The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 23, 1910, Page 2, Image 2
"OLD TIMER WRITES.
Things Look Dark, but a Rotter
Time is Coming.
Wanderer's Rest, June 13.?Jordan
is a hard road to travel, ain't it
Cap? would Uncle Bill say. For here
is the rain, rain?clouds by day and
clouds by night. These floods the
past week and showers one after another
with no sign of a let-up, the
ground soaked and low lands get
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ting in bad snape, wun grass auu
weeds taking the crops, is the cheering
sight after the long dry and
cold spring to give the old -farmer
a long face and sad countenance.
Horses about crushed, and dreams of
bumper crop and twenty cents for
his cotton, knocks the idea of an automobile
to take Sallie, Kate and
John to all the big meetings, picnics,
shows and towns into a far corner
of his brain and leaves him wondering
will it ever be. With great
gulps coming in his throat and as he
tries to gulp them down, tears of
great disappointment silently trickle
down his furrowed cheeks; as he
tries to brush them away, in disgust
comes his big boys and say
J am done with the farm, for I can
soon get rich in the town; others do
and can ride in fine touring cars
with <n-?ft hands and fair faces and
lovely ladies all laughter and smiles
by his side. No more clod hopping
and bogging next day in the mud
perhaps for me. Then comes his better
half with a basket full of halfdrowned
chickens and turkeys, all
out of sorts, saying hard things to
such luck, and the poor old farmer inwardly
wishes like David of old, for
wings of the dove to flee away and
be at rest.
Now at this moment comes the
sweet strains of a mocking bird in
a near-by tree and the old man listens
for a moment only, then with a
smile all calmness and serenity calls
to the boys, stay on the old farm,
boys, and- drive a mule if needs be,
for I have seen it thus many times
beforej and if you will only labor and
wait with true economy, all will come
in due time; the sun will shine and
stars overhead, with song of birds
and cooing of doves, and the pigs and
calves, with the scampering of the
rabit, and the yell of the boys, as
the dogs give chase, has a greater
charm than the excitement and
'.auto rides of the city lad or lass.
r Stay close to nature for it made
Abraham, Isaac and Moses, in the
long ago; Washington and Lincoln,
with many others whose name echoes
down the pathway of time, and whose
lustre grows brighter each day. What
is needed is rich poor men who will
work with their own hands, build
neat homes and have, as your correspondent'
found last week, a onehorse
farmer who has reared a
family, corn, oats, hay, and all other
produce needed to run the place three
years. In place of one thousands
are needed, then will the desert bloom
as the rose and hard times will come
no more. Let the speculator yell
i - his throat sore on the stock exchange,
the laborers strike for higher wages
while his wife and babies cry for
bread, and the gambler with blood
shot eyes watch the cards as he wins
or loses, the crook as he blows the
safe and runs from place to place to
} x keep uqder cover with sleepless
nights, has no place with the man
,/ that follows the plow who can sleep
the sleep of the just and rise with
the bees and birds and whistle while
he waits for Kate to ring the breakfast
bell:. These are the kind of
men needed now both by town, city
and country. Now don't get it into
your heads, boys, that an old man
"fi QrVi f +AWnC Knt TTl 11 pVl
nauio WV U^UW bUV tv ff wu. 4 1VV
for he well knows that some of his
truest friends are town people. Then
we need them but we also want some
I ' of our best talent to run the farms
and teach old dogs new tricks in the
art of model and modern farming.
But enough of this, and now an
old man with a hobby who loves
children and flowers, looks forward
to a bright day soon and he has just
learned that some kind ladies are
planning to give the children a picnic
soon in a beautiful grove and he
is to be there. Then will he be in
all his glory as he watches the little
fellows as they romp and play over
the grounds at jumping the rope,
mumble peg, and many other games,
with ice cream and lemonade, then a
mdving of great big baskets, the
spreading of clothes, then dinner, for
a dinner bell has great charm to little
folks, also a greater for an old
, man. Then more fun and games
until late evening, then hOme. Won't
it be fine, little folks, and don't forget
to pin a bunch of flowers on.
For children and flowers
Amid gay wood bowers
Will be the theme that day
With songs and play and happy
hours.
OLD TJMER.
We do not want the earth. A small
part of it will satisfy us. Try us for
a "square deal." C. H. MILHOUS,
Manager Denmark Realty Co.
A MUCH MARRIED MAX.
