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WEEKLY NEWS LETTER
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Child Placing Department Active It
Good Work,
The following is an extract fron
a letter received by The Child Plac
ing Department from a cooperating
social worker in another city: "Miss
M. asked me to write you a note tc
thank you for your letter and to tel!
you that it is welcome news to know
that you can find a good home foi
baby William. He seems to be an
adorable little fellow and everyone
who has seen him loves him. He has
brown eyes and light hair that curls
on the top, and a captivating smile
Dr. P. examined him j and gave him
a clean bill of health, saying that he
was a "hungry baby" knd that all he
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This baby has previously been reported
to the Department and an
investigation of the case brought to
light the fact that the baby had been
given by the matron of a maternity
1 home in another state to a Mrs. Blank
about whom the matron knew practically
nothing. Mrs. B. soon tired of
the baby and deserted it after which
it was handed about from one person
to another until it finally came to the
attention of the social worker who
took charge of the baby through the
probate court and reported the case
to the Child Placing Department
Little William was accepted and placed
with Mr. and Mrs. X. "whose home
had previously been investigated and
approved. At the time the baby was
-iirtmp he weiehed 18
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pounds and was about 8 months old,
Five' months later the only recognizable
feature about him was his rare
smile?and a letter from his fond
foster parents reads: "We want to
make a report on our baby. He is just
fine; walking now and beginning to
talk since you saw him last; he has
eight teeth and we hardly know
when he cut them. You can see from
his picture how fat he is. He is such
a lovable little fellow everyone makes
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a pet of him, and we are very proud
of him. We are looking for another
visit from you soon."
This is one/ of the many cases
which is comparatively easy, to dispose
of, but they are not all so easily
ind^tnsfactorily handled, and the
inability of the Child Placing Department
to meet promptly all of the
m?hy calls that come to them is a
source of wonder and oftentimes impatience
to people reporting cases.
Older children offer more complex
problems and each child passing thru
the office must be given the most
"?f'-1 cfnHv of his 07
vai,ciui ouu ? -her
future possibilities in order thai
a satisfactory placement may be
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If the 134 cases reported during
the first six months of the year 1921
probably 90% were specified as emergency
cases. The thrqe workers oi
this office have been able to personally*
investigate 90 of the cases and
in 87 of them, to offer some aid. 45
children have been placed in homes
fourteen have been accepted foi
placement but have not yet been received;
21 were disposed of by relatives
or through the cooperation oi
other social agencies; three- are pending
decision; 44 are on the waiting
rilnacifirinir thfisp 90 children the
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Department found among them s
three days' old illegitimate baby; ?
weeks old twins whose mother died
at their birth; a two year old girl
cruelly beaten by people who hac
taken her from relatives; and ar
eleven year old boy found in a barn
beaten, gagged and tied to a beam, ?
seven year old girl tramping the
etate with a mentally irresponsible
' father; a fatherless family of five
whose mother died the afternoon the
worker arrived, one of these a fifteer
year old girl feebleminded and incapable
of caring for herself and the
younger ones; two little boys whose
father deserted leaving their mothex
struggling to support herself and
them on $12 per week.
Of coarse all of the cases coming
to the Child Placing Department are
not so desperate but these poignant
ones call for our deepest sympathy
and challenge our greatest effort.
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Revenue Officer Shot.
Bristol, Tenn., Aug. 4.?C. H.
Redmond, revenue officer and mine
policeman of St. Charles, Va., is in
a local hospital as a result of having
been shot from ambush while resting
on his porch. He was shot in the
back .and thigh. The wounds are not
expected to prove fatal.
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John Duncan caime to Laurens i
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the fiTst cabin ever occupied by a
white man in the territory now embraced
Within the boundary lines of
. the old county It must have been a
crude building, constructed without
nails, glass or boards. Most probably
ft was a crude pen of logs covered
with boards rived from the giant
oaks, with long poles laid the entire
length of the roof on top of the
boards to hold them in place. Oak
pins were used where nails have,
since that date, become necessary.
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, as the Revolution of 1876 were
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l aire livvi v/jl wic wauiu was uuuubicds i
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and the 9plit surface hewn smooth.
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;hese early settlers was to make
them secure against the attacks o:! ^
bhe Indians. John Duncan may have ^
:ut port holes through the great logs
through which he might fire a trusty
rifle if necessary to defend his
Krme.
