The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 06, 1914, Image 3
SHREWD SAMMIS.
The Elevator Coy Worsts a Disci
ple of Biaokstone.
HE SCORNS HONEYED WORDS
That A Working Agreement
Should Yield 8omothing More Sub
stantial Mnd U Quick to Hav# R?.
v?nge Whin tho Opportunity
V By M. QUAD.
fCopyrlflH. *>y A*?oclaw?J uit?ritry
1 H - Presg.]
WIIICN Mr. Skldmore moved
into room 140 In* called me
UP to hiit office and begun:
"Hamwia. | wanted to
wake your acquaintance and find out
what Hurt ol a boy you wore."
"I am a good boy," I replied, "und
owtMc U u. wWUiw."
"A)i, she Is! Well, there must be
widows as well as wives."
"And I am trying to pay off the
mortgage on our little home."
"That's right. Sammls. 1 like to see
a boy have some aittj la life.".
a penholder for awhile and then said:
"SanimtB. an elevator boy. and a ten
ant should work in harmony. As you
BEACHED ma DOOR IN A BODT.
go up and down you will hear people
asking for a lawyer."
"Yes, sir."
"1 make collections, secure divorces,
smooth over family quarrels and hunt
up the next of kin. In return for what
yon do for me I shall be delighted to
give you fatherly advice and counsel."
I got up to go, wondering If he
thought I was a, soft mark, when he
patted me on the back.
"Remember the name. Saminls? Skid
more. And It would be well to inti
mate that 1 have been here for years
Instead of two or three weeks."
One afternoon i sent a man to him
who wanted a bill of sale made out,
and an hour later 1 called at bis office
to see if he wouldn't offer me 10 cents.
He simply laid his hands on my bead
and said :
"Sammis, you scut me a client, and
la return I'll give you some fatherly
advice, now much is that mortgage?"
"Seven hundred dollars, sir" '
?'Well, my fatherly advice to you Is
to stop buying peanuts and popcorn
and pay It up."
It was only a day or two later when
a woman came in and asked if there
was n tenant In the building named
fflgglns. She was followed by a man
*ho asked the same question, and dur
; Ing the day about hIx people came look
ing after lllgglus. Next day the crowd
increased, and finally along came a
tall woman with two front teeth gone,
who said:
"It's lliggina I'm after, but he might
have changed ills name. I'll tell you
what sort of a looking man be is."
She described Skidmore to the dot.
I told everybody to come at a certain
hour two days later, and when the
hour arrived there were fourteen of
'em. There were landladies, tailors,
shoemakers. batters, grocers and land
kn<^ys who elso, and all of 'em had
their fists doubled Up- I got 'em all
to the car at once and scooted 'em up
to No. 140. it was a ra^e between 'em
?town the hall to see Who should get
Into Skidinore's room first They reach
ed his door in a body and banged it
open.
_ For ten seconds there was a silence
that smellcd like a kerosene lamp dy
lng out., and then fifteen yells arose on
the air. Mr. illgglns might bfcve Jump- j
ed out of the window if they hadn't
bold of bim. But they piled on to
hhn like so many tons of brick. Then
they went to scrapping among them
? Refros. and when I got a policeman the
^ole building was in uproar,
^hen quiet had been restored a doctor
felt of Mr. Skidinore's head and arms
*nd legs and body and said be was not
fatally injured, though he wouldn't be
*hle to play golf for six months. Mr. I
Kosher, the agent, gave him notice to
jWt at once, and toy and by he rang
me to come up. He looked at me
yj n reproachful way and, beavlug a
?ong sigh, be said:
"Sammls, this Is your work, but 1
**¬ blame you. 1 gave yo\i a cold
bluff." v
*^?u should have whacked up." 1
*tlQ. "
"1 know, i ceo when It Is too late."
* was a sorry for Mr. 8'kldmore,
yet he .was a man of years, and be
yy*t to haye known better than to
1 and paint dm with molasses.
Tht? Klevator Boy
A GERMAN VIEW OF
THE WAR'S ATROCITIES.
Writer Says German Soldiers
Were Dealt With in Most
Inhuman Manner.
Prof TlioiiitiK W, Dingle, of 1 ?nvi<!
son < 'ollcge, writing In I lu* Charlotte
Observer nf hut Sunday, says:
j 1,11 view ?if Ui<> tart t tin t we got
_ 1 1 ? ? ; ? 1 1 jk ail irtir war Hews Mild views
J through rojHjrU and |M'es* < >f thv Attt?>H
j ami vci> lllllc of ilif ( i t* ruia 1 1 point of
j vle>\ ever leaches Us. il occur* to IIIC
j that tin1 readers of (lit* Observer might
eujo,\ reading t !?i ? enclosed let ter. The
writer mid IiIn wife have been warm
frlomD of mine for Id years, our friend*
.ship dating from my student days at
tin- Culver. It \ of I ,elpsle when we
were young folks together. 1 have been
entertained several times In their hos
pitable hoiuc In Dresden and always
count on visiting them when I am in
! <ievmn?.v. Hwr Mueller Is a manu
facturer of artificial flowers and other
decorative material, sad (toes a large
export as well as domestic business. [
have carefully translated the letter
from the (ierman. and i shall he pleas
ed If the jeiplciii u? TUtMJltaorvet'. are
as Interested In getting the view* of
some of the upper- middle class* (Jer*
mans an 1 have been,"
Dresden, (ierinany, Sept. 25, 1014.
