The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 01, 1912, Image 8
('IIM UH IIISTOIIY
1 Many Kttl)ioiu Nhowiiicu <:??
ww in Ttib? Htato. t
The coming of circus days hh-hIIh
?lur f i? < ? i thai (tl#rt 1? a '<>1 of rir
QUj| hihtrtry lu South Carolina. Al.
(J. P'ieidn (ho famous old minstrol
began his professional curmir in
1870 in Columbia, when ho bought
ilia hi ill ii lout of u circus stranded
? here.
A I'm real nnmo In J Int and lift
com oh from that hud, hud HutfUdd
fa nil I y irt West Vlrglnin, whose
Chief daily sport used to ho shbotliig
off any uownry members of the Mo
Coy gang, Mill A I Ih h shriller and
nil i:iK ;iml h< ImllcycH ihnt the bout
way to exterminate an enemy ia wit
kiudni'iitf. Thai circus tout ho got
In Coin in bin in 1H7 0 wan used .be
tween circus seasons to house cam
palgn audiences in North Carolina
for Z?t> Vance in his campaign lot
governor against tlio brilliant ildpub
Heath Thomas Hott(<j, father of tin
present" candidate whomi platform lb
"Morn Ihjnor, bettor and hlg
k it b&rrflk/" Wlinn Al FMelds wwj
ill Columbia with lha! standard clr-j
COS, lio saya I10 witness* d the moat
nn i>?t 1 1 horaomanwhlp he eyec saw,
in tho tan hark padded ring of the:
old on*' ring olrciiH or in nic s&wdjuit]
arena of tin* modern hippodrome ,
and tho rider wiih Wade Hampton.
A I huH bOen a democrat ovor since.
flight after tho war another clrcia
stranded In Columbia. It was a god
send for tho people of the -capital
< ? 1 1 y . Hhoriann's bummers after
burning the city, d octroying tho
6,000 ino?t beautiful trees in tho
United Btntes, and 70 residences auc*
stores, carried away all the old Dob
bins that ha* been unfit for aervlco
in tlio cavalry service of tho (Con
federacy. . '
But thin, circuit strahdou at tjiis
time of all others, afforded Oolumbl
residents an opportunity to got some
fancy horseflesh at tftO price of ?'?
diiy'H rations. And many Ik tho
amusing h i or |? that aomo of the old
family servant* in Columbia tell of
tho cuperu and caprices of those cir
cuh anlmalH converted into staid and
sober old domestic animals.
There are other bits of circus his
tory connected with Houth Carolina,
?Otno that provokes heart aches.
There wiih the time when Kiralfo,
the world reaownod ballot master, a
tfhriner and a mart of distinction,
was arrested Ih a town in thin atate
and held as a hoatago until MeAdon,
brother-in-law of Jan. A. liailey of
Barnum Ai, Bailey, would pay thia
town HOinetliing in lieu of a license
for tho circus did not ahow with
in the corporate llmlta.
Hut one of the moat . intereating
pieces of circus history wo know is
the fact that Kev. It. Q. Pearson, D.
!>., then an evangelist, of /wonderful
power, whipped out John itoblnHon'H
circus iu Rock Hill, Mr. Pearson,
who has recently accepted a chair in
the Columbia Theological seminary,
had tiio whole town and country
around deeply interested In spiritual
matters. Ho warned the circus not
to come aud then prayed with th?
people for the clrcua to tan u wm
tt remurkable circuit day. it wa? a
a reiaarkble circuit day. The #tor?n*
all closed during Hi* parade and
ilia folk* went to yivrtc Hjitd. 't'bo at
ternoon perform***?# watt a ilt(8IV;
and there wait no night' show. Hlnce
then i ha eircuae* have given Koyk
Hill tho "go hy," the "high idgn'^**
all except HI 1 1 McCaw.
One of the most interesting book*!
VWr written Is that hy the late Ju-.
Han A. Helhy, who published Thej
Phoenix In < oluinhla, starting before
Hhornittll'v army k<>' out of hik-i j
Among his anecMiotal reinlnUceitHOH, |
he Uuyn, I 'age >&, that theatrical
troupes "in the good obi duys"
would play through en
won of three or four months with
the aid of an occasional MUTi "hill
, circuses, road shows and Menage
ries' would remain from three days
to a week. John ItohiuHon'w shown
invariably put in a week. Three
generations of Robinsons have vis
1 ted this section in the la?t>06 yearn
John, Jack and John, Jr. Old
John Robinson, like hls'fellow show
iiihu, I'hlneaH '1'. liarnum, died sely,
Hd and possessed of a largo fortune,
IJoth started In life poor."
CatU- Win. il. Cannon wlio com-,
manded the ltichland Volunteers ill
tho war of the Secession wus quite
a noted <hara<ter. He had a long
Hiring of reminlBcenscH, oiQ' being
of the coming of the first train in
to Columbia, in 183U or 1840. 'lie
wa? a noted fiddler among hlH fa
vorite alr? being "Taffy Wan' a
Welshman," "Iilg Foot Nigger,"
"Pea Patch" and "Old Hoaln, the
Hcau." Capt, Caason's muHicul go-1*
lilviH got him into the band of Tur
ner'# nomadic circus, Col. Pierce
M. Duller, the gallant hero of the
Palmetto reglmont, later killed
Htorming Chapultapec where Houth
Carolina led all the rest In whipp
ing Mexico, waH to bo Inaugurated
governor, it wuh a gallant occasion.
