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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1917. Established 1891
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
. Ehrliardt Etchings.
Rhrhardt. Fftb. 13.?A tVDical
seen? in and around town:
What beautiful spring-like weather
we had the first of the little short
month of February. All work was
progressing nicely; the plowman
went to work every morning with a
song in the air, left his coat at home;
late in the afternoon could be seen
slapping mosquitoes and, in fact, it
seemed as if all the cold was over.
The fishermen were getting nervous.
Messrs. Chas. Ehrhardt and J. E.
Folk were looking up some poles, inspecting
their tackle, scraping out
the old frying pan and spotting some
places to dig bait. What! Going
fishing? Yes, we thought we would
go and see what the "pisciculturist"
had done since last season. About
then came a signal from the weather
man that a blizzard was on the way
and to prepare for the coldest weather
of the season, but no one paid any
attention to h^m, consequently some
of us had no wood or coal. The cold
arrived in due time and seemed as
if it would run all the mercury out
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end; some say it went as low as 8
degrees. For several days it registered
10 to 12 degrees. All the water
pipes above the ground were
frozen and burst, a great many folks
found it difficult to get water to
cook with. Now, since the ice has
melted, my! what a mess. Some of
the hot water pipes in the stoves
froze and water, ashes, and soot took
charge of the kitchen. In several
instances the good "lady" had to
?ive up her kitchen, roll the barrel
of flour to a higher place and send i
for a plumber and maybe he had to
wait several days before he could get
there, as such workers seem to be
scarce, as this is a bad, wet and a
cold job and few people can get up
courage enough to undertake it- Mr.
J. B. Folk (the only plumber in
' town) worked in the cold when his
hands would freeze and stick to the
wrenches; would have to put them
in warm water to get loose.
The doctors are busy treating
colds and lagrippe, and the man with
fuel for sale?well, he has had a
busy time, but everything will soon
he normal again and by July one
would think that we never did have
any ice, unless it be old Mum Georgia
thA colored cook, remembering
^ how "that er stove spouted dem
ashes, soot and water" in her face
when she put fire in the stove the
morning during the freeze.
Capt. J. M. Smith, of Bamberg,
was in town last week shaking hands
with old friends. Capt. Smith is
just recovering from a severe illness
and we could not dare shake his hand
as hard as we wished to. We understand
that he will move to town as
soon as sufficiently recovered, to take
< charge of his work.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Copeland lost
* their infant son (only a few days
old) last Friday night. The child
was buried Saturday afternoon in the
Lutheran cemetery.
^ Miss Ella Moore left Friday to
visit her sister, Mrs. R. O. Rice, of
Holly Hill.
Messrs. B. R. and Robt. Bennett,
t of Holly Hill, visited town last week.
What is to become of the "poor
man" who has formed the habit of
, drinking to keep warm during cold
N weather? It is a pitiful sight to see
him shivering over a keg of cider
* that has no alcohol in it. He drinks
all he can hold and smacks his lips,
but leaves disappointed as the effects
- of whiskey are not there.
Mr s w fVmeland has under con
. straction a fine brick building on
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Main street that, will be used for a
store when completed.
The Carolina Gin Co. is erecting a
modern bungalow on their lot recently
purchased of Col. J. F. Folk.
The Ehrhardt Heading Mill Co. is
rushing their plant and will soon be
blowing the whistle and manufactur.
; ing barrel heads.
Mrs. R. A. Owens, who lost her
house some time ago by fire, is rebuilding.
Mr. G. B. Kinard is getting material
on his lot for a handsome residence.
Capt. J. M. Dannelly has about
completed repairing and enlarging
his dwelling.
Mr. O. E. Kinard is preparing to
build a nice little home on main
street, down in Robertsville.
Messrs. Roy and Stacy Kearse have
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moved into their brick garage, opposite
their old stand.
Special to mothers for preserving
children: Take one large, grassy
field, one half-dozen children, two or
three small dogs, a pinch of brook
and some pebbles. Mix the children
and dogs well together and put them
into the field, stirring constantly;
pour the brook over the pebbles,
sprinkle the field with flowers, spread
ever all a deep blue sky, and bake in
the hot sun. When brown, remove
and set away to cool in a bath tub.
Serve with a good switch or hair
brush, if any should become mad or
contrary. JEF.
Buford Bridge Budget.
Buford Bridge, Feb. 12.?Miss
Laura Hankinson and mother, of
Orangeburg, were pleasant visitors at
the home of Mr. S. E. Neeley last
week.
Fletcher and Elizabeth Kirkland
and Cleo Kearse, of Carlisle school,
spent last week-end at home.
