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NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD
FAST BASKETBALL ACAIN
IS ASSURED HARK
Independents Will Play the Beet In
Basketball in Chestnut Street Audi
tori am Next Season—Local Sup
port Gratifying to Management
Harrisburg will not want for good
basketball again uext season, the plans
of the management of the Harrisburg
Independents to continue the game in
the Chestnut street auditorium next
seasou being announced during the last
gume Saturday night wirh the Vincome
team, of Philadelphia.
Good basketball has been furnished
Harrisburg fans from the start of the
Independents' season. They started out
to bring all of the Eastern League
terms here during the season and that
poliev was carried out. although the lo
cals lost money iu one or two instance*
in playing mid-week games when the
Kay tern Leaguers could not come to
Harrisburg o". Saturday*.
There was a lot of local pride back
of the team, because all of the players
■were Harrtsburgers. This stimulated
interest in the fortunes of the game to
such an extent 'hat there .ire scores
of basketb-»'. fans in Harrisburg now
who never saw a game before the In
dependents opened. The management
was encouraged from the start by the
support giveu them by the local far.*
and :t made passible the scheduling of
good attractions.
There will he 110 ehaßvre in the pol
icy back of the team a«* season, the
best that is in basket fia'l « none too
good for Harrisbuig and when the foot
ball season draws toward a close next
fall the fans will be able to enjoy good
basketball.
JOHNSON AND BALL SILENT
Befnse to Discuss Reported Sale of St.
Louis Cardinals
St. Louis. .V>ril 5.—8. B. Johnson, of
the National Baseball Cotmnis* or., and
I'hilip Ball, vice pres dent of the St.
Louis Federal League Baseball C!ab.
last night refused to confirm re;\ir:s
That they considered the sale of the St.
'Louis National League ■ v.tb to Mr. Ball
• t a conference 8a irday n-c'at.
'"lt was an accidental meeting." said
Mr. ••We dismissed things in
genera', but no <;;s!Bess was trans
acted. ''
The conference was held in a res
taurant and. while several other persous
■were present when tt opened, Johnson
and Bail iield most of tueir conversation
in private.
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DETAILS OF TO-DAY'S EIGHT
Contestants—Champion Jack John
! son. of Texas, and Jess Willard, of
i Kansas.
Place—Oriental Race Track, Mari
anao. ten miles from Havana, Cuba-
Number of Round*—Fortv-dve.
Purse—Value not given; Johnson.
it is said, will receive $31,000, includ
ing expenses, and Willard, 110,000.
Siio of Ring—Nineteen feet.
Time of Entering Ring —l2.3o p. m.
i Harrisburg time. 1 p. m).
Referee —Jack Welch.
! Alternate Referee—Matt Henkel.
Stakeholder —-Bob Vernon.
Weights—Johnson. 235; Willard.
242 (approximately).
Ages-—Johnson, 3S; Willard. 2S.
Heights— Johnson, 6 feet 1-3 inch;
Willard. 6 feet 6 inches.
I Reches—Johnson, 73 1-4 inches;
Willard. S3 1-4 inches.
History of the Pugilists
JACK JOHNSON.
Born in Galveston. Tex., March 31,
i IS7S.
Son of Southern slaves.
Knocked out only once iu his life.
Joe Choyinski turning that trick in
February. 1001.
Has participated in 77 fights.
Won the championship from Tommy
Burns iu 14 rounds, at Sydney. Au
stralia. in 190 S.
Knocked out Jim Jeffrie* in 15
rounds, at Reno, New. in 1910. Largest
purse fought for. SIOI,OOO, with Jef
' fries. Johnson received 60 per cent.,
$60,000; a bonus of SIO,OOO, and $50,-
000 for the picture privileges. Total.
$170,000.
JESS WILLARD
Born in Pottawatomie county. Kan.,
December 29. ISS7.
Father, a ranchman —a native of
Ohio; mother from Kentucky.
Is the youngest of three brothers;
, no svsters.
First fight at Sapulpa. Okla.. in
1911. j
Broke bronchos until he became too!
heavy.
Never had a bloody nose, never'
knocked down, never groggy from |
punch. Never dratik. chewed nor j
smoked.
