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- Ct)? Bamberg ^cralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $2.00 PER YEAR. Volume 31. Number 34. Thursday, August 31, 192& Governor Harvey is having a lot of nice things said about him lately, and all of them appear to be well deserved. The governor's work of law enforcement is certainly notable, and while his tenure of office will be only * a few months, if he keeps up the present record, Governor Harvey will - have the everlasting appreciation of the people of South Carolina. Almost daily we read of paroles being revoked in the interest of good order In the state, and $ seems certain that political pets among the lawbreakers are going to have a hard time during the next four or five months. An inspection of the assessments of merchants' stocks as recorded on the books of the county auditor will reveal the fact that all this talk iabout the state tax commission equalizing taxes is bunk. Stocks of merchants of Bamberg county of practically the same actual value are assessed at from $2,000 to $9,000, while the Herald Book Store, which the publishers of The Herald operate. nays just about the same taxes as some of the largest general merchandise stores in the oounty?and the hulk of the book store's business is selling school books at a ten per cent, gross profit, whichi, as any merchant knows, is not a profit at all, \ as no store on earth doing a small business can operate on ten per cent, profit. If the tax commission is not abolished altogether, it certainly ^ should be given a little less power. The Herald admits that it has never had much opinion of the order of me n.. Jts.. j\.., ana it now nas huh hjss after the head office of the order in Atlanta promulgated a circular letter attacking one of the candidates for state office in South Carolina. When' . any organization gets to meddling with politics in a secret manner it does not speak well for the organization, no matter whether the contents of the letter are true or not. It de velops that the letter was sent out by one member of the K. K. K. from the home town of the candidate, and that the head office took it up and aided in its promulgation, according to the published statements about the matter. Since the letter was circulated among members of the order, a statement has been issued by all. of the members of the same lodge, . excepting the author of the letter, repudiating the circular in no uncertain language, characterizing the charges ?s a falsehood. But there is nn follinp- hnw nnv voters mav have been influenced by the original letter. We do not believe In secrecy In making political charges. If the charges are true, the order and the author of the letter would have been conferring a favor on the voters of the state by publishing the charges above board to the world, instead of hiding behind the oath of the order. m hi Thomas Hood's Song of the Shirt. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Jfiying ner neeaie ana tnreaa. -Stitch! Stitch!" Stitch! In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt!" O men, with sisters dear! O men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creature's lives! Stitch! Stitch! Stitch! In poverty, hunger and dirt, Sewing at once with a Rouble thread, A shroud as well as a shirt ! Stitch! Stitch! Stitch! In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice 4of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the rich!? She sang this "Song of the Shirt! With every rising of the sun Think of your life as just begun. The Past has cancelled and buried deep All Vecterrinva There let them sleen Concern- yourself with but Today; Grasp it, and teach it to obey. Your will and plan. Since time began Today has been the friend of man. You and Today! A soul sublime, And the great heritage of time. With God Himself to bind the twain, Go forth, brave heart! Attain! Attain! ?British Weekly. t t v - . V # > jf TO HANDLE S. C. TRUCK. Company to Haul by Steamer and Dis tribute by Automobile. Beaufort Gazette. Reference was made to the organi zation of this company in our issu< of August 4th, and which stated tha the company was organized for th< purpose of plying between the port: of Jacksonville, Savannah and Beau fort, in the south; and Bridgeport Conn., in the north?with a view r< handle the increasing citrus fruit: a T *' J " " ^11 4- V* /\o wlrr 4?mn1 01 r lurxuct, its wcu as iuc caw/ nut'. stuff grown