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V-- % -IS - m ?hp Hambmj ifmtlii j Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1906 ' One Dollar a Year ~~ "" = ' .i-ll NEGRO HANGED IN AIKEN. Luke Gray Hanged Last Friday for the Murder of Clifford Woodward. Columbia, Aug. 31.?Luke Gray, the negro murderer of Clifford Woodward, white, was hanged at Aiken today, after the governor had respited him 30 days ^go to allow certain white friends to present his case. After looking further into the case, however, they decided that he should hang. Gray went to Woodward's store with a shot gun and, calling him out, accused him of insulting his wife, and shot him. Woodward denied having spoken to the woman. Gray said Woodward at* k tacked bim when be went there to protest against Woodward's conduct. Recently Gray had become mightily wrought up with religious fervor. He had been seeing visions of various kinds, snd says when he asked about it that God spoke by the medium of a tree limb outside his cell several times to show that the prisoner had been forgiven of his sins and would promptly go to heaven. * Getting "Long Distance." Mr. Miggles was trying to call up a friend who lived in a suburban town, says the New Orleans Picayune. Mr. Miggles looked up the number, then got central. "Hello! he said. Give me Elmdale * two-ought-four seven." "Elmdale? Til give you the long distance." Long distance asked, "What is it?" "Elmdale two-ought-four-seven." ISSrY"Elmdale two-ought-four-seven?" "Yes." "What is your number?" "I just told you. Elmdale two-ought?" "I mean your house number." ' "8ixty-five Blicken street." "Oh, that isn't What I mean. Your st 'phone number." "Why didn't you say so?" asked Mr. Higgles, who is noted for his quick temper. i * "I did. What is it?" "Violet Park eight-seven-seven." "Violet Park eight-double-seven." "I reckon so." ^And what number do you want?" "Elmdale two-ought-four-seven." "What is your name?" \ "My name is John Henry Miggles. I live at 65 Blicken street, Violet Park, my . house 'phone is Violet Park eight-sevenseven or eight-double-seven, as you I Choose; I am married; have no children; we keep a dog and a cat and a perpetual fern and a Bostern fern and?" "All that is unnecessary, sir. We merely?" "And last summer we didn't have a bit of lack with oar roses. I tried to have a little garden too, but the neighbors' chickens got away with that; the house ' Is green, with red gables; there is a cement walk from the street; I am forty years old; my wife is younger and she looks it; we have a piano; keep a cook and an upstairs girl; had that front bedf x room papered last week and I want to?" "Did you want Elmdale two-oughtfour-seven?" "Yes," gasped Mr. Higgles. "Well, the circuit is busy now. Please call again." But Mr. Miggles wrote a letter. Criminal Assanlt Charged. St. George, September 1.?Magistrate Horn, of this place, today issued a warrant for the arrest of a negro named Henry Snellings, charging him with committing a criminal assault upon his 11year-old sister-in-law. The warrant was sworn out by Snellings's wife. Con, stable Thomas, with several deputies, immediately went in pursuit of the alleged rapist, but he had fled to parts unknown, and up to this time has, not been capfnrflrt The particulars of the crime are meagre, but the last report was that a number of negroes were scouring the section where the crime was committed, and if the negro is captured he will very probably be lynched by members of his own race, unless the officers of the law are present when the capture is made. The negroes are said to be much wrought up * about the matter. Ask any "JAP" that you may see, "Why the Czar, with Bear behind," had . to climb a tree. The Yanks, God bless the Yanks, says he, They gave us Rocky Mountain Tea. H. F. Hoover. Graded School Opening. Let the pupils of the Bamberg graded * school assemble promptly at the school 1?? ?? Q.QA mnrnincr R7 UUllUXUg C*fc U.UV MVUUMJ J legal requirement, the text -books used ' will be those recently adopted by the State board of education. There will be therefore, several changes of the books t formerly published. Books may be purchased of Mr. H. C. Folk ou the evening of the opening day. Take with you your old looks and exchange for the new books, paying the exchange price. I H. G. Sheridan, Principal. It arouses energy, developes and stimulates nervous life, arouses the courage of youth. It makes you young again. That's what H oil ister's Rocky Mountain tea will do. 35c, tea or tablets. H. F. Hooyer. it ' ' ' i IN THE PALMETTO STATE. INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for "Quick Reading Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. South