Best Fights—No-decision bouts
with Arthur Peiky. 10 rounds; Luther.
McCarthy, 10 rounds; Car! Mprris. 101
round*: knocke i out Soldier Kearns, S
rounds.
Stroh to Manage Chambers burg
George Stroh. utility catcher of the
Harrisbtirg Tri-State team for a nnm- !
i ber of seasons, was elected playing man
ager of the Chambersburg team in the
Blue Ridge League. Stroh managed the,
Johnstown team when it was rop resent
i e-l iu the Tri-State.
Bolen Accepts Challenge
Martin, defeated by Charles Bolen in
a challenge live bird shoot, has accepted I
the tormer challenge to a ten-bird shoot j
to be held Saturday. The men posted j
SSO to carry out the r.iies lai 1 down'
for this contest and the loser will pay !
the expenses of the shoot.
Lemoyne Players Out Saturday
Candidates for the Lemoyne baseball
nine will get a trvout Saturday after
noon a; 2 o'clock. A meeting will bo
_ iiel i Friday evening to perfect plans
for the season. Cloyd Crowl ha* been
elected vice president of the club and
Paul Fetrow official scorer for the sea-■
son.
White to Manage Steelton
t lint ft hite, third baseman and man- .
ager of last year's Highspire Central;
Pennsylvania League team, has been
-igned to direct the Steelton club in
that league this season. White is one •
of the best known ball players in this'
-ection. He got his experience on the •
C iumbia nine several years ago.
Atticks Leading Casino League
Atti.'ks. of the Monarch?, is still at j
toe head of the Casino League with a '
■omfortable margin over his nearest
competitor Montgomery, of the Sena
tor:-. Atticks ha> rolled for an aver- j
age of 200 in sixty-nine games. Mont
gomery has been in seventy-five games .
and has rolled for an average of 194. |
Sets World's Motorcycle Record
By Ass-JdatPr-:ss,
enice, Cal.. April 5. —By winning'
the 300-mile Venice grand prix motor-,
cycle race yesterday, Otto Walker, of j
Oakland, established what is said to be
a world record of 6S aad 97-100 miles j
an hour average for the distance trav-1
eied. His time was 4 hours. 24 min-'
utes. 17 1-.) seconds. The track was a
three-mile macadam boulevard.
M. E Club Loses to New Bloomfield
The Methodist Club, of Harrisburg.
lost to the New Bloomfield Academv
Saturday afternoon at New Bloomfield
by the score of 14 to 2. Cold weather,
handicapped the players. Reeder'
fanned nine of the local plavers. The j
score:
R. H. E.i
New B fieid 103 0 1711 o—l40 —14 19 1 j
Methodist 000000011 2 8 7'
O. Reeder, Steel and L. Reeder. Bab- j
cock; Waahinger and' Beach.
DR.KLUGH, Specialist
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Walnut *l, Harrtabnr*. Pa
Ptaeaaea sf waaiea aad mem nrrtal
private, aaerllc. aerroaa aad ekrnale
rflaeaaea. General nark. Caaaal. j
latloa free aad toaUratlal. Medlela*
(orolabed. Work caaraateed. Charge*
Uiaderate. M jeara' experteae*.
UR. KLI'GU, the aeH-kaaaa > pee la 11st
HABRISBURO STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONT>AY KVEMTNft. APRIL 5. 1915.
TRIM VINCOINES 33-32
mdap«(ulcnts Take Final Game of Sea
son in, Extir Fire-minute
Period of Play
Handicapped by the abseuce of their
star forward aad foul shooter, McCord,
it took the Indepeudeuts au extra live
minutes on Saturday evening to tie the
can to the Vincome team, of Philadel
phia, in the Chestnut street auditorium
uy the score of oo to 32. Ford, sub
stituting at the 15 foot mark, did fair
ly well, but he starred at his new job
at forward by scoriug six goals from
the tield. It was the tiunl game of the
season.
When the final whistle blew the
teams wore tied up at 30-30 and Ford
made the three )>oints, two from a bril
liant field goal, and decided the contest
iu favor of Harrisburg. Rote played
a splendid game on the other forward.
