The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 17, 1913, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Entered at the Postoffice nf V^wi*rry,
S. C., as 2*xl class matter.
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Friday, January 17, 1913.
(iUOD KUAU3.
This is the season when our people, j
especially those who live in the rural
districts, will be in position to appreciate
our continued appeals for good
roads. From the first of January till
away into the spring is probably the
worst time of the year for roads. The
frozen ground with its daily thaws,the
rains and snows, the heavy wagons
'all conspire, to cut up and make almost
impassable roads in many sections.
But we need good roads all the year
round. There can be no oiner muucj
spent that will equally advantage all
the people as that which is spent upon
scientific permanent road improve- I
inent. We are willing to rest upon the
conviction that there will come a day, j
and that in the not distant future, !
when this county will applaud our efforts
to secure good roads. Yes, that's
i'?Good Roads.?Abbeville Medium.
This reminds us of the man who
couldn't cover his house when it rain- i
ed and when it didn't rain the house
didn't need covering.
That is the way too many people
view the road problem. In the winter j
when the roads are bad you can't do
much in improving them, and in the
summfer when they are better the
people conclude they do not need improving.
There is rarely a tinks, or a
season, in this neck of the woods when
the roads do not need attention.
The trouble, ?s we see it, is that the
' ^jpeople are waiting for some one else
to bu;"'d rhe road", or i-o-c* ns a
small chaingang force to build bridges,
work a crop, and maintain some 1,200
miles of public road. It can't be done.!
Until we get a different system and!
^ ~ * Tiro mnv not
then carry me vu?., ^ ?
reasonably expect much. And we must
always remember that it takes money.
The State superintendent of eduoa-|
tion has recommended that January $1,
which is Educational Day at the Na- j
tional Corn Show, in Columbia, be
male a l oliday in the public scnc-ds
of the State, and that the teachers be
eiven that day with pay, if they attend
the exposition in Columbia. j
The county superintendent of education
for Newberry county joins in the
recommendation, and urges as many of
the teachers as can conveniently do so,
to attend the corn show on Educational
Day, and recommends that the trustee*
grant holiday with pay, and urge that
their teacher attend the Corn Exposition.
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Home, Sweet Home.
It is one of the ironies of fate, says
an exchange, that the poet from whose
pen has come the immortal lyric of
the birthstone was himself a roving
outcast?a homeless wanderer. The
world remembers the pathetic story
of John Howard Payne. Broken in
health and reduced in fortune, the
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poor American exile found himself in
L1? *v??KWrior <~\f tho great city
CUt? 110Ci/^ v v/* v<*v Q- ? ? ? -v
of London. Between his publishers?
who allowed him little?and his creditors?who
came to see him often?
the penniless poet was in sore straits.
The Atlantic ocean seperated him
from kith and kin. He felt the acutest j
sense of isolation?the bitterest no ;
solitude is more oppressive than the j
solitude of great cities?the solitude j
which broods in the repellant looks
of the unsympathetic multitudes. It;
is, as Lucian Knight has said, the
the heart's Saharra. Bereft of all
other consolation, Payne seized the |
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harp; and lightly he touched the
strings. But not in vain. For the fire
of inspiration was in the poet's soul;
and on the banks of the River Thame?,
from the aching heart of an humble
exhile, leaped the hearthstone melody
x)f "Home, Sweet Home."?Exchange.
Sizing Up the Jndgre.
A judge once had a case in which
the accused man understood only
Trish. An internreter was accordingly
sworn. The prisoner said something
to the interpreter.
"What does he say?" demanded his
lordship.
"Nothing my lord?" was the reply.
"How dnre you say that when we
r" ?* Mm? Come on, sir, what
MAllli) MI KI>I:US WIFE
IN IMUililKLF MA.NNKIi
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Levi kinard Springs From Hiding ou j
greenwood Street Almost Severing
Head From Body.
