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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22,1914. 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 j 1
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County and Elsewhere.
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Denmark Dots.
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Denmark, Oct. IV.?.Mrs. j. \v.|j
Wyman entertained a congenial num-j ,
ber of friends Thursday morning. I,
Quantities of half-blown pink roses!filled
the vases in the drawing room j j
and dining room. The guests were j,
served an elegant three-course j,
luncheon, the place cards being j ;
daintily done in water colors. t
Mrs. J. S. Matthews was hostess to j;
a large number of ladies Thursday
afternoon, the game of hidden identi- j (
ty being the amusing part of the af- j
fair. After this a dainty salad course j
was served. j
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Bethea have re- <
turned to their home in Darlington J (
after a visit to .Mrs. Bethea's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. H. Guess.
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Mrs. James B. Guess, Jr., has re- j
turned from a short visit to parents ,
at Ferguson. j
Dr. Irving P. Carr. of Weewauken, ,
N. J., is spending a fortnight in town
with friends. ,
! Mrs. J. W. Wyman was hostess j,
Friday afternoon to the book club. <
Country Correspondence. ]
Miss Eva McCue left last week for (
New Zion to take charge of the school j
there. j,
Miss Gladys Odom has gone to J ,
Kingstree, where she has accepted a ,
position as teacher. ,
Miss Lila McCue has accepted a ,
position at Manning, where she will .
teach this session.
The many friends of Mr. Riley <
Hightower will regret to learn that ,
he was taken worse very suddenly |
' Sunday. (
Little Misses Corene and Wilhelrn- i
ina Sandifer spent the week-end with j
Miss Clara McCue. j (
Mr. Leroy Sandifer is now working j
for the Sea Board Air Line railway.
Winthrop News.
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Winthrop College, Oct. 19.?In
spite of the financial conditions, Winthrop
has a larger enrollment this
year than ever before in the history ,
of the college. There are eight hun- {
dred and ninty-one students enrolled.
Bamberg county is represented j ^
by eight girls this year. j ?
In order to accommodate the great ;
number of students, there has been I
quite an addition added to Johnson
hall. (
Dr. Johnson has been asked by the t
Panama-Pacific authorities to send
an exhibit of the Winthrop farm ^
school there next year. This shows ^
in some degree how Winthrop's repu- t
k tation has spread. s
t Dr. Henry F. Cope, general secrer
tary of the Religious Educational as- c
sociation has been conducting a se- ^
ries of lectures on religious educarr>t
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lion, mese leoiuies *cie vci> ucucficial
and greatly enjoyed by all.
The lyceum numbers arranged for (
this year are to be especially good. ,
They will consist of good lectures, t
concerts and other entertainment.
The Winthrop students by buying c
> season tickets, will get to attend
these numbers for the small price of
twelve and a half cents a piece. The ^
first number, the "Oratoria Artists"
will be given the evening of Xovem- ^
ber 12. Reed Miller, the famous ,
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tenor, of our own State, is one of the ,
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Oratoria artists. t
The Young Women's Christian association
has over six hundred mem?
bers this year. The association has {
given two receptions this year. One (
was for the whole student body and r
the other was for the new girls. The I
object of these receptions was to
bring the girls in closer touch with
the members and the work of the t
association. One big undertaking
the association has undertaken this
ic tn roica txrolva Hnl
lars. Five hundred is to go towards i
building a cottage at Blue Ridge and s
the remainder is for the support of
Miss Guitner, Winthrop's missionary .
in India. E. M. C. (
AGED WOMAN A SUICIDE. 1
Mrs. Cynthia E. Gibson Ends Life 1
With Rat Poison. i
Spartanburg. Oct. 19.?Mrs. Cyn- !
thia E. Gibson. 60 years of ase, com-! '
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mitted suicide at her home on Bomar i ,
| avenue by swallowing rat poison. It1'
' contained arsenic.
| Mrs. Gibson had been in ill health!
and had remarked that she was! t
tempted to "end it all." |1
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NOT TOO LATH FOR GARDENS.
some Timely Hints tor Those Who
Have Not Vet Planted.
