The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, March 09, 1914, Image 5
MOLD MM IN
LINCOLN'S EYES
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Emancipator
Wrote To Be Sold.
WOOING THRUST UPON HIM
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Placed In an Em^arrasaing Position as
Rsault of a Rash Agreement, He
Later Penned Grotesque Account of
the Lady and Unexpected Outcome of
the Strange Romance.
Major William H. Lambert, civil war
veteran, who died in Philadelphia June
1. 1912, owned the finest Abraham Lin-
■coln and William M. Thackeray collec
tions In existence: Owing to his death
they have come Into the public market
and will be sold at auction.
Perhaps the item of greatest general
interest In part one Is the five page
quarto letter written by Lincoln to
Mrs. Orville H. Browning, telling how
he made love to Mary S. Owens, after
ward Mary S. Vineyard, asked her to
marry him and was rejected. The let
ter, which Is worn at the folds, is
•dated Springfield, April 1, 1838. Lin
coln first met Miss Owens In 1833 at
the house of Mrs. Beunet Able, her sis
ter. The letter reads In part:
“It was then, In the autumn of 183G.
that a married lady of my ncquaih-
tance (Mrs. Able) and who was a great
friend of |uiue being about to pay a
visit to her father and other relatives
residing in Kentucky proposed to me
that on her return she would bring a
sister of hers with her on condition
that 1 would engage to become her
brother-in-law with all convenient dis
patch I had seen the said sister some
three years before, thought her intelli
gent and agreeable and saw no good
objection to plodding through life hand
In hand with htV
“A Trifle Too Willing.’’
“Time passed on. The lady took her
journey and in due time relumed, sis
ter in company, sure enough. This
stomached me a little, for it appeared
to tjie that her coming so readily show
od that she was a trifle too willing, but
on reflection it oecurred’to me that she
might have been prevailed on by her
married sister to come without any
thing concerning me having been men
uoned to her.
"Hi a few days we had an interview,
and. although 1 hud not seen her be
fore, sle did not look as my Imagina
tion had pictured her. I knew she was
oversized, but now she appeared a fair
match for Falstaff. i knew she was
called an ‘old maid.’ and I felt no
dotHgt of the truth of at least half of
the appellation. A kind of notion ran
in my bead that nothing could have
commenced at the size of infancy and
reached her present hulk in less than
thirty-five or forty years, and. In short,
1 was not at all pleased with her.
“But what could 1 do? 1 had told
her sister tfiat I would take her for
better or for worse, and I made a
point of honor and conscience In all
things to stick to my word.
"At once 1 determined to consider
her my wife. and. tills done. aJI my
powers.'of discovery were put to work
In search of perfections in her which
might be fairly set off against her de
fects. I tried to imagine her hand
some, which, but for her unfortunate
corpulency, was actually true.
; V t V • -k
Unexpected Development*.
^After all my sufferings upon this
fcdy interesting subject, here 1 am.
illy, unexpectedly, completely out
—Of the ‘scrape,' and 1 now want to
know if you can guess bow 1 got out
of it—out clear ifj every sense of the
term—no violation of word, honor or
conscience. 1 don't tielieve yon can
guess, and so 1 may as well tell you
, at puce. As the lawyer says, it was
done in the manner following, to wit:
After I bad delayed the matter as
long as 1 thought ! could in honor do
1 concluded I might as well bring it
to a consummation without further de
lay. and so 1 mustered my ‘resolution
and* made the proposal to her direct:
but,' shocking to relate, she answer
ed ‘No’
“At first I supposed she did it
through an affectation of modesty,
which 1 thought but ill became her
.—.upder the peculiar circumstances of
per case, but on my renewal of the
charge I found she repelled • it ! with
greater firmness than before. I tried
it again with the, same success, or.
rather, with the same want of success
I finally was forced tx^glve it up. at
which E very unexpectedly found my-
‘ self mortified almost beyond endur
nnce.
