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ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., TUESDAY. MARCH 28, 1922. , Np. 35
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PICKED or BI ENQOIUEK BEPOBTEB!
8tories Conoernjng Folk# and Thlngi
8ome of Which You Know ant
Soma You Don't Know?Condense!
For Quick Reading.
F.ali Better Qver It. ?
"Well, now I Just dldift. I came Ir
my Ford, end I came without any trouble,
too," said Supervisor Brown last
Friday when asked if he had beer
walking to town again.
That worried iook tne superv isor nm
been carrying, lo, these many weeks
was about gone, and he was actually
smiling.
Of course that old King's Mountain
road had something to do with it,
Views and Interviews thought, and it
so turned out.
"Yes, we are getting her sanded
now," the supervisor said. "It's the
first chance we have had for a long
time and we are going after It I have
had twenty wagons on the Job and
they have been working with a regularity
and precision that would do your
heart good. I have been staying around
there watching them by the hour.
"No. we will hardly get through tomorrow;
but we have improved con
anions wonaenuny ana u we w?a
in another day without more rain, we
will be safe."
Where the Liquor C. mem From.
Had a talk last Saturday afternoon
with officers whose business it is to do
what they can to run down the liquor
traffic in York county.
"How about the liquor that comes
into Yorkville? Where does it come
from?"
"I wish I could answer that question.
If I could I could sleep better at night."
"Well, surely you know something
about it?"
"From the beet information I have
there is not a great deal of liquor coming
to this place. Sometimes there
will be as much as four or five gallons
in & day and sometimes none. It is
brought here mainly in automobiles,
buggies, suit cases, hip pockets, and
sometimes smuggled by freight and express,
and sometimes by parcels post.
I have no positive Information about
parcels post receipts at this office; but
I have heard of It at other places. That
comes from Charleston or Savannah,
and is usually shipped under circumstances
that would Involve neither the
consignor1 or consignee in case of discovery.
"There are people who run liquor Into
this town in automobiles and of
course they find ready sale for It. I
know some of the people who are doing
this; but the trouble la in catching
them?knowing just when to seize
their cars.. There are people, too, who
go after their own liquor In automobiles,
often driving long distances for it.
"By those who know the ropes liquor
in more or less uncertain supply is to
be had on the North Carolina line,
either Bide of It, and then In the South
Moqntair, country near Hickory you
can always get liquor, provided, you go
with the proper credentials. I suppose
that even I could buy it up there if I
would buy, us I would not be an officer
up there. , 1 .
"But the greater part of the booze
that is being drunk about here is not
whisky; it is either this ginger or other
extracts or various concoctions that
are sold as medicines." . . /
A Jaunt Among the West Indies.
Prof. R. J. Herndon, of Yorkvllle,
has been taking a jaunt of several
thousand miles to Cuba, Panama,
along the northern coast of South
America, among the West Indies. He
returned to Yorkville last Friday
afternoon, after having been gone a
little more than a month, feeling that
of the many similar trips he has taken
in various quarters, this was one of
the finest and most satisfactory.
k "Yes, it was a splendid trip," said
Mr. Herndon, when asked about it
Saturday. "I feel that it was well
worth the time tand expense. I saw
many unusual sights, interesting people,
and got a great deal of diversion
and entertainment generally.
"We. left New York on February' 21,
on the Empress of Britain, one of the
finest, cleanest and most beautiful
ships 1 have ever seen and proceeded
slowly dowp the coast to Havana.
, After a stop of about two days there
we went to Kingston, Jamaica, then
to Panama, and from Panama to
Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, then
to Port of Spain, Trinidad, taking in
the asphalt lake; then to Bridgetown,
Barbadoes; Fort de France and St,
Pierre. Martinique; Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas: San Juan, Porto Rico, up
to Hamilton, Bermuda and thence
back to New York.
'It is hardly worth while to describe
the different countries through which
we passed, because while they are all
tremendously interesting, they have
been described so fully and so ofter
that I could tell but little that Is new
Of course it was worth while to see
the Panama canal, the greatest engineering
achievement that the worlc
knows anything about. \Ve? wen
across the country on the Pananu
railroad, arjd we got a good impressior
of all the sights. We saw a number o
large vessels passing through the
great Iqcks and we were powerfull:
impressed with the u'onrtws of Vh<
-A i
thing. I was struck with the .fact that
business seems to be pretty dull down
in that country and although the
p American canal employes are getting
splendid pay compared with what they
could get in the states, the feeling on
the part of most of them seems to be
, that they want to get back into the
? states.
