The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 12, 1905, Image 2
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A VICTIM |
OF SPORT|;
By Herbert F. Cooiidge. '
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|(g| Ijoj OME people consider 1 rank t ]
/-> Ilealey. a mountaineer and j l
^ forest ranger of my ae- j 1
|p???*?quaintanee. a "crank." be-1
SsriL-JsJ cause of bis objection to J ,
killing game except for j j
"meat." The mere sight of a party of .
sportsmen -will set him storming j
against the practice of hunting "just ,
to kill." One evening, as we sat watch- ,
ing our cheerful tjre in a camp in the j
high Sierras, he told the following
story: * .
"Summer before last." lie began. "I
met on the trail a crowd of 'Frisco ]
sports who were hurrying one of their ,
crowd down the mountain. lie had ,
? * hurt himself, they said, in getting (
away from a big she grizzly that had ,
charged them in defense of her two ,
half-grown cubs that they were pump- 5
ing lead into with their Krag-Jorgen- x
sens. * ;
" 'She got {fVray from us, after all.' ?
thev concluded, 'but she's wounded, ,
V 7 c
and she'll die, anyway.'
"The next morning I sighted a col- f
umn of smoke among the wild ridges, t
where the head waters of the San t
Joaquin rise. Late that evening, after -y
covering forty of the roughest miles of \
trail on record. I rode up the meadow j
on which the 'Frisco sportsmen had j
camped, and found it circled with fire. r
They had neglected to cover their bed
[d of live coals. 1
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Vv 11 4- + OVA IT" A P i
x w ad ucau iucu? uui muc ?ao jnothing
to do but get tlie crawling T
fames under control before the wind ]
of the next morning should spread it v
over the whole country. So. after a ?
? hasty meal, I took my shovel and began.
^
"Fighting fire is hot, thirsty work,
and about midnight my throat Decame t
so parched that I could hardly swal- c
low. From below me, in a dark, heavily
wooded canon, there came the enticing
sound of a mountain stream. I Q
dropped my shovel and started for it. f
"It was pitch dark as soon as I
passed out of the light of the fire line.
Progress was, at the best, slow; but ^
with the usual risk of bad falls and of t
landing upon rattlesnakes that one always
takes in traveling the mountains f
at night, I blundered on down the ^
j?. rough, timbered slope, finally nearing
the water without calamity.
"As I was feeling my way along r
about 200 feet from the creek. I was *
startled by a low, fierce growl from *
the darkness below, followed immedi- 0
ately by the terrific crashing of a
heavy beast thrashing its way toward ^
me through the brush. ?
* v "Scared out of my wits, I turned to
run, but tripped and fell, sprawling, be- ^
fore going a dozen steps. Tlie sound
close behind of a huge body lumber- a
ing over the logs brought me with cat- *
like agility to my feet. Then I ran ~
squarely against a tree, and without "
f/ a second's pause, went up it like a
squirrel. The beast was under the D
tree before I was out of reach, and I *
heard the swish of a huge paw as it *
* made a desperate pass at my legs. a
"The thing had come upon me so P
suddenly that I perched for some time
among the topmost branches before I v
collected my wits: then I gathered my- t)
self together and tried to get a line on a
pk- the situation. t!
? "It was very plain that I was treed f
by a bear, for the menacing growls of a
the beast came up from below, and h
through the branches I could see its b
eyes gleaming like two balls of fire. a
"It was evident that I was in a bad v
box. There wasn't a thing to do but s
sit in the dark and think. Long before
the end of that night I had concluded y
that I had stumbled upon the ferocious q
she bearthatthe city men had crippled, y
"This made it look pretty bad. for I s
knew .that she was still lively on her t
' f feet, and yet I feared that she would g
be too sick to travel and ugly enough a
to camp under the tree until I fell out. f
"Then there was the thought that
I might not have a chance to stay in j,
the tree very long, for there was the ^
fire crackling away up on the ridge.
The canon would probably burn out ^
when the day wind came up, and then ^
where should I be? Would the bear T
pull out when the fire approached, or j.
would she hang on and growl until it n
was too late for either of us to get *
away? a
"There was no way of settling the
question, so I sat in my treetop, looking
down at the two glowing balls of
fire at the base of my refuge, and fig- J
ured on the proposition until my poor
old brain ached. ?
