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Thursday, April 20,1911.
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The heathen seem to be raging
considerably about the recent election
for Probate Judge and Special
Referee over in Orangeburg.
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The Greenwood Journal which has
heen issued as a weekly for years,
and, by the way, one of the very
livest weeklies in the State, commenced
the publication of a daily edition
last Thursday. The paper is to be issued
every afternoon except Sunday,
and is a neat sheet of four pages,
HI; six columns. Here's hoping it may
live and grow.
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In the good old days of reform in
Orangeburg county, it was decided
to remove from office Maj. Andrew C.
Dibble, then Master of the county, as
one of the faithful wanted the office,
so it \yas combined by law with that
of Probate Judge, although at the
time Maj. Dibble had another year
to serve. This state of affairs has
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recently held by Robert Copes, Esq.,
-who has been elected circuit judge.
An election was held a few days ago
to elect his successor, and Maj Dibble
was elected, being opposed by
one who was reformer in reformer
days. Now a protest has been filed
- * with the governor against issuing a
commission, on the ground that the
act combining the two offices is unconstitutional.
The protest is said
to be unsigned, which makes the action
all the more despicable.
In speaking of the race for solicitor
of the second circuit a few weeks
ago, we stated that no doubt Bamberg
would have a candidate in the
.y. tra.ce. We have it on good authority
that J. F. Carter, Esq., of the' local
bar, will be in the race, and the
voters of the second circuit could do
no better than to have him as prosecuting
attorney. Able and fearless,
a strong lawyer, with an unusual
amount of energy, he will make an
officer in whose hands the interests
of justice will be safe. In addition
"'.v- to this, it is high time that Bamberg
was being recognized in the second
district. Aiken county had the presiding
judge for years, now it has
the congressman and solicitor, while
Barnwell county furnishes the judge.
It* is nothing but simple justice that
the honors should be shared by the
other counties comprising the circuit,
and it is Bamberg's time to furnish
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the solicitor, especially when we can
put forth such a man as J. F. Carter
;C - for the place.
Town Marshal Shot Dead.
Kite, Ga., April 17.?Town Marshal
Lindsay was riddled with bullets
here Sunday afternoon when the
brothers Dixon turned their revolvers
on him as he attempted to arrest
th^m. They were on a carouse, and
LIr dsay started after them through
the Saturday afternoon crowd on the
strc. t.
Thiy turned and shot him down.
Imn: iiately a dozen citizens placed
both nder arrest. Lindsay died instant!.
. His slayers have made no
statem nt since.
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1) ussed Pie Distribution.
Was': n0ton, April 18.?The membears
the Souht Carolina delegation
.he house held an executive
> sess here to-day and discussed
wayt d means for disposing of the
;pa:.t ;e that each of them is entitled
; > as members of a Democratic
hous- As Representatives Lever and
are chairman of committees
.ve no positions to give. The
ive have about $1,200 each to
jute in jobs.
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Bred in Old Kentucky.
(New York Herald.)
Kentucky has long been known as
the mother of wit and eloquence as
well as the State of feuds. This State
produced her Henry Clay, her Breckinridges,
her Wattersons, her Crittendens,
her Calhouns, and now she
is coming forward with a new school
of orators, scholars and poets.
W. P. Kimball, formerly representative,
easily heads the list as an after-dinner
speaker and has a close
second in Col. George Bain, the well
known temperance lecturer, while
Judge James Mulligan is a real wit
and poet.
It was while in Boston delivering
a lecture to a choice crowd of blue
stocking temperance people that Col.
Bain was accosted with the question:
"How is it, Colonel Bain, that you
have the nerve to preach temperance
when you come from Kentucky,
.the State that has more distilleries
than any other State in the union?"
For a moment, and only for a moment,
Colonel Bain was embarrassed.
Then came the reply without
hesitancy:
"Oh, yes. Kentucky?Kentucky, the
State where I was born;
"Where the corn is full of kernels
and the colonels full of corn."
Returning home from Washington
after serving his term in congress a
banquet was tendered to Mr. Kimball.
He had expected to make a speech in
which he would review his congressional
career. To his surprise the
toastmaster did not call for this, but
asked Mr. Kimball to respond to the
toast "Kentucky." The congressman
was clearly at a loss, and in sheer
desperation he blurted out:
"Kentucky ? f-a-i-r Kentucky!"
