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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-12
THE HERALD AND NEWS

bad condition. This explains the
statement from Augusta that two Of
the tires on the car had blown out on
the trip. The car license number,
F-784. also tallies with the number
of the automobile held by the Angus
Ia sheriff.
Brazell was only l9 years old, llv-
ing with his mother and father, Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. E. Brazell on Calhoun
street. Pinehurst. He had been en-
ployed as transfer driver by various
persons during the past four years
and had been working for Mr.. Hester
for about six weeks Completing his
work in the Pinehurst grammar school
four years ago, he went to work with
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, driving motorcycle. Later he
was employed for while as an au-
tomobile driver at Camp Jackson for
a short time before becoming trans
fer driver in the city.
Mrs, Brazell, his mother, was pros
trated by the news brought to her by
friends of the boy early this morning.
William, she said, often remained out
all night on calls and therefore, she
thought nothing OF his failure to re-
turn home Sunday night. Surviving
the boy are his father, who is en-
ployed at the Southern Railway shops;
his mother, who is just recovering
from the effects of paralytic
stroke; and a brother, Alex. Brazell,
eight years old. Mr.. Brazell, the
boys father, had just returned home
from a trip to complete deal for
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-12

land for a school house in Pinehurst
when the news came of his boys
death. He is chairman of the board
of trustees for the school district.
The three men arrested in Augusta
are said to be residents of Columbia,
Jessie Gappins living at 715 Seventh
street and F. J. Kirby at 925 Ninth
street, while C. 0. Fox, the third man,
although originally from Stanley
Greek, n. c., is supposed to have been
living in Columbia for some time past.
No persons Of these names and ad-
dresses are carried in the latest Co.
lumbia city directory.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-12

crafty, adventure LOVING and amusing
old Bagdad vagabond will win every
ones heart and in the years to come,
when old plays are discussed, his
memory will be green.
On the stage Hail made an in
Simultaneous hit wherever ''Kismet"
was played; the screen version will
do that and more, for, on the screen
Hail has an opportunity far beyond
the limitations of the speaking stage,
and SINNERS Interpretation of this
role in the screen version will stand
for long time to come as the finest
study in character work that the NOV
ing picture cameras ever recorded.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-12
DATES FOR HUNTING <,
RABBITS, ETC, EARLIER

The State.
The open season for hunting sqair.
rels, raccoons, rabbits and opossanas
begins September l and continues
through March Is this year as stated
on the back of the hunting licenses.
Chief Game Warden Richardson is
calling this change to the attention Of
hunters and wardens over the state.
Due to the fact that the. hahting
licenses were printed before the 1921
acts were published the: dates on the
back of the licenses are October L 10
March Is, which are .incerrect, the
chief warden points out: rvs b"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-12

and looked at his gas and said that ne
did, not have enough to go back 10
gslunbia and turned back around ana
vent to Leesville, S. c. I got out TO
Mskexup q gentleman. He told me to
70 wake up another gentleman across
she street. This gentleman got up
end lst him have ten gallons Of gas
Thenswe startsd-back towards Colum-
sta. ~
: "we went S miles Gappins had him
stop the car. We all got out and
stretched ourselves except Fox, Then
he took the front seat and made me
get on the back seat. We started of
and went about a mile. Fox said all
Tie rsst Of you have got to get out
bat, me. He wanted the driver to
stop the carsso he could get out. Fox
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-12