"The asphalt lake on the island of
Trinidad. off the r.haat nf Venezuela
^ Is one of the natural wonders of the
' world, and It was very Interesting to
i me; but to appreciate It you would
have to see it.
"Passing along the coast cf Martl1
nique we stopped at Pert de France,
and saw the site of St. Pierre where
45,000 people were .overwhelmed by the
, eruption of Mont Pelee some years
ago. A few houses have been erected
, on the place since; ,but as a whole
the ruin is still complete. The mcun'
tain continues to smoke ominously.
"Negro boys diving for coins is a
common .diversion to the passengers
of all big passenger steamers passing
through the West Indies. Whenever
we approached a harbor, the negroes
would come out to the ship in small
, boats and banter us to drop coins
into the water. All kinds of coins
would climb to the bridge and dive
divers would get them, generally before
they reached the bottom. Also for a '
dollar some of the more expert divers
would climb to the bridge and drive
Into the water 60 feet below. These
negroes are most wonderful divers and
they make a lot of money at It?a lot
, for them?because the passengers enJoy
the sport and think it worth the
price.
Quite a pleasant Incident of the trip
was when shortly after we reached
, Charlotte Amalle, Island of St. Thomas,
I received a message that a ladhad
called to see me. Of course I was
puzzled. Didn't anybody know me
down there and I didn't know anybody. f
It turned out, however, that the infotmatlon
was coriect. I received a
card on which was the name of Mrs.
Lulie Turnipseed. Of course I followed
the matter up and on making myself
known found that the lady was
the wife of Col. Turnipseed, the medical
officer in charge of , quarantine.
Mrs. Turnipseed turned out to be quite
a delightful lady. She was formerly
Miss Lulie Hunt, of Newberry, a graduate
of Winthrop college, and explained
that she had found me out from
looking over the passenger list, and
Was anxious to see somebody from
South Carolina. I went on shore wflh'
Mrs. Turnipseed and after offering refreshments
at her home, she took me'
in an antnmAKilA t V* rrvn rrV* thn fnttrn e*v\A
the surrounding country. She is a very,
bright, intelligent lady, and pointed out
everything of interest. I do not know
when I have had such a pleasant time.
On leaving she gave me a letter for
"Ben Hope," Mr. Stanhope Love, of
Yorkville, and I am going to take it out
to him Monday.
"The island of St. Thomas, you
know, is the principal island of the
group that was formerly known as the
Danish West Indies, only a few miles
east of Porto Rico. These islands, you
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remember, were recently purchased by
the United States and Uncle Sam now
has charge of them."'
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PARCELS POST TOO CHEAP a
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Government Carries Packages at Ex- t
ponse of Other Mail. , i
Responsibility for deficits incurred t
by the postoffice department in the t
handling of the mails is attributed \
largely to the parcel poet system, ac- t
cording to data collected by the Joint I
Postal Commission which has been I
conducting a nation wide investiga- t
tion into the cost of the handling of t
all classes of mall matter. Conclus- t
ions of the commission are to be incorporated
in a report to be submitted ?
to congress next fall, after further in- 1
vestigations have been completed, it <
was announced a few days ago. 1
Members of the commission and
officials of the postoffice department 8
declare the parcel post to be Indispensable
to the country but assert
that some system should be devised to
establish it on a paying basis. The
commission has not yet determined
finally, it was said, to what extent the
postal deficit is attributable to the
parcel post, but the fact that its operation
had made inroads Into postal
appropriations had caused concern for
some time, officials said. The joint
commission, created by congress to
investigate postal conditions throughout
the country with a view to suggesting
and recommending needed improvements
and extensions of service,
had held hearings in various cities,
i principally at congested postal centers
like Chicago, Philadelphia and New
York. It had been found, it was ex.
plained, that conditions in New York
. and Philadelphia, especially, were most
> unsatisfactory and should be strength
thened considerably if a fair standard
of efficiency was to be maintained.
