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Bamberg iferalb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1912. Established COUNTRY NEWS LETTER! \? 80ME INTERESTING HAPPENING! \ IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around th< County and Elsewhere. > Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, May 13.?My! wasn' those heavy rains last week? Regu lar trash movers. Farmers are try ing to work their corn and cotton | but it is too wet to kill the grass (wmcn is pieuuiui auu gwu iuwa.1115 Makes the old mules' mouths wate: as they pass by, looks so tender ant i juicy. Corn and hay is getting st I high I know that they don't get tot L much of it to eat these days. Some of our young men went fish ing the other day, when they return ed they looked so bum until the: scared a team of timber mules st badly until they came very near hav , ing a serious runaway, notwithstand ing two men were holding them. ; A drummer traveling through sell ing his wares from his buggy, says ' that he bought his buggy second %-v handed?that he had driven it 4,00( miles since he had it, That some times now each of the wheels woult go in different directions hunting ; \etumps and fence posts to run ui * against to get off the mud. And tha * he never could get them to com< back until he named the bugg] Jones & Tison (Jones entice 'em.] Since then he has no more troubl( / with them. The young folks are having som< A ? * * ~ VlAI* f/ XroUDie getting xuaieiiai wgctuci v\ > form the hymenial cord. Some art making better progress than others so we think we will get cake t< dream over in the near future. ^ Some strangers in town, but can'i tell their names, as have not me them as yet. Oak Grove school will soon close with an entertainment on Fridaj night and picnic on Saturday. But don't forget Mt. Pleasant Sun day-school picnic on ascension day This is always a good one, and al ; enjoy the occasion, f Vacation will soon bring our boys and girls home, then our homes wil ' liven up somewhat. Why don't some of our farmers turn their attention to truck farming in a small way. Selling some verj ? fine cabbage raised here, nicer ones L than we can buy from the Young's ^ Island truckers. / Beans and pota toes are sold in small quantities, anc more could be sold every day thai one would imagine. Mr. A. F. Henderson will soon commence work on his dwelling on Mail street. Others are planning homes f and no doubt will soon be worked up Tjru_i J4. fvnV.rt/0 tttJ 1 M ilt? ?iiirU(ti Ul giaucu dvuuvi tt close on the 23rd of this month, nexl t week. The teachers and pupils are arranging for appropriate exercises On Thursday night there will be a ' contest in declamation for the pupils of the ninth grade in the high school department. A gold medal will be awarded to the best speaker. Fridaj night graduating exercises will take place. Graduates will speak, and 'i Prof S. J. Derrick, of Newberry college, will deliver a literary address All exercises will be held in Copeland's hall, and all are cordially invited to attend. JEE. Denmark School News. r The following is the honor rol] for the eighth month of the Denmark high school: First Grade?Ruby Abstance, Wyont Bean, Jacob Fogle, Eldridge Tn/lonn Movfiald T Aftri mglllUWCl, uuusvu .uujuviu, Milhous, Sidney Owens, Briggs Walker, Wyman Sandifer, Evelyn Cain > Sudie Fogle, Dorothy Riley, HeleE Turner. Second Grade?Edward Cox, Car lisle Folk, Annie Belle Way, Fred fe Wiggins, Hattie Mae Way, James ^ BeaA, Ruth Califf, Robert Califf Lonnie Tant, Jessie Patrick, Louis* Ray, Ollie Bessinger, Henry Lee Legree Patrick, David Hutto, Third Grade?Walter Long, Willie Naff, James Wiggins, Anna'Goolsby Edna Creech, Anna Sue Matthews Julia Margaret Riley. Fourth Grade?Lester Bean, Les lie Ellzey, Francis Zeigler, Kathrvr Faust, Ruth Folk, Myrtle Lancaster Julia McCrae, Elizabeth McCrae. Fifth Grade?Henry Naff, Robert Zeigler, Gertrude Cox, Julia Cox Willie Delle Hutto. Sixth Grade?Counts Smoak, Elk Moslev Wilkinson, Clara Wyman k Martha Wiggins, Genie Fogle. Seventh Grade?Maude Creech i Annie Mae Griffith, Vera Wiggins Virginia Hutto, Frances Guess, Chris tabelle Mayfield. Eighth Grade?Fitzhugh Cox Frank Creech, Bernard