The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 25, 1907, Image 2
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THE CANDLE.
"Nor do men light a candle and put it
tinder a bushel "?Matt. f>:15.
Your candle is so small, so small.
It makes scarce any light:
The feeble word you may let fall.
Has neither strength nor might?
And there he many greater ones
Who outshine you ny far,
As do the sky-illuming suns
Outgrow the furthest, slur?
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Hut of all good sounds ever heard , I
There is none hail' so fair - I
As one uncalculated word - |
That soothes some dim despair, "" ( j
And what a dull sky it would be
If all the points of light
Were gone, and we might only see
The suns of wondrous jaigiii.
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He who holds un his little flame
Knows not what straining eyes
May find it guiding them from shame
Jnto a paradise:
\ All may not climb the lofty steep.
All may not lead the throng.
But each may shelter and may keep
Aglow some word or song.
Ohi" ' jYYe know not how our candle gleams,
It may be sconced in gold.
e:- Or it may send its cheering gleams
^ ' From some cup worn and old.
And that which fate has held apart
? From pathways wide and grand,
May glow with light which finds a heart
v, Attuued to understand.
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The little word, the little smile,
The little song you know?
These make the candle all the while
Ly That we must keep aglow.
lAnd we may think its trembling light
Unnoticed by all eyes?
But there is greater dark of night
When that lone candle dies.
?W. D. Xesbit, in St. Louis Republic.
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' % LAN08KAN0THEBEAB |
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^ By HERBERT COOIIDGE. ^
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To the east of Mount Shasta lies
the country that was once Lanook's.
- There in the days of his youth he j
t chased deer and antelope and led his |
people against the marauding Mo- 1
docs. The valleys are all fenced and
farmed now, and Lanook in many !
respects is "all same white man.'' j
But he loves the old wild Indian |
A4xrc inres tn mam .ojr.iin in the land !
of youth and strength and achieve- j
ment. The eld man was a daily vis- j
itor when I lived in the country that !
once was his, and time and time
again he would bare his forearm and
knee, show me the deep, livid scars
of a grizzly's teeth, and tell me the i
following story.
Long before the whites came he
and Nishka, now many years dead,
were returning from Piit River with
a big catch of salmon strung on a
pole carried on their, shoulders.
Nishka walked ahead. Eefore them
ran Lanook's little dog. clearing the
. path of chipmunks and squirrels.
,v. 4 As they descended a slope which
overlooks Fall Valley, they heard the
little dog yelp as if in great fear,
and saw him burst from a manzanita ;
thicket. He was pursued by a giant
grizzly bear.
Nishka fled. Lanook scrambled up
vV" the nearest tree, a scrubby juniper.
The bear followed the deg straight
for the master's oereh, until, catch
iing sight of Nishka's buckskin gar- j
ments flitting through the brush, he !
turned and gave him chase.
Lanook, with breath held and eyes
bulging, watched his friend's flight.
He was racing like the wind, but it
was as if a toddling baby should attempt
to outrun his father. The
great slouching brute gained as if the
fleet Indian had been hobbled; in almost
no'time he was close upon him.
The poor fellow, in despair, dodged,
v. barely escaped the beast's claws, and
made a dive into a laurel thicket.
The b^gx crashed after?then all was
eilent.
The silence awohe Lanook. He
leaped from his tree, gathered up
the bow he had thrown aside before
climbing, and ran to Nishka's rescue.
The bear must have heard the rush
of moccasins on the trail, for as
Lanook drew within close arrowrange,
the grizzly emerged from the
thicket ana reareu 0:1 ins ua,uuv,ucia, ;
^ ? baring teeth that were dripping I
blood.Lanook
greeted him with two ar- !
rows, then^fled for his tree. The i
bear, wounded and furious, chased !
him as he had chased his friend,
with the fearful speed no man could I
equal. Nevertheless, the Indian
reached his juniper and ran up it |
like a chipmunk, this time retaining
his hold on his bow. *
In a pouch hung from his neck
Lanook carried poison made from
black spiders, the fang-sacs of a rattlesnake
and juice of wild parsnips;
and while the grizzly pursued the
howling cur round the tree, he tipped
three arrows with this death-dealing
ointment.