Carolina delegates to the irrigation congress have gone to Boise City, Idaho, where the meeting is being held. The Newberry warehouse has been bought by the Standard "Warehouse company of Columbia. The present storage capacity of the house will be doubled, making it 8,000 bales. Four business houses and two residences were burned at St. George last Thursday morning. The loss is estimated at $10,000. It is thought that the fire was of incendiary origin. Col. R. W. Simpson, president of the board of tfustees of Clemson College, stated that he would call a special meeting of the board as early as practicable to consider the now famous cow trade and other matters involving criticism of the college and its management. An eastbound through freight train on the Seaboard Air Line went through a trestle three miles west of Chester. The trestle was crushed and the cars, number 10 or 12, were smashed up, with considerable damage to the whole cargo of merchandise. A negro brakeman had his arm broken. Sarah Bollen, colored, died in Magistrate's Williams's office in Charleston. The woman had been giving her testimony in the case of the guardianship of a child, but the excitement proved too ?cKn T27QQ lUUliU lUt tici ncalk ucaii) auu ouv ???? j suddenly stricken with the afflction and j died before medical assistance could be given to her. Will Kern and Jule Gillespie, of Youngs Township, Laurens county, were landed in jail on a warrant sworn out by 8am Barnett, also of Youngs, charging the two men with grand larceny. Both of the accused men are white and they are charged with stealing a mule and buggy from Barnett in the upper part of the county last Sunday night, during services. The men and team were captured near Hendersonville by a party of fox hunters. B. B. Hayes, a Christian science preacher, allowed his child to die in Anderson and refused to call in a physician, saying that he believed in prayer and faith instead of physicians. The child was a boy about ten years old, and was in Anderson on a visit to his aunt. The attending physician decided that an operation was necessary, as the little fellow had an abscess on his brain, and the parents were telegraphed for. When they arrived they refused to let the physician do anything more for the child, and in a few days it died. Hayes has been arrested, and he will be severely dealt with if there is any law to cover the case. The Graded School Opening. The wealth of Bamberg does not consist in her business houses and her merchandise, nor yet in her cotton mill and her banking institutions but it consists in her men and women, her boys and girls. These make up the life and character of our community. We are glad to see the material development of our townwe believe there is a greater Bamberg now building. With this material growth we see a livelier and keener interest manifested in the intellectual and moral development of our young people. The Bamberg graded school has taken on renewed life, has been organized under a special act of the legislature, placing its management in the hands of five of her citizens. Teachers have been selected who, we are sure, are not lesson-hearers but who are interested in young life and who believe that education is something more than the acquiring of a knowledge of facts found in text books. The Carlisle Fitting School, the other educational institution of our town, is putting on new life, is extending its field of usefulness and looks forward to a larger work. These are evidences of greater interest in our young people. For ani4 taonhora ftf tha RamKiirrr tUC II UOIt^D OUU DVUVUV49 V4 ?MV 4/wiuwv?g graded school, we ask the cooperation and support of all our citizens and patrons in building up the best school we have yet had. As trustees and teachers we feel one responsibility and enter upon the work with a determination to succeed. We know this is true of those in charge of the Fitting school also. The opening exercises of the Bamberg graded school"will be held in the audito^ rium of the school building at 9 o'clock Monday morning, the 10th instant. Brief addresses will be made by several prominent citizens. Will not the citizens and patrons fill the auditorium at that hour? H. G. Sheridan, Principal. The Tote Appreciated. Mr. J. Fraser Lyon; writing to a friend i in Newberry, says: "I wish to thank the people of Newberry county for the magnificent vote given me in the recent primary. I do not know of anything that has been more gratifying to me in the recent election than the endorsement given me by Newberry county.''