Rush B. Simmons, chief postoffice
i inspector, representing the postoffice
I department on the commission, said
: the fact that the parcel post system
i had been found to be paying expenses
. was no surprise, as it had been genj
erally conceded for some time that
something should be done to put that
1 branch of the service on a sound basis,
t What recommendations the commisi
sion will make to congress in its rei
port could not be forecast at this time,
f the member said.
' ?A good loser Is a man who admits
* I it, but refuses to stay lost. - ? - - J
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NEW LAWS FOR YORK
Some Acts Amendatory te Existing
Acts.
NO MORE CHAINS ON HEAVY TRUCKS
Yorkville School District Funds to Be
Administered by Chairman and Secretary?Town
of York Authorised to
Subscribe to Building ana Loan
8tock.
The following laws of special interest
in York county were enacted at the
last session of the general assembly at
the instance of the York delegation:
Amending Yorkville School District
Charter. i
An Act?To Amend an Act Entitled i
"An Act to Create the School District
of. Yorkville, in York County, 1
and to Enable It to Organize a Sys- 1
tern of Free Schools, and to Levy a i
Tax In Support of the Same, and to i
Purchase and Hold Property," Ap- <
proved December 22nd, 1888, affd
Subsequent Acts Amendatory There- l
of. To Provide for the Election of a (
Board of Trustees and Custody and
nuki.Mflwsnt A# Cnhrvil 1
JL/IOUUlOVIUVUv \JM. mvuvw. ?
Be It enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina:
Section 1. That section 3 of an act
entitled "An act to create the school
Jiatrict of Yorkville, In York county,
sind to enable It to organize a system
at free schools, and to levy a tax In
lupport of the same, and to purchase
ind hold property, approved December
22nd, 1888, and the same section 3
is amended by act of February 1st,
1901, be stricken out and in lieu there>f
the following be Inserted, to be desgaated
as section 3, to wit:
Sec. 3. That the present board of
trustees shall continue in office until
choir successors are elected and have
jualifled, and the term of service of its
present members shall remain unchanged;
that at each regular municpal
election fbr York the qualified
doctors thereof shall elect two discreet
persons, residents of York, to
Kcrve as members of the board of trusees,
which board shall consist of eight
members; that in those years in which
10 municipal election is held in York,
i special election for two members of
laid board shall be held on the last j
ruesday in May, under the direction
md supervision of the town council of
fork, to be conducted in the same
nanner as if a municipal election were
>eing held; that the terms of service
>f the several members of the board
ihall be four years, and until their reipectiv?
successors are elected and
jualifled. That the board shall organ- e
re after each annual election by elect- (
??r one nf thoir nnmher chairman, one t
"ft w ??
$ce-chairman, and. one secretary and ?]
reasurer, and bo constituted It shall (
>e known as the board of trustees of r
he Yorkvllle school district; Provided, g
That all the members of the beard are u
0 serve without compensation except t
he secretary and treasurer, whose com- g
>ensation may be' fixed by the board e
ind paid out of regulrr school funds,
ind he shall furnish bond in such sum t
is may be provided for by said board, i
^nd whenever a vacancy shall occur 8
n said board, by death, resignation, re- t
noval or otherwise, and the board r
ihall so certify to the mayor of York, $
1 special election, upon not less than r
en days* public notice, shall be held, ^
inder the direction and supervision of 8
he town council of York, for a mem- v
>er or members to fill the vacancy or (
'acancies, the newly elected members ^
o service for the unexpired terms; j
'rovided, That the election of mem>ers
to fill vacancies may be held at r
he time of the annual election, if the e
racancy occur within four months next
>efore the time for annual election.
Sec. 2. . That section 6 of the i
laid act (approved December 22nd,
.888) be stricken out and in lieu thcre>f
the following be inserted, to be desgnated
as section 6, to wit:
See. 6. That all moneys assessed
ind collected for school purposes shall
)e paid out by the county treasurer for
lalaries and other school purposes to ,
he treasurer of said school district
lpon the warrant of the chairman and (
lecretary of the board of trustees. And (
ill school money arising from the cap- t
tation tax upon the polls in said (
ichool district, as well as from the f
institutional school tax, or from any ?
ind all other public sources appllca- (
nlo tr? anIri distrirt. shall be Daid out i
t?y the said county treasurer in like
manner and upon like warrant. That
the moneys coming into the hands of
the treasurer of said school district
shall be paid out on warrant of the
secretary countersigned by the chairman
of the board of trustees of said
school district.
