The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 20, 1911, Page 5, Image 5
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PERSONAL MENTION.
t People Visiting in This City and
at Other Points.
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?Mr. John H. Cope, of Cope,
spent Sunday in the city.
?Mrs. K. I. Shuck spent Sunday
in Barnwell with relatives.
?Mr. H. A. Hughes, of Ehrhardt,
, was in the city last Friday.
?Mr. C. F. Rizer, of Olar, was in
the city Monday afternoon.
?Mr. O. S. Munnerlyn is visiting
his brother at Bishopville this week.
?Mr. F. G. Fickling, of the Black Ille
section, was in the city last Fri- '
day.
?Mr. H. S. Dowling, of Anderson,
spent a few days in the city this
Hi week.
?Mr. W. C. Patrick, of Columbia,
is spending a few days in the city
this week. <
?Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Brabham,
of Cope, spent Sunday in the city ;
with relatives.
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?Dr. and Mrs. V. W. Brabham,
ief Cope, spent last Friday in the city
with relatives.
?Mr. Henry Henderson, of Bamberg,
was in the city for Easter.?
Aiken Journal and Review.
?Mr. D. G. Felder, of the Pullman
Company, spent a few days in the (
city this week with relatives.
?Miss Jessie Berry, of Branch- <
ville, spent several days In the city
this week with her sister, Mrs. R. :
M. Bruce.
?Mr. and Mrs. Otis Brabham and '
children, of Allendale, spent Sunday
In the city on a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
H. J. Brabham. 1
?Misses Wilhelmina and Louise
Folk and May Brabham and Ruth ]
Byrd, from Columbia College, spent ]
the Easter holidays at home. j
?Mr. and Mrs. James Wyman, of
Bamberg, spent Sunday in the city '
the guests of Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Wyman,
Sr.?Aiken Journal and Review.
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?Mr. D. F. Hooton, cashier of ^
' Bamberg Banking Company, left
Tuesday night for Summerville to attend
the meeting of the State Bankers'
Convention.
?Mr. Jacob H. Carter, ,of the ]
Ehrhardt section, was in the city ,
Monday. He had been over in Or- i
angeburg county to visit his sister, (
Mrs. Philip McCants. j
?State Lecturer J. B. O'Neall Hoi- 1
loway, of the Farmers' Union, was in <
\ the city last Thursday. He was on i
his way down to Oak Grove school, 1
[ where he delivered an address Fri- j
tiay at a picnic. i
i ?Mr. J. B. Harmon, of M.cCormick,
spent Monday night in the city *
with his brother, Mr. Geo. P. Har- t
? mon, while on his way to attend the t
meeting of the Bankers' Association
at Summerville. *
RIDE OX A CROCODILE.
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British Indian Has Thrilling Night \
p Experience. % ]
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While I was staying at a place call- i
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vu oaug11 cl oiiui t urnc ?bv u uv*qu i
boring chief came to call. He related
to me an occurrence which
took place in his state, and which,
by reason of its amazing circumstances,
I thought might be worthy
^ of a few pages.
I may state that the chief vouched
(absolutely for the truth of the man's
deposition, and I think it will be
agreed that this unfortunate individual
was the victim of as remarkable
an adventure as can well be
imagined.
It appears that the man in question,
a certain Pira bin Satu Kagale,
living at a place called Kawategoolun,
on the bank of the River Krishna,
in state of Miraj Senior (a native
state in the southern Maratha coun*7,
try, in British India,) went down to
fetch water from the river at sunset
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on September ztj last, ror me iuui j
days previously he had seen a croco- j
dile near the place where the water ]
is drawn?called in the Marathi lan- ]
guage "Panota"?but, with the characteristic
unconcern of his kind, he *
took no particular notice. On this i
occasion, however, the crocodile's 1
presence was made known to him in i
; a somewhat sudden and uncomfort- <
I able manner. 1
Pira had drawn his water and was ]
standing in the river about thigh <
deep, when he suddenly felt some- <
thing strike against one of his feet, 1
and was knocked over on his face. (
Before he could realize what had hap?
pened, the crocodile seized one of his 1
[ legs and proceeded to pull him under 1
r water. After being taken in this 1
manner for about 40 yards, the j
creature came to the surface again, i
and the man was able to breathe <
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once more. ]
By this time he was half dead with (
fright and nearly drowned, and must i
have fainted. When he recovered ]
consciousness he found he was in ]
what he calls "the crocodile's house," i
which appears to have been a sort of ]
cave under the river bank, with a ]
smooth, muddy bottom. He after- ]
ward computed he had been uncon- 1
scious for a night and a day before
his senses returned to him. Now, as
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his brain cleared, he became aware
of the horrible fact that the crocodile
was on his back, with its tail over
his head and its mouth at his feet,
where it was apparently making a
meal off one his heels. Shortly afterward
the brute left of? feeding and
went away.
