The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, May 05, 1905, Page 7, Image 7
HOW INDIANS COMMUNICATE
News Travels With Wonderful Rap
idity Among the Red Men.
The rapidity with which the news
of orders given out from the Union
Indian agency and Dawes commission
spreads to the remotest corners ot
the Creek nation is a continual source
of- wonder to the Federal officials.
When, says the Kansas City Jour
nal, the regulation compelling Indians
to accept the pay for their land in
installments of $io a month was an
nounced, it seemed that every Indian
in the Creek country knew it at once,
for the petitions for sale dropped off
immediately. A few days ago, when
the order was revoked and the Indian
was allowed to pay for 'his land at the
rate of $5 per month, practically ev
erybody knew it the next day, and
business in the Creek land sales de
partment suddenly became lively a
gain.
Vhen it is remembered that there
are several thousand full blood In
dians in tfie Creek nation who, cannot
speak or read a word of English, and
who have no way of learning the news
of the day except by word of mouth,
the speed with which intelligence is
communicated to them is most re
markable. Most of the full bloods
live in the hills and mountains, far
from railroads, and in sections where
daily or even weekly newspapers are
seldom or never seen.
General Pleasant Porter, chief of
tie Creek nation, and the best inform
ed man in the tribe, when asked to
explain the phenomenon, said signi
ficantly:
"It may be telepathy. Let me ask
you a question. How does the buz
zard flying through the air learn that
an animal has been killed and why are
there 'h.undreds of them on the scene
in less time than it takes to tell about
it? You may call it instinct, or any
thing else you please, but the Indians
keep as well posted on news that in
terests them as the newspaper reading
white people.
"My people have formed the habit
of communicating whatever interests
them to their neighbors and asking
them to pass it on. Every train that
leaves Muskogee is loaded with In
dians who know personally of an or
der. They pass the word along, andi
it spreads like wildfire. In the early
days the Creeks had regular couriers
who carried the news. One of these
would visit a town, and at sundown
the people would gather around him
and hear the information he had to
it;npart. The town king would then
detail some one to pass it on to the
members of the next town or tribe,
and the same method would be re
peated.
"I 'have known," said the chief,
growing reminiscent, "of foot carriers
traveling Ioo miles a day with import
ant messages. One morning during
the Creek rebellion I sent a messenger
out .to get volunteers for my army,
and before the sun set 1,200 men
came into my camp.
"Warriors had a way of announcing
the approach of an enemy by giving
war whoops. If the yells followed
closely one after another the enemy
was near. One prolonged whoop in
dicated that the enemy was many
miles distant, with: no danger of im
mediate attack."
Just Like Him.
The following is from the Tri
State Odd Fellow publis~hed at Green
4rille, S. C.:
Bro. Otto Klettner, P. G. M., of
Newberry, S. C., has paid his subscrip
t'in farther in advance thnan any sub
scriber we have. He sent this paper:
$3.00 recently, which pays him to
March 15th 1908.
Bro. Klettner is an Odd Fellow
from his heart, and has proved him
self to be one of the best friends we
have. When we were making a tour
in the interest of starting this paper,
he is one of the few men that volun
teered to help us financially. Pat
ting the writer on th'e back he sayc
"Brother, should you ever need any
money in running your paper, just
call on me, and you can get." We ap
preciate this friendship, and say, God
bless and keep him, grant that his
pleasures may never be less.
The Verdict.
Records of the ancient city Geor
geana, founded in 1640, better known
at the present time as York Harbor,
No., contain some quaint and unusurai
gtories of the early life 'of the town.
At the entrance to York Harbor a
Make Your Own
Ice Cream.
There has just been placed in all the grocery
5tores, a new preparation called
Jet-O
Ice Cream
POWDER
which is meeting with great favor, as it enables
everyone to make ice cream in their own home with
verylittletrouble.Everythingipthepackageformak
ng two quarts of delicious ice cream. If your grocer
:an't supply you send 25c. for two pkgs. by mail. Van
Ila,Chocolate, Strawberry and Unflavored. Address,
The Uenesee Pure Food Co., Boc 295, Le Roy, -N.Y.
bold promontory known as Stage
Neck. extends some distance into the
sea, from which formerly, in stormy
weather, a temporary light in the
form of a lantern hoisted upon an
apright pole was displayed as a warn
ing to mariners, says Harper's Week
Iy.
One dark winter night a sloop was
wrecked on these rocks. A surviv
or, on bei-g questioned about the
:atastrophe. said:
"The vessel struck, turned over on
ler side an: the skipper and another
barrel of whiskey rolled overboard."
The local coroner was summoned
and his somewhat startling verdict
was returned:
"We find that the deceased fell
from the masthead and was killed;
he rolled overboard and was drowned';
ie floated ashore and froze to death,
Lnd the rats ate him up alive."
