The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-03-14
BOY KILLS HIS COMPANION.
Distressing Accident While North
Carolina Lads at Target Practice.

Beaufort, \. T., Aarcn lU.-JOHH
Fcrlaw, Jr., aged Is, was accidentally
shot and killed by John Jones, aged
13 years, here this afternoon. The
killing was done with an automatic
revolver, two bullets going into the
body of young Forlaw, who was the
son of Mr.. John Forlaw, prominent
property owner and bank director.
The boy who did the shooting is the
son of C. D. Jones, collector of GUS
toms.
The boys had been having target
practice. Young Jones failed to re-
lease the trigger when lowering the
revolver, with the result that he shot
and instantly killed his playmate.
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Shoohy Dick.
Ny man Dick is usually hard
worker, but when night comes ne
rambles for miles around. Sometimes
he gets so far from home that he is
late in getting to his work next
morning, but when he comes, he al
ways has a plausible tale to tell. A
few mornings ago he failed to come
up with the other hands. In about
an hour after work time we saw him
coming. He sure was a Knight OF
the Sorrowful Figure; Don Quixote
pure and simple. / never saw poor
Dick so cast down or crestfallen be-
fore. I knew full we'll that some
thing was wrong. He came near me
and said: "Cap'n, I can't work ter
day ter sabe my dyin' life. 1 seed
er speret lass mite en- l mighty nigh
run miself ter death. Hit wuz dis
way: Some fellers had been ter de
tagger en- come back loaded down
wild all de Ticker eny man wanted.
Dey tell me ter help miself, en- | done
so. 1 jess tanked up on tagger till
l wuz as tight as a drumhead, en- !
say ter de boys, dat feel so good till
I'm gwine ober Salketcher and see
Miss Shoof1y Davis, or bust. Now,
dem boys gin me whole pint er tag
ger, l puts hit on my hip en- start
to see Miss Shoody Davis. Now,
Cap'n you knows down to de battle
ground, which is rite on de hill of
de ribber swamp, dere is always
sperets trablin' bout on desc damp,
foggy mites, like lass mite wuz. When
gifts on de battle groun' I pulls dat
bottle an takes a heavy pull, to keep
me from seeing sperets, or ter keep
my courage up should see one, fer
wuz expectin' one ebbry minute.
Dey wont no sperets on de battle
groun', but when 1 gifts down to de
bridge what's over de main ribber
run, dere on de bridge stan a 'oman
fishin'. Sez 1: 'How's de fish risin?'
"'Not much say de oman but
you know de bridge is no fishin'
groun' no how, en- eff you will go wild
me up de ribber to dem deep holes,
III soon git all de fish us wants.
And Cap'n dat oman stepped
rite off de big bridge rite inter de
middle of de big ribber stream an
stan naturally flat-foot on de water;
she nebber bog down in de water
nary inch. En- you know I reads de
Bible en- de Testament all two, en-
knows somethin' outer both, en-
when I see de ting stan fiat-foot on
de water, I know hit been de Lord,
en- l say: Lord 1 knows dat's you,
ceze l reads outen de testament dat
you walked out in de water on de sea
of Gallylee ter where Peter, Paul en-
'Postle wuz a fshin' an scare dem
moss ter det, an you tell Peter ter
walk ter you, an Peter bog down in
de water up to he neck de fuss step
him mex. Now, Lord, nobody amt
walk on water before er since Den
de ting say:
leone on
Lord, l amt Peter, amt Paul,
l amt 'Postle, jess poor little mig
ger on my way ober der ribber to see
my own oney-lam', Miss Shoof1y
Davis.
"'Come on
lord dat ribber deep, de water
cold, en- as fer me, myself I'd go ter
de bottom like sinker. Den Lord
hits no fit mite fer fishin' no how.
"'Come on
Nov, Cap'n when de ting say dat
hit rech up ter grab me an try ter
drag me into de ragin' stream"
At this critical moment, Dick pull
ed his hat and with leap and bound,
he dashed back the way he came