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LIVE STOCK PAYS
i ON CONNOR FARM
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CROP ROTATION" AX IMPORTANT
PART OP SYSTEM.
Hogs Follow Cattle.
Father and Three Sons of Eutawvilie
j Follow Well Laid Plans
on Their Farm. ^
Eutawvilie, Oct. 16.?Eight years '
ago the Connors, father and three
sons, organized Walnut Grove farm
for progressive farming, with pure
bred cattle as an important element
* of the scheme. Walnut Grove farm 1
is situated six miles from Eutawville, :
in Orangeburg county, and is owned 1
and operated by T. L. Connor, Sr.,
and three sons, T. L. Connor, Jr., J. 1
R. Connor and Fred Connor. The <
farm consists of 5,000 acres, on which <
is produced a large quantity of cot- 1
ton, corn and oats, cattle and hogs, s
with smaller quantities of accessory <
products either consumed on the farm
or sold with the major products.
The Connors believe in efficiency '<
and, therefore, organized the business
in such a way that each has his par- ?
ticular phase of the work to superin- t
tend and be responsible for. T. L. <
Connor, Sr., the father, supervises (
the entire business, while T. L. Con- ]
nor, Jr., is the live stock man and has t
direct charge of the cattle and hogs, i
J. R. Connor is in charge of the ten- t
ant farmers who operate on the Con- (
nor estate, and Fred Connor, the s
youngest son, has charge of the wag- s
es farm, which produces principally (
feed for the live stock which are (
grown on the farm.
The method of farming followed by v
this quartet of progressive farmers is r
a general rotation of cotton, corn and i
. oats, in addition to the ample summer
grazing crops, silage crops and pas- t
tures. t
It wras eight years ago that the Con- t
nors bought a few head of pure bred s
cattle, and had the misfortune of los
i i. a i n i.
ing ail 01 tnem except one duii. sucn j
an experience, which would have dis- ^
couraged so many others so complete- y
ly as to cause them to forsake any j
efforts at cattle raising, did not,dis- c
courage the Connors. They at once
. put in a bunch of grade cattle, and a
with this herd of grades, herded by a
the pure bred bull which had been j
saved from the tick fever, they had r
gratifying success and the farm was a
freed cf ticks. Upon finding - that
grade cattle was a paying proposition,
th4ir desires turned again to pure r
breds, and they invested in a herd of g
pure bred Herefords, which has been j
developed until now they have 70
head. X
The herd is now headed by Beau I
Gomez, a well bred "Anxiety" bull. In J<
the herd are such cows as "Love Donald"
and other well bred individuals,
the blood of which nicks in well with I
the "Anxiety" blood and with other
popular blood strains. The result is j.
that Walnut Grove farm has produced
and is producing some unusually
good animals^ A show herd of these
popular bred Herefords will be ex- ^
hibited by the Connors at the state
fair the last of this month and is sure,
to attract favorable attention.
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it is interesting to note lue metnuu
of furnishing feed for the live stock l
of Walnut Grove farm. Rye and oats
are sown for winter grazing, velvet
heans and silage are grown for feeding
and pastures of Bermuda grass, a
carpet grass and Lespedeza are al- c
ways available for permanent pasture t
grazing. This makes the live stock l;
proposition fit well into the Connor e
system and puts it on a paying basis, h
All of the feed given the herd is fl
charged up against it and accounts fc
are so kept that it is never difficult n
to tell where the herd stands in the f
matter of profit or loss. As a matter ii
of fact, it stands to reason that such t
a system is sure to be profit rather h
than loss. v
In addition to Hereford cattle, the f
Connor farm maintains also a good e
nera of JJuroc hogs to loiiow tne cat- *
tie in the fields and the lots, it having E
been found that the waste from the b
cattle feeding and grazing can be en- 1]
tirely saved by the use of hogs in con- h
junction with cattle. C
Keep it Dark. I
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"I suppose you think your little ^
bride is the greatest girl in the ^
world." r
"Sure I do. But I wouldn't dare s
tell her for fear that she would think a
she is the greatest girl in the world." ^
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WAS A BIG SUCCESS.
