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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1912. Established 1891.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
v News Items Gathered All Around the
* County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, July 29.?This warm
sultry weather has heated some of ,
the colored folks to the fighting
pitch. Saturday afternoon Folk and
Bryant locked horns for a battle (
^ royal. Folk knocked Bryant out in ;
the first round without receiving a
scratch. Bryant's face was badly
, beaten up around the eyes. Chief (
took a hand in the wind up and would :
have lodged them in the Red Top Inn (
but Messrs. McKenzie Bros, stood for ,
Folk's bond and Mr. Sam W. Cope- {
land stood for Bryant. Expect the
proprietors of the inn will make their
charges after talking over the grievances
of the two fighting bullies and
1 thus it will end. ]
Melons are all that farmers have to 1
bring to town to sell now. So far
have been very poor in quality on *
account of too much rain.
Mr. Mosquito is busy presenting ?
his bill these days and nights. Every *
body must owe him, as he makes no
' exceptions. *
Mr. A. F. Henderson's dwelling
will soon be ready for the paint T
brush?a nice cosy little home. Can't
say who the lucky one will be as yet.
Our barber, Louis L. Butler, has A
put in some new and up-to-date 1
* furniture and is ready to give his
customers prompt and better service *
as a tonsorial artist. I
i <> Miss Annie May Ritchie, of Ritchfield,
N. C., is spending some time 1
with friends and old school mates in 1
Ehrhardt. 1
Misses Mamie Cline, Lucile Epting *
and Helen Heitman left for Savannah,
Ga., the home of the two latter, 1
Saturday. *
College reunion Wednesday, at
Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church.
Speeches of interest will be heard 1
and will pay all to attend and listen. T
Dinner on the grounds,
Capt. Jack M. Smith has returned 8
to his job (conductor.) He did not *
leave his jovial ways behind.
Mrs. Alma McKeithan is with us ?
? now, and will take charge of the cen- *
tral office. She will be glad to serve *
friends with promptness and dispatch c
iaenps as discussed in this ^
State, especially, among the higher a
offices, the candidates are a disgrace
to our dear old State. JEE. 15
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t Fairfax Fancies. ^
Fairfax, July 27.?Mrs. G. W. Bar- ^
ber and family have gone to Hen,
dersonville, N. C., to spend the heated
term. j
Misses Joyner and Still, of Blackville,
are spending some time with
Mrs. Rubye Williams. Mrs.
Sam Jenkins, of Florida, is
on a visit to relatives here. t
There was a picnic on Tuesday at
Stokes's mill. Miss Joella Padgett
chaperoned the younger set.
On Tuesday evening Mrs. M. Move
entertained quite a number of young
folks, complimentary to the Misses n
Brooker. A lovely contest in forest- t
ry, composed by Misses Ethel and 1<
Blanche Brooker, was entered into n
with spirit. Miss Georgia Brooker t
and her partner, Frank Wilson, won t
the prize. Our gifted home girls, v
Misses Zelle Loadholt and Lucile c
Youmans, recited beautifully. There n
was a delicious salad and ice course 1
served. All pronounced the occa- g
sion a happy one. o
The many friends of Dr. and Mrs. b
tTr211 rr?_.x ^ntrn** Vi
vvnoer l uisu cue iw?xxw xj
great change for the better, as fever
seems to be subsiding. Miss Theresa 1<
Lightsey, of Columbia, is her special t
nurse. v
The Misses Brooker, of Columbia, o
have returned home, after a pleasant
visit to Mrs. W. H. Simpson. v
Rev. W. H. Simpson and Mrs. Lily v
Myrick attended the Sunday-school I
convention at Brunson. t
Misses Margaret and Lucile You- n
mans now own a lovely new piano, e
Miss Annie Cleeland was a recent
visitor at Mrs. Lily Myrick's. She 1<
is now visiting in Florda. c
Mrs. S. L. Sanders leaves this week h
for Hendersonville and other places, s
Mrs. Gibbs, of Chicago, is with b
Mrs. Sam. Talley. l<
Country Correspondence. p
Misses Virginia and Grace Hill en- c
tertained Misses Edith Rice and Xel- b
son Wright, of Bamberg, and Miss
Elvy Sease, of Odom's Bridge last v
week.