Tut tier's circus band wuh engaged
to Horenado , his excellency. Home of
the town dnu<iies after tho serenade
carried the band into a Haloon to
wu| their 'whistles. Hot apple toddy?
"peach ami honey," "flip," "Cherry
bounce," etc., were ladled lavishly
tit the many homes to which the mu
slcltUls were invited -and no elrcuH
band ever made iuuhIc quite to com
pare with that. , For tho northern
muHlcianB were accuutomed to plain
whiskey and straight rum, an<J the
multiplicity of nameu confused them.
Hut tho particularly noteworthy
incident of circus history in this
state is gathered from Mr. Selby's
book ? sayH he: "Phlneas T. Har
num, it may well bo .mentioned in
this connection, began his career as
a Hhowman in Columbia. He ?was ad
vance agent for Napolean Turner's
circus in 1837, "which company dis
banded bore. Uannini reorganized
It and continued on a route through
the southwest."? Anderson Mall.
Mrs. J'ears, of Orangeburg, is
visiting relatives in Camden.
hrn Wt <* r?ut
J. L. HUtkwell,
i it (
K. J. Munii,
Ji. A. Ikon berry,
J, T. Illack welt,
T. A. Hpeurn,
J J IJmII,
J. W. Wood,
W. H. Workman,
W. J. MoPb#iriou,
T. W. Huilth,
J. i). Hakor)
w. H. Collier,
J. Mr Wntklnn,
B, I1' Munn,
J K I'ttHCtll,
W K T))OQiy9Qlii jf i ,
H. N. Hammond, ^
it, U. Parker,
J. k. 8mltb,
J. L. Irfoy,
W, A. Kletchor,
J. jo. ltOblllHOf),
it. M. Hampton,
iWlion
W. A. Oullaw,
Ijp a. Victory,
w. (1. WIIhoii,
1>. J. Whil akiir,
T. W. W jit t h ,
II. C. ltotfo,
J. H. Mar tih.
I), J. Munn,
\V. M. Thorn |)Mon,
J. jfC? Kupb,
T, 'I. Truesdell,
Camden,
Caniden.
JvtttrtHjii.
K*r*hnw.
?' Camden.
CHHMUlt.
I'UKoff,
Ulnntty.
Kulb.
i/UKOff.
C?JUd?|J.
Kttrthuw.
h' i bum .
Joffcrmtu.
Hi. in, ,
Uhevly 11)11
Hloiioboro,
I'Uckiiosv.
hvuoff.
Hoykloa.
KvrHhuw.
Camd?n.
t'Mimjen.
, ? Cumdon,
Hetiwno.
OuHHett,
CmiHlon.
Camden.
iAn\<>rr.
Cantoy inn.
Cum <J en.
Camden.
iJoth uno.
/Camden,
Camden.
l>Wlu <*lark?? in "Iutrtnluci- Mr."
Dellu Clarke's now comedy, "In
troduce Me" which is absolutely new
ill theme, bright and laughable thru
out, and wholesome in every inornen
will be, the offering at Camden
Opera House, Saturday night, No
vember 2.
The story of "Introduce M?'" has
to do with the misfortune* and do
mestic infelicity of a young married
couple. George Nlchol, an unsuc
cessful play writer, haa a wife who
Is more gifted and successful and
who wrlteH under . the name of Fran
cis Everton, absolutely unknown to
her husband. She explains her in
come that keeps (hem in comfort
and happiness by saying that her
Aunt Ilunnah makes her a bountiful
allowance.
The wife writes a book entitled
"Susan," which creates something
or a furore, and her girl chum, Rdn
Somera, who irf an actress, prevails
upon her to have the book drama
tized that she might star in It. Mean
while Aunt Hannah arrives and
trouble begln.B right away. A man
ager of Mrs. Nichol's calls and Is
talking bubineit* with her on the
bofa, when Aunt liauuuh comes in
uikJ i>?cii them making love u?k she]
thinks. A little later Kdna Homer*
arrive* at the Nlchol home, bhe ib
inakluK arrangement* with the- hub
baud about dramatizing the book,
"Huuuii," when Aunt li^nnah come*
in attain ; whit mh:h that the actr<?iw
l? smoking a. cigarette and is in uk
Iuk love to the husband, The aunt,
leave* i h?* room and discovers ??
bottle of wlne? in the cooler, whir h
she t III i? kn Iw elder; she drinks it,
beuoni ??? tipsy and Udl* the husband
(hut a man wan making love to
hit* wife a few hour* before, Just ap
he wus doing to t he net rem*. Bhe
also states that she has oply one
cow, two plus and two acres, and
Mhe can't wend anybody anything;
Whon the wife arrives her husband
questions her integrity and she
leaves him, They are living apart
when the play 1m produced and, it
turns out to be a great euceess.
