The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 12, 1908, Page THREE, Image 3
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BY MRS. ETH
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(Concluded.)
I asked Vernon what kind of books J
she read to them, and lie told me,
"Wild West" "Liberty Boys,"
"Jessie James," etc. Now, I had
never heard of the two first mentioned
books, but had read the life of
Frank and Jessie James, and became
alarmed. I knew Mrs. Arthur, and
considered her an excellent Christian
woman, and wondered if it could be
possible that she was entertaining the
boys with such damaging literature
I obtained several of the stories and
read them. They really were intensely
interesting, and I did not wonder
that the boys were delighted. It was
only natural that their young hearts
should thrill over such daring and
dangerous adventures, or that they
should adore such courage, bravery
or dare-devil recklessness. But T
fell intuitively that Vernon's mind
) was being poisoned and his judgment
warped. I began to see a vein of
recklessness in deportment, and was
always uneasy when he was out of
sight, lie began to absent himself
from Sunday school and would only
L go to church at night. My husband
was always a quiet, say-nothing-man,
and though 1 knew he was worried
about Vernon, he seldom spoke a
word to him in remonstrance. Husband
often said that I talked
I to Vernon too much.
"Well, on Sundays the boys, six
or seven of them, banded together,
and were almost a little outlaw gang.
Jt was astonishing at the tricks they
played on people and at the mischief
they planned and executed, and how
they managed to avoid detection and
punishment. They would make raids
in the surrounding country, steal
chickens and go into camp on Sunday
night, and have feasts beyond anything
ever attempted by IVlshazzar
It wasn't at all difficult for these
boys to get wine and stronger drink
and many a 'toast' was given to
'Dick Sinter* and 'Rob Eslabrook,'
\ the names adopted by Vernon and
(Fred; but it was a long, time before
learned all this. I had been to Mrs.
'Arthur and tried to convince her that
she was doing the boys an injury,
hf.t, like you, she insisted that anytliMtg
was better than letting them lie
around the company store every
night, listening to all kinds of vulgar
chat. She was honest in her convictions,
too, and fully believed she was
doing her duty as a Christian! T begged
her to read Dickens. Scott or K.
1\ Woe's works and she did try. but
was horritied s<> have the boys desert
her in favor of the compnav store,
and to keep Kred inane was her
whole ambition, so she returned to
their favorite authors, and continued
to stuff them with poison.
'Mlii" Sunday niuht -l -hall never
fori! el it?I sat on t moon 1 il porch
waiting for Vernon to come home. It
was lit o'clock?-later than he usually
stayed out, and I was in an
agony of suspense. A freight train
went lumbering by going toward
Charlotte, and at the crossing shrieked
like a demon. Never in ::11 my
life have 1 been so near hysterics.
That train seemed to he learing my
soul and body asunder. I stopped
my ears, trying vainly to shut our
the sound. doing in the house 1
waked my husband and insisted that
he go with me over to Mr. Arthur's
to inquire about Vernon. Man like,
he grumbled a little at my 'unreasonable
fears' but tumbled out of bed,
dressed and went with me. Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur had retired. They said
that. Vernon had left there at 0
o'clock and that Fred was in bed. 1
insisted that they look in Fred's
room, and just as my heart told me,
they found it empty and the bed untouched.
'Clone! gone! Our boys are
gone!' T cried, and Cod in heaven only
knows what my heart endured.
Mrs. Arthur was almost distracted,
but poor thing, it was not a new experience
with her. Fred had ran
away more than onco and was an
adept, in the art of 'beating' trains.
"Sadly we started back home, and
met two of the 'gang' who declared
positively that Vernon and Fred had
gone to Norfolk. T could not believe
it. In spite of every argument to the
contrary, and without the least hit of
, evidence t< bear me out in the supisition,
T was positively sure that
\v had gon/' to Charlotte. T wrote
tier thatfnighl to the chief of poat
CljPmotle describing the boys
isMhg that they be apprehended
. and held for further orders. Cod
oless that chief; he captured our boys
early Monday morning, and sent a
si
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EL THOMAS.
message to (lie police air S ami it
was delivered to xme at once. My
husband went to the mfil as usual
Monday, but I could not. ami when
the otlicer in blue uniform and brass
buttons brought me the news, there
were a lot of inquisr.'Jve heads poked
out at tlie surrounding houses, all
wondering what could be the matter.