“And to cap the whole I then for the
first time began to suspect that l was
really a little In love with her. But
let it go. I’ll try and outlive it Oth
ers have been made fools of by the
jirW. but this can never with truth be
•if'
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CO-OPERATE FOR GOOD ROADS
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State and Federal Government* Should
Together for Highway Im
provement, Say a Mr, Houaton.
Secretary Houston of the depart
ment of agriculture says that the state
and federal governments should work
together for highway improvement, in
order that a large proportion of the
money annually spent for road con
struction may not be wasted.
In his own department, the office of
public roads has been demonstrating
the value of proper road building by
the construction of certain object-les
son roads, and the forest service is
carrying out his idea of national and
state co-operation in road building.
The law requires that ten per cent, of
the gross receipts from the national
forests shall be spent in the states in
which the forests are situated. This
money is expended for road improve
ment, under direct control of the sec
retary of agriculture.
The amount appropriated under this
act, based on the receipts of the' na-
‘ tional forests for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1913, is $234,638.68. From
the 1912 receipts for this ten per cent,
road item, there is an additional $134,-
831.10 which is still available.
In administering the ten per cent,
road fund, forest officers charged with
the actual plans and expenditures In
the neighborhood of their forests have,
in almost all cases, secured an equal
or a larger co-operative fund from
state authorities for the building of
certain pieces of road.
With the money thus expended,
many important roads are being built
or put in repair. One on Jthfi.NYiOffl:
Ing national forest, six miles long,
makes accessible to farmers a 'large
body of timber and opens nip A-region
of great scCnic beauty. lu northwest
ern Arizona, part of the'fund ■will he
uged in connection with the LeFevre-
Bright Angel road, important because
it makes accessible to tourists the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado. In one
place, the ocean to ocean highway
crosses the Apache national forest,
Arizona, and on this project the forest
reserve service and the local authori
ties co-operated enthusiastically. On
the Florida national forest in western
Florida, steel bridges and graded roads
have, under the stimulus of. this fund,
taken the place of corduroy, bog and
sand.
This federal road fund is now avail
able in all national forest states of the
west. Just as fast as returns come in,
the forestry officials say, a similar
fund will become available in states in
which eastern national forests are be
ing secured.
CANNOKt
SONG OFTEN SUNC
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Uncle ikM Focotlouslj Reform)
to It oo Eve of ReUremeaL
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r onooucuuf
WRITES TO HER NEPHEW
Aa
Old
s
HIS LAST DAYS IN POLITICS
CASH VALUE OF GOOD ROADS
tia instance made a fool of myaelf
• have now come to the conclusion
*ver again to thjnk of marrying, and
r this reason I can never be satiafled
th any one who would be blockhead
_iugb to have me."
aBjkacoln waa twenty-seven years old
bis marriage proposal to. Mias
ms was rejected.
One Fact Alone Is Sufficient to Justify
Expense of Conetructlon Under
Efficient System.
No one questions the statement that
good roads have a high money value to
the farmers of the nation, and It may
be said that this alone is sufficient to
Justify the cost of their construction
as rapidly as practicable under an effi
cient,' economical and equitable sys
tem of highway improvement.
The big point in favor of this
pehditure is the economy of time and
force in transportation between farm
and market, enabling^the growers to
take advantage of fluctuations in buy
ing and selling, as well as enhancing
the value of real estate. It Is esti
mated that the average annual loss
from poor roads is 76 cents an acre,
while the estimated average Increase
resulting from Improving all the public
roads is $9.
The losses in five years would
gregate $2,432 for every section of
land, or more than enough to improve
two miles of public highway. The ne
cessity of good roads Is obvious, as it
would enhance the value of each sec
tion of land about $3,760, or more than
double the estimated cost of two miles
of improved highway, which consti
tutes the quota for 640 acres of land.
