The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-05-10
KORP. KERR AND MAJ. STARK
ATTEND HIGHWAY MEETING
Pay Visit to Governors Mansion,
Meet the States First Lady,
Play Game Of Setback,
Usual Result.

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this morning for the news, she was
met at the front door by President
Stark, who told her there was "heavy
news" today. Further explaining, he
stated that he and Korp. Kerr Of the
Kalone, had just returned from Co.
umbia, where they had a game Of
setback with Governor and Mrs.
Cooper. Asked if he thought it best
to mention the matter in the public
prints, President Stark answered,
"Why, the devil, yes, Kerr would be
so mad he couldn't eat Ia condition
to be imagined only with difficulty
if you didn't put that in the paper"
Adam laid everything on Eve because
he didn't have a nephew.
Further questioning brought out
the fact that Major Stark was called
to Columbia by a double-barreled
summons Monday. The Highway
Commission was to meet and the Co.
ops. Marketing Association was also
in session that day. Knowing that all
the boys around Columbia and most
of the men would be glad to look up
on Lawyer Kerr's father, the Korp.
of the Kalone, decided to go along
with Uncle Jim, especially as Uncle
Jim had mentioned calling on the
Governor while in Columbia. The
Korp. had never been in a govern
or's house, he said, and he wanted
to see how the carpets felt in the
Mansion.
So they engaged reservations on
the Abbeville Branch Monday morn
ing arriving at the depot at about 9
o'clock so as to take no chances on
getting left. Uncle Jim was much
perturbed lest the Main Line at
Hodges might not wait on them,
though it has always waited daily
for the past s~eventy-five years. Cap
tain Brown Syfan could not quiet
him on this score until he swore that
the Branch was running about ten
minutes ahead of schedule.
Arriving at Hodges, the two pas
, sengers went around and shook hands
with everybody at the station (they
didn't leave it ten fet for fear of
! getting lefty and then made inquiries
as to the amount Of lands planted in
oats, corn, cotton, how the people
were going to fight the boil weevil,
and whether the P~resbyterians or
Baptists were stronger in Hodges.
The Main Line having arrived by the
time they had garnered all this in
formation they mounted her." as
the Major expressed it.
All along the road they saw lots of
strangers and though they asked the
conductor the name of every person
at each station, it seems that he
knew very few of the people along
his road. "He was too ignorant to
run a ~train," the Major declared.
They saw lots of oats as good as
Henry Powers, very little cotton
planted signs of cor and peas, and
all the sign boards between Hodges
and Columbia.
Arriving in Columbia they were
met at the station by Col. John w.
Mckee, automobile king %pluperfect,
who finally got them into the Jeffer-
son Hotel by blindfolding them, and
backing them in, but once they found
their way to his room and what was
to be had there, they soon had a
kind of "pig track" along the carpet
~thenceward. 1t took a good while to
get all the cinders out of their ears,
lenders being bad about getting in
a mans ears when he rides with his
head out of the window" the Major
said, but after they had been at the
job a good while they finally COM
pleted it.
Having visited the room of Col.
Mckee about three times more, the
visitors were informed that the High
way meeting was in session. So they
parked themselves in the fine auto
mobile of Col. Mckee and said that
they would be unable to act intelli-
gently at a meeting of the Highway
Commission in Columbia. until thew