The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 14, 1919, Image 7
TH* PEOPLE. BARNWELL. 8 C
CHAPTER XXX—Continued.
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I heard her cry out, and barely
caught the lantern as it fell from her
hand. At first I doubted the evidence
of my own eyes, snatching the bit of
flaring candle from its tin socket and
holding it where the full glare of
light fell Lcross the grewsome object.
Ay, it was a woman, with lower limbs
doubled bark from lack of space, but
otherwise lying ns though she slept, so
perfect In preservation' her cheeks ap
peared flushed with health, her Ups
half smiling. It was • face of real
beamy—an English face, although her
eyes and hair were dark and her man-
tills and long earrings were unques
tionably K|wnlsh. A string of pearta
ir* vd her throat, and there were
»• rings u|«tn her Angers. The
st*a*t added Immeasurably to
becalmed In the fog and liable to be
come on easy prey, If they can only
slip on us unseen. How are you, bul
lies? Ready to battle your old mutes?”
“Those were no mates o’ ours, sir,”
said Watkins indignantly. “They are
half-breed mongrels, and no sailors;
Estevan Is a hell-hound, an’ so far as
my voice goes. I’d rather die on this
deck than ever agin be a bloody pirate.
It that thq right words, lads?”
The others grumbled assent, but
their muttered wonla had them a
ring of sincerity, and their facet ex
hibited no cowardice. Oue only asked
a question.
*Tm fer Aghtto*. air.” be said grim
ly. “hut w bat’ll we u*e? Them lads
ain't coinin’ aboard bare-handed, but
damn If !’«• seed a weapon uA this
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man waa a repulsive brute, hit fact
stained with blood, dripping from •
cut acroaa hla low forehead. He looked
up sullenly at our approach, but made
no effort to rise. >
“Look yere, you black villain.**
roared Watkins, driving the lesson
home with his foot* “don't be a playin’
possum yer. Stand up an’ answer Mis
ter Carlyle, or yer’ll git a worse clip
than I give yer afore. Whur is the
bloody bark?”
“Pounding her heart out on the
rocks yonder,”.he said civilly, “unless
she’s slid off an* gone down. To the
west, maybe a mile er so.”
“What about the crew?”
“They got away in the boats, an'
likely mostly are ashore. We were In
the last boat launched, and headed
out so far ter get ’round a ledge o'
rocks we got lost in the fog. Then the
mist sorter opened an’ give us a
glimpse o’ yer topsails. We didn’t ex
pect no light, once we got aboard.”
“Expected to find something easy, of
course? Perhaps it would have been
if—what is it you see out there,
Simms?”
The seaman, who was standing with
hollowed hands shading his eyes, star
ing forth Into the swirling drapery of
fog. turned at my call and pointed ex
citedly.
“There’s a bark aground yonder, sir;
and it looks like the Namur!”
Even as I cnisscd the deck to his
side the mreaths of obscuring mist
seemed to divide, as though swept
apart by some mighty hand, and there
In the full glow of the sun. a picture
In a frame, lay the wrecked vnutel.
Others aaw It us I did, and gava vent
to recMgnltbm.
*T*amoed if It ain't the old honker r “
**Khe gnf a hat waa coming to her all
right mates ”
"And She • lows? with twwawrv !“*
“i'wme hefw. Aam? Thais the last
of tha Namur ™
X X X II
su or sin wn
BE SOLD M COST
IS TO BE DISTRIBUTED FROM
COLUMBIA TO THE SEVERAL
POINTS IN STATE. ‘ —
WILL GOST 9 CENTS
Governor Cooper Suggests That it Be
Used Principally if Not Entirely
For Canning Purposes.
Five U*too Waraftauae*
Columbia may bava another
warehouse with an immadtate capa
city of }0.0*0 balaa and aa ultimata
capacity of 40.000 bales, as a part of
tha huga Union Warahonsa Corpora
tion should the plans, adopted by a
subcommittee of the National Aasocta-
tiun ,of Cotton Manufacturers at New
York he finally approved. The com
mittee, proposes to construct and op
erate a chain of standardised cotton
warehouses * at strategic points
throughout the country, five of which
are to be located in South Carolina—
one at Charleston, initial capacity
50.000 bales, ultimate caaclty 100,000
! bales; at Columbia, initial capacity
20.000 bales, ultimate 40,000 bales; at
Spartanburg, initial capacity 10.000
bales; ultimate 20,000 bales; at Green
ville. initial capacity 10,000 bales, ulti
mate 20.000 bales; at Rock Hill, initial
capacity 10,000 bales, ultimate 20,000
bales.