Faust, Samu el Ray, Kathleen Fogle, Victorij A 1 . . j CAPT. H. C. DICKINSON DEAD. || Veteran of Late War Dies at Sol5 diers' Home?Buried at Allendale. S( Allendale, May 10.?Capt. Henry e C. Dickinson, a veteran of the War g Between the States, died in the Confederate Veterans' Home, in Columbia, yesterday. The funeral obset quies took place at Swallow Savan nah Cemtery in the presence of a - large concourse of friends. Capt. 80 , Dickinson served throughout the war Gi , and was about 70 years of age. He M . was engaged actively in business up h r to a short while ago, when the in1 firmities of age overtook him, and ch ) he went to live at the Home in Co- op ) lumbia. is Capt. Dickinson leaves surviving so - him three daughters and one son, as - follows: Mrs. Lillian Hay Smart, m 7 of Allendale; Mrs. William Maher, ) of Asheville, N. C., and Mrs. Bam- p0 - berg, of Bamberg, and Herbert Dick- hi - inson, who resides in Ulmer's. sa Fairfax Fancies. Ti Fairfax, May 13.?Prof. Munroe of V.AA f?ATri o wieit fft Vlio hmth- Til er at Johnston. While there he at- li* ~ tended the funeral of his 8-year-old T] nephew. . vc Messrs. Addison, of Brunson, visit- S. ^ ed their sister, Mrs. Lucretia Addi- ec son, on Tuesday. ai Mr. LeRoy Tuten, of Brunson, was er 7 also a visitor here this week. la G. D. Sanders and S. B. Talley visi ( ited Barnwell Monday. Mrs. F. A. Aycock, of Barnwell, ^ was the guest recently of Mrs. Benj. * Loadholt. Capt. Miles Loadholt is attending ' the reunion of veterans at Macon, Ga. y } Prof. L. O. Watson, of Clemson college, was a recent guest of G. D. Sanders. co Mrs. Lizzie Lane entertained the -n younger set Friday evening, and they report a very enjoyable time. re Miss Sue Boggs, of Augusta, is ^ spending some time witn tne lamny of Mr. F. M. Young. She has many ch friends here, who welcome her heartiin Powell Harrison, of Johnston, vis- ^ ' ited his sister here recently. su Dr. Ed. Kerrison, now of Che- -n raw, brightened us all with his pres? ence this week. He has many friends { J here- w] Mrs. S. L. Sanders entertained the . j to teachers of the Brunson and Fairfax ^ 5 schools last Thursday. The Fairfax ag ~ teachers presented the Brunson J> teachers with a May basket of beau1 tiful flowers. Cream and cake was br served, and Miss Allen gracefully presided over'the large glass dish of l r ' r 1 fruit nectar. ^ ' Miss Zelle Loadholt spent a while J with homefolks recently. The sunshine of her smiling face is inspir- ^ W Mrs. L. W. Youmans gave a lovely P( moonlight picnic at Bostick's pond \ recently to our teachers. They en- ] | joyed the row in the canoe, comparing it with the Titanic, as there was Se ^ a leak, and only two could go at a time. Tney certainly appreciateu Mrs. Youmans's kind hospitality. ? ar Newberry's First Honor Man. pa Newberry, May 11.?The faculty to of Newberry college, following the pa " senior examinations, awarded to-day first honor to Robert Hamilton Folk, of Pomaria, and second honor to Jno. Bachman Smeltzer, of Columbia. 50 Highest distinction in School of Tech- pj 1 nology went to J. B. Ehrhardt, of qc Ehrhardt. w] Fogle, Agnes Goza, Euine Mayfield, sl( ) Helen Milhous. l Ninth Grade?Reynold Wiggins, c0 Stella Lancaster, Gladys Odom, pr , Ethel Wicker, Louise Zeigler. t Tenth Grade?Tyndal Calif?. ^ The Lanier Literary Society held St h* its usual meeting on Friday afterOs l noon at the school hall. Quite an ^ JO 5 interesting program was carried out, * , and an unusually interesting debate i was held, the query being: Resolved: , That the Panama canal should be fortified. The affirmative, composed } of Tyndal Califf and Thomas Wil, kinson, was defeated by Reynold Al , Wiggins and Elmore Steaclman od ^ the negative. Sometime back the W. C. T. IT. 1 offered a medal to the pupil writing of T1 , the best essay on intemeprance. This contest took place on Friday last. t The decision of the judges, Rev. T. , E. Morris, Mr. J. A. Wiggins, and m< Mr. W. L. Riley, will be withheld un.121 Tn_: j ? ? O /( .Vn VlmviA ^a I 111 r I JLUit v , AtlU, W 11CXA U1C1C , will be given an entertainment in th 1 j r the auditorium of the school buildR' , ing, for the purpose of awarding the , medal to the successful