We had as far as possible, kept
our troubles a secret. \ had several
calls as soon as the ollieer left, but
no one ventured an inquiry am? f
ventured no informal ion. Mr. Arthur
refused to do anything with or
for Fred, declaring he could 'go to
| thunder. lie was lired trying to
j manage liini.
"So the chief in Charlotte was nojlilied
to separate the boys?not let
one know what lie in'eudcd to do avMIi
the/ other?do what he pleased with
I Fred, but to hold Vernon; to treat
! hiin well, hut keep him confined until
sent lor.
''Fred was given 10 minutes to gel.
out ot ('harlotte, and poor Vernon
spent the longest, loneliest night of
his life Monday night, alone in prison
where great rats stared at him with
beady eyes from every crack and
crevice. Fred got home .Monday,
. riding on top of :i passenger train!
"Tuesday we sent a policeman
j from S after our hoy. ami the.v
got home about S o'clock Tuesday
night. I'nor, dirty, hungry boy! We
were ;it the train to welcome him,
! but broken-hearted and ashamed, he
j waited for nothing. As soon as ho j
left the train he started for home?I
husband and I, and some girls win
went with us, hurrying on after him. |
"When we reached home Vernon
bad tried to get rid of some of the
dirt, but his poor little face was comically
streaked. We didn't speak a
harsh word to him. I had prepared
a nice supper for him, and had his
room as tidy as could be?all snow
white?curtains, bed. table cover and
all, with lots of pretty flowers and
some nice new books. Tie sheepishly
ate a hearty supper and hurvied up
stairs to his room. T followed, lie
paused for a moment as lie lit his
new lamp and I saw the blessed penitential
tears come to his eyes. Turning
he saw me with the tears streaming
down my cheeks and he fell weep|
ing across the bed exclaiming belt
ween gasping sobs: 'Oh! mamma,
Vou could have sent for nie ye-terIday!"
Instantly my arms were around
' him and 1 wiped his tears away and
j whispered loving word* ot' forgiveness
and comfort. Tenderly I ex]
plained why we had waited. believj
ing it best thai he should suffer a 1'tile
then, rather than more later on.
i In broken M'litcnces he told me about
jibe 1 horrid rats' lhai seemed anxious
to make a meal of him. and I related
I how all (lie live long nigh; I had
! prayed for him and his redemption.
"Poor Vernon, lie was -o sensitive
and shrank mi from meeting hi- old
I associates, that we sent him for .1
I
visit to hi* grandpa's, in the country,
where he would be shielded from
temptations. I>11 i the same night lie
was brought back from C . while
lie was in a lender -nsceptible mood.
I told him that we loved him far more
than he could ever imagine. and
would always try te make hi* home
a pleasant one. Hut he would be compelled
to seek better company, or his
life would be ruined, that if he ever
again fully decided that any other
place on earth was belter than home,
if he was determined to leave out
shelter and loving protection, to just
say so, and we would give him his
clothes and what m-mey we could,
and let him go. That time lias never
come! 1 ought to have stated that
Hie boys went to Charlotte with the
intention of joining the army?or
trying to! Fred said that all a boy
had to do was to declare he was an
orphan and they would let liirn join,
j At that time he was lfi and Vernon
1"). and both large for their age, but
T don'I suppose they could have joined
the army if that -rood Charlotte
policeman had given them the chance.
"Well, from that time on, Vernon
and Fred were not ro ihiek. Two
years later we moved to the farm,
where we ought always to have stayed.
Fred has served two terms on the
chaingnng, and his poor old father
and mother have grown old and gray
and feeble before their time. Another
one of (he gang is at proeni in jail
charged with robbing a man of his
money. Oh! Mrs. Allen, bad literature
was and is the cause of il all.*'
Mrs. Thorndyke p-.used. She went
to the window and leaning out, look
cd lovingly across (lie Holds ami
smiled as .she heard "(lee, Fred," uttered
in a ringing boyish voice.
Mrs. Allen was mopping her eyes.
"Land sakes!" she exclaimed at last,
" I never was so upsot! Von are right,
an' heron (tor I'll burn ever blessed?
<?r cussed?one of them books (hat T
can lay my hands on. Jim hain't read
so many of 'em as to be toototally
rint yet, I reckon. Laud sakes! how
you must a suffered. None of my boys
hain't never run away yet. an' 'pears
like it would jest kir: me it' they did.