topened the door and put one foot on
| the running board He knocked the
boy across the head. G., oins grab
! bed the boy. Fox hit him three or
/ four times, and then Gappins snatched
him out of the car. Fox run around
the car and Gappins was holding both
of his hands. Fox had his knife in
his hand and he stabbed him in the
breast. He held it in. the breast and
worked it around. The boy was beg
ging him not to kill him and said
he would not tell. Gappins turned
loose hs hand and grabbed his throat
and threw him on the ground. Fox
stabbed him three or four times. Fox
said he would cut his damned heart
out of him and Gappins said that, IS
all right. l have got his money.
'sThey told me to get out and help
them to put him in the. car. l got out
and they just picked him up and
threw him in the car. They got in the
front of the car and made me get in
the back, and turned around and
come towards Leesville, S. c. They
drove down the road some distance,
/ don't know how far, into the woods.
They stopped the car and took him
out and carried him into the woods.
/ told them that could not, and they
got out and one Of them hit me IN
the side and said 'tget out of the way
YOU are not worth a damn" They
took him out and carried him down
into the woods themselves: They
were not gone but little bit. They
come bach and got in the car and
told me that if / ever told or men
toned anything they would do me the
same way. We come on this way
towards Augusta). I think it must
have been about o'clock. l think
the boy looked at his clock. The boy
had said it was o'clock and time for
all of us to go home.
"sWe got to Augusta about 8 o'clock.
We broke down about 8 o'clock and
went on down to where the chaingang
was working. They told me to ask #
we could get tire at the next sta
tion, they said they did not think SO
but said if I would phone back to Au-
gusta I might have it sent out. Then
they said I might get it at Waynes-
boro.
eve all went to the top of the hill
to. see if I could get the tire and to
see if | could wire for some money.
I found could not get either. They
told me to stay there and get the first
car that came along and that if I did
not get the one to walk to Waynes-
boro, and to wire for money and II
Isgot the money to wait there at the
depot for them, and they told me that
ifI told anything that they would give
me the same thing they had given the
boy. x
Z 81 stayed there some minutes and
man and a lady come along and then
I told them to tell chaingang guard
to- come up there; j wanted to see
him. first asked them to take me
to Waynesboro. They told me they
could not, they thought. We talked
minute or two. ] told him about the
trouble and he went and called for the
sheriff to come, he come back and
went to the work place and stayed un-
til the sheriff come, except he and 1
got the car and brought it. to the work
place. The number was taken off the
car while it was broke, down and
thrown in the bushes, they stated, and
without the number the officers could
not trace the car"
Sheriff Alex Heise was notified OF
the arrest of the three men by Sheriff
u ~ los
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Sheriff Alex Heise was notified OF
the arrest of the three men, by Sheriff
j. T. Plunkett of Augusta, Ca, last
night and will leave Columbia at 80
o'clock this morning to join the Au-
gusta sheriff and Sheriff Roof of Lex
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-12
YOUNG TAXI DRIVER
:. SLAIN ON HIGHWAY

{ Continued, From Page l.,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
RETAIL COST OF FOOD UP IN
II OUT OF II CITIES.

Washington, Aug. l0.-1ncreases in
the retail cost of food are shown in
L. out of the II cities included in the
official tabulations made public to-
day by the Department of Labor.
Norfolk, Va, with a decrease OF |
per cent, and Dallas, Texas, with .
decline of one-tenth of one per cent,
and st. Louis, where prices remain
ed unchanged, were the exceptions.
The figures were made for the Pc
Rod of June Is to July -, and show
increases of per cent. in Butte.
Mon: 5 per cent. in Cleveland, Ohio,
and Portland. Maine; 3 per cent. in
Bridgeport. Conn; per cent. in
Houston, Texas. Newark, n. j., New
York and Washington; | per cent.
in Birmingham, Ala. and Charleston.
S. c.. and two-tenths of one per cent
in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
THOSE NAUGHTY BEARS NOW
BEHAVING SELVES.

Philadelphia, Aug. lO.-Felice and
Reginald do not need curriculum of
dress reform and morale.
They're acting like perfect dears.
Felice wearing her skirts lower in
stead of higher, and Reggie clucking
baseballs on the field instead of
china against chairs.
This is why Mrs. James Large,
socially prominent. who is president
of the Philadelphia Chapter of Col
onial Danes, announces today the or
ganizaton's dress and morale reform
movement has been abandoned.
simultaneously Mrs. George w.
Norris said the Committee on Social
Standards, Of the Colonial Danes, of
which she is chairman, has disband-
ed, because conditions are approach
ing normalcy.
Conditions against which ohjec-
tons were made last spring are
Fighting themselves said Mrs.
Large, "and we decided not to go
ahead when it became apparent that
the work already done was having
a salutary effect"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
DEATHS AMI. FUNERALS

Richard Hudson, twenty years
old, died last night at the AieSan-
dria Hospital. The deceased was
employed as a clerk in store IN
this city. He was taken I'll last
Saturday. The body was taken to
Wheatleys mortuary chapel and Will
be shipped tomorrow morning to
Charlottesville, Va. for burial.
Mrs. Johanah Larson, siXty-one
years old, native Of Wo21d'awn,
Fairfax county, died last night at
1922 Twelfth street, northwest 1',p',el3
Washington. The body was brought
here and taken to Wheatley's mort
uary chapel and prepared Tor oarlai.
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been made.
Funeral services for John F. Br!s--
sew were held this afternoon at
Wheatley's mortuary chapel. Rev,
L. II. Kelly. pastor Of the Free
Methodist Church, officiating. Bur-
ial was in Bethel cemetery
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
RICkENBACkER, EX-ACE. FIRST
SAW ASTRAL LIGHT