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Greenwood, .Ian. 12.?One ot tlie'(
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most norrioie inuiucio L
anywhere in this section as that last I (
night by a negro man, Levi Kinard,! (
who almost severed iiis wife's head j ,
trom her body after lying in wait for ' t
her for several hour? in the h<>2rt cl' t
the residence section.of the to-.vn t
Kinard and his wife had separated
som-e months ago, but he had boon j 1
making threats against her life for J (
isome time. She had heard of them!-.
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and was so terrified that she asked j:
her -employers to let her sleep in the
kitchen. Last night, however, the won-aa
went out upon the street in company
with another negro woman, and ! ^
as they were entering Cambridge;
street, through an alley near the resi-j
dence of Mayor Baker, Kinard, who had
been crouching there probably nigh* 1
after night, sprang out upon them,'
grabbing his wife by the waist and in , ^
nj) incredibly short time accomplished '
the murder. : ^
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It seems from testimony that a big '
knife was used, for apparently a razor j ^
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could not have done the horrible work., j
Kinard made good his escape. He'1
came here from Leesville some months 1
ago and has been working as a section j ;
hand on the C. <?: W. C. He is 30 years j 1
old, black, height 5 feet 6, and weighs j ^
145 pounds. He has two upper front!
teeth false. He has relatives at Lees- j 1
ville and also at Prosperity. The town i '<
and county, through Sheriff McMillan, j 1
offers $50 reward for his capture. j 1
was it?" 1331M
"My lord," said the interpreter, be- ]
ginning to tremble, "It had nothing to .j
do with the case." }
"If you don't answer I'll commit you (
sir!" roared the Judge. "Now, what (
did he say?" t
"Well, my lord, you'll excuse me' r
but he said, Who's that old woman t
with the red bed curtains round her, [ ^
sitting up there?" j ,
At wmcn IJUti CUUl L luaicu. . ^
"And what did you say?" asked the1
judge, looking a little uncomfortable. |
"I said, 'Whist, ye spalpeen! That's i ^
the ould boy that's going to hang;^
you."?Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele- j ^
.graph. j
A Wild Chase.
"Did you read Admiral Dewey's re-1
ceipt for good health?horseback rid- j
| ing and no banquets."
i "t o-n admiral one better!
A VWHi fcjw
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j Give me banquets and nightmares.?
I Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Heard at a Reception. l
She?What, you, Mr. Jones! I'1
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never expected to see you here. I j1
heard that you had met with an ac- j ]
cident.
He?Oh, no, that was my brother, 1
She?I'm so sorry.?Boston Tran- <
script. ' <
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Jnst Why. <
"Harold, do you love me for my- ]
self alone?" ,
"For yourself alone. And that's j j
why I object to loaning your father | ,
money and standing for your little! j
brother's pestiferousness."?Kansas ; .
City Journal. i.
In a Funny Fix.
Mrs. Muggins?dt'm so worried
about my husband, I'm afraid he isn't
well.
Mrs. Buggins?What are the symptoms?
Mrs. Muggins?Ho? hasn't com
plained about a sin^-e thing for nearly
a week.?Phlladefoiia, Record.
Did you ask your girl's father for
her hand in marriage?" "I did." "And
he refused you. I can tell by the way
'you look." Xo he didn't. He gave his
consent." "Then why the peculiar
look you are wearing?" "He wa6 60
darned willing."?Houston Post.
Exciting: Time.
Mrs. Jones ran out the back door
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ana spea across tne iot iu iue uiviuiuis
line.
"'Mrs. Beckett, oh, Mrs. Beckett,
come out! Come on out quick! There's
something happening at Mrs. Newwed's
across the street!"
"For the land sakes; what is it?"
bubbled Mrs. Beckett, hurrying toward
her neighbor.
"Well, I just can't make out,"
shrilled Mrs. Jones, "whether it's a
baby or her first cake."?Judge.
a lithnprrflnhinp- concern uses an
electric dough mixer for mixing ink.
