The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 12, 1917, Image 3
With the land forces
and with the fleet
WRIGLEY5
gives solace in the
Ions! watch, it fresh
ens and refreshens,
steadies nerves,
allays thirst, helps ap
petite and digestion.
'After every meal"
The Flavor Lasts
COL DK'KKKT DEAD
i> Author of "Diokert's History of,
Kershaw V Ilrigaile."
[???!?(?!!?>. As the result <>t j
C.ir! ,iU;t' k. <'??!. I ? Augustus Dick- ?
:,?? ..f Niwlffiv county's most
sir:'ii- ? <lir<] suddenly at
lii'iiH- .11 !i.i- ? it\ vesterdny inoru-.
>i" '< ? ? k. !ii- hist illness having
>?>'. ?!' i>nc hour.
I ?!? k? ;; liiul been in bad |
' f ?! a iiiitiil>?t <>f voars, the*
i.' "f i k>- of paralysis, lit
1?t;-,.iii r.right's disease and
"tiki.':.' ii'vii". ihe latter being the
uf-:;.K' i.i'iM' ?.f his death. He
*'ir!i*- mreels of Newberry late
ii.'s 'iv ,ificniooti with bis friends,
wlii'ii K;n>' lii- health appeared to
a - usual, and it was there
i >lnKk to the people of
'?rrv w'.-i it \\;is announce<l this
' ' ?!?*:?t h had come to him
?? ".iriy huiirs.
? .-iv I ?i? kri t was well known as
r"f tiistoi \ >(nd a close stu
1 affairs; as well as
' ' ? M-a\csi officers of the Cou-j
I i leader in the redemp
"arolinn from radical]
11 He served throughout
'i"'1 ?' 'lie War Hetween the
J'":" " ' 'listiix'tion, enlisting as
s ?'"!a|iany II. Third South
r him \ i.Iiui'hts. Kershaw's Brl
gade. at the out break of humilities.
He won rapid promotion ilurin^ the
war. l>eing made captain of his corn
pany after the disablement uf Oapt.
(Jeorge S. Swygert in the battle of
Chickanmuga. He later commanded
the Third regiment, during the latter
part <>f the conflict.
Colonel I )iekert reeeived w ounds in
the battle of Savage Station. Fred
ericksburg. Wilderness and Knoxville.
As evidence of the tnany hard bat
tles in which Company II was engaged
during the war it may be stated that
only two men of the original enroll
ment went through the four years'
struggle without receiving wnuud>.
Colonel Dickert's record in recon
struction days was equally :is illus
trious as that made by him during
the war, he iK'ing one of the leaders
of the famous Ku Klux Klan. lie was
largely instrumental in redeeming the
state from radical rule, ami his nets
of valor during that |>eriod are well
known to the jipople of South Cm ro.
Una.
Although Colonel IMckvrt received
only a few months schooling in the
earl\ days of his life, by persrvercnee
and study ho became one of the be-d
read men of his time, and wrote sev
1 era I histories and a number of his
torical stories for magazines and pe
1 riodicals. which arc often quoted as
' authority on the questions of thiit day.
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Jills host known work in .Dli'kprl'n
History of KcmlMiw'K HrlKixIt1, which
Uus been rucogul&c.d l?y aiudeuta of.
Idstorx as oik' <?r Mio l>o*t stories of
I lit* war f i-(4ii 11 tt* Maud|k>lnt of a prl !
\atc. He also wrote a large munber
of historical Da mil Ives which have
boon extenslvoly published.
Colonel 1 lickert was 7.'t years of age
at ilit* i inu' of Ills death, bavin# been i
born in IS) I in | ho lower section of!
i
Ncwln'ii) (-(MillIy. Ho was tho son of
A <; I dckcrt and Mar> IMckert. of
Fait Mold countj. lie was I who mar
ried. Ills tlrst wife beliiy Miss Katie
Cromer. ??f Newberry count.\. A ft or
tin* doa lb "f Ids ilrst wife lie was
married (< > Mrs. Alice Coleman. of,
Fairfield count v. who, willi three chll
? Iron ('apt. Koland IMckert. of Co
lumbia; Mrs (lusslo Wolls. of Mlu
nea|>olls, Minn . and Miss I.ut ile, of
Newberry survive bint. He U also
survived b.\ two stepchildren Mrs.