"At last daylight came, finding me *
stiff with the night chill, very tired and
hungry, but desperate enough to do A
anything. I descended the tree as far
as I dared, and examined my enemy. 1
It proved to be the biggest, leanest. 1
fiercest-looking old she grizzly I had 1
ever seen. She had a couple of bullet
wounds; but she wasn't broken down (
anywhere, and although somewhat 2
lame, showed signs when I pelted her ^
with pine-cones of being pretty active
on her feet.
"Although, as I said before, I was 1
desperate enough to do anything, I
crawled back into the top boughs of the i
tree, where the sun was now shining? 1
this was the only thing a sane nfan i
could do.
"I sat there without a hope or the <
' sign of a hope, unless, indeed, it was i
that the fire, which had by this time 1
crept down into the canon a mile or j
so below, would drive away the old she
grizzly. But with this hope came the 1
terrible fear of the flames. I have :
fought many a fire in these mountains,
v
tnd have seen -lie names snckofl
through a canon like a raging furnace
>last. I know. also, that it was the
:nstinct of every wounded animal to
light. ami not to run away.
T.nt just ahoui this time a good,
strong hope canto to 1110. The hoar,
louhtless sutf-.Ting from the lover
hirst of her wounds, was eying titc
rook below longingly. Presently site
jogan to sidle down the slope. keeping
>ne eye on mo and the other on the
ivator. When site cot down about a
itindred feet, I. with both eyes on the
bear, began to slide carefully down
the tree.
"But hardly had I moved when she
rave an angry snarl and scrambled
jack to the foot of my pine. There
die sat on her haunches for a good
!ialf-bour. with never a glance at the
crater, trying, apparently, to bore holes
:hrough me with the gaze of her fierce
ittle eyes.
"I sat for that half-hour as still as
t mouse, hoping against hone that she
ivould give me another try for freeoom.
loting with horror that the wind hrai
hi rued, and was taking the smoke up
he canon. When I was almost in
lespair the grizzly grew restless, and
it last began to edge toward the water
igain. I did not move this time. I
at as motionless as a wooden Indian
intil she had her nose in the water.
Then I fairly dropped out of that tree,
roing down from branch to branch like
i flying squirrel.
"I landed among the needles with a
lying leap from the lower branches,
md I alighted running. A glance over
ny shoulder showed me that the bear
wis after me and already half-way up
he bank. But this gave me a good
lundred-foot start. She was stiff from
ler wounds, and a rush of hope told
ne that I could win.
"But 200 yards of terrific running
eft me distressed for breath, and the
>ear was coming 011 at full tilt. She
vas something more than 200 feet beiind,
to be sure, but getting limbered
ip at every jump, and beginning to
,rain rapidly.
"For a half-mile we raced through
he woods, I gaining in the open, and
he grizzly gaining in the brush. Then,
borough!v winded and with the bear
lose behind, I shinned up a young
?ine as fast as I could go.
"I was treed again, and with a fierce
Id she grizzly below me and a fiercer
orest fire sucking up the canon. The
rind was hot now and heavy with
moke. Down below I heard the
iames roaring through the brush and
iraber like a furnace blast. Inside of
ifteen minutes. I knew, the pines
ound me would be licked up like
aatches.
"Even now there was no hope of
unniug away from the flames. Would
have to choose between jumping into
he arms of the bear and burning up,
r would she flee from the fire in time
o give rae a chance of escape by a
ash for the creek? There wasn't
aueh hope of weathering the flames
a the creek, but I was most anxious
or a chance to try it.
"But the grizzly didn't seem to have
thought about the fire. Through the
moke I could see her reared on her
aunches. struggling in vain to climb
ato the lower branches of my pine.
)own the canon the flames were riming
as only wild-fire can, but the enaged
brute still fcught to get up that
ree. She seemed to hold against me
11 that had happened and was hap
ening.
"I prepared to die riglit there. There
ras still plenty of time for a run to
tie creek, but from the way the grizzly
cted I took it that she would hang on
ill the flames were upon us. As I
aced my death I had no hard feeling
gainst the bear. I knew something of
ow the beast, harassed and wounded
y men, felt. But I confess that I was
s bitter as gall toward the men for
rhose amusement I seemed about to
uffer death.
"Destruction was full upon us; we
rere in the face of the forest fire,
here is no describing that scene. It
ras like a confused nightmare of
corching heat, suffocating smoke and
he crackling roar of flames. The
rizzly seemed as regardless of the fire
s was the horse I once tried to drive
rom a burning stable.
