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? Utye <Hamb?rg Sfpralb j & -; ?? ? ??? ? I Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 2, 1911. One Dollar a Year . ? = | COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS 1 SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. h Ehrhardt, Feb. 27.?The cold wave is still holding on in good shape, jp* A good oak fire at night makes a room more comfortable and is appreciated after the day's work is done St - . and supper linisnea. Some of the old folks say the fruit crop is gone. None doubts their % ; assertion where the trees were in js- bloom before the cold wave struck them, for there were certainly heavy frosts three mornings last week, t The school children surely deservI ed the door fees taken in and more P ^ too. Their efforts were interesting t and laughable and showed their a'uf . dience that they had been well trained by Prof. C. J. Shealy and his assistants. The Hacker Manufacturing Co will soon commence to lay their -. track. Have graded the bigger part Pof their road-bed and now as soon | as their car comes will get ready to put it to work. A fishing party thinks of trying their luck this week down the coun^ ? try. Some of the lady folks are go? ing along and try a bit of camp life with their husbands. The Ehrhardt Hardware Co. will ? in the near future open its doors to f the public, for which we ask all to K. come and look tne stock over ana ' ... compare the prices. Mr. F. H. v f Copeland is selected to manage the same. The company will occupy one of the brick stores on Main street u; under the hall adjoining Mr. Karesh. Frank will be glad to have his friends ' tall on him when he gets his stock arranged in the shelves, r It is reported that we have the stingiest man in the country. He I beats the man that was too stingy to open his gate for wearing the hinges, would climb the fence to avoid opening and wearing the gate > ,"* hinges, or the man that had his wife make his boy's pants tight so as to save cloth. This man would v not let a visitor pump up ms oicycie R"" tire on his land; was too stingy to F spare the air. | Miss Eva Dunning, of Columbus, I Ohio, will be here and will entertain pt in the hall at Ehrhardt on Tuesday R evening, March 14 th, Pythians and ||v. y others, given by Ehrhardt lodge, |&|^free. JEE. 1 Fairfax Fancies. [l|. Fairfax, Feb. 27.?Quite a disas(j?^ trous fire took place at the home of Mr. Martin Harvey, destroying all of his feedstuff, provisions, etc., be | sides several horses and mules, this rffp week. ? 1ft Miss Jarrell, of New Boston, Ken!/4 tucky, is visiting Mrs. Compton. M? , Jtev. W. B. Wharton, of the Epf worth Orphanage at Columbia, preached to the Methodists here on Sunday last. Mr. Thomas Hickson, of Kline, is p? visiting his daughter, Mrs. G. W. By Barber. Mrs. Grimes and daughter, Mrs. Ij Hogarth, of Brunson, visited Mrs. f. : Hughes recently. J"-.-- Miss Pearson, of Augusta, the new J&i. stenographer for Loadholt & Hughes, is boarding at Mrs. Robert. Hnsrhps's. Quite a large drove of cattle was ^ sold here recently, belonging to Messrs. G. D. Sanders, F. M. Young, h and Newton Loadholt. A dealer came from Washington and bought i them. f Miss Zoe Zeigler took advantage of r holiday Friday and visited her home folks in Orangeburg. r Miss Lila Lanham, one of our ' ^ teachers has been quite sick, and so has Mrs. Benj. Brunson. The new home of Mr. Otis Lynes \ is assuming beautiful proportions, and will be a help to the looks of r the town. S Mc. G. W. Gohagan, who lived here for several years, but who has f ^ been traveling West for his health, is here now, visiting old friends, and notes many improvements in our Ihustling town. He now resides at Scotia, and will soon be keeping && house there. The Lutherans have organized a Sunday-school. Mr. LeRoy Young is superintendent. ? i Miss Bertha Ulmer, of Brunson, was the guest recently of Mrs. Eliza S. Ulmer. *.' ; * On acocunt of the volume of business at Hampton it is necessary to , defer my Bamberg visit; but you can depend upon it that "O'Riley is comW ing-" * ? w. f , k ' MUST HANG, SAYS THE COURT. ) Daniel Duncan Loses Appeal to the > State's Highest Tribunal. Columbia, Feb. 27.?Daniel