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SLEW HIM TO DEFEXl) HONOR. Oeorgia Woman Admits in Court She H Killed Uncle. Calhoun, Ga., .March 26.?After Mrs. Charles Chapman told the court F that she killed her uncle. Sidney f* Chapman, because he was guilty of ir improper conduct toward her. Justice m Fox, presiding at her preliminary U trial here to-day, ordered the wo- p, man's immediate release and she was D restored to freedom. h< Mrs. Chapman's confession was b< not nnexDected. as her lawyers had tr announced that she probably would G make an important statement in con- si nection with the killing. Last Tues- in day morning the body of Sidney Chapman was found outside the door of of Mrs. Lizzie Starnes's home. Mrs. w Starnes and her daughter, Mrs. of Charles Chapman, were arrested as tc suspects and Charles Chapman later C was taken into custody on the same a^ charge. to At the preliminary hearing to-day a many witnesses were introduced by p the State, some of whom testified that bi they had heard Mrs. Chapman threat- st en the life of the dead man. in When the prosecution closed its case late to-day Mrs. Starnes was called as first witness for the de- li] fence. She said that she knew noth- of ing of the killing. After a brief con- tc sultation by attorneys for the de- F< fence, Mrs. Charles Chapman was in- al troduced and made her statement. to Simply and directly she told her tr story of how she shot her uncle. ca To Defend Her Honor. te "It was I who killed Sydney Chap- Ti man," she said. "I did it to defend tb my honor and my good name. He p( had pursued me and continually g? thrust his unwelcome attentions on g< me. I said nothing to my mother, to because I knew it would worry her. ec "On Friday Sidney came to me and threatened me. That night I loaded Si the shotgun and set it by my bed. p< "Between 3 and 4 o'clock in the w morning Sidney woke me, threaten- L; ing to kill me if I uttered a word, al / He told me to follow him, and, in st the darkness, I secured the gun. A "Sidney went out the door and in- w to the yard. I didn't follow, and M when he turned to come back for me G I shot him and he fell dead, outside st the door." ec As Mrs. Chapman finished, the r< spectators in the crowded court room A cheered. There was renewed ap- bi plause when Justice- Fox ordered her 01 rpctnrpd tn liberty. It was report- la ed here to-night that the matter probably will be presented to the 01 grand jury later. bi imitm t LEMON STOPS HICCOUGHS. ot s>i Nervous Complaint of Young Girl Is ^ Cured by a Chance Drink. tr C2 Hilda Caine, the 11-year-old r( daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Caine, of this village, is on the way to recovery after hiccoughing steadily fr since last Thanksgiving Day when a w ragamuffin frightened her. She had grown steadily weaker under the strain and many physicians had -p, abandoned her case, saying she could tc not possibly live. Her parents had 1 * 3 * a1_ A..ii A f v A - tnea wimuui avdn uiuuoauuo ui medies suggested by correspondents from all parts of the Union who had q read of her plight. A week ago Mrs. Caine responded ^ to her daughter's request by squeez- , ing the juice of S*3emon into a glass of cold tea. The drink quenched the ^ girl'6 thirst and stopped her hie- ^ coughing. Since then she has not suffered and has gained weight.? jg Union Progress. DOG WALKED 2,500 MILES. sc With Feet Sore and Bleeding;, Animal ce Returned to Olathe, Kansas. qi After a walk of two thousand ni miles, footsore and almost starved, n: Bonnie, a 3-year-old thoroughbred PJ Scotch collie, returned to Olathe. <h Kas., Saturday from Vilrico, Fla., h( and accosted his little master, 8- c'< vear-old Phil Pickering, on his way tc to school. In October, 1912, the dog ^ was given to J. P. Fall, who was w leaving Olathe to make his home in w - - I AI Southern Florida. -,J The dog stayed on the farm with e< his new owner for two weeks but td seemed to be discontented and would H eat only occasionally. He left one w night, and. although Mr. Fall adver- tl tised for him, he could not be found and nothing more was heard from him until he walked into Olathe Satr urday. His feet were sore and bleeding and the toe nails were worn off. ?Kansas City Star. Big;' IVice Paid. b a London, March 25.?A silver salt , cellar, from the late Lord Ashburnham's collection, was sold for ?28.000 at auction yesterday. The treasure. which dates from the period of n Henry VIII., is believed to be the earliest standing salt cellar in exis- G tence. Its height, with the cover, is n 12 1-4 inches, but it weighs onlv 30 a ounces. A pair of Charles III. bottles sold for ?14,500. K FIRE OX MEXICANS. uerta's Soldiers Pursuing Rebels ja Checked on Rorder. Eagle Pass. March 23.?Mexican ederai soldiers, who fired