?Newberry Observer. I THE OFFICIAL FIGURES. Result of the Primary as Declared by the State Executive Committee. The State Democratic executive committee met in Columbia last Friday night and officially declared the result of the recent primary. Dr. J. B. Black was present as the member from Bamberg county. Capt. John D. Bell, of Columbia, was elected secretary, as a vacancy was caused by the death of Mr. Jas. T. Parks. The result was the same as announced in The Herald last week. Ansel and Manning run over for governor; McCown is elected secretary of State; Lyon and Ransdale run over for attorney general; Jones is elected comptroller general; Sullivan and Wharton run over for railroad commissioner. Following are the official figures: FOR GOVEL -OR. Ansel 39,156 Manning .' 23,159 Blease 16,959 Brunson 10,118 Sloan 3,368 McMahan 2,243 Jones 870 Edwards 576 FOR SENATOR. Tillman 83,074 COMPTROLLER GENERAL. Jones 51,132 Walker 45,559 ATTORNEY GENERAL Lyon 45,272 Youmans 22,975 Ragsdale 28,210 RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. Summersett 15,848 Wharton 24,636 Sellers 8,622 Cansler 22,661 Sullivan 24,550 ADJUTANT GENERAL. Boyd 64,<wi Haskell 31.062 SECRETARY OP STATE McCown 51,867 Morrison 20,317 Ragin 13,500 Tribble 7,422 LIEUT. GOVERNOR. McLeod 95,320 STATE TREASURER. Jennings 96,343 SUPT. OP EDUCATION. Martin 92,564 The candidates for congress received the following vote: FIRST DISTRICT. Legare 9,018 SECOND DISTRICT. Patterson : 6,370 Toole 2,845 Hare 2,821 THIRD DISTRICT. Aiken 9,293 Boggs. 6,802 FOURTH DISTRICT. Johnson.. 12,732 Irby 2,138 Mahon 2,805 FIFTH DISTRICT. Finley 9,703 Strait 5,159 SEVENTH DISTRICT. ' Lever 13,164 / THE BREATH OF LIFE. It's a significant fact that the strongest animal of its size, the gorilla, also has the largest lnngs. Powerful lungs means powerful creatures. How to keep the breathing organs right should be man's chiefest study. Like thousands of others, Mrs. Ora A. Stephens, of Port Williams, 0., has learned to do this. She writes: "Three bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery stopped my cough of two years and cured me of what my friends thought consumption. O, it's grand for throat and lung troubles." Guaranteed by J. B. Black and Hoover's drug store. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. ! Girl Brutally Murdered. The sixteen year old daughter of George Waddell, a farmer near Fremont, Wayne county, N. C., was murdered Sunday afternoon, and her body was thrown in a marl pit, where it was found the same day.j Miss Waddell left her home at 4 o'clock in the afternoon to visit Miss Holland, who lives half a mile from the Waddell family. Late in the evening when she failed to return, her father went to inquire about her, and learned that she had not been to the place. Sekrch was then instituted, and the body was found floating on the surface of the water in the marl pit in the field near her home. ! An examination of the body showed numerous bruises and scratches, and the condition of her neck made it clear that she had been strangled. The circumstances indicated that the gir^had been rmtracrpH Her umbrella lav near the Dit ' and the ground showed that a struggle had taken place. There is intense excitement in the surrounding country but there is no clue as to the murderer. STARVINGTO DEATH Because her stomach was so weakened by useless drugging that she could not eat, Mrs. Mary H. Walters, of St. Clair St., Columbus, 0., was literally starving to death. She writes. "My stomach was so weak from useless drugs that I could not eat, and my nerves so wrecked that I'could not sleep; and not before I was given up to die was I induced to try Electric Bitters, with the wonderful result that improvement began at once and a complete cure followed." Best health tonic on earth. 50c. Guaranteed by J. B. Black andmoover's drug store. j 0 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN YARIOU8 SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the Connty and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, September 3.?The election passed off quietly. Some were working for their special candidates, all however, in a pleasant way. The voters turned out well, and think more votes were cast at the first primary than will be at the second. Mr. G. L. Kinard is building an addition to his store. Think it is for his dispensary, and will have his store for rent or groceries, just as it suits him. Mr. J. C. McKenzie & Sons were busy last week, opening up their stock of goods and placing them on the shelves. Miss Anna Weimer, of Fernandina, Fla.. is spending some time with friends and relatives in town. Several bales of new cotton came to town Friday and Saturday. The staple is green and stained from, the wet weather. Judge Copeland