The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 28, 1905, Image 5
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Rn FANNIE HEASLIP LEA
Copyright* 2906, by L D. MourrihaXL
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, Hie 6:30 express stopped at Raceland,
and two solitary passengers
alighted. A man, tall, lean and dark,
left the third coach; a woman, small,
plump and fair, descended from the
second. Midway in their listless coarse
to a somewhat ancient carryall they
met
"Oh-h! I might have known itr she
cried furiously.
The man said nothing at all.
"I suppose;'* said the woman, with
ostentatious self control, "you are going
to the Balstons?"
"I am."
"And ha re I got to go up hi that
trap with yon?"
"You have not I shall walk," he
said calmly."Yoc
will do nothing of the kind,"
she stormed. "And have them wondering
and questioning? Yon will go
up in the trap with me."
He led the way to the aged vehicle
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seated and a series of noisy jerks
announced their triumphal progress,
be looked at her -with quiet amusement.
"They will think we have come to?
getber," he said. "Do they know you
are coming?"
"No," she snapped. "And I suppose
you are surprising them too?"
"Quite a surprise party," he agreed.
She clinched her little hands furit
ously.
"They will understand that it was an
accident that I met you at the depot"
"They will think you have at last
consented to be sensible," he mused,
"and will be delighted. You know how
long and ardently they have tried to
throw us together."
"Us?" said the woman witheringly.
"You have been fairly thrown at my
bead."
"Well, I never seemed to strike you,"
he drawled.
8he flung him a scorching glance, and
he subsided irifco silence.
When the white pillars of the Raletons'
splendid old plantation house
came into view, she turned on him
fiercely.
"For the next two days?I suppose I
must stay so Jong?you will be given
- any number of chances to talk to me."
"I'm not going to propose again," he
said disinterestedly. "Dont be so wor1
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"Don4 talk to me," she ordered.
'Don't come near me unless you have
to."
"I never do," he protested, climbing
out over the dusty wheel of their chariot
Five minutes later be climbed in
again after a frenzied recalling of the
charioteer and seated himself beside a
well nigh speechless companion. The
carryall Jolted an unhappy yard or
two.
^ "You all gwine tek de 7:30 train
back?" inquired the ancient driver.
"He-he-he?it sho* am too bad. Nobody
home, an' you all dun cum all de way
up fum New 'Leans"?
"Whip up that beast of yours, uncle,"
cut in the man sharply. "There's a
train at 7:30, isn't there?"
"Yes, sah."
"Thafs all right then. Now hurry
. up." He turned to the tense little figure
beside him, snapping open his
.watch.
"It's now ten minutes to 7," he announced.
"It wont be long to wait, I
dare say."
She surveyed him intently and without
favor. "That train is never on
time," she said.
He shrugged his shoulders in silence,
and they jolted on till die ugly station
came into view.
AH around the southern twilight was
deepening. A star or two winked out
In the purple du& of the sky, and
down the long dusty road the katydids
disputed noisily.
No one was in sight on the station
platform, and only the sudden rattle of
a telegraph instrument from the station
itself gave any sign of habitation.
"You had better get out and wait on
the platform, Mrs. Leonard," said die
man.
"Thank you, Mr. Stanley," said the
woman, and followed him stiffly when
he had helped her from the carryall.
Stanley sat down upon a truck and
whistled softly to himself. Mrs. Leonard
paced the farthest end of the platform
in superb silence. After a little
he joined her with a laugh.
"Apparently," he said, "we're the
only human beings In this solitude. I
see the station agent making off down
tiie road to get a drink before train
time. There's a bit of a store a few
hundred yards off. I suppose you noticed
It"
"I did not" she said frigidly.
"Interesting thlngH, these plantation
stores," he began again.
"I have never found them so." She
smoothed an imaginary wrinkle from
her glove.
"Now, see here," said Stanley,
"would you mind telling me just why
I'm being snubbed and cut and frozen
this way? Fve said I wasn't going to
propose to you again. What are you
uruu ok
"Afraid!" she mocked. "I'm not
afraid. Pm tired, that's all, of being
persecuted. Every one thinks I ought
to marry you." Her voice began to
tremble. "Ton think so, too, and the
fact that I don't agree with them nor
you makes no difference at alL Too
simply go on waiting In that maddeningly
certain way, aa if you had only
to bide your time and Fd giro in. WeU,
why should I? I'm happy aa I am; 1
have my frienda and my nmnsementi
#
Who are you that I should give them
up for your
"Nobody," said the man meekly.
