The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 04, 1911, Page 7, Image 7
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STATE HAS GOOD CREDIT.
Gov. Blease Assured that State Debt
Jt Can Easily be Refunded.
That the State will be able to get
an advantageous deal in New York,
when the State bonds are refunded
in 1913, is the assurance that was
Lr given Gov. Blease by the Northern
* bankers on bis trip this week to the
financial centre. It was suggested to
Gov. Blease there that the legislature
pass an act limiting the amount of
interest to be paid for the money to
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say, i per cent., ana tnus vei> uncap
money may be had. Alabama's exE
perience, where an act was passed
worded so as to say that the money
should not be obtained at a rate
?V, * "of less than" a certain per cent.,
jkl< was pointed out to the governor as an
example of the passage of a dangerL
ous act. Should the State pass,
through its legislature, an appropriV
ate act, Gov. Blease believes cheap
J money will be had for the refunding
& of the State debt.
Gov. Blease was pleased to find
out in New York that this State's
credit is now regarded highly. The
bankers told him that if the matter
of refunding' the debt is arranged
properly and the legislation suggest.
ed passed, the State will come out
fife; well in the bargain.
Gov. Blease was gratified to secure
jr'- in New York, through the co-operaHp:
tion of Mr. J. Pope Matthews, of Cogf"
lumbia, the loan for the running of
fy ' the State government, at as low a
rate as 3 per cent. This is the cheapest
money had since the administra&
tion of Gov. Hey ward, when some 3
g? V per cent, money was had. There are
no strings tied to the $500,000 loan.
In some cases it has been necessary
*to leave on deposit 20 per cent. In
this case such a clause is not in the
* contract. Also, while the money, in
jfk> , part, is on deposit here and being
n - used, it will draw interest for the
State, thus further reducing the net
cost of the loan to the State.
* The appropriation bill shows that
^j the State is- paving interest on bondjk
ed debt as follows:
Interest on $5,601,281 R. B. C. at
4% per cent, amounting to $252,e?n.
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r__ vui.Di ', interest uu $*vv,vvv umc at
|g?.:. 4% per cent. $18,000; added to this
| are four minor items on Clemson
|0- stock and other items. Thus about
$6,000,000 is represented in the
11 ; bonded debt.?Columbia Record.
Risks Life and Saves Girl.
' Oriska, N. D., April 27.?To save
Miss Marie Smith from death, H. P.
jfe Olsen, of this town, was lowered
iV head-downward into a wrell 22 feet
deep and only 18 inches in diameter.
The strain was so great that blood
S| burst through his chest and left arm.
?& ? The girl was barely alive.
!&:/ Miss Smith fell into the well, and
Hr . Olsen tied a rope around his ankles
and crawled down in the well while
bystanders held the rope. When he
reached the bottom he seized the girl
an<f called to the men above to pull.
Added to her weight of 160 pounds
was that of her drenched clothing,
and it took three men to pull the two
over the edge of the well.
Investigate Postmasters.
Washington, April 26.?Postmasters
of the country will be subjected
to a rigid investigation by congress.
The house committee on expenditures
in the postoffice department,
decided to act in response to a resolution
by Representative Saunders,
of Virginia, providing for the inquiry.
The committee will ascertain how
much* actual time the postmasters
devote to the service of the department,
their outside business affiliations,
political activities, whether
they are personally active in campaign
work, especially with reference
to collecting political assessments.
Preacher Uses Automobile.
Edgefield, April #26.?Dr. W. S.
Dorsett, pastor of the Baptist church
at Johnston, is the first minister in
the county to purchase an automobile
to be used in his ministerial visitations.
Dr. Dorsett came over, from
Johnston this morning in his new
runabout and procured a license
from W. B. Cogburn, the clerk of
court, to run his machine, his number
being 28. Dr. Dorsett is a very
alert, active pastor and the machine
will widen his field of usefulness.
Democrats Won't Give JJp Fight.
Nashville, Tenn., April 26.?At a
largely attended caucus of the regular
Democratic members of the general
assembly held to-night it was de
If cided that the two houses would re$j|
main in session for the next two
BS years, if necessary. Popular subft
scriptions will be taken to defray the
[te expenses of the members. If the as?
sembly can remain in session until
^- the expiration of the regular session
f of 75 days next Friday Gov. Hooper
"will be estopped from calling an ex|v,.
tra session to pass th'e appropriation
f bills necessary to the conduct of the
V: State government and the various
State institutions will be minus
a" funds, the comptroller and the treasurer
having already refused to meet
.. requisitions from a number of the
f institutions.
