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| Thursday, May 30,1907]
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It is announced that Mayor Rhett
& will run the gamblers out of Charlesti
ton. Evidently the mayor has a fondness
for tackling hard propositions.
With his fight against railroads on
fe his hands, if he takes up the cudgel
against the gamblers in earnest he
will. have no time for a vacation this
summer.
BE&y:. - _____
The Orangeburg Times and Demj
ocrat says the Herald confirms its
||' statement exactly in regard to the
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condition ot tne crossing ox tne j^uiatu
river near Branchville, because
frr we stated that lumber was on the
jfe ' ground to renew the bridges. Not
so fast, please. The bridges were not
p in the condition our friend would
have the public believe. Bamberg
?. county does not wait for her bridges
tobreakdown,aswasthe case with the
f Orangeburg bridges, but she renews
them in time. That is the reason
new lumber was put there to rebuild
them before they got in bad fix. The
engine broke through on the Orangeburg
side, and while there is no feeling
of satisfaction to us in placing
the Times and Democrat in such an
unenviable position, it has only itself
to thank. Get your facts right next
time before you blow off your mouth
and you'll avoid making yourself so
ridiculous.
We deeply regret the spirit exhibited
by the Orangeburg papers recently,
especially the Times and Democrat.
Those people are our neighbors
and friends, and we regret that
they should have attempted to defeat
the new county wanted in the St.
Matthews section, by attempting to
belittle Bamberg. Their remarks
have been totally free from any semblance
of fairness, but rather there
has been an attempt all along to dis
I tort facts to the discredit of our
county. We have no objection to
criticism, but we must protest against
such unfair treatment. Publish anything
that is true, that's all right,
but to make unjust and untrue statements
does not show the spirit which
should exist, especially among people
of adjoining counties. Their references
to this county were entirely
gratuitous, anyway. We were taking
no hand in the new county fight, in
fact we rather symyathized with
Orangeburg, for she is going to lose
the best part of the county.
OUR ORANGEBURG FRIENDS.
The Orangeburg Patriot wants the
g Herald editor to keep still while he is
|L. putting a quietus on the new county
| promoters of St. Matthews. Although
ft' our friends across the Edisto have
|| not dealt fairly fn their references to
Bamberg county, we are perfectly
willing to keep quiet if they will let
| us alone. But they must expect to
get the shortcomings of Orangeburg
i: county exposed when they hit Bam:
berg.
Orangeburg is a fine county, but it
p is not doing near as well as it should
W-' in the!matter of taxation. Taxes are
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. - too high there for the amount of taxable
property. If Bamberg had such
a rich territory, we'd hardly have a
Efl one mill levy. If the dispensary is
kept here, next year we will have no
county levy at all anyway, but poor
Orangeburg cannot say as much. We
understand that county is now in debt,
| while Bamberg has a surplus of nearly
$10,000. The Patriot says this surplus
would not much more than pay
for a good breakfast for their county
chain gangs, and we guess this is
true, for it certainly seems that the
finances over there are not in as good
shape as they might be. Possibly extravagance
and bad management is
the reason why Orangeburg makes
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such a poor financial snowing as compared
with Bamberg.
But the Patriot might as well bow
to the inevitable. The people of St.
Matthews are entitled to a new county,
and they going to get it no doubt.
The wonder is that this county has
not been created long ago. So let
them go in peace and good will. All
the ravings of you Orangeburg
newspaper men will amount to nothing,
and if the new county is as well
managed as Bamberg, the taxpayers
will pay less than in Orangeburg.
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I We extend sympathy to Ed. De|
Camp, of the Gaffney Ledger, in his
| loss by fire, but we feel sure he will
! not miss an issue of his paper. It
i takes more than a fire to put a newsi
paper out of business.
NO SLUR INTENDED.
The editor of the Orangeburg
Times and Democrat is very much
like an eel. When caught he squirms
and squirms, devoting considerable
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space lu us laau wccn, uuv ..w
hold him to the record and by it he
must stand or fall. Evidently the
truth does hurt him, and while we
have no inclination to "rub it in,"
the'statement that one man4 'TRIES"
to do the work of two offices was a
reflection on Bamberg county and
upon her Auditor and Superintendent
of Education. We so considered
it, Mr. Rowell so considered it, and
every man who has talked to us
about the article looked at it in the
light we did. To say that one "tries"
to perform a duty is certainly equivalent
to saying that he does not do
the work well or rather does not accomplish
what he tries to do.
Therefore the use of the word,
"tries" in this connection was "uncharitable
and unkind." We might
go further and say the statement is
untrue. The official mentioned does
not "try" to do the work of two
offices. NHe DOES the work, and
satisfactorily, too. Suppose we were
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to write an article aoout urangeburg
and her newspapers and say
that Editor Simms "tries" to edit
the Times and Democrat. Would he
not feel that such a remark was uncharitable,
unkind and untrue? We
think so. We are not here to blow
Mr. Roweirs horn, but some in position
to know say he is one of the best
officials in the State, wfth his work
always right up to the minute, and he
would not make a better one if he
had .only one office to look after.
