The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, December 16, 1909, Image 3
'"'^^Cha.rLotte- Or
> Little Karina Suzanne H jorth was j
vailed Zanna for short. She lived in
Norway, away up on n mountaintop.
Although she had been born in NorW*
way, she had not always lived there.
' TP a ? *
r?r wn nappy years slio had lived
in America, and then (when Zaun a
was thirteen years old) they had returned
to the house on the rocks
//which Mr. Hjorth had built for them
afy close by his great mill.
. ] At first Zanna thought it was bea.itifnl
to live on a mountain so high
that, in order to reach her home, she
"J** had to climb up two hundred and
thirteen steps. Zanna counted them
"y* all herself, and wondered how her
sturdy Norse grandfathers ever had
the patience to cut these rough steps I
out of the solid rock hundreds of
years ago. There were just two hun
dred step* too many for Mrs. Hjorth,
whn aftPP Iwn n- ttipno " 1 - '
- . ? ? .. W w. bill vv UIVCUIJHD. UIways
lost her breath at the uri/cky
*2* thirteenth step. So after that her
liusbnml always drove her round by
the winding roadway, which was very
- much longer. But little Zanna always
liked to climb the steps.
Back of their home was a noisy.
Tushing waterfall which splashed and
foamed night and day, and turned the
inlll-wheels, and then tumbled noisily
down and down the rocks till ii became
a commonplace, demure canal,
vv |? anna often used to ride on the
r little canal-boats to see If she
? coiml not find some English-speaking
tnur'sts whom she might invite to
wtoer home. But she neve. found any,
and i^ccad. used to wjrch the pcas,
ant folk coming the market.
Zanr.a thought she would never tire
u of locking at the fair skinned, flaxenhaired
maidens with their ampl;
woolen skirts and bright-colored kni
"bodices, quaintly cut and fastened
? together with curious brass or silver
clasps and buckles.
After awhile, however Znnnn no-I
*Vame used to the rosy-cheeked peasants,
and then she began to grow very
f lonely. 1 think she was really a little
^homesick for the children and flowery
?< ' valleys of her American home.
"Of course I have you and papa
and Baby Joanne," she said to her
mother one day. "And I don't think
I would get lonesome for any one
else if only some green grass and
ie* pretty flowers grew up here. But it's
,just rocks, great, bare rocks every1
where. And it always make mo wonder
whether the giants didn't try to
'build houses with these awful rock
blocks, and got angry because they
couldn't, and then just threw then,
round. Why, that big flat rock bac'?
of the kitchen Is twice as big as our
whole yard over the ocean!"
'* I think Zanna grieved more tht j
most little girls, for she used to ha,e
* magic touch with all growing things
and loved her "plant children" far
> more than dolls.
"Never mind," said mother, wh j
beard the sigh and guessed for whi.t I
Iher little daughter was longing, "it
~ACH!\l5TnA5 flYfW
'O day oj exultatit/.v,^
Oj- Jc.suV vVorvdrou^ birth!
C herald oj salvation, v
Good Will and peace on earth?]
Vith jgadnatt arvd rejQKinft
We rtail thy blc3?cd morn,
ijO'jd hallelujahs vtoicinb.
Tor Chnjtrhe Lord ^ born*O
haj>py Christ mat mominbj1
vO DcrhlchfrxV}"Dri^ht ^tarf.
The eastern sky adorninb,
' Ji; And {yjidtn^ from afar^
inc Mafej, tribute brinoinboV
"To Christ, the neW-born KinbJ
While anfeel ho3t$ are ynfcmg
? 4And heavctV) archc} nnb!
Y/e Kail fkcc, dav/n of Madrvyj,
B5? FVociaimin^ peacc't'crrY.cn,
tft X^Jpdlinfi carc and sadncsj,
L\csl"orit\6 joy aOain! ?
kSL Vc Worship ar\d adore ri\ca>?
[I OJejuj) tt& bUtt day'
fcBlJ&oyrarc wc jail before rrvee,
, And oWn H\y t50\terer$>j\ Jytoy!
P v Dabc oj B**klekcmN mai\ter,
gB*??P lov^y ^KcpKcrdjj King,
|V' v Koly Infant ?tranfcer, u
cciv'c My lovte We brirvb!
ly- Jesus nufckly ^avJiour,.
|& Ai^Our Kaam We di^e to thee
*vc reek my blejjcd Javbr
j^^TKWh *11 chcrixigy"
T"< - V* -W "9T*
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li
ouT/fer Jordan If
is too bud vve cannot have our nar- ?
den. dear, but things might be very fc
much worse. It is better for us all to p
live here with father than to have |
all the flower-gardens in America."