UR POMP!
10 Purine EIRE
COLLEGE PRESIDENT HAANT A
DOUBT IN THE WORLD THAT
HE WAS GUILTY.
Columbia.
A carload of sugar will be distribut- Petition for Hospital.
ed from Columbia to the people of ; The LeI , n *ton Poet of the American
Ihe atate at cost in the near future, i Legjon of Honor ha9 med a petltion
Governor Cooper has received a tele-; wlth lhe meitlorial commission, pro
gram from the Louisiana sugar com- testinK a g a |„st the erection of a me-
miasion. New Orlear.a, atatlng that 16 morla , hall to commemorate South
cars of fine granlated sugar would | Carolina's part In the great war. The
be distributed among IS states In the Le gmgton branch of the legion also
scuth. After taking the matter up | suggests that the sentiment of the en-
MS ATTENDING USSWION
Anderson Mayor Notified Delinquent
of Hie Predicament and Check to
v -
Cover Ftne of $25 la Sent
with R J. Blalock, mayor of Colum
bia. the governor ordered the sugar,
.♦hlrh w II be distributed by the Co
lumbia city government. The price
will be fA 25 Per 100 pounds from
New Orleans, which will put It Into
t olumbta for slightly under nine cnete
s pound The gotemnr suggests that
the euxar be ■tbised for canning pur-
popes
Anderson.—John E. White, D.
pastor of the First Baptist Church and
president eff Anderson College, was re
ported for speeding by two of An
derson’s vigilant cops. As Dr. White
was attending the Saluda Association
the cops could not arrest him, and
upon hs return he went to the moun
tains of North Carolina for a part of
his vacation. So the mayor notified
him of the charge against him. and Dr.
tire organization be ascertained as to | White replied at once, a check for $2S
the choice b*t w ** n * memorial chapel j^kccompanying the reply,
or a general hospital.
Atate Cett<
Aa vwtfM
Aeeembly Created Chapel.
Governor Cooper, chairman at the
State Memorial Commlaaion. ndfireea-
ed s latter to Dr. William Weatoo of
(< olumbta. giving lb# commiaaiou'a
, reason for declining to accept tbe
! prupooltlou of ee tab I lab lag n general
************ boapttal in at sod of a chapel memorial
>*ttc meeting of farmer* io roiniomie South t'amtina'e port
men was held in Coiem »a the grant war The governor os
pttn and arupo af the ptninod that tha art ton of tha geneml
ns Coituu Aaanriotiao aaaouihfy hound tha comuxtsnien to
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CHARTER XXXI.
The Beat Attach.
He waited for ue Just w11hoot tbe
‘otfipanlon. but my eyea caught noth-
Inc unusual ae I emerged Into* the
daylight. I could barely *4^ amidships,
and on either side hung the impene
trable bank of cloud, leaving sen and
aky Invisible.
“What is It, Watklus? Where are the
tnen?" a
“Forrnrd. sir. a-hangin’ over the star
board rail. Thar’s somethin' cursedly
strange a-happenln’ in that fog. Ole
was the first ter hear the clatter ov
en oar slippln’ In a rowlock. Then,
air, while we wus a-llstenln’ we both
caught sound ov a Spanish oath,
spoke ns plain as If the buck was
aboard.”
“A lost boat, likely—shipwrecked
sailors adrift in the fog; perhaps our
other quarterbdat. No one hailed
them?” X*
“No, sir; I told the men ter keep still
till I called you/Nj ’ .
1—Tho crew were all gathered at the
rail, staring out Into the mist, wnis-
pering to each other. . I pressed my
way in among them. We may have
been dinging there a minute of two,
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bt-uod. sllp|>ery ee •• eet Us bis belf
nekrdevws. stroug ee en eg. end fight
ing like e fiend. Y«-t I bed blm foul,
my grip unbreekeble, •• I forced bis
neck beck egeiost tbe rail, until It
cracked, the ewarthy body sliding Inert
to Mhe dc<*k. Whirling to assiet the
others 1 fi»und fin need Ex4-ept for
biNlles here and there the deck was
clear; men were struggling in the
chains; two below in the boat were
endeavoring to cast off, snd Schmitt,
with Estevan helpless In his anus,
staggered to the side and flung the
shrieking Spanish cur overboard out
luto dark water. I heard the splash as
he fell, the single cry his lips gave, but
he never again appeared abtive the sur
face. Above the bedlam Watkins
roared out an order.