Approved February 25, 1922.
To Financo Town Hall.
An Act?To Authorize the Town Council
of the Town of York, in this '
State, for and in Behalf of the Town
of York, and in its Name, to Subscribe
for Shares in any Building
and Loan Association, Incorporated
by and Doing Business in this State,
not Exceeding in their Aggregate
Fafo Value the Sum of Fifteen
Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars, and to
Pledge the Certificate of Stock and
In Mnrtcniro the I.of unon which the
Council Has Built a Town Hall, to
the Association, to Secure the Asso- ;
ciation, and to tnus Obtain a Loan
of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars
from the Association, with which ,
to Retire the Temporary Loans with
which the Town Hall was Built, the
Loan to bo Obtained to bo uscdSolo?
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ly for the Purpose of Retiring' Temporary
Loans.
Whereas, The Town Council of the
town of York, in this state, did effect
temporary loans for the town, aggregating
fifteen thousand $15,000.00) dollars,
and therewith did build a town
hall upon a lot owned by the town; i
and
Whereas, The town council can effect
for the town a loan from a building
and loan association, incorporated
by and doing business in this state, of
fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars,
if legislative authority bo given
to the town council, for and in behalf
of the said town, and in its name, 10
subscribe for shares in the capital
stock of such association, aggregating <
fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars, i
and to pledge the stock and to mort- i
gage the lot r"d town hall thereon to
the association to secure the payment
of the loan and. Interest thereon at seven
(7%) per cent, the stock to be surrendered
when It matures, after the
manner in which such associations
conduct their business.
Now, therefore, be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state of South
Carolina:
Section 1. That the town council of
the town of York, in this state, for and
In behalf of the town of York, and in
its name, is hereby authorised to subscribe
for shares cf any building and
loan association, incorporated by and
doing business in this state, not exceeding
in'their aggregate face value
the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00)
lollars, and to pledge the oertflcates of
itock, and to mortgage to the building
ind loan association from which it oboJna
tho fTftppn thousand til5.000.001
lollar loan, to secure the association,
the. lot and town hall built thereon
with the temporary loans that the said
town council effected, the rate of interest
not to exceed seven (7%) per
:ent per annum, and the certificate of
itock tp be 'surrendered in settlement
)f indebtedness, when It matures, aftsr
the manner In which the building
ind loan associations conduct their
luslness?the loin thus effected to be
jsed solely for the purpose of retiring
he temporary loans with which the
own hall was built.
Approved February 3, 1922.
To Regulate Truck Traffic,
tn Act?to Amend an Act entitled "An
Act to Regulate the Use of Trucks
upon the Highways of York County,"
approved the day of February,
1921, Prohfbrttng* the Use of Chains
on Trucks, so as to Include Cherokee
and Pickens Counties in the Provisions
thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the genral
assembly of the state of South
Carolina: Amend Sec. 1 of an act cn;
itled, "An Ao* to'Regulate the Use of
[ rucks upon the Highway of York
bounty," approved the 26th day of Febuary,
1921, by striking out all of said
ection following the word "chains," on
tlin.AAf nn^ tnivb)*tlnrr I n 1 ix.ll ^
IIIV DCYCIfc lllCiOUl auu lltovi Ving IM I>vu
hereof the words "upon its wheels,"
>o that said section, when so amendd,
shall read i s follows:
Section J. Hereafter, no truck used
ipon the highways within the counies
of Cherokee, Pickens and York
hall be loaded ^to a capacity of more
han seven thousand (7,000) pounds,
tor shall any such truck, loaded, be
Iriven at a greater speed than fifteen
nlles per hour, nor shall any such
ruck be driven upon the highways of
aid o unties with any chains upon its
vheels. Nor shall any truck weighing
including its load) three tons or more,
?e used upon the highways while said
lighways are wet or soft from rain.
Sec. This act shall take effect imnediately
upon its approval by the
rovernor.
Fort Mill Township Commissioners.