San Jose, Cal, Aug. 1O.-An OBJ
iect viewed last night at sunset from
Lick Observatory, Ear her., may or
may not &c new star or tJrlct, ".
W. Campbell. director of t.. o1ser-
vatory said rolay. bat lie consiie,
ed the appearance of such import
ance, that he notified the directors
of other observatories to be on the
lookout. The view from Lick OBJ
servatorv was with the naked eye
If observations prove this to be
new astra! body. credit for its
discovery probably will DO to Capt.
Eddie Riskcnbacker, former army
airman and American ace, and will
be shared by major Reed Chambers,
also a noted army flyer.
Rickenbacker. guest at the ohser
vatory, drew the attention of Mr..
Campbell and Prof. Henry Morris
Russell, director of Princeton Uni
ersity Observatory, to that bright
star over to the left" Chambers said
he had been watching it for seevral
minutes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
LOU TELLEGEN NO LOAFER
SAYS AGENT FOR NEW
PLAY

New York, Aug. 10.-Lou Telle
gen has been a hard working man
ever since he received his part, early
in June, in the new play, Don
Juan" which is to be produced by
the Theatre Guild next month, ac-
cording to Basil Lawrence. business
manager for the production. Mr..
Lawrence made a statement this af
ternoon to refute stories printed
which called Mr.. Tellegen loaf
er" and said he intended to leave
the stage.
Lawrence said Miss Farrar was so
struck with the play that she
agreed to arrange the incidental mu-
sic and also wanted to help finance
the production. When Mr.. Telle-
pen finished q 10 month tour on the
road in April he signed contract
to appear in the new play. Since
then he has been busy learning
part of $50 pages, Mr. Lawrence
said.
When Mr.. Lawrence was asked if
Miss Farrar's charges that Tellegen
had not contributed to the support
of their menage were true, ne said
Tellegen had received no salary
while he was rehearsing.
Mr.. Tellegen's lawyers said an IN
ventory furnished by him was being
used to check the articles Miss Far
rar had sent to the storage ware
house,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
GENERAL SIR SAM HUGHES
NEAR DEATH IN CANAD.:

Lindsay. Ontario, Aug. l0.--Gen-
cral Sir Sam Hughes, former Ca
madam Minister Of Militia, who since
Sunday has been expected hourly to
die from acute anaemia. was still
alive last night, due his physicians,
said. 20 his tremendous will POWER.
Sir Sam remained in comatose
condition from Monday un,il 2:3O
this morning when he rallied. ard
was able la:er to talk with friends
Gle has 4 ralying power | can
not understand" his physician said.
His case is wonderful one, and he
is a remarkable man.
Several m1ntns ago, Sir Sam was
critically i'll with the same disease,
and his life was despaired Of for
days. His recovery at that tine was
considered remarkable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
ITnveil Davis Memorial
Obelisk On June 3, 1922.

Louisville, KY, Aug. l0.-The JEFF
ferson Davis obelisk, browning moru
ment to the president of the Southern
Confederacy, will be unveiled June
3. 1922. at Davis birthplace in Fair
view, Ky, on his 114th anniversary.
The Davis homestead is about lao
miles from Hodgenville, KY, where
Abraham Lincoln was born.
The obelisk, which will be 175 feet
high, is today within five. feet OF
completion. 1t was planned original
w to erect shaft $50 feet, to be
excel!ed only by the Washington
monument, but the Jefferson Davis
Home Association decided to hasten
the unwilling in accordance with the
wish of Confederate veterans. AnX-
ious to participate in the ceremonies,
the thinning ranks urged completion
as soon as possible. The work was
started in 1917 and interrupted by
the world war.
profiles in bronzes of Mr.. Davis
and his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Da-
Wis Hayes, one Of the most beautl-
full women Of the South, ornament
the base of the monument. which IS
forty-three feet square. 1t contains
a room for relics.
The shaft is situated in Jefferson
Davis Park, which takes in part OF
the farm on which the president o.
the Confederacy was born on June
3. 1903, less than year before Lin
coin. The park comprises about p
acres. The town of Fairvlew gains
its name from one Of the most beau
tiful landscapes iii the South.
Cost Of the monument 20 date IS
about 100000. which was raised by
popular subscription. Mrs. Roy Nc
Kinney, of Paducah. Ky, president
general Of the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy, at the head of q
committee of daughters and Confed-
crate veterans, organized every coun-
ty in the State to complete the
shaft.
General William E. Haldeman. for
merly owner with Colonel Henry
Watterson. of Louisville Courier
Journal. is president of the Jefferson
Davis Home Association, succeeding
the late General Bennett II. Young.
Louisville, four times COMMANDMENTS
chief of the United Confederate vet
Grams. General George W. Little
field Of Austin, Texas, and General
Julian s. Carr, of Durham, n. c.,
were promoters, with General Young
Of the original conception.
Care of the monument and park
will be supervised by the State Of
Kentucky after the unwilling, by act
Of the 1920 Legislature.
Two other monuments commence
rate the president, one in Richmond,
Va. the capitol Of the Confederacy,
and the other in New Orleans. Both
were built drought efforts Of the
women Of the South.
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Read The classified aGs III the Ca
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
HE KILLED IN DEFENSE OF
HONOR, TREVINO SAYS