ANOTHER MERGER.
Woodside, Fountain Inn and Simpsonville
to Combine.
Greenville, April 26.?The third
mill merger with head offices in
Greenville was announced to-day. At
meetings held by the board of directors
of the Woodside cotton mills, the
Fountain Inn Manufacturing company
and the Simpsonville cotton mills,
the matter of consolidating the three
mills was considered and resolutions
were unanimously adopted indorsing
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ers of the several mills plans of consolidation
which will be submitted to
the stockholders at an early date.
For the purpose of perfecting the
consolidation a company under the
name of Woodside Cotton Mills company,
with a capital of $3,000,000,
will be formed. John T. Woodside,
who is president of the Woodside
cotton mills, treasurer of the Fountain
Inn Manufacturing company and
secretary of the Simpsonville cotton
mill, will be president. J. David
Woodside, who is secretary and treasurer
of the Woodside cotton mills
and president of the Fountain Inn
Manufacturing company, and E. T.
Woodside, who is president and treasurer
of the Simpsonville cotton
mills, will both be vice presidents.
Ample arrangements have been
made for financing the proposed com
pany, which will be clear of debt and
will have* a comfortable working
capital. A charter will be applied for
at once. The plan is highly indorsed
by the best bankers and financiers of
the country.
The three mills mentioned have
137,000 spindles. Several other mills
have expressed a desire to be admitted,
which would increase the number
of spindles to something over
200,000.
The Woodside cotton mill, one of
the largest and best in the South,
has been phenomenally sucessful, and
enjoys the distinction of numbering
among its stockholders some of the
largest moneyed interests in existence.
The Fountain Inn Manufacturing
nrvmnanv and thp Simnsonville
cotton mills are also among the best
mills in the South.
The head offices of the corporation
will be located in Greenville.
The consummation of this merger,
together with the Parker merger capitalized
at $10,000,000, and the
Smythe merger, with $12,000,000
capital, will make Greenville headquarters
for mill combinations with
capital aggregating $25,000,000.
SUNSHINE AFTER STORM.
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Much Damage Wrought on Louisiana
and Mississippi Coasts.
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a steady downpour of rain lasting 36
hours, accompanied by strong winds
and high tides, the storm wihch yesterday
and last night threatened serious
damage along the Louisiana
and Mississippi coast had abated at
an early hour this morning and
bright sunshine greeted New Orleans
to-day. No lives were lost in th^
storm and the property damage was
not heavy.
Telegraphic communications along
the gulf coast east of New Orleans is
still partially paralyzed and to-day
there was continued interruption of
traffic on the Louisville and Nashville
and Illinois Central railroads. The
damage on the former line, caused
by washouts near Desair, was repaired
during the morning, but the latter
road was forced to route trains
via Hattiesburg and the New Orleans
and Northeastern road, because
of a wrecked bridge at Dunbar.
The greatest damage done by the
storm was to the property along the
water front at Gulfport, Biloxi, Bay
St. Louis and Pass Christian. Several
small schooners and barges in the
harbors at these places were damaged,
beach roads torn up and
wharves partially wrecked. A lumber
schooner and several smaller
craft in Lake Pontchartrain were
wrecked.
Four spans of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad bridge between
Dunbar and Rigolets were carried
away by the high tide last night, and
three, other spans are several feet
out of line. A temporary structure
is being built to-day, and efforts will
be made to operate trains over the
line to-morrow.
House May Investigate.
Columbia, April 26.?It looks now
as if the general assembly will hav'e
to solve the Felder-Blease dispdnsary
controversy.
The Atlanta lawyer, T. B. Felder,
will not make a statement until the
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uueut questions ne asiveu. tut; guvernor
are answered and the governor
has shown a disposition to "say nothing."
The general assembly is expected
to appoint an investigating committee
and have a .general house cleaning,
airing thoroughly the actions of C.
L. Blease as State senator, private
citizen and governor.