in and around Beaufort The citrus fruit business, as wei as the truck shipments from Beau fort, has grown into enormous pro portions; and, as it is believed, th< business is yet but in its infancy. Th< plans of the company, as now ar ranged, cover the leasing from th< shipping board sufficient number o thousand ton steamers to give a tri weekly service running out of Jack sonville, Savannah and Beaufort; th< steamers then to run direct to Asl nrl?n?n flio Aftmnonw Ttflll hav< wharfage facilities covering aboul two thousand feet frontage, anc twenty foot depth of water?sufficient to float any vessel of the company's fleet. These steamers are expected to make the trip between Beaufort and Bridgeport (or Fairport Harbor) in two days and three nights, and be provided with refrigerating apartments, and thus not only beat rail transportation by from twenty-four to forty-eight hours; but also do away with the necessity of the refrigeration of cars on produce destined for New England, and also deliver the produce at northern port terminal in (better condition by reason of the smoother carriage by boats than can be done by rail. A part of the plan is the delivery ' ? M iw oil Matt | OI VLtV UUll auu ^iuuutc <u an nun England cities direct from steamer to store door by auto service, running ! in connection and controlled by the j steamship company?thus avoiding excessive freight charges and thrible handling. Connected with the company will be a buying and commission branch of the business, with agents located at loading points in the south, and who will either handle the fruits and produce on commission for the growers or buy for the account of the * - .?? --A A company; who win act as miciuiouiary agents between grower and consumers. I It is well known that per acre of territory, New England has more mouths to feed than any other section of the United States?barring alone the Manhattan district; and there is tonage enough in sight already to make such a line very profitable, even at much less rates than what the railways must or do charge; and as it eliminates many go-betweens between grower and consumer, and is more sure of a delivery of products in better condition than can be done under the present method, there is every inducement for the es tablishment of the line. Beaufort now exports to northern cities truck products to the value of around three million dollars, with carrying charges to destination and wliich is mostly in the New York market, of about $250,000 annually. While Florida, with its great orange and grapefruit shipments will top this figure greatly. Aside from the perishable products which the line will cater for, will h? that tonaee embraced in cotton in bales, as well as manufactured goods coming down the C. & W. C. Ry. from the hill section of South Carolina and which oan be sold in the New England states in competition. with the product of Ney| England mills. For tonage coming south. The line depends largely on manufactured goods made in New England, and coarse freights like Portland cement, of which there is a great demand on the' Atlantic coast ports, and where no Portland cement mills are located. President Harris, of the Savannah nf Trad p. has exDressed him I A/VUA Vfr V* ^ . ^ J ? self as being most favorable to the proposition, and arrangements are in process of negotiation looking to prominent parties in Jacksonville and the orange belt district, looking to becoming interested in the line. The promotion of the line is in charge of Alfred S. Perry, of Fairfield?a suburb of Bridgeport, and who has been extensively engaged in promotion work in connection with John C. Noble, promotor of the line from Pensacola to Shawneetown, 111., and with Ward D. Williams, of the Mercantile Marine Navigation Co. Mr. Perry has interested in the pro Ject Mr. W. A. Clark, the president of the Remington Oil Engine Co., oi Stamford, Conn., as well as many other men of finance and business located in New England and at Atlanta. The company has the option to secure by lease four one-thousand ton steamers, but their plans are to build and own steamers specially design ed for this business, as well as a 2eet of automobiles to be used for deliv ery of the tonage throughout New England, taken direct from the stea mers on landing. The accompanying picture of the new Connecticut river bridge will give our readers an idea of the mag nitude of business in New England is ?this bridge being located