marion Letcher, American consul
at Chihuahua, arrived here to-day
with the expectation of taking the
commission back to Chihuahua with
him and was surprised to learn %hat
the investigators intended to ?$art
yesterday, but were halted by reoel ;
orders said to have come from Car- 1
ranza. . |||
Mr. Fletcher, a square jawed,
bright eyed young man, thought over
the situation, reported to Washington
and then accepted urgent invitations
from El Paso friends and went
across the river to see the races and > 4|
forget affairs of State.
Uncertainty of wire communications
with Washington, the fact that
this is a State holiday and evidence
that Carranza and Secretary Bryan
were handling the matter themselves, , ^
it is said, contributed to tranquility
in the office of Zach L. Cobb, collector
of customs. Carothers wrote
oomo norcnnai iptters and Gen. Hugh
L. Scott dropped in. They just chatted,
they said.
Word from Madera, the big lumber
town in western Chihuahua,
brought news of a non-political mur-der,
of which J. J. Harmon, a watchman
of the Madera company, limited,
was the victim. He was slain
with an axe, alleged to have been
wielded by Miguel Alvarez, a Mexican
telegraph operator, whose mother
was Harmon's housekeeper. Mother
and son were arrested. The crime
was committed a week ago.
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Putting Them at Ease.
Precedence is not the only puzzle
in official and social circles in any
city, but to say the right thing at
the right time is equally necessary.
"To make mistakes in speech is
suicidal," said former Assistant Secretary
of State Malone. "Let it not ~
be as in the case of Mrs. Brody, who
gave a party, and when all the guests
were in the parlor she entered with a
beaming smile and said:
" 'Do make yourselves at home,
ladies. I'm at home myself, and I
wish you all were."?New York Jm
Tribune.
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Those wishing dram tne win save
money by calling on or writing to -
Wm. A. Hatchell, Bamberg, S. C.
He can quote you a lower price than
you can get.?tf. ' %