Clenison College. Oct. 19.?"The
winter garden, of course, should now
3e on the way," says C. F. Xiven, assistant
horticulturist of Clenison colege.
"However, questions are coning
in every day from gardeners wanting
to know what they can do now
in order to have winter greens. I
would advise those who have not a'-eady
put their gardens in to do so
it once. To delay a few days more
neans poor support from the garden
luring the winter. Fairly good results
can yet be obtained." Prof.
Niven gives the following suggestions
to those who are late with their
gardens:
Spinach?Sow ^eed in shallow
irills after soil has been thoroughly
pulverized. Before covering seed,
run wheelbarrow in drill in order to
press the dirt firmly about the seed,
[lover with about a half inch of fine
jarth.
Turnips?Sow "Seventops" for
greens. This is the best variety to
slant at this season. Though not desirable
for early planting, if sown
low it will produce a very good crop
if greens.
Rano "Tlwarf Rscpv " This is
usually sown for pasturage, but is
iuite often used as a salad. Sow in
drills or broadcast.
Kale?"Curled Emerald Isle."
Kale at this season will do fairly well.
Sow in drills, as for spinach, turnips,
?tc.
Onions?"White Pearl." Sets now
Rill be ready for use in the early
jpring. Prepare the soil as describ?d
for other seed. Open out drills
tw?o feet apart, placing sets four
nches apart in drill. Cover with
ibout an inch of fine earth.
Owing to the lateness of the season,
it will be necessary to produce
i quick growth with all the vegetajles
planted now. In view of this
he soil should be made very fertile.
IVork in a liberal supply of stable mature
before planting. An application
tf high grade fertilizer will also
telp materially.
HOSTILITIES ENDED.
ilebel Chief Says He is Willing to
Support Government,
Washington. Oct. 19.?Gen. Villa
las informed the United States government
that, unless something unfortunate
occurs, hostilities in Mexco
are at an- end and that he will
support any provisional government
ormed by the national convention at
Vguas Calientes.
Villa said he would not accept Gen.
?arranza as provisional president,
>ut was satisfied he would not be
hosen. It generally is understood
rarranza does not desire to be pro isional
president, wishing to be free
o eater the political race at the
jucceeding election.
Latest state department reports describe
in detail the visit last Saturlay
of Villa to the convention at
^.guas Calientes. When he arrived
suspicions were awakened as to his
mrposes, but when he addressed the
onvention all doubt was removed,
ie said he came to pledge by oath
lis support to the acts of the contention
so that no one' could ever
say he was unpatriotic.
Villa was received with storms of
ipplause. Later he embraced Gen.
)bregon, over whom Villa's break
vith Carranza occurred. He then
vrote his name on the Mexican flag
tnd kissed the banner, pledging
tgain to abide by the decisions of
he convention.
American Consular Agent Caroth;rs
reported that Villa's visit has proluced
a profound impression on the
lelegates. Villa's pledge is taken to
nean he has withdrawn his original
lemand that no military man be giv?n
the provisional presidency. The
irevalent belief here is that Gen. Anonia
Villareal will be selected.
The convention is awaiting the ar ival
of delegates from Gen; Zapata,
ind it is reported here that the south
?rn chief himself may attend the assembly.
Details of Carranza's decree vacatng
mining concessions granted by
5en. Huerta reached the state department
today. The instrument inralidates
acts of the Huerta governnent
between February 19. 1913, to
August 15, 1914. As a matter of
?quity all interested persons are
rranted sixty days from September
> to apply for new titles, in default
pf which the land will be considered
is free to appropriation by any incrested
person.
The annual meeting of the Presbyerian
Synod was he'd in Union last
.veek.
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| IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
j State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The South Carolina Lutheran SyI
nod is in annual session this week
| at Greenville.
The Methodist conference will be
j held at Sumter beginning November
! 25th. Bishop Denny will preside.