but a few t miles above the writer's Connecticut * river farm, and the practical head s of navigation on the Connecticut riv - ? ? ? ? ! * - Z 4? A/1 f ^ o f Vs^o,cr_ t;i , Ull Wii 1ULL U JO CAJJCV/ICU ujj.CH, ujwj. ct; on .which it is expected that barg^ freight direct to Hartford and Springs field. ? As matters relating to the propos ed line, our readers will be kept fully 1 informed. Its establishment means - much to Beaufort. Personally endorsing the company: 3 Hon. Fred A. Burr, mayor of Fair* field, Conn.; John C. Chamberlain, - attorney and banker, Fairfield, 1 "O Dn??n noritaliot 7 L/Uilil* ^ r iaiiV/15 u* i en j) I f Fairfield, Conn.; Hon. Bacon Wake-/ - man, judge of the probate court, - Fairfield; Adam Abet, publisher, Fairfield, Conn.; Alfred S. Perry, industrial developer, Fairfield, Conn.; and many other well known men in Connecticut. The capital of the company is $1,000,000, and at this date it is be- i lieved to have been all underwritten. MUST PROVIDE MAIL BOX. . , > , . Postoffire Department Sends Out In- , stractions. i ] ; Washington, Aug. 26.?Instruc- , ! tions were sent to all postmasters to- i day by First Assistant Postmaster i General Bartlett to require all house- ^ ; holders within four months to install , . boxes or cut slots in doors to facili- ^ i tate the delivery of mail. Such offices as do not meet the requirement may have the delivery of their mail discontinued, Mr. Bartlett said. ( "On account of the delays caused to carriers at dwelling houses where i no door slot or mail receptacle is provided and the fact that a large majority of the dwellings are thus equip~?t?./Nrt/*TT " fVia noaiatant nnstmast.-. JJ&LL aucauj) tuv er general's instructions said, "it seems timely, within a reasonable period, to require all who are to receive mail by street carriers at their dwellings to provide such accommodations, t<he expense of the same being small. . . The length of the notice should not exceed four months, although there may be exceptionable cases where postmasters should use reasonable discretion or ask for instructions." Mr. Bartlett estimated that more than 70 per cent of the dwelling houses of the country now have mail ( recepta.cles. 1 EIGHT CONVICTS ESCAPE. 1 Ope-legged Negro Said to Have Been ] Leader. t 1 St. Matthews, Aug. 26.?Under the ] alleged leadership of Gus Buyck, the ( one-legged negro who has spent a a great part of his life at various times c upon the gang, eight convicts made a their escape from the county chain g gang Thursday night. The means of t escape was by means of a hole cut in the bottom of the steel cage in which c they are kept at night. It seems that j I Buyck had succeeded in securing a saw, and while those on guard slept, he sawed the way to escape. Frank Evans, the automobile thief, who made a temporary escape some weeks ago, was among those who gained their freedom last night. The country is being scoured in every direction today. Sheriff Hill and many deputies are taking every precaution to apprehend them. The camp is located at Beaver Creek Hill on the State road, and the vicinity about there with its many hillr and ravines lends much assistance j fleeing fugi tives. , _ i Women Protest Weeks's Speech. The Lawrence, Kan., W. C. T. U. ' more than 250 members strong, has instructed its secretary, Mrs. R. N. Hale, to lodge a protest through me 1 against "The action of Secretary Weeks, a member of the cabinet, de- * livering commencement addresses 1 1 1 omandniflnt tn ' &oCtIUSL I LLC pi UUlUlLluu umv,uumvub ov the Constitution of the United - States." In public addresses made Independ- 1 ' ?nee day, President" Harding and ( Senators Lenroot and Frelinghuysen * made strong pleas for the observance * of the Volstead Act and national pro 1 hibition. It seems they are not with 1 Secretary Weeks who in addresses to 1 ! college students encourages them to 1 flout the laws and the American Con- 1 ' stitution, with his wine and beer 1 propaganda.?Evchange 1 Recruits. First Bootlegger?"How's busi- f ness, Bill?" 1 Second Bootlegger?"Fine, fine, i l I'Te got two new mayors and a dis- 1 1 trict attorney on my payroll, and two : judges, a chief of police and a probi- < ; bition officer are ready to sign up next week."