was in town holding court Saturday. Mrs. J. C. Westerlund's mother, sister and children, of Charleston, are spending some time with her. The county authorities had better be looking after the bridges. Several across the swamps and ditches are in poor shape. One or two horses fell through a bridge over Cowpen Ford causeway Sunday. One mule hurt and skinned up badly. Look out for a case. People like to sue, especially these hard times. Bridges should be kept in good order. Heard a good farmer talking about his cotton crop. Said \e only had three acres of land on his entire farm that would make as many pounds of seed cotton as ne used pounds of fertilizer per acre, and these three acres did not get any fertilizer but have as good cotton as any, even where he used 1200 pounds to the acre. Mr. F. H. Copeland's carpenters are rushing his dwelling. Mr. J. D. Padgett went toWalterboro last week to see about some of his hands. Jee. Ladies, read this catalogue .of charms. Bright eyes, glowing cheeks, red lips, a smooth skin without a blemish, in short, perfect health. For sale with every package Hoi lister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. H. F. Hoover. VOTE FOR J, H. WHARTON Candidate for Railroad Commissioner Says W. M. PoIIatty, of Warrenviile, S. C In 1901 a lad was working in a cotton mill a long distance from his home. One day he received a telegram to come home at once, that his mother was very sick. While, on the way home the engineer or fireman saw him standing on the "blind baggage." and told him to get off. The boy did not get off at once, and the man grabbed a large piece of coal and threw it at him. The lump of coal struck the boy in the back, and knocked him senseless from the car. The train moved on, and the lad lay there on the ground. Soon a crowd gathered, but no one offered to help the wounded boy. After awhile a gentleman drove along, and seeing the crowd, asked " 3. 3 j. 11 1A wnai was up. "a wounaea xramp, saiu some one, and the gentleman stopped and went to where the wounded boy was. "It is somebody's son," said the gentleman, "and I mean to help him. I would want someone to care for my boy in the same circumstances." So saying, he took the poor boy in his buggy and carried him to his home, sent for a doctor and had the boy treated. It was found that the boy's ankle was broken and his back injured. When he could talk, the boy was asked who was his father. Upon being told the gentleman telegraphed the father, telling him of his son's misfortune. The father wrote to the gentleman, told him he was thankful, and asked him to take care of the poor boy. The gentleman did so, not expecting and never accepting any pay for what he did, though it was offerecl. That man who took care of the boy who was bruised and injured by a heartless railroad man, was none other than J, H. Wharton, who is now a candidate for railroad commissioner. The above are facts as really occurred and I wish to set at rest for ever the report around the cotton mills that he belong to the railroads, body and soul, to influence the factory vote against him, trying to make it appear that he is not a friend of the working man. But I know he is their friend, for he took my boy in when he was knocked from the train, and cared for him without ch&rge when no one else would, and kept him until I could send for him. And he [ advised me of witnesses against tne railroad who saw the engineer throw the coal that knocked my toy from the train in 901, and thirough their and the doctor's j evidence, won tne case. I am sure by voting for and electing Mr. Wharton railroaa commissioner, you will get a true man, and a warm friend. Very truly yours, W. M. POLATTY, . Postmaster. Warrenville, S. C., July 26, 1906. Card From Mr. Kearse. Editor The Bamberg Herald.?Dear sin Allow me through the medium of your paper to thank my friends of Bamberg county for the fine vote they gave me in the primary of the 28th instant. Yours truly, J. B. Keaks?. Olar, 8. C., August 31st, 1908. , * - ir., . ELECTION DUEL AT ULMER. W. L Brant, Candidate for Magistrate, Kills M. J. Smith, and is Himself Horribly Wounded. Barnwell, Aug. 30.?News has just been received here of a shooting scrape that took place on election day at Ulmer, which has resulted in the death of one of the participants. It seems that after all the votes had been counted and the crowd was discussing the results, W. L. Brant, candidate for magistrate at Ulmer, entered into a discussion of his race with M.J. Smith, claiming that Smith had voted and worked against him. This statement led to bitter words, soon the lie was passed and a blow struck, Smith striking Brant first. As Brant staggered