The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 26, 1906, Image 4
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Thursday, July 26,1906
The "old man'' is still away and everybody
works but "the boys.''
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Our farmers in this neighborhood- prefer
ten cents cotton to thirty cents politics.
It is our wish that the former may
be obtained as easily as the latter.
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Charleston is beginning to decentlypave
King Street. We hope that this
means the beginning of the paving to a
brighter future for our old "bottry"
friend.
y , * Trying the Williamson Plan.
There are a number of up-to-date farmers
in this section who are trying the
Williamson plan of planting corn. The
prospects are now that a large harvest
will be garnered; one farmer who is conammir
the best in the county says
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that he is trying it as an experiment this
year, and if the prospects materialize, he
-will increase his acreage next year. The
farmers of this section are using more
science in their work, and while it may
seem an absurdity that a man can farm '
ont of a text book, still he can mix what
he learns with kwhat he knows and reap
much benefit.
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of the State Press
Association held at the I$le of Palms last
week has been pronounced by every one
there, the best ever held. To one who is
not an active member of the association
and who attended as one of the outsiders,
the meeting was certainly fraught with
interest and pleasure. While the hosts
"were so particular about the entertaining
feature that it seemed at first sight that
pleasure predominate ', on second sight
* it was manifest that gaiety was subservient
to business, that work was the motto
of the meeting.
Tuesday morning in the auditorium of
the Seashore hotel, President E. H. Auil,
l of the Association, called the meeting to
order. Mayor R. G. Rhett, of the entertaining
city, made the first address of
welcome, and Charleston was his theme,
hnt he made several points on the rail
road and liquor situation in the State.
Mr. P. H. Gadsen was there to speak for
the Consolidated Railway Company. He
, is an enthusiastic speaker and believes in
Charleston, and Charleston's future.
Presinent E. H. Jahnz, of the National
Schuetzenbund, extended an invitation
to the meeting to visit the Schuetzenplatz
and take part in the target shooting
and spend a pleasant time in general.
Responses were made by members of the
association.
In the afternoon Mrs. Virginia DuRant
Young, of The Fairfax Enterprise, farfamed
because of its warmth in advocating
woman's rights, read a paper giving
some reminiscences of the members of
the Press since 1891.
The program throughout was one of interest,
and the personality of the members
present was interesting. Col. James T.
Bacon, who has made the social circles of
Edgefield famous, was there. He was a
regular attendant upon the meetings of
the association both in the hotel and in the
impromptu gatherings in the surf. His is
a genial face and full of twitches of hum
or, he would not venture out beyond the (
knee caps, fearful no doubt of erasing 1
some of his well hardened Teputation. <
Mrs. Young was not seen in me surr, aitho'
she was at all the regular meetings J
in the hotel. Col. T. B. Crews, of the
Laurensville Herald, and Mr. N. G. Osteen '
of the Sumter Watchman and Southron, '
two of the oldest members of the press ,
were there and gave some interesting re- !
marks on the press of years gone by. (
Charleston did herself proud; and the i
association to a man, was proud of the
City by the Sea. The local newspaper 1
men worked hard to make their fellows
of the quill enjoy their sojourn, and made
many feel that they were in a land where
slow subscribers never dwell, and where
journalism is a reality of pleasant dreams,
and where to write is to be famous. The
News and Courier threw open its editorial
columns for the editors to express <
any view they might have on any question.
This courtesy was taken advantage
of by a large number of the Country
Cousins, and the editorial columns sparkled
nearly as much as when Major Hemp
hill and Capt. Ball, and the other space
fillers of The Old Lady of Broad Street,
have applied themselves to the pen.
All in all the meeting was quite suitable
to be enjoyed, and when the final adjournment
was taken Friday, every man
felt that he had had the time of his life.
Friday afternoon a party left for Norfolk
and Boston in which cities they will
spend a few weeks. (
To start the day with a wine glass of
SHAW'S MALT gives vigor to carry on
the work; to end it with the same is to
he'p nature recuperate. For sale at the
Dispensary.
Due FROM !
GRAVE ALIVE |
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States Island Plumber, Buried
Twenty=two Honrs, Jokes
With Rescuers.
TO CHARGE BOSS OVERTIME!
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"Tell My Wife," He Says to Firemen !
Frantically Working to Exhume
Him, "That I'll Get $2
an Hour For This."
Cheering: his wife by the assurance
that every hour he was imprisoned
would be rated as overtime and that
he would set double pay for it, Herman
Fisher, a plumber, sent a ripple
of laughter through the crowd which
stood about a trench in Tomokinsville.
X. Y., watching a band of firemen
working like beavers to release him
from the avalanche of quicksand and
clay which had held him prisoner twenty-two
hours.
His little note of humor, coming at a
time when his suffering was supposed
to be intense, inspired his rescuers
with new energy, and sand and dirt
flew in all directions.
"Tell her," he said faintly, "that we
will have plenty of spare cash next
week. You know this is overtime, and
I get $2 an hour for it."
