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One Dollar and a Half a Year.. BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913. Established 1891.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
* County and Elsewhere.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, August 4.?Misses Sadie
Harter and Ruth Wilson are visiting
Mrs. Jeff. Griffin at Ulmer.
Wm. Harter, Jr., is spending some
time with his aunt, Mrs. Jones Williams,
near Brunson.
Miss Eva Ginn, of Luray, was the
I guest of Miss Lena Hammond Friday,
when they attended the match game
r of ball between Fairfax and Luray.
This time the latter beat.
Mrs. M. S. Brabham, of Brunson,
is the guest of Mrs. May Youmans.
Miss Rubie Crim, of Charleston,
visited friends here recently. She
has often visited here, where she haS
friends.
Miss Susie Albergotti is visiting
Miss Margaret Folk. She taught
here last term, and made many
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Misses M. S., and Virginia Harrison
and Powell .Harrison are spending
some time with Mrs. Otis Lynes.
On Friday evening Mrs. Otis Lynes
entertained the visiting girls with a
party. Quite a number had accepted
the invitation, but a storm came on,
and all did not venture out. Those
who braced the elements felt repaid
for their going, for all was bright
and cheerful within. In the flower
t contest Miss Virginia Harrison won
the prize. Alman Googe served the
delicious fruit nectar, and ice cream
and cake were served later. A very
pleasant evening was spent.
Miss Ethleen Brunson has returned
to her home, after spending time
pleasantly with her aunt, Mrs. E. G.
Connelly.
Mrs. J. E. Johnston and children
have gone to attend the family reunion
in her old home at Gaffney.
Misses Jennie and Eva Davis, of
Williston, are guests of Miss Maude
Barber.
A very interesting program of the
Y. P. U. was carried out Sunday
evening. Mr. Lee Bessinger made a
c ^ ^ "\Tieo "\ t o to-a rot V Oil -
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mans, sang very sweetly, "Nearer
Home;" Miss Lucille Youmans recited
a lovely piece, and all enjoyed
it; Miss Ethel Jarrel read a nice
piece; Miss Alma Knight rendered
a sweet solo on organ.
Misses Margaret and Lucile Youmans
are visiting the family of Mr.
Robert Causey in Hampton county.
Miss McDaniel, of Hampton, is visiting
Mrs. Virginia McDaniel.
During the terrific thunder-storm
on Sunday, three mules at Jackson
Branch church were struck by lightning.
Masters Capers, a hand on G. D.
Sanders's place, was struck, but later
revived. One mule, owned by G. D.
Sanders, was killed, and one owned
by Mr. Mauldin, was killed. ' At St.
Luke's chapel the window glasses of
the church were broken by the shock.
A "big meeting" was going on at both
places, and the darkies were wild
with fear.
. KILLED IX LOG TRAIN WRECK.
David Pifer Meets D^ath on Schofield
Railroad at Olar.
Olar, August 2.?Early yesterday
morning the log train on Schofield's
railroad was wrecked and Mr. David
Pifer was killed. The manager of
the Schofield mill, Mr. Stiplet, lost
an arm. Both parties are Northerners.
coming here several years ago,
and both made fine impressions on
the people here. Mr. Pifer was a
young man and was making good in
> every way.
The wreck was caused by a tree
falling across the railroad on a curve,
and as the log train goes into timber
backward, the engineer could not
see the fallen tree.
This is the second white man that
has been killed on this work this
year.
SAW RIPPED THROUGH HIM.
Terrible Death of a Mill Owner in
Florida.
Jacksonville, Aug., 2.?A special
from Derfuniak, Fla., says that Wal
ter Bowers, superintendent or a sawmill
of Quit Tervin and one of th
best known citizens in Walton county,
met a terrible death there by falling
against a rapidly revolving saw. He
fell with his back against the saw
and his body was ripped to the breast
bone.
Besides being superintendent ol
the mill, Bowers was extensively engaged
in cattle and sheep raising in
, Walton county.