"There was something more terrifyng
than the mere fear of death about
he mighty destructiveness of it all,
nd it was this, I presume, that gave
ae my chance. In despair I was about
0 close mv eyes to the awful sight
rhen I saw the bear waver, and my
leart gave a wild throb of hope. For
1 moment she faced the leaping mass
if advancing flames, and then whirled
ind fled.
"The nest instant I was scuttling
hrough the smoking woods for the
reek. My only chance, I knew, was to
ind one of the water-washed caverns
vhere the creek bed was deep. Trustng
to chance alone, I rushed straight
orward, taking a Hying leap into tne
vater from the overhanging bank.
"As it happened, hnd it was the
uckiest happening in the world for
ae, I found there a water-washed niche
jack of a ten-foot water-fall.
"The whole creek bed could not have
jffered a better hiding place, and with
i thankful heart I wedged myself into
the cranny back of the curtain of
svater, wrapped my wet coat about my
lead, and waited for the furnace blast
to pass over.
"In spite of the advantage of my
retreat, for a few minutes I feared
that I should be roasted and smoked
alive in that hole.
"But after a couple of hours things
cooled off enough to enable me to pick
my way out through the smoking logs
to a place of safety. My enemy, the
grizzly, did not fare nearly so well. 1
afterward found her charred bodj
barely a hundred yards above the place
from which she turned to run."Youth's
Companion.
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1 A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
D.VLCUIS ALS: RT BANKS.
Subject: The Co?nj>a*siou of Christ.
I rrooklvn. X. Y.~Dr. Lonis Albert
Banks. ;it one time pastor of the Hanion
Fiaee M. E. Church, where he was
most successful, preached there Sunday
morning 011 "The Christ Who is
Touched With the Feeling of Our Infirmities."
The text was from Hej
brew.; iv:ir?. "We have not a high
' 1 priest which cannot In; touched with
tho feeling of our infirmities, but was
in all points tempted as we are. yet
without sin." I)r. Banks said:
"The last part of this text explains
: the first. Christ is in sensitive touch
with us in the temptations and trials
of iife because He has personally experienced
them. lie is not a stranger
standing oft" 011 the ramparts of heaven.
looking down, though it be ever
so benevolently, upon sorrows and dif1
iiculties which He has.never person1
ally known. Such compassion could
, not mean much to us. But Jesus
Christ perfected Himself as the captain
of our salvation through suffering.
For three and thirty years He wore
: our liesb. and tasted our grief, and He
j is touched with the feeling of our in;
firmities. How much that ought to
! mean to us. When we are in any trial
or trouble, and we need comfort, it is
not to the most joyous and happy, who
have never known what sorrow was.
to whom we go for sympathy.
"Some years ago I was surprised to
receive from a very rich man in a city
where I was then pastor a check for
a large sum of money which he said
he wished me to use among the poor
in my part of the city, and especially
1 children who were having a
hard time of it. I followed his directions
and crave him an account of how
portions of it were used. Still other
suras followed until I was very much
interested in the matter, and wondered
not a little at the cause of it.
After it had gene on for nearly a year
I received a letter from him inviting
me to take lunch with him at a hotel.
When we met he said: 'I suppose you
have wondered at my sending this
money to you. an entire stranger to
me. and at my being so much interested
in the children of the poor in your
section of the city. But this is how it
comes. My father died when I was a
very little boy. My mother was left
a widow with a large family of children.
all of whom were too small to
be of much help. She had to work
very hard, but work as hard as she
could, she was unable to procure
enough food and clothing to give us
comfort all the time. For two or
three years I knew what it was to be
hungry. Many a night I have cried
myself to sleep in silence lest my
t mother should hear and it should make
her feel bad. because I was so hungry.
I could not keep back the tears, and I
kr.ew she had no bread to give me.
You would scarcely believe it,' continued
the millionaire, 'looking at me
j now and knowing what you do of me
j that on mor* than one occasion 1
I have run and snatched a crust of
j bread thrown away from a wagon
J where some teamster had eaten his
lunch, and rescued it from a dog, and
; sat down and ate it gratefully, and
! washed it down with a drink from
j the town pump.' Then the tears came
I into the bis man's eye and one rolled
| out on his cheek as he said: 'Now you
} know why I hare so much sympathy
j for the poor children. It makes me
i shiver on a cold night when I think
i of the boys and girls who have. not.
clothing enough to keep them warm.
