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If One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1913. Established 1891.
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
f - County and Elsewhere.
News From Olar.
^ Olar, Tune 10.?Mrs. Charlie Still j
died last Friday morning. She had a
stroke of paralysis while at breakfast
Tuesday morning and gradually grew
- worse until the end came. She was
about sixty five years of age. She
leaves a husband and one son.
All who have been speaking of doine
various deeds on a cold day in
June, had the opportunity presented
last Monday and Tuesday.
Most farmers fear that the present
cool weather will have a detrimental
effect on the cotton crop.
Prof. Floyd C. Chitty has accepted
the principalship of the Norway
school for the next school year. The
trustees of that institution have act- ,
ed wisely by securing his cervices.
Mrs. Marion Rizer, of Lodge, is
visiting Mrs. Leighton Hartzog this
week.
Dr. Cecil B. Ray has returned from
his stay at Livingston.
Mr. J. F. Ouzts, of Kirksey, was
here last Thursday.
Mr. Archie Barker has accepted a
position in Charleston.
Mr. A. R. Wallack spent the week7
end in Barnwell.
Capt. Jack Morris, of Barnwell,
was here last week.
Miss Frazier, of Beaufort, has been 4
elected principal of the Olar high
school. Her sister has also been elect/
ed as one of the teachers.
Mr. C. F. Rizer has been appointed
as one of the receivers of the Bank j ,
oi urunsua.
Rev. Jno. L~. Harley, superintendent
of the Anti Saloon League, will
preach hero next Sunday night at the
Methodist church.
The Methodist Sunday-school will .
have a picnic on Wednesday, July the
second.
Messrs. W. B. Chitty and J. E. .
Cook went to Bamberg last Wednesday.
Mr. C. F. Rizer spent last Tuesday J
in Brunson. ,
Miss Zelma Rizer has returned t
7 home from Columbia College.
Mr. Frank Guess spent the week- ]
end in Cordova. .
Messrs. Bunyan Black and Robert (
Bronson, of Barnwell, were in town
Sunday.
Mr. Henry O. Morris visited Kline
last Sunday.
Mr. Wyatt Cook and Misses Belle .
and Delma Cook are visiting relatives .
in Aiken.
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Ehrhardt News.
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Ehrhardt, June 6.?The annual
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eiecuuil 1UI I.U *> J_l or a.ixvi XV Uti
cent bond issue for school purposes
took place Tuesday.
It resulted in the election of J. C.
Kinard for intendant and Messrs. H.
Karesh, W. Max Walker, 0. E. Kearse
and A. B. Coggins for members of the :
council. Mr. Kinard has several
times been elected intendant and all '
of the members elected to the council
are well known in the community 1
and have the confidence of their constituents.
We hope that they will
give us a good, clean government.
The 10 per cent bond issue was de- '
feated by a large majority. But we '
are told on reliable sources that the .
new schoel building that has been
projected so long "will be built never- ,
theless.
Pardon for Quick Asked. ;
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Wm. Quick is circulating a petition
to the governor to pardon his son, J
* Elijah Quick, who shot and killed his
wife in Adamsville last summer. A !
large number of signatures have been ! <
secured to the petition. 1
It will be remembered that Quick <
on/? v>ie uTifo, haH sonflratad_ and her ]
mother was keeping house for Quick
and his little child. The mother was 1
working at McColl, and went to visit
them on Saturday. When she went <
f to leave Quick told her not to go. '<
When she refused to stay with him he
shot her in the arm. She ran out of 1
the house with the blood streaming. <
He reloaded his gun and followed her.
In the yard, as she knelt and begged <
for mercy, and promised to stay with 1
him if he would spare her, he shot
? her through the heart and killed her j <
instantly.
J. K. Owens represented Quick at; <
the trial. Solicitor Spears consented 1
to a verdict of guilty with a recommendation
to mercy, and he was sentenced
to life imprisonment in the \
penitentiary. ? Bennettsville Advo- 11
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DENMARK SCHOOL CLOSING. \
Interesting Exercises?Address by j
Prof. Hand?Teachers.
