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LETTERS COME AS A MYSTERY Article Appears in Scotland Paper About Letter Here MAY BE T^BIG HOAX How Copies Were Sold at Price of Five Cents Each Some things we come across in this world are interesting because of their evident age 411 d the mystery surrounding their coming to light. Consider all of the fuss about old Tut whose 1 !/ n 1 1 naix ruiien uones nave just been dug up and exposed in Egypt. Men may learn something: even from the consideration of an old grave. Now this letter which is the subject of this article is interesting to the management of The Horry Herald because it came to them with the paper itself more than twenty years ago. The letter may have been a big hoax, which it doubtless is, but the way that it has defied the passage of time and is still kept by those who seem to have some faith in it, makes it interesting in view of the fact that it is being written about, in papers of the Old World? Ed. The Spartangurg Herald in a recent . issue, clipped out and published from the People's Journal of Aberdeen, . Scotland, the following article about ; a supposed letter writen by Jesus Christ. When this article was read by one of the men connected with The Hor- ry Herald, it was remembered that 1 the office had a supply of these letters on hand, and had them ever since the paper was published by its present owner, as will bp mnrp fnllv plained in this article. The article as j clipped and published in the Spartan- ( burg Herald, now follows: 1 (From People's Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.) A remarkable letter, alleged to have 1 been written by Christ, is being pub- ] lished in the United States and Canada* and the story of its seeing the < light is surrounded by superstition < worthy of the dark ages. In the letter was an injunction that it should be published to the world by whoever found it, together with - the statement that misfortune and bad luck would follow the person having possession of it in the event that it was not given publicity. There was likewise a promise that whoever might have a copy in his or her posmfcqinn wniih r>vr\cti*v nnr? /aii/iiu ed by good fortune. According to the history of the let* ter, it was written by Christ just after His crucifixion, signed by the Angel Gabriel 09 years after the Savior's birth and presumably deposited by him under a stone at the foot of 1 the Cross. ; * f, ? ? 1 On this stone appeared the legend J "Blessed is he who shall turn me . over.' No one knew what the in- ^ scnption meant, or seemed to have sufficient curiosity to investigate, un- . til the stone vr.r. turned over by a ) little child, nn^i letter which follows was discovered: ?vv!'; .'V** "Whosoever works on the Sabbath r day shall be cursed. I command you j to go to church and keep holy the j Lord's day, without any manner of ( work. You shall not idle or misspend $ your time in bedecking yourself in ^ superfluities of costly apparel and vain dressing, for 1 have ordered it a v day-of rest. I will have that day kept holy that your sins may be /| forgiven you. t "You will not break my command- ], ments, but observe and keep them, t they being written by my hand and B spoken by my mouth. You shall not only go to church yourself, but alsc c your, man servant and maid servant. r Observe my words and learn my com- ? mandmen's. } Finish at Six O'clock. > ?v ?i n ? ?i. i uu jsiihii Miiijsn your worn every \ Saturday at six o'clock in the after- 0 noon, at which hour the preparation x for the Sabbath begins. I advise you to fast five days in the year, begin- f ning on Good Friday and continuing ; the five days following, in remem- ; "hr&nce of the five bloody wounds I ), received for you and mankind. c "You shall love one another, and s cause them that are not baptized to come to church and receive the Holy <= Sacrament, that is to say, baptism, < and the Supper of the Lord, and be \ made a member thereof, and in so t doing I will give you long life and g many blessings.. Your land shall be replenished and bring forth abundance r and I will comfort you in the great V temptation, and surely he that doeth j to the contrary shall be cursed. "I will also send hardness of the heart on them, and especially on hardened and unrepentant unbelievers. He that hath given to the poor shall find it profitable. Remember to keep i the Sabbath day, for the seventh day I I have taken as a day of rest to my- t self. f "And he that hath a copy of this r letter written by my own hand and r spoken by my own mouth and keep- y ? o .) No Worm* in * Healthy CbIM s AH children troubled with Worms have in a?> f Iwtty color, which indicate* poor b'ood. and as a c nK there It more or 1 fit stomach disturbance I OBOVE S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given reg?