My Dear Prof. Dingle: Many thanks
for your card from - Barcelona. Wo
hope and trust that ere this you have
safely reached home and found all well
with your loved ones. Considering cir
cumstance*, all goes well with us. To
he sure, our manufacturing business
has suffered greatly, owing to the fact
that we deal exclusively lu articles of
luxury, lloth domestic and foreign
trade has naturally declined since the
war began. Still I am thankful to be
able to report that all Is well with us
In pur home, (ireat National enthusi
asm has seized all classes of the popu
lation from tile i>oorest to the richest
and -from the most radical to tilt/ most
Conservative ? an enthusiasm that bob
Mer* xtp the spirit* of till. Never Ik*
fore In the world's history hn> ? N'??
(Ion shown Kiich wonderful prepared
ni'>-> and . NN'f a iv facing
great Nation*, aside from mi
lUeroiis " mill I fr>" ( Ik'lgtllui, Ja|mii,
Servla. regards Itussla, tit
Itpltii of lilt' lilOlirlli ;i I Mi|?ei'lolity Of
I la* t'lit'iii \ w e ha vo won u k >t | 1 1 1 t\t 1 1
\UMoiy at Tanuenhcrg and titers we
imi.ooo i?r1.<oir*li ? and loo plet es of
arltlllery; A few days latter a I In*t??r
berg and Tilsit, I In* Russians were do
fen ted h> tail- m ritiH ? ti ltd driven out of
Kiisl PiusnIii. We have Invatlt'tl Hux
siii and established rlvll fkoverumcnl for
I ho pin ts of Kiisslan Poland that wo
Ml,
In like manner our army in the
Went has marl t> uupreeedeuted prog
ress against tlu> united Belgian. French
and Kngllsh armies. it is groat ly to
ho regretted that our country has no
diroot oahlo connection with America
I and other foreign lands, fur the name
of Germany Is greatly besmirched hy
the press of- the counties with whh'h
we are at war. J low ean one yi^thlze
the brutality of our brave fellows In
Itclgulm, for example, after they had
1km>u dealt with hy the Hyti^nnpirtttHnn
iu a ma imer more treacherous than tin*
Oermans ever witnessed among the na
tives or their African colonies? I have
heard wounded ollli-ers who were jier*
eonal friends of mine? men of ungues
ttonod character and veracity ? tell of
the horrlhle treatment of (iertnan sol
diers at the hands of Itclglan-Krenvh
civilians ? aets of which they thein
aelves were eye- witnesses. If you were
to take a look Into our hospitals you
would see many a poor fellow lying
High t less. Ills eyes having lieen cruelly
put out as he lay helpless on the bat
tlefield. Others with mangled noses,
tongue cut out. hands butchered, here
iu our local hospital, .tear .witness to
the same barbarous treatment. These
things I have seen with my own eyes,
and have thus learned of the forms of
torture Inflicted on our wounded sol
ilU'ih by dm civil population. in i .on
vnlii for Instance, our troO|? were at
llrst r??lv<t(l in a friendly manner, aim I
then iii night, after i li?* major portion
of the arni.\ had mn< cticd on, i in* .sig
nal wan gl\en to (lu> people of tint town
hi murder (la* Kiiinh garrison ? ?f tier
man troops *tlll remaining. Tld* wa?
tlu* IK'I of I'lvillailH, liot of ItnlKtjjl) sol
illers. in clio pru&tmce ??f wtirh hjjp
harlly i ililnk thai self prescrvat Ion Is
tliit hist law of nature, ami after that
l lie preservation of works of art may
Ije considered. We are lighting against
overwhelming odds, mil! lighting for
our very exigence. It must therefore
la* clear to everyone that our lueu at
the front must at all costs he prutm'tiMl
from these nefarious net* as only Ilot
tentotH would he guilty of, ami this
ran he done only hy fearful examples
of vcngcnance carried out hy our men.