FACES SERIOUS CHARGE.
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L. B. Singleton, Accused of Assault"
; ing Married Woman.
Columbia. Aug., 2.?"I consented
' to a bond from $1,000 to $1.5'#0,"
' said Thomas H. Peeples, attorney
r-anorai tnrlav rlificiissinsr the chars:
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es against L. B. Singleton, solicitor
of the Twelfth Judicial circuit. Solicitor
Singleton was charged with
assault of criminal intent upon a married
woman of Conway, in Horry
county.
Attorney General Peeples said that
Solicitor Singleton came to Columbia
Friday and that he wrote a letter to
a circuit judge in the State, consenting
to bond in the above amount.
"I don't know where Solicitor Singleton
went from here and I don't
know whether or not he has secured
bond," said the attorney general.
It is alleged that the attempted
crime was committed May 29.
, Solicitor Singleton could not be
located at any of the hotels. Judge
Ernest Gary was out of Columbia on
business and it is not known whether
he was asked to sign an order permitting
the solicitor to bond.
Solicitor Singleton was appointed
to this position several weeks ago by
the governor to take the place of
Walter H. Wells.
RICHES FOR A BEGGAR.
5,000 Pounds for Solving the Riddle
of a Monument in Naples.
"On May 1 every year I hare a
golden head." For 40 years the
worthy people of Naples, including the
most learned of learned ioik, endeavored
to solve the riddle of this enigmatic
inscription on a marble column,
which an eccentric Frenchman at the
begining of the 19th century* had
erected in one of the chief streets of
the city, says London Tit-Bits. On
May 1 for a number of years after
the erection of the column people
came and peered at it, thinking that
its head would at least be covered
with gold but no miracle hapened,
and at last the people got tired of
puzzling over the riddle and came
to the conclusion that it was but a
joke on the part of the Frenchman.
Then it occurred to the authorities
that probably the Frenchman had
buried the treasure under the column.
They had it taken down, but
nothing but earth was found and the
column was re-erected.
Then came a happy idea on the
part of Annibale Tosci, a beggar as
lazy and as ragged as only Neapolitan
beggars can be, who early one morning
passed the column and stood and
stared at the inscription. It was a
lovely summer morning, and the sun,
in a cloudless sky, cast a long shadow
of the column on the ground.
"I have it!" said the beggar.
He told nobody that he believed he
had found the solution of a mystery
which h-ad puzzled men for so many
years, but on the following first of
May he came to the spot with a pick
and shovel. He waited until the
clock of the neighboring monastery
of San Vito struck six, then he began
to dig at the spot touched by the end
of the column's shadow. He had not
dug very deep before he came on a
leather satchel of French workmanship,
which he quickly seized, concealed
beneath his shirt and retired
to a lonely courtyard to examine.
Breathlessly he opened the satchel
and found within the sum of 5,000
pounds. After all, the inscription
was true, and the eccentric Frenchman
had not lied.
Although a beggar, Annibale Tosci
was a prudent man. He went away
to Mantau, bought a small farm and
lived on his own property, cultivating
his own vines and olives, until
his death a few days ago.
NEGRESS CONVICTED.
Charged With Putting Poison, in Food
of Kimbrough Family.
Greensboro, Ga., Aug. 1.?Lucindy
Park, the negress charged with assault
with intent to murder when she
placed strychnine in the food prepared
for tHe family of B. P. Kim1
brough, c prominent dairyman and
farmer residing near Greensboro, was
[ convicted of simple assault this morn
ing. Judge James B. Park has not
sentenced her yet. She is a young
! girl appearing not to be over 17 years
, of age, and was an employe of Kim
; brough.
