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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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v News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Colston Clippings.
Colston, May 22.?Colston school
closed Friday, May 19th, and exerr
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? ~ "Pwi /Intr TtiffVtf Alllfo
vises were uem ruua; uigu*,.
^ a large crowd attended, and the
teachers, Miss Nina Henry, and Miss
Clara Copeland, deserve much credit
for the way in which they trained the
children.
Miss Mary Zorn, of Charleston, is
\ spending some time with Misses Nelle
f - and Mary Clayton.
Misses Mamie and Laura McMillan
have returned home from Bamberg,
where they attended school during
the past term.
& ^fiss Cleo Kearse spent last week
y with her brother, Mr. B. L. Kearse.
Mrs. R. L. Ussery and Mrs. M. S.
Wooley, of Barnwell, are spending
some time with Mrs. Thos. Clayton
in this section.
The Govan and Colston ball teams
( crossed bats on the latter's diamond
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Saturday afternoon, May 20th, the
score being 8 to 10 in favor of the
i home team.
t*1 A good many of the young folks
enjoyed the kind hospitality of Mr.
and Mrs. -J. F. Kearse at a party at
their home last Saturday night.
Miss Nina Henry and Miss Clara
ICopeland, teachers of the Colston
school, have returned to their homes,
at Chapin and Ehrhardt, respectively.
They have the good wishes of
their pupils and the many friends
. they have won while teaching in this
J community.
Messrs. Sandy Witt and John Jor|t
dan, of Greenwood, were visitors at
the home of Mr. Thos. Clayton Sunday
and Sunday night.
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Cope School Closes.
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Cope, May 20.?The commencement
exercises of the Cope graded
school were held last evening in the
presence of a large nuiiiber of patrons
and friends, and while things
were not as elaborate as they had
been on former occasions, it was
& quite a success in every way, and
quite interesting to all present. The
principal, Mr. C. C. Stewart, has had
the whole school to pass rigid examinations
during the last week or ten
days (which by far was more instructive
than exhibitions) and it
was only a few days ago that it was
decided to have any exercises, but
With such a short time for preparation
the children, large and small),
^ very clearly showed their ability and
^ training.
Just at the close of the exercises
the Hon. J. T. Liles, of Orangeburg,
addtessed the school and^ audience in
a most pleasing and earnest manner;
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According to Instructions.
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Irishman from a country village
landed in New York on his way
to live with a brother in a small
town a hundred miles or so away.
A friend put him on the train, and
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at the right station.
The train, however, ran into a
freight and was wrecked. Pat was
thrown through a window and landed
on his hands and knees, but
f beyond a severe shaking up and a
few scratches was not hurt. Picking
himself up and brushing his clothes
he walked to a building some distance
away, which turned out to be
the station where he was to get out.
Pat immediately hunted up his
brother.
V , After the usual greetings were
v over, Pat was asked how he liked
f our railroad service.
"Ye, sure have some foine, com9
fortable trains," he replied, "and
they do go loike the divil, but Oi
think there could be some improvement
in the way they put ye off at
yer station."
Confidence in a Lawyer.
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"That is my opinion. Twenty-five
dollars, please."
"I got the same opinion from an
other lawyer and he charged me $5."
"Um. You had no confidence in
him."
"No-no."
c "But you have in me?"
"Y-yes."
"Precisely. Our opinions are the
same but the difference in the cost is
$20, and to have confidence in your
case is well worth $20. This war in
1 Europe is terrible isn't it?"
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DOESN'T WANT HIS SHARE.
S. O. Senator to Vote Against River
and Harbor Measure.
Washington, May 20.?"I do not
want my share of the stealing in this
bill; and while South Carolina has
items in it amounting to $300,000 I
shall vote against it and hope it will
not become law."
In these words Senator B. R. Tillman
began his remarks on the senate
floor when he arose today to say that
h? would oppose the passage of the
pending rivers and harbors bill.
"We need the money so much
more for more important things that
it is criminal in my mind to hesitate
for one moment or to discuss this bill
at all," Senator Tillman continued.
The senior senator then said that
if the bill should pass $40,000,000
would be wasted.
"I would be ashamed to go home
and tell my people that I have voted
$300,000 for South Carolina and left
unprepared and unprotected the momentous
question of a greater navy,"
he said.
Continuing his appeal for less riVer
and harbor waste and more money
for real preparedness, Senator Tillman
said that he wanted more battleships
and cruisers. He said he favored
a lump sum for river and harbor
work and did not desire to see
new surveys for waterway development
always being proposed.