There Is now an outcry against the
bombardment of the cathedral at
Ithclius. It has heen otllclally ?*stab
I United, however, that HohUot'H were sta
tloned In the tower of the cathedral
armies. and Hits In fact* rf the fact Hint
lo <1 i ?????*! the artillery fire of the Allied
Ihi' white tlatf wuh floating' over tlm
^athedeHlat-thnt ? hn<v Would the I'*|l
: gUaji and French have permitted this
and allowed thousands of their men
to he destroyed for the sake of pro
tecting a historic monument? No one
Iwlleyes such a thing possible," least of
all the. practical and unsentimental
Hiigllshmnn; / But In spite of the bom
bardment, thanks to the rentarkahle
skill 'j>f our artillerymen, the cathedral
suiVeic?| only slight Injury. The ob
servation, station behind the white
flap on the cathedral was destroyed hy
means of well-aimed sharpnel, and the
Injuries to tlie historic church can eas
lly he repaired In a short time.,, Noth
ing at all would have happened to the
church if the French themselves had
not heen ithc cause. Besides, the ques
tion inaj^proiH^rlV- he raised: I)ld the
French In Hmefr4mstL when In CeriHH
ny, spare our historic monuments from
I destruction 7 I rail to your rcuicui
| Prance Meino's march through tin* Pa
latinate and hi* decoction of the
lleldollicrK caMtle, our of our llioat fa
UioiH architectural marvels. |>o you
rtk'iill what Na|H?U'oi. Itonapartc ?.ll?l ?
Old ho wpuiv works of art in (irrinany
Din) Italy V What the Trench In those
times <11(1 not destroy tlu>> stole. At
nn> rate, after the war in ovefy history
will abundantly vindicate the conduct
of our Oovcruuient ami armies, The
(Jcrman soldier In a hrave and daring
follow, hut of a k i mi i> and homa-nhie
teni|K'Ti?iiu<ut .
On Septemliej 'J'J our submarine U-0
sent three huge Kurdish armort><| cruis
ers to the lM>ttom of the sea, I shall
send you some newspapers In a few
days. Owing to the rigid censorship
1 must be cautious as to what I write.
Now. my dear Prof. Linglc, accept
our best wishes for the present ami
pardon me for having devoted this
letter exclusively to political ami mil*
Itary toplen. Nevertheless, as a frletid
of our family and as a man who knows
ami appreciates our beloyed < Ionium
fatherland thorol.v you will ho altlo to
sympathise with the emotions, the joys,
tj??. SHJEETllllK tll-li pat rlollf *uul. lit
the spirit of our long-standliiK friend
ship I give you a hearty handshake in
tlie name of all our family and semi
most cordial greetings to you and
yours. Very tdncerely,
Fritz Mueller.
THK CITY OF ANTWERP.
Seat of Median Government 1m Rich
In History.
Antwerp, the city to which tlie Bel
gian royal family have removed to es
cape the (ierntan advance on IlrusseN.
Is not only one of the oldest cities in
Kurope.'hut has many times played an
Important part In the making of stir
ring history.
Antwerp apiiears iti history as early
as the seventh century, according to
YtiP liorrolt Free Press. "A century la
ter it was an important port and mar
ket (o?n. in u?v twelfth century it
wu/ commercially |>ros|KMotiu <m?| un
dor III** rule of i lu? pukes or Iturgun
<)yi who at times aspired not only to tho
throne of France l?ui harbor* design*
? hi tho crown of England i" fif
teenth century Antwerp wiin one of tlu>
UlO l I in ( m >i taul marls in liuiopo, (lit*
tuiorllit^ point tor jSPgliah mid <;on
tlncfilal trade. In tin* sixteenth con
un \ . tyidor the 1 1 1 1 ? ? i-r cimrir- v., it
WUH tilt' HOHt <?f (ho 1 lansrat h- It'U^iif
and tho iuoiu?y depot of Kurojic. In
ir?K | s*? It was besieged, taken and
ruined hy the l>uKi" of A I V# . Ill I VIM
I lit* Ki t'iM'h (<K?k (la* ,pl t y and rMtOfiM)
lis pl'PS|)ortty, Napoleon tlu> Ureal |)
tempted to make It rival London.
Antwerp. located on me Scheldt, lmv?
lug an outlet (o the sett safeguarded
hy I lit* llrlt IkIi ntnl French fleet and lad
ing Ht rongly fortified on the landward
side, was regarded iih Impregnable,
homo Its selection al the time hy King
Albert iih a place of refuge from which
to direct the Hclglau resistance to tho
tJoruian tor con. Tho city's trans) t and
other commerce of Into years has run
over $1,000,000,000 a year. It lias a
large Industrial quarter and is a dlu
mmid center. ? ~ ~ " "
The government or Antwerp is ad
mlnlstered hy a Hurgomaster, assisted
hy live assessors and a municipal coun*
ell of HO mciulK'rs. The clty'H annual
budget Is about $7,000,0h0 Its debt la
$00,000,000. Water and gas are utJp
piled by private corporations.
Tlu> city liaa 1(1 dally newspapers,
six In French and 10 {p Flemish. There
are many notable hospitals and edu
cational Institutions, two theatres, and
noteworthy ecclesiastical and Macular
buildings, among them the Cathedral
of Notre Dame, one of the alghts of
Huro|>e; the Hotel do Ville and the Mu
seum of Art, where the priceless paint
lugs by KuIhmis, Winders, Van Kyck,
Mending, Matys and others. Many "old
iiiaHtei's" among pnhtM'f. ?n?whtj'- ffn. ?
bens, were natives or resident# of Ant
werp, long famous as an art center.
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