! It was thought by the court that
' the girl had counsel, but later it was
: learned that she had not, so Col. Roy
D. Stubbs, of Eatonton, who was a
: visitor upon court, was appointed,
but after being excused by the court
i for cause, Col. James Davidson was
appointed.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About v
Men and Happenings. T
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Yeggs broke open the safe at East
over, Richland county, rnursaay f
night and stole $150. t
Rbert H. Welch, a member of the r
house from Richland, has announced t
that he will run next summer for the v
state senate. i
The railway ticket office of the t
Coast Line at Marion was broken into v
Thursday night and $6 in the drawer 1
was stolen. The safe was not molest- f
ed. i
Tutt Lott, colored, aged 14, killed a
nine-year-old colored child with a c
shotgun on Friday at Mt. Willing, Sa- c
luda county. He then ran off, but 1
was caught. e
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Clemson college has closed a deal
with Miss Edith Parrott for 3,000 c
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cans of tomatoes, put up by the Girls'
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Tomato clubs of South Carolina, to be
delivered next fall.
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The president has nominated ExGovernor
D. C. Hey ward as collector t
of internal revenue, which will be g
pleasant news to the many friends of j
this genial gentleman.
Defending Mother, Kills Brother
. Monroe, X. C., July 30.?Twentyyear-old
Walter Gaddv, who cut the
throat of his brother, Will Gadd, yes- i
- ? ~T,.nc, av nlanor In \
lei ua.\ auciuwu n no kw-uvt.' ^J
the county jail here. The killing 0
occurred near the home of the moth- c
er of the two men, Mrs. John Gaddy, r
four miles east of Marshville, just c
this side of the Anson county line. ^
Will Gaddy, who was 29 years of a
age, married and was the father of s
two children, lived on his own farm, E
about a half-mile from the home of v
his parents. Walter lived with his u
mother. The father is in the State r
Hospital for the Insane of Morgan- \
ton. , g
A short while before he wai ta- g
ken to the asylum the father gave
Will permission to take a younger p
brother, who is a minor, to work j?
with him for a year. However, it r
seems that the youngster was needed s
at home. Out of this, it is said, t
the trouble began. v
Yesterday afternoon the older -j
brother, who is said to have been c
drunk, came to the home of his ^
mother and younger brothers, and e
armed witji a shotgun ordered his c
mother and Walter to go to his 0
home. When about half the distance
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naa Deen covered, >vm is saiu w ^
have attacked his mother, choking
her until Walter interfered. *
After having been knocked down,
the younger man arose to his feet,
drew a pocket knife and literally cut
his brother to pieces, stabbing him c
in the stomach and back and finally c
cutting his throat. Death resulted in v
a few minutes. 0
Walter then telephoned an officer P
and surrendered. He was brought a
here today. Court is in session, and a
an application will be made for bail *
at once. *
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She Makes Choice at Altar c
Standing before the altar at St. c
Paul's Episcopal church, San Diego.* g
Cal., on Friday, in the presence of g
two men, to each of whom she had ^
avowed her love and to whom she c
had given her promise of marriage, 0
with a license to wed either, and with 'E
Rev. Charles Barnes waiting to make a
her the wife of her choice, Helen ^
Porter Garfield, a wealthy society girl, t
was forcbd to make her final choice. e
Percival M. Wood of San Diego, who t
did not win the girl, has just told the c
story of the astonishing case. t
James F. Buckley, son of a wealthy j
Brockton, Mass., manufacturer, told ..
Miss Garfield of his love for her and a
had secured her promise to become >.
his wife. Percival Wood loved her ^
equally and she told him that she
would wed him, too. Both men made
* ~ Tt-J + li Pair A T r? Rnrn
appumsmeULS nun ncv. .<11. t
es for the same hour at the church, j
Each had a marriage license. Like a j.
drama of love, the girl at the climax j
of the play had to make a choice for j
better or for worse. a
"During that dreadful moment," as f
she herself expresses it in a letter to T
Wood after she had married Buck- g
ley, she figuratively dealt the cards
of love. Fortune decided for Buck- ^
ley. i
Wood wished her good fortune, a
bade her farewell and passed out of j
the church and out of her life.