Dun; can, colored, will be hanged shortly in Charleston for the murder of Max Lubelsky, a Russian merchant, unless Gov. Blease interposes execuk tive clemency or a new trial is granted, on after-discovered evidence, the supreme court having affirmed today the verdict of death imposed be, low. The appeal was on the ground that evidence relatinsr to a murderous at , tack by Duncan upon the Lubelsky L widow should have been excluded as irrelevant. The supreme court up, holds the ruling below that the evidence was competent, under the State's contention that Duncan shot , to kill the woman in order to seal . her mouth. The case was remanded so that the circuit court may fix a new date for the execution. Govan News. Govan, Feb. 27.?Although our ' town was devastated by fire recently, ; our citizens have the indomitable L courage to never say defeated in their ' enterprises, and there will doubtless be more handsome stores erected to ' replace those destroyed in the near future. Commercially our little town has made little progress, but it has one quality, that is superb, and that is, its geographical situation makes it one of the healthiest places in the State. Mr. Eugene Eaves and Miss Marion Ray were happily united in the bonds of matrimony Tuesday afternoon at Salem Methodist church. We wish for this young couple an abi&dance of success in their united efTdrts. May they have smooth sailing down the stream of life, not even a ruffle on the stream that would in any way turn felicity, bought at the cost of Cupid's dart, into disappointment. Misses Nina Dunbar and Pattie Lee Sweat, who recently were guests at the home of Mr. Hay, returned recently returned to King's Mountain, Mrs. Helen Hay. of Arkansas, re cetnly returned to King's Mountain, N. C., on her way to Arcadia, Texas, the place of her future abode, after an extended visit with relatives. To those who chanced to come in touch with her charming personality, doubtless feel a disappointment at her departure. Mrs. Mary Glover, of John's Island, is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Eaves. Mrs. Carrie Perry, also of John's 'Island, is a guest in the community. Mr. Monnie Lain recently returned to Mullet Hall, after a short visit with his parents here. Mr. J. E. Kennedy has returned to John's Island, where he is employed on a plantation. Mr. Jack Hutto, who was section foreman at this place for several years, is still in the service at Burroughs, Ga. When shall we be delivered from the corruption brought to bear upon us by the prohibition law? Did the prohibitionists find a solution to the great question? I was very much amused at a very dear friend sometime ago remarking that he thought my philosophy was well grounded on the question, but that the entire State of South Carolina ought to go dry now as they had dried the majority of tip counties by means of local option and that he thought it wise to burn the bridge now as they had passed over safely and make State-wide prohibition. But I told Him mai we may want to cross over that bridge again, local option. Is it not true with Bamberg county? As long as the citizens of a free republic have patriotism in their hearts, their ballots shall ever declare what law shall serve them. Kills Negro Woman. Dillon, Feb. 27.?Minnie Herring was killed and Julius Finklea shot through the wrist by Henry Johnson last night 'on 'the plantation of J. C. Cottingham about seven miles from here. All three ar#" negroes. These three and another woman were living in one house, and a row started because Johnson and one of the women were packing to leave. Johnson opened fire with a Colt's revolver, shooting the man through the wrist and the woman through the abdomen. This morning the premises were found deserted, and the dead negress w^as lying in the yard. The wounded negro was discovered at a neighboring plantation, while Johnson and the other woman had fled, having boarded a train for Mullins. The coroner held an inauest and fixed the killing on Johnson. | i IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. There are five persons now taking the Pasteur treatment for rabies at the .institute in Columbia, they have been bitten by dogs supposed to be mad. Judge Robert E. Copes, of