Dr. and Mrs. Lawton Kirkland and
Dr. Kirkland's mother and Miss
Fairey, of Atlanta, Ga., spent several
days in the community with relatives
this past week.
Mr. Henry Kearse, of Bamberg,
spent last Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kearse.
Miss Lena Kearse and little Miss
Gladys Brabham, of Olar, spent Sunday
at home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kirkland have
been in Ehrhardt all the week with
sick relatives.
Quarterly meeting was held at
Mizp^h last Saturday and Sunday.
Regardless of the small crowd Saturday
a good meeting ws held.
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Spring Branch Sayings.
Spring Branch, Feb. 13.?We are
having fine weather for hog killings.
Mr. H. C. Herndon killed a rattlesnake
one day last week, while hauling
woodj which was found by his
bird dog. The snake had thirteen
rattles and a button.
Mrs. L. A. Bessinger spent last
Saturday and Sunday with her son,
Mr. Laurie Sandifer, of Denmark.
Mrs. W. S. O'Quinn spent last Saturday
and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Laurie Sandifer, of Denmark.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Crider gave a
pinder shelling iast Saturday night,
which was very much enjoyed" by
those who attended.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Herndon and
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Herndon spent
last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Padgett, of Denmark.
Mrs. Emma Goodwin spent last
Sunday with Mrs. Willie King, of
Midway.
Miss Dottie Goodwin spent last
Saturday night and Sunday with
Misses Eula and Clara O'Quinn.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Crider spent
last Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Wil
lie King.
Miss Nelle Clayton spent last weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Clayton, of Colston section.
Misses Inez and Mildred Zeigler
spent Sunday with Misses Ethel and
Sallie Zeigler.
Mr. Connie Crider spent Saturday
night with Mr. Monroe Crider.
Mr. Charlie Goodwin spent Sunday
with Mr. Mayfield Bessinger.
Branchville Breezes.
Branchville, Feb. 10.?Dr. Daniel
McAlhaney, of Summerville, was in
Branchville Wednesday.
Mrs. Julius Myers and Misses Lydia
and Nellie Reeves left Monday
for Tampa, Fla., where they will visit
the Misses Reeves' father, L. H.
Reeves. ?
Mrs. J. B. Henderson has returned
home after having spent several
weeks in Florida.
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was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. P.
Bethea Wednesday.
The Young People's Social club
met with Miss Mae Britton on Tuesday
evening.
The music pupils of Miss Cottingham
gave a recital in the school auditorium
Friday evening.
Colston Clippings.
Colston, Feb. 13.?It looks as if
the cold weather will continue
through February. It is reported
that very few fields of oats withstood
the cold of last week. But let us
hope that when we once again have
pretty weather they will revive, and
show signs of life, as the farmers are
getting pretty serious about it.
Misses Evelyn and Julia Kirkland
spent Saturday with relatives in Olar.
Messrs George Kearse and Talbert
Padgett spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F." Kearse.
Miss Reba Williams was the pleas
ant guest of Miss Nettie Clayton Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. A. McMillan and
children, and Mrs. J. B. Varn motored
to Orangeburg to see relatives last
week-end.
Miss Sadie Boyd spent last weekend
in Olar with relatives.
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Beard and B. D. Bishop motored to
Columbia last week-end.
Mr. J. G. Clayton, of Walterboro,
and Miss Nelle Clayton, of Spring
Branch, spent last week-end at home
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Clayton.
Miss Minnie Kirkland spent Sunday
with Misses Natalie and Alberta
Kearse.
Mrs. J. C. Beard and children were
visitors at Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton's
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Padgett, of
Bamberg, spent Sunday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Padgett.
The programme at Colston Branch
church Sunday was carried out, and
the Sunday-school service proceeded
in its usual order.
Misses Evelyn, Bessie, and Julia
Kirkland visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Jennings, Jr., Sunday.
Miss Inez Clayton was the gues{ of
Miss Aileen Beard Sunday night.
Mr. Mouzon Zeigler, of Ehrhardt,
was a visitor in this section Satur/Iott
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Mrs. J. B. All is spending 1 some
time with her son, Mr. George All, of
Columbia.
Kearse Klippings.
Kearse, Feb. 12.?The home
demonstration club met last Friday
afternoon. This was a business meeting,
but the poultry subject was discussed
to some extent; also the
spring gardens. The next meeting
will be^ held in March, at the usual
time, with Mrs. G. B. Kearse. The
January lesson on soup making will
be demonstrated by Mrs. Faust and
Mrs. Kearse.
Mrs. Faust and Mrs. Walker visited
White Point school Friday morning,
reorganizing the tomato club.