For I have been in their place, and I
know how it feels. I know how a boy
feels when lie is hungry and cold, and,
God helping me, I shall never lose a
chance to help a boy or a girl that is
in a hard place.'
"As I listened to this big-hearted
man there came into my mind the
Scripture we are studying. He was
able to sympathize with aud comfort
others, because he had a fellow feeling
with their infirmities and their
sorrows.
"So. no one could be a Savior for us
who had not suffered. No one could
have compassion on us in our weaknesses
who had not himself been
tempted and tried as by fire. Only a
man who has been hungry, and has
not known where to lay his head at
times, knows how to sympathize with
others who are in similar experience.
Only he who has been in the wilderness
with the devil, tempted on every
side, struggling for his life, knows
how to sympathize and have true compassion
with tempted men and women
to-day. Only He who has been crowned
with thorns, who has been spit upon
and whipped with the scourge, who
has fainted under His cross, knows
real compassion, knows how to be
touched with the feeling of peopl? who
are lashed by cruel misfortune and
who are fainting under burdens too
heavy for their shoulders. But Jesus
Christ meets all these/ requirements.
He knows all about it.
"The incarnation of Jesus was no
sham. He wore our humanity completely.
and there never was a more
perfectly sensitive human nature, one
more tender and exquisite in human
feelings than that of Jesus Christ. As
has been well said, Christ affected
none of that hard indifference in
which some ancient philosophers vainly
gloried. He felt as a man, and He
sympathized with the feelings of
others. On different occasions we are
informed that He was troubled in
( spirit, that He groaned, and that He
wept. The story of His agony in the
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striking picture of the sensations of
innocent nature oppressed with an,
guish. It discovers all the conflict between
the dread of suffering on the
one hand, and the sense of duty on the
: other; the man struggling for a while
with human weakness, and in the end
rising superior and winning victory,
i We hear the Savior say. 'Father, if
, it be possible, let this cup pass from
>Ie.J There is the dread of suffering
natural on all our lips, bu# the next
! moment we hear Christ saying, 'Nev:
j ertheless, not as I will, but as Thou
5 wilt. Thy will be done.' So our
? i Savior was touched with the feeling |
r of our infirmities. He was a man of
*r sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
His whole life was an experience of
' the ordinary trials and provocations
' that lead to evil, and these vere sometlmea
aggravated into the most in
tense tempiations. He was made the !
target of all the arrows of Satan. Hut ;
though lie was tempted in all points j
like as we are. He came off victorious <
and without sin.
"These reflections bring us to np- |
predate the fact that Christ is ideally
perfect as a friend anil Savior for us
in the weaknesses and infirmities with j
which our lives in this worid are fa- >
miliar. We may comfort ourselves
with the assurance of several very J
inspiring relicctions.
"First?Christ, being touched with :
the feeling of our infirmities, will ,
mfll'o o /1i ef ill/.firm hftfTVAATl whjit i<? !
weak and what is willfully wrong in
us. Jesus gives us a very beautiful '
illustration of this in His treatment of ;
the disciples, those three close friends, j
Peter and James and John, whom He j
took with Him into the Garden of |
Getlisemane 011 the night of His be- !
trayal. He said to them as the bur- 1
den of sorrow pressed upon Him: 'My |
soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death; tarry ye here and watch with
Me.' And then He went away 3, lit- '
tie by Himself and fell 011 His face in !
prayer, and after a time He came back i.
wishing the comfort of the association j
with His friends. And behold, they j
were ail asleep. They aroused at His j
step, and Jesus said to Peter. 'What!
could ye not watch with Me one hour? 1
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into "j
temptation.' Then Jesus, in the ten- 1
derness of His great he;irt, feeling i
sympathy and compassion toward j
them, begins to apologize for them and j
explain to them their weakness. 'The j
spirit indeed is willing.' He says, 'but
the flesh is weak.' Was there ever !
greater tenderness than that? One j
can easily imagine the sarcasm of Na- i
poleon or Frederick the Great on an !
occasion like that. But could any- ;
thing more clearly illustrate the ten- !