Denmark, June 8.?The closing ex- j
ercises of the Denmark High School :
were held in the school auditorium i
Thursday evening. Seated on the J
rostrum were the three trustees, the J
Rev. Messrs. M. M. Brabham andJ.D. j
Huggins and Superintendent McCown j
and the orator of the occasion, Prof.
W. H. Hand. After the invocation
by the Rev. J. D. Huggins, the following
programme was carried out:
Instrumental duet, "Polonaise Militaire"
in A major (Chopin) Misses
Polier and Pratt.
Chorus, "Rigoleaeo," (Verdi.)
Address, Prof. W. H. Hand.
Vocal solo, "Sleep On, Dear
Heart," Miss Carroll.
Instrumental duet, "La Baladine,"
Misses Polier and Wilkerson.
Awarding of certificates to those
who have been neither absent nor
tardy, Edward Cox, Willie Naff, Daisy
Tillman, Willie Delle Hutto, Annie
Mae Griffith, Julia Cox, Pauline Ray.
Awarding of certificates to those
entering the High School.
Chorus, . (a) "The Primrose,"
(Kroeger:) (b) "Spring Song," Arr
from (Melody in F.) (Rubinstein.)
Benediction, by the Rev. M. M.
Brabham.
Prof. Hand made an able address
to the school and patrons. The
school has had a prosperous and harmonius
session, and it is a matter of
genuine,regret that several of the
teachers did not stand for re-election.
The teachers elected for the next session
are: Misses Mary E. Broyles,
Maymie Colvin, Rosa Burdine, Sadie
E. Richards, Gussie D. Calhoun and
Misses Virginia Carroll and Sara Heriot,
of last year's faculty.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, June 9.?Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Brooks, of Savannah, are visiting
Mrs. W. L. Brooks.
Mrs. S. J. Dean and daughters, of
Ridgeland, are visiting Mrs. Lily Myrick.
Dr. Iva Youmans, of Jacksonville,
joined her mother here and accompanied
her to Clemson College, to be
present at Corrin Youmans's graduation.
Mrs. Benj. Buckner and Miss Jennie
DuRant have returned from a
trip to Winthrop, where they attended
the graduation of Miss Mercedes
Buckner in that institution.
Mrs. Mattie Reed is visiting Mrs.
A.ngy Burckhalter.
On Wednesday evening there was
a. dance in Harter's hall, which was
well attended.
Thursday evening Mrs. M. Move
?ave a party complimentary to Misses
Claudia O'Neal and Lucile Youmans.
Quite a number of young folks were
present. The contest was: "articles
found in grandmother's kitchen."
Lylete Wilson won the prize and Miss
M. Folk the consolation. Mr. and
Mrs. Move are so warm hearted and
in such close sympathy with our
!.-outh that they'll never grow old.
Mr. Moye aia ms own nuumig auu
lid it well. A salad and sweet course
svere served and all enjoyed the evening.
On Friday afternoon a large crowd
assembled in the school auditorium
to attend the baby show, 65 babies
and children were exhibited. The
judges were Mesdames Vissar and
Dswald, of Allendale, and Mesdames
Folk and Minor, of Brunson. The
first prize was won by little Mabel
Brooks, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Brooks, in the year and year and
a half class. Next from 2 to 3%
rears, little Richard, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Dowling, won, also little
Lena Johnson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Johnson. From 4 to 5
years was won by Frances, little
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Loadtiolt.
The judges thought the children
were unusually fine specimens,
fee cream and cake were served, and:
Mrs. S. L. Sanders, Sadie Harter, and I
Ethel Simpson gave the piano music.
Russell Loadholt, from Furman, is
enjoying vacation with loved ones,
also is Miss Zella Loadholt.
Mrs. M. P. C. Youmans has joined
tier son, McDonald, at Asheville, for
i rest.