at a de- Ti ;ated constitutionalist force escap- fr< tg to the United States for safety. Kj et sharp resistance yesterday from dr nited States cavalry of the border po atrol at McKee's Crossing, above el Rio. Texas. When three soldiers tin sld by the American troopers had an ?en shot down the Americans re- th irned the fire across the Rio Ve rande, and after the exchange of lots the Mexicans withdrew, bear- Gf ,g with them dead and wounded. pr No American was hurt. How many SOi ' the Mexican soldiers were killed or c}c ounded is not known. be ficial reports of the occurrence su ? Col. Sibley, commanding at Fort 0f larke here, caused orders for all va railable cavalry of the border patrol jjn i proceed to Del Rio. One troop and machine gun platoon left Eagle tjv ass to-day. Another engagement itween Mexican Federals and Conitutionalists is expected tomorrow the same territory. gu Cause of the Clash. The clash across the international ae was precipitated, according to y0 ficial reports to headquarters here t0 -day, by persistent firing of the go ederals at the fleeing Constitution- th( ists who had gained. American terri- fu] ry and surrendered to United States sei oops. Three horses held by Ameri- Qa in cavalry men were killed. For ac< n minutes Capt. Winterburn, of j j roop E, 14th cavalry, signalled to S0] ie Federals to cease firing, but re- ou )rted that his signals were disreirded and his own men were in dan- be ir. He then ordered the troopers, th( i fire and a sharp fusillade followI, lasting ^out five minutes. m. The Constitutionalists defeated in mday were members of a scouting we irty led into a trap by the Federals, ed ho earlier in the day had captured as Vacas, opposite Del Rio. They aandoned the town, but returned tn iddenly to attack the rebel scouts. bout forty-five Constitutionalists ^ ere cut off by three Federals at wa cKee's Crossing, on the Rio re, rande, where the rebels put up a Fe ubborn resistance until overpower- ^ 1 by numbers. They then began ^treating across the river to the ^ merican side, where Capt. Winter- ^ lrn's detachment of cavalrymen was 1 duty to preserve the neutrality ws. Of the forty-five Constitutionalists lly twenty-seven reached the Texas me ink. Several were killed in the wa- ga ;r, their bodies floating down th< ream. ru There was no further trouble and pe was eaid here that the additional Pa oops were ordered to Del Rio be- Me luse of the battle expected to-mor>w. qu A force of about 700 Constitu- th< onalists was reported advancing cii om the southwest to Las Vacas, to here the Federal command is now of ationed. A rebel company that had me een encamped opposite Langtrv, tai ex., is also moving down the river vo ward Las Vacas. th; so Only Two Troopers Engaged. San Antonio, Texas, March 23.? tn nly two United States troopers en- tic iged in the exchange of shots yes- tic irday with Mexican Federal soldiers sa ; McKee's crossing, according to the m; ihcial report of Capt. George W. Se Tinterburn, who was in command th J the detachment of the 14th caval- pc ' stationed at that point. The bul- sh ts fired by the cavalrymen were ef- re ;ctive, however, and the Mexicans gr >on were put to flight. th Capt. Winterburn's report was re- in ?ived at Fort Sam Houston, headiiarters of the Southern depart- lir ent of the United States army, to- ag ight. He confirmed previous dis- fo itches with regard to the incident. Fi ^daring that it was only after three tw orses had been killed on the Amerim side of the border that the order 1 9 ? rptnrn fhp firp was edvpn. Cant, nl finterburn stated that the detail ic as made up of eight men and that an hile two of the men engaged the th exican soldiers, the others round- re i up the fugitives as they reached tic le Texas side of the Rio Grande, to is report did not say as to the cas- foi alties on the Mexican side. None of \vl le United States soldiers were hurt, st; th MOUNTAIN SHAKEN DOYVN. so th larthquake Takes Oft" Whole Side of js French Peak. Brive, France. March 29.?A large action of a mountain near here has ecome detached by seismic disturbnces and is sliding down into a val- on iy. sweeping over everything in its ath. Already a number of farms *c nd cottages have been blotted out. t0 Heavy rumblings indicate that the lir lass i? gaining impetus and inhabimts are fleeing from their homes. Government engineers are seeking'a %v< leans to limit the extent of the disster. Big line of tablets and pencils at yc ierald Book Store. cc CLAIMS JACKSON'S VASE. D s. McKee Says He is Last Survivor of Mexican War. / Washington, March 25.?Senator llman recently received a lletter 4 Dm James McKee, of Fall River, insas, claiming the celebrated Anew Jackson vase, which now reses at Columbia, where it awaits al assignment under the terms of e will