Fairfax Enjoys Great Get-Togetlie1*
Meeting.?Other Items.
Fairfax, Oct. 18.?The meeting of
was moretO?;etaoinshrd luetaoineta
citizens of Fairfax Thursday night
was more than a success. Before the
clock hands had made any progress
toward the appointed hour, great
throngs could be seen in the direction
of the city hall. The main thoroughfares
were crowded until the visitors
began to stroll toward the great town
luditorium, where a royal feast awaited
them. Those present enjoyed the
occasion, and more than once did various
men display creditable enthusiasm
in behalf of the town and various
issues that were discussed.
Fairfax citizens are to be heartily (
congratulated on the progressive
steps they are taking and most especially
for having elected such an
honorable man as Audrey Sanders to
the high and exalted position of mayDr,
and may the writer, too, take this
jpportunity of handing a bouquet to
the voters of Fairfax for having been
;o thoughtful as to furnish him with
m able and competent working staff,
rhe aldermen are B. F. Thomas, Roy <
Brant, Ralph Lightsey, Tom Wilson
md G. A. Gray.
The meeting was opened with pray- ;
3r by the Rev Mr. White, pastor of ;
:he First Baptist church. During the ;
evening's programme, spirited ad- :
iresses were made by all of Fairfax's j
ive wires and boosters. Talk about j
;he Demosthenes and Gradvs?they j
vere here in abundance. Orators of 1
:he day were: J. E. Johnston, F. C.
Uhitty, Z. D. Robertson, J. F. Light;ey,
B. D. Groseclose, W. W. Ander- ]
;on, Geo. D. Sanders, Dr. Lawton, C. \
>. Hammond, Geo. Jennings, J. B. r
)'Neal and B. F. Thomas. i
Last week Fairfax was honored by {
isits from several of South Carolina's (
nost prominent and influential school 1
nen and woemn. Misses Sadie Hart- ]
sr and Alma Googe, who are now (
eaching in Olar, spent the week-end ]
vith their parents. Prof. J. W. Chit- (
y, also from the same town and
ichool, was a visitor. .7
Mrs. Julia Harter paid a brief so- t
ourn to the city by the sea last Mon- j.
[ay. Her visit was in the interest of j.
ter sick sister, whom we are glad to j
earn is probably on the road to re- x
overy. j
An average of 90 on each subject <
nd also the same mark on attendance t
md conduct entitles pupils of the ,
Fairfax school to places on the honor j
oil. Honors for the past month are (
,re follows: t
First grade?None. ]
Second grade?James Young, Sa- T
ah Harter, Irene Chittv, Frances g
iullivan, Mary McDaniel, Elizabeth j
Lancaster. c
Third grade?Miriam Thomas, Otis ^
iynes, Pansy Fennell, Frederica j
nghtsey, Virginia McDaniel, Clair {
enness, Hilma Best. j.
Fourth grade?None. r
Fifth grade?Lena Johnston, Lois r
>eer. t
Sixth grade?Annie Lee Roberts, f
lugh Young. i
Seventh grade?Ernestine Smith. a
Eighth grade?Henry Fennell. r
Ninth grade?Julia Jenness, John a
Edward Harter. r
Tenth grade?Zeke Brant. r
NEAR LYNCHING. c
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Sen Holman Exchanged Shots With g
50 White Men at Blackville. c
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Following a collision between an
ptomobile driven by Ben Holman,
olored, and another driven by Belon
Fanning, a lynching was narrowy
averted in Blackville Sunday aft- i
rnoon. From what can be learned
ere, Holman, who was under the in- c
uence of liquor, blamed Mr. Fanning j
)r the collision and cursed him in the
lost vile terms. Being unarmed, Mr. c
anning and several friends who were e
n the car with him at the time, re- r
urned to Blackville and told of what g
ad happened. About 50 men, armed
rith shot guns and rifles, went to
lolman's house and the negro opend
fire on them. It is said that 12 or
5 shots were exchanged. The local f
baptist pastor and a visiting minis- \
er pleaded with the crowd not to c
mch the negro, who finally declared r
is willingness to surrender to John t
)'Gorman or John Farrell. He was "
aken in custody and lodged in the r
Jarnwell jail by Sheriff Sanders, the
itter being informed that an at- j.