"I pray 'God," Senator Tillman
said finally, "that if this bill should
pass the president, will veto it."
Getting Ahead.
There are a lot of things in thi9
world more important than money
and material prosperity, but money
and the getting of money, or the
lack of it, are matters of universal
concern. A little prosperity is essential
to the average man's happi
ness, for the average man is not a
philosopher.
All of us make a little money.
Most of us spend all we make. We
spend it all because our minds are
primitive. We are ruled by the moment's
desire, and not by the logical
conclusion that tomorrow will bring
like desires. And so it happens that,
whether we make much or little, old
age finds us as poor as we were in
youth. Then our poverty makes us
bitter, and we denounce our neighbor
whose ease and prosperity are
based on the very thrift we refused
to practice. We become Socialists
and_cuss the corporations.
Continued poverty is a personal
fault. The world is full of opportunity.
There labor for all, and
habitual labor in any field brings a
recompense that is more than sufficient
for the actual cost of existpnr.e
Anv man who will can save.
dollar each day as reward for his
The laborer who takes home one
sweating can feed and clothe his
family, satisfy every natural need,
and save one-fourth of his income.
I do not say he will, I say he can.
Respectable clothes can be bought
for a very little money. Simple food
is not dear.
But he will not deny himself. He
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will buy high-priced food and highpriced
clothes?on credit. He will
have his tobacco and his dram.
And because he isn't man enough
to endure every necessary privation
while getting a start, he remains poor
and blames conditions and the government
for his poverty.
I once knew a young fellow who
earned five dollars a week. Out of
that sum be kept up his little family,
gave a little to his church, and paid
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ccisii iur everyiumg lie uuuguu juo,ter
his wages were raised to eight
dollars a week. Instead of saving
the extra three dollars, he allowed
himself a little more latitude in buying,
and even began to buy on credit.
His wages were raised to ten dollars
a week, and after that he was never
able to meet his obligations at the
store.
Poverty is a matter of carelessness.
Any one who has the moral stamina
to deny himself can get ahead?
slowly, perhaps, but surely.?Fountain
Inn Tribune.
Counsel for the Prosecution.
"Mr. Kilkins, has not an effort
been made to induce you to tell a
different story?"
"A different story from what I
told, sir?"
"That's what I mean."
"Yes, sir; several persons have
tried to get me to tell a different
story from what I have told, hut
they could not."
"Now, sir, upon your oath, I wish
to know who those persons are."
"Well, I guess you've tried about
as hard as any of them."?Chicago
Herald.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick <
Reading.?Paragraphs About '>
Men and Happenings.
Allen Brown, a negro man, was
j killed by unknown parties at Hagood j
last week. ,
The next annual council of the
Episcopal diocese of South Carolina <
will be held in Cheraw. 1
The Charleston Light Dragoons, a
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cavalry troop, were mustered into the
National Guard at Charleston last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cohen and Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Southard, of
Union, were slightly injured in an
automobile accident last week.
President Wilson proposes to visit
Columbia between the time of the
national Democratic convention and
the general election in November.
Wise Hutton and Julian Cook, of
Lexington county, killed a rattlesnake
last week that was six feet
long and carried 18 rattles and a button.
At the fifth annual meeting of the
South Carolina Order of Elks held in
Columbia last week it was decided
that the next meeting would be held
in Columbia. Ralph J. Ramer, of
Anderson, was elected president of
the organization.
W. F. Flowers, a veterinarian, of
Easley, was convicted in that town
last week of transporting four gallons
of whiskey in an automobile
driven by Furman Holder, who
claimed that he did not know the
whiskey was in the new Overland
car. Flowers was fined $100 or
thirty days and the car was confiscated.
It will be sold by the town on
June 5. to the highest bidder.
Irvin Gillespie, 29 years old, died
in an Anderson hospital Thursday
morning of pneumonia. In a fit of
delirium Wednesday Gillespie tried
to jum^ out of a window. He was
seized by a negro orderly who was
unable to hold him. Gillespie broke^
out a pane of glass and was partly
out of the window when the negro
grabbed him again and held him until
help arrived. The negro's arms
were badly cut by coming in contact
with the broken window pane.