Misses Hattie George, Alma Knight
and others are enjoying holiday pas:ime.
Mr. Arthur George has returned,
i graduate of Wofford.
The many friends of Miss Claudia :
D'Xeal, of Ocala, Fla., welcome her j
aere warmly, as she's quite a favorite.
A mammoth on driven narvesier /
Lhat is being tried out on Australian
svheat fields, strips abut sixty acres
a. day.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The Columbia Record announces
that arrangements are making for
horse-racing in Columbia next fall
under the auspices of tne fsew ioik
Jockey club.
There was a very pleasant dance
given in the town hall Tuesday evening
of this week, which was well attended.
Music was furnished by a
band from Augusta.
The trustees of Furman university
have bestowed the title of doctor of
divinity upon Rev. A. T. Jamison,
superintendent of the Connie Maxwell
orphanage, Greenwood.
Louis Henry, colored, and four
mules of Joe H. Commander, a Florence
county farmer, were killed by
lightning Monday afternoon. * The
mules were valued at $1,000.
For the first time in the history of
Wofford College, two twins graduated
in the same class last week. They
were Messrs. Henry and Hugo Sims,
sons of Editor J. L. Sims, of Orangeburg,
and bright boys they are.
Masonic Picnic.
Olar, June 9.?The Masonic picnic
at Jennys last Saturday was quite a
success. The purpose of this meeting
was for taking steps for the organization
of an Eastern Star Chapter
at Jennys, and this organization
is now assured.
At this gathering were representative
Masons and their families from
four counties?little tots just learning
to walk, ud to old persons of four
score years, representing perfectly,
the first degrees of Masonry.
And the dinner was a feast such as
even Belshazzar even in his palmy
days of feast giving never equalled.
After dinner our good friend, W.
G. Ruddell, was kept busy taking out
parties joy riding in his new Ford.
He took out eleven children on one
trip, and parties meeting him looked
on with open-eyed wonder, thinking
they were all of one family.
While Ruddell was giving ''the
ladies *nd children so much enjoyment
joy-riding, Messrs. J. F. Kearse,
of Hampton, and M' C. Dowling, of
Fairfax, were spell-binding the menfolk
with some two hundred and odd
jokes of the warranted-to-make-laugh
brand. They are both jokers from
Jokerville.
The crops around Jennys are growing
nicely.
Some of the boys think that Capt.
J. W. Jenny's grain shocks are too
close together. They accuse him of
shocking the grain from three or
four fields on one field,, so as to make
a fine showing. But the boys forget
that "the Captain" knows a thing or
two about farming.
Hail near Rivers' Bridge knocked
every leaf from some cotton. The
corn blades were also shredded.
Some cotton in this section is not
yet up 10 it SlclliU, itXI UL'UUllCUtD
writer has never known before to exist
here. Ordinarily cotton is laidby
here about the middle of July,
but cotton not yet up must be worked
later than that.
Our friend, Decatur Barnes, at Jennys,
is in hard luck. About a month
ago some fiend poisoned both of his
mules?both dying. New ones were
bought and a few days ago he was
hauling oats', was unloading at the
barn, lightning struck it, killing the
team outright, and came near killing
Mr. Barnes. Dr. Loadholt told us he
was improving somewhat. B.
Orangeburg Veterans Meet.
Orangeburg, June 8.?Camp Thos.
J. Glover, United Confederate Veterans,
held a special meeting in this
city yesterday. The meeting was wellattended
and was a very interesting
one. The purpose of the meeting
was to nominate a colonel of th6
Orangeburg regiment, U. C. V., to
ciiwoqH Pnl Qarrmpl Flihhlp rptirpH
The result was the nomination of
Comrade Frederick S. Dibble for the
position. A special election was ordered
for next Saturday, when the
nomination will be confirmed.
The veterans were addressed by
Col. D. 0. Herbert and J. LeRoy
Dukes, Esq., both of whose talks were
enjoyed very much. After the business
session a lunch was served by a
committee of ladies from Paul McMichael
Chapter, U. D. C.