VITRIFIED BRICK FOR ROADS
Department of Agriculture Issues Bul
letin on Advantages Obtained in
Using This Material.
The United StAtes departfent of
agriculture has recently Issued as Bul
letin 23 of the new departmental se
ries a contribution from the office of
the public roads and vitrified brack as
a paving n)aterial for country roads.
Brick roads have four distinct ad
vantages: Durability, easy traction,
ease of maintenance, and apod appear
ance. .The high first cost is a disad
vantage. The materials used and the
aid of me. fro^Y emphatically InlPri*?®" of ““«*“ture are described
as well as methods of testing the
bricks. The construction of brick
new communal bath Is projected
’leans. Tt will be over 800 feet
tnd will contain .not only • large
ning basin, bnt also sand, air
tin baths. The Hot water will
plied by electrical apaaa.
roads Is et forth In detail and the
various steps In the process are Illus
trate. Especial attention Is di
rected to the Importance of proper en
gineering sul
An appendix gives the method for
inspecting and testing paving brick
as recommended by the American So
ciety tor Tenting Materials,
Fight In 1910, When Veteran Speaker
' of th* House Triumphed Over Hi*
Foes — Thirty-eight Year* In "Con
gress, It Was Reported He Might
Run Again.
In the closing days of the Sixty-sec
ond congress newspapers were every
day printing stories about defeated
members singing their swan songs on
the floor of the house. Joseph G. Can
non. enjoying the distinction of longer
service in the house than any other
man In the history of the United States,
made several speeches in rapid succes
sion. and each one was described in
the public prints as bis swan song.
The night that be attended the fare
well reception to Representative 51c-
Klnley of Illinois, also a ‘'dead duck.”
Uncle Joe was down on the program
for a speech.
_‘‘Kvery time I make a speech," he
declared, “the newspapers say 1 am
singing my swan song. Just to escape
that this time and to show that I'm a
young buck with lots of years to live.
I will now do a song and dance.”
Whereupon he sang a coon song and
did a dance that would have made a
chorus girl turu green with envy.
One of Famoue Four.
Although more than 13.000 men have
served In the lower branch of congress
since the house of representatives aA
“srm+Ttedfor the first time in 1789, duTjf
four of them served thirty years or
more and Cannon, who served thirty-
eight. was at seventy-seven the young
-est old man in public life. Elected
to the Forty-third congress, he was
elected to’’every congress thereafter
until his defeat in 1912 by Frank T
O'Hair, with the exception of the Fif
ty-second congress. Four times he
was speaker of the house of represen
tatives.
Since his return to private life at
Danville, 111., it has been reported at
various times that lie would run again
this year. lie was uoncomraltal when
asked about it * ~
Official Washington’* Farewell.
The former speaker’s leavetaking
of Washington was made memorable
On Feb. 15 last he was- tendered a
farewell dinner which was attended
by President Taft members of the
Taft cabinet and many prominent men
regardless of political affiliations.
When the guests assembled they
found at each place a souvenir pro
gram with a poetical tribute unsigned,
but written by Representative Moore.
It read:
The storms may come, the winds may
blow.
The saplings and the ptne»-may fall.
But. tempered to the surf and snow.
The sturdy oak survives them all
And so in legislative hall.. *
Where men and measures come an<^ go,
Orr Fame's enduring record calls.
The honor rests with Uncle Joe.
Inseparably associated with Uncle
Joe. perhaps the quaintest figure lu na
tional. politics, was the ever present
Cannon cigar, and on the reverse side
of the program beneath the curling
smoke of a pictured cigar ran ‘ this
couplet:
You may break, you may shatter, the
- rules If you will,
But the Cannon aroma will hang to them
still
Hie Memorable Battle of 1910.
It was lu the middle of March. 1910,
that S[ieaker Cannon's star began to
set: At the end of three days and
three nights of bitter parliamentary
battle he and Ids faithful hand were
overruled on a critical point of order,
and Uncle Joe was deprived* of the
chairmanship of the all powerful rules
committee of the bouse.