?The Liberator. EARLY CAROLINA HISTORY. An Ancient History That Carries Profoundest Meanings. By (N. L. Willet.) I am getting many commendatory letters as to my tiiree comments as regarding ancient history down in Beaufort county. The facts are that in Beaufort county some of the most inportant history of the early days of this country happened and to which no publicity by historical writers has been given. These Beaufort dates takes priority over and antedate many national historic events which happened much, later and whirh carried no ereater imDortance to the nation, bu<t which for some reason our historical writers have given great emphasis. The fact is that the lime-light has been thrown upon the wrong object! Columbus Landed. Columbus landed in America in 1492 (fourteen hundred and ninetytwo.) It was only twenty-eight years and thirty-three years after this that the two Spanish landings took place on St. Helena, fifteen hundred and twenty (1520) and fifteen hundred tnd twent/y-five (1525.) It was only seventy years after Columbus that the first colony that landed on American shores occurred?a landing by the first French Hugenots in America md who built the first American fort, namely Charles Fort on Paris Island, and who, together wWh the Indians, built the first American ocean going 3hip. The celebrated Jamestown, Virginia landing and the Plymouth, Massachusetts landing, both by the English, occurred respectively fifty and sixty years after the Paris Is land landing. Other Beaufort Facts. It is most probable that more Iniians of the more civilized type were jongregated in Beaufort county? ;here were six chiefs in this one coun:y?than in any other section of our country. Judging by the amount of [ndian corn that was &rown and out n the fields as we grow it and done :our hundred years ago, it is possible that Beaufort county led all other jections in this most-important crop vhich gave the American Indians hair hread. It is possible that the first great igricultural development in this country was the rice and Indigo inlustry in Beaufort county. The jrops were adapted to Beaufort local ;onditions. They were crops used >oth for America and for export to Sngland and were crops so valuable iiat these lands sold at that time for *ven more per acre than they sell for :oday! " Jieiliwittis ivi omu?c? I repeat again that this country, :he State of South Carolina and our Revolutionary Societies owe it to the ;ruth of history Ho set up an appropriate memorial at Charles Fort, Paris Island; and the Episcopal jhurch by all means must take over ind look after and beautify old Shellon Parish church, richer by far than my ecclesiastical ruin in the United "D TT MnPnrdv a wpal >?ateS. .VIX . xv. xx. .txwu. u^, ? .?? ;hy New Yorker who spends his wint;rs nearby and who owns these adja:ent lands recently at his own exjense put a fence around the church. The Leading Factor. I repeat again that it is time for his nation to know that Beaufort :ounty was the leading factor in the iarly history of this country?hisoric, civil, social, ecclesiastical and ndustrial. Let the nation know that 3eaufort county chronologically folnrva Prtinmhiio and that these many )ther national events so much laud}d by our historians, follow Beauort! I wish to return thanks for data 'or these comments to Mr. H. D. Osvald, of Andrews, S. ., Messrs. H. VI. Stewart, W. R. Eve, Jr., S. F. * T T wjiHomo onH PanfatT, snerman, xj. u . Tnmouio wuu. ? Pat Wall, all of Beaufort county. Some of these gentlemen have, as las also Mr. Winthrop Packard, of 3ostton, some exceedingly interesting ihotographs as concerning these old listorical days and I would have been ?lad to have incorporated some of ;hese pictures had space permitted 3ie to do so. The Civil War. The northern army occupied Beau*?A fVia Vioori'nni'nc tf> fhfi LUn CVJ Uli \.y 11KJ1L1 tuc uv^iuu?MQ end of the Civil war. The white na;ives all left the county. Lands were confiscated and sold for a song to Sea Island negroes as divided up into ten and fifteen acre lots and these legroes still own these buildings. You cannot buy these homes from these ' A * +ViA nlnco r\ f t Vl A ("Civil nc^rues xit tiic \j*. vw -w.. ? war General Sherman swept through She country on his way to Savannah ind destroyed by fire every building, whatever it be, that he came across! One comes across today in Beauort county the ruins of many "tabby" buildings, buildings made of whole oyster shells cemented by burnt oyster shell lime. Tn the old days very many "tabby" buildings were erected on the Carolina coast. The history of all of these old tabby ruins is today lost and one who comes upon one knows not whether