Mr. J. L. Smoak spent part of his
R. F. D. vacation in our community. .
1<
Protracted services begin at Spring- j
y town to-day (Wednesday.) b
BOTH BADLY AVOUXDED.
i
White Men in Cutting Scrape Near
Lake City. !
Lake City, July 27.?In an altercation
about 9 o'clock this evening
near his home, one mile from town,
J. W. Barnes, a prominent farmer,
and B. W. Story, a tenant on his
place, were both badly cut. The
former has several gashes across his
chest and stomach, which seem to !
have been inflicted with a razor, 1
while the latter is badly cut and 1
otherwise bruised in the face and 3
head, it is thought, by the use of the
jaws of a knife. ]
The difficulty is said to be the out- ]
come of differences between the two i
men since the purchase by Barnes 1
of the interest of Story in his tobacco 1
crop. Both men came here from Virginia.
Denmark Personals. i
T,, 19 7 Tho Miecoc
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Bryner and Brunson, of Brunson, are
visiting Mrs. Brunson.
Miss Minnie Blount is on an ex;ened
visit to her sister in Abbeville.
Herman Brunson, of Columbia,
spent a short while last week with
'riends here.
Mrs. Harold, of Bainbridge, Ga., is
;he guest of Mrs. C. A. Brux.
Miss Ruth Seymour spent last
veek in Norway as the guest of Miss
daude Goodwin.
Misses Wvman and Hart, of Estill,
vere the guests of Mrs. J. W. Wynan
last week.
Mrs. Muller has returned to her
lome in Abbeville after a visit to her
)arents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Blount.
Edna Naff entertained quite a
lumber of her little friends with her
lirthday celebration Thursday after- ^
loon, and Mary Brux and Lucile Ray
Friday afternoon. t
Miss Doris Goolsby has returned j
lome after an extended visit to r
riends in Charleston and Henderson- j
'ille. t
Miss Genevieve Wroton, of Ham- f
et, N. C., is spending several days
vith her sister, Mrs. M. Robt. Willis.
Rev. and Mrs. T. E. Morris are
pending several weeks with friends
n Union. ^
An informal tea was given by the
lisses Goolsby Tuesday evening in
lonor of Miss Kathleen Califf, of
Jarnwell, who is the charming guest
if Miss Ina Califf. The evening was t
ery pleasantly spent with games 1
nd music. a
Miss Gladys Milhous, of Columbia, c
f
rho has been visiting friends here,
tas gone to Barnwell for a few c
reeks' stay. *
Wieters Califf is visiting friends in
Norway. c
Christian Folk has returned home c
,fter a visit of several days to Wil- f
iam Moss, in Norway. t
Miss Mary Moss, of Norway, spent 3
everal days last week with Misses J
jola and Alma Folk. t
Mrs. Turrentine and little son have
ieen for some time visiting the for- 1
oer's father, H. C. Rice. c
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Farmers Needn't Worry. ^
Editor Bamberg Herald: Farmers |
;eed not worry about the small worm
a
hat is eating the grass and corn
saves in the low places. There is
.0 harm in this insect, except it helps
he farmer to kill out the grass in
he low lands. Some times when t
/hen grass is scarce they will eat the r
orn leaves off up to the ear, but they t
ever go above the ear or injure it. f
'hey eat the tender leaves of the p
rass, and soon die, the grass sprouts d
ut again, and later on the grass will 0
e just as good as it would have been c
ad no worms came. p
These worms always come after a I
[>ng wet spell, and when you see d
hem come, you can put it down that a
ret weather has gone for that seas- t
n.
Were I to take the time to look up t:
,-hat the books say in regard to this e
*orm, I could give your readers its 0
.atin or Greek name and so on, but b
he little said above is all that is e
ecessary. It never eats anything n
ypont PTfiss nr mrn t
A few days ago I went to all the b
3w places in ray cotton to see what v
ould be done with the grass that C
ad been giving us trouble all the
eason, but J found the worm had c
een there and had hoed out all ray a
)w places cleaner than the average f<
oe-hand would have done, so the e
lows went through, and left the n
otton in better shape than it has 1?
een this season.