Old newspapers, suitable for wrapping
purposes, for sale at The Herald
offlec.
COWBOY MET TRAGIC FATE.
Attempted to Prevent Stampede of
Cattle and Goes Over Cliff.
Jack showed up at Texas ferry on
the Snake for the big spring roundup
of 1888. His other name was
O'Rorick, and he might have come
from the old.sod, instead of Walla
Walla, but the chances are that he
had never known any other than the
range country. Otherwise he would
not have had time to learn all he
knows of cattle and brQnchos, or to
have so thoroughly forgotten whatever
he might have known of fear
of caution in softer and safer surroundings.
Not yet 21, tall, slender and lithe
as rawhide, he was the cowpuncher
from his hatband to heavy spurs, the
wildest rider from the Snake to the
northern border. Rarely was there
anything missing from his make-up,
especially when Jack had arrived in
town.
That round-up he joined at the
ferry was the last on a vast scale
held in eastern Washington. Beef
cattle by the tens of thousands roamed
the range then from the Cascade
to the Coeur d'Alenes, but settlers
shacks had begun to dot the sage
and the terrible winter of 1890-91
was coming to thin the herds down
to scattered, bony hands. But in
1888 the inland empire was as alive
with cowboy romance and action as
the John Day Valley, the country
around old Tucson or the endless
ranches of Texas.
The gathering camp at Texas ferry
brought together the best of the
punchers that were left on the range.
'PVi^Tr in from Montana Tdaho
and Oregon, bringing with them
Scupe Lloyd and Bill Ireland, afterward
to become famed the country
over as the crack broncho "buster"
of Buffalo Bill's show. Bill Lewis,
champion roper of the west, bossed
the outfit. Their fires gleamed around
the ferry for a few nights and then
they pulled out into the sage. Ten
"chuck" wagons rolled along in the
rear with food and bedding. The
horse wranglers had 900 ponies to
bring along. It was cowland at its
best, just before cowland became a
vivid memory.
Naturally, in a bunch like that,
Jack had to maintain his reputation
for reckless riding and in the horse
work around the big camp he found
all the competition of that kind that
could be brought together. They
had a bunch of wild horses to break
before they started. When they got
the worst fighter of the lot sorted
out Jack got on him with only a
halter and ran him over a trail nobody
cared to try except on a wise
and seasoned cow pony. As a finishing
touch he jumped the crazed animal
over a six foot-bank into loose
rock, held him on his feet and
brought him into camp meek and
uninjured.
From Texas ferry the round-up
worked down the Snake to old Ainsworth,
on the Columbia, and turned
north. Pasco happened to be i?
their way. Unlike the Pasco of today,
the town then consisted principally
of saloons. In the absence of
grand opera and libraries these attracted
the cowboys' curiosity. * They
arrived in the town on the jump,
creating a noisy ana smoay situation
with their uplifted sixshooters.
This preliminary failed to satisfy
Jack and after a seasonable period
at the bar he undertook 'to amplify
it. Drifting gayly into a saloon frequented
by railroad men he encouraged
a general jig by shooting neatly
at the feet displayed about the
floor. The bartender, being new to
the country, caught Jack from behind
and the jig was continued
largely on Jack's anatomy, everybody
joining in. Eventually they jigged
him into the street handily and remarked
upon the circumstances happily?for
about a minute.
Then Jack returned and the cowboy
population of the town seemed
to be with him. They all wanted to
get acquainted with the bartender
and his friends retired through the
back door. The cowboys went into
the saloon business' on a common
benefit basis. When they got ready
to start for camp the building formerly
occupied by the saloon remained
in a fragmentary condition. The
bartender never did return.
The roundup went on up the river
until it reached Mudhen Lake, the
main beef "gather." The place was
known all through cowland for its
favorable location on the roundup.
It offered plenty of water and a corral
rock that would hold thousands
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oi cattle, a currai 10 uuc ui mc
stone projections that shoot up in
the Inland Empire to a height of 100
feet or more. They are flat on top,
the sides are perpendicular and a
bunch of cattle gathered on the rock
with a man ?o guard the one trail
they were driven up couldn't get
away without wings. The big roundup
put several thousand head of
beef on the rock at Mudhen Lake.
Jack had the watch from dark until
midnight the first night there. He
saddled a young mule for the work.