And a banking house uses an electric
flatiron to press out water soaked
money.
It is much easier for a woman to
get a man where she wants him than
it is for her to get a point on a lead
pencil.
TUiiOi (.11 AKKMA O.N FOOT
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Experience of a Settler Who Completed
a Walk of .">,000 Miles.
Emil Lund, a Rhodesian settler of
ti, has just completed a walk from
Capetown to Cairo, not in fulfilment
if a vvager, or to test a system of diet
>?. tvoim'iiir Km* cimnlv fvnm lli?? Invo
/i Li <11111115, UUl i * ViH w*iv ivy f
>f adventure. He has been a soldier
md scout since he was 1", serving in
he second Matebele campaign in 1893,
he Uganda rebellion of 1897-99 and
he South African war.
He started from Capetown and.
valked, all alone, right through the
Dape Province and the Transvaal to
Rhodesia. Thence he continued on
hrough the Congo State, th& Sudan
uid Nubian desert to Egypt, a distance
Df 5,000 miles as the crow flies. "My
tvisli," he said, in t iling the story of
tiis great walk, "was simply to be the
first man to accomplish the feat. 1
im proudest of having walked across
:he Nubian desert. That was the
hardest work of all." Until he left
[ :lizab thville, in the Belgian Conga,
le had a comparatively easy time, for
ne could obtain supplies, good food
ind good water, but beyond that point
le had a very trying time. He had no
porters, carrying all his own impediments,
weighing 70 pounds. This
ilone is no mean task in a tropical
ind wild country. But he could get
10 natives to accompany him owing
r? trihcil VinotilitiAc hoino in lirnoroce
W ill U55* ^wo.
During most of the time Mr. Lund
ivas obliged to be a vegetarian, but he
ilways had meat when he could get
it. "Sometimes," he said, "I shot a
buck, but I could only eat the liver,
v\hich I broiled in the ashes of my
fire. Having no salt, 1 cannot say that
[ enjoyed my food. In passing thrviugh
the great forests I camped on the
ground, lighting a large fire to keep
the wild animals. T had to be verv
careful to keep this going throughout
the night. At early dawn I renewed
ny march, tramping continuously unil
about 11 o'clock. After that I used
:o hunt around, collect wood and cook
my one daily meal. Then I slept till
sundown. Lions and other carnivora
io not usually attack in the heat of
;he day?they are asleep, and it is only
cvhen night falls that they set out in
search of prey." He met with a good
nany lions, but was never attacked by
me. The idea that water will protect
me from a lion is, he says, erroneous;
for lions are excellent swimmers.
In the Katanga district he was bitten
by a black mamba snake, and
svould probably have died, but he
reached a native kraal and was treated
by a woman, who applied a decoc:ion
of herbs to the wound and cured
aim. She steadfastly refused to say
ivhat herbs she used or how she prepared
them.
From Albertville the traveler made
for Lake Albert, and here he had one
)f his most unpleasant experiences. He
:ame across a powerful tribe under
:he command of. a very suspicious
:hief, who, before he would listen to
iim, put him through the "ordeal by
3irt." This consists of eating a mouthful
of dirt picked up from the ground,
fn the native mind this constitutes a
form of oath, and it is believed that
any one who,undergoes the ordeal and
ioes not speak the truth will be con*
Jt S) Absolut
Jaw TheonixBakin
fromlWQrap
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c vi io ;:i: *';'.-rnal ilit i of dirt. The
oitlrai is calh-d "nkola donga." One:
of the worst troubles with which Mr. j
Lui.d had to contt. nd was the venom-j
i oils tlies ii'nd insects which swarm to
tropical Africa. He was bitten near
| the eye by a certain kind of malicious
; tick, and for a time was nearly blind-!
