The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 28, 1908, Image 5
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SOUTH ATTACKED
Republicans Trying to Revive the 11
Reconstruction Bitterness.
,
6ETTING DESPERATE
Itepublicans Afraid to Lot tho People
V
Know How Muoh Money They are t,
Given by the Trusts for Corrupt "
legislation and Hecomes Virions V
r
Towards thojfciouth. v
A campaign contribution pul>1 ioity J1
bill, embodying an amendment by r
Mr. Crumpacker of Indiana, provid:...?
r.\p 'i rfifinp.tioH in the renrosonta
111B ? . ? .
Hon In the house of the represent a- '
lives In those States having disfranch- J.
isenient was passed by the house by ,
a vote of 1 r?0 to 125 following a live- f
ly debate. The measure was brought 1
up under suspension of the rules and
but 40 minutes were allowed in which |
to discuss it. v
The Southern members in particu- <
lar were bitter in their denunciation of ,
the apportionment provision of tlio ^
bill. Mr. Williams, the minority
lender, was especially vigorous in his <
attack, characterizing the bill as belug
an attempt to revive the condt- (
tlons of Reconstruction days. On i
account of the Crumpaeker amend- |
meat the Democrats voted against |
the bill in its entirety.
In brief, the provision regarding ,
publicity of campaign contributions ,
is applicable to the national committees
of all present parties and tlie ,
national congressional committees of
all political parties and all committees,
associations or organizations ,
which shall in two or more States in- (
fluence the result or attempt to influence
the result of an election at
Vhlcli representatives in congress are
to he elected.
The Crunipaeker amendment provides
for the re-enactment oNcertain
sections of the old federal election
law, except that tlie idea of the force
bill authorizing the use of troops at
the polls is eliminated. It also provides
that the director of the census
shall submit to congress a report on
.population showing the number of
male citizens, white and black, in
eaCi. State and the number disfranchg
ised for the purpose of enabling con1
Jl gress to ascertain the apportionment
in representation to which o States
may be entitled.
iur. Crunipaeker explained his
amendments by saying they were designed
against fraud and intimidation
in elections. He undertook to
say, he declared that no member of
the house would object to a law
whose only purpose was to secure
honest elections.
In the opinion of Mr. Itucker l Mo.-,
if.anything were wanting to demonstrate
that the leaders and managers
of the Republican party in the
house were guilty of deceit and false
pretense the hill supplied that want.
Expressing the belief that Mr.
Crunipaeker, in including his amendments
to the publicity bill, did not
represent the sentiment of the leaders
on the part of the majority in attempting
to revive the principles or
kjh m,. i .n sal tor nrotestad
lUi: iuiv.c win, . . 4. _
against tho measure.
Mr. Gillespie warne>l the house
that by passing tho bllf the condition
of tho negro would bo made worse
than at present.
Following brief remarks by
Messrs. Bennett and Bonynge in support
of {4o bill, Mr. Williams made
a vigq^*Js speech against it. "The
great ,flPparty," he began, "has resolved
itself into a vaudeville stock
company." He charged the Republicans
with not daring to face any j
great public question in a fair and J
straightforward way, by combining
several proposition in one bill.
"What are you trying to do." ho inquired.
"Does the gentleman from
turn the hands
Indiana tiuiik m: .
of the clock of time hack half a century?
Does lie think he can produce
the days of the carpet-bagger and
Reconstruction in the South once
more? Does he think the business
interests of the North will stand for
a recurrence of the saturnalia?"
The reduction in representation
amendment, he declared, had been
added to defeat the publicity bill.
"You have no idea of reducing the
representation of California, Massachusetts
or Connecticut.
The people of the South, he said,
are willing to take the issue. If it
was desired to ignore amendment
and the Republicans were willing to
J9 restore to Mississippi the power to fin
'( her suffrage along racial lines, the
people of that State were ready for
the gauntlet. "Throw it down whenever
you please!" he .exclaimed. "As
to the reduction of our representation
f in congress," he said, "in God's name
I take it and welcome to it; but bo
honest when you do it."
MV. Williams declared that if the
publicity feature of the bill should be'
siiBsci
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NEGRO HANGED.
IK PAYS l)KATH PKXALTY FOR |
WIFK MUUDKH. ^
cry Few People Allowed to Witness
tho K went Ion, Which Took I'liue
in Jail Yard.