PerhaDs the man who is looking
for trouble is better prepared to
dodge it when it comes.
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BURGLARIES AT MAYESYILLE. j j
Two Places Robbed?Train Kills j
Bloodhound Trailing Tiiief.
Sumter, June 9.?Quite a number
of burglaries have been committed in
the town of Mayesville within the
past month, the last being on Sunday
night, when the store of T. L. Kahn
and the shop of J. F. Bland were entered
and a number of-articles stolen, t
The thief or thieves entered through i
the plate glass fronts of the stores, a
while the storm was at its worst and >
during a blinding fall of rain. <
After the storm a bloodhound, own- ?
ed by the town, was put on the trail 1
and tracks were followed for several 1
miles to a joint near New Sumter, ?
where the early morning train killed 1
the dog, which was following the i
trail down the railroad tracks. It is 1
supposed that the dog was so interest- ?
ed in the trail that it paid no atten- ?
tion to the oncoming train. 1
Up to this afternoon the thief had 2
not been discovered. This is the <
third time that various stores in the i
town have been entered in the same <
manner. It is thought that the thief ,?<
had his arm badly cut in entering the 1
store Sunday night, as a pool of blood
was found on the floor of one of the
stores and the trail showed several i
places where he had stopped to wash 1
his arm. ]
St. Johns News. ]
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St. Johns, June 9.?There is quite
a difference in the weather from last
Monday until this Monday. It is
rather cool and wet instead of hot
and dry. .
On last Monday evening we had .
an awful hail storm, but am glad to ^
say it did not do very much damage.
Mr. Raleigh Kinard, who has been
attending Newberry College, came
home last week. We are glad to have ^
him back in the St. Johns' section c
again. t
Mr. C. L. Brant's mother returned j
home last Sunday, where she had j
spent a few days with him.
Mrs. B. V. Kearse spent a few days
last week with her sister, Mrs. Willie
Jenny. i
Misses Elizabeth and Ella Hiers j
spent Saturday night and Sunday ]
with Misses Edith and Salome Hiers. t
Mr. C. L. Brant and family spent l
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Aquilla ,
Kinard.
Mr. Lee Hiott, from Walterboro,
was the guest of Miss Rena Kinard
last Sunday.
Mrs. J. B. Hiers spent Sunday with
Mrs. J. C. Folk.
Mrs. Lou Sease and two granddaughters
spent Sunday with Mrs. G.
F. Hiers and family.
We are glad to know that Mrs. M.
A. Kinard is improving. Hope she
will soon he entirely well.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sease spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Breland.
Some of the folks had a fish fry in
the swamp last week. They said they
had more fish than they could use.
Must have had lot of them, for I bet
they used a good many.
. The St. Johns Sunday-School picnic
will be held on Thursday, June
19th, and the public is cordially invited
to attend. Hon. S. G. Mayfield
will deliver an address.
We would like for as many of the
members of St. Johns as can to go or
send some one to help clean off the t
church and cemetery grounds on next j
Saturday morning. Then on Satur- j
day evening the choii* is invited to go f
back and practice over the pieces c
they have selected for the picnic.
They are also invited to go back and
practice again on next Sunday evening.
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Children, have you forgotten about x
Sunday-school? Now I am afraid j
some of us have, but let's don't for- c
get now and be sure and go next f
Sunday. Let's try and be there at
ten o'clock next Sunday morning so
we can get through before preaching
hour. Parents, don't forget to go to \
Sunday-school, and if you can't go, ?
that is no reason why your children r
should not go, is it? You must try C
and send them every Sunday. Now, b
let's see if we can't have a large ii
Snnriav-snhnol next Sunday morning. Ii
Don't forget the hour. fi
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Fined for Selling Cigarettes. e
Florence, June 6.?Police Officer
Angel reported a young Greek boy
for selling cigarettes to a minor. The $
case was up before a magistrate and r
the Greek was fined $25. There is a e
considerable kick on about the mat- t]
ter, as the Greek cannot speak Eng- p
lish very well, and the officer is be- s
ing blamed no little for making an fi
example of this foreigner instead of v
some of the places about town that 2
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*101 FEARED AT BLUFTON
S'EGRO ATTEMPTS ASSAULT ON
WIFE OF PROMINENT CITIZEN.