The unfortunate man says that as
he lay there in that awful cave he
prayed to his gods, Dattatray and
Krishna, to save him from his terrible
predicament. He was still engaged
in this occupation when, having
been away about an hour, the
crocodile returned. The man lay still,
and shortly afterward the brute departed
again, having only sniffed at
his victim. Some time elapsed, and
the crocodile did not return, so
thinking he was fairlv safe, the man
began to examine his surroundings
to discover if there was any possibility
of escape. The cave was in total
darkness, and he had accordingly to
rely on his sense of touch. First of
all he moved forward a couple of
yards and groped about until he put
his hand in some soft mud.
Encouraged by the fact that he had
been left so long alone, Pira crawled
further forward and put his hand into
some water; evidently he was getting
nearer to the river. This, however,
was the sign for more trouble
for the unhappy man, for the crocodile,
which had been all the time lying
at the mouth of the cave apparently
saw and heard him, for, coming
back, it precipitated him into the
river with a violent blow of its tail.
While the man was struggling in
the water the crocodile dived, and
Pira suddenly felt it rising beneath
him. This movement brought him
upon its back. Finding his hands
were near the "mugger's" head, and
nerved by desperation, he felt for his
nostrils, and hung on to them as hard
is he could. Meanwhile he made his
'seat" as secure as his remaining
strength permitted by twining his
legs as far as possible under the monster's
stomach.
And now comes the most exciting
part of the adventure?the story of
:he unfortunate man's unique ride.
Pira found that if, each time the
crocodile attempted to dive, he pullid
upon its nostrils hard enough, it
promptly came to the surface. Needess
to say, he made the best possible
lse of this discovery. The brute, after
endeavoring without success tb
iislodge its rider, shot off like lightning
toward the center of the river,
where it proceeded to travel up and
iown stream at a furious pace for
ibout an hour. The man recognized
lis whereabouts by the light of the
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noon, and knew mat ne was m me
Shawdeshwar, not far from his home.
Toward dawn the crocodile became
jomewhat exhausted, but still con;inued
its evolutions in the middle of
;he river.
Once it tried to make for its ?Jjr,
jut the man promptly pulled its nostril
toward the opposite shore, and
>0 managed to keep in deep water,
tie had the sense to understand that
f once he was taken to dry ground
ais chance of escape would be very
small, and all he could hope for was
escue by some men coming down to
:he river to bathe or fetch water in
;he early morning. And it was thus
le was eventually saved.
As soon as the sun rose Pira espied
two men working in a field near
;he river bank, and shouted as loudy
as his weak state would permit in
)rder to attract their attention. At
irst he was not heard, but after call
ng two or tnree nmes tut; ;uuugci
)f the men looked up and saw him.
By this time the crocodile was scarcey
moving. The younger man told the
>ther that there was some one in the
river calling for help,*nd both came
:o the bank and asked Pira who he
vas and why he was calling. With
;hat the man pulled the crocodile's
>nout upward, for by this time he was
ilmost too weak to articulate. The
ither man then recognized him and
isked him where he had been since
Sunday night. He was being searched
tor all down the river side, they said.
By way of answer, Pira called for a
rope.
The men on shore now noticed the
'Mugger's" head for the first time,
md were very much alarmed and astonished,
Their cries ?bat "Pira is
riding a crocodile!" brought a crowd
if wondering friends to the river
tank, and one man who recovered
lis wits more quickly than the others,
ran for a rope while the remainler
tried to reach the victim by tying
nne-arees (head dress 1 toeeth
ir and throwing one end toward him.
The crocodile hearing the noise,
3ecame alarmed, and started at a
brisker pace to go down stream.
Eventually it arrived at a watering
Mace, where four men were waiting
cvith a long rope. By pulling the
crocodile's snout in their direction
Pira managed to get close enough to
catch the end of the rope when it
ivas thrown to him says, the World's
Magazine. He made it as secure as
ie could round one of his arms, and
then jumped off his uncomfortable
mount. Those on the bank pulled
tiim in as fast as they could, and carried
him to be medically treated.?
STew York Herald.