Vn Act?To Amend "Section 12 of an
Act Entitled, "An Act Relating to
the System of Government for York
County Townships," approved March
12, 1920, by Devolving the Ddties and
Responsibilities of the Township
Highway Commission Upon the Former
Fort Mill Township Highway
Commission.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the general
assembly of the state of South
Carolina: That Sec. 12 of an act enitled,
"An Act Relative to the System
>f Government for York County Townships,"
approved March 12, 1920, be
imended by adding at the end thereof
he following proviso: "Provided, That
.he provisions of this section shall not
ipply to Fort Mill township In York
;ounty. In said township the powers,
lutles and responsibilities now devolv:d
upon the township highway comnission
shall, after the approval of this
ict, be exercioed by and devolved upon
the former Fort Mill township
tighway commission composed of J. J.
Bailes, W. M. White and James Eppes,
who shall serve until the 31st day of
January, 1923, and until their successors
shall have been appointed by the
jovernor upon the recommendation of
ihe legislative delegation in Yorkcoun:y,"
so that said section, when so
intended, shall read as follows:
Section 12. In case of any township
that has heretofore issued bonds by an
ict to enable townships in York ctuu- ,
ty to issue bonds for roads, appro zed
the 11th day of March A. D. 1019, c
may hereafter issue bonds for roads,, .
the township highway commission (
provided for by said act shall consti- (
tutc and exercise all the powers and (
duties of the township commissioners (
provided for by this act: Provided, ,
That the provisions of this section '
shall not apply to Fort Mill township (
(.Continued cm Ptvge fllx.)
CUSTER'S; LAST FlfiHT
New Story of a Famous Battle oa
the Little Big Horn.
VERSION OF INDIAN PARTICIPANT
' i it
Statement Disagrees With Nannetivs
of White Man?Flying Hawk Claims
that it was a Fair Fight and thatths
Soldiers Were Thoroughly Frightened
Of the hundreds of fights that marked
the era of warfare between the
whites and the aborigines In the course
of our "Winning the Weet," that which
Btands out most distinctly In the memory
of men still living: nnd in the more
or less veracious chronicles that form ,
the basis of thousands of tales of wild
adventure is the battle of the Little
Big Horn on June 25, 1876. Particular
pathos was given to this event
(described by the whites as a "massacre"
and by the Indians as a "battle")
by the death of one of ,the most
lashing and romantic of cavalry leaders,
General George A. Custer, himself
the hero of a hundred fights and idolized
by the army and the frontiersmen
of his time for his picturesque
and charming personality, his valor ,
and bis soldierly qualities. In the galaxy
that included General 'Nelson A.
Miles, Phil Sheridan, Buffalo Bill and |
Pawnee Bill, Custer was a bright and |
sinning 0icu , i
In connection with the celebration
jf the forty-fifth anniversary of the
battle last June, when a monument rn
bonor of General Custer was unveiled
in its site, several narratives of surviving
witnesses of the fight have appeared
in the magazines and newspapers.
It is hardly strange, in idew
if the fact that Custer and all his men
?all the actual participants on the
jlde of the American troops?were
tilled, that these narratives should be
nmany instances cloudy and convicting.
The writers saw the action
'rom a safe distance and in the con'uslon
and excitement of thcj occasion,
t is scarcely to be expected that they
:ould have noted the incidents of the
lattle with any degree of accuracy,
o say nothing of- the allowance to be
nade for the faults of memory in the
r.pse of 45 years. Most of these accounts,
indeed, are made up front oblervatlon
of circumstantial evidence
ifter the battle was-over.' All of thenr
ire written by white men. Moreover,
he fact that Indian fighting was not
:arried on with the nioe regard for
lystem, design and carefully plotted
ilan taught at West Point and pracJced
by the Civil War veterans of
hat day, makes it reasonable to aslume
that these reports could possi)ly
be in agreement or entitled to any
ligh degree of authenticity. For
the first time, the actual story
if the battle of the Little Bi~ Horn is
vow given to. the public from the
itandpoint of the Indian. , In regard
o this particular fight as in regard
o the major events of the centuryong
strife on the American frontier,
American history is practically silent
is to the Indian's side of the story.