LOW RATES.
To Charleston via Southern Railway
May 8-13, i9oS, Account of Ger
Rifle Club, May Festival
And Golden Jubilee.
Attractions: The Famous Bicketts
greatest acrobats in the world se
cured at the largest salary ever paid
to Aerial artists.
The D'Acos. the most sensationa:
act ever given in America, including
Mlle D'Aco the 'human electric light
sensational and thrilling.
Greatest event of the kind that has
ever been given in south4and. Scheut
zen park converted into dreamland
excelling in. brilliancy beautiful Lum
park. Rate one fare plus 25 cents
(minimum rate 5o cents) from al
points in South Carolina. From Au
gusta and Charlotte.
Tickets sold May 8, 9, and ioth
with final limit May 13th, 1905.
For full information apply to an:
agent of the Southern Railway, oi
R. W. Hunt,
'D. P. A., Charleston, S. C.
URIC ACID GRAVEl
I CAUSED BY THE KIDNEYS BE
ING UNABLE TO CA RRY THE
POISONOUS WASTE MAT
TERS OUT OF THE
BLOOD.
The urine of persons suffering from uri
acid or gravel is generally scanty. and afte
it has stood awhile, a reddish qediment lik
brick dust forms in it. ' In ao inced stage
the uric acid sometimes appears as fmn
sand, or large crystals.
Those who pass gravel in any consider
able quantity are usually troubled with in
fammation of the kidneys, bladder anc
urinary organs, sour stomach, indigestion
heartburn, gout and rheumatism.
CURED BY
WARNER'S SAFE CURE
"I have used Safe Cure for chills causei
by uric acid poso in my system and
have been efelycured. It has done foi
me what Ihave never known any othei
medicine to do. Itceines polein the Souti
who suffer much from malara,which al.
ways affects the kidneys. If all te doctori
would prescribe8Safe Cureinstead of quining
for cases of malaria there would be less bac
after effects, as quinine does not remove the
disease germs fromthesystem like8SafeCure
Itake'8eafe Pills' whenlIneed agentle lal
ative."-Mrs. Mf. E. DEAN, Tress. Lots
Club, Chattanooga, Tenn.
THIS TEST WILL TELL:
Put some urine In a glass or bottle. Af!ies
I has stood 24 hours, If it is cloudy, or con
taina a reddish-brown sediment, or if parti
clear float about in .it your kidney art
diseased and%inable to do their work and
if not attended to at once Bright'sDies
diabetes, rheumatism, gout, uric acid, in
fammation of the bladder, gall-stones o3
urinary troubles will develop and provy
fatal in a short time.
Safe Cure is the only absolutely safe ani
certain cure for all these forms of kidney
liver and bladder diseases. Itis purely veg
etable, free from harmful drugs found i3
many sc<called kidney cures, cointains nc
sediment and is plasant to take.
For sale at all drug stores, or direct,&50
and$1.00 abottle.
ANALYSIS FREE.
If after making this test you have an'
doubt as to the development of the disease iz
your system, send a sample of your urine t<
the Medical Department, Warner Safe Care
Co., Rochester, N. Y., and our doctors wil
analyze it and send yua report, with advice
and medical bolt free.
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES AND IMtTATIONS
They are worthless and very often ex
ceedingly dangerous. Ask for Warner's
Safe Cure; It will cure you.
WARNER'S SAFE PILLS move the bow
.ia.gentl and aid 8 speedy cnre.
HEAl
i Parke, Dauh
We are on the job
delphia, and Parke,
reliable houses in tl
sortment of their Ta
MUCH CHE
We supply them
cheaper than when
mel tablets cost 5c.
100. It pays, most
pays all the time to
GILDER)
Th(
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Nine times out of ten when a man
buys a horse he is sold.
About the only thing that can be
said in some men's favor is that they
are not society favorites.
LET US HELP YOU
CLEAN HOUSE THIS SPRING.
Give us all your cur
tains, heavy blankets,
bed spreads, under
clothing, bedding, etc.,
to launder.
i By doingthiswork in
large quantities we are
able to do it at prices'
that make it economy
for you to give it to us
to do, besides our sav
ing you so much hard
work.
Newberry
Steam
Laundry Co
SFire Insurance!
SWe will insure your Frame
D welling for only sixty cents on
the hundred dollars, (not ex
posed), or better still, one dol
lar and eighty cents for five
years. Good business people
insure their property, why
don't you? Insurance on stock
and store buildings.also,
HOLMES & McFALL,
Fire Insurance Agents.
Phone 67.
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(Schedule in Effect April i6,jx905)
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Ar. Al1edae.........-.----------- .- 4 30 P. m.
Ar. Charleston.....- .....------------ 7.40 p. m.
Ar. Pot Royl..o. 5 . N. 64 8 .
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APER BY THE H
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a dozen by the single dC
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