Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-05-04
COL. CAPERS LOSES HIS HAT.
"Slcight Of Hand" Operators Now
Snatch Hats from Heads.
Atlanta Georgian, 2Sth.)


WHITTIER are we drifting?
Has 1t come to this, that the men
OF Atlanta will have to nail their
hats on to prevent thieves from steal
ing them off their heads while they
walk the highways Of the town?
Col. Henry d. Capers, the we'll
known attorney, thinks so. More
than that, he knows so. In fact,
Tuesday afternoon. just as the glori-
Gus orb Of day was sinking in cloud
empurpled west, and everything like
that, a low-flung, heavy-set, colored
person approached Col. Capers, who
was standing on Forsyth street. op-
pOsite the new government building.
grabbed the hat of his head and
faded away In the distance with that
degree Of suddenness noticeable in a
pay train when it passes tramp.
The audacity Of the thing, the un-
expectedncss of 1t. the unbelievable
effrontery of the outrage, left Col.
Capers speechless with astonishment
for moment-left him paralyzed
with surprise, as it were. But only
for moment.
Eloquent and Forccful
AS the negro with his compare
lively new Stetson blended with the
gathering msts adown the street, the
power OF articulation came back to
the Colonel, and he made a few un-
studied comments on the occurrence
which the innocent bystanders pro-
nounced timely and appropriate.
right up to the last notch.
The fact that all the stores were
closed, making it impossible to pur-
chase another hat to replace the sto-
len one. stimulated the Colonel to
flights Of oratOry reaching from the
sublime plum on up to the SUPER
sublime
But see now how all things work
together for good Tor those who study
and eXpound the truths OF Black
stone: While Col. Capers Is giving
expression to his views regarding the
impending downfall Of the republic
on account of mans inhumanity to
man, incidentally intimating that the
social fabric might just as we'll be
yanked loose from its fastenings and
used as dish rag if something isn't
done right off, along comes Attorney
Lige Chldress that way. And the
coming Of the second attorney Illus
trates, too, the truth OF the adage
concerning the one touch OF nature,
and also the proverb wherein it Is
asserted that a fellow feeling makes
us wondrous kind.
Attorney Childress was not so long
ago victim of gross violation OF
the rights OF man somewhat similar
to that just experienced by Col. Ca
pers, and his heart went out in deep
est sympathy to his fellow attorney.
Mr.. Childress knew exactly how he
felt about the matter, because a
while ago some one pinched his own
chapeau while he was in the record
er'S court taS an attorney and left
him to go uncovered, and a trihe ir-
ritated, to the nearest hat store to
get another. Since that time he has
always kept an extra hat at his office,
thinking that ii one can lose ones
tile right under the noses OF the
guardians of the peace there's no tell
ing what might happen out where
people are under less restraint. So.
now ne volunteered to go and get
m" extra top piece for the Colonel.
who gratefully accepted the offer. and
who thus escaped the humiliation OF
having to make his way home bare
headed.