Jim Mallov, colored, was hung at
tennettsville ou Friday for the brual
murder of his wife over one year
go. The trap was sprung at 11.39,
nd at 12.08 Drs. Oarmichuel and
vinney pronounced him dead as a
esult of strangulation. His hodv
/as cut down and taken away and
luried in the potters' field, his fami- (
y refusing to take charge of the reaains.
The execution was orderly,
nd only a few witnessed it.
The gallows on which .uutlov was
tanged was about 12 feet high. A
'up door had been fixed allowing a
all of about 7 feet. The cutting of
he rope allowed the trap door to
all, and the body dropped through
1, to
II ICl.
Before t he execution the Revs. John
doultrie, H. F. Harrington, F. \V.
'rince and It. C. Jackson he'd devotional
exercises in the cell of the
loomed man. Malloy said that he
.vas ready to meet his God, and that,
le was going to his death with maice
towards none.
At I 1.27 Sheriff J. B. Green enered
the cell and read the death warrant
to Jim. Accompanied by Deputies
llinson Odoin and A. C. Green,
lie then marched to the scaffold. His
hands and legs were tied. The sheriff
asked hint if he had anything to
say before he was hung. lie said
that he had made his peace with God
[ind that he was going to death without
fear. He said that lie deserved
to die and asked tin? sheriff not to
mind it. He asked Gods blessings on
the sheriff, the deputies and till present.
He asked Mr. 10. W. Evans,
on whose place he committed the
murder, to tell his mother-in-law
that he had nothing against her, and
sent his love to them till and asked
that they meet him in Heaven.
The black cap was then adjusted,
and at 11.39 the trap was sprung,
but the fall failed to break the murderer's
neck, and it was I 2.OS when
the doctor's announced that lie was
rtonri i?si :i result of strangulation. Ilis
body was cu( down and taken away
to the potter's Hold and buried by
the county.
The sheriff, in accordance with the
law, allowed only a very few to see
the execution. More than 1,000 tipplied
for admission cards.
The murder was committed on the
24th of April, 1907. in the afternoon,
and that night the sheriff had
application for cards to the hanging.
Malloy was about 20 years old, six
feet in height, and appeared to be
of the average intelligence. Before
the execution he had allowed his!
beard to grow out and his face was
covered by it. lie met death bravely,
avowing that he had been saved. *
W'HKOK OK AN AlltSIIII*.
The (ins Bag of Mammoth Dirigible
Balloon Bursts.
A mammoth airship, 200 feet long
on its trial trip in Berkeley, rose 300
feet from the earth in view of 10,000
spectators, tilted, burst and dropped
to the ground with its crew of
10 men, every one of whom was injured.
With the possible exception
of one. all will recover. Sevpn were
severely hurt while nine were cut
and bruised. As the gas bag burst
and the ship fell towards the earth,
I men, women and children screamed
^ 1
and ran in every direction, several
women fainted and children wore
knocked down. A cry of horror rose
as several men leaped from the ship
and hurled themselves to earth,
where they landed with thuds that
brought groans for the injured and
created alarm among the onlookers.*
FFAItFt'L FLOODS.
Oklahoma and Texas Swept by .Most
Terrific Storms.
Oklahoma and Texas have been
visited in the last few days with most
terrific rain storms. A dispatch from
Muskogee says there is not a railroad
in operation as a result of the
uoqvv rains and cloud bursts that
have occured in that State. Many
railroad bridges have been destroyed
and the crops badly damaged
Texas has suffered nearly as bad a*
Oklahoma. Some parts of the State
have been devastated by the rair
storms. *
come law ' it. will damn your Republican
party and be worse for you thar
the force bill which defeated Ilarri
son." it was all false pretenses, h<
declared, and lie said to the Ropubll
cans, "Like children you are playing
with fire In a powder magazine." H<
Closed by asking the Republicans i
they were fools enough to boliev<
that the South would ever again sub
mlt to the polices to Which she sub
mitted when she was weak and help
less.
(IBE NOl
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DIES OF RABIES.
Heard Doctors Say "You Die in
Seventy-Two Hours."
SWIFTLY FULFILLED.