Here he stopped to sip a drink of
water. When he resumed there was
no hint of hesitancy.
"Kentucky, the grandest State in
all the union?the State where the
ground is so mellow that all you have
to do is to tickle its sides and it
yields abundant crops. Kentucky, O
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where the sky is bluer, where the
whiskey is better, where the women
are more beautiful, where the horses
are faster, where politics is rottener,
where the feuds are thicker, where
the mountains are higher and where
the valleys are lower than in any
other State in the union!
"Why, my God, gentlemen, believe
me, the mountains are so high in
Kentucky that from the topmost
mountain peak you may reach up
and tickle the feet of the sainted
Democrats who have gone before.
"And, gentlemen," here Kimball's
voice dropped to almost a whisper,
"the valleys are so infernally low
that you may reach down and hand
ice .water to the Republicans who
have gone below."
But it remains for Judge James
Mulligan to reel off poetry extemporaneously
by the foot, yard or mile.
Recently the Democrats of Kentucky
suffered a crushing defeat and
commiserated one another at a
spread. One of the speakers had
declared that in his opinion Democracy
was dead. Judge Mulligan followed
him with what was considered
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Here it is:
When Democracy Will Die.
When the lion eats grass like an ox
And the fishworm swallows the
whale,
When the terrapin knits wool socks
And the hare is outrun by the snail,
When serpents walk upright like
men
And doodle bugs travel like frogs,
When the grasshopper feeds on the
hen
And feathers are found on hogs;
When Thomas cats swim in the air
And elephants roost upon trees,
When insects in summer are rare
And snuff never makes people
sneeze,
When the fish creep over dry land
And mules on velocipedes ride,
When foxes lay eggs in the sand
And women in dreams take no
nri^D
When Dutchmen no longer drink beer
And girls get to preaching on time,
When the billygoat butts from the
rear
And treason no longer is crime,
When the humming bird brays like
an ass
And limburger smells like cologne,
When ploughshares are made out of
glass
And hearts of Kentuckians are
stone,
When sense grows in Republican
heads
And wool on the hydraulic ram,
Then the Democratic party will be
dead
And this country not worth a d?n.
Policemen Get No Money.
Greenwood,, April 17. ? Judge
Watts here to-day refused the writ
of mandamus prayed for by the rural
policemen to compel the county to
pay them their salaries. Judge
Watts so decided upon an affidavit
that there wras no money in the county
treasury for this purpose. He did
not touch upon the legality of their
appointment.
Letter from Charlie Rentz.
U. S. S. New Orleans, Manila, P. I.,
March 9, 1911.
The Bamberg Herald, Bamberg, S. C.
Dear Friend:?After reading the
last two issues of The Herald that
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write vou some of the news and happenings
in the Orient and of the doings
of the United States Asiatic
fleet.
I notice in The Herald of January
26th an article on Taal, the biggest
volcano in the Philippines, and
I will first tell you something of this
volcano. No doubt you have known
of the great recent eruption bf this
mountain long before this reaches
you but then it is not like having it
told by one whom has seen it in action.
During the last week of January
last Taal had a violent eruption,
in which over a thousand people
were killed and many times that
number made homeless. The volcano
is situated on Taal Island in the
center of lake Taal in the midst of
a bit of tropical scenery. On account
of it being located in the center of
the lake is what made it impossible
for the inhabitants to escape and
made it so disastrous. Being only
30 miles from Manila we could see
its eruption plainly and a party of
us went to the scene as soon after as
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pusoiuic* YT uau YY V oun f? wo i/amqav
and beyond description and will send
you pictures soon that were taken,
that you may show them to anyone
that may be interested in seeing
such.
We have a good fleet composed of
the Saratoga, formerly New York?
(flagship) and the cruisers New
Orleans and Albany. At present we
are having our annual spring target
practice and hope to make some
good records before it is over which
will be about one month. Glad to
say that we have the banner ship of
the fleet in every respect. Of course
every man is a booster of his own
ship but the fact that the New Orleans,
called the "Queen of the seas,"
is the best home in the Asiatic fleet,
is conceded by all.
We won the battle trophy last
fall, also recently won the championship
of not only the fleet but of the
Orient with our base ball team and
we are first in naval discipline.
