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During the Indian trouble* whk'b
followed tbe clow of the clrll war I
was attached to various western fort*
and camps as scout and dispatch rider
and In that capacity hud my full share
of adventures. It was my fortune or
misfortune almost at the outset of my
career to strike tbe Sioui a blow
which made them forever after hungry
for my life.
It soon became known among the
Sioux what had happened, and every
~ branch' of the tribe swore to have my
lif& A reward of ten ponies was offer
ed io any one who would kill me and
twenty If I were taken alive. I was
advised by every one to Clear out of
that locality, bnt I refused to go till
tbe long expected war finally broke
out and I was attached to a moving,
column.
I was finally made a prisoner under
singular clrcumstbpccs. I was return
ing from the flying column to Port
Wallace with dlspatchee.- I hgd set
out soon after dark and made a good
twenty-five miles when a heavy, .fog
settled on the plains. It wouldn't have
bothered an Indian to keep the points
of tbe compass, but after I turned and
twisted among some dry ravines 1 had
to own up that I was lost. My horse
was Just as badly off. Wben I gave
him his head'he came to u atop. The
only thing to do was to dismount and
wait for daylight. I was sitting on tbe
ground, not feeling a bit sleepy, and
my bone was lying down wben o band
of thirty-seven Indians, all mounted,
walked right on to me through the feg.
I heard tbe footsteps of their horses,
but could not locate them In tbe fog
until too late. When I leaped an It
wae with tbe thought that I might
make a break for It on foot, but before
I could turn they were all ft pout me.
— «M « iSSnSTSInute'! inrt made
prisoner.
The Indiana were as much surprised
as 1 was. and It was broad daylight
before they Identified me. Up to that
time they bad treated me fairly well.
When It was known I was tbe scout
whose life they had so long thirsted
after half a dosen bucks tried their
beet to tomahawk me on tbe spot, bn*
were restrained.
Wben their anger had cooled down
there wae as much rejoicing as If they
had captured a fort 8lx warriors were,
called oat aa a guard, end soon after
sunrise I wss put Ip their charge sad
started for a big Sioux village on Deer
creek, between tbe two forks of the
Republican river. I was. of course
disarmed. Then my elbows were tied
together and my (ret tied under tbe
horse, end for fears the horse would
run off with me he was led by a lariat
Wben we reached the village I eras
put In a tepee and my arms unbound.
It was tbe third day after my rap
ture before I was disturbed. Then,
most of the warriors baring returned
to the village on purpose to witness my
death, 1 was led out at 3 o'clock in tbe
afternoon to undergo the preliminary
to actual torture. This la running tba
gaatlat -
I got ready as well a* I could, and
when the signal came 1 sprang away
at the top of my speed. Blow sfter
t^Jow fell upon me as tbe savages shout
ed their delight, and. to my great sur
prise. I at length reached the end.
There 1 fell in a heap, and they gave
me ten minutes to brace mi for, the
' nil MK. “T made only half tbe dis
tance this time, belug struck such a
blow over the head with a club that I
sank down unconscious. When 1 hud
recovered my senses they returned me
to tbe lodge, where 1 lay for many
hours, expecting to be taken out any
moment for torture. They would have
finished me but for the fact that tbe
wife of Utile Feather, who was In
another village fifty miles away, had
not yet arrived. She wanted to be In
• at tbe death.
Tbe squaw arrived soon after mid
night. My ankles were tightly lashed,
end I could not sleei*. f
Half an hour after daylight the vil
lage was astir, and at sunrise a squaw
brought me some breakfast and the
lashings around my ankles were cast
off. I learned several years after that
it was Intended to oblige me to run tbe
gantlet again. I was eating tbe meal
the sqnaw bad brought when a sud
den excitement arose outside. There
was a great shouting, followed by
cheers and the report of firearms, and
the next minute tbe 200 frontiersmen
who had been raised In Kansas and
Nebraska as an Independent force
charged Into the village. It was a
complete surptiae to the Indians, bat
not for long. It wasn't five minutes
before the fleeing warriors rallied for
defense, but before that time l was
safe. 'At tbe first slurm I sprang up
and ran out of the lodge full against
one of tbe guards, and as I ran I was
"There's something going on aboard
this ship,’' said one passenger to an
other. "We are in some danger/’
- “Submarines?" ,,
’ll. hope not.’’ said tbe other, turning
pale.