Mexic City, Aug. 1O.-Gen. ia
cinto Trevino calmly admits, accord
ing to Exce,siod this afternoon,
that it was the defense Of his mill
tary honor which last night caused
him to shoot an dkill Gen. Jose Ales
sio Robes.
General Trevino. who is being held
by the police after his voluntary
surrender. declared, according to
Excelsiod, thai General Robes, hold
ing the rank of general of a b!ri-
gade. publicly criticized his superior.
General Trevino is general of a
division. He, according ii the news
paper. charges that in addition,
General Robes had asserted that
he was coward, having refused to
fight duel Enmity between the
two men was of long standing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
kINKEAD MURDER LIKE MOVIE
REEL TO NURSE

New York. Aug. 10.-The case
of Miss Olivia NJ. P. Stone. Cincin-
natl nurse, was postponed until
Thursday, when she was arraigned
today on a charge Of shooting and
killing Ellis &. Kinkead. former COR
poration counsel Of Cincinnati, in
Brooklyn last Friday. Her counsel
intimated that her defense probably
would be temporary insanity.
"She did not realize what she was
doing%that night" the lawyer said.
sand did not realize what she had
done for two days afterward It
seems like moving picture reel 10
her. She now realizes the serious
ness of her predicament. She con-
tinually means and weeps in her cell
and seems to be all broken up"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
observation-disclosures rer

observation-disclosures repre-
senting two national banks of this
city and City Attorney John Pau!
agreed Friday night that the city is
to refund approximately $4,000 H.
legally and enormously collected in
taxes during the years 1919 and
1920. The banks waived all claim to
taxes collected for the four years i'm
medately preceding 1919, and in adj
dition allowed the city Of Harrison
burg 10 make the refunds III pay
ments extending over a period OF
years.
Newport News.--Dr. p. r. Gray,
coroner for Newport News, who has
received an average of 1913 q month
from the city for the last six months,
wrote to the city manager and sug-
gested that the Council pay him $50
q month hereafter, and no more. he
was thoroughly in sympathy with au-
thorities' effort to cut expenses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
BOY STAYS GIRL IN PLAYFUL
COMBAT

Baltimore, Aug. 1O.-She called
him ''fathoad." He struck her with
a cane. It happened at a carnival
two weeks ago. Yesterday she died
of peri.oni;is ct the South Balti-
more General Hospital. re is
being held at the southern police
station pending . coroner's invasti-
cation. although no charge has been
entered against him.
She was Mary Rulka, eleven
years old, 1888 Andre street. He
is Jonn Webster, 1856 Reynolds
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
CIRCUS ADMITS HOLDER OF %
YEAR OLD TICKET

Fairmont, w. Va, Aug. 10
Thirty-two years ago, George ".
Hunter purchased ticket for the
John Robinson circus. Last Satur-
day when the circus visited here ne
used it.
At frSt tie man at the entrance
refused to honor the ticket, but when
Hunter explained how ne was pre-
vented from attending thirty two
years ago he was given the best
reserved seat in the tent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
Both were playmates.

street. Both were playmates.
1t was in Jest, he told the police,
that she hal Knocked him. i was
in playful spirit that he welded the
cane. He did not think he had hurt
her, he said, because she rare no
cutlery.
When she returned home, how
ever, the girl, according to her
mother, complained Of pains in the
abdomen. A. week ago last Sunday,
the mother said, the boy again
struck her A doctor advised her
removal to the hospital.
At the hospital ii was found that
the cane hac perforated the perito-
neum. She died on the operating
table.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
Renews Pact With Workers,