Zanna thought so, too, and like a
brave little girl tried not to think
about the bare, ugly rocks. I have
often noticed, haven't you, that if we
don't, let ourselves think of what we | ..
can't have, it makes it easier to do
without them?
So Zanna thought instead of Christmas.
and of what she would like in
her stockings, and on the beautiful
tree which she and Joanne would
have together. In fact, she thought
so hard about it that before she knew
it the next day was to be Christmas.
You all know how early she got up
to peep into hen stockings, for you 01
probably do the same thing yourselves.
Everything was lovely by the yy
nursery chimney-place, and when she
hurried to the breakTast-room she
was just In time to meet the postman 1
with his arms full of presents from
her little schoolmates In America. ^
"Rut Zanna hasn't seen the best of
all yet." said her mother.
"More yet!" exclaimed excited Zan- Ol
m. "Why. I can't think of anything
else I want!" I?,
"It is so big." explained her father,
with a twinkle in his eye, "that old
Saint Nick couldn't think of getting
down the chimney with it." Oi
"Couldn't get it down the chimney!"
s,
"No. In fact, he couldn't carry It
CHRISTMAS
at all. He had to get four horses, instead
of reindeer, to cart It here In Al
wagon loads?four hundred, I think. _
They left It out by the kitchen with
Miss Karina Suzanne Hjorth's name
on It. Get on your wraps and we'll
Bee."
Surg enniioh' T? o?. __
HJorth said. The big. flat rock was |
covered ^eep with?what you'll never
guess, ' :o I'll tell you right now?
with four hundred cart-loads of soli!
Rich, black, woodsy earth several feet
deep! And Zanna was so happy she
could hardly keep the tears back, for
Bhe knew that this strange Christmas
present would be a joy to her all her
life long.
And when her mother gave her
pres a package of seeds of every
kL/< mignonette, phlox, pansles and
8?Zanna thought she was the ^
S^Ty happiest girl in Norway.?
Youth's Companion. %
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THE WOK_nSHIFEK.^n
iY WINIFRED WAT-SON GANTENBElNg
Down a little village street
Krule three strangers, grave ami slow.
lV?>tnen eoniing from the well.
Workmen whom they i-hunt-ed to meet
Turned to gaze, and wondered low
What they nought in Israel.
Is it hut a star," they oriel.
That has guided you so far?
Lo. the skies of Palestine
Heani with many a light beside!
What so paltry' as ? star
That a torch can render mean?"
Then the -tratigers went before
Where the- little Christ -child lay.
And the ehildren in t!:e street
followed at the open door.
.Ml torgettnl of their play
Came trie dusty, hurrying foot.
Shepherd, saint and sage and child
Knelt beside the manger bed.
Hut the people m tne street
Turned away and lightly smiled
At the rapturous words they said,
Kneeling at the Haby's feet.
lust a little peasant child."
Said the people passing nigh.
Shone a halo round the bed
When the sleeping Ha by smiled?
'Twus the lantern hung near by
Shining dimly on llis liead."
Shepherd, saint and sage and child.
Kneeling at the Halty's bed.
Heard the angels sing that morn.
Hut the moth, stdl and mild.
listening to tlic words thov said,
lvnew the glory that was horn.
The Christmas Ghosts.
Iiost of the Past, in the near shadow
biding
The heart's unspoken call.
'ith hand unfading ail our treasures
hiding
Deep in thy chambered hall,
aw To ?iav%s curtain back from Memory's
portal
And to our sight display
hat we called lost, but what thy care immortal
Has only stored away.
lost of the Present, shape so quickly
flying.
Smile through thy little hour:
ess on our bps one kiss of love undying,
Drop at our feet one flower.
aost of the Future, holding in suspension
The coronet and cross,
tr thought of thee be hope, not apprehension
:
Our proving, gain, not loss,
line through the eloud that veils thee
from our faces;
CHIMES
Some beckoning joy disc low?;
id. like the aurora in far northern places,
-trighten our Christmas snows.
Edward A. Church, in Christian Reg
iwtni* *
Rooster?"Did you say anything
tde to tho cook?"
Turkey?"I*>. Why*"
Rooster?"He saya he's going to
t you dead when he ;eees you Christas
Ere "
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CHMSTTIAS il
CHATTER I.
YULE TSOE
9WII?S-AN?- 9U9RK^ !
5in^fcV^ 'S
5MNG d yoiA^L, of Ckrirtrrvasi j
^ <3f"ockinQS Jull of toy^
Y?,Plce5c a>;
LitHc ^lHj arvd boy^.