> 0 laity lor two or three weeks trill enrich the blood, jaifsemthodipteflrw, and act eg a jeoeral Strength. ? taimi Topic to the whole system. Nature will Umi Oievator dispel the worms,asdtheChAdwillba M 4apee***health. Plsasaat totafca. MeperhoMa. i TH eth it without publishing it to others, shall not prosper, but lie that publishers it to others shall be blessed by me, and if their sins be as many as the stars by night, and if they truly believe they shall be pardoned; and they that believe not this writing and my commandments will have my pleagues upon you, and you will be consumed with your children, goods and cattle, and all other worldly enjoyments that 1 have given you. Do but one thing of what I have suffered for you, if yo udo, it will be well for you in this world and in the world which is to come. I Found By a Child "Whosoever shall have a copy of this letter and keep it in their house, nothing shall hurt them, neither pestilence. thunder nor lightning, and if any woman be in birth and put her trust in me she shall be delivered her child. You shall hear no Scriptures until the day of judgment- All goodness and prosperity shall be found. Finished." The story goes that the little child who found it passed it to one who became a convert to the Christian faith. He failed to have the letter published. T-Tn lrr>r>f if li rui'ni'ni' 00 n ? ? ..v ..v^v .v, iiv..u.vi, ?. > ? i^oucu memento of Christ, and it "has passed down to different generations of his family for more than one thousand years. During this period the family suffered repeated misfortunes, migrated to different countries until finally one of them came to America, bringing the letter with them. They settled in Virginia, then moved further South, still followed by misfortune, when finally the last member, a daughter, approached her death bed and called a neighbor, giving her the letter, and related its history for more than one thousand years. The woman began the attempt to have it published, and it first appeared in 1891. It then appeared in the "Dalton Citizen," and an Indiana woman clipped it and kept it in her possession for many years without an effort to have it published. She was followed by misfortune, which she attributed to her neglect in trying to have the letter published. Still another woman is said to have had a copy and failed to make an effort to have it published for three years, and was followed by a varied lot of misfortunes which she attributed to the fact of her neglect in this respect. (The Horry Herald's Part in it.) When H. H. Woodward purchased The Horry Herald from John A. McDermott, in October, 1899, among the miscellaneous supply of papers, and cither paraphernalia, was a package of circulars, printed in the regular news type of the paper, about five hundred in all, bearing across the head the words: "A Copv of a letter by Our Savior, Jesus Christ.** One day, in looking over the things in the office, which was lo^n^od or> corner where the Central Filling Station now stands, this package of printed letters was found and the top/ one in the bunch was read. Connected with the paper at t,ha1 time was Jas. W. Kardwick. a hand compositor who had worked on the paper ever since he had been a boy. Jim was asked about these letters as to why they had been printed and for ivhom the work had been done. Jim said that the package had come down A'ith the old Campbell hand press and the old types: that the letters had r>een in the office ever since he had leen connected with it; that the let:ers were in stock when he was first 1 ^mnloved in the shon. and hp thoiirrhf hat perhaps they had been reprinted < i time or two. 1 Not long after this it was found i hat now and then there was 3 de- i nand for one or two of the letters, rim Hardwick said that they had been I >rinted, he thought, for the purposes < >f sale to those who wanted to buy, I ind that he had sold a great many at 1 he price of five cents each. 1 Now and then The Herald office i vould have a caller. He or she would I nil for a copy of the lefier of Jesus, j rim would supply the demand from t he old drawer where the package of i 3tters was kept. This went on from 1 ime to time until about five years .< pro it was remembered that all of the < etters had been sold or mi^nlared exept .about two dozen that The Herald f nan found stowed away the other day < i'hen the article in The Spartanburg Terald appeared. Nothing connected with the paner vas ever thrown away entirely. The Id hand press w,as sold years aftervards for the sum of $200.00. while he old job press lay in the back yard or about five years and was disposed f at a good price to a junk man; and n the meantime the old package of I etters was kept and whenever a man > >r woman demanded a copy it was * upplied. / ' Upon reading the article in The Spartanburg Herald and comparing < he letter as it was printed therein 1 vith the one in The Herald office, hftv were found to be substantially ilike. The body of the Alleged letter was >receded with an explanation as to j low it was found, just as the article . Hiblished in Scotland said. Here is the letter word for word: { 'A COPY OF A LETTER BY OUR ' SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST J "Found eighteen miles from Iconum, sixty-five years after our blessed Savior's crucifixion transmitted from ,he holy city by a converted Jew, 'aithffully translated from the origi- j lal Hebrew copy now in possession >f the lady Cubas family at Meso- 4 )otamia. This letter was written by j esus Christ found under a 'great, j