The juniper which Lanook hal
climbed was the first treet at hai.d?
not at all the one he would have
chosen to escape a grizzly. Stout
branches projected from the very
ground; besides, the tree tapered abruptly,
and was not very tall. Round
and round it raced the dog. Finally
he made a quick dash, darted into
a big patch of deer brush, and there
succeeded in eluding his pursuer.
Soon the grizzly came back to the
tree, squatted on his haunches, and
sat fiercely watching the Indian. Then,
his breath recovered, he stood upright
on his hind legs, and stretched
a terrible, claw-horned paw upward.
And how he did stretch! Lanook
v said it was as if the animal's limbs
pulled out a hand's length at each
joint. He climbed till he feared the
tapering treetop would break.
The bear soon gave up the reaching
idea and began to climb. In this
he was as awkward as ho had been
agile in the chase; but with the lower
branches affording support for hind
and forepaws, it seemed likely that
could worx his way upward.
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The great weight of the brute
made the little tree bend alarmingly,
! and when he wriggled and hitched,
both of which he did very violently,
Lancok felt like an ant on a spear of
grass whipped by the wind. Hope
left the Indian; in its place came desperate
resolution. He descended as
far as he dared, fitted one of the
poisoned arrow to his bow, and
waited.
The bear ceased his struggles a
moment, and threw back his head to J
| lock upward. Quick as the snake |
strikes, Lanook buried one arrow, j
I then another, in his shaggy breast, j
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| JLIltJ LI'W 1UILUCU SU tucix xi wiu j
I bear's furious climbing that the j
third arrow flew wide of the mark, j
j and splintered itself on the stony j
ground.
Lanook dropped his bow, gave a j
flying leap, and ran, still without |
hope, for his life.
He surprised himself with his run- !
ning, and the bear surprised him with j
his awkwardness in getting disen
j tangled from the tree. Lanook was !
j a long way down the slope and buoy- j
ant with hope before the chase be- j
gan. Filled with new strength, he !
j sped onward like a bird.
I The ravine he had chosen for a j
runway was smooth-bottomed and j
clear of brush; the descent *vas J
gentle?just right for a long, sweep- j
ing stride. And yet the grizzly j
gained, at first by leaps and bounds, |
as a rolling rock bears down on one j
embedded; then he came on with J
lessened speed, but still gaining. ;
v*woe hoViirid T.anook's !
?Y UCU TtrtsJ Vivwv
second wind came, and he began to j
pull away from the bear rapidly. He
knew then that the poison from his !
arrow-tips was working in the blood I
of his enemy, and hope grew strong j
within him.
Had his runway remained ciear, !
Lanook could have escaped easily, !
bui fortune favored the bear. For i
the ravine suddenly became blocked j
with brush, and the Indian narrowly !
escaped being caught in a corner. I
As it was, the bear was crowding j
him close before he could get out of I
the gully.
Here the brush was thinner, but j
he had to take a winding course to j
avoid bushes and thickets, while his :
pursuer crashed straight through or i
over everything. The bear was at his j
heels in no time, and Lanook, to pro- J
tect his head and chest from the j
beast's claws, threw himself on his j
back and kicked out with both feet. I
The grizzly seemed stupid and
sluggish, but nevertheless made a :
savage divp at the Indian, and buried >
his teeth in his leg just above the
knee. Lanook began throwing dirt I
into the enemy's face, whereupon the '
? *?i.. V>ie 1 ocr onrl rmip'Tit. |
gli??i> i cicaocu jliio n.), w?0~. .
him by the forearm. Still undaunted, !
the Indian sent a handful of dust and j
fine gravel fairly into the brute's
eyes.