Seven Women Call Negro Preacher J
Husband.
Richmond, Va., June 16.?Rev. S.
A Tucker, pastor of a flock of negro I
Christians at Scuffletown, near Rich- \
mond. has jumped his bail and disap- y
peared and his bondsmen, Americus s
Dudley, was called upon to-day to t
pay $50. J
Seven women have come forward t
claiming Tucker as their husband, y
Two more have written to the same s
effect from North Carolina. When {
Tucker was arrested for prowling c
at night around the house of still an- '
other colored woman, a rabbit's foot, r
a bottle of gin and a bottle of cologne i
were found in his pockets. 1
Governor Offers Reward for Negro.
Aiken, June 12.?Governor Ansel ^
has offeied a reward of $100 for the *
arrest and conviction of Jim Robinson,
a negro, who is wanted in this
county for the murder of two negro
women o^ May 31. Robinson shot t
and killed Fannie and Willie Brown, 1
mother and daughter, near Bath, in ^
a cotton field, where the women were *
chopping cotton. It has been ascer- 3
tained that the negro escaped into 0
Georgia, having crossed the Savan- d
nah river a day or two after the mur- v
der. *
Robinson is described as follows: "
Dark brown, age 35 to 50; weight *
about 140 to 150 pounds; height s
about 6 feet; slender; round should- ?
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Ci CU , uaiu UVUUVU f
teeth decayed; hair a little gray; f
smokes very frequently, reads an<!h 11
writes fairly well; is "parrot-toed"
and wears number 9 or 10 shoes.
Was wearing blue overalls, small
brown hat and a dirty coat whe^ last y
seen. He is also a little "pop-eyed." fj
The crime was a most atrocious
one, and the people of the vicinity fc
were greatly stirred at the time. a
Every clew was closely followed by E
the county officers, but he eluded j
them, and escaped over the river into i
Georgia.
Cheating the Union Cows.
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The cow stable was electrically
lighted.
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"With these lights," the dairy
farmer said, "I cheat my 500 union
cows. I add 100 minutes or mbre to
their union day.
f
"Cows you know, have a very
strong union spirit, especially in the
matter of the morning milking. They
don't want to be milked before day- ~
light; in fact, they won't be milked
before daylight. They insist on getting
their full night's sleep.
"Now, when I went in for co-operative
farming, it became necessary e
for me to milk earlier than before, a
so as to catch the milk train. But
my cows, roused up in the dark, angrily
refused to give down their milk. ?
Can a cow hold back her milk? By t
heck, yes!
"So I introduced electricity. A half ?
an hour before milking time, I turned a
on these lights in their round glass a
globes. They thought the gray dawn s
had come, and they gave down their ii
milk freely.
"Great thing, electricity?the only h
thing that will make a union' cow ii
work overtime." x e
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Why Grant Never Swore. t
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While sitting one night, after
everyone had gone to bed, I said a
to him: "General, it seems singular s
that you have gone through all the
tumble of army service and frontier
life and have never been provoked
into swearing. I have never heard i?
you utter an oath or use an impre- g
cation."
"Well, somehow, or other, I never i:
learned to swear," he replied. "When f
a boy I seemed to have an aversion o
to it, and when I became a man I c
saw the folly of it. I have always c
noticed, too, that swearing helps to s
arouse a man's anger; and when a g
man flies into a passion, his adversary a
who keeps cool always gets the bet- v
ter of him. In fact, I never could f
see the use of swearing.^ I think it
is the case with many people who L
swear excessively that it is a mere
habit, and that they do not mean to p
be profane; but, to say the least, t
it is a great waste of time."?Michl- i
gan Christian Advocate. t
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How to Kill Nut Grass. t
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The only way I know to kill nut
grass is not to let it show a leaf above j
ground. This means constant cleaning
off, for it will be up next day, but ^
if constantly prevented from making r
green leaves the roots will die. Nut
grass spreads more seed than from
the roots, and being neglected late in
the season, it fills the soil with seed, f
and nothing but constant vigilance r
will eradicate it. I have just made a
garden here from a piece of land that t
is full of it, and I am going to do
just what I advise; clean up every i
shoot every day. Nothing short of
this will answer. Geese penned on 1
the spots will keep it down, it is t
said, but I have never tried them.?