! If he not shortly afterward reached
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Ft. Portal and obtained medical treatment
he would probably have lost the
sight of at least one eye.
j A little further in the course of his
i ll- U a frtl 1 i.t n-itU IliA D n 111 Ko nn/1
WcUiY lie lc^il ill wiLii die uaiuua auu
Valessi cannibals. When they have a !
cannibal feast the victim is usually a j
! man accused of some crime. In such
i case the man is offered a draught of a;
'poisonous decoction. If he takes a:
! long drink the poison is inoperative.
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producing merely nausea. But if from
timidity or guilt, he drinks but a small
'portion, the effect is aimr~t inr.nedi-i
ately fatal. Women are excluded from
these feasts.
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Making a wide detour of Lake Al'
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bert, Mr.. Lund eventually arrived on
the Nile, which he followed to Abu
Hamcd and then struck across the Nubian
desert and cam? to the Nile again
at Wady Haifa. There are but two
wells on the route across with him
three day's food and water supply.
But he safely crossed the dr ert and
reached Khartum, where he went into
hospital, to patch himself up for the
last stage of his journey, .which he
competed without further mishap.? j
t Cape Town Cor. London Telegraph,
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Vengeance Glutted.
j Bilson, who is a stout man, was run-1
ning to catch a train the? other day,'
when his friend Jones called out:
"Halloa, Bilson! In a hurry? Going
somewhere?"
Keeping his1 breath for other purposes,
Bilson made no reply, but he
determined to take a terrible revenge j
adoiu l o ciock next morning ne canea
Jones up 011 the telephone. After a !
great deal of ringing, a sleepy voice at
the other end of the wire told him
.Tones was there.
"That you Jones?" queried Bilson. j
"What do you want?" asked Jones,'
"I've been in bed these two hours."
"I'm Bilson." went on the other. "Remember
seeing me running^this morning,
eh? Yes? Well, I was going some-;
where, and I was in a hurry. Good
night"
Then Bilson hung up the receiver and,
got back into bed a happy man.?Tidi
Bits.
-assss.
Thy hosts are mustered to the field; !
i ."The cross! the cross!" the battle:
call;
The old grim towers of darkness j
Yield,
And soon shall totter to their fall, j
?;Roy Palmer.
"Colonel Gore," a young lady cried,
"they tell men that in one of your i
Daxties an enemy meu to javc juui t
life. Is that true?"
"Quite true," said the colonel stroking
his great military moustache.
"Oh, how beautiful! How noble! Tell
me how it happened won't you?" said I
the young lady.
"Well," said the colonel, "it hap-'
pened like this: The enemy had his
revolver pressed against my temple,
and I ran my sword through his stom-!
ach."?Exchange.
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Christ, the story B<
Bible?Delicate tl
presented in an art
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His Share.
Jack?So your wealthy aunt is dead.
She left a last will and testament, I 1
suppose? j
Tom?Yes. 1
Jack?No doubt she remembered j 1
,you? j J
Tom?She did. I got the Testa- i
ment.?Boston Transcript. 3
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Knew Whereof He Spoke.
Young man?You don't remember
me, I see, I am the young man who
* J ^nno-htor a fpw vears
eiopeu w iin >uui uaufeuiv. ^ ?
ago.
Old Man?Well, what can I do for
you? 1
Young Man?I came back to offer
you my congratulations, sir?Boston
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NOTICE.
The position of janitor for the court
irmcA fnr the remainder of thft year fl
L913 will be let on February 1, next, M
:o the lowest competent and responsiDle
bidder. The right is reserved to I
reject any and all bids. Hand sealed
bid to either member of the County
Board of Commissioners or its clerk
tjefore said date.
H. C. Holloway,
L-17-3-ltaaw. Clerk.
NOTICE. j
All former road overseers are hereby
required to send the superviso^a'^ J
list of all tools belonging to the cotiniy
and, if convenient, to bring thein to
the county stables at Newberry.
w. a. m\u i
L-17-tf. County Supervisor.