So don't be alarmed. These
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urnis uo iiul eat uutcvu. ^
A. W. BRABHAM. k
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Just received a new line of the a
itest 10c music. Call for catalog, h
lEARD'S 5c and 10c STORE, Bam- s;
erg, S. C. ?
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
J. J. Ross, Sr., who lives four miles
south of Pinewood has a field of cotton
ready to be picked. The staple
is of the 90 days variety and was
planted the middle of April.
J. Sparks Cunningham, an employee
of the Chester Power company,
fell from a pole 25 feet to the
ground and suffered several injuries.
He was removed to the Magdalene
hospital.
Eleven white men and two negroes
were arrested at St. Matthews on
Tuesday on the charge of running
Plind tigers. It is thought most of
:he negroes are in the business for
ivhite men.
The publication place of the Southern
Christian Advocate, of which
Rev. S. A. Nettles is editor, will be
noved soon from Spartanburg to
areenville. Wm. B. Werts will have
jharge of the printing.
James Soute, colored, was arrested
n Charleston on Friday on the charge
ef shooting and killing his wife the
lay before on James Island. He confessed,
saying he killed her because
she was not at home when he went
;here.
J. C. Manus, an employe of the
3ox cotton mills in Anderson, shot
limself in the abdomen with a pistol
)n Sunday afternoon while intoxi:ated.
He was taken to the hospital
ind operated on, and it is thought
vill get well.
A franchise has been granted the
Florence Gas company to furnish gas
n Darlington, and work will comnence
at once of laying pipes from
rinpon/io tr? Hqrlinctnn Tt ic thnne'ht
*V1 VAAVV. vvr ?V ^O"
hat gas will be there for use by the
irst of October.
Robert Corley, an Aiken negro, reurning
Saturday night from a frolic,
ihot a horse belonging to Olin Grice
?"just to see it jump," he said. The
torse died next day, and Corley will |
ikely serve a term on the chain gang
or malicious mischief.
Col. V. B. Cheshire, publisher of
he Anderson Intelligencer, of which
>aper Col. L. M. Green is editor, was
.rrested in Anderson on Monday,
iharged with toting a pistol. In deense
of his conduct, he exhibited a
ommission as "detective" from Gov.
Mease.
When the campaign in Richland
:ounty opened on Thursday all the
andidates for the legislature were
died by Blease men with the quesion,
"Are you for Blease or Jones?"
lost of them declared they were for
ones. There are 12 candidates for
he legislature.
Rev. E. Olin Watson, D. D., of Coumbia,
has been elected president
if the Industrial school in Horry
ounty, which is to .be opened in Sepember
of next year. He will accept
f the South Carolina conference of
he Methodist church, of which he is
. member, consents
Judge Dropped Dead,
Tampa, Fla., July 29.?Following
tempestuous session of his court
oom during' the hearing of an elecion
fraud case brought by socialists,
isticuffs being engaged in and weaions
drawn, Judge Thomas James
Iropped dead from apoplexy at 6
'clock this afternoon. Judge James
ollapsed immediately following a
lersonal encounter between Dan
tobinson, defeated Socialist candiate
for mayor, and Mitchell McKay,
, brother of D. E. McKay, who was
he opponent of Robinson.
The trial had been one of sensa
ions which drew a crowd which filld
the court room to suffocation and
verflowed into the street. The fight
etwen Robinson and McKay followd
a recess taken by the court imlediately
after W. J. Stafford, one of
he accused election inspectors, atempted
to assault S. Camparetti, a
witness for the prosecution, while
lamparetti was testifying.
Immediately on readjournment
ounsel for the defense commenced
rguing a motion to dismiss the deendants
when Judge James collapsd.
He was hurried to his home
earby where he died a few minutes
I will come to Bamberg about the
rst week in August, on my second
rip. I clean, adjust and repair all
inds of sewing machines. (Nothing
lse.) Drop me a card or 'phone,
nd if you live in the country take
ead off machine and bring it in. Repectfully,
H. A. ALDRICH, Jennings
louse.