W. F. Massey in Raleigh Progressive i
Farmer and Gazette. g
GIRL KILLS HERSELF.
tew York's Famous Girl "Newsy" <
Dies by Her Own Hand.
New York, June 11.?Mrs. Jennie
5inea, one of the five Horn sisters, <
vho attracted wide attention for (
ears by selling newspapers on the ]
treet, committed suicide yesterday j
iy shooting herself through the heart. ,
rennie was next to the youngest of
he sisters, and sold papers up to 3
'ears ago, wnen sne marneu. ner
ister, now ddad, was well known to ,
)oliticians, and it was she who first
lubbed the late Thomas C. Patt the
'Easy Boss." He sent them Christ- ,
nas gifts each year and through his
nfluence the newspaper stand at
rwenty-third street and Sixth avenue
vas never disturbed. ,
HUSBAND AND WIFE FIGHT.
Is a Result They Both Now Rest in
County Jail.
Magistrate Hahn has sent up to
he county jail W. A. Martin and
Florence Martin, husband and wife,
ioth white people from the vicinity of
Corth Augusta, to serve a sentence of
0 days in jail for breach of the peace
if fighting. They got into a family
[ifficulty and as a result both of them
I'ere considerably bruised and cut,
he husband getting the worse of the
ieal. Magistrate Hahn sentenced
hem to pay a fine of $100 each or to
erve 30 days imprisonment or on the j
;ang. The husband, on account of ]
lis wounds, was unable to go to the
;ang and consequently both are now
n jail.?Aiken Journal and Review.
Why They Laughed.
One of New York's successful lawers
was telling at the club about his
irst case.
"I was very nervous and excited,"
le said, "especially as my client was
i bad egg. But his relatives were
rominent people and for their sake
worked iiard to secure an acquittal. 1
.luckily I succeeded."
Just at this point a millionaire from
, Western city approached in com- ]
any with another member of the j
lub who proceeded to introduce him. i
Yhen he came to %the lawyer the (
isitor quickly remarked:
"I do not need to be introduced to (
his gentleman. I met him when I 1
ived in this part of the country; in J
act I gave him his start in life. I j
ras his first client." (
The noisy hilarity which greeted 1
his announcement was not explained 1
o the visitor. * \
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They All Serve.
George C. Boldt, well-known hotel
nan, was talking in Philadelphia
,bout the hotels in Switzerland. 1
"They are good," said Mr. Boldt. ]
At the price they are remarkably j
;ood. The Swiss are a nation of t
totel-keepers. ]
"The Alps, you know, draw all the .
rorld to Switzerland, and a million- ]
ire goes into the hotel business, as
n American would go into steel or ]
ugar. He begins at the bottom. He ^
3 a waiter. 1
"It is said that once in Bern, at a ]
listoric .public meeting, all the leadag
men of Switzerland were gatherd
together. A vote had been taken
nd in the intense silence preceding 1
he epoch-making verdict of the tel- J
ers a wag shouted 'Waiter!'
"Instantly the whole assembly rose
s one man and answered, "Yes, ^
ir.' " j
Why He Couldn't Hear. [
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A certain Philadelphia banker who
3 afflicted with ear trouble tells a
;ood joke on himself as follows: 3
"I've been worried about my hear- j
g for some time, and finally the
ear of getting deaf became a sort of '
obsession to me, and I decided to go ,
iver to New York to consult a spe- ;
ialist. I got over there and went to
ee the doctor, and he looked so
;rave I was more scared than ever, ^
nd I was feeling pretty blue as I (
i-alked down Fifth avenue with a
riend. ]
"Suddenly I saw two 'special trol- 1
eys* coming*down a cross street filled j
rith children waving flags and aplarently
having an awful good time, i
>ut I couldn't hear a sound. In an J
nstant, without stopping to realize (
hat I could hear all the other noises ;
if the traffic and my friend's voice, I <
urned around and seized him by the 1
.rm and shouted: ]
"My God, Joe, I'm deaf! I can't 1
tear those children at all." <
"Neither can I," said my friend !
vith a roar of laughter; "they're j
nutes."
Transmigration.
One morning Jenkins looked over
lis garden wall and said to his
teighbor:
"Hey, what are you burying in
hat hole?" j
"Oh," he said, "I am just replantng
some of my seeds; that's all." .
"Seeds!" shouted Jenkins angri- ?
v. "It looks more like one of my
lens."
"That's all right. The seeds are
nside."?Christian Work and Evanrelist.