person. Quite - a nice program, consisting of music, ^ recitations, etc., is being prepared, er , and the public is cordially invited to - attend. No admssion will be chargi ed, so no one need stay away. . i THE PALMETTO STATE 5 K )ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. W Ate News Boiled Down for Quick , d< Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. ai s< Alvin H. Dean has announced him- ^ If as a candidate for senator from U) reenville county, to succeed Senator auldin, who, because of feeble ialth, will not run again. a: The new $55,000 Methodist fi; Lurch, St. Johns, at Anderson was M >ened for service last Sunday. It h< said to be the largest and hand- gi mest church in South Carolina. w Walter Rodgers, aged seven, son of w r. and Mrs. W. B. Rodgers, died at s home in Columbia on Monday of ckjaw, which was caused by cutting a] mself the day before with a rusty ^ w. ' P1 _ w An election was held in Barnwell lesday of last week on the question aj issuing bonds for $22,000 for the ^ lrpose of establishing an electric Shts and water plant in that town. Q] tie vote was overwhelming in fa>r of bonds. J. M. Easterling, T. Cave, and W. J. Lemon were electl commissioners of public works, F id they will have charge of the ection of the plant. We congratute Barnwell. oi JIVES BOND, SECURES LIQUOR. u ill Sue Greenville Sheriff, Says ihirchaser oi' Federal Contraband. ^ Greenville, May 13.?To-day's de- ^ slopments in the case growing out the sale of whiskey here last Satur- ^ ly, by order of the United States urt, consist of the serving of papers w . claim and delivery proceedings ^ >on Sheriff J. Perry Poole, for the ^ covery of the two barrels of liquor; e hauling *away of the beverage om the court house after the purQ] Laser of it, Attorney Oscar K. Mauln, had put up bond of $200, pendg the decision of the case; the latr's declaration that he will bring S< it for $10,000 damages for false lprisonment against the sheriff, and ' long distance telephone message om Gov. Blease to Sheriff Poole, in hich the chief executive told the lat- g! r to go ahead and employ counsel fight the case to the finish and sured the sheriff that he (the govnor) would stand by him. si The claim and delivery action was tl ought through the court of Magis- oj ate E. Inman, and made returnable ci *iday, the 17th. The $200 bond for st e possession of the liquor was put va ) by Mr. T. F. Hunt and Mr. J. F. tc odges. Mr. Mauldin has employed tl ttorneys Oscar Hodges and David le . Smoak to represent him. Sheriff ir >ole has not yet named his counsel, ti ? ol HVERS AND HARBORS BILL. ic bj mate Amends House Bill so as to ^ m Carry $8,000,000 More. pi Washington,' May 10.?The river ^ Ld harbor appropriation bill was .ssed by the senate to-day, amended . carry $8,000,0Q0 more than as ,ssed by the house and making a tal of about $34,000,000. ja The principal increase was $2,500,10 to the house provision of $3, i0,000 for improving the Mississip- ^ . The relation of that item to the od situation caused a long debate, aich took up most of to-day's ses>n c? The balance of the increase was ^ mposed mostly of smaller amounts, incipal among them being Nantuck- h( sound $250,000; Jamaica bay CQ >00,000; Cape Lookout $300,000; t ?-J O ft AA AAA . . Mary s river *>4uu,uvv, vmuosw jy .rbor $350,000; Ohio river near ^ tiro $250,000; Los Angeles harbor T 27,250. yi Wait for O'Riley. ' M Want Women Judges. S. C, Winston-Salem, N. C., May 10.? l endorsement of the movement for e appointment of women as judges r juvenile courts was voted at to- ^ ,y's session of the State Federation n? Women's Clubs, in session here. le organization also endorsed the ovement launched by the federated OT 2.1 >men's clubs of the country for a ammoth peace monument, to be bl aced at the entrance to the Panama nal and accepted the invitation of e Colonial Dames of North Carola declaration of independence at Q, ileigh, May 20. in Mrs. John Hays Hammond, of ashington, was the principal speakat to-night's session, telling of the )rk of the woman's department of at e National Civic Federation. . tQ Wait for 0'Riley. w - y . i" EVERELY BEATEN BY NEGRO ershaw Man Badly Used Up ii Hand-to-Hand Conflict. Camden, May 