“That’s it, bullies! that’s it! Now
let her drop! We’ll send them to hell
where they belong. Good shot; she
landed!”
It was the hank of a spare anchor,
balanced for an Instant on the rail,
then sent crashing down through the
frail bottom of the boat beneath. The
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Columhle.—Directors of the Ricb-
Und county Tuberculosis Aaeocietiog
have decided to cootinue the $1
bership drive for a few days, the
paign having fallen short by about
lioo oa tbe date scheduled for ctom
lag. August t. A drive le being made
for tl.APA to aid la viddlag Kir bleed
couety of tbe dread disease aad cttL
teas are eeked te contribute •1 er
nay higher amoemt tbey may wlab te
give
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esploring tbe wreck and pledging my
self net to be reckless In attempting
te board. I reed fear la ber eyre, yet
she said nothing to dissuade me.
I slipped down n n>pe and dropped
Into tbe tniat. taking my place with a
steering oer at the stern, and tfe shot
away through the green water. The
Namur proved to be a more complete
wreck than our distant view had re
vealed, and lying In a more precarious
position. It was no pleasant j4»h get
ting aboard, but ordering Haines to ac
company me, and the others to lie by,
I made use of a dangling backstay, and
thus hauled myself up to a reasonably
secure footing. The fellow Joined me
breathless, and together we perched
on the roll to gain view of the deck.
It was a distressing, hopeless sight
the vessel rising before us like the
roof of a house, the deck planks stove
in, a horrible Junble of running rig
ging, booms and spars, blocicing the
way forward. There were three bodies
the wreckage within our
crushed out of all human re-
f ere.
Tbe J MT Ceefier f
tumble war fbenrcrwi
Dave arc rater? 4f •••
tst »torfc of Aiee.eee
and retail live etAck
mpeev f
* * AT Hark*
Vitb e cep#
A wkelreele
red realty burl
Oe*eu*t2lr — A|
Mewtbem rabwuy
ei tbe fumed
fmartere ef
^ abepe burr ere vfrtmnlly
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belpeen. mu
:10mm will be conducted W T. Oreg
ory It prerldenf; J W, Conder. vice
pverldeot end Measurer; and L. W
Moore, secretary
The Bank of Kastover. Richland
county, wax commissioned with a pro
posed capital stock of $25,000.
* 1 xeUrv |l W pla<-t rtsm.rx
tiem. Orweewood. Nertb. salary |1 AAA.
place mi rsammatiam. Celnmbla. Wal
tsrbere, salary It.BAA, place mi exam
insttoa. Charleston It le expected
that the esamiaora will have a busy
eeeeiom. —
P»4ns to Cembet Dies sea
Dr. C. V. Akin assistant state health
officer Is at the present time outlln
Ing a plan by which physicians over
j South Carolina will become members
Dlplomss Sent Out. of a medical reserve corps, which will
• Over 200 diplomas from the Baptist he of the utmost value in anticipating
summer assembly held at Greenville and combatting epidemics,
last month, from the two normal sum-1 Recently 15 states hare been select
mer schools held recently at And«r- ed by the United States public health
son College and-Coker ^College and service in which close co-operation be
from the Sunday school institutes held tween state health authorities and th«
during the summer, have been mailed
out to students who completed th#
courses.
aey el He regular ateettag
lay Aowa at ewce If addftloeel
of per tag aad le park Buford
which meets that this street
peved oe etch side sal
grass pleated te the center
width of this street will permit thle
being done, aad It will be oee of the
prettiest thoroughfares la the towm, or
la any other tows.
way rorwar
tangled in
sigiit, crusl
Ports to Be Organised.
Satisfactory progress is being made
public health service will be estab
Mlshed, and South Carolina Is one ol
the 15. -
.v Sumter.—A mate meeting for th«
purpose of organising the Sumter
County Cotton Association was hold at
tha court house. The meeting had
been called by and waa presldad over
by Mayor L. D. Jennings who told of
the Importance of organising. He
said they xhould organise to put the
speculator out of business; they must
organise for self preservation, ealf
defense and salf protaction.
