The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 29, 1909, Image 7
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PATHFIXDIXG TOUR.
Mr. McDavid Horton Writes of Hi>
Trip Through Barnwell and Bam- i
berg Counties. <
The recent trip of the path-finding
cars of the Columbia Record in the :
interest of a capital-to-county route
was much appreciated by Bamberg's
citizens, and Mr. McDavid Horton :
writes as follows concerning his trip
through Barnwell and Bamberg
, ' counties, in The Record:
* " ..^^.illinornAee f A ontfir I 3
piying was au uuhhuusuwc vuw>
Bamberg, July 14.?Whether
Tuesday's run, from Augusta to
Barnwell, by way of Aiken, Willis- ;
ton and Blackville, has been more '
comfortable and more interesting
T than to-day's portion of the first
tour in the series of capital-to-coun- '
ty tours?this question has been the
rtf nnntinnmic Hphfltft amOng '
OUUJUV^V VI WUbAUUvuw w
V The Record's pathfinders all day, '
and to-night the discussion still goes
on, with little prospect of agree- :
ment. 11
This is no whitewashing expedi-j1
tion, so it may as well be said right '
here that the pathfinders found good {
roads sentiment more general, and
highway improvement economics <
^ more thoroughly understood at
Blackville and Barnwell than at any (
points covered in to-day's run, j
though Bamberg, with its twenty- *
' two motorists, is also a great good- !
roads community. In respect of the | j
degree of interest shown by local ;
leaders in The Record party's mis-!'
^ i sion, there is little to choose from :
among Aiken, Blackville, Barnwell, (
Allendale and Bamberg. Hearty J
welcome, ready sympathy, cordial (
jji . cooperation and the most bountiful *
^ 1-. and delicate hospitality have been '
# the portion of the pathfinders in all 1
these thriving centers. ]
The run to-day has unrolled be- 1
fore the travelers, as in a panoramic
* ribbon, a constant succession of interesting
sights and experiences. The '
roads on the whole have been fine, M
* J the less speedy sections needing only '
> the proper admixture of clay with
their sand to make ideal touring1
highways. 1
They have led through magnifi- (
cent farming country, with hundreds r
of baronial mansions, fine churches 3
and schools and a wide diversity of (
splendid crops. For most of the (
way the trip has been through water- 1
melon, asparagus and canteloupe M
sections. Between Kline and Allen- 1
dale there was passed what is prob- j1
ably the largest single field of can- 1
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taloupes in the State, a "paten nan a
mile wide and about two miles c
long. 1
Between Olar and Bamberg won- ?
v derful groves of pecan trees laden *
with nuts were seen. Provision for *
the future is being made by the pe- *
can growers, for right alongside the (
finest groves are vigorous planta- s
tions of young trees of various ages, *
some just beginning to bear and ?
} J others as yet mere twigs. J
The pathfinders left Barnwell at
10:10 this morning and after long ?
stops at Kline, Allendale, Fairfax, *
Ulmerp and Olar, reached Bamberg I
at 6:06 this evening, the speedome- <
'"t ter showing a mileage of 58, between <
the two county-seats by this route. *
FY/?Ant in the sand between Barnwell ^
and Fairfax, more especially from 1
> 5 Allendale to Fairfax, good cross- *
country speed, in other words a run- *
ning average of 20 miles an hour, s
can be maintained very comfortably. s
The pathfinding cars were the ob- *
jects of great interest to the hun- 1
dreds of substantial Barnwell county *
farmers who had come in to attend ^
the U^sery and Boyleston trials in ^
r the court of sessions. These pro-.(
gressive planters extended to the *
pathfinders a welcome equal to that
f which the townspeople had given on 1
the arrival of the party the night be- 1
fore. *
Through the swamp below Barn- s
well the road is good, but heavy sand T
was encountered upon emerging ?
\ from the flats and for the re- *
mainder of the way to Allendale
Chauffeurs Fishburne and Kind were
busy nursing their motors in the ef/*
fort to avoid recourse to the low
gear. This road with a little judi- r
cious claying would be one of the i
fastest between Barnwell and Bam
berg.