8.?Joe Banks, i kite farmer, who resides near San ars Creek, came into Camden lat< asterday afternoon to have his hea( id a number of places on his bod: awed up, as a result of a seven mating given him by a negro, wh< sed a stick to make the wounds. Banks had had some trouble witl le negro the day before, it is said ad the trouble soon grew into s ght. The negro used a stick, ant r. Banks said that the last thinj e remembered, was hearing the ne ro say that "I had better kill hin hile I am it, because if I don't h< ill kill me." It is said that the wounds woult ave likely proved fatal to an ordin ry man, but Mr. Banks being ver: ardy," was able to stand the seven nnishment It is not known ye hether or not the negro has beei pprehended. Besides four huge scalp wounds ii which had to oe sewea up, mi ack and arms were badly bruise< ad cut from the blows. SAMUEL R. WAY IN PEN. led After Conviction in Columbia Caught in Texas. Columbia, May 11.?Convicted o btaining money under false pre mses in his absence, and sentence* ) one year in the State penitentiary amuel R. Way, who conducted i rug store in this city, was brough ack here from Texas and lodged ii le penitentiary to-day. Way was charged by his wife witl aving obtained $25,000 from her fo hich he premised to give a mort age on his drug store and fixtures e afterwards told her the mortgage ad been placed in the drug stor< ife, but, according to her testimony lis was not true and she had Wa: rrested. He obtained his release a a $2,000 bond and then skipped e being sentenced during his ab mce, a sealed verdict having beei iturned. His bondsmen kept up i tgorous hunt for the fugitive an< nally he was located in Galveston exas, and brought back here and be an serving his sentence to-day. New Hotel at Blackville. Blackville, May 12.?As a demon nation of Blackville's progress i] le civilized world, Mr. J. M. Farrell ae of Blackville's most industriou tizens, has under course of con ;ruction a magnificent hotel, to bi alued at $30,000. The building i: ) be three stories high, to contaii lirty rooms, will be 112 feet i] mgth, 50 feet front, running wate i every room, steam heat and elec ic lights; drug store, two telegrap] Efices, express office, barber shop >ng distance phone, eight privat aths, two public baths, with a com todious lobby. The building will be constructed o ressed brick and sjtone, and will b< >cated in the most prominent an< )nvenient business section of th< ty, between the postoffice and th< issenger depot. The contract was let to the Rich nd Construction Company, contract "s, and Shand & Lafaye, architects I Columbia, S. C. The building is t< 5 ready for occupancy September 1 John J. Hemphill's Funeral. Washington, May 11.?Funera jremonies attended by dignitaries o le nation and by men prominent ii le affairs of the district are to b< Bid for John J. Hemphill, forme: ngressman from South Carolina am ;torney of Washington, at the fami residence, 2108 Bancroft Place -morrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock tie honorary pallbearers will be th< ce president, Mr. Sherman; Justic* nTToVirnj r?f fho TTnifpd States 8U' VJL1.VUUU) VI |>UV M.VVV. ?- ? _ , eme court; William Cc coran Hill C. Neale, Arthur Peter, Charles , Glover, L. Kemp, and J. J. Darngton. The services will be under the diction of the Rev. Charles Wood, oJ te Presbyterian church of the Cove int. Floral tributes from persons in al alks of life have been received nong them being those from con essmen, diplomats and associates ir isiness- and professional life. Mr. Hemphill, who died yesterdaj orning at his home of heart disise, was a member of congress fron rnth Carolina ior several years uurg much of which time he was chairan of the district committee of the )use, and as such was in close touch ith affairs here. After the services . the house the body will be taker i Oakhill cemetery where intermenl ill be in the family lot. GOVERNOR'S MEN OUSTED 1 BLEASE APPOINTEES AREN'!! LEGAL COMMISSIONERS. i Unanimous Decree by Supreme Court Deposed Members Must Also j Pay Costs. a ? ? 