Orangeburg, who was elected a Circuit Judge by the recent legislature, has nnoHfiort qtiH i? hn'Mfner p.nnrt. in Co HUU11UVU ? lumbia this week. It is announced that grading will commence at once on the interurban trolley line in the Piedmont which is to connect the cities of Greenwood, Spartanburg, Greenville and Anderson. Governor Blease has announced that he will not appoint any negroes as notaries public, and if any slip in, he wants to be notified by the clerks of court, so that their commissions may be revoked. A hearing was had last week before Gov. Blease in reference to the act passed by the recent legislature against ill-formed counties, and as a result the governor announced that he will veto the act because it is unconstitutional. It seems to be plain from the record that the governor occupies an untenable position in regard to a special judge for the Conway court. He stated that he did not obey the recommendation of the supreme court because there was a circuit judge disengaged, and 4t appears that he was mistaken. Judge Copes is holding court in Columbia and Judge Memminger opens court in Monck's Corner Monday. News from Kearse. Wanderer's Rest, Feb. 27.?The grip is abroad in the land and many are the victims who suffer from the invasion. Misery loves company, and in this case the company is plenty but not congenial. As for the writer he much prefers the song of birds, pretty flowers and music, but in this old world things are not always what we like. Now for the benefit of those' who are not acquainted with the monster we will let an old man down this side give in his own words the miseries of the plague. "Yes, sir. I sho had de ariD. you see it was dis way. I feel weak in de knees den I get cold and shaky all over, den my head begin to git light, my knees feel like dey going to shut up like a jack knife ebery time I stan' on dem, den a pain here, den dere been all over, next thing I know a mighty pain grab me in the throat. I say O my! den my jaws and teeth and cheeks and eyes and I feel like I could jump over the moon I get so wild, den the doctor come, he laugh, say not this time old man. He give me some physic, then I feel kinder like drifting and floating through space, then I jerk, I sink, I * -i ? _ i 1 j _ j gone, out tne grip nuiu uu, a.uu iui three days and nights I roll over. No, sir, if I had a yaller cur dog to kill after he done condemned I never would kill him wid grip, no, sir." Things are brighter than a few days ago. The sun is shining bright, the violets are all smiles, the mocking bird is singing its happy song in a near-by tree, the blue jay is calling to his mate, too late, too late, and she replies wait. So spring will soon be here. One large fine open rose is before the writer, sheding its beauty and fragrance all around; the spirea, verbena, too, are here, all to remind us of the promise that seed time and harvest will come as long as the earth remaineth and that spring time is coming with its flowers. The little blue birds are happy with their song as they flit about. From the amount of yellow soil turned up this spring, the crops will be abundant next harvest, some of our farmers are trying to keep up with the new mode of farming. Watch results. Corn will be cneap next ran. watcn the old men and boys, for many of them have put in to win, and where the right kind of effort is used they will be crowned with success. Quite a pleasant social was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kearse, Sr., on Saturday evening, last. Given in honor of Miss Abel, of Virginia, who paid her sister, Miss Mary Abel,' a short visit. Miss Abel returned on yesterday. The young folks seem to enjoy the Sunday evening drives over our good roads. Thanks to our supervisor for them. OLD TIMER. 