The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-11-11
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Bad Man from Baltimore, but now
leading prohibitionuist from that abb
sorbent city, lit Friday evening, Just
a. the covers were being laid for the
Hillbilly party given by Uncle Jim.
He was not long in Sticking up ALT
tle," powdering his nose, perfuming
his hair and getting there to take Q
hand in the game as it is played on
Greenville Street. -. 60. .
Saturday morning, putting pleasure
aside. for business for season at
least, he made his appearance at the
Emporium and supplied it with
enough of the new, and always best,
rugs which are offered on the market
to 20 round. He displeased his GUS
toner somewhat, however, and came
near losing one, when he announced
that he had Joined the prohibition
forces of the city where he works
for Boss Stone. His order would
have been smaller had this been
known in advance, and perhaps larger
had he commenced matters with the
proper aggravation.
In the afternoon the Colonel took
time to circulate among his friends,
and to tell them little of himself,
and a good deal of the trip to the
Old Dominion taken by the Furniture
Hing of North Main during the past
summer. We had heard a good deal
before but not all of it. And as Jen-
ner Link, Will Calvert and a few
others may get invited off to. buy
furniture, and be given a trip up the
river in ,. boat, Colonel Marston
thinks it we'll to let people know just
how it affects green youth from
the country to the end that they may
bring along some of Candler's Spe-
\ cial.
AS told. by Colonel Marston, Furni-
ture Kerr was very nervous on the
morning the trip was to be made. He
was found around behind the store
while Marston's boss was giving the
latter, instructions about going out
side without permission, earnestly
talking to the janitor. 1t leaked out
afterwards that he was trying to get
line on "How to Mount a Ship
telling the janitor that he was about
to take trip on the muddy waters
He said he did not like to try to get
in by climbing up a. rope, but that
if there were any old apron string
tied together he hoped to be able &c
make it, as he was used to swinging
Oh to them; he said: He was not abl=
to eat much dinner but, drank a goo1
deal of water during the day, ant,
had a. bad cough.
At length the time to board the
( ship came, and after a good deal Of
jollying while keeping his back to the
rear he was gotten to the waters
edge and started up the gang plank.
when sudden movement of the wa
ters beneath caused him to run back.
He could not be persuaded to go on
again, because he said that he had
seen the same whale which swallowed
Jonah, ana it had winked its left eye
at him. re said he knew it was the
same one from the picture he had
seen in Sergeant Kerr's story bible.
The captain of the boat only per
suaded him to get aboard by swear
ing on Marston's prayer-book that he
had seen the whale leave for tric
down the river. N,.
As soon as he was well aboard and
the boat had about-faced, he de-
: cided to make personal inspection
of the boat and get acquainted with
every person on it. He first called
on the lookout-man, inquiririg Wheth-
er the lookout-man knew who he
was. Being deaf and dumb, the look
out-man merely took a glance at, him
and kept on looking-out. Somewhat
angered by this Furniture informed
him that the speaker was a cousin of
Percy Miller of New York, adding
also, 81 am a nephew of Uncle Jim
Stark of Abbeville, l guess you have
heard of him." The boat officer not
seeming to be scared by this declar-
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