The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 06, 1925, Image 6
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Hut ul Remarkable Race in the
tniled State*
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x. "Ujiv? you ever seen a Gyp?y?"
Afck. almost anyoiw that **d you will \
|?tl thi reply: ?
MYet?, a k l ea ? many."
? thut ivwr f rp!i'
*.ht m i am astonished, they eottldj
r-iM?V4tV b*v* m-e*e more than yftc ??r ?
two,il?s thfrjv are not owe hundred real
JsTyjP**^ on :hv whole North Ame.iean
continent, all of these being soatteiv i
ill .smit-i groups from Florida Can ;
ada. " j
A* a mauler <?f fa<',.ihat i>fctura*-{
? jue but very uncleart. a*d oh,-: un*'
> cusfworthy person, with the ram
-.hak-e i*ago? and the Ugly and un
washed children if' of every ra^e under j
the ?un\save and except'"? the' one -
whofti' jnahie. .un...carried. The reai-j
KVi'sy yoSi. will, almost never *? e, a'nd'|
if you do sec- him you art apt ??>]
elass him as the impostor.
A real gypsy belongs to a distinct
:ace. The term has been usfed to sig
nify a wanderer. , but what it really
means is ''Egyptian" and that ts whi.
true gypsies always call themselves.
The language is one of the oddest and
best preserved in the world. It was a
language pretty much a* it is now
when the Pharaohs sat on the throne
of Egypt and these original Egypt
ian?, driven out by the Pharaohs,
were off in Arabia with all their
horses and jewels and treasure*, for
which the rave is still famous. The
genuine 'gypsy can trace his lineage
for you back a casual thousand years
ax so. To prove that h?* knows what
he is talking about he will often open
some secret place and show you what
?ooks like some (if the new art jewel
ry that we are beginning to make.
Imitations of the rare old handmade
piece? of the rraftxrnen of the Europe
:j$ <?-ntui?but hi- will n??? he
imitations.
The fortune.-. :t. ..iid jewelry p4&se&a<
<*d by the genuine gypsy family in
credible. My .friend Georgia 11j?s we'll.
? ?*>e of the mt.-f sn'tevv-tH-g ??f th- un
?'dui'te-rati'd gypsy people now I<*ft
..alive; has coral oji-. tm.-f.'- 'fb* >v}ilch.|
Von tine offered her Jx.ooo. '1 i-.t- oral '
las. tin ned the- wonderful that ,
rily t'<?.tur.es ?f.human u.?e <t> un j
part. It is in a great treeklafv w?*> j
hr-aci-lels and some eai'-dl <>p>- M'-.m
be.rw <?( the Luvell family ??f Se-'llan.l]
gave theipieee* t<> th?* ' tu i
undrvd y? ar< ago a- a tn.uk <?f
friendship.
The r-hrap and vulgar fortune To}t
r.g which is done >?y the ^jfftrio\is
;r.vp y i replace d, in tin hands of the
few real gypsy women who still
"dukker." by Work that is done pray
erfully and with a deep sense-of the
responsibility thereby involved.
The real gypsy woman i- the proud
est piece of womanhood on this earth,
Well she may be. For untold thou
>and> i?l years she has had what even
the pr?iud Saxon woman has but re
cently won, and that with difficulty?
complete equality ut!K The men of'
he*4 race. The ffypay voiMR, in fact,
ha even more than t^U. She ha* vu- :
primacy.' Sh? is the one to whom
gorgio (?ther than gypay > education
\f. auihis been given. On* of the oUl-.|
est w umni <}t tht race, and one tff r??il
culu^r? i?) hri1 youih, <ixty-years agv
was s'em'U* one of thip mv?s exclusive
c nvt-rv s-hwls :n Kraitg?, The pre*-!
en'; 4ay generation what there are
of ? *n t'oHow tnrs -rrndtiivn. it is
the. r}> vih'o go u> ou* . colleges and]
' ch - ??. fl<". the bOne uf
thv i?\ti<resim? of the - "posh ad
and-half) of 'he Hoswejl'<
'tarns'y ?.<. a gr,?.i!i.-ue- <.*f thv Univer
i *.?? of Toronto,
. It ic the vvr-nvaji. too,. who "dui
kers*" ?.---???