S. T. Burch, who some time ago
shot and killed his foreman. Cook,
was acquitted in the Florence court
last week. _
The .senate has passed to third
reading a bill proposing a bond issue
of 535,(00.000 for the relief of the
cotton situation.
Tommy Grice, a negro youth, was
found guilty of criminal assault in
Florence last week, and sentenced to
death in the electric chair.
Between twenty and thirty people
were injured, several raore or less
seriously, when the grand stand at
the Laurens county fair collapsed
! Tuesday. It is estimated S00 or 900
j persons were on the grand stand at
j the time.
I Up to October 15th there had been
I 39.47S,421 pounds of tobacco sold
! at the 22 markets in South Carolina.
! The aggregate receipts were 53,SSI,
; 233..>4, the average price per pound
i being S.S1. Last year the average
j price was 13.23 for 33,299.561
pounds.
SAYS WAS ACT OF MURDER.
i Judge Brashears Comments on An.
napolis Hazing Case.
Annapolis, Md., Oct. IS.?Assert:
ing that the death of Cadet William
! R. Bowlus, of Middletown, Md., as a
| result of a hazing escapade at St.
John's college here May 26. was an
act of murder, Judge Brashears,
charging an Ann Arundel county
grand jury urged that the tragedy be
probed.
The five freshmen held responsible
for Bovlus's death are George H.
Weaver, New York; Ilenrv I.. Valdoz.
Havana, Cuba; Fendell Marbury, Baltimore;
R. A. Jones, Cambridge, Md.,
and John M. Noble, Preston, Md.
PISTOL WOUND IS FATAL.
Jesse Henderson, Shot by Landrum
Police Chief, Dies.
Spartanburg, Oct. 1 9.?Jesse Henderson,
a young white man. died late
j Sunday night of a pistol wound which
i he received Friday at the hands of
) C. M. Steadman, chief of police at
Landrum, in the northern part of the
county. Steadman came to Spartan\
burg Sunday and surrendered to
Sheriff W. J. White.
The shooting occurred in connection
with the efforts of the Landrum
police to arrest Henderson for a rpisdemeanor.
He resisted arrest and
knocked down a policeman with a
blow on the head with a baseball bat.
Steel Ties.
Steel ties are coming into use in
this country. Steel ties firmly fixed
in concrete roadbeds hav? long been
employed by the steam and electric
railroads of Europe. They have been
found to be much more durable and
much less expensixe than the use of
wooden ties with, their constant renewal.
According to European economy,
it was a waste of nature's gifts
continually to harvest forests for the
i Af oh Art-llVD^ tranV nn
derpinning when the steel tie, protected
by concrete, meant a permanent
construction. Apparently, American
railway men are beginning to
favor the use of the steel products.
The recent construction of 4,700
feet of double track in a small Ohio
city makes use of the steel tie and
the concrete bedding. One objection
which has been raised in this country
against employment of such railway
track structures has been that they
do not allow trains to ride as smoothly
as do the wood-tie tracks. Euj
ropean railway travel is cited in sup|
port of this assertion. While the
j European cars do not riae as smootn|
ly as those operated in this ocuntry,
perhaps, it must be remembered that
they are of far lighter construction
I than the American cars, and, so,
more subject to jars and swayings.
A lot of opportunities come at in|
opportune times.
| Also the dental student takes les|
sons in the art of drawing.
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j Man Who Owned House Damaged by
Fire Arrested. I
Johnston, October 19.?There was;
much excitement in town today at |
:j 2 t)'clock and quite a crowd gathered; ]
J around the auto that arrived from j
Columbia bringing Robbin, of the Co-i
Numbia penitentiary, and his bloodj
hounds, who came at the call of the;
"j mayor to find out if possible the j
j party or parties who was supposed! I
1 to have set fire to a negro house in ! a
.'the suburbs this morning. The fire ?