Funds to Pay Rentals.
Washington, (Special)—Rentals du<
in the work of organising a post of June 30 on land* near Columbia
wreck drifted away Into the fog, the
two miserable occupants clinging des
perately to the gunwales. I lifted
breathlessly listening. Then a voice ^ or °thy un( J s * le c Jy n 8 t°
spoke directly in front of me out from
the dense fog.
“Try the port oar, Pedro; we must
have missed the d n ship.”
I straightened up as though struck,
my eyes seek f g those of Watkins, who
stared back st me. hia mouth wide
open In astonishment.
“You heard thatT I whispered. "Do
yon know who spoke?*
*Ha I? I>ead or allva. Mr. It was
Maaeel Estevan."
-ay; ee other, and alive
^ ‘ «•
MM— <hry
MM IMM Ihi Md
me unsteadily, her face yet white.
“AVxtkins, have you figured up re
sults?” v
‘Two of our men are cut rather
badly, and oneTwsr^t come to yet from
a smxrt rxp on the bead."
"None got xwxjt**^
“Not less they sw um, thxr’s six dead
ones aboard. Four took ter the water,
mostly bemuse tbey bed to.. The only
livin' ooa a’ the bunch It thet nigger
loefmlde the wheel, to' nothin’ but x
thick skull saved him"
semblance, and the face of a negro,
caught beneath the ruins of the galley*
seemed to grin back at me in death..
Every timber groaned as the Waves
struck and rocked the sodden mass,
and I had no doubt but that the vessel
had already broken in two.
(TO BE CONTINUED.) X
the American Legion of ftouth Caro
lina in each county^Mhe^tate.
which mere taken over temporarily
hyuth^ federal government as parts ol
The first national convention of the
American Legion will be held In Min
neapolis on November 10, 11 and 12.
It Is expected that the American Le
gion of South Carolina will be rep
resented by a large delegation.
the artillery range at Camp Jackson
have not yet been paid, and 3*nAt 01
Dial has strongly represented to th«
war department the importance ol
making immediate settlement. Mon.
than 200 individuals are involved. H
Bigger and Heavier Hen Fruit
It ts thought by naturalists that the
eggs of domestic hens of tha present
day are larger and heavier by nearly a
third than those of the hens of tbe
ancients. Eggs differ n good deal In
freight, the average weight being a bom
at tew parte MxeU. -MR parte white
and ID pens ywlh. The white mi ne
I pev met water TV
tool t par raw* eeiMl
The American Legion of which the j jg understood that requisite fond?
American I>g1on of South Carolina Is have been set aside, but the disbars
x state unit. Is an organisation of the j ing officer at Camp Jackson has nol
American veterans of the World War. bean autboriaoi to pay them out
Moors Treope For Jsckeen. La^ge Increase in Fees.
The Forty sixth Infantry Regiment The office nf the secretary at etafi
. . . r . * to CMa9 reflect, the revival of bnslnses tr
has been o d-. t* prrre** ir x ? Carotins The total fees re
Jsrksow from Fart OgXlnrp# epd rmtmmi by W Banks Dove, secretary
Camp Bragg. Favettsville according ta gg •lsi* fer the saves moefhe eedtas
a mseaage received by Mai Omm July si Iflifl are AAt til AA ThM >
Bend rswRdse-ed Cpmp, mam— than was rsewieed Bar the «
trmm (V esc Aspsrvwvet tw* yea# w 1A1B sr 1A1V whee Cl
Cholera In Rlehland'
Columbia.—Richland county farm
ers have lost thousands of dollars
worth of hogs since last spring from
cholera according to" J. Rhett Clark,
farm demonstrator, who haa been kepi
busy much of his time inoculating
swine in all sections of the conntj.
Pure breds have suffered, as well aa
scrub, but tbe latter to a larger ex
tent
In the lift three weeks Mr. Clark
has Inoculated over 1.000 hoda which
means a saving of several thousand
dollars to the farmers.
Red fipidtr Active.
Blackville.—The red spider le tafc-
a toll from the cot toe crop
lack ▼Mis Up Be the sacaet
heavy rains there was a
Asa till
aad
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h m in*.