it is the ruins of an old Shermanized building . of the Civil war or whether as a fort or dwelling it carries a date that goes back to the revolution or even to a prior date! N. L. W. [ Ail Old Church at Sheldon, S. C. ; By N. L. Willet. ; There is nothing more stirring i than many of the fine old shrines of i Europe and to visit and enjoy them . shows refinement, culture and imagi, nation. Here in America we do not . set up shrines nor visit them?except i in Massachusetts. But there is more . ancient and honorable history around i Beaufort, South Carolina, than obi tains anywhere in Massachusetts. But ! Beaufort has no historian, while on the contrary, the nationalized shrines at Plymouth, Lexington and Concord are visited yearly by thousands of devotees. While there are several old forts, Spanish and French, at Beaufort that antedate probably nnvthin? in America and which car ry wondrous histories, yet if Beaufort could only have two shrines of publicity and nationalized I should give preference to the ruins of the old French Huguenot fort known as Charles Fort on Parris Island, and erected in 1562, and the ramarkable ruins -known as the Sheldon Parish .church, located in the old days in Prince William parish and intimately connected with her sister parish nearby, St. Helena, at Beaufort. The fort is the oldest ruins in America as built by immigrants and the latter is probably the oldest and certainly the most weirdly beautiful of all ecclesiastical ruins in the United States. Indeed, I saw nothing in Europe that carried such an appeal to me as this old Sheldon church. The Church. The church took Its name from the bailiwick in which it was built. Sheldon stood several acres south of the church and was named from the family seat of the Bulls in England and its pretentious architectural plan was identical with the family seat in the mfother country. Besides two colonial governors the Bull family furnished one surveyor general to the colony of Carolina. The Bull grants extended from the Savannah to the Com'bahee river. They Trravn tr roof TVQ f rrm C nf tTlP SVl pi f? Of) TT V/& \J Vl*w jj/Mb* vuw W4. church. They presented it with the silver plate which is still in use at the Episcopal church at McPhersonville. It is said that General Steven Bull entertained at his glace every Sunday sixty or seventy gentlemen from the surrounding country.. The church every Sunday was heavily attended and one not infrequently saw on Sunday sixty or more closed family coaches drawn up in front of the church, each with its coachman and its footman on tne little aicaey seat. It was known as being undoubtedly a swell place of worship' and every soul in Prince William parish made it a point every Sunday to worship in this church. Its Burning. , During the revolutionary war the woodwork of the church was partially destroyed by an accident on the part of General Tarleton's troopers. The woodwork of the house again was burned later by either loyalists or patriots, it is not known which, the Bull family thus being divided in their allegiance. But the church and the Bull residence were again rebuilt, but both were again burned during the civil war, this time intentionally by Sherman's raidars. At the time of the revolution there stood in front of the church a leaden equestrian statue of William, i Duke of Orange, after whom the parish was named. Around the old , church are glebe lands, ecclesiastical and non-taxable. Twenty years ago there was a caretaker for these old 1 ^1, /-. nocH -rcmt frop thPSA ruiua nuu uo?u, < vuv v glebe lands. One cannot understand why the Episcopal church of the south, is it ought to do, has not taken oyer these old ruins and put them in order and put a caretaker for them. Its Furniture. The brick and furniture for the church were all brought from England. The walls are remarkably thick, three and one-half to four feet, and are in perfect repair. The doorway and the chancel windows were immense affairs, taking up nearly all of the front and rear ends of the church. Along the two sides were large windows and into these side walls were built semi-curcular bastions of brick that extended from the top to the bottom, giving it somewhat the appearance of a fortress. The plaster on the inside walls is in perfect repair and probably was made from burnt oyster shell. Along the inside walls are still to be found tiny little marble shelves on which the candles which lighted up the Ibuild TTrnra nlo TTC1C ^IUVVU. Sacred Ruins. The church yard is a large one and thickly studded with immense liveoaks, at least a hundred and seventy-five years old. and evergreen and 1 which stand like ever living sent!