. was discovered by the tenants in time t
to save the house, their lives and ait
number of negro dwellings, with the J t
negro M. E. church, irom tne names, t
The dogs struck a trail at a branch t
near by, scenting through the woods t
to a negro house occupied by Peter c
Mathis. As a test four men were i
! told to go in different directions and
! Peter .Mathis was told to climb a g
tree. The dogs trailed to the tree i
and in the crowd where the negro
stood it was with difficulty that the (
dogs were kept at bay. The negro <
was taken into custody and carried i
to Edgefield county jail. .Mathis \
' owned the house that was fired. He (
1 carried $4 00 insurance on same. ?
Mathis denies the charge. The negro (
bears a good name and hold a posi- j
tion at Eidson's gin. I
FOURTH CRUISER TORPEDOED. J
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Germans Sink Another British Ship.
."30 Lives are Lost. ?
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London, October 16.?The British
, cruiser Hawke has been torpedoed
and sunk in the North Sea by a German
submarine. Out of a crew of
400 men 50 were saved. The news
has been officially confirmed.
The admiralty gave out this an:
nouncement:
"His majesty's ship Theseus, Capt.
Hugh Edwards, was attacked by a
submarine in the northern waters of
the North Sea yesterday afternoon,
but was missed. His majesty's ship
Hawke, Capt. N. P. E. Williams, was
attacked about the same time and
was sunk. The following officers,
with 4 9 men of the crew, have been
landed at Aberdeen' from a trawler:
Boatswain Sydney Austin, Gunner
James Dennison and Acting Gunner
Harry Evitt.; The remaining officers
and men are missing.
"Further particulars will be published
as soon as available.
"The Hawke was a cruiser built
in 1SS9."
PHILIPPINE BILL PASSES HOUSE.
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Will Not Be Considered in the Senate
This Session.
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Washington, October 14.?The
Jones Philippine bill, which declares
the purpose of the United States to
, recognize the independence of the
islands "as soon as a stable government
can be established there," passed
the house late?today by a vote of
211 to 59. It will not be considered
in the senate at this session of congress.
Five Republicans, Representatives
Cooper, Davis, Dillon. Griest and Rogers:
four Progressives, Representatives
Falconer, Chandler, Rupley and
Thompson, of Illinois, and Representative
Farr, Progressive-Republican,
voted with the solid Democratic
membership for the bill. Speaker
Clark also had his vote recorded for
the measure. Representative Bran,
of Washington, Progressive, voted
against it.
Uncle Sam's Policy.
The bill declares the policy of the
United States op recognition of the
independence of the islands in the
preamble and makes both branches
of the Philippine legislature elective .
by tbe Filipino people, nxmg me
term of office of Philippine senators .
and the resident commissioner of the '
Philippines in congress at six years,
while representatives shall serve
three years.
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The purpose of the measure is dedeclared
in the preamble to enlarge
the self-government of the Filipinos,
to define the nature of the relation .
between the United States and the i;
islands, to give qualified veto to the
government general and absolute P
veto power to the president of the r
United States over acts of the Philip- p
pine legislature.
All efforts to amend the principles;
of the bill failed. Republican oppo-|f
nents charged that it was unwise and j ^
misleading to the Filipino people. |
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All tfllUI I UI lilt? iiuuv/ih; cw w- ^
graft upon its provisions for woman'
suffrage and prohibition failed. At-!
tempts to secure the neutralization of
the islands by international agree-;
ment pending independence and pro- 1
josals to altar the salarv of the gov!
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ernor general, fixed in the bill at j _
.'5 IS.000 a year, were fruitless.
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p VKI'DK T IX GUILD'S FAVOR.
Sued Augustus Heinze for Recovery
' of $1,200,0(H).
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I Xev.* York, October 14.?Instructed
to bring a verdict for $1,200,000
. ' or nothing, a jury in the State su!
preme court today decided for Ed;
win Gould in his suit against F. Au!
gustus Heinze for the recovery of
j S1,200,000, a part of the purchase
as'price, with interest, of stock in the
se | .Mercantile National Bank.
u_ At the request of counsel for
dsi Heinze, a thirty-day stay of execution
,t.1 was granted.