itone both round and large, at the t oot of the cross, 18 miles from In- < onium, near a village called Mesopoamia. Upon the stone was written i r engraved: J 'BLESSED IS HE WHO SHALL 'URN ME OVER.' People that saw c ' prayed to God earnestly, and des-1 ired that they might not attempt in * E HOMEY HERALD, OONWAY, * * vain to tuhn it over. In the meantime there came a little child about six or seven years old and turned it over without any help or assistance, I to the .admiration of the people who stood by; and under this stone was found this letter, written by Jesus Christ, and was carried to the city of Inconium; and there published by persons belonging to Cuba, signed by the Angel "Gabriel, twenty-eight years after our Savior's birth. I 44A LETTER OF JESUS CHRIST "Whosoever worketh on the Sabi bath day, sliall be cursed. I command you to go to church, and keep the Lord's day holy, without doing any manner of work You shall not spend your time in bedecking yourself with superlatives of costly apparel, and vain dresses, for I have orderdained a day of rest. I shall have that dav Tfpnf Vinlv fliofr i""? ? r- ~ ..v.jr V1I?V JTVJUI Slim may be forgiven. You shall not break my commandments, but observe and keep them, written with my hand, and spoken with my own mouth. You shall not only go to church yourself, but also your men servants and maid servants, and observe my words to obey my commandments. You shall finish your labor in the afternoon by six o'clock, at which the preparation Cor the Sabbath begins. I advise you to fast five Fridays in every year, beginning with Good Friday, and to "ontinue the four Fridays immediately following, in remembrance of the five bloody wounds which I received from all mankind. You shall dilligently and peaceably tobor in your respective callings in which it hath pleased God to call you. You shall love one another with brotherly love, and them that are not bapti zed to come to the church and receive the Sacrament of Baptism, and the Lord's Supper; and be made members of the church in so doing:. 1 will eive vou long life and many blessings. Your land shall flourish, and cattle shall abundantly multiply, and I will give many comforts in the greatest temptation. and they who do the contrary shall be unprofitable. I will also send barrenness of heart upon them, till I see them; But especially impenitent unbelievers! He that hath given to the poor shall not be unprofitable. Remember and keep holy the Sabbath for the seventh day I have taken to rest myself, and he that hath a copy of this letter, written with my own hand, and spoken with my own mouth, and lceepeth it, without publishing it to others, shall not prosper, but he that publisheth it to others shall be blessed of me; and though his sins be in numbers as stars in the sky and he believes in this, he shall be pardoned, if he believes not this writing, and this commandment I will send my plagues upon him, and consume both him and his children, and his cattle, and whosoever shall have a copy of this letter, written with my own hand, and keep it in their houses, nothing shall hurt them. And if a woman be with child, and in labor, and a copy of this letter be about her, and she firmly puts her trust in me, she shall be safely delivered of her birth. You shall have no news of me but by the Holy Scriptures until the day of Judg-I motif All J ? ? 91 .> %> v. .hi ^v/uuncsn ttllU prosperity shall be on the house, where a cop> of this, my letter shall be found." o NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATION To all and singular, all of the stockholders of Harrelson & Bell Co., Inc., a corporation duly organized and iharterevl under and by the laws of the State of South Carolina, and formerly having offices in the County of Horry, in said State. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that we, the undersigned directors and officers >f the said Harrelson & Bell Co., Inc., lave called a meeting of the stockholders of said company to meet at ;he office of A. B. Bell, Bayboro, -south Carolina, at nine o'clock in the forenoon on the 10th day of March, 1023, for the purpose of winding up ;he affairs of said Company, liquidatng the same, and for the purpose of massing a resolution dissolving the 'aid Company and cancelling the charter thereof. Witness the Hand and Seals of the said Directors and Officers this 15th mv oi reoruary, 1923. H. J. JOHNSON, A. B. BELL (L. S.) W. M. HARRELSON (L. S.) Board of Directors of said Company. A. B. BELL (L. S.) President. W. M. HARRELSON (L. S.) Secretary. H. WOODWARD, \ttorney for Harrel?on & Bell Co., Inc. 5'15|23-lmo. SOLDIERDOES HEROIC THING One of the bravest thincs recorded! in this part of the country lately took place at Florence, S. G.f recently when a corporal in charge of the recruiting station in that city saved a child from death by stopping a runaway horse that was without bridle. To Stop * Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a cough medicine which stop* the cough bf Reeling the inflamed and irritated tissue*. A box of GROVES O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and >oup is enclosed with every bottle of rtAYES' HEAUNG HONEY. The