I'in a goin' right home an' clean up i
their rooms an* I ain't never goin' to!
pack oil' cracked lookin' glasses an'i
smoky lamps on 'em no more. Land j
sakes! it do git next to ine to climb I
up stairs, an' I don't keep their!
rooms as tidy as I ought tor on account
of it. An' now you .jest pick I
out some good 1 looks to lend me nn'
' . 1
.jest as soon as chickens get big en-;
ougli to sell I'll get you to order j
some nice literature fur the boys. 1
never seen sicli a critter as you air)
no how. Little an puny as you air.
yon alters fires everybody with am-i
Lit i? id to do soinethiu' t h:. t they
hadn't never thought about before!!
Il is queer that I mver thought how
I wnz neglecting in-- duty toerd the
boys! Sakes a live. I've u<>t plenty
id' nice <dean curtains an party piller-shams.
an" thers lots of flowers
blooniin". I'll jest i-ive them boys a
eye-o>?ener I onight.''
Mrs. Thormlyke smiled a< the ohl
lady hurriedly rose and hobbled after
her bonnet. "Now don't rush oil this
way, Mrs. Allen! I didn't think of
runnig you off. And :'s to your being
neglectful to duty - I know belter.
Ilere are some of K. I\ Woe's works.
'A Knight of the Niinteenth Cenjtur\*
and 'The Karth Trembled." I
am sure Jinuuie will like these, and
if so. lie can have .-my otlier's that
| we possess. Mrs. Allen took the books
and tucked them up in her apron. "1
wan my hands free to nether yallcr
.jessamine an' vilets along the way,"
she explained. "An' sav! have I got
I to keep all that you've said a secret
?''
"I'd rather you would. Mrs. Allen.
It's a painful hit of history and
could not possibly do any one any
good to hear il repealed."'
"It wouldn't?eh? now. you shorely
don't know what you air talkin'
about, dest look how much good it's
done me! Now gal. pocket your findings
fur the sake of the good you
may do?an write our what you've
told nie an' send to every paper in
the land-?or to one that everyhodv
reads. You've had a or fill experience,
an' somebody else may be saved from
the same by liearin' about it.*' She
went to the little woman and placed
her hands lovingly -n Tier shoulders.
"Promise me?it is your duty?an' I
want dim to have a chance to read
j it.'' she replied.
"Hut I can't! I coardn't bear to and
besides, as I told you, I've los|
I lie ability to express myself on paper."
declared Mrs. Tiiorndyke.
" ^ on ran change the names an'
everything so no one will suspicion:
an* after you've taken that tea for
a week, I 'll yn.iranf< e that your
brain will work alri^lit. Promise
| me! "
"Well, tllell. if ill a Week- I (eel the
.old iresistablg lonirim.' to v rite. I promise
for your sake and for the possible
'joiul it may do some t Nought less
j mo;her who tills her home with poisonous
literature. In pen this little
personal bit of experience." was the
j little woman's reply, dust then a boy
of eight came rushing in !'|,oin school,
his blue eyes dancing jovously. Looking
neither to the rigid or left, like
a young cyclone he went for his
mother, calling her by a dozen pet
names all in a breath, and nearly
smothering her in kisses. "Land
sakes!" ejaculated Mrs. Allen. As
she hurried away she heard: "I Jarling
little iuaiiadie--T outran the
girls. They said they would beat m*1
here and gel the first kiss but they
didn't! Why. I didn't see Mrs. Allen!
I hope she will forgive me.*'
ANNUAL REUNION OF
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
, The Men Who Wore the Gray arc
Gathered at Birmingham.
Birmingham. June ft.?Amid great
enthusiasm and before .">.000 people
on the lower floor and two thousand
at least in the galleries of the Birmingham
Hippodrome auditorium,
the annual reunion of the Coiifedei
ate veterans was called to order by
General Geo. J. Harrison, commanding
the Alabama division of the Confederate
veterans. The invocation
was delivered by Wov. If/. J. William
I Jones, chaplain general. A children's
chorus followed. Two hundred chilband
sang soul hern airs while the
veterans cheered.