\V. H. Sillier, of Newberry, and Martin
Coleman, of Camden. S. ('.? and two
brothers, ('has. 1*. IMckert, of l.lvo
Oak. Flu., and Ho|*> A IMckert. of
Columbia.
The death of Colonel IMckert re
nvovos from Newberry one of her
most Illustrious sons ?a man beloved
by all who knew him. He was a man
who knew no fear, strong in his con
victions and possoisslng the courage to
make known his convictions at any
and all times. Many stories of bis
manhood and courage have l>een re
counted. but they were always told by
someone who knew tho facts?and not
by Colonel IMckert. for he was a man
who was retired in bis disposition
and who never sought glory for him
self In narrating bis many deeds of
heroism He always took an active
Interest In all public affairs and did
much towards the upbuilding of the
community and state In which he
lived.
THREE AMERICAN VESSELS SI NK
j (ierinan Haiders Operating in South
Pacific Ocean.
Washington. ??ct. 4.?Two Column
j commerce raiders, manned by the crow
' i?1* the famous Zooadler. which it now
(develops, stranded on Mopelui Island
j in the Southern Pacific, after roaming
i the seas for seven months preying
| upon American and Allied shipping are
(operating somewhere in the south seas.
' according to a report received tonight
at the Navy department from the
commander of the naval station at
j Tutulla. Samona Islands.
'|'he dispatch, tryIs 1 111''hig tho story
of ('apt. Ilador Snjith. of the American
schooner Slade. one of tho Zeoad
ler's victims, was sent on Septonibor
_??i. several weeks after the new rahl
1 ers loft Mopoha Island-, whew they bad
boon captured by tho Hermans. The
lir*-r put to sea on August 21. and the
other on September 'jr>. and it was I
probably the o|H*rations which led to,
recent reports of raiders in tho Pa-f
citic. }
Before coining to grief on Augu>t -l.j
the Zeeadlor had added the American |
schooners A. H. .lohnsoii. Manilla and!
Slade to tho list of at least twelve al-|
lio<l vessels which she sank this year |
in the South Atlantic ocean. In the
long jK-riod from last March, while she
was last heard from, the raider prob
ably sent down other craft encounter
ed in passing through the Atlantic,
around Cape Horn a.xi across tho Pa-,
citic to the French group of the So
cioty Islands, of which Mojieha is one. |
The dispatch from mo naval officer'
did not indicate the sizo.of tb'? raiders j
am) m?thing is known of >,v7m. as one
was unnamed, while rlie French i
schooner Luteoe is not listed in avail-]
able shipping records.
CUPID'S NEW WEAPON
By LOIS CRAYTON
All tin> la* 11it11 winched her un ill**
trail iim (lie horses wouiul around high,
rooky el Ids, across tracts of shale and
throuKh deep v ti 11 <*>*?>. Hodgeman. the
louder, who knew the country well,
wont ahead. then came the venture
some spl i its, ready to take risks of
slides nnil places on narrow ledges,
where pieces of r*jck might have fallen
away since the last ranger passed on
his lonely patrol.
lint the nionnuiln ponies were sure
footed?too snro-footod, for they went
close to the edge sometimes. The
horse the girl rode Insisted on walking
as far away from the cliff as possible.
The man kept his eyo on the girl.
Most of the time her left foot was dan
gling over space, hut she gave no
sign that she was afraid.
When night came they camped In a
valley, and after supper most of tho
weary souls crawled Into bed. A few
8tlll lingered, however, around tho
great tire. The man and tho girl sat
apart talking.