derness of Christ in distinguishing be- 1
tween our weakness and willful wrong j
doing? We may be sure that Christ j
will never misjudge us if we are do- i
ing the best we can. He knows it I
and appreciates it to its full value, j
ne sees every uaiue ne inui^e. e\eu i
when we are defeated, and knows the !
motive behind every blow that is J
struck in His name. He will never i
reject or look with indifference or con- j
tempt on any effort we make to serve j
Him because of our infirmities which ]
make us to blush. What we speak in i
words are not the only prayers Christ ;
hears, but every secret aspiration and I
longing for goodness or for helpful j
service is a prayer which He hears
and answers. There is 110 eloquence of i
human lips that can compare with the j
penitential tears shed in secret, spring- I
ing from sincere meditation upon our :
duty to God. and heartfelt longing that i
we may render Him truer service.
"Second?Jesus, knowing our infirm- 1
ities, will not allow us to be burdened !
heavier than we are able to bear. He i
will not allow us to be tempted in
such a way that there is no escape for j
us. He will not permit us to be load- I
ed, unless we bring it on ourselves by j
our own sin. with unnecessary trou- i
bles. His measure about burdens is :
infinitely tender: 'Come unto Me all 1
ye that labor* and are heavy laden, j
and I will give you rest. Take my j
yoke upon you. and learu of Me; for
I am meek and lowly in neart; and ye
shall find rest unto your souls. For :
My yoke is easy, and My burden is I
light.'
"And in regard to temptation,, we j
have the direct promise that His |
grace shall be sufficient for us. and ;
that in every temptation He will make
a way for our escape, so that both j
in our sorrows and in our danger 1
Christ, touched with the feeling or j
our infirmities, stands ready to com- ;
fort and defend us. We shall go no '
path so lonely or uncertain but we ;
may find marks to show us, vif we
really seek for them, that Christ has i
been over the way first. Alexander j
Maclaren recalls the customs of pio- !
neers* in trackless lands, how when [
one friend passes through pathless !
forests he breaks a branch ever and |
anon as he goes, that those who come j
after may see the traces of his bav
ing been there, and may know that :
they have not lost the trail. So when j
we are journeying through the murky I
night, and the dark woods of affliction j
and sorrow, it is a precious thing to '
find here and there a broken branch j
or a leafy stem bent down with the j
tread of Christ's foot and the kindly I
thoughtfulness of His hand cs He i
passed, and to remember that the path j
Ho trod He has hallowed, and that i
there are lingering fragrances and !
hidden strengths in the remembrance |
that He was tempted in all points like j
as we are, bearing grief for us, bear- !
ing grief with us. bearing grief like us. I
"Third?As angels comforted Jesus !
in His sorrows, so He will succor us
in our trials and weaknesses. How
tenderly Jesus prayed for lis before
He offered Himself upon the cross as ;
an atonement for our sins! In that j
tender prayer in which He expressly |
states that it was not only for His dis- j
ciples. but for all who should believe j
on Him through their words to the !
end of the world, and therefore in- |
eludes us, the Savior prays: 'Now I am i
no more in the world: but these are in i
the world. Holy Father! Thine they i
were, and Thou gavest them Me. Keep
them through Thine own name.
Sanctify them through Thy truth.
Keep them from the evil one, that they j
may be where I am, aud may behold j
the glory which Thou hast given Me.'
How tender Christ was to people in
hard places during His earthly ministry!
Recall His journey to visit
Martha and Mary when their brother
Lazarus was dead. Remember the j
kindness to the poor woman who
touched His garments as the crowd
pressed about Him. Remember the
woman who brought her box of
precious ointment as He sat at the |
feast in the house of Simon, who wet !
His feet with her tears and wiped !
them with the hairs of her head. In j
all these, and in multitudes of other
cases how conspicuous the tenderness
and sensitive compassion of Jesus
Christ in comforting those who are
tried and troubled. Surely there could
be nothing more attractive to us.
Nothing which could more perfectly
appeal to our confidence and to our
faith than the character and the story j
of Jesus our Savior as set :V.th in the j
Word of God."
Narrow "Way Easiest.
It is easier to take the narrow than j
the broad way. If you go to destruc- |
tion you must leap over the Bible, I
over the Church of Christ, over the
prayers of parents and friends. You
must leap over the love ol1 the Savior
Himself.?Evan Roberts.
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I SCU1H CAROLINA ?
| STATE NEWS ITEMS. ^
Wealthy Man a Suicide.