"Nobody at alL"
"I can't even go out of town for a
day or two," she cried hotly, "without
being forced into a lonesome tete-a-tete
with you. I'm tired of having chances
tnade for you to see me, tired of having
people get out of the way for us."
fihe broke off with an unwilling little
laugh. "Even fate sends the Ralstons
to vown and throws us together here,
with no blissful possibility of an interrontion_M
"The station agent has come back,"
drawled Stanley, "so we're not quite
alone. I think, if you don't mind"?
he grinned cheerfully over the absurdity?Til
go In and ask him if the
train's on time. I saw him come up
the road and In through the bac? door
of the station a minute ago. You don't
mind?"
"No," she said sweetly, "I don't
mind."
She sat down on the edge of the platform
when be had left her and swung
her feet in idle discontent
It was very lonely. She always had
had a horror of katydids, and the tribe
in the trees about her excelled in
strength. She began to be faintly sorry
that she had let Stanley go. At least
she could quarrel with him, and anything
was better than this awesome
silence.
Suddenly there was a noise from the
little station, a hoarse cry, and then
the sound of a heavy fall. Mrs. Leonard
sprang to her feet, every nerve
strong tight.
"Aleck!" she screamed. "Where are
you, Aleck?" She fled across the platform
and into the little station house.
There was no one in .the first room and
only the murky light of a kerosene
lamp. ,
She crossed, trembling with fright,
her breath coming in gasps, to the second
room and stumbled over a dark
body by the door. It groaned and muttered
her name.
Mrs. Leonard crept back to the lamp,
lifted it from the wall with shaking
fingers and carried It to the door. Its
light fell dimly upon a man, who, drawing
himself erect leaned against the
wall and smiled weakly at her.
"I'm afraid I frightened you," he
said, "but it's all right There was a
tramp-r-we clinched"?
"Oh, don't talk?please don't talk!"
she begged tearfully, setting the lamp
down on a convenient chair. "Are you
hurt?much V
"And he got away," Stanley finished,
bis voice growing stronger. "Knocked
me silly for a minute. I'll be all right
now."
"Oh, are you sure you're not hurt?"
nrioA hmkpnlv fihe laid
her band on bis arm and stared np at
him with wet eyes.
"Don't do that," be warned ber.
"You'll make me propose again."
Mrs. Leonard wept softly against his
coat sleeves. "I wish you would," she
sobbed.
"Now, heaven bless that tramp f
Stanley murmured to himself, with a
wicked smile. "It was a heaven sent
inspiration!"
Led a Doable Life.
Officer Martin, who had been on the
"force" for six months or more, was
different in some respects from many
of his fellow policemen. He never
went into a saloon except in the performance
of his regular duty; never
swore, never idled away any time, and
never shirked.
Because of these differences and because
he was uncommunicative and
was not in the usual sense of the term
a "good fellow" a suspicion that all
was not right and that he had something
to conceal became aroused, and
at last reached the chief of police, who
determined to Interrogate him.
Accordingly the chief called him Into
Wo nfflAA nnp mnrninflr.
"Officer Martin," he said, "so far as
I know, yon are one of the best men
on the payroll, but there are rumors
that yon are not altogether what yon
seem to be, and that there Is a chapter
in your life that none of us knows
anything about"
"I can't deny it sir," responded the
policeman, somewhat surprised, but
not at all abashed.
"You confess it then?"
"Yes, sir."
"Would yon mind telling me what it
is in confidence?'
"Not at all, sir," said Officer Martin.
"I sing in a suburban church choir on
Sunday."?Youth's Companion.
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Anthony Trollope aa a Schoolboy.
Sir William Gregory gave a picture
of Anthony Trollope at Harrow school
that makes it evident why he was so
unhappy while there. "He was a big
boy," says Sir William, "older than
the rest of the form and without exception
the most slovenly and dirty
boy I ever met He was not only
slovenly in person and in dress, but
his work was equally dirty. His exercises
were a mass of blots and
smudges. These peculiarities created a
great prejudice against him, and the
poor fellow was generally avoided. It
is pitiable to read his autobiography,
how bitter were his feelings at that
time, and how he longed for the friendship
and companionship of his comrades,
but in vain. I had plenty of
opportunities of judging of Anthony,
and I am bound to say, though my
heart smites me sorely for my unkindness,
that I did not dislike him. I
avoided him, for he was rude and uncouth,
but I thought him an honest,
brave fellow. He was no sneaa. tus
faults were external. All the rest of
him was right enough. He might have
been a thoroughly bad young fellow
and yet have had plenty of associates.