'J CHIEF JUSTICE STANDS FIRM. Says Special Judge Recommendation is Conclusive. "Telegram received. My recommendation is conclusive and stands. Ira B. Jones, chief justice." The telegram was addressed to Gov. Blease yesterday by the head of the supreme court of South Carolina in which he takes the position that the recommendations of the su preme court must be obeyed, regardless of the opinions of the governor of South Carolina. The telegram means that Chief Justice Jones has recommended C. P. Quattlebaum, of Conway, to hold the Horry county court as special judge to take the place of Judge J. C. Klugh, who is ill. Will Not Appoint Judge. Gov. Blease said that he would not appoint a judge for the Horry county court on being asked about the matter. Gov. Blease takes the position that he has no further power in the case as he has already recommended Judge Memminger and Judge Copes, two disengaged circuit judges, to hold the Conway court. Gov. Blease said that the law was plain and that he could do nothing more than call the attention to law. Several days ago Judge Klugh addressed a letter to Gov. Blease in which he stated that he was ill and would be unable to hold the term of court in Horry county which commences next Monday. When it became known that Judge Klugh would be unable to hold the court, the Horry county bar association adopted a resolution indorsing Mr. Quattlebaum for the position as special judge. The supreme court was notified of the action. Chief Jus tice Jones notified Gov. Blease and recommended Mr. Quattlebaum for the position. The Answer. In answer Gov. Blease notified Chief Justice Jones that Judge Copes who was elected judge hy the general assembly, had qualified and would he able to serve. Gov. Blease requested that Judge Copes he designated as he was a disengaged circuit judge. Like Richland Case. This is identically the same condition as prevailed in the Richland county case. Gov. Blease took a different action in the Richland case. He appointed James F. J. Caldwell as special judge for this county. Duncan C. Ray, of this city, had been indorsed by the bai association for the position of special judge. When the supreme court sent the recommendation of Mr. Ray for appointment to Gov. Blease he replied that he would appoint his friends to places regardless of the recommendatio of any one. The Richland situation was brought to an end by the retirement of both Mr. Ray and Mr. Caldwell and thp annnintmonf r?f T? H Wntta a disengaged circuit judge. Gov. Blease has already taken the position that the judicial is a separate department from the executive and that the judicial has nothing to do with the executive. The supreme court has never ruled on the question of the jurisdiction of the two departments, one over the other. It is'-still an open question. "I can do nothing. The law is plain. Judge Memminger and Judge Copes are disengaged," said Gov. Blease when asked as to what action he would take in reply to the refusal of Chief Justice Jones to comply with his request. Can't Understand Blease. Columbia. Feb. 27.?Gov. Hiease has put the State House officials and others concerned "up in the air" by his habit of vacillation. He has changed his mind on half a dozen matters, including his veto of th? Osborne child labor bill, his vet<j>, pf the act incorporating the Duke inp teruban railway project, his decision to have no factory inspector/and the act authorizing rural police, for Charleston county. to bosjoqnio'* He vetoed an item for a stenogra.1*! I tiI >v i (^ JT>pher in the State treasurer's office, /J',,; 7/ /VpOrtjOTl but has since authorized, the employment of the stenographer. He vetoed a $5,000 item for the examI iv *;, ;iTo ination of county offices, but, has since told the comptroller genera.1 to go ahead and spend the money, which the comptroller general refuses to do.' The indications are that 1 ill -il'?'-i. ' _ ' 'li i_;_ I*' il TT ne win reverse nimseu on me rceyward county matter. He first claimed the right to direct the supreme court in its assignment of the Regular circuit judges, to terms, but has now receded from that i : t ; ' ''.It position. 0< ?' r J -!: i ' r ^ ' !*''> ''*?'? .7 Oil 'A -'f Another,!