Mrs. Walker m^de an instructive talk
to the girls.
The Kearse Sunday-school carried
out the State "come-to-Sunday-school
day" programme Sunday afternoon.
Our superintendent, Mr. Angus
Kearse, is making special efforts to
make the Sunday-school interesting,
and we are glad to report several
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new mewuers auueu tu uui run. auu
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a more regular attendance from our
old members. Now that a new organ
is installed in the church, we hope to
improve our song service. Let's
everybody come to Sunday-school
next Sunday at three p. m., and have
an hour's choir practice.
Miss Winnie Davis Kearse and her
friend, Miss Maggie Jones, of Lodge,
spent the week-end at home.
Miss Rowena Ariel, of Mullins, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. H.
Ritter.
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Faber Kearse, from Carlisle school,
came home for the week-end.
Sehofield Sketches.
Schofield, Feb. 13.?Mr. D. L. Shiplett
was called to his home in Virginia
last week on account of his son
being critically ill with pneumonia.
Mr. H. T. Kearse was out yesterday
with a party of 18 men from
Bamberg, Ehrhardt, and Olar, on a
dove hunt. They killed several hundred
birds.
We are glad to see Mr. J. I. Owen
out again after a week's illness.
Mr. F. M. Eliott motored over to
Bamberg on Sunday last,
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visited relatives here last week.
Mr. C. A. Peters left for his home
in Kentucky. He will probably be
away several days. DRAEBLR.
The Skyrocket Brand.
A man traveling, entered a tavern,
and seeing no one present but the
landlord and a negro, seated himself
and entered into a conversation with
the negro. Shortly he asked Sambo
if he was dry. Sambo said he was.
Stranger told him to go to the bar
and take something at his expense.
Negro did so and shortly left. Landlord
says to the stranger:
"Are you acquainted with that nigger!"
"No, never saw him before; but
why do you ask?"
"I supposed so from your conversing
with him and asking him to
drink."
"Oh!" said the stranger, "I was
experimenting. The fact is, I was dry
myself, and I thought that if your
liquor didn't kill the negro in lb
minutes, I would venture to take a
drink myself."
Landlord's curiosity fully satisfied.
?Jacksonville Times.
HOLLEMAN SENT UP.
Former Casliier Bank of Anderson
Pleads Guilty.
Anderson, Feb. 9.?J. Townes
Holleman, former cashier of the
Bank of Anderson, who defaulted in
the sum of approximately $35,000
and who disappeared about seven and
one-half years ago, appeared in the
court of general sessions this afternoon
and entered a formal plea of
guilty to the charge of breach of
trust. Course! for Mr. Holleman
presented to Judge H. F. Rice, pre
siding judge, a petition signed by all
officers and directors of the Bank of
Anderson, all city officials and about
200 well known and representative
citizens of the county asking the
i court to be lenient in passing sentence
on the defendant, pointing out
that in the op .nion of the petitioners
Mr. Hollemaa had already been
| greatly punished for the wrong he
had done. Strong and earnest pleis
were made by counsel for Mr. Holleman
asking mercy. Judge Rice was
moved to tears. /
A sentence of two years in the
State penitentiary or a like period on
the public roads of Anderson county
| was passed, Judge Rice stating that
this was the most disagreeable act in
all of his duties as judge except that
of passing the death sentence upon
a person at a recent term of court in
the State. He stated further when
another plea was made to reduce the
sentence to twelve months that he
had made the sentence as light as his
conscience would dictate. By special
deputized arrangements Mr. Holleman
was allowed to spend tonight at
the home of his brother. He will elect
whether to go to the State penitentiary
or to the public roads tomorrow.
Mr. Holleman stated that while he
hoped for a sentence of not more
than twelve months that he realized
hart nnmmittprt a ereat wrone and
stood ready to pay the penalty. He
said that he knew that the two years
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of imprisonment as imposed upon
him by the court could not measure
up to the great punishment he had
suffered during the seven and onehalf
years he was a fugitive from
justice.
Lancaster Man Shot.
Lancaster, Feb. 11.?Walter
Evans, a prominent farmer of Jones
Cross Roads, shot and killed Ed
Bailey and wounded his "brother, J.
Y. Bailey, in a difficulty this afternoon.
It is said the trouble was of
long standing. Evans was shot
through the face but came to Lancaster
and received medical attention
afterwards, being placed in Jail. All
the parties are prominent in their
communities.
Honor Roll Denmark Schools.
The followingvis the honor roll of
Denmark public schools:
First grade?Robert Sojourner,
Mary Boozer, Ethel Hartzog, Esther
Riley, Mary Smoak, Frances Wiggins.