Beautiful tree-embowed Allendale,
with its air of life and pros- *
perity, was found to be full of good t
roads and automobile enthusiasts? t
one who becomes either kind of en- i
thusiast will soon become the other J
?and here the pathfinders got a c
royal welcome and soon had around t
them a big crowd of well-to-do, alert
townspeople, anxious all to greet the *
visitors and furnish them with the ^
information they sought. c
V, One of the Allendale motorists 1
looked at the little Brush runabout *
in which Fishburne was pacing the
f Buick and jumped to wrong conclusions.
"Man, that little thing can't (
stand rough knocks," he said. Fish- 1
burne bridled up at this. "You get J
in here with me," he said. "I'll show ,
you something." The doubting I
K Thomas laughingly complied, "just I
to humor Fish" and then Fishburne, 1
starting on the high gear, which was ^
the first thing that made the scoffer g
Mi
take notice, advanced his spark and
swirled around through the town
like a whirlwind. Coming back he
ignored the railroad crossing and cut
cross lots for his starting place.
"Here, lookout man," said his passenger,
"you can't get across there
for the railroad tracks." P^ishburne
grinned. "You wanted a rough ride
and a rough ride you'll get. Grab a
hold, old man, for this Brush is going
to walk about." Straight at the
railway he charged and the little
machine took the big ties and the
high rails like a cat and beyond
picked up the high gear of its own
accord. "I surrender," said the passenger.
"She can go about anywhere
a goat can." At Bamberg
Fishburne did the same stunt, and
to-night owners of half a dozen
makes are talking about the performances
done before their own
eyes.
After dinner at Fairfax the pathfinders
struck into the fine clayed
road toward the Bamberg county line
and between Fair.ax and Ulmers covered
six miles in 18 minutes without
effort.
At Ulmers Policeman W. J. Harter
and Messrs. F. E. Hightower and W.
L. Brant accepted invitations to accompany
the party to O'lar, over in
Bamberg county. The line was passed
at Salkehatchie bridge, near the
?reat lumber plant of the Messrs.
scnoneia ana tnence to uiar anu
Bamberg the roads were as good as
Barnwell's best, which is saying
much. Midway between the line and
Olar the party stopped to greet Supervisor
J. B. Kearse, who was just
iriving off from his cozy-looking
home toward the lower part of the
:ounty. Mr. Kearse gave the pathfinders
a warm welcome and was
much pleased and encouraged at
their comparison of his highways
with others traversed on the trip.
At Olar Mr. C. F. Rizer and others
cordially received the visitors and
?ave them very valuable data as to
rarious routes, the bridges, etc.
With the speedometer showing a
total run since Monday of 206.4
miles, the pathfinders left Olar at 5
/clock and after one of the pleasantjst
drives of the week swept into
Bamberg at 6:06, to be received with
)pen arms by Editor A. W. Knight,
5f The Bamberg Herald, and his hospitable,
hustling fellow townsmen.
Mews of their coming had preceded
the visitors and within a few moments
Mr. Knight found himself introducing
the pathfinders to several
lundred people. Friends of the
:ause which it is the mission of the
frv n rl ro r* V? Q H T^l Qnn oH
^aiUliUU^lO IV au T UUVV uuv* ymuuvM
t meeting in the interest of the
novement, but the pathfinders leaning
that Oman lodge of Masons was
,o have a big meeting in its magnifi;ent
new quarters and afterward
serve a banquet in honor of visiting
Masons, suggested that all hands instead
devote their whole attention to
he brethren of the apron and trowel,
rhis intimation was taken in the
spirit in which it was meant and the
Masons, appreciating the situation,
iressed upon the pathfinders a hunlred
invitations to their banquet. To
lo so they strained a point, maybe,
or one of the pathfinders to his refret
is not yet a Mason, but there
vas no hesitation about this. The
>athfinders gladly accepted the invi
1-1 ~c
anon ana as special guesus ui uuuui
at down, at a table worthy of Maonic
noblemen, with the 110 mem>ers
of Oman lodge and almost that
nany brother Masons from lodges in
)lar, Denmark, Blackville, Branchrille,
Barnwell, Ehrhardt, Hagood,
IVilliamston, Cheyenne, Wyoming;
Charleston, Langley, Lynchburg, Va.;
*orth and Livingston.