Lee Loeb, one of the wealthiest, men
in Charleston, a retired merchant and
owner of ever 200 pieces of real e*s-*
A* ? 4? /* /?? A A rl o tr
taie, oresst'ci xor u?cahissi .uvuuaj
morning, and then telling his wife
that he would "be down in a minute,"
stepped into a bath room and
sent a pistol bullet into his brain.
Nervous prostration had caused his
retirement from business some time
ago,' an-J he had returned from a sanitarium
only a few days ago. He
was the largest owner of real estate
in Charleston, and was 5S years old.
He leaves a widow. The jury of inquest
gave "melancholia" as the excuse
for the deed.
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Bank is After Cotton Mills.
The Continental national bank of
Chicago, through its attorneys, filed in
the United States circuit court at
Charleston Monday a bill of complaint
against the Union cotton mills
of Union and T. C. Duncan, the former
president of the mill, claiming
that they had allowed nine promissory
notes, aggregating $45,000, to go to
protest. The notes were" for $5,000
each, made payable at four months
with interest and the complaint alleges
that no part of the amount
has been paid. At a meeting of the
stockholders of the Union mills recently
an investigating committee reported
that there was, including debts
and stocks, an outstanding indebtedness
in excess of the accountant's valuation
of property of $691,000.
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Official Alleged to Be Short.
The special commission appointed
to examine the financial affairs of
Richland county made its report to
the governor a few days ago. The report
makes sensational charges, and
it is nrnhnhlp that tho p-rsnt? iiirv
?v - ~ W WW.-w V? W J ^
will take immediate action.
A shortage of something- over $50,000
is made apparent in the report.
The commission thinks that S. H.
Owens, former supervisor, is liable
personally and on his official bond for
forged and fraudulent vouchers paid
to C. M. Douglas, former clerk of the
hoard of county commissioners, and
for those paid to J. E. Harmon, a
former commissioner. The commission
thinks the supervisor guilty of official
misconduct and negligence in office,
and that W. B. Cooper, J. W. Thornton,
besides those mentioned above,
should be dealt with by the grand
jury, and solicitor.
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Mill to Settle Debts.
The directors of the Union and Buffalo
cotton mills, which have just undergone
a complete reorganization, in
all day session at Union, considered
the matter of liquidating the liabilities
of the two corporations which
jointly amount to about So,000.000,
wit,h plants worth $3,500,000. Just
what steps will be taken to accomplish
this end have not definitely been
settled upon, this matter being left
in1 the hands of an executive committee
composed of H. C. Fleitman of
New York; William Winchester, Baltimore;
John A. Law, Spartanburg,and
E. W. Robertson, president and
treasurer, ex-officio chairman.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Buffalo mills, it developed that
this mill is in better condition tha\
the Union mills. The liabilities of the
Euffalo mills are estimated at $1,800,
uu. 'me losses in cotton speculation
amount to $300,000. The president's
indebtedness to the mill is about $40,000.
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County Treasurer Suspended.
Dr. Thomas Patterson, the treasu- .
rer of Edgefield county, a few days
ago, was suspended by the governor
for alleged defalcation of county
money, amounting to $5,000. The
books have been examined by an expert,
and the suspension is the result
of this examination. Dr. Patterson
is a prominent man in the state, and I
is connected with some of the leading ;
politicians of South Carolina. No arrests
have been made so far.
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Skating Fad in Charleston.
Charleston has fallen into the !
roller skating fad and the streets J
that have flag stone and cement j
pavements are being taken possession
of by children, while two rinks are
being well patronized by the elder !
skaters. The craze has taken such a
hold in the community that the hall
committee of the Commercial club hal |
leased Its ballroom for a rink, mudu !
against the wish of many of the mem- !
bers, who object to the noise of the
skates. ;
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Harvle Jordan Addresses Growers. :
Hon. Harvie Jordan, president of
the Southern motion u-rowers Association,
addressed the farmers of
Cherokee county, Monday. Hon. John
L. McLaurin, former United States
senator from South Carolina, and ?.
D. Smith, president of the Cotton
Growers' Association in South Caro
i Una, also made speeches. The ad- *
I dresses were on the subject of cotI
ton.
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Murdered and Robbed.
Robert McDowell, a business man of
Camden, was held up and murdered
in that town early one night the past
week. McDowell's head was crushed
as if with some blunt instrument and
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it is believed that the motive was
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dcrer and the case remains- a mystery.