!>ne Other .Man and a (iirl in Danger
From tlx' Same Dog, and Are Now 1
llcing Treated in the Pasteur Institute.
Took in Stray Cur.
The prediction of death passed upon
William 11. Marsh last Monday -by
the physicians of the Pasteur Institute
at New York was fulfilled two
days after when ho died of hydrophobia.
I'nconseious from the admlnlch'fiHnn
^ c - - 1 - -? 1 *
in i>|>111111, ino wealthy
Brooklyn liiatinfacturer escaped the
last tortures of rabies
Warned by Dr. W. I,. Wheeler
two days ago that he did not have
mor than three or four days to live,
Mr. Marsh, who to all appearances
then was in the host of health, turned
to leave the Pasteur Institute and
drive hack to his home at No. 7 1
Ocean aenne, Flatbush.
"Before I so, doctor, tell tne just
how long you give tne to live. I
have things to arrange before I die,"
said Mr. Marsh without the slightest
sign of excitement.
"You must get all important business
cleared tip within thirty-six
hours," answered the doctor. "You
may live twice that long, but youl
will be suffering then. You will not
be in a mental condition to attend
to business."
"Thank you, doctor." replied Mr.
Marsh. Then he turned to his son
and said:
"We will go home now. boy."
When Mr. Marsh entered his home,
opposite Prospect Park, lie called his
wife, three sons and two daughters
and told them of the sentence of
death that had been passed upon him.
Then he gave his attention to business
details and prepared to die, with
the one request that his end be made
peaceful by the use of drugs.
Ramsey Marsh, the twenty-one-year
-old son, and Miss Edna Thompson,
bookkeeper for Mr. Marsh, are taking
the Pasteur treatment ?*? an of.
fort to ward off an attack of rabies.
The young man does not recall being
bitten, but Miss Thompson was attacked
by the dog the day after Mr.
Marsh contracted the disease, and
I sustained a bad bite on her chin.
Four years ago, when he opened
up Ids factory, he found a little dog
on the street.
"I need a watchdog, and this little
fellow is to be our mascot," he told
his employes. This was the nameless
dog?each employe had a different
name for the animal- -that
caused the death of Mr. Marsh.
As near as the employes can recall,
the dog entered the office about sixweeks
ago, with a cut on its side. It
whined around the feet of air. Marsh,
who was busy with his daily mail.
"Something wrong with you, old
fellow?" asked Mr. Marsh, and he
leaned over and patted him. On discovering
the wound he dropped his
work, washed the cut and tied it up
with care.
"There you are, old fellow; now
run away," he said. The brute licked
his masters hand, and Mr. Marsh
commented on the action, saying
that if ever a dog was trying to thank
any one 11 was mis one.
No one is sure, not even Mr
Marsh, but it is supposed he had u
sore from a hangnail on one of his
lingers. By this means the dreaded
virus entered his system, making the
third known case of its kind in the
history of rabies.
Last Saturday morning Mr. Marsh
had occasion to go to the basement
of the factory to test one of the met
ers. lie turned on a water faucet
and the rushing of the water seemed
to have a strange effect on him. lie
commented on it. at the time, but
carried out his work. An hour latei
he told Mr. Bangerter that he fell
sort? and wanted to stretch all tin
, time.
"I am not sure, but I would not
. be a bit surprised if 1 am suffering
from" Mr. Marsh did not con
tinue the sentence, but the suddei
. twitching of his throat seemed t(
, work him into a nerous condition.
, "I think I will go to see a doctor,'
i. 1.1 .... .1 i,.L i.:?. iw.4
lie Mil ill i it 11 n, liming dim iiiii ,
for the office of Dr. IJ on ry M. Cullin
" Jin, No. 3 Linden avenue, a few block
1 from the factory. Instead of goinj
" to the office, Mr. Marsh made a num
3 her of calls on friends on his wa;
" home, stopping at a road house leg
? than a block from his home.
Saturday evening he spent at home
f a number of his friends, includim
5 Mr. Bangerter, calling to discus
" business matters, lie still complain
" ed of pains and the nervous twitcli
" ing about his throat.
" Sunday morning he realized thn
H W
- CAN'T BE FOUND.
>111. it. i.mk mu'Nsov or flohKNt'K,
8. C.
lias .Apparently IMsappoarcd aiul llis
Fi'IoikIk Kciir tliat Something Serious
Has llefallcit Him.