3 Columbia, May 14.?The suprem< court, in an opinion to-day, ouste< ! Gov. Blease's appointees to the offic< of township commissioners in Beau i fort county as asked by Attorne; I General Lyon, the opinion concludinj r thus: "It is therefore adjudged that thi 1 defendants against whom these ac a tions are brought and are still befon the court are guilty of usurping an< 1 intruding into, and unlawfully hold _ ing and exercising the duties of th< j office of township commissioners li 3 Beaufort county, and it is the judg t ment of this court that the defend ! ants be excluded from said office and that the plaintifE recover costs ii mco ncainst thp dpfpTxiants. <t _o g The opinion is by Associate Justic I Watts and 'is concurred in by the en tire court. i The supreme court said the Bleas appointees as township commission ers in Beaufort county were guilt; of usurpation and illegally holdinj office and ordering them to surren der. The defendants are not flne< f but are assessed the costs in the cas This is the first of the quo war 1 ranto proceedings tp oust appointee ' of the governor in many parts of tb 1 State and is considered an index o * what the results will be in all tb 2 other cas^s. The court ruled that the Blease ap 2 pointees were not the legal incum r bents of office because of, the fac that they were appointed without th ' rural police case and the decision i e based on that case. It is considers* B a slap at the governor's acts of mak ' ing appointments of followers cod ^ trary to the legislature's wishes. Th e attorney general demurred from th ' return of the defendants in the cas and his demurrer was sustained 1 There were four cases against th * township commissioners, but all wer tried together. - LYNCHED IF CAUGHT, PERHAPS Bloodhounds Trailing Man who En tered Conway Woman's Boom. Conway, May 13.?This mornin a an unknown negro entered the horn of a prominent lady in town, perhap s with intent to commit an assaull . but was put to flight when he die e covered that there were two ladie 5 in the room and made good his es 2 cape. About 2 o'clock screams fo 2 help were heard in the direction o r the house by a nekt-door neighboi who immediatelv rushed to the scen 21 but only to find the negro gone. , The negro entered from the bac] 0 door, which must have been left ope: _ and passing through to the fron room, where the ladies were sleep f ing, struck a match, which arousei 2 one of them. The alarm was give: 3 by her sister in an instant, while th 3 former sprang from the bed am g struck a light. Upon perceiving tha there were two people in the roor . the negro wheeled about with hi _ back to them, sprang upon a bed breaking a slat, and leaped out o 3 the front window, which he had evi dently raised before entering th< house. , v As soon as assistance arrived i 1 was seen that a window pane ha< f been broken and prints of bare fee ! were seen on the ground just outside a The ladies were frightened within ai r inch of their lives and it was though 1 for several hours that one would no _ recover from the shock. The news was rather late in beini circulated and it was rather late he 3 fore any definite action was taken 3 However, bloodhounds were wiret . for, which came in on this after noon's train. They were immediately 5 placed upon the trail and at a lat< . hour to-night they are six miles fron town and it is expected that the negn . will be caught before to-morrov f morning. The people are very mud . incensed over this dastardly deed anc if the negro is caught to-night he wil I no doubt be severely dealt with. ' Wait for O'Riley. Highest. Drices Daid for beef cattle i h. ~g7 DeLk, Bamberg, s. c. Wait for O'Riley. r Porch shades at G. O. Simmons - The very thing for hot weather, i Full line hammocks at G. O. Sim. mons. Get our prices if you want tc be comfortable this summer. * Wait for O'Riley. Full line hammocks at G. O. Sim1 mons. Get our prices if you want tc J be comfortable this summer, i Wait for O'Riley. t Highest prices paid for beef cattle H. G. DELK, Bamberg, S. C. / % ' " - :? 3&TI-' / '-v.--. TWO OFFICERS ASSASSINATED. Wounded Deputy Captures Four C Slayers, Taking Them to JaiL . l^fll Gainesville, Fla., May 12.?Marshal C. H. Slaughter and Deputy ' Sheriff Chas. White, of Archer, Fla., A'd were decoyed to a lonely spot near ; 3 there at 3 o'clock this morning and assassinated. J. A. Manning, another v'-fllj 3 deputy, feigned death and escaped C'|||jj * after being wounded. He shot one . 