empt would probably be made Sunay
night to lynch the prisoner, hurled
him to the Orangeburg jail for 4
afe keeping. Holman is said to bear
most unsavory reputation.?Barnrell
People.
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FLORENCE JURY
ACQUITS WOMAN
MRS. GUY BURGESS CLEARED OF
MURDER CHARGE.
Brief Deliberation.
Defendant Faints With Reading of
Verdict.?Her Husband
Was the Victim.
Florence, Oct. 14.?The jury in the
case of Mrs. Edna Burgess, tried for
the killing of her husband, Guy Burgess,
here July 21 of this year, after
deliberating one hour and ten minutes
today brought in a verdict of not
guilty. On hearing the verdict Mrs.
Burgess fainted, falling into the arms
of her sister, who sat by her side during
the trial. She was assisted from
the court room by the sheriff and on
reaching the street she again fainted.
The trial lasted for the greater part
of two days, during which the defendant
stood remarkably well the ordeal
through which she had passed.
The defence put-up and proved to
the satisfaction of the jury was temporary
insanity. The defendant was
put on the stand in her own behalf
and put through a severe cross examination
by Solicitor Gasque. She answered
every question promptly in a
straightforward way and those she
failed to answer she said "I don't
vnow." . :
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess were married
just exactly one year and five days
before the killing of the husband by
:he wife. They lived tot several
nonths after marriage in Jacksonville
where Mrs. Burgess was employed as
i hair dresser in a large mercantile
establishment and where Mr. Burgess
was foreman of a construction gang.
Be was later promoted to superintendent
of the signal system of the A. C.
Li. and his headquarters changed to
Charleston. The change was made in
^.pril of this year and from then on
\Ir. Burgess showed cold indifference [
owards his wife. He.treated her J
larshlv on several occasions, she said,
le spent her savings of $300 cash and
equired her to sell her diamond ear
ings to meet his bills. On the evenng
of the fatal tragedy Mrs. Burjess
received through the mails a let- J
;er written to her husband by a womm
in Knoxville, Tenn., signed Ber- (
lice. Her husband came in at five
)'clock and in their room she asked '
hat he allow her to sit on his lap. '
Be repulsed her and said "I don't
vant you to ever touch me again,"
;he swore. She then knelt before
c
lim and asked that they have an u,nierstanding
and start life over, fo?
jetting the past. To this she swore.
Be said no, and that he cared nothing
c
or her. He rose to go and got his
rat. She threw her arms around his
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leek and said "uuy, you can i leave
ne. Just tell me you love me a litle
and if you won't do this then be
air with me and tell me who Bernice
s." At this the husband pushed her
iway, saying "I don't know who Berlice
is and I am damn tired of you
md am going to leave you now." She
an to close the door and remembered
lothing else for several days.
She shot her husband three times,
>ne ball penetrating the heart and
:ausing almost instant death. Three
hots were fired in the room and two
>therg in the yard where her husband
ell.
A Bitter One.
Sergeant?"Mah goodness, Sam,
low come you lose your thumb "
^ ?* ?<<117^11 nn uni-a it t'o 'o vl atit
i3<AI_U. VV CII, saigC) iiv?a.n o uu ?T ^
ome. Out in dis hyah Nobody's Lan' ^
Lh found a 111 black tiling with a r
icrew in it and Ah thought it was one
it dese hyah brickettes, so Ah pushd
the screw and?bam?off went
nah thumb. Lordy! Ah nevah was 3
0 disappointed."
A Limited Market.