Mr. K. Loo Hrunson, one of the
most popular and highly respected
citizens of Florence, has apparently
disappeared and no trace of him has
been found since last Saturday night
week ago, when he was seen at the
union station in Columhiu.
When he left homo he told his
family that he intended going to
Charleston to consult a specialist in
regard to his eyes, but it seems that
he went instead to Columbia.
There is no cause known to his
family or friends which would lead 1
him to remain away so long without!
communicating with them.
The ofiicials of the Hank of Florence.
where lie has heen employed
for several years as assistant cashier,
assure his family and friends that
there is absolutely no evidence of I
any shortage ol funds or Irregularity
in his accounts, though careful examination
has been made.
lie is the keeper of records and
sea! of Harmony Lodge, No. k. K. of
1'., and a member of the Florence.
Lodge, No. t ,020. H. I'. O. 10.
Any information as to Mr Hriinson's
whereabouts will be gratefully
received by his distressed family and
ms ntimorous monas in r lorence. w
ho was seriously ill ana Dr. Cullinmi
was called. Mr. Marsh still failed
to confide his suspicions to his family
or to tin* physician, and if was not
until Monday morning that Dr. Cullinan
had a chance to make a complete
investigation, i neti it was that
lie told his patient lie thought he was
suffering from rallies.
Calling a carriage, they made a
hurried trip to the Pasteur Institute
in Twenty-third street. it required
hut a few seconds for Dr. Wheeler to
make the test, and then came the
fatal sentence that the ..>10111' cure
would he of no help to ...r. Marsh.
He was told that lie had waited too
long. Dr. Wheeler informed patient
that an effort was being made
now by the Paris branch of the institution
to find a cure for a man in
his advanced stages.
"No hopes of that man returning
in time to help me?" lie asked.
"None," the doctor replied.
men came the drive to the pretty
home in Prooklyn, where his wife
and children were anxiously awaiting
him.
After telung his family that, the
doctors had but little hone of his
recovery, he asked his son, Ramsey,
If he had coine in contact with the
dog, and gave instructions to send
word to the factory at once to warn
all employes to hurry to the Pasteur
Institute if they had come in contact
with the animal.
Mr. Marsh had many business details
that he wanted to arrange and
he was anxious about a patent noiseless
gun that Mr. Rangerter had
been working on for some time.
"Father tried to cheer us up," said
one of tho sons yesterday. "He had
i hopes that he might live, but the
i first stages of the disease had passed
and when he realized this, he knew
he could not live."
It was not until Monday that Mr
i Marsh had to give up and go to bed
; The convulsions had set. in, and ii
was only with the greatest effort thai
he could keep his mind on the vari
. ous subjects he wanted to clear up
l Tuesday saw a slight change for tin
i worst, and then came the refusal o
1 all food. The family called in i
; corps of doctors who labored over th<
* patient, but medical skill could d<
nothing.
i Tuesday morning, telegrams
L telephone messages and letters l>ogai
- arriving at the Marsh home by th?
b score. People drove up In carriage:
I and automobiles, all declaring the:
? had a sure cure if but given a chance
Cranks, attracted by the first pub
lished accounts of the story, declare*
t calls and the messages that the faml
i ly had the telephone and front doo
bell disconnected.
I About noon Tuesday the sufferinj
? of Mr. Marsh became so great tha
- drugs were given to him, which ha<
i the result of lessening his pain. Ai
> effort was made to give him liqui<
food, but the doctors decided tha
was useless.
1 Shortly before f> o'clock Dr. Cul
- linan discovered that the patient wa
s sinking fast and that the pulse wa
S growlng' weaker with every beat. II
- notified Mrs. Marsh and the childrei
v | that ino onci was nut a manor ot mo
s ment. At 5 o'clock the end came.
they could cure by prayer, by diggiu
!, up the dog and other methods. IMiysi
K clans seeking advertisements wire
s to the family offering their cure;
i- and from San Francisco came on
i- message that, read: "God and ill
miraculous powers will euro you."
t So frequent became the telephon
THE H
HAD CLOSE CALL. 1
Mil. W. S. SHOWN WAS IHSCOVFIt- ^
F.l> J I*ST IN' TIMK.