Thi.- im-uiis a great deal muVv ihaii
?..?? ordinary- Jortuno-teiling.. U con
veys the :<iva of the priesthood?the
femintpe priesthood. To the real
gyp?y it is the woman who is the sa
cked sex and who must have all sa
0
ert^i offices. It i? not customary for
men, for instance, to be allowed to
touch a newly born baby or to handle
raw meat, or to lead in prayer. In
this country there are only two fa
rr: iu$ women who "dultkcr" who are
the true gypsy race. and in Canada
only two.
1 have known intimately two of
these women, and I can testify to the
fact that both of them approach a day
01 "work" by the path of prayer, and
that at the end of the day they are of-^
t*n physicaUy and spiritually ex
hausted, having: healed human hearts
and solved problems throughout all
the hours of it, with a devotion and
intensity of selflessness which I have
never seen equaled.
I have lived and traveled with the
gypsies in this country who are real,
and I think that I know them as no
one else on this side of t,he water does.
1 have the great honor to have th'.'
persona! and close friendship of many
of thein. 1 am s.uie that I know.more
of their jealously guarded lives than
any one else. For one thing I am
prepared to give it a* my own slowly
formed opinion that the occasional
u.\ |'~y woman, ami especially the four
"of whom 1 have spoken, have genuine
x-ruit knowledge and power. It is
w .'-t)i nothing that not one of them
\*...! make this claim and that never,
undei ans circumstances, have thev
' n willing to take money for the
?. mf -? when they have seemingly used
'.Mat power.
Gypsies know ail classes of society;
Th'i-y ate eivtrusted with secrets that
. wn-uKI" never even be breathed- to
^others; they often know all the de
tails of crime before it is committed.
When thjs happens to a true gypsy
he takes pains that the authorities
shall hear about it. The spurious
gypsy is often a consort of the crim
inal. and the confidence which the
criminal classes feel in all gypsies is
due to the fact that they have never
distinguished between the real and
the false. In Kngland, to be sure, the
real gypsy families art- so well EnoWU
and fo respected, and are so. closely
connected with the better classes, that
this it ndt true, but in hi* county if
is.,, ' ?
The gypsy woman, although the
man is always hovering near to pro>
teet her, is the one who meets the
public whenever necessary. She is the
jne who knows every aspect of lift*,
it thought "unseemly" that a n^an
should be allowed to face the tempta
tion of thv world. It is a boy wht> U
sheltered, and the girl who, early
Partis how to handle all sorts of pt- >
pie and conditions. This j.s not be
cause the boy is valued more highly,
but because the gypsy idea is closer
; to the truth than ours. He belongs to
the "frail" sex, and as such must
^have his mural* guarded. The purity
of -tW girl and her wisdom and her
MJ&f H.jity to her brother are never
i questioned in the true gypsy family,
and this is one of the tests by which
the genuineness of any group may b;*
tested.
A gypsy, by the heritage of count
less thousands of years, is without at
tachment to country, to law or to
places, but it is to be borne in mimi
that those who have been long in a
country will defend it when neces
sary. In the late war there were
eighteen of the scanty number of real
gypsy men in the armies of England
and three in our^army. One of the
Boswells was a second lieutenant and
won all the medals that were to b<
had for gallant action. i *~
No real gypsy was ever jailed in
I either this country or the British
j Isles. No real gypsy woman was ever
I a woman of even . slightly dubious
? morals. As far stealing children?
j why, no gypsy would .willingly take
| our blood into the tents! The "kaulli
i ratti" (the black blood) is considered
; by them superior to any other in the
' world, and even a "marry out"?to
i marry one not a gypsy, though he or
, she be of the highest in the land, i>
considered a great misfortune.