FORMER BLEASITE IN CHARG
Judge Jones's Supporters in Gre<
ville to Open Headquarters.
Greenville, July 29.?A bureau
advance the interests of Judge 1
B. Jones in Greenville county w
be opened in the city to-morrow. T
local supporters of the ex-chief ji
tice feel the need of concerted acti
and hence have decided to open hea
quarters from which to manage t
fight in this vicinity. This action
taken independently of any Sta
wide Jones organization.
Two rooms have been rented in t
Cleveland building, one of the b<
office buildings in Greenville; a ste
ographer secured and all preparatio
made to distribute Jones literatu;
send speakers over the county and
other ways promote the candidacy
Judge Jones.
The most striking feature of t
headquarters here is that the ma
ager of the organization is G. H<
ward Mahon, twice mayor of tl
city and until recently an ardent su
porter of Gov. Blease. Mr. Mahoi
rupture with the governor was due
the Blease-King-Watson episode. ^
King was one of the political lead*
of this section and he and Mr. Mah
control a large element of the vote:
Their break with Gov. Blease, it
freely predicted, will do more th
any other one thing to cut down t
Blease vote in Greenville county.
Messrs. Mahon and King, previo
to the break with the governor, we
what might be termed the "Blea
bosses" of Greenville.
Explorers Saved After Two Years
Christiania, Norway, July 28.Capt
E. Janar Mikkelsen, the Da
ish Arctic explorer, and the engine*
Iverson, who were rescued July
on the coast of Greenland by a Nc
wegian fishing vessel, after havi
spent more than two years in that i
gion, looked like wild animals wh
their rescuers found them. They h
spent the previous winter at Bs
Rock Island, not Shamrock Islai
as previously stated, and it was the
that the Norwegians came upon tin
in a cabin which they had built.
The first sign that there were h
man beings in that neighborhood w
a'wooden oar with the date 1912 c
in it, set up as a signal which t
Norwegians happened upon. Inves
gation disclosed the cabin. The fiE
ermen knocked on the door and Mi
kelson and Iverson rushed out neai
naked, with guns' in their hands, u
der the impression that the knoc
ing was caused by beasts of pr<
Mikkelsen had been very ill on t
long journey to Bass Rock Isla:
and Iverson had dragged him 1'
miles on a sledge. Fortunately t
men had enough ammunition to e
able them at all times to procu
food.
Played Hide and Seek While Mj
Burned.
Memphis, Tenn., July 28.?Mite
ell Cabaniss, aged 18, just out of j
insane asylum, and Clarence Sha
aged 10, taking refuge behind tl
monument of Gen. Forrest in ti
park here which bears his nam
watched policemen Friday night te
the clothing from Robert Mills, wl
was burned to death after the bo
had made a living torch of him wi
the aid of a match and a mixture
gasoline and pilfered whiskey. Wh(
arrested early to-day the boys sm:
ingly confessed. They said the fi
did not turn out as they had expec
ed.
Ellis, employe of a local ice cor
pany, had gone into the park to "co
off" and fell asleep on a bench. Tl
boys say they tried to set fire to hii
expecting he would "skin" his clot
ing and jump into the lagoon, but h
clothes were damp and the light we:
out.
Taking a quart of whiskey fro
Ellis's pocket, they mixed the beve
age with gasoline which a park a
tendant had hidden under the shru
bery, threw the mixture over tl
sleeper and applied the torch.
Thov thon ninvpfi hide-and-se
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with the police as Ellis burned.
Ellis leaves a wife prominent
connected in the South.
Bestowal of Crosses of Honor.
Since there were so many Confei
erate veterans and descendants <
veterans, who did not enter the
applications for crosses of hon<
in time for the last bestowal, Mr
C. E. Graham, State President U. J
C., has arranged for another ar
final date of bestowal.
The day set apart for this will t
Friday, Dec. 20th, 1912.
All applications must be hand<
in before October 1st. Those wl
are interested please take notice ar
file applications at once.