General Harrison, on the stage was
surrounded by General W. L. Cabell,
of Texas, General Clement Kvans of
tieorgia, General Tiler ami other 1
prominent officers and by representatives
of the local veterans, sons of
veterans daughters of the Confederacy,
local citizens's committees and
the children's chorus. Decorations in j
(lie hippodrome were inspiring. Sons
of Veterans acted us ushers in the
l>iii" auditorium and every consideration
was given to the veterans.
The program of the opening dav
follows: Called to order by General
Harrison. Invocation hv Rev. Dr. n
Jones. Children's chorus. Opening address.
bv Ma.j. Cieneral Harrison.
Southern airs, band of chorus. Address
of welcome on behalf of the
Stale, by (low Coiner, "Should auld
Acquaintance be Forgot." Confederate
chorus of America. Address of !
welcome on behalf of Itirmiughnm by j
Mayor (!eo. It. Ward. Song, Miss! 3
Mary Addie Harrison. Address of R
welcome on behalf of the Confeder- i R
ale veterans by (Seueral J. W. Rush, ill
Address of welcome on behalf of the j B
Sons of veterans. (!en. Rufus N. : H
Rhodes. Ad<lress of Welcome ?>u lie- , ra
| half i>f I lie Al.'ibaina Daughters of , I'll
he < "onfederacy. Mrs. Charles '' jij
I lirown. ' I .- -?? (Iwine I tack l<> Dixie." | |j
| Confedorale chorus. Reading of addre-s
bv (ieneral Slephen D. Lee. ?
(iov. ('oilier extended Die welcome
! of the Slate. In conclusion he said:)
( . I
"I will burden you with a message
i of love. As each of you cross over
J to Slephen 1). I.ee. tell him that we
love him st ill in Dir.io."
I The address prepared by com*
, mamliug ollieer (Sen. Lee before his
I deal h was published and will be cir- i
ciliated among Cue veterans.
When I he children's chorus rose
I and waved small Confederate flairs j
j singing ".Maryland" and "Dixie"
I the cheering lasted several minutes
j The annual reunion of the Sons of i
i Veterans bev.au in the Gaiety theatre!
! \vi111 (Icneral Appersou of Memphis |
j presiding. The welcome address look ,
| place in l ho a ft ernoon.
At the Stale fair grounds touighi i
the visitors assembled to witness a '
[grand fire works display. Among
I those whose names are menlioned j
for Commander-in-chief, are General
I ('lenient A. Evans of the Departinenl
of Tennessee. (Ieneral Cabell of Tex- ?
as and (Ieneral Cordon of Memphis !
('hattauooga, Atlanta and Houston
are contestants lor the next coiiI
vent ion.
Tonight I lie streets of the city are i
crowded with veterans and their j
friends, it being estimated thai no J
less than strangers are here,
about eight thousand of these old
soldiers.
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COUNTY INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS.
A leachers institute will lie held at
Newberry, beginning on Monday, June I
! >, and "out inning for two weeks.
The institute wil be conducted by i
j Prof. S. .1. Derrick ami E. O. ('oiinls!
i in the graded school building,
i 1'he following subjects will be j
j 1 *!? _ lil : Civic. I'ed.- g.t.iy. Algebra, |
J Aril hemet ie and Drawing.
i lie colored school will be held at
I I he same time in the I logo School!
building ami conducted by Rev. 15. |
I i.c'Mer and Ella \. Scott. These
subjects will l>e lanirhl: Civics, Ped
av _y. A I'i I lieinet ie and English!
| (iiMiniuar.
No cert i I'icale will be renewed ex-i
j ccpt upon allemlaiice at this inslillute.
All leachers and those who ^
j expect lo I each are urged to attend. 1 f
.! S. !
jliVf Id Co. Snpl Education.
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Not Hereditary Instantly Relicv- j \
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Can Eczema he cured? \
Some physicians say "Yes."
Some say "N'o."
The real question is, "What is
meant by Eczema?" If von mean
those scaly erupt ions, those diseases
which make their first appearance, not
at birth, but years afterward, and
perhaps not until middle age?then
there can no longer be any question
that these forms of Eczema are <ltrabb.
i
Simple vegetable oil of wintergreen,
mixed with other vegetable ingredients,
will kill the germs that infest
the skin. Apply this prescription to
I the skin, and instantly that awful ^
! itch is gone. The very moment the .
j liquid is applied, that agonizing, tan- '
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i D. D. D. Prescript ion. While we are
I imt sure that it will cure all those j ^
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genuine Eezema or other skin trou-i *
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