Second grade?Albert Bean, J. Z.
Brooker, G. W. Goolsby, Hoyt Smoak,
Louis Spann, Fletcher Sojourner, Govan
Zeigler, Dorothy Hightower,
Dorothy Stevenson, Margaret Bogen.
Third grade?Clyde Gillam, Clif|
ford Ray, Hagood Zorn, Helen
Brooker, Winnie Cox, Mamie Turner,
Miriam Turner.
Fourth grade?John Turner, Edward
Zeigler, Sarah Califf, Blanche
Collins, Inez Finch, Julian Ray, Edwardine
Sojourner, Lena Stevensdn,
Myrtle Walker. j
Fifth grade?Frances Dozier, Albert
Folk, Stanwix Hutto, George
Hope, George Hightower, James McCrae,
Richard Sojourner, Margaret
Brooker. Emma Boeen. Everdell
Hartzog, Leon Hartzog, Sadie Spires.
Sixth grade?Joe Matthews, Pernelle
Collins, Evelyn Cain, Jennie
Gillam, Lillie Grimes, Margaret Hoffman,
Dorothy Riley, Helen Turner.
Seventh grade?Carlisle Folk, Edward
Cox, Louise Thomas, Georgia
LeCroy, Leoline Walker, Mabel Gillam,
Thelma Ray, Selma Seymour,
Ruth Califf, Louise Ray.
Eighth grade?Anna Matthews,
Pearl Barr, Mary Louise Finch.
! <v Ninth grade?Harold Sojourner,
Ruth Folk, Elizabeth McCrae, Julia
McCrae, Lela Gillam, Cecile Hope.
Tenth grade?Julia Cox, Katherine
Faust, Willie Dell Hutto, Laura Ray.
Eleventh grade?Martha Wiggins,
Clara Wyman.
L. W. Voorhees, of Adelphia, N. J.,
bought a pair of six-weeks-old pigs
from a distant neighbor. The next
day they were missing. They had
broken from their temporary quarters
during the night and made their
way several miles across country to
their old pen.
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-. K. Shuman was acquitted in
Hampton, Friday, of killing his
brother-in-law.
Farm demonstration agents of
South Carolina had a meeting at
Clemson college last week.
Marshall Jackson, a negro man
who lived near Campobello, was
found frozen to death Sunday.
President Wilson has nominated T.
H. Pope to be postmaster at Greenville,
to succeed David B. Traxler.
C. S. Kennerly, a well known citizen
of Cokesbury, was found frozen
to death in his back yard, Sunday.
Scores of tobacco beds in Clarendon
county have been killed by the
cold weather of the past few days.
While hunting near Cheraw, Thursday,
Dr. 0. H. Purvis was wounded
in the hand by the explosion of his
gun.
James A. Galloway, of Mallory,
broke his arm Sunday afternoon
while attempting to crank his automobile.
Most of the South Carolina troops
stationed on the Mexican border near
El Paso, Texas, left for home last
Satnrdav.
The Employes Savings Bank, of
Pacolet Mills, Spartanburg county,
has been commissioned by the secretary
of State.
During the month of January, a
total of 2i,3 persons were tried in the
Greenville police court. Fines totaling
$1,273.15 were paid during the
month.
The body of Lieutenant J. Karl
Bolton, of Greenwood, who was killed
January 10 on the island of Santo
Domingo, was buried in Greenwood
on Monday:
Col. A. J. Mattheson, one of the
wealthiest citizens of Bennettsville,
is at the point of death as the result
of a stroke of paralysis sustained
several days ago.
David A. Houston, of Monroe, N.
C., has been appointed a director and
treasurer of the federal farm loan
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position pays $4,000.
The Greenville Farm Loan association
has been organized in Greenville,
last week with a membership
of twenty-six. Applications for loans
totalling $80,000 have been made.
Rev. Walter E. Scheutte, a member
of the staff of the American
Lutheran Survey which is published
in Columbia, has accepted a call to a
Lutheran pastorate at Wheeling, W.
Va.
Yeggmen entered the postoffice at
Bath, S. C., near Augusta, Ga., some
time Sunday night, February 4, blew
open the safe and escaped with
money and stamps valued at $1,074.23.
Congressman Lever has secured
an order from the house setting
apart Sunday, February 25, as the
time when eulogies to the memory
of the late Congressman D. E. Finley
will be paid.
The supreme court has affirmed the
verdict of guilty of murder in the case
of the State against Will Stevens, who
was convicted in Greenwood county.
The lower court will set a new date
for the execution.