Half-blinded, the bear backed j
away, pawing his eyes furiously, i
Lanook filled his fist with dirt, and j
lay motionless, waiting. But the j
bear never returned to him. He !
.continued backing about and rubbing
his eyes, and finally retreated into
the thick brush, scratched a shallow j
hole there, and lay down. There he >
was found the next day by Lanook's j
tribesmen, stone-dead.
Lanook managed to drag himself ;
back to the trail, where he was short
iy discovered by another party of ,
fishermen, and carried home. Nishka I
was found and cared for also. He ;
had feigned death throughout the i
bear's attack, and although crippled, ;
lived to tell his children's children of
Lanook, his friend and rescuer, and j
of his battle with the giant grizzly j
bear.?From Youth's Companion. j
HE'S THE WHOLE CREW.
Skinner Hall the Cook r.nd the Mate
?n (
and the Bo's'n Bold of the Angler.
j Captain Parker J. Hall, of Nan- !
tucket, skipper of the two masted J
schooner Angier, is his own mate, j
; steward and crew. His stated rea- i
sons for it are not that he is moody ;
or fond of his own company, or that f
it is more economical, but simply j
i that, because of an impediment in his j
j speech, he feels that he can think j
j out and execute his own orders more j
j rapidly than any crew could under- j
j stand him if he tried to talk.
Captain Hull is a native o! Dux- >
bury, Mass., but his home is his j
! schooner, and on board her his young ;
j wife goes about her housekeeping j
J duties just the same ,as she would j
! were it an ivy grown cottage.
The Angler nerself is no cmcKen, j
says the Boston Herald. Sne was i
built in 185 4 and her owner found j
her an abandoned hulk, half buried j
in the sand. He bought her for next i
! to nothing, fitted her with second j
j hand spars and began to make a liv- j
ing and a name for himself in the j
coastwise trade.
His brother mariners find fault !
with him for recklessness, on the '
ground that his holding irons are not !
big enough. Skipper Hall is forced
to put up with anchors much lighter
than those of the average craft of the
Angler's build carries, because it
would be impossible for any one man
to raise the heavy kind unaided.
He recently made a record run !
across the Sound under full sail and !
came up into anchorage in fine shape,
before the admiring gaze of half the
j. tlio iinrhnr* Sirinnpf
(.O'.VXI. 1 U C11 m .*?? ..v.. .
I-Iall had to make a run through the !
heavy ice between the jetties at the J
j bar. The drift of open water was j
very narrow, and the revenue cutter i
Cresharn ran down to see if she could !
be of any possible assistance.
The crew of the Gresham are talking
yet of the surprise their captain
got when he saw one man bringing a
j two masted schooner through the
I narrow drift.
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Breaks Dog of Egg Eating.
If the dog cats the eggs, punch
email holes in each end of an egg,
and blow out the contents. After
allowing the empty shell to dry fill
it with strong cayenne pepper and
stuff small wads of cotton into the
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noiss 10 prevent t;ie
dusting out. Place it where the dog
can get it and he will seldom want
another.
Use of Lime.
Can you explain the use of lime?
Does it burn out humus in the soil
or does it only free potash and phosphoric
acid, in which case it would
not be injurious, as the elements
freed would be appropriated by plant
life? J. E. B. R., Renovo, Pa. Answer:?Lime
performs a valuable
service to plant growth by rendering
the potash of the soil more available.
It prevents the soluble phosphoric
acid in fertilizers from forming
a base with iron or alumina,
which is undesirable because phosphates
of iron and alumina are insoluble.
Lime also promotes the decomposition
of organic substances?
humus, sod. etc. It hastens the
change of ammonia into nitric acid,
and sweetens the soil.?The Country
Gentleman.
Age Limits of Dairy Cows.
A bulletin from the Wisconsin Station
states that a cow is at her best
during her fifth and sixth years, up
to which time the -production of milk
and butter fat by cows in normal
condition increases each year. The
length of time the cow will maintain
her maximum production depends on
her constitution, strength and the
care with which she is fed and managed.