He gave no sign of promise whatsoever,
was always in the lowest part of
the form and was regarded by masters
and boys as an laoorrlglble
dunce."
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And Dates to Appear
At Opera House, Bamberg, S. .
October 6 and 7. The great Clevett &
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October 13. The renowned actors, Col.
S. Paul Cutter and Miss Marie Anderson
and Company will present the Farce
Comedy "fn Old Madrid."
October 23. Geo. H. Adams Humpty
Dumpty Co. and Clown Band.
November 17. Opera, "The Beggar
Prince."
Jannary'2. Culhane, Chase & Weston,
Minstrels.
March 3. Two Merry Tramps Compary
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TAX NOTICE.
The county treasurer's office will be
open for the collection of State, county,
school and all other taxes from the 15th
day of October, 1905, until the 15th day
of March, 1906, inclusive.
From the 1st day of January, 1906, until
the 31st day of January, 1906, a penalty
of 1 per cent, will be added to all unpaid
taxes. From the first day of February,
1906, until the 28th day of February,
1906, a penalty of 2 per cent, will be addec
to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of
March, 1906, until the 15th day of March,
1906, a penalty of 5 per cent, will be
added to all unpaid taxes.
The following is the levy:
For State purposes, 54 mills.
For county purposes, 4 mills.
For back indebtedness, 4 millConstitutional
school tax, 3 mills.
Total, 13 mills.
Special school levies: %
Bamberg, No 14, 44 mills.
Binnaker's, No. 12,3 mills.
Clear Pond, No. 19,2 mills.
Colston, No. 18, 2 mills.
Cuffie Creek, No 17,2 mills.
Denmark, No. 21, 3 mills.
Ehrhardt, No. 22, 2 mills.
Govan, No. 11, 3 mills.
Hunter's Chapel, No. 16, 1 mill.
Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills.
Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills.
Heyward, No. 24, 2 mills.
Kirkland, No. 10,4 mills.
Lees, No. 23,4 mills.
Midway, No. 2, 2 mills.
Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills.
Olar, No. 8, 4 mills.
All male persons between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years, except
Confederate soldiers or sailors, who are
?xempt at fifty years of age, are liable to
a poll tax of one dollar. Capitation dog
tax, fifty cents.
Parties returning property in more
than one school district will not forge! to
net fnr rer.eiDts for each district.
In calling for your receipts give name
and number of school district as well as
township, as the books are made up by
school districts.
I will receive the road commutation
tax ($2.00) from October 15th, 1905, until
March 1st, 1906. JNO. F. FOLK,
Treasurer Bamberg County.
Bamberg, S. C., September 18,1905.
G. Moye Dickinson,
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WARNING FROM A CONVICT.
WkMtM (111.) Port** Tells 0t Vloos
That Liff to Dootriellos.
A solemn warning to yonng men wbo
may be straying from the straight path
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BOS DWQ 1WUCU ITUUl UiV JUliVk J?au*
tentlary by Edward J. Lewis of Wheaton,
111., who was taken to Jollet recently
for forging mortgages for $100,000,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Before the discovery of his crimes
Lewis was prominent in Wheaten society,
belonged to various exclusive
clubs and was regarded by all to be
one of the rising young men of the
city. After his dishonesty was discovered
Lewis was a fugitive from Justice,
traveling in several foreign countries,
but was finally captured by detectives
in Seattle.
The letter follows:
Arriving In Joltet to serve an Intermediate
sentence for forgery, X feel It
-my duty to write a letter and make a
statement, hoping thereby to prevent
other young men from putting themselves
In the same position.
When I first sold a mortgage for $400 I
thought I could easily repay It by a lucky
strike or a commission on a real estate
deal. When I found that 1 could not do
this and the person owning the mortgage
asked for her money, then I had to sell
another and larger mortgage to make
good. Afterward I thought this was so
easy I could keep up the crime forever.
Boys and young men, don't play poker.