GEORGIA STATE FAIR OPENS.
Great Throngs Crowd Piedmont Park
in Atlanta on First Day. jg
The gates of the Georgia state fair
at Atlanta were thrown open to the
world at !) o'clock Monday morning.
and at a joint meeting of the State
Agricultural Society and the Atlanta
Fair Association at noon the greatest
fair the state has known for yeais a .
was formally inaugurated.
The day began cloudy, but the skies V
had cleared by noon and the thousands A:
of visitors from every part of the
state thronged the grounds and the
buildings holding the many exhibits
of Georgia's produce and enterprise,
inspecting the many splendid displays.
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The greatest interest shown by the _ rlarge
crowd centered around the
many exhibits in the agricultural ' ^
building. This building, entirely, remodeled
and fresh in its new .paint
and fresco, houses almost every known
produce and resource of the statfc, "' ^0
while there are illustrations of wealthy I
and prosperity which will come as -ffifijjj
new knowledge to the citizens of the \ ^
Empire State of the South. All available
space in this building has been ~
put into service and the counties of
the state have arranged splendid and
well illustrative displays. }'
Farmers and manufacturers of the ' \;:4 j
different sections of Georgia who win
visit the fair will find many new' 4
examples or tne resources, aeveiopea
and undeveloped, of their native state. ^
In the industrial building are placed
the different displays of machinery .
and mechanical inventions and im$>Iements.
There seems to be no limit
to the displays in this building,
the exhibits are complete in their il*
lustration and mechanism. The exhibit .
of machinery and mechanical manu- 73
facture is one complete show, and:
displays the many intricate styles and-'
types of machinery.
The exhibits and displays in the
man's building, which is located in the > ii't
old fine arts building, will come as.
a revlation and glad surprise to the.
lovers of fine needlework pastry and
the other kindred arts of the woman's department.
Over in the Coliseum building,1
where the poultry show is being held,
are wonderful exhibits of chickens,
pigeons and many classes of fowls.
The livestock show has come up to
the prophecy of the fair association *
that it will be the largest ever held' 'Oj||
in the state. Here are located prize
winners in countless classes, Jersevs,
Heresfords and many other 'r0M
breeds, of cattle; blue ribbon porff- -jjpf
ers that have carried off ribbons in.,
other contests, and those that will be
sure to win mention in the present <
fair. All as activity in the livestock
and poultry shows, and the entries :i.;%
are exciting the admiration of the - >r
many who visit these displays.
The fair has been most fortunate ^ ggk
in securing the amusements for the- v&yggjf
1905 meet Dreamland, which begins pra
?+ rtior nt tho administration hniTd. '
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rag and stretches away to the base- '.f>ball
park', is dotted with various at- 1 . ^
tractions, buildings and tents.
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DAUGHTERS ELECT OFFICERS*. |||
Miss Henderson of Mississippi it'
Chosen to Head U. D. C. , { ^
The United Daughters of the Confederaoy
in annual meeting at San
Francisco elected the following offlcers
for the ensuing year: ' "v^is
President?Miss Lizzie George Hen- ' C ||
derson, Mississippi. .
First Vice President?Mrs. Alfred
H. Voorhies, San Francisco.
Second Vice President?Mrs. V. A
S. Vaught, Louisiana.
Recording Secretary?Mrs. P. Hick- ;
man, Tennessee.
Corresponding Secretary?Mrs. A ,
W. Rattey, Mississippi. yff|
Custodian of Crosses?Mrs. R. Gab-' -2
bett, Georgia.
Custodian of Flags?Mrs. A. Can- trill,
Kentucky.
Treasurer?Mrg. James Y. Lee, Vir- i j
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MONK GIBSON BEHIND BARS.
Alleged Murderer of Condit Family .'
Recaptured by Officers. )
Monk Gibson, the negro accused of ' Jj
tbe murder of the Condit family, at \
Edna, Texas, has been recaptured and f 1
safely landed in the Edna jail.
Large posses have been scouring
the country for a week or more in an
effort to apprehend him. Open threats . ^
that he would be burned caused Gor- ,
ernor Lanham to send troops to Edna ^ i
with orders to protect the suspect -r '
from the fury of the populace. The .
troops are still quartered at Edna,
and Gibson will escape mob vengeance.
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