,E GRACE TELLS ALL OF IT
?n
SPEAKS OF THINGS TOLI) HI>J
CONFIDENTIALLY BY BLEASE.
to
[ra Sflys McDuffie Hampton's Campaigr
ill Expenses Were Paid by Soutlir
he ern Railway Through Blease.
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on Glenn Springs, July 30.?John P
id- Grace, mayor of Charleston, in ?
he public statement issued last night
is said if Cole L. Blease would releas*
te- him from any confidence surrounding
conversations they have had, he
he would tell things about Blease whict
sst would nauseate the white people ol
>u- South Carolina.
ns Blease, in a statement issued ir
re, Columbia to-day, said there had nevei
in been any confidences between himsell
of and Grace, and invited the mayor tc
go ahea'd and tell everything he knew
he ?and Mayor Grace has told,
in- In his room at the Glenn Springs
jy- hotel to-night, Mr. Grace dictatec
lis to newspaper men a statement of 4,ip
000 words, which, in its entirety
i's would hardly pass muster with th<
to United States postal authorities
Ir. Were it published in full Mr. Grace
?rs would have quite fulfilled his promon
ise to "nauseate the white people ol
rs. South Carolina," It is, beyond quesis
tion, the "yellowest" public revelaan
tion ever made in direct connectior
he with the name of a chief magistrate
of a Southern State, and, in certair
us of its features, overshadows anything
ire in the same connection which had ye1
ise been made public, or which was offered
for public use.
Mr. Grace's statement purports tc
reveal conversations between himseli
? and the governor, while they were
in- political allies, and, "more or less
sr, friendly" toward each other, whici
17 bear in high coloring upon the pri>r
vate life of the governor,
ng Further, Mr. Grace goes over in de e
tail a conversation he says he had
en with the governor, in which Blease
ad says the people were fooled in betss
lieving they had elected McDuffie
id, Hampton railroad commissioner; thai
ire he was elected on the money of the
:m Southern Railway Company, handled
by Blease; that Blease paid the ex
iu- penses of Hampton's campaign oul
as of money given Blease for the purut
pose by the Southern Railway Combe
pany and sent the company the
ti- vouchers signed by Hampton. This
ih- compaign occurred two years ago.
k- In part Mr. Grace's statement?al]
ly of which he intended should be made
n- public?is as follows:
k- "I read Gov. Blcase's release tc
?y. me, if I may so call it, under which 1
he now feel at liberty to make the statend
ments to which I referred in my in00
terview last night. I notice he says
he T have never made a confidante oi
n- John P. Grace in any manner, shape
re nor form.' This only confirms what
I said to the effect that I did not regard
the conversation as confidential,
an and it removes the last scruple that I
might have in the matter,
h- An Unprintable Review.
in I, therefore, now state that during
a conversation in Charleston, while
he Gov. Blease was in a very convivial
he mood, he saw fit to direct his
ie> thoughts along the line of some of his
ar experiences in matters so delicate
a0 that I will expect the public to judge
ys of their meaning."
th Here Mr. Grace relates an unprint0f
able review, which he says was rein
hearsed in conversation with Blease,
of an attack by Blease on a "colored
m girl" in Newberry. The governor, ac>t
cording to the story, was crossing a
little bridge in or near the town of
q. Newberry at the time, and was wearol
lag a " new suit of clothes."
3e "In the twinkle of an eye she pushn>
ed him over in the creek, new clothes
h- and all."
js Mr. Grace said the governor told
Qt this as if it was a great joke on himself.
m "He laughed very heartily when
r_ telling this story and said: 'Didn't I
t- cut a pretty figure in my new suit of
5. clothes, down in the creek and the
ie colored girl up on the bridge, running
away and laughing at me?'
"As I said in my interview yesterday,"
Mr. Grace went on to say, "it
ly seems to me that a man who, with
such vaunted audacity undertook to
occupy this role should at least be
gin by being able to show that he had
lived a life compatible with such
0f claims.
ir "Gov. Blease by all sorts of ob}]
lique insinuations has created the ims.
pression that Judge Jones's private
3. life, in reference to the colored race,
l(j is not what it should be. I am not in
a position to say anything as to that,
)e either pro or con, but unless Gov.