(!shipment1: 6f ! Heckbf'h Btidktrheit'at^brBddtl's:^ u .mi;t ioi . WILL NOT WEAR STRIPES MAJ. JOHN BLACK'S SENTENCE | COMMUTED BY GOV. BLEASE. . Sentence of Five Years in Penitentiary Commuted to Fine of $2,000. John Black, a former State officer who was under sentence to serve five years in the State penitentiary, was last Monday given a commutation of sentence by Gov. Blease. This created little comment in Columbia except that it was expected that the gover nor might wait until the supreme court had heard the case before he would take action. On the night when the election returns from the State Democratic primary announced that Mayor Blease was a choice of a majority of the Democratic voters for governor, in the fullness of the moment he avowed his friendship for John Black whom he saw in the crowd of friends congratulating him and it has been understood in Columbia since that night that John Black would at some time receive executive clemency. Gov. Blease did not give a" pardon without any restrictions, but modified the sentence of the court by ordering the alternative of a fine of $2,000. Judge Ernest Moore, the special judge trying the case at Chester, refused to allow Maj. Black an alternative of fine but on account of the affecting appeals of the convicted man's friends and on account of his physical condition decreed that the punishment should be imprisonment without labor. There was not the formal petition, "numerously signed," referred to judge and solicitor, etc., and in request for information, Gov. Blease, through his secretary, stated: "M. P. Howell, Henry W. Black and Maj. John Black called on me this morning and after the conference I commuted the sentence of Maj. Black." This is the statement made by Gov. Blease when asked as to whether a petition had been filed for commutation of sentence. Mr. Lyon Has Nothing to Say. Attorney General Lyon was asked Monday if he had any statement to make with reference to the action of the governor. He declined to say anything whatever. He has no further charges pending against Maj. Black. The fine, when paid, will go to Chester county. There is no record in the supreme court of the Black case. Notice was given in the usual form, at the conclusion of the trial in Chester, of an intention to appeal, and the notice was entered upon the record of the general sessions court for that county, but no steps to bring the case up to the supreme court had been taken. Judge Moore had refused a new trial and Mr. Lyon was assured by lawyers in the case that the supreme court would of necessity decid^ against defendant. ***' T">1? Ul. J ? iViaj. IB Ual I CU liUW IU1CVCI from any vindication he might' h'aVe heen able to secure at the h^ndk' *'6!f the courts. L ,-i'iih>ti 'i iriJ Tantamount to a Confession,. Ufa jioinaoq Acceptance of comj^i^tatippj ,-p# Maj. Black terminate^auto^jtiq^V? ly, his pending appeal to the; supreme /:! OJ 3i: D-J/&U*. , court. Acceptance of a pardoh dojjjiur IIvrtv/ has the same legal effect as a.confesTn^;nj oilv/. ar(IS iJUQ sion of guilt or of the .existence of VvilJ flyuiy/ state of facts from which judgment yL>;t vTT7 .pTpvj; of -iiTn i of guilt would follow (Encyc.. Lav^ -OJ. -iVJSCLJon Oil) J b!;j vol. 24, p. 579.) The same authori; ' jiyn i 8j> 2fio;jibiK>-) ^aofu ty says: Since the acceptance of.a . rumo 7-jrfj nij>y o lo pardon admits the recipient s .guilt, sift 'w: fw??9'ia noip/ dsypu* when a pardon is accepted, pending an appeal^' Its * acceptance operates as an adinjs^on that' the' criminal' .yras rightly3 ecMvfcted' ani '/therefore' cony(u; *1 IP stuuues iusu laulu a. w?wvei ui eAceytlUiiy t&tf 61? af the trial." Pardon and ' are ' classed' "as . gf' a _ .. . .oeasj s(T b.pcff piece. In this case the appeal had ntit <-be^n' IpeilfeCfed ffIttfA^1 the Jlfttctitte :0utlh^flfofr ' ti'f appeal'>meedi';,EfbtHb? fbftbWbd:1 '^8 WUeW a p&rdbtf'iS gi&n$b&;;Iadcftij<e& and''brought 't8J the 'kttbtftiotf M'thH court, pehdihg1 ah} appdaif-'th8 && peal toTTbe dlSmfeSbd.7^1 "Ttie ^rirn^ lnai;/',,says the' same authority; c<4lehii: not !be 'forced' to kdcdpt! a 'pardoni*' ,v - -'Henry-'W.'1 Black" who called: oti Gov. Blease Monday morning1'is a brother of Maj. Black and was "mentioned frequently in the testimony in the case at Chester. 'He was excoriated very severely by W. F. Stevenson in the closing speech to the jury. ; M. F. Howell was John Black's attorney in the case. He is a "patt ner of W. B. Gruher, who is Maj. | Black's hrotber-jn-law, and .a sonj of the late Maj. M., P.. Howell of. Colf? 'Lbose bufeumbbr plfctele&'lOc; So'i&n *t Hehi'dii's. *"'?A '"'I ("'0,0 I ? iuod/; I v;': : - : -.v 1 > .vV.'V. * 'M3 COURT HAD A REASON. ______ f Judge Memininger was Unable Physically to Attend Court. 