To Save llim From Ih'ilig AspliyxiM'
cil at Wright's Hotel in Columbia
oil Friday Morning.
The Columbia Stnto says: Mr. XV. n
S. Mrown of Lancaster was found in
room 264, Wright's hotel, Friday
morning about 7 o'clock in an unconscious
conditiou, due to the inhalation
of gas. It. is possible that
he would have hoou asphyxiated within
half un hour if the odor of the
escaping gas had not been discovered.
i'
Many seemed to think tuat Mr. c
Mrown had deliberately turned the s
gas on in an attempt to end his life. .
but Mr. Robert C. Wright gives it as
his opinion that Mr. Mrown turned 1
the gas on and forgot to light it and '
that his near call for death was nc- l
cidental. Mr. Mrown left the hotel (
about 10 o'clock, before he could be
seen by a reporter for The State,
j Mr. Mrown registered at Wright's 1
about I o'clock Thursday morning. '
ll?> asked what time tho train for
Charlotte left. On holng Informed
the time of departure of the 6 '
o'clock train for Charlotte he told
the clerk. Mr. Cronenburg, that hel
did not euro to get up that early audi
left a call for 7 o'clock. He paid hlsl
night's lodging in advance and was
assigned to room No. 2(11.
When the porter went up to call
Mr. Ilrowii he received no response I
from his'knock on tho door. The I
transom was slightly open and the 1
fumes of escaping gas were detected.
The matter was reported at the otllco I
of the hotel immediately and a hurried
investigation was made. No re-1
spouse came to repeated knocks on I
the door and it was finally forced
open. Mr. Brown was found lying
across the bed in an unconscious condition
and the gas jet was turned full
on.
Dr. Mcintosh was summoned and
after working with Mr. Drown for
quite a while restored him to con-l
sciousness. It is said at the hotel 1
that Mr. Drown had little to say re-l1
garding the affair and at 10 o'clock
walked out of the hotel.
If Mr. Drown turned the gas on in 11
a deliberate attempt to commit suicide
no reason for his act is known in
Columbia. It is said that lie is an 1
insurance agent, but nothing could J1
be learned about his affairs. *
I IIONDISII C/ltIM 10 FHLTSTIIATKl>. I
Six Year Old Child Was Intended I'
Victim. I;
The Columbia State says an at-1
tempted criminal assault upon t ho I
fi-ycar-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I
Sandifer, who live at 1420 Ladyl
street, resulted in an exe.itinc *?imu?l
by the police after Antley Robinson,
a negro boy, his subsequent capture
and removal to the State penitentiary.
The details of the affair show
a remarkable tendency toward criminal
life by the boy, who is only 12
years of ago. Robinson, whose
mother worked in the house, attacked
the little girl, whose mother was at1
tracted by the screams. The boy ran
I as soon as he heard the mother coni;
ing and although caught, wrenched
I away from her grasp and started
r out of the yard. lie was struck by
a brick hurled by the mother of the
. child and a long gash cut in his
. head. The boy has made a confession
L of ids guilt. *
t
Ml'It I >10 It 1011 .\ltltl0STI0l>.
5 Who Had Killed No Less Than Six
r
, Persons.
The South Rend police authorities
were informed Friday of the arrest
of James Dretnmingstall, accused of
l f tin m 11 tv 1 or nt ulv ,..~'
v.>/i oin (ici iiunn, 1H"ill I7U"
3 wagiao, Mich.
h Drcmmlngstall has already confessv
ed to the murder of two persons, ac.
cording to the police and they fur
ther say that they will have no dlffi1
enlty fastening the other murders
- upon Uim. The arrest was brought
r about by DronimingstnU's wife, who
voluntarily told the police that she
? feared that she was to bo murdered,
t She said her husband had deter1
mined to kill her because he feared
? she would tell of his many crimes. *
1
t ATTH.Ml'TS SUICIDK
^ .\ Young Woman Inhales (ins in I'o
lice Station Coll
e
n Jonnio Ulunt, a young woman who
i- was sentenced to four years in the
penitentiary l?y Judge Dike in Rrookg
lyn, for sliooti 11 k Charles M. Sanford
I- a lawyer, name very near cheating
d the law. She was found unconscious
i, in her cell in the Raymond street Jail
e from inhaling illuminating gas. Her
Is life was saved hy the prompt action
of a physician. Miss Tihint. shot Sanie
ford because he wronged her.