salve ihould be rubbed on the chest and throat >f children suffering from a Cold or Group. The healing effect of Hayes' Heeling Hooey in* tide the throat combined with the heating effect of irow'i O-Pen-Trete Salve through the porea oI he akin toon ttope a ooogh. Both romediea are packed la one cartoo and tie octof the combined treatment ie 98c Just ask your diuggist lot HAYES IEALING HONEY. S. G, MAE. 8, 1923 The story idtkhe told by The Florence Times in a recent issue: Risking his own life to save that of a child, Corporal Frank D. Staples, in charge of the local army recruiting station, Sunday afternoon sprang upon the back of a runaway horse pulling a careening buggy behind him in which was the little six-year, old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McPhereon, of Claussen, and by main strength brought the frightened animal to a stop just before it had headon into a moving train on North Church street. Had the corporal missed his hold when he sprang, he would probably have been either seriously injured or killed and the horse would have plunged into the moving train, probably killing the child, and the horse and demolishing the buggy. As it was none was injured with the exception of the little a-irl ing a slight bruise on the side of her face when she fell from the buggy as the corporal swerved the horse to one side to keep the animal from plunging into the train. Corporal Staples was standing on the sidewalk when he heard people crying out and saw the maddened animal come plunging down the street with the buggy threatening to turn over on the pavement each moment, the child clinging to it and crying for help. For several blocks back persons had dashed out into the street, but when they saw that the horse had no bridle for them to grasp, they had backed olf and let the animal go by. their efforts only frightening him ,v?ore and more. The result was that when the horse arrived opposite the corporal he was running to the limit of his speed. The street along which the vehicle had clashed was lined with excited people who had rushed out to see what the noise was about, many of theni shouting and rushing after the speeding animal. An eye witness to the action of the corporal said that the soldier, /is soon as he saw the horse running towards him threw off his overcoat and when the animal came abreast of him he lpnnod for hip head, pttempting to grasp him in the nostrils. He missc? his hold, was knocked off his feet, and those near literally held their breath, as it seemd that each second he would be trampled beneath the feet of th* enraged horse. However, as his hand slid back from the horse's head it OAllnrllf r\f fV\n harnACc nnnl VVU^IIV VVIU VTA Vilv IIUI liuno bliv collar, and in this position, with the other hand grasping the shaft of the buggy, he was dragged along for a number of feet, when he gave another mighty lunge and landed across the back of the animal, his head swinging down on one side and his feet on the other. Gradually he worked himself into a position where he was lyinp on his stomach astride the horse, which if anything w.as running faster than before. Grasping the harness in both hands Corporal Staples slowly I worked his way forward along the neck of the horse until he was able to grasp his ears. With an ear of the animal in each h/md. he threw his weight forward, forced the animal's head to one side, causing him to swerve off the paved street only a few yards before it came in contract with the oncoming train and soon brought him to stop. The wheels of the buggv c + vn/?lr tKo !n/r lllt'f ?o i? wvi\ vuv v.vu imiij; iupv c?r* lie <'i;nrn stopped and the child was thrown out, as she fell in soft dirt, she wns uninjured with the exception of the slight bruise on her face. H. H. Harbin, J. J. Morney and H. P. Cirque, who had followed in an automobile as close to the horse as thev dared in order not to frighten him more, immediately picked up the little girl ,^nd took her hack to her mother, who >ras near the flowing well at Jefford's creek, at which place ;he horse became frightened and began to run. picked up Mrs. McPherson and took them to Mr. Harbin's home. The bruise on the child's face was bathed, but the little girl was so frightened that it took her more than an hour to recover. Mrs. McPherson, her son and small daughter had come to Florence to vitit Mr. McPherson, who is ill in a local hospital. On their way back to their home at Claussen, they stopped to water the horse at the well, Mrs. McPherson and her son getting out of the buggy, and when the boy pulled the bridle off to let the animal drink, the horse began to trot down the road towards town, and when Mrs. McPherson ran forward to stop him, the horse became frightened and broke into a run which did not let up until Corporal Staples stopped him near the railroad track on North Church street A large number of people gathere011 the scene immediately after th? horse had been stopped, and they arr of the opinion that the little gir would surely have been killed h/ic Corporal Staples not stopped hir. where he did. All are of the opinio^ that the corporal did a very heroi' deed, filled with great danger to