Stealing of any kind Js simply un
thinkable by true gypsies.
In all count vies the true gypsy has
preserved the tradition of being th>*
aristocrat that he claims to be. llo
will always be fourM seeking, the
friendship and the protection of the
very highest in the land, where he ha>
chosen to sojourn.
I The well kaovvn "Gypsy Smith", fo"
( instance, while not a t-rue gypsy,
ne.ver called himself that. As a mat
ter of fact, he belongs to what the
I jryp^if^ call "members," "diriikai"'
j with thi^ marked difference -that* the
| "member" sells baskets and other
; handicraft and his women do not
} "dukker," he sometimes deals in
horses, but is no such wizard wi'h
them as is thq true gypsy, who is far
>uperior to the romantically "horsey"
Arabian of tradition.?New York
Herald.
The temperature dropped to 42 de
grees below zero at Canton, N. Y.,
last week.
Shot Down
Glenn Young, Dry Klan leader
of Herrin, III., who was shot down
in the latest riot ut that place. He
leaves a blind widow, who lost her
sight in rioting last year. The
town is again under martial law.
"OLD SALT' DEAD AT 108
Had Forty Years Adventure On The
.Seiienuite&h.
New York, Jan. 29.?"Age 55; hair
black; occupation, seafaring," was the
description broadcast by police in
their efforts to identify the body of a
man found last Monday morning on a
bench in Battery park. ?
The old salts identified the body to
day. They said it was that of their
crony of more than half a century?
(apt. My.roft C'rozier, 108 year old
skipper of the barge Empire, whfb
since last Sunday has been missing
from his pilot house.
The'body was claimed by friends
and word was sent to descendants of
the ancient mariner at Honesdale, Pa.
where he was born March 21. '1817.
lie imbibed "a ration of grog'' oh
occasions but he swore off tobacco in
1835, and to these two rules of con^
duct he attributed his lon>; tenure on
earth. His thick hair was black aiid
he wore no spectacles.
The span of Captain Crozier's life
lime brought many changes to his
country. To him it brought two wive-,
i"> children and 85 grandchildren. It
brought him 40 odd years of adven
ture before the mast on the seven
>eas, and 50 years more of compara
tive placidity at the wheel of a barge
irt-New York harbor.
Ten years ago he buried a. son who
wan 80 years old. Five years aj^u, it-is
related, he engaged in fisticuffs with
a skipper half his age, and sent the
fellow to a hospital.
C. A. Yates, who claims that he is
the representative of a press associa
tion, was arrested at Gaffney Tues
day on the charge of attempting to
pass an alleged forced check on an
express company. While investiga
tion was under way *Yates left for
Spartanburg on foot, but was over
hauled and arrested.
Are You Satisfied With the Crops
You Have Been Making?
II' No 11 AYE Vol' CONSIDERED THE REASONS FOR YOUR FAILURE?
' DID Vol- CSE THE BEST FERTILIZERS OR JUST THOSE YOU COULD BUY
CHEA BEST? ? ?
Farmers who used Congaree Fertilizers made
away above the average crop last year
THIS ? ERTIL1ZER IS SCIENTIFICALLY MADE OF THE VERY RBST--MA?
TERIA I S AND WILL MAKE A CROB IF ANYTHING WILL. ASK ANY FAR
MER W1K i HAS CSED IT. HAD YOl' NOT B.ETTER 1-5FY IT THIS YEAR? WE
"ELL \i L GRADES < >F CONGAREE FERTILIZERS AND WILL MAKE YOU
<' I.< 'S L !' iB ' ES.
SPRINGS & SHANNON
(INCORPORATED)
REALTY TRANSFERS.
Chan#** of Real hint ate an Recorded
in County Auditor's Office.