Don't start wnen you are young sneaxmg
back of the barn with other email boys
and using corn for poker chips. Don't
fttadke cigarettes. Don't drink your flret
Class of beer or whisky. Don't bet on
horae races.
Be sere your sins will find you out.
Boys and younr men. If you knew the suffering
I hare gone through you would
shun crime, untruth and deceit as you
would poison.
If I am the means of preventing any
one reading this from committing the
first crime, then I am the happiest convict
In Jollet. That's the trouble, boys?
the first crime. It leads you on and on
till you will surely land where I am.
Boys, If you ever have committed a
crime, confess It to the one you have
wronged and don't do It again. If you do,
you will be sure to come to my end. I
devoutly hope and pray that every young
man or boy or any one who has committed
a crime or contemplates it will stop
right now and think before disobeying
any of the laws of God or man. I honestly
hope that this will turn some of you
Into the right way, making you shun
cards, wine and horse races as you Would
the devfl.
The letter was given to the public at
the request of the convicted man.
FOOTBAtLERS AT WORK.
Oddities In Training to gedsee Harvard's
Fat Hen's Weight.
Pounding a wooden pile with an Iron
mallet like a gang of laborers and going
through a series of squatting stunts
which made them resemble bullfrogs,
Harvard's gigantic linemen in the 220
rvmnd Hflss were set to work recently
by Coach Rett and Trainer McMaster
reducing their waist measurement,
strengthening their legs and building
up shoulders, says a Cambridge special
dispatch to the New York Times.
The stunts were rare ones and caused
great merriment from crowds who
watched them. First the men grasped
the mallet with alternate hands and
swung it with tremendous force about
their heads,- slamming it finally on
the m*fce believe pile. This is aimed to
strengthen their shoulders and enable
them to grasp the opposing quarterback
and treat 'him likewise. The
squatting trick is for the stomachs.
"Those stomachs are bad things,"
said "Scotty" McMasters mournfully.
"I w,ant to get rid of them."
Judging by the way the men perspired
and swore he will succeed. Reid
also had the men catching pants with
one band, and be still refuses to let
them fall on the ball. Harvard men
are waiting to see what will come next
COLLEGE FOR BEGGARS.
All Br?aefc?i of Mendicancy Tmafht
at Chicago Institution.
A "school of beggars," where elocution,
dramatic art costuming and
makeup are taught by professors of
mendicancy, has been discovered by
the police at Chicago. From seventyfive
to eighty professional beggars are
said to report at the "headquarters"
each night and receive their instructions
from the "professor" of the institution,
who receives a percentage of
their gains as his recompense, says a
Chicago flspatch.
He not only gives a thorough literary
course In the composition of new
and appealing hard luck stories that
will bring a monetary response from
the most hard hearted, but he shows
his pupils how to deliver these masterpieces
of pathos.
Methods'of assuming deformities that
will appeal to the public are taught In
the "college of beggars," as the police
term It and the pupils are told how
to appear as blind, lame or armless.
Chief Collins declares he will break up
the "college."
To Plant Coceannts on Desert Islands
The bureau of agriculture and forestry
of the territory of Hawaii has
decided to plant cocoanuts on the uninhabited
Islets and shoals to the westward,
which belong to the territory,
says a Honolulu correspondent of the
San Francisco Chronicle. Among these
are Llslanski, Laysan and Gardiner Islands
and French Frigate shoal On
these Islands shipwrecked mariners
have frequently found a refuge, but
they are entirely barren. The Idea of
planting cocoanuts is that they would
afford food In such cases and may
eventually make these islets habitable.
Japanese Commercial Orders.
Japanese textile mills, say the Textile
Manufacturers' Journal, are placing
orders for machinery aggregating
flO,000^00 in England, Germany and
me United States.
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TILLMAN AND TOWILL CLASH, j
Warm Time at the Batesburg Dispensary Meeting?Towi
II Replies to Tillman.
Batesburg, Sept. 23.?At the political
barbecue here today which had been widely
advertised, to which Senator Tillman
and Hon. J. L. McLaurin bad both been
invited, there was a scene of the most exciting
nature that has taken place in
South Carolina's political history since
the stormy days of 1892-93. Hon. John
L. McLaurin did not have time to get
here after receiving his invitation, but
Senator Tillman was here and when he
and Col. John Bell Towill, member of the
State board of control, clashed in debate
there was something doing and the opera
house crowded to its utmost capacity was
mnro than a ho?hivA rtf prritpmpnt.