Zahn, Newman and Pike played good
games for the visitors. The absence of
McCord made the substitution of Ar
thurs at guard for Ford, who was shift
ed to forward, necessary, and he gave
a good account of himself. The lineup-
INDEPENDENTS
! G. F.G. A. Pts.
Hote. forward 5 0 2 10
Ford, forward 6 7 2 19
; Geiael. center 1 0 0 2
Arthurs, guard I 0 0 2
I McCounell, guard .... 0 0 2 0
Totals 13 T 6 33
V INCOME
I G. F.G. A. Pts.
McXnme, forward ..201 I
I'ike. forward 3 0 2 t»
Longstreet. enter ... 0 0 0 0
Zahn, guard G 10 0 22
Newman, guard 0 0 2 0
Totals 11 10 5 32
I Referee. Early. Timer, Klineline.
Scorer. Smith. Time of halves. 20 inin
; utes; one 5-minute period.
LOS ANGELES AFTER GAMES
California City Would Like to Enter
tain Olympic Athletes
Los Angeles. April s.—Los AngWes
is the latest city to shy its hat in the
ring for rhe Olympic games in 1916.
| It is generally believed now rhat Berlin
will abandon any attempt to hold the
world's greatest athletic meet, and it
seems obvious that the eoutests should
be held in a neutral country.
Los Angeles claims rhat it could fur
uish practically as large attendance as
ertSier Philadei- hia or Now York. The
opening of the Panama canal has
brought Southern California in touch
with European countries by boat, so
that distance would not figure ma
terially.
N. B. A. TOURNEY OPENS
Canadian Bowlers to Open This Even
ing in Grand Central Palace
By .•Issoeiflfcii Press.
New York, April 5. —Canadian bowl
ers will open the tournament of the Na
tional Bowling Association in the
Grand Central Palace to-night. There
will l>e steady bowling day and night
for two weeks, the fowlers competing
iu squads on six alleys. Three five
men teams from Montreal will bowl to
night against three teams from this
city and Newark, N. J. The two-men
team events will start to-morrow.
Cash prize* aggregating more than
$5,000 and IS gold metals will bo
awarded. Representatives of all sec
tions of this country and Canada are
among the entries.
BASEBALL FOR CHINESE
Government Finances American-born
Team on Tour
Honolulu, April s.—Under the pat
rouage of the Chinese government and
with the personal assistance of Wu-
Ting-Fang. former Chinese Minister to
the I'nited States, a baseball team of i
American-born Chinese is on its way i
to-day on the steamer Mongolia for
Shanghai by wav of the Philippines and ;
-lapr.n.
Their expenses while in China will
be met by the Chinese government.
The team will tour the principal cities
->f the interior with the object of in
troducing; American athletics for the
physical improvement of the vouth of
China.
No Game at West Point
est Point, X. V.. April s.—Snow
Saturday caused a cancelation of the
Army-Dickinson baseball game.
Fire Company Beats High School
In a practice game Saturday the
Camp Hill Tire Com piny defeated the
Camp Hi i i High school by the score of
9 to The losers will open their sea
son w:th the Harrid A. C. on April 17.
McCord Plays in Raleigh
"Ike'' McCord. captain and for
ward of The Harrisburg Independents,
has joined ,- Earl Mark's Raleigh, X.
team and will cover shortstop this
season. McCord played third base las>t
season and made an enviable record.
Connie Hack has his eve on tihe loeal
player and will haul him up to Philadel
phia as soon as he shows he can aid the
Athletics.
Justice and Docket Clerk Drops Dead
Pottsville, Pa.. April s.—Joseph
Bendrick. county docket clerk and jus
tice of the peace at Xew Philadelphia,
dropped dead at his home at the latter
place last evening. He was 41 years
of age and apparently in the best of
health. He was an accomplished lin
guist. speaking fluently seven languages.
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BASEBALL AT IHIKINSOX
Promises of Strong 'Varsity Team Con
sldered Bright
Carlisle, Pa., April s.—The Dickin
son College baseball candidates put in
a lot of lulrd work the past week, and
in response to Coach Oyler's orders did
not go home for their Easter vacation.'
Among those who stayed at the college
during the holidays were Captain Tot
ter, Evans, Scribner, Goldstein. Wal
ters, Moose, Wilson, Ingram and
Mower.