JOj The sale of .Mercantile National
n.iBank stock by Gould to Heinze was
u_! made in 1907. Heinze paid $350,000
,11 in cash and gave notes for the baJ)n
ance. His defence in the suit decided
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525,(100,060.00 BOND ISSUI
HI.!. IXTKODIC'KD IX BOTH Til
HOlSK AXI> SKXATK.
i' Measure i'as>cs, it Will Be Submi
te<! to Voters in (General
Klectiou.
.Columbia, Oct. 21.?A bill h
)een introduced both in the hou
md stnaie providing for the iss
nee of $25,o00,0o0 worth of bon
o be Irnown as South Carolina cc
on bonds, and to submit the iss:
o the qualified electors in the ge
;ral election to be held on Xovei
>er It is the purpose of the b
o loan the fund to the farmers <
:otton as security. The text of tl
neasure is as follows:
"Be it enacted by the general a
sembly of the State of South Car
ilia"Section
1. That the State of Sou
Carolina issue twenty-five millW
!$29,000,000) dollars, if so much 1
lece^sary, in five per cent, coup*
jonds, bearing interest from tl
iate of issue, payable annually, f
t term of five (5) years, and with tl
jption to the State to call the sa
;onds or any portion thereof by nui
>er for payment at any time; sa
rnnds to be issued in form and ma
ler and for the purposes hereinaft
;et forth: Provided, that the que
ion of issuing the said bonds 1
submitted to the qualified electo
>f this State at the next general eie
ion, on the third day of Xovembe
1914, for the consent of the peop
)f the State; that at said electi'
here shall be provided a sufhcie
lumber of ballots as follows: ' F
be issuing of not exceeding twent
ive million ($25,000,000) dollars
South Carolina coupon bonds, to
>xchanged for or loaned upon cotti
ly the State?Yes,' and a sufficie
lumber of ballots shall be provid<
is follows: 'For the issuing of n
;xceeding twenty-five million ($2;
)00,000) dollars in South Carolii
:oupon bonds to be exchanged for <
oaned upon cotton by the State<o.'
- Only such notice of said ele
ion shall be required and extendi
iv advertisement as may be practic
)le after the passage of this a<
rhat in case two-thirds of the qua
ied electors of this State vbting <
lie question of said issue shall vo
Yes,' then the said bonds shall 1
ssued as provided in this act.
"Section 2. That said bonds sht
>e issued in denominations of fif
S50) dollars, one hundred ($10(
lollars, five hundred ($500) dollai
md one thousand ($1,000) dollai
ind shall be executed as now pr
ided for by an act entitled 'An a
o provide the redemption of th
>art of the State debt known as tl
irown Consol Bonds and stocks 1
ssue of other bonds and stocks, a
iroved December 22, A. D. 189i
md acts amendatory thereof. Sa
>onds shall be issued in such for
it shall be prescribed by the Sta
inking fund commission: Provide
hat the cotton taken in exchanj
or said bonds shall be pledged f<
he payment of the same and inte
(St, also all forfeitures, fines and i
erest collected under the provisioi
if this act shall be held by the Sta
reasurer for the payment of sa
londs, except as otherwise here
irovided.
"Section 3. That the sinking fur
ommission shall deposit said bom
kith the State treasurer and sha
lispose of them as hereinafter pr
cribed. In exchange for South Car
ina produced cotton, evidenced 1
ertificates or receipts from bondt
ir State managed warehouses, shot
ig the weight, grade, mark and nur
ier of bales of such cotton, accori
Li w, tu tut; oiaiiuaiu picauiucu *he
federal government, the sinkir
und commission shall deliver wa
ant or warrants in the 6um repr
ented by the value of said cottc
t ten (10) cents per pound on tl
>asis of middling, the price of ti
Dwer grades to be fixed by the sinl
ag fund commission, and in no cas
t a higher price than ten cents p<
lound: Provided, that the persoi
eceiving such warrants shall be tl
iroducer of the cotton represents
iy such certificates or receipts. <
he owner of the land upon which
ias produced, or the holder therei
or the benefit of the producer <
andowner. and shall deposit in cas
nth the sinking fund commissic
en per cent, of the face of such wa
ant, to he held in the State trea
iry for the purpose of the pavmei
if interest on said bonds and e
lenses.