Counseling complete surrender, the
senate leaders called tn>on Uncle Joe
to resign as sneaker. In indignation
be waved them from bis room. He
had not yet begun to fight. And when
the “elder statesmen” had retired to
their end of the capitol Uncle Joe
climbed back into his chair and hurled
defiance at the victors.
“1 will not entertain a motion," he
declared, while the bouse listened
with breathless sus|>ense. “to declare
vacant the speakership of the house ”
II was a gage of battle, and the
s|)euker seemed to have calculated well
that the Insurgents had gone na far aa
they dared. The motion was made
and lost, and the speaker sat secure
again upon his throne, but with bis
scepter nicked.
Fur three days and three nights be
had been at high tension in the center
of tbe crisis, the man upon whom and
against whom all was being waged
Then came the moment of defeat and
the challenge that stemmed defeat and
brought out victory again, with Uncle
Joe triumphant
From that time on bla political pres
tige suffered Impairment bnt even so.
his defeat for re-election in 1912 was
a national surprise.
Bring Market Nearer.
Good roads not only bring the mar
ket nearer to yon, bnt they improve
the aoefil condition of yonr commun
ity because they bind neighbor! and
friends more closely.
Letter From the
Cowatry.-“lt’» Irish."
Tully mucolescrag,
Parish of Bally Garrett,
- BnUy-oluggathey,
County of Kilkenny,
Ireland,
January, 1st.
My Dear Nephew—I haven’t sent ye
a lether since the last time 1 wrote to
ye because we have moved off from
our former place of livin’ and I didn’t
know where a letter would find ye,
but I now with pleasure take up me
pin to inform ye of the death of your
uncle, Ned Fitzpatrick, who died very
suddendly a few days ago after a lin
gerin’ illness of six weeks. The poor
fellow was in violent convulsions the
whole time of his sickness, lying per
fectly quiet, and entirely speechless, all
the while talking incoherently and
crying for water. I had had no oppor
tunity of informin’ ye of his death
sooner, exceptin’ by the last post
which same went off two days before
he died and thin he would have post
age to pay. I am at a loss to tell what
his death was accasioned by, but I fear
it was sickness fot he was never well
ten days together during his whole
confinement and I believe his deatti
was brought about by his atin too much
rabbit stuffed with pais and gravy, or
pais and gravy stuffed with rabbit,
but be that as it may whin he breathed
his last the doethergave up all hopes of
his recovery.
I needn’t tell ye anything about his
age, for you know will that, in June
nixt he would have been 75 years old
lackin 10 months and had he lived till
that time would h&ve been jist six
months ’cfcad.
His ..property now devolves on hjs
next of kin, which all died some time
ago, so that I expect it will be divided
between us and ye.know his property
which was very large, was sold to pay
the debts and the remainder he sold at
a horse race, but it was the opinion of
everybody that imithat he would have
won the race if the baste he ran against
hadn’t bin too fast for him. I niver
saw a man in. all my life, and the doct-
hers all said so, that observed direc
tions and took medicine better than he
did. He said he would as lave drink
bitter as swate if it only had the same
taste of ippeckackana or whiskey
punch if it would only put him in the
humor fightin,’ but poor sowl he’d
never ate nor dhrink any more, and'
yer haven’t a livin’ relation in the
world except me and yqr two cousions,
who were kilt in the last war. I can
not dwell on the beautiful Isle any
longer and shall stfle my lether with
black salin wax and put on it yer uncle's
coat of arums so 1 beg yer not to brake
the sale when ye open this lether and
don’t open until two or three days after
ye receive it, and by that time ye will
he well prepared for the sorrowful tid
ings.
Yer old swate heart sinds hfer lotf'e
unbeknowing to yer.