His wife and father, who had nervously
watched the work of rescue all
night smiled through their tears at
this sally, and Fisher himself joined
in the general laugh. At this time the
sand and clay, which at the first entirely
covered him, had been removed
as far down as his knees, but his left
foot was tightly wedged between two
stones, and it wa9 with great difficulty
that it was loosened. A rope was then
lowered to him, and he feebly' put it
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his arms. A dozen firemen then pulled ,
gently on the rope and slowly lifted'
Fisher to the surface.
Fisher was employed by William J.
Barry, a plumber, to tap the sewer and
make a connection with the house of
Mrs. J. Walsh.
Although cautioned by the contractor
not to go into the trench before shoring
up the sides, Fisher and two assistants
descended Into the trench, which was
about twenty-six feet below the street
level. A heavy watering cart passing
near the trench loosened the earth,
tumbling it in on top of the three men.*
All but Fisher escaped, and as be was
THEY HAD TO DIG WITH TTTFTR HANDS.
Sown in the sewer he was buried to
the top of his head. An alarm was tnrn2d
in from a nearby fire alarm box, and
two fire companies were soon on the
scene.
In thrp#> RhtftS.
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one relieving tbe other every half hour.
A. belt was finally placed under Fisher's
arms and made fast to a block
and fall above, but when an attempt
was made to pull the man out the sides
of the trench again caved in, and before
anything further could be done it
was necessary to send for long planks
to shore up the four sides of the trench.
When night came powerful searchlights
were sent for, and the railroad
supplied several arc lights, which were
lowered into the trench.
The hole in which Fisher was imprisoned
was less than three feet in
circumference, which made it impossible
to use pick, shovel or spade. Garden
trowels were obtained from a nearby
florist, and these had to be abandoned
eventually, the space not allowing
of their use. The firemen then had
to dig witn tneir nanas.
Father Keegan of the Church of Our
Lady of Good Counsel, near by, went
into the trench and talked with the
man, but was unable to do anything
for him because of his position. An
ambulance surgeon from the Smith infirmary
also went down and administered
stimulants at intervals.
Foar Children and Father Drank.
Four children, drunk, the eldest
eight years old, three of them staggering
along behind their father, while
the intoxicated man carried the youngest
child, a babe of three years, was
the sight presented to residents of
Germantown, Pa., the other day.
FEARED FATE
OF GOMORRAH
Residents of Wisconsin Capital
Fled From the Wrath
to Come,
NEGRO PREDICTED FLOOD
Extra Trains Crowded With Refugees
Who Believed "Professor's" Prophecy?They
Came Back Later
With Sheepish Grins.
The "fire and brimstone" promised
to Madison, Wis., by "Professor" Jones
has postponed its dire visitation. Madison
still stands. The sparkling lakes
dance in the June sunshine, and the
squirrels in Capitol park frisk among
the trees.
Like returning sheep, some 1.500 superstitious
Madisonians came home.
THE EXODUS WiLVT FOBWAED MEBBILT.
They did not take the main streets.
They slunk through narrow alleys and
through vacant lots. They entered at
the back doors and emerged later
sneering at the predictions of Br'er
Jones.
Fearing a catastrophe such as the
one that came on Sodom and Gomorrah,
hundreds of persons left the city
to escape 'the wrath to come." For
two days clouds had hovered over hill
and dale, and those who had listened
to the exhortations of Br'er Jones, the
negro evangelist, had begun to sniff I
brimstone.
The words of the negro prophet then
recurred to them: "An' on de thu'd
day, breth'n, de clouds will hoveh in
de sky. An' de watahs ob de lake will
rise up. Dey will visit dis heah city
wif destruction, an' de watahs will
close up aroun' us like a mighty wall."
And hearing these things the bondsman
and freeman hid themselves In
the dens and In the rocks of the mountains.
But they came back, rejoiced at
not finding the town burled fifty fathoms
deep under the waters of the lake.
The exodus was unprecedented. Hotels
wereleft without negro employees.
Servant girls took a day off, wrapping
their possessions in sheets and handkerchiefs.
Bachelor girls took their
canary birds and cats. The banks
sent requisitions for more money. Depositors
made haste to draw out' savings
accounts regardless of the reassurances
of the cashiers.
In the railroad yards extra cars had
been sidetracked to be pressed Into
service when the exodus began. The
demand for tickets to the high places
nearly swamped the local passenger
agents. Bookings on the little excursion
boats that ply on Lakes Mendota
and Monona were eagerly bought up.
If the floods were coming the people
believed safety would lie in ships.
The telephone company was besieged
with calls to "wake me as soon as
the flood comes." Night watchmen
and policemen were given similar instructions,
and those who were courageous
enough to go to bed slept with
their boots on and with one eye on the
alarm clock.
By early morning the -evacuation of
the town wa3 going forward merrily.
Those who had automobiles took the
highroads. v Vehicles of all kinds were
Impressed into service. Family belongings
were removed in wheelbarrows
and gocarts.
The day passed without incident
The vanguard of the home comers began
to arrive during the wee sma'
hours. They tried to sneak home In
the dark. Now they are smiling sheepishly
and hereafter will place no credence
In the professor's prophecies.
Left Fortune to Hia Horse.