A good dairy cow should not
show any marked falling off until
after ten years of age. Many excellent
records have been made by cows
older than this. The quality of the
milk produced by heifers is somewhat
better than that of older cows, for a
decrease has been noted of one to
two-tenths of one per cent, in the average
fat content for each year until
the cows have reached the full age.
This is caused by the increase in the
weight of the cows with advancing
age. At any rate, there seems to be
a parallelism between the two sets of
e +V./S no ry. n nnrr'c Yn:iT1 f?aT)i
Jig m CS 1U1 LUC OC.U1U VWUW. ~ ~ s 0
mals use a portion of their food for
the formation of body tissue, and it
is to be expected, therefore, that
heifers will require a larger portion
of nutrients for the production of
milk or butter fat than do other cows.
After a certain age has been reached,
on the average seven years of age,
the food required for the production
of a unit of milk or butter fat again
increases, both as regards dry matter
and the digestible components of the
food. A good milch cow of exceptional
strength, kept under favorable
conditions, whose digestive system
has not been impaired by overfeeding
or crowding for high results, should
continue to be a profitable producer
till her twelfth year, although the
economy of her production is apt to
be somewhat reduced before this age
is reached.
Only Farmers Trust in Providence.
Farmers are the only people who
put all their trust in Providence.
The farmer not only trusts Provi *
' :~ + V.mmehiro
aence lur tut; taiu <a,uu mc ouu^uiu^i
but also for the price he is to' get.
If there is no rain in Russia and a
drought in the Argentine Republic
while there is plenty of it in North
America, the farmer of this country
harvests 3 big crop and gets a good
price. If there is drought in North
America and not much rain in Russia
the farmer here gets a fair price
for what little he has, but if Providence
favors him with plenty of rain
all over the earth he hardly makes
enough to pay for the seed he plants,
because the bulls and the bears of
commerce eat up all of his profits.
They bet millions of dollars that the
price will be only fifty cents when
natural causes would let it go to a
dollar, because it is worth that to
raise it and to ship it to the places
of distribution in the United States.
Yes, the farmers trust to Providence;
but not so with the millers nor with
the shippers. They know that the
Lord helps him who helps himself,
and they know how to do that to the
queen's taste. In fact, everybody
helps himself but the farmer. He
tries to follow out the Bible doctrine:
If a man steals your coat give him
your pants, also. Some farmers do
that hut others are learning: better.
The farmers who are organized in
the American Society of Equity mean
to give the speculators a race for
their money. They propose to set
the price on whatever they produce
and to get that price, if they have
to hold the surplus until there is a
demand. They are going to act the
part of Joseph and save up during
the fat years and during the fat
months and the fat days for the
years, and the months and the days
of leanness.?Farmers' Home Journal.
Fertilizer For Corn.
It is the opinion of many farmers
that commercial fertilizer does not
pay when applied to the corn crop.
It is true that it does not when applied
as many apply it. In order
that commercial fertilizer may be
made to yield a profit on the corn
crop the soil should be well prepared
and well supplied with vegetable
humus. The commercial fertilizer
? 1 ^ u + r\ nolonoa thn nlonj
BDUUIU UC UJCU iv u tw ti u v. w tjaw
food in the soil, and since stable
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j manure Is most deficient in phosj
phoric acid, it is often a good plan to
apply a moderate application of su- j
perphosphate to land where the
stable manure is applied, or where
a sod is turned for corn. The fertilizer
should be distributed all
through the soil rather than applied j
I to the hill in order to encourage me
roots to branch out all through the
soil in search of food. A few year3
go I saw an old field which had laid j
out for years and had grown nothing
but broom sedge. It was regarded
as worn out. The broom sedge
was turned and 200 pounds per acre
of a good grade superphosphate
drilled in with a common drill. The
field was put to com and grew a very
good crop of corn. In this part of
the country almost any old sod field
when well prepared will bring a
pretty good crop of corn with an ap-: j
plication of a phosphate only. If j
the fert.lizer is depended on to grow::
the crop from year to year it will
soon cease to respond to such fer- !
tilization, but the proper plan to pursue
is to get such lands to grass or
clover as soon as possible and get
something to supply vegetable matter
to the soil.