NoW tkcy all arc emptrcdi)
Loh jfor. mc and you- , ?
VrtrjrCf that a praHV think; h
For 5at\l"a Clauj to?do? \
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The Holiday in Inwcctdoni. (
"You ought 10 <t?n a jolly tine <
Christmas box. Master Caterpillar, li
if you hang all your stockings up!" s
?Royal Magazine.
<1
Inevitable.
a
The seasons come, the seasons ga?
Christmas is here before we know it.
When we must take our hard-enrned cash v
And indiscriminately blow it. s
?Puck. 1
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True Christmas Colors.
Red and green are the true Christ- I j
mas colors, and there cannot be too 1
much repetition of the3e hues at this c
season. in addition to the holly, ; t
with its brilliant fruit and foliage. | t
bay. box, cedar and the other ever- . <
greens are combined with broad, j c
nouv rea satin runions, streamers j
and bows. These combinations up- ' f
pear most frequently in wreaths and ; l
garlands. t
A Christmas !*raycr For the Home.
Lord, look upon our family, kneeling to- , <
gether before Thee. !
And grant us a liolv, happy Christmas ' '
Day. r t
With loving heart we bless Thee:
ror the gift of Thv dour Son Jesus Christ. 1 .
f or the peace lie brings to human homes, j J
l-'or the good-wll ile teaches to sinful men. i '
For the glory of Toy goodness shining 111 s
liis face. I
With joyful voice we praise Thee;
Willi deep desire we beseech Thee; 1
llcip us to keen His birthday truly in this t
household. ,
And answer, for His sake, these our Christmas
prayers. x
In praying and praising, in giving and receiving.
In eating and drinking, in singing and {
milking merry. 1
In parents' gladness and in children's \
mirth. .
In dear memories of those who have departed.
In good comradeship with those who are 1
here, I
In kind wishes for those who are far away.
In patient waiting, sweet contentment, gen- I
erous cheer. I
llod bless us every one, this day, with the y
blessing of Jesus.
Remembering our kinshin with all ine;i.
By well-wishing, friendly speaking and
kindly doing, j
liy cheering the downcast and adding sunshine
to daylight. '
By welcoming strangers (poor shepherds H
or wise men). 1
By keeping the music of the angels' song in .
his home,
(jod help us every one to spread abroad (
the blessing of Jesus: l
in wnoHO naino wo koop Christmas: f
And in whoso words we Thy children pray >
together: *
Our Father, which art in Heaven, hallowed t
be Thy name. p
- Henry Van Dyke. j
_____ _____ ,
"Christ mas."
Hark! The Christinas bells are ringing!
Sounding sweetly o'er the moor.
Sending tidings of rejoicing.
Leaving seme at each one s door.
Oh! The joy on that glad morning c
When in the sky a fiery gem. S
Lighting up the land surrounding, .
Called the star of Bethlehem. 1
"Gloria in Excelsis, Deo!"
Pure angelic voices sing. ?
Sweetly sounded this their anthem, i
"Glory to the new-born King!" 1
f
The Star of Hethlehem. t
When Jesus Christ, a little child,
In Bethlehem was born, ]
There shone a star across the wild
More glorious than the morn.
It glowed and gleamed, it blazed and
beamed.
Above the lonely hill. s
All! blessed star of Bethlehem, ,
It lights the nation still! *
?Denis A. McCarthy. ?
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A CHRISTMAS DINNER.
Crape/ruit vVirK cKcrrie/^C?urroui\d.jd by)
Cream or cclefy loop.
Lobitcr parrle/ r .
Roojt ^urKev vJim oyster Srtjtit\b. cheOnul
punfe daronvl t*?vf pc >S*og. pcaff,
cranberry jam
OrorvOf ?aiaa. cheejc boU>. vJbfcy
IruhViduoTplum puddilSfi> (iunw/hded byj
tW'jS 1
I REVOLTING CRIME
"wo Women Killed and Anoth- j
er Will Die.
AVANNAH IS EXASPERATED!
1,000 Reward by Mayor For Arrest
With Evidence to Convict the Perpetrator
of the Revolting Deed.
Savannah, (la.. Special. ? Victims
f a revolt ini: crime, Mrs. Kliza (Jrible,
aged 70 years, ami her daughter.
!rs. Carrie Ohlander. were found
ead in heir home. No. 401 Perry
treet, west, here Friday, while a
hird woman, Mrs. Maggie Hunter,
omul just inside the front door of
lie house, is at the Savannah liosital
dying.
IMivvioiitiv cf nln tlml Mi\
r was the victim of a criminal asault
just before she was killed.