Afterward the party scattered,
r'ishburne to renew old acquaintmces
on every hand, for this was his
)oyhood home; Chauffeur Kind to
ileep off the effects of three days'
vork with lever and steering wheel,
md the writer to reel off this letter
or The Record.
A Love Letter.
The following letter was picked up
>n the streets here a few days ago,
ml a friend of ours thought it such
acy reading that he turned it over to
ts for publication, that others might
njoy it:
Bamberg S C
June the 16 1909.
My Dear i take my Seat to write
ou to let you no that i am Well in
lealth But not in mind and i hope
hat you are well i am sory to see
hat you done me that way my Dear
dont want yo to think that i am
3ee howling to yo But i want yo to
10 that i did not lye to you yo has
ause my heart to ake i did not think
hat yo would done me that way
i hope that you will find yo a Beter
friend then me By the way that
'ou done me you no that yo did not
lone me right wo no what yo tell me
lone me right yo no what yo tell me
low i will left it to you Gwood By
-ours true
Fire Thousand See Hanging.
Brandon, Miss., July 23.?Fully 5,
00 persons witnessed the hanging
lere this afternoon of Will Mack, a
legro, who was executed for criminaly
assaulting the daughter of a farmer
living near Pelthatchie, Miss., on
November 17, 1908. It was the first
)ublic execution which has taken
dace in Mississippi for a number of
ears. Mack at the last admitted his
Time, but went to his death without
t show of feeling.
MASONS IN MOTHER TEMPLE. (
! Sessions Held in "Solomon's Quar- .
ries" at Jerusalem. ,
"Solomon's Quarries," lost for i
ages and found by accident, are attracting
considerable attention just (
now, especially among members of i
the Masonic fraternity, says a Wash- ]
jington letter. (
I These quarries are under ancient (
Jerusalem, and according to tradition,
the site is the birthplace of
Masonry. The Masonic lodge in Jerusalem
holds occasional sessions
there now.
in a report to the State department,
Thomas R. Wallace, American
consul at Jerusalem, gives some interesting
facts.
"I am informed," he says, "by Mr.
Floyd, one of the oldest American
residents of this country, that Robert
Morris, of the United States, brought
out a charter from the Grand Lodj;e
of Canada, and with Henry Mondsley,
an English engineer; Charles Netter,
a French Jew, and others, founded
the Royal Solomon Mother Lodge,
No. 293, August 7, 1873.
"Mr. Floyd was senior warden it
the time and later became master of
the lodge.
"This lodge had the charter taken
away a few years ago on account of
bad management. Several attempts
have been made to procure a new
charter, all of which failed.
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"TUese quarries, Knuwn as z\.i:.ig
Solomon's, have no seating or other I
conveniences. Still Masons meet |
there from time to time, notably during
the traveling season. I
"The quarries are municipality |
property, and an admission of one
franc is charged. Masonic meetings (
can be held at any time. The last one j
was held less than a year ago.
"I have been able to count up only (
seventeen members of the Masonic |
fraternity, though doubtless there
are quite a few more. (
"Reference is made to the discov- |
ery of the quarries, and it is of interest
to note that all records con- (
cerning them seem to have been lost, {
and their discovery was by pure ac- .
cident. The story is that a certain 1
Dr. Barclay was out hunting and his J
dog disappeared in a hole under the ]
north wall of the city. As he failed (
to reappear the doctor tore away the {
weeds and earth covering the orifice, .
until the hole was sufficiently enlarg- i
ed for him to enter in search of his |
dog, and thus the quarries were dis- .
covered. \
"I understand that some of the J
large circular areas common in the .
quarry are used by visiting Masons f
for lodge purposes. The length of |
time the quarry has been lost is a !
matter of conjecture. Probably the I
entrance was closed at the time of I
the destruction of the city by the .
Romans, or from constant accumula- '
tion or aeDris. i
"As an Indication of the length i
of time the quarry has been closed j
attention is called to a .find made |
by Mr. Page, of the American colony
of Jerusalem, in the quarry many
years ago. A small pottery lamp
was discovered by him filled with
dust composed of the dust particles
that float in the air.
These particles would remain in the
vessel after falling, protected by the
rim from disturbing currents. The
pottery lamp is one that was probably
used by the workmen in the
quarry. It contained only the accumulation
of dust atoms, and as it
was about one inch in depth and was
full, it will be seen that ages must
have passed to thus fill the vessel."