Coach Oyler is giving the candidates
plenty of hard work and has thorough
ly tried them out for the various posi
tions. At the present time it looks as
if the following players had first call
for 'varsity honors, but the lineup is
: likely to be changed at any time, and
j the men will have to keep on the jump
! throughout the entire season. The Red
anil White's batting order this season
will probably be: Evans, left field;
Scribner. center field; Moose, second or
third base: Goldstein, catcher; Walters,
shortstop; Wilson right field; Potter,
first base: Spoug o: Spitrnaus, pitcher,
with Ingram, Mower, Vaughn and II oil
! iter as reserve pitchers.
The outfield will be practically the
same as hist season, except that Evans
' will play regularly in left field, where
he substituted last year, and Wilson
| shifted to right field. Moose has been
brought in from the field and will likely
i play third. If Captain Potter decides
to do any pitching Spitr.msus will be
placed on first, while Spong will hold
1 down second. Walters, although inex
perienced. shows much ability and. it is
thought, will make good at short.
C. V. NEWS
CEN'SORKD PREACHER TO SI E
Will Prorecute State Health Commis
sioner For Arrest at Mont Alto
Chambersburg. April 5. —The Rev.
William M. Solegman said last night
he would prosecute Commissioner of
Health l>r. Samuel G. Dixon, by wluwe
order he was- prevented from holding
religious services in the chapel at the
White Pine Sanatorium at Mont Alto
yesterday afternoon. The minister says
he was served with a notice, Saturday
not to hold services. He came to
Chambersburg Sunday, consulted an
attorney and returned to the sana
torium in an automobile, whore 150
of his congregation stood waiting out
side the chapel to attend the Easter
and quarterly communion service.
He was taken into custody by two
State guards, taken to the oftice of
Dr. Fred C. Johnson, the medical di
rector, and told that he would not be
permitted to open the chapel.
At Harrisburg last Tuesday, in a j
personal interview with Dr. Dixon, the
preacher said, the Commissioner of j
Health advised him his sermons were I
not beneficial to the State wards. Mr. ,
Selegman declared last night that the
Interdenominational Board stands back .
of him in the prosecution of the Com- j
missioner of Health.
The preacher is a graduate of the
Gettysburg Theological Seminary. i
New Switch Board in Service
Chambersburg, April s.—The new
switch board of the Bell Telephone
Company was "cut-over" Saturday
afternoon at 2 o 'clock. The new board ,
is located on the second floor of the
old postoffice building.
Among those who assisted iu the
"cut-over" were H. B. Porter, plant
superintendent, Harrisburg: H. F. j
Hope, plant supervisor, Harrisburg: J. j
T. Harris, traffic superintendent. Har- *
risburg; W. H. Dean, traffic superin
tendent, Harrisburg; G. R. Keitn,
plant chief, Chambersburg; J. A.
Smith, wire chief, Chambersburg; J. |
R. Learv. engineer, Harrisburg; B. H.
overpeck, local manager.
Motorize Fire Apparatus
Waynesboro, April 3.—The board
of trade, at its regular monthly nieet
' ing. appointed Dr. Joseph Enniss, Dr.
D. B. Snively and J. H. Stouer, a com
mittee to act in conjunction with a
similar committee from town council
to deal with the question of motoriz
ing the fire department.
It also gave its endorsement to the
"clean-up day" proposed by the Civic
Club and decided to serve a lunch at
the annual meeting of the board of
trade to be held in the G. A. R. room
Friday evening, April 16.
To Oppose Dent Pardoning
Carlisle, April 5. —Local oftu-ers are
pre;<ared to wage another fight before
the Board of Pardons, when the ap
plication for a commutation of sen
tence in the case of Samuel Dent, sen
tenced to thirty years imprisonment,
for alleged connections with the doings
of the Patterson gang, conies before
the body. This is the third application
of this kind within a year that has
been contested and in all cases the
Carlisle attorneys have been success
ful in opposing the pleas.
Barn Burned at Child's Play
Gettysburg, April s.—Fire, sup
posed to have been started through
carelessness of children playing with
matches, totally destroyed the house,
barn, hog pen 'and all "other outbuild
ings at the farm of Charles Laugh
man, in Reading township, tenanted
by Henry A. Noel, Friday afternoon
between 3 and 4 o'clock.