Some day the whole sanguinary tale
vill be told impartially. And when it
s told, the reputation of the Indian
via pernaps emerge, it not uniarnisn- |
id, at least a bit less Mack than It has ]
>een painted. It is the old story of the |
lifferenCe it makes whose ox is go"ed. j
rust now we are learning how much i
t matters whether the story of a war j
s told by victor or vanquished in regard
to the greatest of all wars, a war |
hat involved much of the world. i
Custer of the Seventh Cavalry, dl- '
rid- s forces to the north and south <
)f the junction of the Big Horn with he
Little Big Horn , and with Ave ]
iompanies; containing 208 men, dashed ]
it th* center of the Sioux position, <
vhose strength he had underestimated, i
tie was pushed back, completely sur- .
ounded, and his command killed to a <
nan. When two days later Captains
Jibbon and Terry came upon ,the i
iloody scene and wired tHelr report (
;o Washington it is little wonder that (
he country v/as thrilled with the hor- ,
or of the story. {
It is to be noted that in the accept- ]
;d historical records, the killing of ]
duster and his troops looms large even |
.o this day while comparatively no ]
nention is made of our violation of \
he Black Hills Treaty which led up (
o the Indian insurrection of which |
he Custer massacre was an incident. (
!)nc must search carefully to And men- (
Lion of the fact that Coster and his ,
command killed moro than 100 Indians ,
in an engagement at Washita that i
preceded the Little Big Horn fight. 4
Possibly this Washita incident is re- <
yarded by the Indians much as we
nave all along regarded the later fight f
?as a "butchery" and a "ma?a:icre."
For the sake of the sharp light of |
contrast, let me cite briefly the ac- (
^epted historical version of the san- .
quinary struggle in which Custer was ]
killed before coining to the version related
to me by an Indian participant (
still surviving among tho nation's i
wards en the Sioux reservation inNorth
Dakota. I
The Indian outbreak followed for the i
violated treaty that robbed them of j
their lands. In the Big Horn attack, ;
DucJer's plan was to convergo upon :
the hostiles in three columns, Gibbon .
from the west, Cook from the south j
ind Terry from the east. Terry's di- i
vision Included the famous Seventh |
Cavalry under Custer, 600 strong. In
Advancing from the south, Cook was
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hindered by repeated attacks and delayed;
Terry moved up the Yellowstone
as far as the Rosebud, where he
made a fortified camp. Cueter moved J
around to the south and up the Rosebud
to drive the Indians down the Big
Horn Into Are of the larger force that
wan to march up stream; he sent ||
Reno with seven companies across the
Big Horn to descend It and attack
from the west Before he could do
this, he was himself attacked and held
on the defensive for 24 hours. Custer,
with the remaining five companies,
came upon the Sioux camp and without
hesitation charged the Indians.
The particulars of the fight can never
be clearly known, for evety white man
engaged was killed. It was all over ?
In 20 minutes. Curley, Custer's scout,
wrapped himself in a Sioux blanket
and alone escaped.
Our history contln-ie-s: 'Gibbon and ^
Terry, ascending, the Big Horn, came
upon the bodies of Custer and his com- ^
panions two days after the massacre. c]
Custer had been shot in the left tern81
pie, and his was the only body that
was not mutilated." It ,was found that ^
the Seventh Cavalry lost 261 killed Q
and 62 wounded, Terry having lost 5J ^
killed, escaping the fate of Custer's .
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force by retreat to the west bank. w
Recently there appeared the story c]
of a survivor who pays: "I was in the Q]
fight on the Little Big Horn from start f,
to finish, saw the first man fall by my
side and .lived through the two days' ^
battle to help bury General Custer and g
his gallant men." Continuing, he describes
the finding of the bodies: "The w
bodies of Custer and the men trapped a]
with him were in an Indiscriminate h
heap. The Indians had stripped every Ci
private in the ranks, every officer save tl
one, Custer. They .had scalped every tl
nan except the general. Custer's body <y
had been lifted from the heap and laid
to one side, a handkerchief spread pver w
hie face. A knife had been inserted tr,
Jeftly under the lower rib and the s<
heart extracted. We found it set up w
oh Custer's breast, a silent testimonial tl
of the completed vengeance of the ai
3ioux chief. Some time after the bat- d'
tie, .when I talked to Raln-in-the-Face, bl
tie told me that he had vowed to General
Custer that he would some day is
out out his heart, and that he left it h
on the battle field as his boast that he a
had carried out his threat" , w
Properly to understand this Incident ti
of the heart-cutting, we shall revert tl
igaln to history and quote another 1*
line or tvia': "Chief GStf %a* leAdST in c
he massacre. Raln-in-the-Face was *
the Sioux chief who killed Dr. Hulsinger
and Mr. Bolliran In 1873 on the
ttosebud. These men had fallen be- ie
ilnd Custer and his command, and ei
were found dead with no traces of ^
;heir slayers. Some months later, r<
Rain-in-the Face told of tho killing', In Ml
:he hearing of Reynolds, one of Cus- 'n
cr's scouts, who reported it to the n
general who arrested Rain-in-the- ?'