The finale brlAfS the huibantjl ami
wife together again, when he 1h Ml
but overcome with astonishment to
know I hat i l ^ 1h Ills wife who wrote
the book. "Susan."
Ills Kyo Shot Out.
Ilcnry Lewis, a i .iegro, living ?>n
Mr. Alex McCaskill's place, came to
town yesterday to receive .medical
attention. The negro had been
I shot with a shot-gun. ? One of, his
eyes wfts shot out and several shot
took effect in the Hide. We were
unable to learn who did the shoot
ing or. what led up lo the difficult v .
W A N T K l? .
Hoard in private family, mechan
ic, no boozer, Address care
The Chronicle.
Removal Notice.
We are moving to one
door above the Pepsi-Cola
bottling works en South Main
Street where we will be bet
ter prepared than ever to
do your bicycle repairing.
Work guaranteed to give
satisfaction.
H. E. Beard & Co.
84 HOOI, |),U
County tikiperlut?u<U>Mfc? t'rg?? ?
Ur)(o
rT? ?
The date of tho County Fair in
. >
near lit hand and it (teem* neediest*
to May that itw hucc<;bb depends upon
tho cooperation of the peoplo of
the county. School Day, Friday,
Nov. 8th, will be an intereating and
Instructive feature of the Fair, but
It* will ?>*? in proportion to
the intorcBt t n k en and the energy
Put into it by teachers and pupils
of the county, Any teacher e^u
with a few days of energetic work
get the children to <io 'wonderful
thingM In the way of paper models,
drawing, writ r<iii artlcltH, ??!<?. A
school whouhl not hesitate to send
in for exhibit Km work because it is
Hot considered perfect. The bast
of the work should be selected and
went in be/ore tin- openl&g of
I^alr on Nov. 7th. Wo have been
fortunate 'in getting the State Supor
ln ten den of lOduculon, Hon. J. 10.
Swoarlngon, who will deliver an ad
; dregs' on "Kducatlon," School Day,
| Nor. 8th, and 11 will be a distinct
Iom for one to diIbh thig addreHH.
it 1h desired that every school in
the county, chaperoned by its teach
er attend especially school day. All
Boards of Trustees tire expected to
give Friday, Nov. 8th, as School
Day provided tho teacherB and all
pupiln possible come to the fair on
that day. Let every one put a
shoulder to the wheel and make
school day a success.
1. J. McKenzio,
County Superintendent.
I . .
Why They Wer?- Wild.
CharleB Graady, the noted sculp
tor, wub talking at Mb summer
home at Holly Grove, near Glou
cester, about the quaint humor of
[the Glouchester Fisherman.
"In GioucheBter one day," he said,
"as I idled among the shipping, uii
old salt began to narrate his expe
rience to me."
"Wunst,' he said, 'I was ship
wrecked in the South Sea, and thar
I came across a tribe Of wild women
without tongues.,' "
" 'Wild women without tongues!'
said I. "Goodness! How could they
talk?"
" 'They couldn't,' said the old
salt. 'That's what made 'em wild."
? Exchange.
HUT ATM
BUie of South OiraHnu
Couuty of Kershaw
. "
Under ami by vlrtur* <J|
made by W L. MoOoviQ i
ft'robate for the County J?
ytate afor?tmld, bourlnj ^
l?r Z8. 1*1 'I, i wUl ^|, w
auction on Wednesday, ^
day of November, ifciz, ^
of Kernlmw, coinmeaetif v
clock ?i in., ilu- followiuj .
property belonging to tbe ^
t tie late 1 1 C Hough, to *lt.
10 shares Kershaw oi
stock, 10 Hhurcu cuDllal 8^
of Kernbuw, 26 ahar*? ?toc)
ing and Loan Association
shaw, ull Rent coiton on ^
do tee and mortgages held
eral on perBonal properly,
tmglne and bo)U;r, 1 ?aw( ,
fixture*, 1 70-qaw gin, te?4
condenser, prose, bollor and
7 horses and mulctj, 3 wag<?
carte, and a lot of faring
monts. Terms of Kn.le. tim
Joo Hough,
Oct. 28, 1912. Adwla
JudlcloUB advertising In ^
neBB what ? carefully con,
fertilizer 1b to vegotatlon. i
it grow. The fall aeauon U |
when merchant b are reaehl
eagerly for patronage. Th?
surer or better winning card
advertisement In the hom*
per, properly gotten up.
Send ub that next order
printing.
For Sale
or Ren
The Blair farm, fori
owned by F. M. Zemp,
Apply to
R.H.PITTM)
57 Broad St. Charleston,
Class
moral
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Free Acts presenting Oscar Babcock in his famous Loop the Loop on a bicycle (direct from the Mn"
don Hippodrome) and Thomas Quincy, America's champion shallow water High Diver, take place tw$j
daily on Main street, at 2:30 p. m. and 8:30 p. m. The highest salaried: artists carried with any arnttf|
ment company on tour today. f " ? Jlla
Remember the Date, November 4th to 9th