A tourist sportsman took a violent
g
ancy to a pointer pup he saw in the J
ard of a North Carolina mountain
abin and straightway offered the owier
a hundred dollars for it. The!
rade was soon made and as the non- | '
r
sy was counted out the tourist renarked
casually:
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"Seems to me it would pay you ^
letter to raise bird dogs than those
crubby, razorbaek hogs." s
"Well, r-\" the native drawled. 3
'Yo' see, Ah kin sell my hawgs any 1
ime for a tolerable price, but it's a
.lighty seldom a dum fool come along a
rillin' to pay a hundred dollars for r
dawg."?Country Gentleman. I
MARKETING PEANUTS.
Suggestions From County Agent With
Reference to Hogs.
During the past year there has
been produced in this county a large
crop of peanuts. On account of the
low market price of peanut^ the returns
from this crop will not be as
great as was expected. Therefore,
the farmers will take advantage of
another method of marketing their
peanuts, namely, through the pigskin.
On account of the prevailing
price of hogs and the outlook for a
steady demand for pork products, the
following facts and suggestions
should be of value.
The Alabama station (bulletin 206)
iouna mat an acre 01 peanuts produced
an average, of two years' trial,
of 562.1 pounds of pork.
Valuing pork at 15c "per pound,
peanuts at 6c and peanut hay at $15
per ton, it was found that an acre of
peanuts yielded $81.32 when hogged
down, as against $66.29 when the
peanuts were harvested and marketed
(average of-two years' trial.) The
above figures do not include the cost
of labor for harvesting and marketing
the peanuts, which will make
hogging down of peanuts even more
profitable.
This same station found that when
unhulled peanuts were fed to hogs
in the pens 2.8 pounds of peanuts
produced one pound of pork. On the
basis of the above figures an acre
of peanuts yielding 1,000 pounds of
unhulled nuts, when harvested and
fed to hogs, should produce 357
pounds of pork. Valuing the pork at
15c per pound, the returns per acre
would be $53.55. To be equal to this
return peanuts would have to bring
more than 5c on the market.?John
D. Brandon, county agent.
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KU KLUX RIDERS BUSY.
Negroes Get Warning at Lake City to
Quit Loafing and Go to Work.
Florence, Oct. 15.?White caps,
200 strong, with horses and riders
dad in the Ku Klax Klan garb, rode
into Lake City Thursday night and as i
i result the cotton fields next day
fvere thick with cotton pickers and
:he housewives of Lake City have all
:he help in the way of cooks and
vasherwomen they desire. Farmers
row see a way out of the ruin which
faced them by the deterioration of
jotton turning blue in the fields for
;he lack of pickers. The white caps
ippeared in the town of Lake City
ibout 1 o'clock Thursday night. First
:hey called on some farmers who had
leen paying as much as $1.50 a hunIred
pounds for picking cotton and
suggested to theip that this was too
nuch. The price fell to $1 in a twinding.
Then the cavalcade proceeded
to the negro section and threw out
several hints to the effect that more
vork and less loafing among the negroes
of that section would perhaps
)e a good thing. Hence the new
lordes of pickers and the nfultitudi
)f cooks and washers today. Mayor
5V. H. Whitehead was also called on.
t was then about 2 o'clock in the
nornuing. The mayor came to his
ioor and was told that he should enforce
the vagrancy laws more vigor>usly.
Mayor Whitehead responded
)y declaring that he had attempted 1
;o enforce these laws but his efforts 1
lad been met with severe criticism
rom some quarters, and that to make
he laws more effective he must have
he undivided support of the comnunity.
From the looks of things
ast night the mayor is sure of this
mpport in the future.
The white caps went about their
msiness calmly and quietly. There
vas no evidence of any intention to '
>ffer violence to any one of the many
)ersons visited, but they meant busiless
just the same.
LOSES ALL SAVTNOS. i
rfoney Taken From Spartanburg :
Bank Quickly DisaPpears.