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As Pershing's Columns Retrace Steps
Northwards
Field Headquarters, Mexico, May
20.?Thirteen troopers of the 7th
cavalry were fired "tipon* yesterday
near the town of Temosachic and one
was wounded. The attack is ascribed
to bandits hiding under a bridge
near the town, which is a few miles
southeast of Madero, on the MexicoNorthwestern
railroad.
After a few shots the Mexicans fled
and the Americans continued on their
way.
A small group of Mexicans is falling
in behind the American columns
as they move northward, always
keeping out of sight, but telling the
natives that they are chasing the
"Gringoes" from Mexican soil. They
stop whenever the Americans halt
and hide or disarm if Gen. Pershing's
mPTi annrnnrh thorn
Two suppositions are prevalent regarding
the identity of these men.
One is that they are Carranzistas
trying to give the American movement
the appearance of a retreat.
The other is that they are bandits
seeking to annoy the Americans by
sniping. The latter conjecture is regarded
as the more probable.
This is the first intimation received
that American soldiers were stationed
so far to the south. All reports
have placed their southernmost
point at Namiquipa, which is a considerable
distance to the north of
Temosachic, from which it is also
separated by the Sierra Madre range.
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Bragging.
The close neighbors were in con- ,
versation.
"Well," said the one, "you haven't
any call to be proud; my father's
taller than yours!"
"Bet you a shilling he ain't!" was
the retort.
"Bet you he is," said the first ]
youngster. "My father can see over 1
the wall at the end of the garden. ?
Yours can't." 1
*'Yes, he can," responded the
other, "with his hat on."?London '
Opinion. <
GREAT MEMORIAL. ?
Stone Mountain to Be Transformed
Into Monument.
Atlanta, May 20.?The work of
presenting to the South a memorial
3f the War Between the States, prob- C
ably unique in design and scope, formally
was begun at Stone Mountain
here today. The mountain is a solid
block of stone and on its most
precipitous side will be carved figures
nearly forty feet in height and c
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scenes depicting the civil war. At *
the base of the mountain directly un- a
der the gigantic figures will be blasted
out an assembly hall, in which the
reunions of the Daughters of the
Confederacy will be held. "
Some years ago the United Daughters
of the Confederacy conceived the
idea of suclf a monument and enlisted
the aid of S. E. Venable, who
owns most of the mountain. Part of
the ceremonies today was the presentation
to an officer of the Daughters
of the Confederacy by Mr. Venable a
HooH tn that nart nf the mountain on
which the huge figures will be carv- ^
ed.
While practically all of the memorial
will be cut out of solid rock,\it (
will be necessary to erect corner
posts. It was the laying of the first
block of one of these posts that occasioned
the celebration today. The
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principal speakers announced were: f
Federal Judge Emery Speer and John
Temple- Graves. Jason Borglum, a .
sculptor, will have charge of the
work.
The central group of the historical
carvings will be a number of equestrian
figures of Lee,'Jackson, Forrest,
Johnson, Gordon, Davis and other
heroes of the Confederacy.
These figures will stand about
thirty-seven feet, according to Mr.
Borglum. He stated that the horses
would stand twenty-seven feet at the
"Withers. The group will extend for
a distance of about 3,000 feet around
the face of the mountain at a height
of slightly less than four hundred
feet above the surrounding country.
The great hall cut at the base or
the mountain will be one hundred
and eighty feet long and sixty feet
deep. It will have thirteen columns
cut from solid rock, representing
each of the thirteen Confederate
States. , In it will be stored archives
and records of the War Between the
States.
It will take about eight years to
complete the work, according to the
sculptor.
ONE AUTOMOBILIST HIT.
Two Fired Upon From Ambush Near 1
Orangeburg.
Orangeburg, May 19.?Two young
men of this county, Maxwell King and 1
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Marion Shuler, had narrow escapes
while going in automobiles from this
city toward Rowesville late last night.
When they reached a point about J
two miles below this city, about fifteen
minutes apart, they were fired
at with a shotgun from the edge of
the woods. Several shots took effect
in the head of Mr. Shuler, and one
in TWn TTinor'c ntwt Neither of them
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is seriously Kurt. 1
The authorities were notified at :
once and an investigation was begun <'
with the result that a negro who i
lives in the vicinity where the shoot- 1
ing occurred has been placed under '
arrest. Others are suspected of be- '
ing implicated, it is said. <
SHERIFF SELLS MACHINE. I
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Alleged It Was Used Fop Carrying '
Contraband Whiskey. <
Aiken, May 18.?Sheriff Howard *
sold yesterday to the highest bidder *
the automobile said to be owned by I
J. N. Bruce, of Columbia, which the 1
constables captured on Saturday <
night, April 29, loaded with whiskey. *
This is one of the first cases re- 1
ported in which the automobile has (
been sold after being captured with [ I
contraband whiskey. Bruce was
making his way from Augusta, Ga.,
to Columbia, with 370 pints of whiskey,
it is alleged, when his machine
was stopped and the whiskey was 1
confiscated. It will be dumped, the ^
automobile was sold, and Bruce *
placed under a $500 bond for appearance
at the summer term of court. c
Sheriff Howard sold the machine *
to M. F. Wharton for $192.50.