This might be true of a tremendous
county like Orangeburg, but not of
a small county like Bamberg. Our
auditor is not overworked, in fact he
has some leisure time. Of course he
does not visit schools and take returns
at the same time. No man can
do two things at once. The foolishness
of such an argument on the part
of our friend is shown by the fact
that the auditor only takes returns
from January 1st1 to February 20th,
less than two months. He has no
reason to attempt both at once, for
he has plenty of time to visit the
schools and attend to taking returns
and all other work.
We have no objection to it being
known that Bamberg consolidates
these two offices, in fact, we are
proud of it, for it shows good business
judgment to let one man do
the work instead of having two men
and let them be busy about one-half
the time. The Times and Democrat
says it is sheer nonsense to say that
one man could discharge the duties
of both offices in Bamberg as well as
two men in Orangeburg. Brother
Sims may think it's nonsense, but it
is true nevertheless, and he can get
all the proof he needs by referring to
the comptroller general or State
superintendent of education. We'll
humbly apologize if they don't confirm
our statement. In order to give
our readers the benefit of the explanation
made by the editor of the
Times and Democrat, we publish it
below, and we merely suggest that
the next time he will say exactly
what he means and mean, what he
says:
"We believe everything said by
the Herald about our friend Rowell,
but still we believe that he could
make a much better auditor or much
better school commissioner if he had
only the duties of one or the other
of fViooo nffinps tn attend to. Hp can't
take returns and visit schools at the
same time. Nor can he work in the
school commissioner's office and take
returns at the same time, and while
he is attending to the duties of one
, office he must for a time neglect the
duties of the other. That is what
we meant when we said one man tried
to do the work of both offices. So we
say again that Bamberg county consolidates
the auditor and school commissioner
office, ana one man tries
to do the work of both offices and
1 would be glad if the Herald would
: point out where it is either unkind or
nnrharitable for us tosav so."
It's too bad to see people who go from
1 day to day suffering from physical
weakness when Hollister's Rocky Mountain
Tea would make them well. The
greatest tonic known. 35 cents, tea or
tablets. H. F. Hoover.
Too many of our young people fail
. in showing considerate attention,
and too often do not fully appreciate
; the self sacrificing love and benign
; presence of mother. Like the air
[ and the sunshine, she and her tender
; ministries are received and looked
upon as a matter of fact. When
1 she rests in the home of the soul,
i this thoughtless negligence will cost
them many a tear.
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LOSS OF M LEOPARD
A True Tale of the Sea by the
Captain of Peary's Roosevelt.
FIGHT FOR LIFE IN THE ICE.
Sealer's Crew After an Awful Night on
the Black Ocean Scales Three Hundred
Feet of Frozen Cliff to Safety.
Helped by an Old Wreck.
This is a true story of the loss of the
sealer Leopard on the deadly southeast
coast of Newfoundland, as told by Cai>tain
Robert A. Bartlett of the Peary
arctic ship Roosevelt, who is now in
New York city to superintend the fitting
out of that stanch vessel for another
attempt to reach the north pole.
On March 6 last the sealer Leopard.
Captain Bartlett commanding, was in
St. John's harbor, having taken on
sealing supplies, coal, provisions and
camping outfits. She carried tremendous
weight for a craft of her size. In
addition she had 105 seal clubbers, for
SINISTER SWELL LIFTED HER HIUH.
opce on the sealing grounds, which in
the gulf lie between latitude 42-48
north, work on the thin Ice must be
done quickly, and pelts must be gathered
by many hands. v.
At 1 o'clock the sealer was headed
out of the harbor for the open sea. It
was a beautiful day, but the waters
were jammed with Ice. It was a fight
from the start, three miles of steady
I bucking, crunching, grinding, full stop;
then a rush full speed ahead, a crash;
another ship's length gained.
It,was 8 o'clock when*the Leopard
steamed into open water. As she
rounded the*cape the heavens, which
all afternoon had been of clearest blue
and after sunset studded with stars,
suddenly became black. The wind be
gan to moan irom me soumeast, uuu
Inside of fifteen minntes half a gale,
accompanied by blinding snow, was
assailing the coast bitterly. J
Captain Bartlett's problem was this: i
He had to take his boat down the coast
until Cape Race had been cleared,
when he could head northwest, taking
his vessel past Cape Breton and St
Pierre Miquelon, finally entering the
gulf. He held the Leopard about eleven
miles OtTshore. He would have
given a great deal had he dared to take
his vessel still farther out to sea, because
the wind,-which had been holding
from the southeast, had hauled
dead east and was thus blowing directly
on shore and with full hurricane
force by this time?9 o'clock. Outside
the slob ice through which the ship
was sailing the gale was lashing the
ocean into fury.
Hour after hour passed. It was the
blackest night Captain Bartlett ever
knew. Fifty fathoms ahead there was
nothing to see?nothing but a black
void against which the bullet rush of
snow produced the vaguest Impression
of movement. Outside the line of
slob ice the terrific seas could be heard
battling among themselves In elemental
riot Even the weighted waters
through which the Leopard plowed her
way rose out of the dark in many a
long swell, lifting the vessel toward
heavens that could not be seen, dropping
her into depths from which there
?eemed no escaue. But up and out of
them steamed the Leopard, trembling
and going on and on into the gloom.