Coming to the Philippines last fall
from Hong Kong, China, we had a
very interesting cruise around the
Islands and stay in Manila. The last
named place is very varied although
fast becoming Americanized. The
Philippine carnival which has just
closed in Manila was very good, the
exhibits from the different provinces
being great. This is an annual event
and is a big thing in jthe Philippines,
visitors coming here from China, Japan
and most of the South Sea Islands.
It was quite a ,curiosity to
see the natives watching Mars in his
aeroplane as it was the first seen in
the Philippines and they went wild
over his flights.
On or about the first of April we
leave on another cruise for the
North, visiting all the principal ports
of China and Japan, and after a stay
of six months in the Islands we are
all anxious to get back to dear old
Shanghai which is the best city of
the Orient and a metropolis.
I read with great pleasure and interest
of the advancements you are
making in Bamberg. Trust Bamberg
county will be lucky enough and successful
in getting that part of Colleton
which wants to come with us. I
say us as Bamberg will always be my
home and there can be no Bamberg
boy so far away as I who still loves
his old home as I do. I haven't a
shipmate who takes more pride in
showing his home paper and talking
of the good things there more than
the boy who will be back in his old
home sooner or later.
As to my receiving The Herald, I
have been real lucky, not having
missed a single copy since leaving
the United States over a year ago.
In fact I don't know what I would
do if I did miss one.
Remember me to any inquiring
friend and that The Herald and Bamberg
is on the boom, is the wish of,
Your sincere friend,
C. W. RENTZ, JR.
His Guess was Good.
The late Senator Elkins used to
tell a story of Bige Brown.
"Bige," he explained, "lived in
Elkins. Meeting him one day in the
main street, I said:
" 'Bige, do you know of anybody
that's got a horse for sale?' "
"Bige, chewing gum, gave me a
patronizing smile.
" 'Well, Senator,' he said, 'I guess
Bill Hurst has. I sold him one yesterday.'
"?Washington Star.
Negroes Stopped at Border.
Bellingham, Wash., April 15.?
Forty negroes from Kansas City, en
route to Vancouver, B. C., were stopped
by Canadian immigration agents
in White Rock on the baundary line
north of here, and their special car
was returned to-day to Bellingham.
No reason was given by the immigration
agents for excluding them.
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OLDEST TOWN IN THE COUNTRY.
Strange Pueblo of Acoma Mentioned
in 1539 by Spaniards.
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I Acoma, an Indian village has the
distinction of being the oldest inhabited
settlement in the United States,
says the Red Man. St. Augustine,
| the first permanent European set!
tlement planted within the limits
of the United States, was founded in
1565.
Acoma was mentioned as early as
i 1539 by Fray Marcos de Niza and was
visited by members of Coronado's
army in the following year, 25 years
before St. Augustine's period of
foundation. Early Spanish chroniclers
have designated its population
at that period as high as 6,000.
Every traveler of greater or less
degree traversing the southwest has
heard of this, "the most wonderful
aboriginal city on earth, cliff built,
cloud swept, matchless." It is built
on a great oblong rocky pedestal rising
nearly 400 feet above the plain.
The Indians built this pueblo evidently
with the intention of resisting
the attacks of the Navajos and
Apaches, who for many years made
war upon ,the peaceful people. In
1540 Coronado and his band of conquistadors
found this little village so
impregnable that it was only after a
long siege that he was able to accomplish
its capture.
The top of the mesa is said to contain
about 150 acres. It is only accessible
by three circuitous trails,
over which, on the backs of these
people, had to be brought from the
plains below every bit of material
used in the construction of the dwellings
and church, besides all food,
fuel and other articles necessary to
their livelihood. One of the trails
has recently been enlarged, so that
material now may be brought up in
a roundabout route on the backs of
burros, with which the tribe seems
plentifully supplied.
The village proper consists of three
parallel rows of adobe houses, three
story, terraced in form and about 40
feet high, nearly 100 in all. In
these dwellings lives a population of
about 600 people. Entrance to the
hrmcoc ic mfldp hv ladders over the
roof, passing through passageways to
the lower floor or into the second
terrace by doors, or up to the third
terrace again by ladders.
It is said that the senior members
of the family live in the first
story, the daughter first married gets
the second terrace and the second
the third terrace. All other members
have to seek quarters elsewhere
or live with the old people.