'J Lancaster, Feb. 28.?Governor Blease is quoted in the daily papers as saying that he declined to commission C. P. Quatlebaum as special judge to hold court at Conway as recommended by the supreme court because Judges Copes and Memminger were disengaged. < The supreme fcourt knew,, so your correspondent is informed, though not by any member of the court, before making the Quattlebaum recom ii.\. T-- J -t lueuuauou iimi ueuner juuge (juyes nor Judge Memminger could be assinged to hold the Conway court. It knew that, upon his qualification. Judge Copes would preside at the Richland court in Columbia this week. It also knew that Judge Memminger was sick at his home in Charleston, upon its inquiry, that in the opinion of his physicians he was not physically able to go to Conway. Will Hold Court Monday. ' | Charleston, Feb. 28.?Judge Memminger has been unwell, under treatment of Dr. Manning Simons, but will fill appointment and open court at Monck's Corner on Monday morn- tH , E9H in* Where Money "Buys Life. \ The rich Chinaman if condemned ..jj to death easily procures a substi- * tute. Some poor wretch, without money to secure his spirits from becoming wandering devils, with the price of his miserable Ufe can * nrchase proper care for his .,uit. . Anything, in fact, can be done if yom , have the money. It is this belief that causes the chinaman to comw, suicide by taking his life on t$fc? premises of tys enemy'to take genace on him. His spirit, lieves, will forever hannt him. Ylie& is another reason also. He Snpijar that as sure as fate the offl<jial? jvfip under such circumstances come jd< upon his enemy and string, h$mj ?jfo everything. Poor Chinese jtiavej known to sell everything the# tcgS seased, tear down thoir hougfea sell the timber, sell orTettttrotTOSfo? wives and children themselves to procure uiuuey for the proper rites for th^ , a#d>,;f$y$fort of the ancestral spirits. One tfc'ng alone a CJtfnef** ^ namely, sacrifice, fh^ sop?Kenneth P. Junior, M. D." 'in National Gbographic Mag^ine.^ i (i ; | Wlfey Fbtetf It. ^ Aj A young ^ore^eepdrwtio 6ad( " ed the previoiis day' was so diffident ahnnt rnpWfrte Hi# etiedifo^S gave his1 Wife' the'PoflbWiifef' tions,*1'1/i0'?oi]->9)oiq oil j "fo aio . '/Now. Marie, if any phW ffiigfe^yW 31 answer the ciobr aild 3(ert!:tiie1ni' that fffiWiJ;'"< *fcorf H 1 ,0p,4faar?Uolbng?,WiWa% fo^^yiPiirbfm to . tliaf' an1 rflte' ?&&{(<$ stOo'd ' alt' tli? door!" i{:>wks feh'ly a! Yep8ker,! how- >' ever. "->7/R; v-"jsa M 0l>"I ^sft'to s$eak to'^bur^iitis8kn&." WOmlffi TiolonJ erf J :ol rroijcnc/oTpjfi ~K'^eh, :i u^rstaha;i,<,ikid tfce^r?pok^'^' getting out 'iils^h'otbioO^ fifiif pencil, "that he is ift&okeni?^ ^ '-sb ; 'J *4)8 RVes*,'^Oriei the wife1,1 a" ha^jpy fh&pirktibh sei^iife" 'iterl0 Ti'&' &eHi o^Or' tftere' tibfe 2 T4 6" train jrfesteVdi^anft't d'o'nty e&ect ftlm'batik uW Hi lU-iUUHUW. Ul^JJlUVUlt 9. ha t; rrm?', // , ] .;? ai .tfjiiFomid:BefldifinroWidodsifrr^^io Johnston, Feb.,; ;i^.?Jesse' L6ttfT w'id iiVe^'kbotlt^twio life's' frbni fibre ^kS^^fe\rtfea^fnM^a^?hbu^lif Stfolfky1 ttorniiig nekr'Wis hbtbe: 6n 8H$djy seeJsofebthrb^ 'about a sato'inllr^hfcft jdrew on and he failed to appear the ; family began a sdarl&iao:After^'several* iTfourfe .'his body; tva^/ioimdf.in itheiw,ood8-behind hife homeyrandi it >is Supposed- that he afcfcejBfftedfjfeoi fcamie ainearer: ovay than byn'thejiroadvtifo.o c?j b'rriaob nojaoW b I The; body < was upon; iits> hack; with bands-daspedv and; there -was no evi* dence of any strwsg'e pr thafc he caMie to his death .'by; foul? >me'ansv>;A physician;!: was- summoned > and; itbiis thought that he most have died from a sudden attack of heart failures r i>*-? i.J> < .-A, >. ... . .rcsni , . . Proof at Last. -.'tu'U !! J ,-J i i .iCl J .. ,jI -.;! ! )/ <ji During some recent manoeuvres .a private had his skull badly injured. The doctor told him that the brain was exposed: \w.-j . - I?o b : tut"My,;bWnsexposed^he injured wwy? i .( .h ''Yes. my man!" replied the doer obK.'jf vtoTfj^.wv ,r)v.tYi r? r.o~u>:->7>* i e^jdaidw flLJiionieiala sniwollo] 2'{l "Please, doctor, do write and tell . A. :^P.y,')Vn .vou ^/i'jnrjt. . <rj-my father about them/; said, tl^prinTf// 7i>!>(TOl7 7!v.) -M v**3