By using the phosphate in connection
with the stable manure the j
manure can be made to go farther
and both being used together they
will give better returns than when
they are used separately.?A. J.
Legg, in The Epitomist.
Feeding and Milk.
The fact that proper feed and good
care do make a difference in the !
amount of milk which a cow will J
give is shown by the following, from j
the Modern Farmer:
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nere is <111 inubuiiuuu uc influence
of proper feeding and good
care, and perhaps, proper milking.
The editor of the Modern Farmer
bought out of a dairy herd a young
Jersey that had been giving milk
nearly a year, first calf. She was giving
less than two quarts of milk at a
milking when she came to us and
had been sold because it did not pay
to milk her. She was very thin and
dirty, but very gentle and kindly disposed.
We put her on good alfalfa
hay and what we thought to be the
proper feed, used the currycomb
freely, treated her kindly, milked her
regularly and properly. She is now
giving two and one-half gallons of
milk per day, and from all indications
she has not. yet reached the j
limit, ui course, an dairy cows
would not respond in this way in so
short a time, about one month, but
many of them would, and those which
would not are not profitable cows to j
keep. This heifer was probably cost- |
ing the party who had her as much !
to keep her as it is costing the editor
of the Modern Farmer, but she was
not being fed on the right kind of
feed, ear corn and timothy hay, to i
produce milk. Perhaps the treat- j
ment and method of milking had,
also, something to do with it, but we
do not know anything about this.
We substituted alfalfa for the timothy,
and ground corn for ear corn,
mixed with a little bran, and pushed
her as fast as we thought safe, with
the result mentioned above. We will
leave our readers to draw their own
conclusions from our statement of |
facts.
Keeping Youngs Folks on Farm.
For some time past the drift of
youths to the cities and towns from
our rural districts has been greatly
detrimental to the welfare of those
engaged in farming pursuits, hence
the Question. Kow can we keep the
young people on the farm? In my
opinion this question may be answered
by saying: Give more attention
to their environment. Make
home more attractive and amusing.
The reason I believe so many leave:
their country homes is in search of!
pleasure. Now, why should we notprovide
some luxuries for our homes,
and thus save our young people from
the many snares encountered in civic
life?
In order that we use discretion in
our selection of home amusements, we
must first study the individual tastes
nf rmr vnnfrh Tt mav he the DUrchase
of an organ or piano may fill the bill
from mother's side of the house,:
while the father may fulfil his duty:
by the gift of some good literature,'
or perhaps a colt may cultivate a
liking for home life. There are
many things that will suggest themselves
as we look this question in
the face. An advanced education
along agricultural lines gives us
to realize the reainess of our profession.
The visit of a good agricultural
weekly may tend to stimulate
an interest for rural life. The
formation of literary and other societies
gives an opportunity for the
development of social and literary
life. The introduction of agriculture
as a study in the curriculum of our
public schools would be of vital importance
in the widening of views and
the development of agriculture in
general. The agricultural colleges
I urttliln +I10 rcnr>h nf most of OUT
die U1V.U1U V-UV/ A WA.
boys and girls. Why should not the
rural standard be looked up to in
place of disregarded??Florida Agri?
culturist.
The Proposal.
i He (nervously)?"Er-er, Margaret
?er-er, there's something has been
trembling*on my lips for the last two
months."
She?"Yes, so I see?v/hy don't
:> you shave it off?"?The Princeton
i Ticer.
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Flagman Meats Death.
i Flagman Carl Finch of the Southern
| was killed near Greenville on Monday
| morning. 1. is said that he had gene j
| ahead of his train to await a freight <
and had gone to sleep on the track. ]
His home was in Gastonia. ]
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One Drowned; Two Rescued. ;
Miss Julia Wanamaker, 15 years old,
of Orangeburg, was drowned at Sulli- <
van's Island while in bathing. Pro- (
lessor F. L. Parker, Jr., of the College
of Charleston; Miss Pauline Cart
cf Orangeburg, and Mrs. Joseph Bed
of Charleston, also, came near drowning.