Police believe that the murder uslg
an axe taken from the woodshed
1 the rear of the dribble home, bent
Irs. dribble to death, struck down
Irs. Hunter and. after assaulting
Irs. Ohlander in the wide. long hallray
where the bodies were found, tinshed
his terrible work by heating in
or skull with the weapon.
Mrs. Gribble evidently was attaekd
from behind as she sat in an easy
hair reading. On the floor beside
er body were found the newspaper
he was reading and her spectacles.
One or possibly two blows were
lealt her. ller grey hair, blood mated.
shows the imprint of the blunt
ixe.
It is probable that Mrs. Hunter
ras the lirst to be struck down; that
lie met the murderer at the door as
ic entered and was struck before she
ould escape.
Then the murderer, stealthily apiroaehing
aged Mrs. Clribhle. killed
ter. It is believed that Mrs. Oldnnd r
was attacked as she left her room
o enter the hallway, was assaulted
md killed. Mrs. Hunter's skull was
rushed in and her death is a matter
>f but a few hours.
Other theories are entertained by
searchers for the murderer but the
lolice ar proceeding on the theory
hat a negro man is guilty. Many cnertain
this theory and feeling is incuse
here because of it.
Friday night Mayor Tiedemnn of
savannah offered a reward of .*1,0011
or t!?? capture with evidence to eonict
the slayer of these women.
It is now almost eeiraiuly known
liat a negro, the negro who was at
irst snspected, is the a? 11 illy man. Persons
have been found who state that
his negro was seen entering I lie <i ribdo
home with tlie fatal axe in his
land, and was seen closing the shuters
to the windows of the house. ;uid
o leave the premises, all at the hour
vhen it is believed the murders were
ommil ted.
This negro's description has been
minted on hand bills and sent I creed
iroadeast over the city and county
villi the reward offer, and all nearby
owns have been notified ami are on
he outlook. Police officers in nutomn>iles
have covered all the roads for
niles surrounding the city while
josses on foot have scoured the
daces where automobiles could not
:o.
Keeping Sectionalism Alive.
Washington Special.?As a part of
he fight being made against the ac eptance
hv the government of the
Initio of Robert K. Lee as a permnlent
addition to the llall of Fame in
lie Capitol building, the Vice l'resilent
Friday laid before the Senate a
esolution adoptt ' by the Michigan
ommandrv of he Loyal Legion on
November 4 This resolution eliaraeerizes
as an insult to the nation the
suggest ion (hat if the statue of Fee
>e rejected by Congress Virginia will
I'lt lulrttw tin* lirntt'/ii ctotno
iVashington.
Murder of Captain Rankin.
I'nion City, Tetni., Special.?In all
>f its brutal and bloody details, the
itory of the murder of Captain Quenin
Rankin et Walnut Lop, on Reel'oot
lake, by a band of masked and
trraed night riders, was retold to a
ury in the circuit court here Friday.
}ol. It. Z. Taylor, Captain Ilankin's
ompanion on the night of the murler
was the chief witness
Dispute Orer Division of Game Ends
Fatally.
Pensacola, Fla., Spcial. ? After
ipending a day in the woods on a
lunt Thursday, Henry Williams and
Seaborn Critehfleld, well-known
danters of near Bonifay, became engaged
in a quarrel in which the later
was instantly killed. They startid
a fight over the division of the
'ame. Critehfleld drew a knife and
unged at Williams, it is said, where
i.1 u:_ ??i J
ijniii iijc iouci uicw ins ic FUivcr anu
Ired, killing his adversary. Williams
vas exonerated by a coroner's jury.
? Aerial Fleets.
Washington, D. C., Special.?
Emphasizing the statement that all
Che first class powers, except the
United States, are providing themselves
systematically with aerial
Heets. Gen. James Allen, chief signal
jfficer of the army, in his annual report
submitted Tuesday to the Secretary
of War, urged the adoption of
a definite plan* of aeronautical development
in the army.
| PALMETTOJ 1
? News Notes of ll>
| From All I'arts s f
Tobacco Crop Vei Jj 1
(Vlntn'ria. Special.?
?aso:i in South Carolina
loscil. The crop is the j*r'
he history of the State, c"
lie report issueil by _____
Watson. The crop a'.i.
SL'lt.ottl pouinls. which
narket for to
hirers at lirst hand. The"
i.7">..*i01 more pounds prod in
im the vear than in anv pre
rear. ' *
The figures jriven in tin
doner's report are not fo?
transactions in the wan
lor the actual nnmlW? -v
loha-eo produced ai
market hv the farmer
There were trail.
mlit warehouses during .
jf I teeeilllier.