This pioneer settled on a tributary
>f Enoreej in what is now Jacks
?wnship, and the creek on which he
)uilt his cabin afterward took the I
name, Duncan's creek. This settlenent
was made certainly not later
;han 1775. Having no neighbor it <
s said a very friendly black bear '
jaid him a social visit one day soon I
ifter he had built his cabin. The 1
>ear walked in unheralded, viewed 1
;he surroundings for a few minutes 1
ind then beat a hasty retreat. The 1
voods were then full of these ani- 1
nals and - doubtless bruin's curiosity 1
vas aroused by so strange a sight as j i
i settler's cabin, and therefore de-|l
ermined to investigate it. !1
This isolated Pennsylvania Irish- j 1
nan could not long have enjoyed 1
he distinction of dwelling alone in j 1
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>rt Long was among the first settlers ^1
>f the county and that he likewise 1
ied on Duncan's creek. Long wash
lou'btless a carpenter, for the au- i
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thority whom Ihave just quoted,
says: "Robert Long, one of the first
settlers of Duncan's creek, in the
vicinity of the Old Church, was one
winter's night returning home
through the swamp with several carpenter's
tools on his shoulder, when 1
he heard behind him the familiar
howl of a pack of wolves hunting in 1
a body for their prey. Apprehending
his danger he quickly threw down his 1
tools and setting off," it is not said
how fast, "did not cease to run un- '
til he found himself safe within the
door of his house." Though Logan
does not say so it is most probable
that, contrary to well established!1
Southern custom, he closed the door.1
quickly behind him. Such experience 11
was not uncommon with the earliest.
settlers. Two distinct species of the.1
wolf were found in the forests of j '
upper South Carolina, the biacK and i
the gray. The skin of the former was I i
most highly prized by the Cherokee |1
because of its wanm fur. The gray (<
wolf was more vicious, fiercer and f i
hardier. They made their dens under i )
the great rocks protruding from the
hillsides and became very troublesome
to the settlers, feasting in the 1
winter oji their hogs and cattle. The; 1
wolves, however, were rapidly exter- j 1
minated when the settlers began to 1
multiply. The government at Char- j J
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leston in 1696, 1700 and 1786 enacted
laws looking to the destruction
of the wolf and other wild animals.
Bounties were paid for their skins.
The Cherokee Indians also cherished
in inveterate hatred for, and a
racial contempt for the wolf, not only
because of its cowardice, but because
it was one of the greatest enemies
to their favorite wild animal,
the deer. The hate which the Cherokees
cherished for the wolf is enshrined
in their ancient warwhoop
Echa-herro, "Slay the Wolf/'
These repacioua animals gathered
in great packs in winder when food
became scarce and ran down any n
animal, or even man, whose trail J
they scented. If the prey was so un- 1
fortunate as to be caught it was <
voraciously devoured with jaws ilke i
steel-traps. 1
Such experiences as Robert Long 1
liad were not uncommon. Logan re- 1
:ords another instance of a man I
:hased by wolves. In this instance 1
it was James Mosely a pioneer on the ]
Pacolet, whose cabin stood near' <
Krindel's Shoals. He it is said, was a j *
famous hunter and an experienced!
woodsman, and lived to become an in-j
;repid scout in the service of the par- J
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;aken a small deer that he carried on
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of the game and were soon showing
on the trail of the hunter. He heard
them and knew that an effort must
be made to save 'both himself and his
deer. Turning a little from his path
he hastily sunk the carcass in a creek
and running some distances further,
just had time to climb with his rifle
into the branches of a post oak tree
as the pack came up in full cry. It
was now too dark for him to use hia
rifle with effect, and he silently
watched them as they circled, incessantly
yelping and 'barking around
him. They bayed him in this manner
all night. At tlhe approach of day,
however, their circle grew larger;
and as soon as he could see through
his sights, he singled out the leader
Df the troop and shot him. The rest
instantly ran off to their den. Mosely
was afterwards asked why he did not
ire among them sooner. He replied
that he was perfectly safe in the
:ree, but felt a sort of pride in
waiting till daylight that he might
pick off the leader and the largest
sf the gang. Perhaps there was another
reason.
Women of the Moslem faith are
forbidden to appear on the stage.
Peeresses-in their own right now
lumber twenty-five in England.