'Section 4. On delivery of note <
lotes of any person except as her
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tip today was tnat ne was aeirauueu,
Heinze declaring the stock was not
3_ worth the price Gould set.
0_ Involved in the suit decided today
was counter action for $400,000
brought by Heinze against Gould.
; Heinze, under the verdict,* receives
be nothing, retaining, however, the privJn
ilege of again suing Gould for this
he ain0UDt
?r OPEN CANAL "iN TEN DAYS,
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Slide
in Culebra Cut Not as Serious
n" as at First Thought.
n" Panama, October 16.?Col. George
er W. Goethals, governor of the Pana's'!
ma Canal Zone, tonight said it would >
j be ten days before the canal would
rs j again be ready for traffic, which has <
!2'j been suspended as a result of the
}r>! landslide on the west side of the
lie | waterway north of Gold Hill WednesJn
j day night.
ntj The colonel also said that he would
or i have the channel ready for thirtyy-i
foot draft ships by October 27, barin,
ring accidents. It' is planned by
be, then to have the channel one hun- _
3n: dred feet wide and thirty teet deep
ntj along the west bank, where the chan2d
I nel was least affected. In that scoot
I tion there is an average depth of
>?" twenty feet.
3aj The slide was not as serious as at
or| first reported, although it will require
?; many months of constant dredging
IC"I to regain the full width of three hun2(1j
dred feet and the depth of forty-five
a" feet.
-t- Capt. Hugh Rodman, superintendli~-ent
of transportation of the Panama
)n j Canal, already is preparing to put
te the maximum number of ships
be! through on the first day the wateri
| way is passable. There are now
j fourteen ships anchored at the terminal
points and others are coming.
s. U. S. SOLDIERS WOUNDED.
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0. j Five Men Struck by Mexican Bullets
ctl Fired'Across Boundary.
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ie Xaco, Ariz, Oct. 17.?Five men, a
3V civilian and four soldiers of the
p. United States cavalry, were wounded
> today by Mexican bullets that flew
id far over the international boundary
m during an attack by Gov. Maytorena's
te troops on the Carranza garrison of
3 Xaco. Sonora.
;e One of the soldiers was shot
3r I through the head while on duty at a
r_ railroad embankment 400 yards from \
n_ the boundary. He is still alive. The ^
as civilian, a railroad carpenter, was
te shot through the right lung while
id walking on a sidewalk on the Amerijn
can side of the line.
i me storm 01 ouneis iuuay was
l(j I heavier than any that heretofore has
js struck on the American side. They
Ljl came from .Maytorena troops which
e. attacked the Naco garrison directly
0. on the south side of the town. The
)y attack began before daylight and con}(j
tinued more than six hours with
v_ brisk fire on both sides.
COTTON-WOOL FABRIC.
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lg Manufacturers are Trying to Secure
r- Suitable Material.
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(n Washington, Oct. 19.?Quarterie
master General Aleshire, in his anie
nual report today, says that the man
ufacturers are maaing enoris 10 pro3e
vide a suitable washable material,
ar combining wool and from twenty to
jg .thirty per cent, cotton, for soldiers
Je uniforms. Until a satisfactory re,d
suit has been reached the issue of
)r cotton service uniforms will be continued
throughout the service.
3f PUT THK CASHIER IX VAULT.
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' Fled With $500, Hut Was Captured
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Later.
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S Byars, Okla., Oct. 19.?William Al:lt
lison. 24 years old, today locked the *
x | cashier of the First State Bank of
j Byars in the vault and fled on horse3r
back with $500. A posse in an au^
tomobile captured Alison. The money
was recovered.
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