S'egro Under Arrest at Ridgeland.
Whites and Blacks Arming in
Anticipation of Clash.
Bluffton, S. C., June 11.?This
own and the surrounding region is
n a state of excitement, following an
ttempted assault by a negro upon the
vife of a prominent citizen yesteraay
evening. The woman was preparing
>upper at the time, her husband not
laving returned from work. About
lalf past 7 o'clock a negro suddenly
ippeared and attacked the woman,
vho wrenched herself free and ran
:rom the house. She hastened to the
lome of a neighbor and gave the
Urm and a posse was quickly in pursuit
of the black, who is described by
lis intended victim as being about 30
rears old, over six feet in height and
if a dark gingercake color. A negro
inswering the description was arrested
this morning in Ridgeland by the
ihief of police and is being held
:here.
Negro Killed at Bluffton.
A negro named Jackson, answerng
the description of the assailant,
vas killed in Bluffton today, when he
esisted arrest, and the negroes are
;hreatening reprisals. It is believed
lere that Jackson is the negro who
ittacked the woman.
Governor Blease has been asked to
;all out the Beaufort militia for the
protection of the citizens of Bluffton.
Parties from Ridgeland are hastenng
to Bluffton in automobiles to aid
n controlling the situation, which is
leginning to look ugly.
Acting on Governor Blease's orlers,
the Beaufort Naval Reserves are
inder arms in readiness to proceed
;o Bluffton at a moment's notice,
sheriff White and the commander of
he troops are keeping in touch with
Bluffton through Sheriff Porter at
Bidgeland.
Says He Was Not the Man.
Ridgeland, June 11.?The negro,
iVilliam Jackson, who was shot and
nstantly killed by State Detective E.
Hammond when he resisted arrest
;oday, has been declared by the wonan
upon whom the criminal assault
vas attempted as being the wrong
legro and not the one who made the
ittempt.
This has only added to the fury of
;he negroes and causes the white
jeople to be more uneasy than before.
For it now seems that a race
iot is liable to start at any moment.
The town authorities are posting
jickets throughout the town and are
n hopes of holding the negroes in
;heck until the militia from Beaufort
:an arrive in their launches, which
las been ordered to the scene of
rouble by Governor Blease.
Sheriff M. O. D. White, of Beauort
County, has left with a launch
ull of extra deputies to render aid.
sheriff Porter, of Jasper, is already
n Bluffton rendering all possible asiistance.
The posses are still searchng
for the negro, but it now seems
is if he has made good his escape.
The bad weather still continues,
vhich makes the search extremely
l'ard on the men.
Negro Arrested and in Jail.
This morning a negro answering
he description was caught in Ridgeand
by the chief of police and is beng
held in the town jail until parties
rom Bluffton can arrive for identifiation.
Militia Going to Bluffton.
Columbia, S. C., June 11.?"Will
eave for Bluffton in an hour with
nilitary company," was the wordng
of a telegram received at 11
'clock tonight by Governor Blease,
rom Sheriff White, of Beaufort.
Lesson Proves Fatal.
Charged with homicide, Mrs, S. L.
Voodford, wife of the former United
itates ambassador to Spain, was ar- 1
ested Wednesday at Bridgeport,
'onn., and placed under $2,500 bond
ecause the automobile she was leaning
to drive ran down and killed Wiliam
Stanhouser, a laborer, in Fairield,
near that city. Mrs. Woodford
nd her chauffeur were both arrest- J
d. 1
Fire Losses for May. (
Columbia, June 6.?A loss of 1
218,960.47 from 189 fires occuring
in the month of May was sustain- 1
d in South Carolina, according to
tie monthly report of fire losses made ;
ublic today by Insurance Commisioner
F. H. McMaster. The total j
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ire losses irom January 1 iv may ox,
ras $1,196,978.69, as against $763,78.57
for the same period of last ]
ear, is also shown by the report. <
AUTO MISHAP NEAR SUMTEK.