under the blow he reached for his hip pocket. As he did so Smith whipped out a pistol and fired six times, before Brant could get bis gun out, three of the balls hitting Brant but none inflicting serious wounds. By the time that Smith had emptied his gun he commenced to. retreat and reload, but Brant had succeeded in getting out his pistol and fired at Smith, hitting him in the abdomen, the ball ranging up through his body. At this time friends came up and stopped the duel. Brant was carried to his home where he is still confined in bed with his wounds. Smith was taken home and grew continually worse "and died yesterday afternoon. The shooting is a particularly sad affair arid is greatly regretted by all. Brant is one of the most substantial men in his section and enjoys the reputation.of being a quiet law-abiding-citizen. Smith was a young man, married, and leaves his wife and one child. He has lately moved to this State from Homerville, Ga., and was in the mercantile business at Ulmer. His | relatives from Georgia were sent for and j reached him yesterday. An inquest was held over Smith's body today, but we have not been able to get the verdict of the jury. So far as can be learned this is the only fatality or serious row arising over the election in Barnwell county. They Come and Go. Some go forever and some come back to life. Here is the Hon. James Norton, back in the legislature where he started. So also C. W. Garris once more is in pub lie life. Josh Ashley, the picturesque, the devoted friend of the "yaller dog," goes out into obscurity and the genial "Hub," his high hat and hilarity, * ill delight Newberry exclusively in the future. The whirligig of politics and time is much alike.?Columbia Record. Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy a Guaranteed Cure. If you suffer from dyspepsia, or indigestion in any form, gas, belching, bitter taste, offensive bad breath, dizzy spells, sour stomach, heart flutter, nausea, gastritis loathing of food, pains or swelling in the stomach, back or side, deep-seated kidney or liver trouble, they will disappear after taking Tyner's DyspepsiaRemedy, made especially to cure dyspepsia, indigestion and stomach troubles, even the worst cases. Tyner's Dyspepsia Remeexpels the gases and sweetens the breath, cures sick headache, colic and constipation. Druggists or by express 50c bottle. Money refunded if it fails to cure. Medical advice and circular free by writing to Tyner Remedy Co., Augusta, Ga. Barnwell County Election. In the primary in Barnwell county, J. E. Harley and B. F. Thomas were nominated for the legislature, ^hefe will be a second race between A. B. Patterson and J. C. Griffin. J. B. Morris is elected county supervisor over three opponents. B. M. Darlington won ont for superintendent of education, defeating two opponents. J. C. Keel and C. W. Moody will be in the second race for auditor. E. E. Morris and J. W. Bates will run over for magistrate at Barnwell. Three were in the race, and Morris lacked only one vote of being elected. HORRIBLE CRIME IN PICKENS. Two Little White Girl* Victims of a Negro Brute Named Jeter Lawrence. Greenville, Sept. 3.?Charged with criminally abusing the two little daughters of a farmer, near Pickens Court House, Jeter Lawrence, a negro 45 years of age, was arrested by Sheriff Jennings and brought over and placed in the Greenville jail early Sunday morning. Congressman Geo. S. Legare, of the Charleston district, acted as one of the sheriff's deputies, and came to Greenville with the prisoner and officers. The party reached here just at daylight. Lawrence is said to have been one of the hands on the farm, and his treatment of the two little girls, seven and nine years of age, respectively, is said to have been going on for two months. It seems that he had frightened them into silence, though one of them finally told her playmate. who later told her parents, and then the news came to the father of the oat* raged children. The negro was captured about 11 o'clock Saturday night. There was no excitement until Sunday morning, for nothing had been known of the out* rageous behavior of the negro, until after he had been landed in the jail here. No trouble is anticipated, though it is likely Lawrence would have been lynched had he been kept in Pickens m i . ' '' -"A ' DEATH OF COL J. M. KNIOHT. Former Grand Chancellor of Knights of Pythias in South Carolina and Prominent . Newspaper Man. News was received here yesterday to the effect that Col. Jno. M. Knight had died at Asheville, N. C., yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. The information wonld not have been unexpected at any time, but it was none the less sad to his friends. For a year he had been suffering with nofV\mo anrl ftirnat tmnKlo onrl hia PAtiafi. ' *'3S aoiliuia auu ?uiv/(?v ?