himDnriT a i wr i IYCi V11ALILL! I ' There are thousands who S I are ailing just a little, who I II need a tonic to energize and I revitalize, who should util-1 ize the nourishing benefits of | Scott's Emulsion Your body does not tef quire powerful drugs or stimulants, but does need nourishment vitalized with health-buildinf vita* mines, to help re* store normal resistance. d ikon > Bcw??, Btoomfltfcd. w. j. tt-Sl I self, and many of those present tooV him by the hand and praised him for his unselfish and danger-fraught r.c tion. Some of the women, who a minute before had stood frozen in their tracks with hoVror, expecting to see the little girl dashed against the moving train and mangled, almost caught him in their arms as they sobbed out their gratitude for what he had done. The corporal, however, could not see where he had done any more than anyone else would have donp under the circumstances, and the first chance he got he slipped away and returned to town. Those who saw him going about his regular duties yesterdny t?n<l today ? efficient and quiet way, could not tell uniess twe.v i. w ueen torn ui tne i.croic action he had performed, th.it he is a real hero. He has not mentioned tne subject once, and when anyone attempts to get him to talk about what No nasses it off and changes the subject. EIGHTALIENS APR HKf n TTU A JLJL M'JU JMS A Eight Italians and one Portuguese are locked up at the police station, Florence, suspected of being illegally landed aliens, according to a telegram received by Chief of Police Mclver. from the immigrant inspector at St. Andrews, Fla. The men were taken from Atlantic Coast Line train No. 82, bound from Jacksonville to New' , York by Captain Dorsey, head of the railroad police department, three of his officers and Officer Ward of the city police department. A telegram was received by the chief asking him to watch the Florida northbound trains for eight illegally : nlin^c nn/1 4-V*? u.icun, cum nicnc fiitjn were taken off as suspects, although there are nine in the crowd taken ofT the train by the officGYs. In a conversation over long distrnce telephone, the inspection officials at St. Andrews, Fla., stated that a man was being sent to Florence to investigate the men and find out if they are the ones wanted. The police were asked to hold the men until the officer arrived. The men, that is those who couV .-peak English, stoutly denied they were illegally landed in this country saying they have been in the United States for a number of years. Two.of them showed passports while some of the others said they had lost theirs One of the number, who could speak English fairly well, said he had lived in Pennsylvania for a number of ! years, and that he had gone to Flor- j ida because he had heard that better i wages were being paid than in the i north. But he said he found expenses j so high that he could not stay there i and was returning to Philadelphia j jWhen he was removed from the train ? j TOURIt New. | | This Is the Ion which the F< Car has over m the many ne< HI meats, Inchidi man top, it is a than ever befoi III Buy now. Ten I BUCK MO I Authorized Ford % ere. All of the men had tickets to destinations in the north. The Portuguese talked very fluently, with his hands, but his motions could not be disciphered by the representative of the paper who called on the men at the jail, nothing could be learned of his past history. LATER?Although it has not been officially established that eight of the men who were captured by police officials of the city and Atlantic Coast lyine railroad are the ones whom the officials were Asked to keep on the lookout for as being illegally landed aliens, it is practically sure that they are the men wanted, according to a statement mr.de by Kenneth Morton, Chinese and immigration inspector of the United States Immigration Service at Jacksonville, who arrived in Florence to take charge of the situation. Inspector Morton stated that on Feb. 7th, 36 Italians had been smuggled into the country at Panama City, Fla., from Cuba. Twenty-eight of them were caught within a short time, but eight managed to elude the officials and make their getaway. Chief Mclver received a telegram from the officials to keep a watch for these men, .and nine men were taken from an A. C. L. train bound from Florida 4a XTA*?r V/x**!* '? * * iu iuik who answered in a way the description of the men wanted. The ninth man, a Portuguese, will probably be released, stated the inspector. Speaking of the immigration problem, Inspector Morton stated that at present the quotas for Italy and several adjoining countries have been exhausted and no more can come in before August except by smuggling. This is the reason so many are trying to tret in at this time, he said. At Lips cnciied^k |V and sore? m Imentholatum I V quickly heals J **************************** iHORRY COUNTY! It . * *' || TRUST CO. j| W 't u ,r j|L. D. Magrath, Manager;; "Real Estate, Bonds and\\ It ' ,e II Insurance. X "iniHwnwMHwwimwimmmiiimiiiij * not < JG CAR j Price F. O. B. ^ DETROIT O . II rest price at wd Touring >ld, and with I w Improve- | ing the one I bigger value |l ns If desirad. 1 TOR CO. I and F ordson H