Face and locked him in the guard- Cl
louse but he escaped." It was this ar- P
rest that Inflamed Rain-in-the-Face n
ind' his friends, among whom the n
learest and best loved is none other ?
:han the author of the statement herenafter
quoted?Chief Flying Hawk, pi
who was with him throughout these
:ampaigns, was present in the 1873 in:ident
and during his arrest and con- ,n
inement, and took a prominent part *
n the massacre under Rain-in-theFace's
leadership. But here again it "
s necessary to call' up some history ?
ind try to understand the Indian's
viewpoint and the cause and manner
ind the arrest. .
The Sioux and Cheyenne country
included the Black Hills, where gold W
was discovered in 18f4; it was on their ^
'reservation"; they had been driven
jut into this bleak and supposedly ^
valueless land, just as they always cj
tial been, and herded together like so Q
many wild animals, and like animals, n
were supposedly fed and clothed by h(
the government in this "reservation"
jet apart and scarcely proclaimed by
solemn treaty to be their forever. ?
It was under these conditions ard ^
yhile facing starvation, that Rain-In- t|
the-Face wandered from, the reservation
to hunt along with others. This, tj
with the blame for killing Hulzinger w
md Balliran, furnished an excuse for q
his arrest and' inhuman confinement. e
It was then that he made the threat 0
that some day he would cut out the
heart of General Custer.' It is believed
that failing to "convict" the chief in a
:o.urt-martlal proceeding, the general ^
issued orders to his jailers to remain
off duty while ,Rain-in-the-Face "esBaped"
from the guardhouse. He had
not "murdered" Hulzinger and Ralli- g
ran, for it waa in "war" that they met !
their death. So that the Indian had d
el "grudge" that, from his viewpoint, g(
was entirely natural and fully justified. p
It was with this feeling of great per- B
sonal injury and humiliation that he v
went into the Custer fight on that e
beautiful June day in 1876, and if we t]
are to believe the statement of the
white survivor quoted, he made good
his threat at last. 0
But we are yet to hear from the
old chief who knows most about it, 0
the man who was the best friend of v
Rain-in-the-Face and who was with h
him in the light and saw what occurred tl
there. It is the story of a victor and a
Is told in the same manner and with ti
the same indifference that the white
man tells, in our history' of the fight c
at Washita. Flying Hawk was born .
In the Black Hills; it was his home u
that the whites had invaded; it was "<
his gold they took in violation of law u
(Continued on Pago Six.)
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CONTROL OF MY FEVER
' " ,, - ? J
' 0 ' V .V V ) -T ^ ,J_.
clence las Salved the Bjslerjf at
ALADY YIELDS TO SEBOH TiEATIEHT
; - :
t Is Definitely Settled Tfnt Various
Grass and Weed Pollen ConetituU
Principal Sources of Irritation; Bat
Different Pollens Differently Affect
Different People.
Frederick J. Hasklfi. *
Hay fever victims of Washington are a
aJclng time by the forelock this see- y
on. A hay fever prevention clinic baa
een opened at the Women's Welfltte
ssociatlon, and working women who
sgularly sneese through a part of the
ear are looking forward to a sneese>ss
summer.*' \ j
The time to tackle bay fever, accordig
to the specialist In charge of the
tinlc, is before the appointed time for
neeslng arrives. Some sneesers are
t their worst In August and Septemer,
when pollen from ragweed and
ther late blooming plants is being
town about on the wind. Other hay
sverltes are attacked early and are
nil a era In Ktt Tlllv i1n? iWltMnt at the
tnic begins to sneeze about/the first
f May, probably because of the pollen
om early grasses. It .Is the aim of
tie clinic doctor to immunise the paent
now before the deadly pollens bein
to do their wotfc. ' -
The doctor at the clinic sits at a
hlte table with, boxes filled with rows
id rows of small bottles before him.