Laura A. Watts to t\ P, Watts, 40
. mar Brthune, $5.00 and Iovij
and afjfection, , ? ? "
('. ]'. W&i.t* tu Laura A. Watts, 40
acres, near Rethune, $5.00 and love
and affection.
I jo-. M. iJ.-ouii u> Paul B. Mctint,
! 1 lot, Chestnut Mivi-t, Camden, $800.
Claud Bim-kwell to Ethel M. Houaer
? 1 lot and building, near. Kershaw,
j-$ 1250.
Lp E. .Jones to E. B. King, 01 acres
I near Bothune, $5?00 etc. Half interest.
|(i. H. Scarborough to E B King,
01 acres near Bethune $5.00 etc., one
half-interest,
Bessie Sutton to - Rebecca and Lil
lian Suite.n, 1 lot and building, Mar
ktt $treet, Camden,^$1.00 and love
and affection.
Mrs. M. A. Horton to Deacons Tim
rod Baptist Church, 3 acres, $5.00 otc
Whjter Sorrel! to R. L. Branham
28 acres near Logoff $400.
Kate M. Mobley to E. K. Ray, 100
acres near Lugoff, $4,000,
G. C. Welsh, Sheriff to Gregory
Live Stock Co., fl45 acres near Lib*
erty Hill $500.
B. B. Clarke, Master to Southern
Land Sales Corporation, 190 acres
WeBt Wateree, $1,500.
Samuel Sullivan to W. E. Elliott,
61 acres near Bethune, $850.
L. L. Clyburn to J. K. Clyburn,
1 lot and building, Monument Square,
Camden, $5.00 etc.
Bank of Bethune to 1>. M. Melton,
134 acres near Bethune $2,500.
J. M. Neal to W. T. McDonald, 2
lots near Kershaw $28.00.
Sarah*A. Smith to Charles H. and
Ella E. Baker, 1 lot dnd building,
upper Broad street, Camden, $4500. "
B. B. Clarke, Master to Farmers.&
Merchants Bank, 50 acres W
Wateree, $200.
B. B. Clarke, Master, to L/ C.
Hough, 2 lots town of Bethune $340.
Sallie A. Anthony to Lula M. True*
dale, 1 lot and building at Westville
$1500.
B. B. Clarke, Master, to J. P. Lewis
and J. E. Christmas, GO acres, near
Marshall* Church,' $510.
I?. I>. Clarke. Master, to E. G.
Junes, 780 acres Flat Rock township,
$5500.
Mary Belle James to R. L. Jones
and A. K. McLaurin, t38 acres near
Bethune $500.
A. M. Horton to Ella Thomas, 74
acres Buffalo township, $500.
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The Great Falls Bridge
There is now a large force work
ing on the grading and making ar
rangements to start working on the
erection of the 800-foot bridge across
Catawba river a few hundred feet
below Fishing Creek power plant,
about two miles below Great Falls.
It has been unofficially stated that
this bridge will cost something like
$150,000. This bridge will connect
Chester and Lancaster counties, and
will be a very important link for the
two counties. While with the com
pletion of this bridge by the South
ern Power Company will mean- more
power development for this company,
however, as to this development for
future is not known to the public. A
large force within a few days will
commence on the new road, which
will be an extension of Bungalo\y
street through the Gladden property
purchase by the Republic cotton
mills several months ago. The road
will come into the -old road near
the Great Falls store, which will
give Great Falls a wide road in the
direction of Chester without going
through Westend, as this business j
section of Great Falls is a very busy
place with very narrow streets
through the business section. While
this new street will l>e a gravel street
for the present, however, as soon as
it has settled sufficiently it will be
made a hard surface street. On this
new street is where Robert S. Meb
ane, Jr., is having his home erected.
Lancaster News.
Married
Mr. John A. Thorne, of Camden,
and Miss Ruth Isabella West, of Jef
ferson, were married in Camden on
Saturday, January 31st. Judge of
Probate McDowell officiated.