Railroads Have Heavy Easter Travel
Passenger traffic on all railroads
leading out of Harri»burg was excep
tionally heavy yesterday, due to the
unual Easter travel. The heaviest travel
was from the east, one train arriving in
tiiis city worth four additional coaches.
The traffic west-bound was also "very
heavy, all the trains carrying extra
coaches.
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right. CO>KEV'S regulate* and
W-.streegthem the seniitiTe organs and »ek«»
I fc «Mcka Wh and drug. (>« a Pail or V :, A
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Vou would scarcely recognlxc these accompanying pictures as gentle spring scenes In New York, yet the camera
man lia.s very carefully depicted an actual spring morning in the big city. Just think of it. when every one in that
own Is fully prepared for the geutle zephyrs of springtime, old Mr. Weatherman grabs hold of the wrong splggoi.
mi* Instead of spring finer} winter fortificat ions are once more in evidence! How about the overworked |H>et and
Hi* gentle »pring song?
IOF INTEREST
TO WOMEN
AS SHOWN IN THE
NEW YORK OPENINGS
, Skirts of Wool, Silk or Organdy Scal
loped at the Lower Edge New
Modes in Collars
New York, April 5.
i All dresses are full short whether for
j morning, afternoon, or evening wear.
Collars are high in the back with some
! kiud of an opening in front. One dress
of black taft'eta lias a collar high in the
j back with a flaring white organdy col-
I lar above: around the collar and tying
| in a bow in front is a piece of black
| ribbon, giving the collar an old-time
stock appearance. Below the ribbon
bow is an open V, where the bare neck
i shows. Another rather military model
I with a V-neck has-a collar high in the
back and coming a little forward, where
j it is caught by a loop of cord to a brass
; button on each side.
Many skirts are finished with a
slashed or scalloped lower edge, which
is bound with the same or a contrasting
material. One striking and practical
dress which I have recently seen with
this feature was of black voile over tat'
feta, in a shade of plum verging outo
old rose. The bodice of the dress had
almost the appearance of a jacket. The
voile was fitted plain over the silk and
both were gathered together at the
waistline, so it had the appearance of
being a shadowy solid color. The collar
A Simple Dress Developed In
Striped Voile
lined with the taffeta was high at the
back, and on the sides were separate
pieces, which looked like petals, to
frame the face. The skirt of black
voile hung independently of the silk
underskirt, and was slashed around the
bottom and bound with black voile ami
piped with the tiniest edge of the silk.
The underskirt was also slashed and
bound of itself. A wide pleated girdle
of the silk surrounded the waist, crossed
in the back and tied loosely in the
front. An important feature of this!
dress was the sleeves, which were three- j
quarter, and not full length. They were I
a narrow bell shape and faced back j
with the silk on the right side.
For the summer dress mauy models
of pongee are shown. One pongee dross
was trimmed with royal blue embroid
ery. | The bodice was of pongee with
a pleated front of chiffon pxactlv the
same shade. The collar was low and ex
tended out to the shoulder-tips, scal
loped in the front and embroidered in
the blue. A frill of ecru lace edged the
collar and extended down the front of
the waist. The long, close-lltting
sleeves were finished with narrow cuffs
embroidered with the blue. The skirt
was made with a yoke in front, and
falling from the yoke was a pleated
section, while at the sides the yoke aud
skirt were in one.
Another pongee dress made in semi-
Princess style is trimmed down the
front of the waist with braid in military
style, and the edge of the opening of
the waist, which extends to the waist
line is finished with a rather large cord
which knots loosely.
A new style of collar which is taking
f many people by storm is made of white
; linen. It is cut circular and placed on
j a band around the neck at the height of
j the "Adam's apple" and extends out to
I the shoulder-tips, and in the more ex
treme ones a bit beyond. The general
effect of these collars is a trimness not
unlike the Puritan collars which we see
in old pictures. But, as some one said
not long ago, "A dress may "look very
much like the old styles, but rest as
sured there is something different about
it." In this sale it is the V of bare
neck which shows as the collar spreads
awav from where it is fastened. With
this collar are worn deep cuffs. Some
times the material used fcr this collar
and-cuffs set is of doubled linen, and
again it is of single linen with frills
of narrow embroidery or lace on the
edge. They also often have insets of
lace medallions.