:e listens carefully to the history,of.a
u?e, and notes what time of ties year
le patient begins sneesing andvsif
iere are any clues, as to the exact
tuse. Then he chooses from bis Wiction
of bottles some eighteen fitted
1th pollens and other irritants which
dght throw light on the esse,
sleeted for the test are the usual
eed pollens that are distribute^ at the
me of the year when the patient Js
Tec ted. Grass and tree pollens, jjhs
octor explains, are most often res perie
for hay fe^er attacks in the spring.
In the late iumuer and fall rnfW^M
i the worst offender. More ca sestet
ay fever are due to rdgwetxlthai, to
ny other plant ,The pollen of.
eed Is so light and fine fha^ & wind
nveMng 20 miles an hour will c|Vry
i? grains five miles. '"Thus the pdBea ' ^Sj
i brought Into city streets flrom*e^rtnt'l?#<y&^roto,
ty&fyfr M<!
Golden rod Myth exploded.
I. .'At IhnInAmrf In
uviuciiivu *o mtv* .m wgm
cted assortment of irritants. Goldurod
pollen la heavy and Is not M&
!ed by the wlnil Both goldenro<i;ati<!
>9cs are regarded'by scientists aaMfrible
factors in producing hay fWR'
i spite of the poptikr theory jMtyl,'
takes these two fTowera prime cause*
t bay fever attack*. Unless a patient
omes in close contact with these
lants, the pollen of which Is diasMnU' a
ated by insects, Uie Clinic doctor dote
ot try the pollen as 4 possible cause
f the disease. ^ ,
Along with a dosen weed and grass
aliens the doctor lag* out vikls contlnlng
other possible causes of hay
ver. The labels OH these are surprlsg.
We are accustomed to calling1 all*,
arts of seasonal asthmatic and sneesg
attacks by the term hay fever,
hether ragweed or timothy or *onie *
ther plant la the exoiting cause. But
is strange to think of hay fever^a*
elng due to* cat hairs, fur, chicken
sathers, rice powder, orris or horse
ander. Yet these are the labels on
ame of the bottles ehbsep for the test.
It is only in a comparatively few
istances that hajr fever Is traced to
iese unusual Irritants. The feather*
l a pillow case have been known to
luse attacks, drains of orris in face
r tooth powder, or even the orgahic
latter of a fur neokpiece may, ifin- '
aled by a highly sensitive nose, ?e the
rclting agent of a hay fever case.
The doctor arranges his * attles. The
atient bares one arm to the elbow. '
he nurse cleanses it with alcohol, and
he test begins.
Eighteen drops of an alkaline solunn
am ?inr>?d nlnnir the arm. and then
1th & sterilized needle the doctor
uickly. makes a light scratch, not deep
nough to draw blood, where eagh drop
f liquid is. A tiny sample of one
icted Irritant is thdn added to each of
ie eighteen drops, and the patient set*
les down for twenty minutes to wait
w the skin to. react. ; i
Action on the Skin.
At the end of twenty minutes til?
rm tells an interesting story to'
peclallst. Some of the extracts haVe
ntered their scratches without aiiy
isturbing effect. Other pollens ha^e
et the skin itching in protest,
ink welts have risen around these
cratches. These ate the agentW' Co
rhich the patient is sensitive. This
nds act on?rof the drama eo far M
hat patient :1s concerned.' '' .. _
The next time she visits the coplc,
ne doctor proceeds to make-more ithfa
f scratches ahd to apply to them
urent strength solutions of the poiietx *
r other matter which seems to be (lie
rorst irritant. On his card telling tfib
istory of the case he carefully draws
he outline of the little ,w?fts which
re produce^'1>y the disturbing ' agree
ts. At each visit thl patient has
nf wnlta an ah# hM4mM ae.
ustomed to stronger solutions. '
The reaction may be understood, faefc?r
by compering it to the way in which
dope'' gradually fails to take effect
nleja larger and larger doees are tak(Continued
on rag? Eight)