'"" The National Flag;Corfe committee,
representing more than 200 patriotic
societies, are up in arms charging
the. 1 "flags made in Japan are of suci
cheap material that, when they be
come wet, the colors runs and the re
.-u.t something that look* more like
the !< ? flag of Bolshevik Russia than
ihi f'.ag of the United States."
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice '.s hereby g.ven that one
m. r.ia f/om this date, <>n Monday,
>\ibruary 16th. \U2T>, I will make to
the I'robnte Court of Kershaw County
my final return as Administratrix of
the pstate -of Samuel Page, deceased,
and on the same date I will apply
to the said CourLfor a final discharge
as said Administratrix.
WILMER BRANCH PAGE,
' Administratrix.
Camden, S. C., January l^kk, 1926.
By W. I^? McDowell, Kinjuir?
bate Judge.
\yhereas, H. C<> Garrison, Jru m
suite to in? to grant hitn
Administration of tlu Estate 0(1.
effects of Mrs. Harriet fl'Jor<W
These arc, therefore, to cite ?<
admonish all and singular the kin^
and creditors, of the said Mrs. gj
riet K. Jordan, deceased, that t!
be and appear before nn, in
Court of Probate, to be. hold at
dt\n. South Carolina, or SaturJ
Frbruary 7th ,next afu 1 publi^a!
thcivof, at 11 o'clock in th fored
to show cause, if any thej have^jl
the said administration should not |
granted.
Given undejr my hand, this 23.
day of January, A. P. 1025.
W. h. Mel)OW K\\
Judge of Probate for Kershaw Count
Published on the 30th day of Jag
ary and the 6th day of Februai]
1025, in the Camden Chronicle u
published at the Court House dot
for the time prescribed by law.
* ~~ citation
Slate of South Carol]rut
County of Kershaw.
?PMP ? - - -
(In the Probate Court)
A
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
, CREDITORS
All parties indebted _to the <??ti
Of G. S. Higgins,"riecease<f, are h?
by notified to make payment to t
undersigned* and all parties havi
claims against the said estate
present them duly attested wii
the time prescribed by law.
H. S. HIGG1NS
Administrator Est. G. S. Higgim
Camden, S. C., {January 27th, 1925.
Nome, Alaska, has a diptheria epi
domic, and several deaths have al<
ready occurred. To add to the st-!
riousness of the situation serum mutt
come by dog- sledge from Anchorage*
which is 600 miles away. There it;
only one physician in Nome, and new
cases are appearing every day.
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Palmer W. Johnson was elected
mayor of Maridn Tuesday, defeatiaj
the incumbent, George G. McKerralV
by a vote of 338 to 330.
Hayes Bus Line
- CAMDEN
TO
Columbia,
Bishopville, Hartsville,
Kershaw, Lancaster,
Charlotte.
Fpr information
Phone 181, Camden Hotel
Dr. Wade Hampton
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN i
Will be at the Commercial Hotel
Wednesdays ?and Sunday?
Starting Jan. 11th
Telephone 175 for appointment
Dr. C. F. Sowell
DENTIST
(Office Over Brace's Store)
* CAMDEN, S. C.
A. R. COLLINS
.? j
Undertaker and Embalmer
AMBULANCE SERVICE
Carrtden, S. C.
Telephone?Day 41; Nifcht 3M
N. R. GOODALE
Plumbing, Heating and
Roofing Contractor
Any work needing special
attention in this line call
Phone 49-W, Camden, S. C.
T. B. BRUCE
Veterinarian
? ?? **
Day Phone 30?Night Pfc?*e 114
CAMDEN, S. C.
DR. G. C. TRANTHAM
, DENTIST
First Floor, Crocker Bailding
PHONE 450
PIANO TUNING
Lewis L. Moore
242-W PHONE or 4C
, ' CAMDEN, S. C.
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