3 of the murderers and his three sons, , " who are now in jail. P Shortly after midnight Marshal s siaugnter received a message tutu. there was a "skin" game in progress . 3 on the outskirts of the town. He " deputized White and Manning and 0-M 3 started for the scene. When the party * approached the scene everything " seemed to be quiet, and they lay in , 3 wait. Shortly after 2 o'clock the of- - ' ^ 1 fleers started to reconnoiter and were " greeted by a volley of shots. Marshal Slaughter and Deputy 8 White fell at the first fire, both being 1 dead when aid arrived. Manning also fell with a wound in his abdomen. e He feigned death and as the negroes - started off he shot Cain Perry, one of the negroes, and at the point of his / e pistol captured vhis three sons, who * were implicated in the shooting. y four of tne negroes were ianaea in5 jail and feeling runs high, violence ^ The assassination of the two officers followed the killing of Ben ' Stokes, a notorious "blind tiger" ops erator, by Marshal Slaughter, sev- :;J|s| e eral months ago. Slaughter was . * forced to shoot in self-defence. t Dorman Dies of Injuries. Florence, May 11.?W. H. Dor. man, who was cut by H. M. Qill in a ^0$ t local restaurant yesterday afternoon* e died this morning. At the coroner's s inquest held to-day it was shown that j Hill had been boarding with Dorman, _ and that' after the store in which he was interested here went into p e bankruptcy he piled up something of 7- $ s a consdierabl9 board bill and had e been asked to leave the Dorman : house. He met D. Gordon Baker, a e friend of Dorman, in the restaurant e yesterday and began to abuse and curse Jjorman. (easier una aim uw he could not say the words to Dorman's face, and Hill told him he would. Baker said he wonld call L" Dorman, and Hill went out saying that he would return. Baker sent g for Dorman, and told him what Hill e had said. Presently Hill returned, s and Dorman said that he oughtrnot ta|| have called him such names and curs- I h, ed him. The two men then clinched, s Witnesses did not see the knife h drawn. In the wrestling Hill stabr bed Dorman several times over the f kidneys, and then broke away and , ran out of the door. Later he was !, followed by the police and overtaken . and arrested. He is now in the conn- /0M k ty jaU. i The verdict was that Dorman came t to his death from knife wounds to. R||p >- the bands of H. M. Hill. t* Nightmare Came True. e Atlanta, May 12.?A nightmare ex3 perienced by Mrs. Robert L. Clay of t this city last Thursday came true a to-night when her husband fired _ thro* hniiptfi into her bodv with a revolver, from the effects of which f she died a few minutes later. Mr. and Mrs. Clay have been sep e arated for several months. It is said SgHB to have been Clay's custom to call t at intervals at his wife's home to see , 1 their two-year-old child, Robert. Last t Thursday Mrs. Clay dreamed that Clay called to see the child and after 2 failing to bring about a reconciliat tion, opened fire upon her with a re^ ^ To-night Clay called at the home 'Sj|S r about 9 o'clock and after making _ overtures which his wife rejected, he shot her three times,, inflicting 1 wounds which proved fatal shortly . afterward at a local hospital. Clay ^ j is under arrest. * THE WILKES HOME. ^SfjH } Family of Late Minister Will Reside i at Chester. r*V,oo+of TWor 1Q Tho TT W "-CW-xIB j VUVOt^/i ) X u? A AAV r_r II " j non property on Brawley street has '~5||! been decided upon by the committee having in charge the purchase of a home for the family of the late Rev. ' t||| . E. Alston Wilkes, who was a minister 'gj in the Methodist church. At the .time 4y-f|gi of his death he was located in Colum bia. Mrs. Wilkes and family will not move to Chester until December. This city feels very much complimented' - 5 -511 that the committee selected it as the 'rr future residence of this admirable . family, and will welcome them with > outstretched arms. Mr. Wilkes was born in Chester county and was great-. ly liked by all who knew him. Wait for O'Riley.