Hiidhight came and passed. Captain
Bartlett had long known that the vessel
was making in all ths time on that
dreaded tangent line, but now the fact
began to thrill through the ship like a
clammy breeze. The master was not
really worried, because he thought that
the leeward drift would not set at
naught the headway down the coast
But he wauted to hear the sound of
that Cape Race bell. So did every one.
The sealers huddled In whispering
groups on the deck, looking inquiringly
at an officer or a sailor as he hurried
past, but venturing no questions.
Where was that bell? It was time
that the notes began to drift to them
through the secondary lapses into silence
which sometimes characterize
high winds. Captain Bartlett and his
mate, William Wilcox, were on the
bridge, and every minute that passed
told these two experienced navigators
as It told no other man on the vessel
that a tragedy which is old as mankind
is old was setting its grim scenes for
toother act
"All's well!" came the voice from the
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lookout on the topgallant forecastle
head.
"All's wellf echoed the man on the
pp.?:* topsail yard.
Bui there was a dubious ring to these
assurances. The wind increased in
fury. The snow Hew in veritable
clouds. From the bridge but a few
feet of water could be seen over the
Ikhv. One o'clock. The Leopard steam
ed on. Every oiie felt as a man must
feel who walks blindfolded over an
acre strewn with pitfalls. Aside from
the occasional call of the lookouts there
was absolute silence. Captain Bartleti
looked at his watch. One-thirty o'clock.
And then before he could replace the
timepiece it came?a loud, rending
grinding crash and then a lifting and
quivering which told the master that
the swell had lifted the vessel clear of
the hidden reef.
' AH hands on deck! Loose the topsail!"
These two commands hurtled
from the bridge in rapid succession,
while as the chief officer headed the
craft dead for shore the signal full
speed ahead sounded down in the engine
room. The sealer bounded forward
ten yards. Then a crash and
then another. A sinister swell lifted
her high and then let her down. Another
one lifted her and dropped her
j on the stony fangs below. Still anothj
er swell raised the vessel, and this
time she fell back on her starboard
beam..
There was little excitement, according
to Captain Bartlett. The men just
! clung to whatever was handy and
! waited for orders. The launching of
boats in that pastelike ice which
smothered the waters was out of the
question, and so the captain ordered
the sealers to take their pokers and
"prizes" and spear planks and make
a bridge. But a bridge to where? The
darkness was suffocating, so to speak.
The men seemed shut in a narrow vacuum.
There came a pause in the wind, a
sudden lift in the storm, and Captain
Bartlett amidships saw through the
gloom the outlines of a wreck, grim
and ghostlike, dead ahead, not fifty
yards away. He looked again and theg
recognized the wreck of the steamship
Vera, which gave up her life under
Black Head cliff two years before. So
Black Head cliff it was. ,
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tie Kliew it iu ur a oiicci pivuvuw
ry, rising 300 feet above the surf,
which lashed its base. But sheer as
that cliff was he knew that every man
on the Leopard had to make the base
of it without delay. The bridge therefore
was pushed forward until, with a
shout of joy, It w88 discovered that
astern of the Vera, between the hull
and the cliff, had formed bard, level
ice. From the bridge to this ice the
men of the sealer made their way.
Here they paused, hardly knowing
what to do. The cliff towered over
them, and ahead were the ice clogged
surf and the reefs. They looked at the
Leopard. She had gone clear over,on
her starboard side, with her foreyards
resting on a shoal. The rocks worried
the starboard side out of her, aud the
cargo tumbled and splashed into the
waters and was swallowed.
One of the men discovered a number
of ropes depending from the top
of the cliff to the base. A beneficent
government had placed them there in
view of just such an accident Hauling
themselves by their hands, digging
their feet in any protuberance they
TOWAKD HIS VES8KL HS TUBHED A LAST
LOOK.
could find, man after man worked np a
sheer height of 120 feet, whence the
remaining i?u reer or hhcvul wwc uivic
sloping. A slipping of the fingers on
the rope, the slightest weakness or
giddiness, meant instant death, but the
chance had to be taken. And they took
it in the darkness, with the hurricane
all about, and succeeded to a man.
As Captain Bartlett, the last man
from the ship and the last man from
the bottom of the cliff, seized the hand
ropes he turned toward his vessel a last
look. As he did so a swell caugbt her
and, with cargo out tossed her high.
She landed on her beam and struggled
to right herself, like a wounded animal
trying to rise. Another swell tossed
her, and down she went again on the
grinding rocks. When she rose again
she was a frayed, spineless, shapeless
hulk. Down she crashed on the black
crags, and the waves ran in, bearing
bits of matchwood?the dark shape of
the Leopard had disappeared.
Ten minutes later a thin line of dark
figures were wending their way across
the hills to Broad Cove.
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