[ORRY t
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i
rERRIBLE WRECK
laused by an Express Train
Crashing Into Another.
SIXTY ARE KILLED
efcotlvo Switch Throws Fust Mail
Agnlnsl Local Train Carrying Pilgrims
to the Shrino at Turubout,
all of Wliotti Were Killed or Seriously
Injured.
One oC the most disastrous railond
accidents in recent times ocured
at Contlch, a station six miles
outheast of Antwerp. Helghtm, on
ho main line at 8 o'clock Friday
tiornlng. The exact number of viciins
had not been determined up to
ate in the night owing to the di.'liinlty
of removinir I lie iw?n?>o
./x.v? ?V.O a i will
he deludes, hut (ho latest estimate
daces the number at sixty killed and
me hundred wounded.
The catastrophe appears to have
been due to a defective switch, where
the main line crosses a local lino. At
ihis point a train carrying a largo
number of pilgrims on their way to
the Shrine at Turnbout, was standing.
Into tills the Antwerp-Hm'ssels
express dashed at a speed of fifty
miles an hour, literally leaping on
top of it.
The heavy coaches of the express
crashed i.. nUit'i' train Into splinters.
The sides of t lie express cars
wore torn from their fastenings, the
floors practically collapsing, thus
precipitating 11n? passengers to the
side uninjured, when they Hod frenzied
ycross the field.
1111 / for this fact the death roll
would bo niucu greater. Few of the
occupants of the local train escaped
alive. Those not killed wore badly
injured, many of them mortally.
'I he rescuers, eve.n the doctors,
were sickened at tin? sight that met
their gazes. Evidences wore found
of horrible death struggles that occured
In me coaches. At one place
a dismembered hand was found
clutching one of t ho supports of the
torn car. One body was lying across
the boiler of the locomotive crushed
into a shapeless mass. The majority
at' the dead could not lie recognized,
cither being decapitated or thoii
heads being terribly crushed.
The signal man at Conttch saw
thai his! uivlli'li ?'?" ??.? ??-s -
- " tin inn WUllVlUg jusr
iis (ho Antwerp express ennio thantiering
down the line. II? leaped
from the window of his signal station
and heroically ran down the track
toward the oncoming train, waving
a red tlag. His effort was too lato to
avert a disaster.
The cngineori and flrnman of the
express were killed at their post.
The judical authorities of Antwerp
soon arrived on the scene and opened
an investigation into the disaster.
They ordered the signal man in
charge of tlie switches under arrest,
although it is believed by the authoritives
that they were blameless.
Prince Albert went to Contlch this
afternoon and visited the wounded,
having cancelled an engagement to
preside at a banquet at Antwerp.
With regard to the cause of the
collision, a railroad ofllcal stated
that the switches were being repaired,
and that tne workmen who had
been placed at the temporary hand
switch appeared to have made a
mistake or the switch failed to act.
The engineer, it was stated, saw the
danger and applied the brakes, but
it was too late to avert the disaster.*
FOOTPADS IN CX)LUMIIIA.
On? Man nn.l A ....a ?...?
' 'II*/ (tuu illllfilll r
Held Up on Street.
A dispatch from Columbia to Tho
News and Courier says W. O. Sligh,
an electrician, was held up and robbed
on Lumber street, on Saturday
night, one robber having a pistol and
wearing automobile goggles, whilo
the other, a negro, went through hi*
pockets. As soon as possible Sligh
notified a policeman on the beat and
tho robbers were seen and chased,
returning the officer's fire, but
eventually escaping up the Seaboard
tracks.
Tuesday night Arthur M. Rogers,
a lineman, was found by a street car
conductor Insensible in an alley ofT
of Bull street, between Richland and
Lumber, and a man was bonding over
him when Conductor Drake Hrst
saw the body of Rogers. Drake called
for the police and two ofllcers responded,
but the robbers escaped.
There was probably more than one.
Rogers recovered consciousness, but
could not tell what happedon to him.
The two affairs happened only four
; blocks from each other, but on different
sides of Main street in tho
northern section of the city.
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The wlso man profits by his niistakes;
the fool forgets them.
IERALD.