“It's not submarine danger.” a third
put In; “It's a bomb. A wireless has
been received from New York stating
that a letter has fallen Into tbe hands
of tbe police Indicating that a box \i
alward containing an explosive, set to
lie fired in three or tour daye after
sailing/'
“Oh. my goodness gracious!'’exclaim
ed an elderly lady sitting In a steamer
chair with a very pretty daughter be
side her. Tbe mother showed signs of
fainting. Tbe daughter was very
much troubled. Her^jffbther’a heart
wire weak.
“There’s no danger, mamma; indeed
there isn't, 1 assure you.”
“How do you know? You don’t
know. Isn’t It awful!"
”1 do know/'
It appeared that tbe girl was trying
to keep her mother from another
danger than a bomb: therefore no one
who overheard what she said paid any
attention to her claiming to know that
nothing was to be feared from an ex
plosion. In the wireless message re
ceived a description of the box wae
given. It was six feet square and
marked: “Fragile. Handle With Care.
This Side Up.”
A thorough search was made of the
hold where freight had been stored,
but it was not necessary to remove
anything, for tbe box wae found aa
described with nothing stored in It An
officer conducting tbe search listened
for a ticking, but beard nothing. He
was not surprised at this, for the bomb
was jjraJMJUy.IO-JlM'Centes-af tbe boa-
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. must have talked. Likely one of them
at * wo ® r «*** <*“**• J. wa* has reported -the box txnettttain a bomb
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-TrWrtlKi ht?r^en ln^rnute or two.
and after a bit I got a rifle and todk
an active part in the hot fight going
on. We were driven off after a couple
of hours, but we got every pony in the
herd and burned all the lodges, ind
they bad many a dead warrior to
monrn over.
* It wai singular that Ip after years
I should meet tbq squaw of Little
Feather on the reservation and have a'
long talk with her. So It happened,
prombed my scalp ao^pt would
have been her hand which would have
ended my agonies after I had am need
tba warn* sir fill aa a
at tLe sum.
with packing material around It
Tbe next Information tbe lady and
her daughter received concerning the
danger was seeing the box awing out
over the side of the ship. Tbe girl
gave a shriek and, running to tbe rail,
called out frantically to those below
not to drop the box Into the water.
The mate directed them to bold it. and
while tbe Infernal machine dangled in
tbe sir the girl ran down tbe compan-
lonway to a lower deck where tbe work
of getting rid of tbe danger was going
on. Tbe mate, tbe men at the tackle
and a group of i<aimengen standing
around looked nt her wonderingly.
*t4>h. bee vena," she cried, “don’t let
It go; take It In!"
“What have you got to do with it?"
aaked the mute.
“Bring It In."
“It’s safe enough where It la. Come,
confess. Are yon mixed up In the
plot?"
“No—yea. It Isn’t o plot to blow up
the ship; there's no bomb In the box.”
“Well, what Is In tbe box?"
“Why. tla-res nothing to hurt any
body.”
“How do you know 7”
"Because 1 da"
“No such woman's reason as that can
be taken where the lives of hundreds
of ihtsoii* are at stake. Let her go.
men.”
The girl sprang to tbe ropes. Tbe
officer made a sign for them to hold.
“Come, out with (t! We cafi’t take
any further risk."
“Bring it back and I'll open It If
you a iv a fraid Ut. There's nothing-in
iMo bnrf imy'one."
The box was brought back, and for
the first time holes were noticed bored
in Its sides.
“A stowaway,” remarked the man
who made the discovery.
“Urlug a hammer.’ , said tbe mate.
The lid was taken off the box by
one of the men, and the top of a man's
head ap|ieared.
“Cotue dut o' that!" roared the mate.
The man was helped out of the box.
as pale us the girl. They staggered to-1
gether and fell Into each other's arms.
The act caused more commotion than
the receipt of the wireless telegram.
“What In thunder does this mean?"
asked tbe mate. "Young feller, if yon’ve
been trying to beat your way you’ll go
down Into the furnace room to shovel
coal.”
"Nonsense/’ exclaimed a pavenger.
•Don't you see that they're a pair of
lovers?"
“A love story/’ cried another looker-
on. “Let's have It”
The young man and the girl looked
at each other sheepishly; then the for
mer said:
“My friends, I suppose we’ll have to
confess. This young lady and 1 are
lovers. Her mother Is taking her
abroad to get rid of me. It occurred to
us to outwit her by my being shipped
as freight Some friends helped me.
I was put in this box, with plenty of
food and water, and all *il£ht have
gone right but some of tbe crowd
Bank of Western Carolina, *
located at Barnwell, S. C., et the cloee of busineea November 10th', 1915.
RESOURCES.
' Loensand Discounts y ...., fU4,843.89
Overdraft* .Z7Z:.?Z.....■ “ 214.69
i Due from Banka and Benkera 91,21573
■Cumacy •. 7,881.00
00,(1 ••• Vv 50.00
Silver end other minor coin 873.21
Checks and cash items 160.32
Total......... ;..