A farmer near Toulouse recently
died, leaving a curious will. The document
was written on the cuff of a
shirt and ran, "I hereby appoint as
my sole heir my red horse, and I wish
him to become the property of my
nephew Jules." The nephew and other
relatives brought an action to upset
this will, but the court decided that
the farmer was in his right mind and
that the nephew, as keeper of the
horse, was.to have, a life interest in
the property.
LIGHTHOUSE REPAIR SHOP.
Little Building: "Where Delicate Machinery
Is Made.
In the reservation of the lighthouse
department at St. George. Staten
Isianu. there is an ugly three story
building of brick that is the "department
store" of the lighthouse service
in this country and its foreign p jssc*
sions. Practically everything in the nature
of a mechanical device used in the
service, from the biggest lantern to the
smallest order of light, and including
the apparatus for blowing fog signals
and making the lights flash on gas
buoys, is turned out in this place, a."- not
only sent to ail the stations in tins
district, which includes Porto Rico, but
also as far away as Alaska, and even
to the Philippines.
The mechanics emplo^d are ail men
of the highest grade, for the objects
they are at work on are too delicate,
as a rule, to allow of much machine
labor, anil in addition to this the government
has never seen lit to spend
su:L lent money on the' plant to fit a
out with such machinery. In a stroll
through the workrooms one can see
men turning out the delicate brasswork
that keeps the flashlights on a gis
buoy going for three months at a time,
the curious brass cylinders that make
the wailing cry of a fog siren, tiny
floating stops that serve to keep the
oil from overflowing in the lamps after
the manner of a student lamp, and the
clockwork that keeps revolving lights
turning around hour after hour through
the long nights.
The only thing they don't make in
this department store are the lenses,
which are imported from Paris or Lon-'
don. These are "assembled" in these
shops, however, and one can see lanterns
cf all sires in the course of preparation,
from the smallest size used in
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uie service u uutrs ux uxe j >i ti suucient
to so in lighthouses of the first order.
Of course the department lias to be
ready for emergencies in the way of
breakdowns of lights, as well as of
lightships, and so they not only keep
two light vessels at the wharf always
ready for instant service, but they also
have in this storehouse an emergency
light that can be put up anywhere and
fitted to take the place of any light of
any description, whether it be fixed or
revolving, red and white or all red.?
New York Press.
SOME FIRST OCCASIONS.
Cannon and small arms were introduced
in 1390.
Spinning wheels came to the rescue
of women in 1530.
The first stereotyping was done in
1813 in New York.
Shirts resembling those now worn
were in use in 1830.
Phrenology, "discovered" by Franz
Joseph Gall, a Viennese physician, in
1796, became a so called science in
1805.
The first submarine telegraph wire
4ri +>mo *>rtr?n+-?Tr rcno frnm finvprnors
Island to the Battery In New York, laid
in 1842.
Double entry bookkeeping was first
used In the mercantile cities of Italy,
notably Venice and Florence, in the
fifteenth century.
Schwartz invented gunpowder in
1328. But Roger Bacon, a thirteenth
century alchemist gives a recipe for
It in a work of his in 1270.
Natural Well* In Yucatan.
Since Yucatan, where the Mayas
built their strange cities, is a coral
limestone formation, it would, says a
writer in Records of the Past, have
been a barren desert but for its subterranean
rivers and the cenotes, or
water caverns, which give access to
them. The Mayas noted the courses
of the underground streams and built
their towns round the cenotes. Many
cenotes are now found surrounded by
ruins and give indications of the methods
employed by the Mayas to reach
their cool waters. In Uxmal a cenote
about forty feet deep is inhabited by
a peculiar species of fish. At Bolancben
there Is a cenote having five openI
ings in the rocks at the bottom of the
cavern. Ladders made by tying tree
trunks together lead down a total distance
of 1,400 feet, but the perpendicular
depth from the surface to the water
is not over 500 feet
The Mixture In Ronmanla.
Roumania is inhabited by a bewildering
variety of races, but whether of
Greek, Slav or Teutonic lineage, the
modern Roumanian makes it a point of
honor to claim descent from the colonists
whom Trajan planted in the conquered
province of Dacia A. D. 107. s
Calling themselves Romuni and their
language Romunie, the proud citizens
seldom draw out a legal document
without some allusion to their founder,
whom they style "the divine Trajan."
The Roumanian language reflects the
composition of the race and now but
faintly suggests the language which
' Trajan spoke.
Tennyton'a Grnflneii.
Apropos of Tennyson's gruffness is a
| story repeated by the London Chroni!
cle. Tennyson, in his last days gave
audience to an American, a friend of
Longfellow and Lowell, who came
armed with credentials. "I hope you
don't write," was the cautious old po
et's first remark. "No, my lord, and I
don't talk!" was the swift reply. This
response set Tennyson at his ease, and
he at least "talked," to his guest's vast
contentment.
Flattered Men. ,
There is no exaggerated and barefaced
compliment a man will not swallow
greedily if it be served by a woman.
He suspects it from the lips of '
another man, but is so innately convinced
that woman, his inferior, is always
secretly worshiping him and long- j
ing for him that he will bolt every '
sugared pill she offers.?M. A. P.
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