When Jerry McGee' arrives in Amer
ica ax him for this lether and if he don’t
bring it from amongst the rest of them
tell him its the one that spakes about
yer uncle’s death and sealed in black
wax. Isremain yer affectionate ould
grandmother.
Bridgit O’Hooliguin
P. S.—Don’t write until ye recave
this.
Dr. J. P. Lee, Jr*
Dentist .
W1LUSTON, - - S.C.
Work done at your home anywhere in
’Barnwell County. '
Office over Bank of Williston.
Hours 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. 3 to 6 p. m.
8-5-13-lv. .
V. SEYMOUR-OWENS
Attorney and Mnsellor at Law
Office ovc:
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The Barnwell Sentinel ,
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
Will practice in ail the CeurU. Cbyl-
lection* a specialty. Loans negotiated
on acceptable security. •
DR. W. C. MILHOUS,
SentUf,
BARNWELL. S. CAROLINA.
Office Itours: 8 :30 a. na. to 6 p. m.
Persons living away from Barnwell
will please make appoit. iments before
coming. By so doing they will be sure
of immediate service and avoid dis
appointments.
Notfcebl
of Probate for
final return _
estate ofC. If. Al^d
for Letter* Diamittory. .
If. K.* Aft
March 7,1914. AdministrMMi
The town clerk of Kline
offfice daring the month of
the purpose of receiving!
turns for the year 1914.
Both
and personal property shall bi
ed this year. AD return* sent
mail must be properly signed and j
bated and sent in by the 1st of
1914, before they can be accepted.*
Remember, 50 per cent, penalty t
be added after April 1st, 1914,
W. H. Ulmer. Clerk,
3t. ■ Town of Kline, S. C:
“LMt Yee Forget”
This is just to remind you that I am
prepared to do all kinds of plumbing in .
a first-class, workmanlike manner. If
you are thinking of installing this i
irn convenience in your home, se«
before placing the job elsewhere.
P. W. Price, BaniweU, S. C.
Notice to the Public.
Notice is hereby given that the Coon*
ty Supervisor is prohibited by law from
making purchases in excess of twenty-
five dollars ($25.00).
All parties making sales to the coun
ty through the Supervisor are hereby
warned.
H. Fullerton Buist,
N. M. Walker,
J. W. Patterson,
County Board of Commissioners.
4-12-4L
Dr. J.W. Reeves
Dentist
In office last week of each month.
Barnwell, South Garatfoa
Office In Harrison Building.
ocl31-12-lyr
Thos. M. Boulware,
ATTORNEY AT *LAW
Negotiate loans on real estate. Can
get 7-% money in sums not less than
$5,090.1)0.
Office over Bank of Western Carolina,
'' BARIlUfELL S.C.
Advertisement for Bid*.
Notice is hereby given that bids are
quested for county supplies for the
chain gang, etc., for the term of three
months. All goods purchased under
this bid to be paid for in thirty days.
All bids should be sealed and filed
with Uui .County . Board .of-Coesasta
sioners of Barnwell County on or before
April 7thj 1914.
Bids are desired on the following ar
ticles:
Corn, Como, Alfalfa Mixed Feed,
Hay, Bacon, Meal, Rice, Flour, Soda,
Tobacco, Soap, Lye, Axle Grease,
Shoes, Hats, Convict’s Clothing, Took,
-Shovels, Picks, Axes and Gearing.
H. Fullerton Buist,
N. M. Walker,
J. W. Patterson,
County Board of Commissioners.
4-12-41.
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Money to Lend
On improved farm lands well located
in amounts from $2,000 to $50,000.
Don’t write, call on undersigned.
V. S. OWENS, Atty.
Office over Barnwell Sentinel.
BARNWELL, :: SOUTH CAROLINA
R. H. Easterling
& Co.
Parlor Market
BARNWELL, : : S.C.