Try one of those new stationery f
packages at Herald Book Store. j
CHILD'S INJURIES FATAL. | j
iittle Harold Stackhouse, Fearfully |
Scalded, Passes Away. i I
Florence, August 4.?Harold, the
6-months' old son of Mr. and Mrs.
t. Lacy Stackhouse, of Mullins, who "
i'as brought to Florence hurriedly on
'hursday evening, died Friday mornng
at the Florence Infirmary.
The little fellow, a bright and
iromising child, was playing about e
he kitchen on Thursday while its t
QOther was preparing water for iced ;
ea. The little fellow, unobserved, r
talked up near the stove and reach- ^
ng up caught hold of a two quart f
in cup which was filled with boiling j
vater and pulled it over on him.
The boiling water struck the little a
ellow in the top of the head, scald- t
ng him fearfully. j
Just as the child pulled the cup f
>ver his father stepped in the door ^
>f the kitchen and tried to prevent e
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he horrible accident, but as he reachd
out for the child to keep the water e
rom striking him, the cup turrned t
ind the- water was spilled on the jhild
and few drops struck Mr. Stacklouse
on the hand. j
The child was brought to Florence j
in the first train and was accompani- j
id by its parents. It was carried to
he Infirmary, but the attending phy- v
icians soon saw that it was a hope- j
ess case but did all within their pow- ^
r to give the little fellow ease from t
iain. c
Tilmun Gives neason.
Washington, August 1.?Commentng
on a statement in to-day's New t
fork Sun, which quotes the bankers i
f the metropolis as saying that, ac
nrdinfr tn thpir renorts. financial ar- ?
angements for the moving of the t
rops in the South and West have 2
ieen going on quietly and smoothly, t
nd the country ban*s are fairly well t
upplied with money, Senator Till- 2
can said to-day that the statement I
rhich he issued yesterday calling c
ipon the Government to come to the 2
elief of the banks in the South and
Vest was based upon information i
iven him by leading bankers of t
?>uth Carolina. I
The threat of certain stand-pat Re- f
iiiblican Senators that If the Admis- t
3tration intended to insist on .cur- t
encv legislation at the present sesion
the Republicans would delay acion
on the tariff bill is being met
;ith the suggestion form Senator
hllman and other Democrats that a j
urrency relief measure be attached i
o the tariff bill as a rider and enact- \
d at the same time. If the Republi- t
ans are bluffing they are in danger r
f having their bluff called. v t
LLLEGEI) CHECK FLASHER HELD [
I. P. Matthews Said to Have Han
died Bogus Checks. ^
Greenville, July 31.?The charge of ^
ibtaining money and goods upon ^
hecks drawn upon a Detroit bank
phich does not exist, and signed by ;
officers of an electrical supply comtany
which does not exist, is made
gainst a man who gives his name w
.s H.'P. Matthews, who is being held t
lere. Two warrants, carrying the ;
echnical charge of obtaining goods 6
nder false pretense, have been sworn
>ut for him.
To a local jeweler and to a local ^
lothier, Matthews is said to have r
;iven two checks, of face value of
50 and $35 respectively, in exchange T
or a watch and fob and $19 from "
me, and a grip and money from the 1
ther. The checks are of the ordi- *
tary sort given travelling represent:tives
by business houses. They c
y
?ear across the top in prominent leters
"Greenberg-Powers Company, c
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lectncai supynts, cicmw?vi, , ?
roit, Mich." In the lower left hand 1
orner the name of the bank appears *
hat there is no Fourth National ^
Bank." The checks are signed by
'W. J. Powers, secretary-treasurer," *
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md carry the name across the left
land edge of S. A. Greenberg, presi- *
lent. s
Telegraphic inquiry to Detroit, it *
s declared, has brought the response
hajt there is no Fourth National
Bank in that city, and that no such
louse as Greenberg-Powers Company
s known. Men by name of W. J. >owers
and Sam Greenberg, however,
re said to be known there in the conectionery
business. It is not known
vhether or not their signatures are a
genuine. r
The police arrested the man imme- r
liatelv uDon these disclosures, and ^
lave turned him over to the county r
authorities to await trial atythe com- \
ng term of the criminal court t
Buy your disinfectant and sprays s
or mosquitoes and flies, also fruit 1
ars, at Hunter's Hardware Store.
liken man killed by son
>OCK WALTON KILLED BY LEE
WALTON.