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HUNG OVER NIAGARA GORGE.
Gymnast Faced Tragic Death for
Forty-five Minutes.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., June' 16.?
Suspended for 45 minutes 160 feet
)ver the Niagara Gorge, Oscar Wilson,
known as' ''The Great Houdin," was
finally rescued by firemen and narrowly
escaped a tragic death.
Houdin attempted to slide on a cable,
suspended by his teeth, across
the gorge just below the falls. He
3et off, hanging by his teeth to a little
one-foot trapeze, which had no
more than a foot of rope uik it. The
cable had a big sag and when a little
past the center Houdin lost his momentum
and came to a stop.
For 45 minutes thereafter, which
seemed an age to the anxious spectators,
the man hung dangling over the !
water, quite helpless. He eased his
position by first hanging by one arm
and then by another, and then changing
off with his legs.
Firemen were summoned and a cable
pulley was secured, with a 200foot
trailing rope attached.
Another line was run to the bridge
and the pulley was dragged by men
on the bridge along the cable till it
reached Houdin, who descended the
rope to the steamer Maid of the
Mist, which had picked up the trailing
end.
Kept the King at Home..
"For the past year we have kept
;he king of all laxatives?Dr. King's
N'ew Life Pills?in our home and
;hey have proved a blessing to all our
family," writes Paul Mathulka, of
Buffalo, N. Y. Easy but sure reme3y
for all stomach, liver and kidney
troubles. Only 25c at Peoples Drug .
2o., Bamberg, S. C.
What a Foolish Question
A Swede entered a postofhce in the
Northwest and inquired:
"Ban any letters for me to-day?"
"What name, please?"
"Ay tank de name is on de letter."?Everybody's
Magazine.
Marvelous Discoveries,
nark the wonderful progress of the
tge. Air flights on heavy machines,
:elegrams without wires, terrible war
nventions to kill men, and that wonier
of wonders?Dr. King's New Discovery?to
save life when threatened
jy coughs, colds, lagrippe.^ asthma^
croup bronchitis, hemorrhages, hay
"ever and whooping cough or lung
:rouble. For all bronchial affections
t has no equal. It relieves instantly,
[ts the surest cure. James M. Black,
)f Asheville, N. C., R. R. No. 4, writes
t cured him of an obstinate cough
ifter all other remedies failed. 50c
ind $1.00.- A trial bottle free. Guarmteed
by Peoples Drug Co., BamDerg,
S. C.
Spartanburg's New Hotel.
Spartanburg, June 9.?The work of
building a $50,000 hotel at the corner
of Charles and Magnolia streets
is oroeressine raDidly. The founda
tions are being laid of cement. The
building will be seven stories high
and will contain one hundred rooms.
it is being erected by T. A. Green for
Messrs. Gresham and Wilson, two
railroad hotel and cafe'men who have
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the management of a number of hotels
along the line of the Southern
Railway.
How's This?
We offer one hundred dollars regard
for any case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Dure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known
P. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
md believe him perfectly honorable
n all business tranactions and financially
able to corry out any obliga:ions
made by his firm.
5VALDING, RINNAN & MARVIN, .
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood
ind mucous surfaces of the system,
restimonials sent free. Price 75c
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
SUMMONS.
State of South Carolina, County of
Bamberg.?In the Probate Court.
J. J. Cleckley against Louis Robinson,
et al.
To Louis Robinson, Sr., Lewis
Robinson, Jr., Minnie Robinson,
Crant Robinson, Joseph Robinson,
David Robinson and Mattie Lou
Robinson:
You are hereby required to appear
at the Court of Probate to be holden
at the Court House for Bamberg
County, said State, on the 11th day
of July, 1910, to show cause, if an*
you can, why the proceeds of the sale
of the real estate of Sarah Robinson,
deceased, sold by me should not be
paid over to J. J. Cleckley, Administrator
of the said Sarah Robinson,
to be applied by him to the payment
of the debts of the said Sarah Robinson.
Given under my hand and seal this
ihe 6th day of May, 1910.
G. P. HARMON, (L. S.)
Probate Judge of Bamberg County.
H. M. GRAHAM
Attorney-at-Law
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Practices in all Courts of tljis State.
Offices in The Herald Building.
J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. HendersoD
Wyman & Henderson
Attorneys-at-Law
BAMBERG, S. C.
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