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The class was having a lesson in
punctuation. "Who can tell me how f
to punctuate the following sentence," (
asked the teacher: " 'A five-dollar a
bill flew around the corner?' " a
"Plonco tMf>hpr " answered .Tames. I
'I'd make a dash after it."?Country f]
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VETS" PICK WASHINGTON
CONFEDERATES WILL PARADE
OX PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
Jen. Harrison Commander.?Resolution
Adopted Favoring Consolidation
of Veterans and Sons.
Birmingham, May 17.?The desire
>f the old Confederate soldiers to
)arade down Pennsylvania avenue
end be reviewed by the president of
he United States led them to choose
Washington, D. C., for the 1917 re
inion city at the closing business
;ession of their reunion here tonight,
rulso, Okla., and Memphis, Tenn., revived
the next highest votes in the
>rder named.
At the election of officers late in
;he afternoon, Gen. George P. Harrison.
commander of the Alabama di
rision of the United Confederate Veterans,
was elected commander-inehief
of the veterans, succeeding Gen.
Bennett Young, of Louisville, Ky.,
svho refused to permit his name to
be presented as a candidate for reelection^
Other officers named were:
Commander department of the
irmy of Tennessee, Gen. John P.
Hickman, of Tennessee.
Commander trans-Mississippi department,
Gen. K. M. Van Zant, of
Texas, reelected;
Commander department army of
Virginia, Gen. John Thompson
Brown, of Virginia.
The recommendations of the resolutions
committee, with the exception
of one favoring a reduction in
the salary of the adjutant general
from $1,800 to $1,500 annually, and
another favoring the consolidation of
the veterans and some of the veterans
organizations, were referred to
the commanding general and the
heads of the three departments. The
resolution favoring the consolidation
of the two organizations was adopted
and a committee, composed of the
general officers and one representa
tive rrom eacn envision, was ayyuimed
to cooperate with a similar committee
from the sons, to report at
the next reunion.
The effort to reduce the adjutant
general's salary failed when it was
learned that the constitution leaves
that matter in the hands of the executive
council and commander-inchief.
According to the report of the
commanding officer followed a touchHome
association, presented by John
S. Leathers, of Kentucky, showed
there were no debts against the as
sociation, and they had a balance in
bank of more than $600.
Flag to Gen. Young.
The election of Gen. Harrison as
commander officer followed a touching
scene, when Mrs. Virginia
Frazier Boyle, of Tennessee, poet
laureate for the veterans, presented
a handsome silk flag to Gen. Young.
The flag was borne through the war
by a band of Morgan's raiders. The
title of honorary president for life
was conferred upon Gen. Young by
unanimous vote of the convention.
Washington's claims for the honor
r\f an + an+ Qin in cr tVio "Rr?vs in CtTAY"
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oext year were presented by Gol. Hilary
A. Herbert, secretary of the navy
in the cabinet of the late President
Cleveland, in an elocfuent speech.
The movement, he said, was started
by Hancock corps of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
Gen. C. W. Hooker, of Alabama;
Gen. A. J. West, of Georgia, and Mrs.
Cornelia Branchstone, of Galveston,
rexas, supported Washington's
jlaime in short speeches.
Gen. A. B. Booth, of Louisiana, insisted
that the next reunion go to a
Southern city. He injected the nejro
question into the discussion for
;he first time, declaring that the lack
>f segregation laws would force
Southern women, as well as Southern
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hen, iu lliia. wilu iicgi uco viumjovu>usly
in street cars and other public
)laces.
J. E. Swearingen to Be Married.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry
l^anius, of Harlowton, Mont., anlounce
the engagement of their siser,
Miss Mary Hough, to John E.
Jwearingen, of Columbia. The wedling
will take place in June at the
lome of Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Bruce, of
Ireenville.