In bis speech in a roast of the manage*
ment of the dispensary and in a direct
criticism of the State board, Senator Tillman
said, "According to the published
advertisements of the board, no bids for
less than $1.50 for one X corn whiskey
will be received."
John Bell To will arose from his seat
and in a clear voice said, "8enator Tillman,
that is false and you know that it is
not true." A scene of the wildest confusion
ensued. Loud cheers burst out from
the audience and "Hurrah for Tillman"
was heard mixed in with the cheers for
Towill. The crowd made a move toward
the stage, surging and cheering. Senator
Tillman stood as fixed as a marble statue
and when the crowd appeared to be getting
unruly, asked several times, "Where
is the mayor?" After some time quiet
was restored and then the Bev. C. M.
Padgett, a well known minister of Saluda
county,arose and questioned Senator Tillman
with regard to his attack on the
preachers of the State. At this pandemonium
again broke loose.
Senator Tillman berated the newspapers,naming
the most objectionable ones.
He cited the News and Courier and others
but was more particularly bitter when
naming the State than any other. \He
said, "That hell hound in Columbia who
edits the State has told enough lies on me
to furnish crossties to build a railroad to
hell." .
He paid his respects to McLaurin and
said that he considered it an insult to be
inTited here and to have an invitation
extended to McLaurin at the same time.
At the conclusion of Senator Tillman's
speech Mr. Eflrd arose and in a few conciliatory
remarks declared that he believed
Mr. TowilTs actions had been
straight and entirely honest and requested
the audience to remain seated and give
Mr. Towill a hearing, after which he
urged them to go home and prepare for
the fight.
MB. TO WILL'S BEMABKS.
Stepping upon the platform, laboring
under much excitement, Mr. Towill declared
tbat he bad no personal feeling
against Senator Tillman; was sorry that
he had lost his head and would not do it
again. He believed Tillman had the interest
of the dispensary and South Carolina
at heart. His neonle knew him' and
be was satisfied to abide by their verdict.
Tillman's statements bad brought odium
upon him and the board. He wanted the
investigating committee to bring the
board before it and make- a thorough inNo.
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vestigation. When the present board
| went into office there was $250,000 old
stock on hand and the dispensary owed
$500,000. The board had not bought liq
nor in months by reason of the enormous
purchases of the old board. Mr. Boy kin
and himself had thought seriously of resigning
but Mr. Tatum begged him in
God's name not to do it.
Tillman?"It. would hate been better
for your reputation."
Resuming, Mr Towill said he had never
asked a member of the legislature to vote
| for him and had not spent'a dollar to be
,elected. Members had asked him if he
didn't intend to solicit votes and he had
told them no. "With $250,000 old stock (|
on hand we had to make some new purchases
to keep up with the trade," he said,
j Tillman?"If the old board unloaded a
hot poker on your bands, make them explain
it."
Mr. Towill said he was ready and the
board was ready to go before the investigating
committee but they had not been '
asked. x
"I hold dear my good name," said Mr.. .. ^
Towill, "and I would rather be esteemed . v . ^. g
by Batesburg people than to have any
office in the gift of the people. I have
not been debauched neither have I been ^
bribed. I am not one dollar richer and
the people of Batesburg know it."
In the invitation to Senator Tillman ^
the signature of Col. John Bell Towill . ^
was heavily underscored.
It is reported that after the meeting Sen- ^Jpj
ator Tillman and Col. Towill got together
and that Senator Tillman explained that ;
he did noUmean to accuse Mr. Towill of .
dishonesty. This no doubt restored the
status quo of the two men.
"Dinny's been fired fr'm the union." ^02*
"Phwat fort"
"TV walkin' diligate saw him goin' up .
a laddher two rounds at a time." "
Very Decolletet.
Mr. Styles (at the opera)?It costs a ?
good deal of money to keep my wife in "
clothes.
Mr. Smyles (glancing in the direction
of Mrs. Styles)?And yon don't seem to - Siflf
succeed at that.
A Business Correspondence. :
(Telegram from financier in New York
to his partner in Cleveland.)
"Am about to close a big deal with V*g
Skinham. What kind of a man is he?
(Reply from Cleveland.)
"He is like a fish."
(Telegram from New York.)
"Wire at once what kind of a fish? . :328a
shark or sucker."
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