The following figures si
mnnllis the loa rkel ill" of I lie
lulv. pounds 1.I.S.'id; valiu
:t27.:ij.
Auirusl. pounds 12.8iO.419; , - - 'j
-Oili.ri.io.74. '
September. pounds 10,1
value *810.07.1.28.
October. pounds .'{.97(5.807;
$:i2i.tin.is.
November. pounds .'t0.'l,0t>7; valu
$28.4.1.1.81.
Total i-omuls .'il.820.."?0l; tot ^
value --r2. il ~. Hi7."i:i.
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Saved Y:y Colored Servant.
t'hester. Special.? Mrs. (Jeo
Freciniid was badly burned on .
iirrk and hands Monday i 3
invr ai lo oYlo.k while entrap
painting a hearth witIi a patent .eparalion.
which evidently contained '^*8
some highly conduist ilde substance. ^
Tin- tire ear.uhl in her hair and clothiiii:.
and in a moment she was a ,
mass of dames. With a scream she
rushed into the hall where she met
her faithful old colored servant,
Louisa llarrett. who gathered her ?**
tier jiriiis mm siiioimri'ii on: tin* '
iin<l li'.il for whoso herois"- * "
have heen burned to
barns nn* exleremely pa% }
physicians in cltanre ap|
serious results, although
several lays before it ?*at
how serious the hums about
will he.
Ral'd Dog al Chest
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t'liester, Special.- *1 lie i..iu. ?),?
paiyrn has either broken out i
it eoutinues late in Chester eo
lew ilavs ::y?> Henry Uailev tF
ten Iiv a eollie ilo-r which miiioti.
-is of a mad <!oy. The
! killeil. its he;;?l s'-ut to ('olur I i
j tle-re the atiitna! was |>ro:inui *J
'he a uiiiil doj. I tr. Ihliley went
Colunihia to take the I'usleiir treat--^ Aj
j incut. At last advices he was reporti
? <! to he ire'lim; aiotnr favorably. '(}
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: Citi-ens to Rebuild Mil! at Jonesville. |^'v
Jonoviilc. Spet ial.?The citizens
( ? t t!u* town of .Innesvillc held a
j meetinjjt a few ilnys ayo to discuss #
' plans for the rc-cstahhshineiit of the * ?
j hosiery mill, which was burned over j!
a year nun The new mill will be
I known as the I'aliuetlo Hosiery cdih-^U
' pany. The capital sleek , w'iicl
| amounts to sTA.iltltt i- he'.'i'jf mist \ J C
and a charter applied for. It isWl^
Imped that this enterprise wliiehr^^^
means so inueh for the town of Jonesville
will lie in operation in the nearJ^Ci
future. y>r\
Greenville Has $20,000 Fire.
< Jreenville, Special.? Fire hreakim
out in the Hales steam laundry oi
Main street at 11 o'clock \Vi'iliie?dajtlJ
ni<rht completely "iitled the nuilitin^.D^^f
with a property htss ajjifrotratinjjl ?
SJtl.UOit and, partially insured. Soon
| after the alarm was turned in, it^Va
' like ;\i least a dozen struc-i**
tares were doomed, but prompt work r--g^:
confined the blaze to its point of ori- f 1
gin in the basement , J.
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Fire Damages Car Shops of the Sou- (Ui
them Railway. .
Columbia. Special.?Fire in the car J
shops of the Southern Railway here
Thursday caused damage amounting IJ
to $-J').0'()0. The building was com- Wj
pletely destroyed and several passenger
coaches which were there for repairs
shared its fate. The flames 1
threatened other buildings in the vicinity
but after a hard tight the firemen
checked the fire.
Child Fatally Burned.
Oaffney, Special.?The little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Godfrey Tl
was probably fatally burned early ?
Monday morning. The mother wm
at the barn milking, leaving the lit-4 V#.
tie 5-year-old girl and her brother
who is 3, in the house. The clothing
of the little girl caught fire and waa
burned entirely off before the mother
could reach her. It is about 10 milee J
from Gaffney, but Dr. Nesbitt was
soon on the scene and did everything
for the child that could he done, but
very little hope is entertained for her
recovery.
Heavy Demand on the Treasury.
Columbia, Special.?South Cam* k:
Una will have to meet obligations to
the extent of over $400,000 by tho I J
first of the year, with only $100,000 ki*
in the treasury at the present time,
according to a statement given oat P
from the State Treasurer's office. Tho
sum of $145,000 in interest on the
bonded debt will have to be provWM ?
for by December 31. The different
notes given by th^ State will
menee to fall due Jt? December '
and in addition tl ^ current ex