'?You are not afraid of anything, arc
you?" he said.
She laughed. "Goodness, yes?spi
ders and mice, measles and burglars."
"1 doubt It!"
"What did I do to make you think
I was?brave?"
"Most girls would havo screamed or
fainted when that horse went so close
to the edge."
"And I kept quiet. That was only
the Instinct of self-preservation. I
didn't want to scare him."
"That Isn't true, I'm afraid. I Insist
on giving you the palm of courage."
"And I insist that I am as much of
a coward as anybody."
"What aro you ufrald of, then?"
"I told you?burglars for one thing."
"And?"
"You for another."
?'Me?"
"Yes. You Insist on . dragging my
fallings out Into daylight and analyz
ing them. I suppose you'll soon dis
cover that I'm fond of vegetable soup
and bate to use semicolons, and that
incidentally these riding boots have
rubbed my stockings Into tatters."
"I'd forgotten. You must be dead
tired." He got up Instantly and helped
her to her feet. "Go to bed now and
be fresh for new worlds tomorrow."
He pressed her hand warmly and
was gone.
They were together a great deal
after that; they rode side by side when
possible, sat together at meals, and
had splendid campflre talks. He In
sisted on calling her brave as each day
brought new risks which she took
without flinching.
The trip came to an end; the man
took train for Seattle, the girl went
east, and the party "scattered Irmtt
directions.
The girl's family had not come home
from Canada and she undertook the
opening of the townhouse.
She had long, quiet evenings alone
after busy days, and she lived over
her wonderful time In the mountains.
There were camera views to go over,
some of the man. "He's so different
from most men." she mused, "so big.
He's been all over the world, he says.
I suppose he builds bridges and tun
nels mountains and constructs dams
and aqueducts, for he would never be
content to spend his time doing little
things."
One evening, after looking through
her travel book again, she decided to
go to bed. Hulda, the oook, had gone
to her room on the third floor, and she
was alone. She mnde a round of the
rooms, fastened windows, snapping on
locks and turning out lights.
Then she returned to the library to
switch off the table light before going
upstairs.
And tbere stood a man with a black
mask over his face and an automatic
ready for action.
"Oh!" said the girl, standing quite
still.
"Keep quiet," said the Intruder, "and
I won't hurt you."
And the girl kept very quiet; in
truth, she slipped In a heap to the
floor, for she had fainted.
'Tm a fool I" A man's voice was
the first thing she heard when her
senses came back. She was on a couch
and Hulda was rubbing her face and
hands. She thought she knew the
voice.
The girl sat up. "You J" she cried.
"Yes. II" said the man grimly, the
man with Whom she had traveled over
300 miles of mountains.
"And here I've been thinking you did
big, wonderful things to help the world,
and you're a?a?"
"A burglar? No. I'm not really.
Listen. I Just got back from the West
today?this eveYHns?and I couldn't go
to sleep until I had located your house.
It was too late to come In, but I Just
wanted to know where you lived.
When I was passing I saw a man work
ing at the side window, so I got the
corner policeman and we nabbed him.
Then I thought of something, Just a
fool notion of mine to test your cour
age further, for 1 didn't believe you
when you said you were afraid of bur
glars. You know what it was. I
played burglar. Forgive me!"
"And I played baby." she said,
ashamed.
"You are adorable, and I love you,"
said the man.
"Then It's all light." sighed the girl
happily, "but It's the first t'me I ever
knew Cupid to use a gun."
(Copyrlrht. 1917. by the McClure Newspa
per fiy n<lieat?.)
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IIKIJ> FOR VOITHS l)K\T?l :
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Two Columbians Ammwl by Richland
CoroHfrV Jury.
('olumbia. Oct. 7?The ?*oroner's
Jury. sitting tonight on the death of
Claude 1 /4'Ii\V(mk1 Shaw, aged twelve. I
who was killed here lute last night j
in an automobile accident at Shandon.j
a <'olumbia suburb. recommended that
l>r. .1. L. llunaban, dentist ami K. C.