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Spartanburg, Oct. 15.?Aunt Polly ]
Austin, a well known and highly respected
nev-o woman of this city, has
ost $600, representing her savings of
l lifetime of drudgery over the wash
ubs. When the Bank of Spartanmrg^was
being investigated last week
iv the state bank examiner, Aunt Poly
became nervous over her deposits 1
n the institution. She hurried to the '
>ank and drew out $600, all she had
md went home to conceal it until ]
he could decide where she should
eposit it again. Some one must have 3
earned of Aunt Polly's action, for j
.lmost immediately the money dis- ^
ippeared from its hiding place, and }
10 clue as to its present whereabouts
ias been found.
SPENDS MILLIONS
FOR AUTOMOBILES
SOUTH CAROLINA INVESTS $115,- !
400,250 IN CARS. j
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Uses Much Gasoline.
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Over 31*000,000 Gallons Already (
Consumed in 1920.?Nearly {
100,000 Machines.
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South Carolina has at present ap- ]
proximately $115,400,250 invested in :
automobiles and motor vehicles in \
general as compared with the combin- <
ed investments of all banks in the j
state of $42,000,000, according to
statistics compiled by the state com- <
mission. These figures are based up- ]
i_ o-t c\n ~
uu an average cusi per car 01 $1,4 <o \
which is considered reasonable by the ]
department. 1
Figures from the department show
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that last year the combined capital j
invested in all industries in the state i
was slightly in excess of $201,000,- 1
000, or not quite double the amount (
invested in motor vehicles. (
Much Gasoline. 1
During 1919 the state consumed 1
more than 32,000,000 gallons of gas- c
oline and for the nine months of 1920 i
the consumption has already reached ?
31,857,830, the statistics show. This i
is an average of 3,539,759 gallons \
per month. c
Registration of cars has also reached
the highest total jn the history of 3
the state with 94, oil for the nine c
months of 1920. Last year the total 3
registration reached 74,299 -and in f
1918, the number was 58,803, while
in 1917 the registration was 40,174
automobiles and motor vehicles. Below
are some figures by the state com- I
mission:
Investment in Cars.
"An estimate of the cost of automobiles
and trucks now registered in ^
South Carolina, if based upon an av- r
erage of $1,275 per car, which is t
considered conservative, places the in- t
vestment in motor cars within the e
state at the present time at no less {
than $115,400,250. It is very inter- >
esting to notice, by way of compari- *
son, that our investment in all banks
of the state combined, aggregates on- d
Iv a little more than $42,000,000, of S
which approximately $24,000,000 is a
capital stock and $18,000,000 is sur- t
plus. Our textile manufactories rep- t
resent an investment of about $117,000,000,
vrhile the total amount in r
South Carolina industries last year i
was slightly more than $201,000,000. r
"This serves to give us some idea ^
of the importance already assumed
by pleasure and commercial cars, because
of the money value alone which
they reflect, and demonstrates most
conclusively the need for a system of r
roads in the state good all the year t
round; a necessity that grows almost r
imperative if we stop to consider the r
enormous loss to the citizens of the s
state occasioned by roads such as we i
have enjoyed in the past. It is an ad- a
mitted fact that the average life of
automobiles traveling over bad roads c
is only from, two to three years, v
whereas on good roads the average f
period of usefulness may be prolonged j
:o six or eight and even ten years, and i:
moreover the consumption of gaso- c
line, oils, and tires, and other expens- t;
es of upkeep is reduced fully 33 1-3
per cent, when we note that during
1919 this state consumed more."
Truly Onery. b
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Down in the Carolina mountains
i northern traveler came across a
mountaineer who was having more ^
than the usual difficulties in persuad- P
ing his mule to proceed. Arguments o
cursing and beating were of the customary
no avail. a
"Stubborn?" inquired the man
from the north.
The muleteer wijed his forehead. e<
'Stubborn?" he ejaculated. "Say, G
mister, that cuss is so mean that
when his hind legs are pushing his
at^ao orn tit Q Ikine' backwards." I
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Details Demanded. c;
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''Here," bellowed the rubberneck e<
wagon ballyhoo, in his most thrilling h
professional tones, "was fired the shot
heard round the world." d
But the young man from Boston
refused to be convinced.