'iiiall Boy Uses Pistol When His
Father Beats His Mother.
Lodged in Jail.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 5.?News reachd
here this afternoon that Dock Wal
on, a white man, who has been livng
in Aiken county for several '
nonths, was shot and killed at his
lome at Milledgeville, about 12 miles
rom Aiken, by his 11-year-old son,
.ee Walton, last night.
Walton went to his home drunk
md began to beat his wife. He was
old by the small boy to stop, but
>aid no attention to him. When his
ather continued to whip his^mother,
he little boy, small for his years,
grabbed up a revolver and fired from
?ehind his father. Two bullets piercid
the father's head, entering from
he rear and coming out of the forelead,
one just over the right eye.
When Sheriff Howard and Rural
5oliceman Samuels, summoned from
Uken, reached the scene, Walton lay
n a puddle of blood.
The boy's mother told the officers
vhat had taken place. She said that
ier husband has been in the habit of
jeating her, but that he had often
hreatened to kill her if she told any
>ne. The little boy, she said, had
een his father whip her before and
lad told her he would put a stop to it
Mrs. Walton also told the officers
hat her husband, who has been go-1
ng under the name of Joe Vincent
;ince coming to Aiken county to live,
issumed that name for the reason
hat he got into trouble in Alabama
;nd had to leave that State. .They
ben went to North Carolina and
here her husband got into, trouble
igain. He has not been known by
lis own name since he went to Aiken
ounty and she says he is wanted
lIso in Walhalla for stealing whiskey.
The little boy showed no signs of
lervousness when he was taken into
he custody of the officers but appeared
to feel that he deserved credit
or what he had done in the protecion
of "his mother. He was placed in
he Aiken jail.
Why She, Invented "Bloomers."
"It may that some day, if the
iresent mad desire of the women for
inconventionalUy in dress continues,
ve shall see our fair sex clothed in
rousers, but I hope that time will
lever come," remarked James Suton,
a veteran lawyer of Vineland.
s. J., at the New Willard. "I see that
he New York tailors have drawn the
ine at the trouser effect for women,
jecause they say the women
hemselves will not submit to getting
>ut of skirts. I believe that Dr. Mary
Valker was pretty near the first
American woman to depart from conrentional
woman's garb when about
ifty years ago she donned trousers,
t was not Dr. Mary, however, who
itarted the present movement, but
;he widow of a Vineland farmer,
vho wore -the first pair of "bloom;rs.'
"I don't know how many years
igo it was that "bloomers' were first
vorn, but the Vineland woman was
esponsible. There was a farmer
lear Vineland named Bloomer,
vho died and left his wife with a
imall family of children and no other
iear relatives. Mrs. Blcomer had
)een accustomed to helping her
pouse work the farm, and when he
lied she attempted to keep up the
vork. She discovered soon that she
lould not work in the fields in wonan's
ordinary dress, and she could
iot afford to hire a man to do the
vork. It might have been all right
or the women of Europe to follow
:he plough in woman's garb, but
drs. Bloomer did not purpose to
,rive the people of Vineland the opportunity
to criticise her. Nor did
he want to adopt trousers. As a compromise
she constructed the first
bloomers.'?Washington Post.
SHOT WITH OWN PISTOL.
L J. Joyner is Killed at Lumber Con.
eeni Near Smyrna.
Sylvania, Ga., Aug. .3.?Following
t dispute between A. J. Joyner, forenan
of a local lumbefr concern, and a
tegro, Cleveland Mitchell, the former
vas shot and fatally wounded last
light by the latter, dying three hours
ater. The shooting was done with
he victim's pistol which M|tchell
natched from the seat of a buggy in
"hich Jones was seated. Mitchell
'scaped.