The most conspicuous and interesting
building in the pueblo is the
ancient adobe cathedral, which
stands near the edge on the east side
of the mesa. In this church a priest
now holds service occasionally. The
church is said to he several hundred
years old?built some time in the
year 1600?and until in recent years
the tribe buried their dead under its
floor. Now they use the court in
front of the church for that purpose.
The building is of Spanish mission
style with two large towers facing
the front, each of which contains a
massive Spanish bell. These bells,
upon close inspection, proved to be
retained in place by numerous buckskin
thongs. In this church hang
many paintings, one of which has
caused bloodshed and strife. Its possession
is believed by the Indians to
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insure good fortune and plentiful
crops, so it is naturally coveted by
other tribes. Several times it has
been captured by the Laguna Indians,
and was recovered by the Acomas
only after a bitter struggle.
. The two streets of rock meet in a
sort of court, where all fiestas and
tribal ceremonies take place. The
main dance, which takes place early
in September, is preceded by services
in the church. Afterward the wooden
image of the "Sacred Saint,"
borne by four braves, is carried in
front of the line of parade'from the
church to the dancing ground, where
it is carefully put under guard until
the dance is over, which is at sundown.
Two seta of dancers grotesquely
attired, male and female,
dance alternately all day, at the same
time singing and extending thanks
to the Good Being for their crops
and prosperity and asking that the
coming year be favored with plenty
of rain and good crops.
During the day fruits, melons and
other edibles are distributed freely
to all who are present. Inside a
temporary enclosure of corn stalks
and green branches is placed the
"Sacred Saint." At the entrance to
this hut two Indians with loaded
rifles stand guard. During the parade
from the old church to the
plaza where the dance takes place
there is a continuous firing of guns
and revolvers, said to be for the purpose
of frightening away evil spirits.
One of the events of this day of
ceremonies is a 10 mile run by two
sets of runners chosen from two fac- 1
tions of the tribe. The Acoma Indians,
like the Hopis, are known for
their endurance and fleetness of foot.
These races are usually from a distance
of from 10 to 25 miles, and
the time made is to be wondered at
when one remembers that each set ?
of runners have to keep ahead of
them a short stick.
They are not allowed to touch the ,
stick with their hands; they must
use their feet only, taking it forward
as they run by continually kicking it
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ARMY OFFICER IS MURDERED. yV:
Lieut. Rodney, Cavalryman, Slain bj ;
Religious Fanatic.
Manila, April 17.?Lieut. Walter ^
H. Rodney, of tlie Second United * ;#||
States cavalry, stationed in the Augur
barracks in the department of Mindanao,
was murdered to-day by a *
Moro Juramentado, crazed with religious
passion, who ran amuck 'M
thirsting for the blood of ^Christian. i.M
The assassin belongs to the Mohammedan
sect of Juramentados,who ? - Jj
have taken an inviolable oath to shed
the blood of the hated Christian. >
They know no fear, believing that ?f||j
the performance of what they consider
a religious duty, if resulting in
their own death, will be rewarded
with eternal bliss. . , M
The fanatic was armed with a bo- .
lo, and as he tore through the streets
those who-saw him fled in terror.
He encountered Rodney seemingly by ||j
chance and struck him down before
the officer could defend himself.
Lieut. Rodney was a native of California
and 32 years of age.
Will Edit Baptist Courier.
Greenville April 16.?The congre- ;|9gl
gation of the First Baptist church of
Greenville was stirred this- morning* . ?J|
when the Rev. Z. T. Cody, D. D.f for ^
nearly 10 years pastor of the church, ^
read the following: "I hereby offer
my resignation as pastor of the
church, to take effect June 16, ' ; j
1911." Dr. Cody has purchased the
interests of the late Dr. A. J. S. &
Thomas in The Baptist Courier, and : J
will succeed him as editor or tnai
paper.
Dr. Cody's resignation will, in all
probability, be acted upon by the congregation
on next Sunday morning.
Since the death of Dr. A. J. S.
Thomas, on the 1st of*April, a great .
deal of interest has been centred >J^8
about the successor to tuc cuuunai
chair. For several weeks before his
death Dr. Thomas was unable to attend
to his duties in conection with
the editing of The Baptist Courier.
Dr. Cody carried on the work which
was laid down by Dr. Thomas. * J*
At a meeting of the stockholders
of The Baptist Courier company,
held some days ago, Dr. Cody was
prevailed upon to accept the editor- '
ship.