O'Riley is still in town.
Peace Be Unto Thee.
While the disciples of Christ were
taking Him across the sea of Galilee,
a great tempest arose, insomuch that
the ship was covered with the waves.
One of the disciples awoke Christ
saying, Master, carest thou not that
we perish? He arose and rebuked
the winds, and immediately there was
a calm. The disciples looked one
upon another, wondering, and said,
What manner of man is this that
even the winds and the sea obey him!
He who can still the waves of Galilee
can calm the raging passions
of men.
The saddest sight in the world to
me is a man, made in God's image,
dethroned of reason; the next is a
man bound by the chains of a depraV^-rT,
T 1
ed appetite, wnenever i u&ve iwaed
upon one caught in the snare laid
for him by the great destroyer of
mankind, my heart has yearned with
pity and compassion for these unfortunate
ones, and a great longing
possessed me to try to find some
means of escape for them. This has
been the one great desire of my life
and now that the king of kings has
allowed me, a frail earthen vessel, to
be the bearer of such glad tidings to
a sin-sick world", my heart goes out
in the deepest gratitude to Him, my
only fear being that unwittingly I
may bring reproach or dishonor to
His cause. Death would be preferable
to such base ingratitude. I pray
God that I may always have a conscience
void of offense toward God and!
man.
There is a pretty myth of Pandora's j
mysterious box being opened, and all j
the evils and miseries that afflict
mankind being set free. The box
was shut, however, and Hope, lying
in the bottom, *vas prevented from
escaping. This teaches us that however
desperate the situation may be,
there is always hope left.
When man realizes his own helplessness,
then God comes to the rescue.
Giant despair has locked many of
you up in his filthy dungeon, and
has left you shivering, cold, hungry,
and thirsty to make tne nest or rne
situation you can. He has even told
some of you to destroy yourselves,
that life is not worth living under
such circumstances. Heed him not;
you can get out of this dungeon. I
have come to bring you the key that
will give you deliverance.
Look at the beautiful world about
you, see nature bursting into life,
hear the birds caroling gayly; does
it seem reasonable that man, the
head of all created things, should be
left to languish and die? No, a
thousand times, no! That which
was lost by Adam is to be restored
by Christ.
When the Israelites murmured
against God in the wilderness, he
sent fiery serpents among them, to
bite them, and many of them died.
When the people repented of their
" i?lJ mnlra o
evil UtftJUS, Ut! LU1U iUUSca tu luan.^ a.
serpent of brass, and set it upon a
pole: and it came to pass that every
one that was bitten, when he looked
upon the serpent, lived.
I have read carefully the four gospels,
trying to find a parable here, as
history repeats itself. I find that it
was to John, the beloved desciple,
alone, that .this mesage was given
which means life to you who have
been bitten by the serpent in the
cup:
And as Moses liifed up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so must
the son of man be lifted up:
That whomsoever believeth in
him, should not perish, but have
eternal life. (John III. 14-15.)
For God sent not His Son to condemn
the world, but that the world
through Him might be saved. (John
III. 17.)
And I, if I be lifted up from the
earth will draw all men unto me.
(This He said, signifying what
death He should die.) (John XII.
32-33.)
Was there ever such love as this!
History records instances of friends
dying for friends, but never before
this of a man dying for his enemies.
Christ is King over death and the
grave. "I am the resurrection and
the life, he that believeth on me
though he were dead yet shall he
live." You who have sounded the
depths of sorrow and misery, and
you who are spiritually dead, look
up, there is hope even for you.
There is a very curious plant called
the Resurrection Plant. Apparently
it was a bit of dried grass, perfectly
dead, no signs of life. Put it
in its natural element, frater, and it
will immediately begin to turn green.
In a short while it will be all green
and tender, a thing of beauty, bearing
no resemblance to the dried bit
of grass. Do you not suppose God
has given us this plant in the natural
world as an object lesson of what can
be done in the spiritual? The sinner
hue chut nff rind's fane hv his evil
deeds, and spiritually he is dead.
Let the sinner get back into his
natural element, and, like the plant,
he can live again. May there he a
great shaking of dry hones this year
of our Lord, 1911. It cost Him the
agony of Gethsemane; you have only
O'Riley is still in town.
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to look and live.
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
Jesus, the name high over all
In hell, or earth, or sky,
Angels and men before it fall, *
And devils fear and fly.
Jesus the pris'ners' fetters breaks,
And bruises satan's head;
Power into strengthless souls it
speaks,
And life into the dead.