A Hotel on Wheels.
A hotel on wheels. That's the
latest novel idea that has come out j
the West to astonish the East. Man
ager James Woods, of the St. Francis '
hotel, San Francisco, is the originator j
of the idea. He intends to fit up an
elaborate hotel on wheels for the convenience
of Eastern and European
hotel proprietors en route to the Portola
Festival. He is at present in 4
New York making arrangements for
the special hotel train, which is to
whirl the bonifaces across the continent.
The moving hotel will contain
perfectly appointed rooms (not sections.
) The passengers, or rather
guests, will be charter members of
the hotel keepers' "400." All the
work will be done by experienced hotel
men. The only outsiders allowed
on the traveling hotel will be the engineer,
conductor and brakeman.
There will be chefs, clerks, porters,
bar keepers, .manicures, stenographers
and everything to make up a complete
hotel service. Even boot blacks,
telephone operators and concessionists
of every kind will be included. It
is expected that upward of a thousand
of the flower of the Ancient Order
of American and European Mine
Hosts will take the transcontinental
trip in the wonderful hotel on wheels.
?Hotel Reporter.
A Plaintiff This Time.
OnnrfnnViiirff TiiItt 99 Tn o cilif f
upai tauuuig) u uij x* ^. xu u uutb ^
on a note for $150 in the common
pleas court to-day the story of how
two men of this county who attempted
to buy green goods in New York
17 years ago, was told by the victims
of the green goods men.
The action is that of Col. Aaron L.
Thompson, a wealthy bachelor, who
lives in the upper part of the county.
Many years ago he loaned $150 to \V.
L. Tinsley and J. T. Hannon, and
they went to New York to buy green
goods in response to attractive letters
they had received. They paid $300
and expected to receive a fabulous
sum, according to their story, but
when the packages were opened there
was only about $30 within. The
packages were opened at Philadelphia,
according to testimony, and the
I $ 3 0 was used in defraying their expenses
to Spartanburg. Col. Thompison
denied that he had any connection
with the green goods transaction,
that he had no knowledge of the
green goods affair and that he loaned
the money on a straight and fair
money proposition. Recently Col.
Thompson has been indicted for selling
whiskey and was convicted, indicted
for fornication and acquitted,
and indicted for perjury, which is yet
to be tried. The jury hung up in the
note case, a mistrial was ordered.
A considerable part of Bamberg's
population is away at the seashore,
in the mountains or at summer resorts.
Can you rernemto
times you have set
that commenced
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1 has "lost" money, for
| it is practically useles
I it. The safest way to <
I one of those nice purse
1 The Herald Book Stor
I put on display the larg
I Leather
I that have been show
I other city in many a
1 not what your wants i
I you can find it in The f
1 We bought the full li
i one of the largest dealei
1 that visits our city. V
I of these goods at price
| you think they were t
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g what to give. It matters not to wl
& a present, or how much you want fc
I mighty near showing you somethinj
| purse as well as please the one to w
I I present. We have on display a swt
Cut Glasi
and Hand Painted China, and one o
it is the price. We have most anyt
lines. The Silver was made in tl:
factory at Hartsville, S. C. You si
line over just to see what can be do
st our doors. We are always glad
you wish to make a purchase or not
I Come W?'
shine when it comes to Fountain I
Fountain Pen manufactured, each s
guaranteed to give perfect satisfact
you get another pen or your money,
we have never had one returned to
we can show you one that will suit;
Dorifcca^^
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day. It matters x|f||
may be in this line 5|l|p
lerald Book Store.
ne of samples of (jggjj
rs in leather goods . jgiff?|
Ve are offering all * 2:f||j
s that will make Slip
>eing given away. ^fi
'resent j 1
e our line before you decide
10m you may want to make S
o pay for it, we can come Z
j that will suit you and your A u||t
horn you intend making the . 6 '
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5, Silver M
>1 the prettiest tmngs aoout jr m
hing you may want in these A
lis State, coming from the Z
bould come in and look this a f|l||
ne and is being done right ??|jg|:
to show our goods whether 9
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Pens. We handle the best flU slI
ind everyone of which are , S
ion in every particular, or *
which ever you prefer, but ?
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