All kinds of checks—wide, narrow,
irregular and wavering—are used in the
spring and summer frocks. They are
usually made up and down of the stripe,
but there is fjuite a vogue this vear, for
those who are slender enough to allow
of it, to have the stripes made up run
ning round and round. Again the up
and down is used, but with trimmings
of bands running all around. In my
first illustration is a simple, trim frock
made up in striked blue-and-white crepe.
Each blue stripe is checked blue and
white and through the white stripe are
Hooks of heavier threads. The neat side
closing of the waist corresponds with
the side-closing on the skirt. The cnfTs
and collar are of blue crepe which
matches the blue in the stripe. Small
cloth-covered buttons are used down the
front of the waist in groups of four,
and continue twice on the skirt.
The sheer frocks with many frills and
ruffles are particularly smart this season
and have a revival from years gone by.
Flowered organdies and" lawns make
these charming dresses, as well as the
plain white and colors. One very pretty
white organdy which I >ikod had a skirt
slashed up at the knee-length, about
twelve inches apart all around the skirt.
The bottom of the skirt and the slashes
were edged around with a continuous
three-inch ruffle of the organdy. These
deep slashes and scallops are very airy
and pretty.
A strikingly pretty evening dress was
designed by La Croix. The material
used was greenish-yellow, called expo
sition gold, grosgrain silk striped with a
broad satin stripe and three narrow
ones. The bodice was perfectly straight
under thp arms and fitted loosely about
the waist> the lower edge of the bodice
was finished with a band of the silk
with the stripes running around. The
skirt was also straight hanging, with a
wider band of the silk at the bottom.
The sleeves and yoke of the waist are
of black maline with a cape-like piece of
maline lace fastened in the middle of
the back and extending to the end of
the long sleeves. The combination of
black tulle and greenish yellow was
striking and artistic. .
My second illustration is of flowered
voile. The skirt is ruffled at the bottom
and.in the middle with two narrow ruf
fles. The waist is quite simple with
three-quarter bell sleeves. A vest and
collar of white voile gives the dainty
touch of white which adds so much to
the dainty colors of the new materials.
Girdles and belts which are to be
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The New Frilled Frocks, in This In
stance Developed in Voile
worn with the spring frocks and suit#
are both wide and narrow and many
dresses have none at all, so for once
these may be suited to the individual's
taste. Wide pleated girdles are to bo
seen on some dresses, ending with long
sash-ends, which are crossed either back
or front and tied loosely, and ribbon
girdles are very popular.
DR. I). W. JOHNSON'S LECTURE
Explorer Will Explain the Wonders of
Grand Canyon of Colorado
The lecture Wednesday night in the
Tec hnical !H igh sdhool auditorium toy Dr.
Douglas W. Johnson, of Columbia, will
be particularly attractive to those con
templating a trip to the Pan-American
Exposition. The sight-seeing public
will stay in America this summer and
hence there is unusual interest in our
scenic attractions. The grand canyon
of the Colorado is without a peer in the
whole universe, and the Natural History-
Society feels that not only tourists and
naturalists should know of this great
wonder of nature, but every patriotic
citizen as well.
The walls of this water-worn trench
are often vertical, or nearly so, for a
distance of 1,000 feet at a time; some
times they slope steeply or constitute
magnificent terrwes. The cliffs attain
a height of from 4,000 to 7,000 feet
above the stream. The canyon is so
deep and narrow at places that little or
no sun reaches the bottom at certain
times of the year.
The investigation ot the geologists
have dispelled the theory once held that
the grand canyon was a fracture of the
earth's crust. It is now clear that a
long period of erosion throught plateaus
successively uplifted has produced this
remarkable gorge.
The sale of seats opened to-day ait
Footer's, 34 North Third street.
Veteran Columbia Merchant Dies
Columbia. Pa , April 5. —Henry S.
Grnybill, for forty years active in the
mercantile life of Columbia, a veteran
of the Civil war and a lieutenant of
Company H. N. G. P., before the guard
was reorganized, died here Saturday
at the age of 70.