A mule is more surefooted than even
a range pony and possesses keener
HOG EATS $2,700.
And Its Owner Wants the Government
to Replace the Amount.
A Kansas hog that "on the hoof"
was worth upward of $2,700, but
dressed was worth only the comparatively
insignificant amount represented
by "upward" brought about
the visit to Washington of Jeremiah
Quinn, a farmer residing near Coffeyville.
Quinn brought with him a
mass that one might mistake for a
handful of breakfast food. It is, he
says, as a matter of fact, the "unearned
increment" that was represented
in the value of his hog "on
the hoof."
Quinn has his jeye on the Washington
"pork barrel," but, according
to his story, with far more right than
can be said of many who view that
receptacle for the public funds. He
says that he can prove that his hog
pounced upon and devoured his $2,700
bank roll when he dropped it in
the pen while feeding the animal. If
he can do this "to the satisfaction of
the treasury department, he doubtless
will be reimbursed.
Woman's Burns Fatal.
Union, April 26.?Mrs. C. B. Ramsey,
a young woman living at Monarch
mills, died to-day from the effects
of burns received yesterday.
The unfortunate woman was cooking
dinner when in some manner her
clothing caught fire. She left her
house and ran across the street,
screaming for help, and her clothing
and hair were oomDletelv consumed.
Her suffering since was intense until
death relieved her. She leaves a
husband and a 2-months-old baby.
Pullman Sleeper Burnt.
Rocky Mount, N. C., April 27.?A
Pullman car of the Atlantic Coast
Line's Palmetto Limited-, northbound,
was destroyed by fire early
here to-day and resulted in the death
of J. Probstein, of New York.
The fire was started by an explosion
of gas leaking from a tank and
ignited by a lantern.
after-dark wisdom than most humoTic
Thov saw .T?r?V standine bv
a brush fire in the trail when the
camp turned in.
It was a hard watch, for the outfit
had ridden hard all day and Jack
couldn't move around far enough
away from the trail to keep his
senses alert. The herd lasted easily,
however, until nearly midnight, the
hour of the first relief, when Jack
could go to his blankets. He had
snapped his watch on 11:30 and almost
dropped into a nap when a
rumble up on the cliff brought him
up on the jump.
On the highest point of the cliff
above he could see the swaying horns
and 'heads of frightened cattle. It
may have been a wolfe or the mysterious
electric impulse in the air
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tuat 3CUU3 Baltic iiiaui^vuiuQ u?uv>.^
over anything in their path. Jack
recognized the symptoms and the
danger to the cattle, but nothing
else.
To turn the herd back from the
rim of the rock would have been a
ticklish job in laylight. Any movement
behind them would start the
rear forward and the front would
have to go over. It remained for
the rider to work along between the
cattle and the edge of the rock. Jack
ought to have called the whole camp
into the saddle. Instead of that he
jumped the mule up the trail and
jammed him along the edge.
The herd was milling and tossing
by this time and they crowded the
mule close to the rock. An unac,
customedmoise would have sent rider
and mule over in a cataract of living
beef to become hamburger at the
bottom. Jack swung along there,
but quieting a wild herd at midnight,
150 feet above level ground, by a
tight-rope ride on a mule was the
sort of amusement he most craved.
He pushed hard for the crag wnere
the herd had pointed and where it
could he most readily turned along
the cliff and circled back to safety.
The line of the cliff curved before
it reached the point. Jack, with his
eyes anxiously on the cattle ahead,
didn't see it. The mule did and stopped
to feel his way. If prudence
had been a part of Jack's make-up
he would have noted that. Instead
he pulled up the mule's head and
drove in the spur. The steers on the
point were pawing and snorting and
there was no time to lose.
The mule braced himself again in
consciousness of the danger and
ag?in Jack, unheeding, gave him the
spur. The animal flinched, lost his
footing and Jack, in his headlong
impatience, pulled up his head again
and drove him sheer out into the
dark. The cowboys found him and
his mule crushed together on the
rocks below. His presence and voice
had turned the herd on the point and
none of them followed him down.
The cowboys built a rude monument
of stone where they picked up
Jack's broken bones. From that
day Mudhen has been known as
Deadman's Lake.?Spokane Spokesman-Review.
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