Parker saved the two ladies. *
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$10,000 Express Package Lost.
It was repor:ed a few days ago that 1
an express package of $10,000 had been
lost at the Florence office. Superintend- <
ent O. M. Sandler of Charlotte, Super- ;
intendent Dimao of the Pinkertons and
three route agents' have been working
on the case.
No particulars can be learned, but
no denial of a robbery is made.
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Wreck Near Waterloo.
Pasenger train No. 2 on the Charleston
and Western Carolina railroad was
Wrecked near Waterloo, ten miles south
of Laurens a few days ago. Conductor
Henry Stewart and a number of pasc-crr
*?/-. rYY"tlfioc o/iwinoMf
V-' Ui ivoo o^uuuoi;.
hurt.
It appears that some defect about theengine
tore up a portion of the track
| and the coaches following were derailed.
She rear passenger ccach and Pullman
were turned completely over.
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Lost Life on a Wager.
Wade Hooper, 18 years of age, was
drowned in Pacolet river at Clifton.
His body was recovered shortly afterwards
and an inquest was held. The
jury returned a verdict of death from
accidental drowning.
Young Hooper was in swimming and
was seized with cramps, but he managed
to reach the opposite shore. After
resting a while he started to swim
back. His friends urged him not to a;
tempt it, but he offered to wager $5
that he could swim it.
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To Push Navy Yard Work.
Work has been ordered to be conducted
with greater progress at the
Charies;on navy yard and the cotfer
dam of the new dry dock is now being
worked on by night as weii as
by day forces. The contract has been
let for dredging a strip of marsh,
and it will not be long before the new
dry dock wil be ready to receive ve*i
sels of the navy. The need of increas|
ed decking facilities is responsible for
the greater activity a; the yard.
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Crushed to Death by Train.
A. W. Price, a promising young man,
was crushed to death by an engine at
Winona, Florence county. Price has for
some time been acting as assistant to
the depot agent, though not in the em'plcy
of the railroad company, and it
; seems in delivering orders to the en!
gineer or conductor, slipped under or
was in some way caught by the wheels
of the train and crushed to death. He
was the son of a widowed mother.
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The Work of Wreckers.
Southern railway officials suspect
that the wreck at Richland, a few days
1 age, in which eleven persons were
injured, was the result of the switch
at that point, haying been tampered
with. Detectives are now at work trying
to fix the blame.
Investigation has shown that the last
;rain using the switch near Richland
| was No. 11, which ? reaches Atlanta
I about 9 p. m. After No. ll had passed,
j Ncs. 43 and 45 went safely over the
main track, not entering the switch and
I in no way impairing it. The next train
to come was the one which was wrecked.
That train wreckers have been at
work seems conclusive. Every
effort will bp> made to find the auiltv
persons.
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State Lumbermen Reorganize.
| Under call of J. H. McLaurin, Jr.,
| and others, formerly of the old South
Carolina Pine Lumber Association,
which last year amalgamated with the
North Carolina Pine Association, comi
bining under one head practically all
j of the largest lumber mills in Virginia,
i North Carolina, South Carolina and
i
i eastern Maryland, representatives of
> South Carolina mills, met at Sumter
! with a view to withdrawing from the
Notrh Carolina Pine Lumber Association
and reorganizing the South Carolina
Association.
This is declared to be because of
the fact that certain of the South Carolina
mill men see only continuation of
ihe South Carolina representation as a
minority in the larger body, which conirols
some 175 mills, of which fif:y or
sixty are in South Carolina.
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Negro Attacks Preacher.
Considerable excitement prevailed
the past week about the tovhi of Troy
aver a murderous assault upon Rev.