Hardin. sui>crintcndcnl of the phos
phate plant of tlx* Royaler (iuaiio
Company. tbis city. "I>e bold for man-J
slaughter." Lam1 Shaw, brother of
the dead youth. alleged in his testi
lilt>nv that the automobile. driven by!
l>r. llaiiahan hit a watfon which they [
had Just li i I <-h?M I beside the curbing
near their home. overturned it and
threw I-en wood Shaw eompletely over
the IkhI.v of the vehicle under the ear. j
He was dragged for a considerable
distance, he swore. Another ear.
driver unknown, hit 1 >r. llanahan's
autoinoldle. ran over bis brother's leg.'
hacked ulT ami disappeared, stated
Shaw.
I .a lie- Shaw and T. 1'. Aughlrey. a
white chaijfleur. who saw part of the
accident. swore tlial both automobiles
were traveling at between thirty and
thirty live miles an hour and alleged
that I >.i\ llaiiahan "appeared to be
either drunk or bad taken some kind
of drugs; he staggered." Corroborative
testimony a* to the dentist's alleged
physical condition also was given by
Polieeinan .lones, of the Columbia de
partment. It was brought out in the
testimony that tin4 maximum traffic
~s| mms I irtlowed iTJ I lie jrrm of The city
where the accident occurred is fifteen
miles an hour.
The police for several hours after
the 'automobile accident happened,
looked for an unknown automobile
driver M. IV Cramer, city jailer, tes
titled that Mr. Hardin appeared at the
police station this morning and iden
tified a channel bumper of an automo
bile which was found at the scwiie of
the accident as belonging to his car.
Mr. t rainer alleged Mr. Hardin told
him that "he heard a crash at the
scene of the accident last night but
didn't know what happened."
The coroner's physician stated that
wounds jn the side and the back of
l In- \outh en lists J Ills (loath, In his opin
inn. Hotli Ih>iics In his l??f t log, he
I?*stItied. 1 ui<I been hrOken. He gave
as his opinion, on question from tin*
coroner. dial a shock caused hy the
fracture following the major Injuries
might hasten death. The ho.v <1 I
on tln? way to the hospital shortl.v
after tin- accident.
Much I.iquor lleaCroyed.
Columbia. S. Oct. 7. Over a
thousand gallons of whiskey seized,
several thousand gallons of beer de
stroyed, tnorc than two hundred ar
rests made, Indictments entered, con
victions secured.' tines, amounting to
thousands of dollars, assessed, and ap
proximately 20 stills destroyed, sih'Us
the activity of the state eonstahular.v
during the past year, according to re
IMirts made to the oftlee of Governor
Manning hy T. .1. Smyrl, chief state
eoustahle. At the prevalent retail
prlee of whiskje\ uiiore than $5,0(KI
worth of it has heen destroyed within
the period covered by the re|w?rts.
This is Interesting.
llenry Ilyatt. a well-known farmer
of the I.audsford section, was In the
< it.\ a few days ago and made the fol
lowing vtatenieni to Samuel Fried
heitn : That he declared to pick a
hale of cotton and while doing so to
connt the number of bolls that it took
to make It. That he picked llO.Ooo
holls. and that each lock of eottou
(four to the hollt had eight seed to
the lock or o-J to the holl, and for the
hale of cotton. seed to the
hale. Mr. Hyatt's experience in doing
this may seem to some to he a little
peculiar, hut It certainh is interest
iin: and gives voinethini: for thought.
Hook Hill Keeord.
A (JatTney negro and his son were
arrested Tuesda> for selling whiskey.
They had a slick scheme. They would
not sell a man unless tlic man agreed
to >-oll Imck a drink to them. In tills
way the purchaser would also become
a violator of the law himself. The.v
would sell a pint say, and buy hack
a drink for a sped tied small sum. They
were arrested on the charge of hav
ing Jive gallons stored on the prem
ise*.
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