Fresh mea s of all kinds
LET ME WRITE YOl'R BONDS
Surety Bonds, Burglary Bonds,
Court Bonds of all kinds
Official Bonds.
R. E. MILLER,
General Agent.
C. S. Fidelity & Cuaraoty Compaiy.
BARNWELL, S. C.
10-7-13
Highest cash prices paid for
hogs, cattle, poultry, eggs
and country produce.
A Substitute Much Cheaper Then Hay.
Brigadier General John J. Pershing
at Mindanao. P. t.. has forty scree of
r gram” ffBfigFcn itfti tion which
costs exactly 6.2 cents per bnndred-
weight as against 25 Mr hay from Baa
Francisco. Cultivation of;this
win be started in other parts of tbe
to supply trtny forage
. Treasurer’s Notice.
The Treasurers office will be open for
the'collection of taxes levied for the
fiscal year commencing Jan. 1st, 1913:
From the 15th day of October 1913 to
the 15th day of March 1914 inclusive.
From the 1st to the 31st day of Jan.
1914, inclusive a penalty of one per
cent will be added. From the 1st to
the 28th of February, 1914, inclusive ■a
penalty of two per cent will be added
to all taxes paid in February. From
the 1st to the 15th of March, 1914. in
clusive a penalty of seven per cent
will be all added to all unpaid taxes.
Levy.
For State purposes - 5 1-4 Mills.
“ Special School state
purposes 1 “
“ Constitutional school 3 “
“ Ordinary County
purposes 6 1-2 “
“ Back Indebtedness 2 1-2 “
Total 18 1-4 ‘1 ‘
Commutation tax will be $1.50 and
should be paid by all persons liable for
Road Duty.
Special School. Levy.
Ashley, Baldoc, Barbary Branch,
Cedar Grove, Columbia, Edisto Ellen-
ton, Friendship, Harmony, Hilda,Kline,
Morris, Mt Calvary, New Forest, Oak
Grove, Pleasant Hill, Sand Hill, Seig-
lingville, Seven Pines and Tinkers
Creek, 2 mills.
Barton, Bloomingdale, Cave, Hickory
Hill, Owens Cross Roads,. Reedy
Branch, Shady Grove, Sycamore and
Upper Richland, 3 mills. /
Appleton, Big Fork, Double Pend,
Healing Springs, Hercules, Lees and
Ulmer, 4 milb. /
Barnwell 4 1-2 Mills.
and Elko 5 **
Allendale, BtackviUe ✓
and Ftarfuy. . n. ■ ■ i i- M—-
Williston v
United States Currency, Gold and Sil
ver Coin, County and School claims
{ ►roperiy approved will be received
or taxes. Checks and drafts will not
be accepted/for taxes except at the risk
of the tax payer.
J. B. Armstrong,
.r_ur*r, Barnwell CouAty.
Barnwell, S. 0,8efrt l&th. 1913.
IMPROVE YOUR
FARMING BY
THE USE OF IMPROVED
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
.INSURANCE.
FIRE INSURANCE
♦LIFE INSURANCE
HEALTH AND ACCIDENT
INSURANCE
LIVE STOCK INSURANCE
SURETY BONDS
All old line Stock Compunl**. Per.
•onal Httention given to all bueinesa in
trusted to mv care.
If I can aerve you in any of tb*
shove lines, give me a call.
Office in Harrison Block, Main St.
.Wm. McNAB.
WE ARE SHOWING A FULL
UNE OF PLOWS AND
FIXTURES
CORN DRILLS
HARROWS
DISTRIBUTORS
COTTON PLANTERS
CULTIVATORS
LEMON BROS.
BARNWELL, S. C
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NORFOLK
OYSTERS
When you want some
thing in a hurry from our
store just use your telephone.
You will be surprised at the
quick service we are pre
pared to give. Your orders
will get the same careful at
tention as if you called in
person. This feature of our
business receives special at
tention. .
Barnwell Frail Co.
Agents for