O, that the world might taste and see
The riches of His grace!
The arms of love that compass me
Would all mankind embrace!
His only righteousness I show,
His saving truth proclaim:
'Tis all my business here below
To cry, "Behold the Lamb."
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O'Riley is still in town.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements Under This Head 25c.
For 25 Words or Less.
For Sale.?Several shares of Young
Men's Building & Loan stock. For
further information, call at The
Herald office.
Wani^d.?To buy a good, gentle
automobile-proof horse. Must be a
good driver. Don't mind some age.
H. J. BRABHAM, JR.
For Sale.?Several shares of stock
of The Cotton Oil Company. Will
sell at a bargain. For further information
apply at The Herald office.
For Rent.?Nice office rooms in
The Herald buil4ing. Have electric
lights and water. The most desirable
offices in the city. Will rent singly
or in suites. A. W. KNIGHT.
Wanted?50 young women (white)
in the spinning and weaving department
of Charleston Bagging Manufacturing
Company. Steady employment
and good pay. Apply No. 29
John street, Charleston, S. C.
Farm Wanted.?I desire a good
farm of large acreage with good improvements,
well located as to town
and railroad; must be good value for
price asked. Give full particulars in
first letter. MARLBORO FARMER,
Lock" Box 121, Bennettsville, S. C.
For Sale.?Lots at Denmark, suitable
for residences, stores, factories
or cheap tenements. Easy terms given.
Denmark needs houses to rent.
They will pay large revenue on cost.
Inquiries addressed to me at Savannah
will receive prompt attention.
C. H. DORSETT.
ELECTION NOTICE.
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Notice of Municipal Election by
the qualified, registered electors of
the Town of Bamberg, for Mayor,
six Aldermen, and one Commissioner
of Public Works.
As provided by law, and in acordance
with the statutes of the State of
South Carolina, in such case made
and provided, and pursuant to a resolution
adopted by the Town Council
of Bamberg in Town Council assembled.
an election is ordered to be
held at the Town Hall, in the Town
of Bamberg, in the County of Bamberg,
South Carolina, on the second
day of May, A. D. 1911, for the purpose
of electing a Mayor, six Aldermen,
and one Commissioner of Public
Works, for the Town of Bamberg.
At such election the polls shall be
opened at eight o'clock in the forenoon,
and shall be closed at four
o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
The following named citizens have
been appointed managers of said
election: Geo. A. Jennings, M. E.
Ayer, B. D. Carter.
| The said managers shall conduct
the said election according to law,
; declare the result of the same, and
make a statement and return duly
certified to the Town Conucil of BamI
berg, forthwith.
J. A. WYMAN,
Mayor.
M. W. BRABHAM,
Clerk and Treasurer.
NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE.
On Saturday, April 29th, 1911, at
; 11 o'clock a. m., I will file with Geo.
P. Harmon, Judge of Probate for
DomKnvir nnnnlv r*>ir final QP/iftllntin C
UdlilUCi 5 WlAlAlfJT J U1J iiUUl UWVMMVAMQ
as administratrix of the estate of
IH. P. Priester, deceased, and will
thereupon ask for a final discharge
as such administrator.
I Bamberg, S. C., March 29th, 1911.
A. J. PRIESTER,
Administratrix.
* NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
the estate of Jerusha Schrage, deceased,
will present them, duly verified,
on or before Monday, May 15th,
1911, or be forever barred, and all
persons indebted to said estate will
make immediate payment.
A. R. BYRD,
Administrator.
Bamberg, S. C., April 14th, 1911.
NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE.
On Saturday, April 29th, 1911, at
II o'clock a. m., I will file with Geo.
P. Harmon, Judge of Probate for
Bamberg county, my final accounting
as administrator of the estate of
Hayne Barnes, deceased, and will
thereupon ask for a final discharge
as such administrator.
C. R. BRABHAM, JR.,
Administrator.
Bamberg, S. C.f March 29th, 1911.
CITATION NOTICE.
The State of South _ Carolina?
County of Bamberg?By Geo. r. narmon,
Esq., Judge of Probate.
Whereas Jas. Coates hath made
suit to me to grant him letters of administration
of the estate of and effects
of M. B. Coates, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said M.
B. Coates, deceased, that they be
and appear before me in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Bamberg,
S. C., on the 29th day of April, 1911,
at 11 o'clock, a. m., to show causey
if any they have, why the said
administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal this
11th day of April, 1911.
GEO. P. HARMON,
Judge of Probate.
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