- j nels about those sacred ruins and from all the limbs of these trees and swinging to the very ground, hangs Spanish moss, grey and mournful, which in some winds seem to sigh while in other winds it seems to sing low sweet requiems. In the church yard and in fine repair are many mausoleums, mostly those of the Bull family. The inscriptions on them tell of the lives of patricians and noblemen and the fact that many of them carry the date of 1776 makes one believe that some of these old loyalists died of a broken heart. These old church ruins fit into nothing of the today. To the visitor driving over it a mile away from the Sheldon railway station on the Augusta and Port Royal Railroad and who comes suddenly upon it, its view is as strange as if there stood before him one of St. John's visions as let down for the moment out of the skies. A Center. The old Sheldon church was the oenter of a great rice industry that obtained along the coast of South Carolina. These lands in those days were sometimes worth as much as three hundred dollars an acre. They produced not only the rice but the 1 indigo for this country and to some extent for England, shipments being made direct to England by English ships that came up these Beaufortland rivers. The civilization in those days was a proud, aristocratic and rich one. Just a little way from the church is the spot where the old rectory stood and there leads up to it ' today possibly the finest and oldest avenue of live-oak trees to be found in this country. The visitor, I repeat, who looks into this remarkable church yard and think3 of the his- 1 tory of the country about it can't get away from the thought that thePnio/irtnoi hv nnt taking1 it UpiOV>V|/Ul VUU* V**j ~ J ? w 0 . over, is doing nothing less than com- ' mitting an historical and ecclesiastical crime. Who Did It? . ? A young negress, with a broken jaw, rushed to the hospital. She was evasive in her explanation of how the injury had occurred, and at first would only say that she had been hit \ with an object. "Was it a large object?" inquired the surgeon. "Tol'rable large." "Was it coming fast?" "Tol'rable fasti" "Was?" began the surgeon, when the woman's patience snapped. "Oh," she burst out, "if you musr know, ah wus jes' nach'aly kicked in * / de face by a gen'elman frien'." Slight Correction. Several weeks ago there was an f account in the paper of an auto collision. This is the correct version of it: While driving to church, several weeks ago, Sarah P and father } was runned into by a neighbor and overthrown. Marion C , aged 14, came up behind and wished to past. At the sound of the Klaxon the former turned out giving more than half / of the road. The latter was driving rather fast and she turned quicaiy into the road again hence catching the hind wheel of her car into the front wheel of the former's sending them into the ditch. As the motor of Sarah's car was shut off no one ( was hurt and little damage was done. One will reach their destination just as soon as if they would observe the rules of car driving.?Prattsburg Adervstier. * ORNAN LODGE, NO. 38, A. F. M. j Regular communication on Friday night, Sept. 1, 1922. ' M. degree. By order of T. Ducker, W. T. JENNINGS, Sec. W. M. ANNOUNCEMENTS COUNTY COMMISSIONER Lower District. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of County Commissioner from theiower district in the Democratic primary. I pledge my- I self to abide by the rules of the Democratic party. J. B. McCORMACK. 7 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of County Commissioner for the lower district, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary and pledge myself to support ( the nominees thereof. GEORGE W. HUNTER. MAGISTRATE, FISH POND. At the earnest solicitation of numerous friends, I hereby withdraw from the race for County Commissioner for the Lower District, and hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Magistrate of Fish Pond Township, subject to the rules and f regulations of the Democratic party. R. H. JOLLY. MAGISTRATE AT EHRHARDT. ___ ^ I hereby announce myself a candidate for magistrate atv Ehrhardt (Three-Mile Township), subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. > J. H. KINARD. 1 p . .