After the South Carolina national
Guard stationed on the Mexican Dorder
near El Paso, Texas, had entrained
Monday and was ready to return
home, General Funston issued
an order suspending their return at
present.
F. J. H. von Engelken, recently
elected president of the Federal Farm
Loan bank which is to be located in
Columbia, will leave Washington, for
his new post in Columbia, about February
15. ^Mr. von Engelken is at
present director of-the mint.
"The South Carolina Inaugural
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and his staff and contingents from
the student body of Clemson college,
the Citadel, the University of South
Carolina and possibly other colleges,
will leave Columbia Saturday night,
March 3, for Washington.
Henry Hutchinson, a white youth,
19 years of age, was found frozen to
death near Landrum, Spartanburg
county, early Monday morning.
Hutchinson went to Sunday-school
Sunday morning, after which he disappeared
and was not seen again until
his lifeless body was found near
a saw mill on Monday morning.
WILL GET $300,000.
Daniels Informs Senate of Allotment
Made for Charleston.
Washington, Feb. 8.?In response
to a resolution passed by the senate
at the instance of Senator Tillman,
Secretary Daniels has informed that
body of the allotment the navy department
has made of the $6,000,000
appropriated in the last naval
act to be used at the discretion of
the secretary to equip certain yards
for building warships.
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000 of the amount is to go to the
Charleston yard, $700,000 to Paget
Sound, $1,250,000 to Norfolk and
$3,000,000 to Philadelphia.
The pending naval appropriation
bill carries an item of $12,000,000 in
addition to the $6,000,000 in the
last act for the same purpose, and if
the difficulty with Germany should
assume a more serious aspect the
naval activities of the government > J would
be greatly increased. In the
latter event, immense lump sums
would probably be put at the discretion
of the president for naval and
military emergencies.
Indeed, one of the house leaders
said today that in his opinion the
chief effect which hostilities with
Germany would have upon the United
States would be a heavy increase
in the expenditures of this country.
He thought it would make the defeat
of Germany certain.
Sinking Million Tons a Month.
Washington, Feb. 8.?Germany's
ruthless submarine warfalre, continued
with the success of the past
three days, would destroy within a
short time a great part of the world's V
merchant tonnage. Officials here estimated
today on records for the
three days since expiration of the.
time allowed in the German proclamation
for ships at sea on February
1 to get into port that vessels were
being sunk at the rate of nearly a
million tons a month, the amount
German naval authorities set as necessary
to starve the British Isles.
At that rate it would take just four
years to destroy the tonnage of the
entire world. 48.000,000 tons, if all
the world's ships ventured into the
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war zone. *
Lloyds reports puts the tonnage
sunk February 5, 6, and 7 at about
85,000 tons.
The world turned out in 1916 less
than two million tonnage Of merchant
vessels. During the'year the
Germans sank a trifle more than
that, making the net loss in world's
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shipping about 1 1-2 per cent.
Ship manufacturers in all the allied
and neutral countries are rushing
work on merchant ships. Vessels ,
have been standardized and it Is al
most impossible to have made anywhere
a ship of special construction.
The British government is having
built great steel cargo ships all alike
and of the simplest construction. The
yards are busy night and day on their '
construction and as they are off the '
| ways keels will be laid for more.- v
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amount of tonnage constantly on the
oAao /lorrvinc cnnrla tn and from the
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British Isles.N United States customs
reports show that about a million
and a half tons clear from American
ports every month, but as some vessels
clear twice the figures are misleading.
About the same amount of
tonnage arrives monthly from European
ports. Of the 48,000,000
tons of merchant ships in the
world Great Britain owns about 20,000,000
tons. The United States is
second with a little more than 6,000,000
tons, of which 2,000,000 tons is
in lake and river trade. In AmeriV
'
can ports there are ninety-five German
merchant vessels of 600,000 tonnage,
which put in for haven at the
outbreak of the war.
dose Guess.
A bright young Dane has recently
takfen the position of elevator boy in
a downtown apartment house, says
the Philadelphia Press. The other
night a young doctor who lives there
returned at about 10 o'clock and
asked whether there had been anyone
to call on him during his absence.
"Yas," replied the Dane. ' "Dere
vas two."
"Who were they?"
"Huh?"
"Did they leave their cards?"
"Dare cards?"
"Yes, yes! Did they tell you their
names?"
The Dane smiled.
"Oh-h-h! Yas, dey dole me dere
names. It was Mr. Not Much und
his wife."
And not until next day did the
doctor discover that his guests were
some old Boston friends?Mr. and
Mrs. Blank Doolittle.
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