of Andrew Jackson. Jr., who rected that it be turned over to e last surviving South Carolina teran 01 ine .vieiaau nai. The provisions as to the disposal | the vase according to the will of esideni Jackson himself were mewhat indefinite, and his son deled that the best solution would to award the memorial to the last rvivor. The passage in the will "Old Hickory" which refers to the se is interesting to all South Carouans because it specifically menins the Palmetto State as the nae State of the testator, and to arlestonians in particular because ? vase was presented by the ladies that city. Here is the exact lanage: "The gold box presented to me by 3 corporation of the city of New irk, the large silver vase presented me by the ladies of Charleston, uth Carolina, my native State, with 3 large picture representing the unrling of the American banner, preited to me by the citizens of South rolina when it was refused to be :epted by the United States senate, eave in trust to my son, A. Jackn, Jr., with directions that should r happy country not be blessed th peace, an event not always to expected, he will at the close of 3 war or end of the conflict preit each of said articles of inestiible value to that patriot residing the city or State from which they ;re presented who shall be adjudgby his countrymen or the ladies to ve been the most valiant in deice of his country and our counts riehts." Senator Tillman made inquiry of e commissioner of pensions and is informed that three persons now siding in South Carolina are on the deral pension rolls as veterans of s Mexican war. The senator wrote iKee to this effect, explaining that L e younger Jackson's will directs ^ at the vase go to the last survivor. ^ How South Carolinians Stand. Washington, March 27.?Three mibers of the South Carolina dele- > tion in the house to-day voted with J e president in the test ballot on the , le to limit debate on the bill to real the exemption clause of the .nama Tolls Act. These three were >ssrs. Whalev, Johnson and Lever. Representative Byrnes, who is lite sick with an abscess in his ear. ough not regarded by his physi- ^ in as dangerously ill, was unable | hp nrpsent. He was paired in favor | c - ? the rule. The three remaining 1 smbers of the delegation, Represen- I tives Finley, Aiken and Ragsdale, I ted against the rule, indicating I at they will vote against repeal al- J The close shave on the adoption of e rule was a test of administra>n strength on the repeal proposi>n, and proves that the margin of fety was by no means so large as my have been saying. In spite of cretary Bryan's statement to-day at he is with the president on all ints in the matter some of the rewdest observers declare that the peal bill will not be passed by coness in its present shape. They ink it will be amended or blocked the senate. I P The viewpoint of the South Caro- V lians who declared themselves * ainst the rule to-day is given as Hows in the words of Congressman ? nley, who voted against exemption o years ago: "When the vote was cast in May of f 12 against exemption there was no ank on the subject in the democrat- q platform. But after Mr. Bryan a, d the platform committee put it in e platform I stood by it. . I always a] gard a party platform as a declara- 0| >n of party principles. In addition tc this, when I became a candidate ni r congress in 1912 I signed a pledge C( lich I understood then, and underand now. as binding me to support e party platform. I have no pernal feeling about the matter and is talk about fighting the president nuiiseuse. l^esence of Mind. A tramp called at Mr. Cobb's house ie morning. "I've walked many'miles to see iu. sir," he said, "because people Id me you were very kind to poor ifortunate fellows like me." ? "Indeed!"' said the old gentleman. "" Vnd are you going back the same ay?" ol "Yes, sir," was the answer. M "Well," said Mr. Cobb, "Just conadict that rumor as you go, will >u??Good morning!"?Lippin- c itt'S. . M. EAVES, Pres. JNO. M. KIRKLAND, V-Pres. H. H. GRAH Standard Serial Bi Loan Associ INCORPORATED, 1912 ??????L*??? E ARE now selling new stock f W which commences April 10, 1 a good paying investment t with us. If you want to bi take a sufficient amount of jW furnish you the money with ' | new home, or to buy one a will pay in enough to mal safe. There is no enterprise doing n now than this Association and persons upbuilding and prosperity of Bamberg she some of this series before it is all disposed only one dollar per share per month. 1 one dollar per share per month and in add rate of eight per cent, per annum, payabh If you desire further information in the m or in the matter of loans see the Manage Enterprise Bank. / / ! Standard Serial Building & H. M. 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