Washington, Aug. lO.-A PACING
Coast oil company has determined
to renew its agreement, leaving all
disputes with employees to ! repre-
sentative of the Government for
final settlement. it was announced
today at the Department Of Labor.
The concern was described as one
of the biggest employers IN the
Coast and its action was taken by
officials as indicating that the pres
emit agreement will be generally re-
newed in the oil fields.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10

In the Corporation Court Of the
City of Alexandria, Virginia.
Julia Hannoe, complainant, VS..
Joseph Brewer. ct ais, defendants.
In Chancery. No. 554.
Pursuant to and by authority of a
decree entered on the 5th day of Au-
gust, 1920, in a certain suit in chan
Gerry pending in the Corporation Court
Of the City Of Alexandria, Virginia,
wherein Julia Hannoe is complainant
and Joseph Brewer ct ais, are de-
PENDANTS, the undersigned Will expose
for sale at public auction on Tues
day, the 23rd day of August, 1921,
at twelve o'clock noon, in front OF
the west entrance to the City Hall
Building, on North Royal Street,
Alexandria City, Virginia, all that lot
of ground, with the buildings and
improvements thereon, in the said
City Of Alexandria, bounded and de-
scribed as follows, towit:
Beginning at the intersection OF
the south side of Wolfe Street with
the east side Of Fairfax Street, and
runnino east on Wolfe street thirty
four (34) feet five go inches, thence
south parallel to Fairfax Street
eighty-six 1857 feet six (G) inches to
an alley ten Q0) feet wide; thence
west on said alley thirty-four (34)
feet five (5) inches to Fairfax Street;
thence north on Fairfax Street
cichty-six (SG) feet six (G) inches to
the beginning. with the right Of way
over the said alley and all appurten-
ances.
Terms of sale: One-third Cash and
the balance in two equal payments
at six and twelve months from day
Of sale, the deferred payments to
bear interest at six per cent. and to
be secured by either the retention OF
the title until the purchase price IS
paid in full or a first deed of trust
given upon the property sold to Sc
cure the same, or all cash at the OPP
ton of the purchaser.
r. B. WASHINGTON,
Snecial Commissioner of Sale.
| hereby certify that r. B. Wash
ington, Special Commissioner of Sale,
has executed bond required in the
chancery cause of Julia Hannoe vs..
Joseph Brewer ct ais, with good and
sufficient security.
NEWELL. s. CREFEAWAY,
1S6-13c. Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10
HOTEL RAMMEL

Business Mems Lunch - cents
and Sammer Specials, Prices Oppo-
site.
Combination Salad. 10 cents, Olives,
10 cents
Chicken Consomme Is cents, Cream
Of Tomato. 10 cents
Broiled Potomac Trout. 80 cents.
on Deviled Crab, 80 cents
or Dreaded Veal Outlet. - cents
Prime Ribs of Beef, 80 cents
Wax String Beans, 10 cents.
Green Corn on Cob, 10 cents
Buttered Potatoes, 10 cents.
Dreamed Squash, 10 cents
Pies, Peach, 10 cents, flucklcbcrTy,
10 cents
Farina Sea Flake Pudding, 10 cents
Coffee, 10 cents, Tea, 10 cents, Mix,
10 cents
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The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1921-10-22
LIZZIE MILLER HAFFNER
PASSES ON

Death came last Saturday morning
to Mrs. Lizzie Miller Haffner, and
with it the rest and freedom from suf-
fering, which she had so long endured.
Mrs. Haffner had not been ~ell
since about two years ago when she
had the flu, and for the past fourteen
months has been confined to her bed
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Earl Lake, on Palmer avenue, suffer
ing from the effects of the flu.
Deceased was forty-six years of age
and was we'll known in Glenwood
having been employed in the Martin
cafe here for eighteen years. She was
liked by all who knew her and patient
ly bore the intense suffering which
came to her in the past year.
She is survived by her daughter
Mrs. Earl Lake of this city, her moth
er, Mrs. Mary Hossle, who is past the
ninety year mark, and is in st. Mary q
hospital in Grand Junction, and heI
brother, Joe Hossle of Grand Junction
The funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at two O'Clock at the
Farnum mortuary, Rev. }. P. Carrigan
of st. Stephens Catholic church Off
ciating. Interment was in Rosebud
cemetery