P. R. Bradley by a negro farm hand
named John Zuber. The negro was or
dered to do some farm work by Mr. " <p
Bradley, and was reprimanded for not ?
attending to it,whereupon he attacked
the preacher with a knife, gashing him
once on each side of the threat and
down the back.' Zuber escapecb and
neariy every man in the community
began scouring the woods in the
search. He was finally caught at Clinton,
in Launrens county, and turned
over to Sheriff McMillan a: Greenwood.
Xo lynching is feared, as the.sheriff m
will protect his prisoner at all hazards.
The sheriff had offered $100 reward for
flio nrrpst nf rhp nesrrn" and the srnvern- Z
or had decided tod offer a similar V
amount when he was apprised of the
negro's capture.
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After Charleston Blind Tigers.
Mayor Rhett of Charleston has
thrown a comb into the ranks of the ^?j
blind tigers and beer bottling plants
by issuing instructions to the police de- ' <*.
partment to pay special attention to .-v
the blind tigers which draw their supply
of liquor from wholesale houses %
outside of the state. The blind tigers
which draw their supply of liquors '-'M
from the dispensary will not be fined
as heavily as those which purchase .> %
outside of the official and regular li- quor
establishments, the idea being v
to discourage contraband business and -Vp
swell the receipts of the local dispen- -
saries.
Mayor Rhett thinks that once he
knocks the wholesalers out of business*
a long step will have been taken towards
the solution of the blind tiger . '5'
business in Charleston. The mayor has
also notified the beer bottling agencies
and a local brewery that the licenses ^
which were recently issued to them
does no: give them the right to sell
to consumers. They will be required J*
to sell probably through a specially ap- - ,1
pointed dfspenser, who will charge a
royalty upon all the beer which is sold.
SPENT MtLLION AND A HALF.
Typographical Union Turned Loose an
immense Sum During Past Year.
The annual reports of the national
officers of the International Typograph*
ical Union to the fifty-third session |
of the International, which will be ^
held at Hot Springs, Ark., Augus-: 1217,
have been printed, and are being
mailed to the convention aeiegaies. ,
The report of the president, James.
M. Lynch, touches on the struggle for
an eight-hour work day, and saye the. v-;
strike roll has been reduced corapaia- \ ^
lively to inconsequential proportions - ^
in all except a few cities.
Considerable space is devoted to the \
efforts toward sanitary conditions and
the effort to stamp out tuberculosis. :^c
Various other matters of general in- f
terest to the members of the International,
including the relations between .
the five international unions in the ' C
printing trades, the Union Printers'
Home, the apprentice problem, etc.,
are set forth.
The report of the secretary-treasurer,
J. W. Bramwood, shows that there
was received during the year ended
May 31, 1907, $1,804,950, and that there
-inWnor tVio wrnp r.eriod
was tfjtpciiucu uuuiib ?
$1,642,441.
The assets of the organization as >
represented by the money in the varlous
funds May 31, 1907, is given at
$283,952, an increase during the year f
in the regular fund of $162,489.
The report shows that the average
paying membership of the last year
was 42,357, a decrease of 2,623 mem- |l
bers. It is stated, however, that "in -g
this connection it is well to remember 3
that for twenty months the organization
has been battling for a universal Jjg
eight-hour work day in all branches
of the printing trade."
The report shows that there were H
576 local unions May 31, 1907, a decrease
of 66.
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APPARITION SCARED POPE.
Alleged Appearance of Virgin's Hand ''i-.f,
Moved Him to Action. .
A dispatch from Rome says: A member
of the pope's household in the
course of an interview says Pope Pius
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nositacea suiuewuui ucioxc 11C IWA ?uv . ^ ,,
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grave step of ordering the publication
of the syllabus with regard to the so- .
called modernism in the faith, but that
all his doubts were removed by a
miraculous apparition of the virgin, V
whicji extended its hand over his head,
as though in answer to his prayer %
for heavenly guidance, and that the
pontiff thereupon rose from his knees ^