^v/uuiv) uuu vvuova- ^ tution was very much weakened. ' Col. Knight was one of the most popu- ular newspaper men in the State. He had been grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and was a prominent Mason, . || being a member of Oasis Shrine. It wal while visititing lodges of the Knights of Pythias in his capacity as grand chancel- ^8 lor that Col. Knight contracted a cold i? his throat. Alarming syptoms soon developed and he was soon forced to give up his business in Sumter aud move to . Asheville. Up to a short time ago he had appeared to improve greatly, but he com- v plained of weakness. c Against the advice of his relatives, he attended the last, meeting of the State Press association. The "ruling passion? , with him was his love for his fellow : }:?*%. workers in South Carolina newspapers, ^3 and in his weak condition he traveled all \ .^$9 the way from Asheville to Charleston to meet them?and to say jgoodbyl. His friends were grieved to see him so frail - ,|jfl and it was evident that he would attend no more meetings of the association. The \ % hearts of all of the newspaper men of the . Jg 8tate will be saddened by the announce- y?j ment of his death. He was loyal to hie friends; an uncompromising bat fair fighter, and a man of ability. A dispatch from Asheville to The State -JjS says that the remains will be sent to Sum- - |9 ter for interment Thursday morning at 11 r tjla o'clock. A delegation of Pythians from -\m Asheville will accompany the. remains. "|| Mr. Knight had sold out his business in ' ::$9 oamter ana had engaged largely in fine ,-2jg book and stationery business in Asheville. jM The Sumter Herald, which he bap edited for several years, will be continued in M good hands. MB. KNIGHT'S CABEEB. John Marion Knight was born in Chee- M terfield county, Nov. 18, 1866. His parents, A. H. and Mary J. Knight,'moved to Bennettsville when he was very yoting. Here he was taught at the Bennettsville academy by Mr. and Mrs. John S. Moore, ''M venerable and accomplished tutors of that day. Went to 8outh Carolina col- JS lege, 1884,'stayed two years. While here >Jj? the first signs of secret order love showed qwj forth?in which kind of orders he rose |3 high in after life. Upon leaving college, J| he taught Burroughs High School at Conway. Moved from Horry- county to * -4 Manning to teach school. From there he went to Jordan, in Clarendon county, M and was married while there to Miss *:^l Belle Guerry, daughter of the famous artist, Albert Guerry. In 1894, he, with J his brother, A. Wilkes Knight, now of .Jjj the Bamberg Herald, bought- out the Suniter Herald from S. A. Nettles. This x M is the only paper with which fce was conJ nected from that time until his death. ' - ?. He bought entire control in 1899. In January, 1906, consolidated with The Evening News and The Freeman, a semiweekly. Immediately hie health gave way and he discontinued the daily the 1st of March. He gave up all business and moved to Asheville, where he was living until the time of hfc death. Mr. Knight, a devotee of the press, went to the Press association at Charleston, despite the advice of physicians, in ]|| July. # Mr. Knight stood high in the secret orders of the State.' In 1900 he was elected grand prelate of the Knights of Pythias. Two years later he was advanced to grand chancellor, making a record in that capacity which was marked with great success. He was a Mason and Shriner. His first wife died in 1895. In October, 1899, he married Mrs. Lillie DuBoise Brown, widow of the late A. 8. Brown. It was in Mr. Brown's office of the Marlboro Democrat that he first began the printing business. One daughter by his first wife, and two daughters and his second wife sur- - ^ vive him. His brothers are: Furman D., of Sumter, A. Wilkes, of Bamberg and J. Arthur, a governmental rural agent.? Columbia State, September 5th. British Perspicacity. Charles Francis Adams was escorting an English friend about Boston, says the Boston Herald. They were viewing the different objects of attraction and finally came to Bunker Hill. They stood looking at the splendid monument, when Adams remarked: "This is the place, sir, where Warren fell." "Ah!" replied the Englishman, evidently not very familiar with American history. "Was he seriously hurt by his fall?" Mr. Adams looked at his friend. "Hurt!" said he, "he was killed, sir." "Ah, indeed," the Englishman replied, still eyeing the monument and commencing to compute its height in his own mind. "Well, I should think he might have been?falling so far." 4' ?