"But," he insisted, "just how
many minutes did the sound of the
:rajectory require to circumnavigate ^
:he globe? I just perfectly know my n
memory is deteriorating."
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BARBER IN MAJOR'S ROLE.
Atlanta Tonsorial Rrtist Has a Good
Run For His Money Anyway.
Atlanta, Oct. 13.?Ray Vincent, a
local barber who with the aid of a
major's uniform, wound stripes and
a brave show of overseas medals,
daims to have sold $300,000 worth of
liberty bonds during the campaign
for the fourth liberty loan, was convicted
in federal court here today on
charges of impersonating an army
Dfficer and using the uniform to defraud.
Vincent admitted posing as a major
after having been discharged at Fort
McPherson where he spent a training
period, but he pleaded not guilty
to defraud. During his career as
a "major" the barber spoke on the
)latform with some of the most prominent
liberty loan workers in the
state, was the guest of honor of a
large civic organization and caused
trouble between Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Dougherty, according to testimony at
the trial.
Dougherty said he was in France
is a Y. M. C. A. man when Vincent
cvas posing as a wounded major sent
Dack and that he heard news that
caused him trouble in France and
caused him to hurry home. He said
le found that Vincent had obtained
lis two motors cars, the key to his
safety deposit box and a watch, all of
vhich had been left with Mrs. Dougherty.
The wife said she had loaned
Vincent money to set himself up in
msiness after the loan drive was
ever.
Vincent was sentenced to serve one ?
rear on one charge and six months
>n the other and to pay fines. He
s id his only view in donning the unic.rm
was to aid the liberty loan ?rive.
WATER BOY IS PROMOTED.
Jecomes General Manager of South*
ern Lines E^t.
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Atlanta, Oct. 15.?R. E. Simpson,
rho began work for the Southern
ailway system as a section gang waer
boy in 1882, has been promoted
o be general manager of the Southirn's
lines east, with headquarters at
Charlotte, N. C., succeeding the late
V. N. Foreacre, it was announced
tere today.
Albert Dabney Shelton, superintenlent
of the Danville division of the
louthern, will succeed Mr. Simpson
,s general superintendent of t^e norhern
district, which position the later
has held since 1913.
Mr. Shelton has also been with the
oad practically all. his life, having
>egun ic. 1890, at the age of fifteen as .
nessenger and clerk at Lynchburg,
fa.
An Ancient Ink Well.
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An inkstand that was probably in
ise 3,000 years ago or more, has J*
>een acquired by the British museim.
It is from Thebes, of Egyptian
nake, and is supposed to date from
omewhere about 1500 B. C. although
ts real age can only be judged 01
pproximately. *
It is made of wood, and has two
ompartmects, an upper one provided
pith two holes, one for black and one
or red :nk, and a lower one for hold;
ng reed pens. The black and red
nks art certainties, for some of the
olor still remains within the recepacles.
Could Not Prove It.
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Old man Manteau was given to
oastfulness, but he was not always
betted by his wife. One day he was
elling about his potato crop.
"I raided some big potatoes; one
weighed four pounds and a half. I can
rove it by my ol' woman. Didn't it,
I' woman?"
"No!" snapped Mrs. Marteau. "You
re lyin'."
Marteau glowered at her.
"How do you know?" he challengi.
"You didn't see it!"?Country
-entleman.
Glad to Meetcha.
One look the prize ring beginner /ast
at the husky pug who was slatd
to oppose him. Then he advancd
to the center of the roped arena,
i?> ildiiU CIV-UCU.
"Well," tie said cordially, "if I
on't see you again, hello."
Dangerous Pastime.
The doughboy dived skillfully into
is dugout head first as a big one hit
earby.
"Confnund it," he growled, "those
erries will keep on fooling around
er until they hurt somebody."