LIABILITIES.
Undivided Profits, less current expenses and taxes paid M 8 603.00
Individual deposits subject to check $126,148.01
Savings deposits 81,115.80
Cashier's 'checks.' 167.60 214,644.84
Total 215 247 84
State of South Carolina, t V- ^
County of barnweii. / So ’
Before me came G. W. ManviHe, cashier of the above named bank, who, be-'
tng duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition
of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank.
c * j u j ^ - . G. W. Manville, Cashier.
Swoni to and subscribed before me this 18th day of November, 1915.
aSitoubunT -7 W. C. Jennings, (L. S.) Notary Public.
Butler Hagood, i.
Geo. H. Bates, Directors. ,
. Statement of the Condition of
The Bank of Western Carolina,
located at BlackviUe, S. C, at the close of business Nov. 10, 1915.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts 7. $ 70,307.32
Due from banks and bankers j 902.76
Currency ^OOO.
00,(1 37.60
Silver find other minor coin ; 2,562.82
Checks and cash items 43.80'
Due from head office /V;.. 40,681.25
Total... ...
LIABILITIES.
Undivided Profits, less current expenses and taxes paid
Individual deposiU subject fh check $79,038.19
Saving* deposit. \r*' •' 31,264.63
Time certificates of deposit . .M ' 6,238.66
Certified chectcs jeo.OO
. Peahlea’Siahiaha
121,535.45
778.56
120,756.89
Tot ^ : ^l,535.45
State of South Carolina, [ C o
County of Barnwell. 1 sa '
Before me came Thos. L. Wragg, manager of the above named bank, who,
being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condi-
tion of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank.
Thos. L. Wragg.
Sworn to and aubscribed be fore-me this 20th day of November, 1915.
Co^Attest: ,L. S.) John O’Oorman, Notary Public, S
J. M. FtTTell,
Herman Brown, Directors. « * >
C.
The entire Capital. Surplus and Undivided Profits, of the Bank
of Western Carolina amounting to $578,146.20, are back of
every doflar deposited with anybranch, each branch beinf a part
of the whole bank.
Condensed Statement of the Bank of Western Carolina at the close of businei
Nov. 10, 1915.
Bill* receivable * $1,295,635.02
Bonds and *to» ks 48,925 00
Banking houses, real estate, furniture and fixtures 126,066.70
Cash on hand and in banks 179,063.34
Total
1.649,700.06
‘ ur P ,u, X? $ 547,800 00
Undivided profit* . 30,346.20
D'f*"' 1 * , X 1,021,553.86
Bill* payable 50,000.00
- Total X 1,649,70aC6
as a practical Joke.”
“Joke be hanged!" said the mate.
“In another minute you would have
been dropped overboard."
“A parson!” cried a passenger.
“Good!" cried another. “Tie ’em up
before tbe old lady fomee."
The girl shrank back, bnt nothing
would do but that there mast be a
wedding.- There was a clergyman
among tbe bystanders, who, being rec
ognised by his canonicals, was jpiah^A
it had happened they were made
man and wife. Just aa the ceremony
ceased the mother came down, tbe com
panionway. She waa greeted with e
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AN OPEN LETTER. _>
T6 the People of Barnwell County —
We take pleasure in announcing that we will open our new
drug store in Barnwell on Monday, the 29th inst., and think we are
safe in saying that we have one of the most up-to-date pharmacies
in Western Carolina. We cordially invite every one to visit our store.
Do you realize that absolute dependence must be placed in
your druggist and that your prescriptions should be filled exactly as
the doctor orders? You can have a feeling of entire confidence
when your prescriptions are placed in our hands, because prescrip
tion work is our specialty. We have TWO licensed druggists.
Quality of everything we use in the compounding of prescrip
tions is guaranteed pure, fresh and potent. Our prescription counter
is kept clean, every vessel we use is washed and sterilized beyond
chance of contamination.
Assuring you of prompt attention when you need our services,
day or night, we are,
Very truly yours,
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THE BEST PHARMACY.
Barnwell, S. C., Nov, 24, 1915. , .X
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In five minutes the Perfec
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comfortable. It is light and
easy to carry around. When
the furnace breaks down
and during cold snaps, it is
the most useful thing in
the house.
ten hours
kerosene—
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Use Aladdin Security Oil or Diamond
White Oil to obtain best results in Oil
Stoves, Lamps and Heaters.
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BARNWELL AUTOTtEPAIR CO.
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS:
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