Two Hurt, Four Frightened?Car
Badly Damaged.
Sumter, June 9.?Two persons
were slightly injured and four others
were very much frightened Sunday
afternoon when .a big touring car, in
which they were riding, ran into an
embankment and was overturned.
The injured are Mrs. Margaret M.
Dick and Robert C. Williams. 'Wie
other occupants of the car at the
time of the accident were Mrs. B. T.
Williams, Miss Ella McFadden, Miss
Pauline Blanding and Robert Witherspoon.
The car was a new one, bought
about two weeks ago by J. J. Will- 9
iams, a brother of Robert Williams,
who was running it. Mr. Williams
had run the car only once prior to
Sunday afternoon. In making a
sharp turn in going down hill, about
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two miles irom tue city, ueai rutanu
Springs, he turned the car to the
right instead of to the left. It is believed
that he saw his mistake and
became too confused to right his error
before the car plunged into the
embankment, and then turned over
on it6 side in the road. Fortunately
the car was not going rapidly at the
time, and this, together with the
fact that the top helped to hold the
car up, prevented it from'falling all
the way over and possibly killing
some in the party.
Mrs. Dick received a number of
bruises and scratches, and Mr. Williams
received a sprained back,
bruises and scratches. Others in the
party, fortunately, escaped injury, although
all were badly frightened.
Mr. Williams is still in the hospital
recovering from his injuries and
fright. The car was badly damaged
and will require numerous repairs
before it can be used again.
HORSE LEAVES ^RIDGE.
Young Men of Dillon Are Almost
Drowned..
Dillon, June 9.?Yesterday afternoon
Charlie and Ed. B. Moody, while
crossing little Pee Dee river at the
new bridge suffered a very serious
accident which came near proving
fatal to both of them. They were driving
a very fine and fiery horse
which became frightened midway the
bridge and without warning almost
he reared up and plunged headlong
into the river carrying with him the
top buggy and the two men. The
young men could not swim and but
for help which came to the rescue
might have drowned. After saving
them the rescuers turned their attention
to the horse but too late to 1
save him and he was drowned. They
got him finally to shore and tried to
resuscitate him but without effect.
The top on the buggy was demolished.
The crossing is at present considered
a very dangerous one as there
is being built alongside it a concrete
bridge and the wooden bridge is only . ;
temporary and without railing.
RABBITS HALT A TRAIN".
Has to Wait Twenty Minutes for
Drove to Cross Tracks.
During a rabbit drive near here the
animals collected on the tracks of the
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Great Northern in such numbers that
a freight train had to be brought to a
standstill until the hunters drove the
game away. The big run was partici- > M
pated in by-300 men and boys, who
surrounded a monster dried up
slough. The hunters formed lines
to force the rabbits into a wire-inclosed
place across the railroad
tracks, and while the animals were
crossing the tracks the freight came
Engineer Horner was afraid to run \
down the rabbits because of the possibility
of clogging the machinery of
the locomotive, sq he waited twenty
minutes until the drove passed.
More than 2,000 rabbits were slain.
The carcasses were frozen and shipped
to the East.?Moses Lake, Wash.
Dispatch to N. Y. American.
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On His Dignity..
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As one of the great South African
liners was steaming into Southampton
harbor a grimy coal-lighter floated
immediately in front of it. An
officer on board the vessel, observing
this, shouted: ,
"Clear out of the way with that >
barge!"
The lighterman, a native of the
Emerald Isle, shouted in reply.
"Are ye the captain of that vessel?"
"No," answered the officer.
"Then spake to yer aiquals," said
Pat; "I'm the captain of this."?London
Opinion.