Miss Hough is a graduate of Winhrop
college and is well known in
>outh Carolina.
Mr. Swearingen has been State su>erintendent
of education in South
Carolina since January, 1909. He is
l nephew of Senator B. R. Tillman
ind is a native of Edgefield county,
le was graduated with high honors
rom the University of South Carolina
n 1898.?The State.
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BYRNES MADDENS G. O. P.
Mann So Angry He Threatens to
"Fix" Jimmy.
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Washington, May 20.?When the ?
house passed the shipping bill today
it found the Republican part of that
body mad as a March hare and -ready
to do vengeance to a member of the
South Carolina delegation, Congressman
James F. Byrnes. This came
about because Mr. Byrnes has been
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most active in framing the bill in
committee and in helping to pass it
on the floor of the house.
All day yesterday the Republicans
had filibustered and were charging
"gag rule" by the Democrats.
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being considered provided that a vote
should be taken at 4 o'clock on Friday.
The Republicans on Thursday
and Friday killed time in order that
when the timg for closing the debate
had arrived only a part of the bil^ would
be considered and they could
charge the Democrats with gag rule.
Mr. Byrnes had kept a record of
the time used by the Republicans and
by the Democrats and in closing the
debate for the advocates of the bill
he charged that while the Republicans
talked of gag rule they had in
fact consumed more than twice the
time consumed by the Democrats in
the discussion of the bill. It is seldom
that Minority Leader Mann loses .
his temper, but when in response to
repeated interruptions by him Mr.
Byrnes charged that Mr. Mann knew
nothing about the bill, because in- '
stead of attending to his business he
had deserted the house and gone to
the ball game, leaving some of his
assistants on the floor with instructions
to filibuster, the Republican
leader threatened the member from ; ^
South Carolina that In due time hewould
"fix him" and with the member
from the second district declar
ing his indifference to the threats of >
the Republican leader, amid applause
from the Democratic side the debate
came to a very stormy close.
It has been evident all along that
the Republicans would do anything
in their power to defeat this great
administration measure and the sitI
uation came to a climax here today,. J
as stated, when Mr. Byrnes so taunted
the G. 0. P. leaders that they lost
control of themselves entirely and
began to make threats as to what
they would do. Just how Mr. Mann
proposes to "fix" Mr. Byrnes has not
yet been disclosed and is one of the
interesting situations yet to develop.
PALMETTO PARTY GREETED.
Manning and Staff Receive an Ovation
at Mecklenburg Celebration.
Charlotte, N. C., May 20.?Twenty
members of Gov. Manning's staff
came to Charlotte with the governor
to assist in the reception of President v
and Mrs. Wilson, and the South Carolinians
played a prominent part in
the events of the day. Gov. Manning
and his staff were enthusi^as- ^ g
tically received on every appearance.
during tneir stay in unariotte. in?
party left for Columbia late tonight
on a special Pullman, pulled by the Southern
railway's twentieth of Mayextra.
Mrs. Manning and Mrs. Craig, the
wife of the governor of North Carolina,
were tendered a reception late
this afternoon at the Selwyn hotel.
Gov. Craig designated Hudson C.
Miller as personal aide to Gov. Manning
during his visit to Charlotte.
The members of the South Carolina
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staff present today were: 0. K. Lg,Roque,
Donald McQueen, George W.
Dick, R. M. Cooper, E. E. Aycock, S.
M. McColl, J. A. Wheeler, J. D. Shirer,
Rion McKissick, H. B. Ingram,
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Thomas W. Davies, W. A. Klauber,
E. W. DuVall, John T. Koaaey, u. u
Cobb, A. L. Gaston, A. A. Manning,
John B. Adger, C. L. Cureton and L.
Wigfall Cheatham.
Over the South Carolina* headquarters
hung a South Carolina flag made
at Clemson and loaned for the occasion
by Winthrop college.
After Mr. Wilson's speech today,
Gov. Manning was given a demonstration
of ardent enthusiasm as he
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left the speaker's stand.
Mistake in Name.
Mrs. Hill, who had just arrived in
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Florida to spend the winter, hired a
colored girl to clean the house.
Charity was the girl's name.
Mrs. Hill kept Charity busy and in
her usual way told her how she wanted
everything done. She said:
"Now, when vou get to the back
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porch, you can use the soap and water
freely." x
The colored girl looked up very
quickly and said:
"Don't call me Freely, ma'am;
mah name's Cha'ity."?Country Gentleman.
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