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1W U rUSSfcS ILASH.
Both Fire, Resulting in Death of One
and Wounding of Two. *
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Cairo, Ga., Aug. 3.?Hardy Rawls
was killed and two other men were
wounded near here early to-day when
two parties of citizens searching for
a murderous negro fired upon each
other in the dark. Rawls, Craton Singletary
and Joe Hall, who were hunting
for Ed. Leconte, a negro who attacked
a white family Friday midnight,
were fired upon by Lint Singletary
and Arch Adams at a negro
hut where both parties thought they
might find Leconte. Rawls dropped
dead and his companions returned the
fire, wounding one of the other party.
Hall then received a load of shot in
the face, after which the two parties
found out their mistake.
WANTS MORE WHITES.
Byrnes Complains of Appointments
in His District.
Washington, July 30.?Representative
Byrnes to-day called upon the s
second assistant postmaster general
for information as to the manner in
- a
which railway mail clerks in the
Second district are appointed. Mr.
Byrnes states that upon investigation
he finds that there are 18 mail clerks
on the railway lines running through
his district and that only three of
them are white men. He informed
the postmaster general that he has
enough negroes in his district without
colonizing railway mail clerks,
and that as long as 90 per cent, of
the clerks are negroes, the white men
will not stand the examinations for
the service.
THRILLING RESCUE OF CHILD.
Engineer Snatches Boy from Trestle , ' ;j
and Lifts Him Aboard.
Clarksburg, W. Va., August 2.? v y
Hulbert L. McHenry, an engineer of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
to-night saved the life of Wilson Allen,
4 years old, whom he discovered
in the centre of a sixty-foot trestle
near this city.
The engineer had just made a flying^switch
with his engine. As soon
as he saw the boy he climbed over
the coal pit of the locomotive, which
was "backing" at a fast rate of speed.
By hanging on the rear end of the
tender, he picked up young Allen in
one arm. The boy remained cool
as he saw the fast coming engine,
and held up his arms to McHenry as
the locomotive bore down upon him.
PERFUMED PIG IX CLOVER.
Porcine Pet is Washed and Co^ibed
Daily and Eats from Silver Spoon.
.Mrs Whitney Newton, a well-known
Denver societv matron, has a new
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pet?a baby pig. _ ? '
Young Robert Newton brought
home the shoat a few evenings ago.
He was much entertained by the antics
of the animal, and all went well
until he wished to attend a dance.
A maid cared for it that evening until
midnight,* when she turned it over
to her mistress.
.Airs. Newton took the shoat into
her arms and tried to make it comfortable,
but without success. Finally
she got a fine piece of hemstitched
linen, embroidered with flowers,
wrapped it gently about the pig, then
laid him cautiously upon the downy
pillow beside her own.
Piggy gave a satisfied little squeak,
doubled up his feet and went off to
sleep happy. The cunning act won
Airs. Newton's heart. His white skin
Jo wacheH and nnmhed and nerfumed.
and' he sleeps in a downy bed every
night beside his mistress. He also
eats from a silver spoon.?Denver, ,/i
Col., Dispatch to New York World.
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Getting En Rapport.
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Perhaps you have heard this before?anyway,
here it is:
The lieutenant governor of a West- .
ern State is--an exceedingly nervous
man. In course of duty it became
necessary for him to visit the State
penitentiary. The warden gathered
up his flock to listen to a brief address
bv the official, who had not
prepared himself for any thing of ? 4
that sort and was plainly embarrassed.
Then he gathered himself up
and began:
"My fellow citizens?"
crmnrl miifp rierht
x uai uivx uui, dvuuu ^ ? ? --w
and he made another dash.
"My fellow convicts?"e
The prisoners began to grin, and
the speaker did the same and broke
loose again.
"Well, I don't know exactly how to
address you, boys, but I'm mighty
glad to see so many of you here."
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