Blease told me a lie, which of course,
}(j is not improbable, just by this one
I0 episode his is certainly not what it
l(j should be and I have heard many ru(Continued
on page 5, Column 4.)
KILLING IN AIKEN COUNTY.
White Farmer Shoots Man Found in
1 Chicken House.
Aiken, July 29.?On Saturday
1 night Mr. George Walker, Jr., shot
and killed a negro who has been passing
under the name of Jenkins, at his
place near Belvedere. The negro re.
ceived the full discharge of a shotgun
t in his side, and died soon after being
, shot.
i The full details of the affair could
; not be learned to-day. The coroner
5 knew nothing of the matter, and it
i is understood that the magistrate at
I North Augusta held the inquest and
the body of the negro was interred
i Sunday.
From the story as gathered to-day
t it seems that the darky was em>
ployed by Mr. Walker. Late Satur'
day night Mr. Walker heard a noise
of someone trying to enter his front
i door. He got up and later heard a
I dog bark in the back yard. He got
- his gun and went into the back yard
, and discovered the chicken house
i open. He shouted to the fellow to
. come out as he knew he was in there,
i and hardly before he realized it the
- negro rushed out and struck Mr.
: Walker several times with a heavy
- stick. Mr. Walker raised his gun
- and fired, with the above stated reL
SUlt.
i Mr. Walker was not seriously hurt,
i but it was necessary for him to have
; the aid of a physician.
NEGRO KILLED IN TENT.
, Will Grover Murdered at Railroad
: Camp Near Belton.
. Belton, July 29.?Will Grover, a
{ negro laborer on the Greenville, Spar.
tanburg & Anderson interurban railroad,
was killed in his tent here Sun.
day night by his head being crushed
[ with a rock. The person or persona
, who committed the murder is supDosed
to have done it for robbery, as
> it is alleged be bad saved up some
$40 or $50. His suit case, clothing
? and what money be had saved were
[ carried away by the party who com.
mitted the murder.
- Coroner J. E. Beasley empanelled
. a jury and after taking ' testimony
. from several witnesses adjourned to
> meet on next Friday for further tes5
timony before a verdict will be rendered.
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Man Faces Charge of Murder. '
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Montgomery, Ala., July 29.?I. E.
. Boyette, manager of the Montgomery
Cooperage company and prominently
connected, was arrested here to,
day, charged with the murder of P. J.
. Westhofen, also of the cooperage
.
company. Westhofen died of lockjaw.
The arrest comes as the culmination .
of a shooting two weeks ago. Isaac
White, negro chauffeur of the Boyettes,
told the sheriff to-day that Mrs.
Boyette started on an afternoon drive
about two weeks ago. Westhofen was
. taken in the car, White says, and
about eight miles from the city Westhofen
ordered the car stopped and
went about 100 yards in the woods.
Immediately a shot rang out. At
Mrs. Boyette's command White investigated
and found Westhofen shot in
the arm with a revolver at his feet
Westhofen declined to get back in
the car and told the negro he shot
himself.
In his delirium Westhofen said
that Boyette did the shooting. He
died later.
It is believed that Westhofen could
not have shot himself on account of
the location of the wound. Boyette
denied the charge and refused to
make a statement.
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No Wonder He Hated War.
''War," cried the old gentleman
in the Pugsby Arms smoking room,
"is a curse and a disgrace. War,." he
continued, thumping the table with
his fist, "is an abomination, and a
blot on civilization! The very name
of war," he shouted, sweeping two
glasses and a pint pot off the board
' -? -- "fVirt vrAKtr nomo Af
Ill II1S VAUllCUiCUk, tlic V ci J uumv ui
war is enough to make a decent, respectable
man go and 'ang himself
out of pure disgust!" He then rose
and left the room, his face showing
signs of emotion.
"Gentleman seems to feel rather
deeply on the subject," said a commercial
traveler who had been listening
to his remarks.
"He do," assented one of the na
tives.
"Has he lost some near relative
through the war?" inquired the commercial
traveler.
"He *ave" replied the other oracularly.
"Who was it?" asked the querist.
" 'is wife's first 'usband," was the
reply.?N. Y. American.
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