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STORY OF THE 1
ADVENTU1
Brought Up Among tl
Tells Many Intere
Experiences
It is safe to say that no preacher
on the American continent has had as
thrilling a life story as the Rev. Joseph
K. Griffis, of Cleveland, who has
recently added another interesting
chapter during a visit to the Indians
of the Florida Everglades, where
men are still tabooed by the descendants
of America's first inhabitants.
Mr. Griffis's mother was a quarterbreed
Osage woman. His father was
a white man?a scout known all over
the frontier by the name of California
Joe. Their home was near the
present site of the city of Gainesville,
in Texas.
A band of Kiowa Indians raided
that section when Mr. Griffis was but
a babe and carried into captivity
lage numbers of the inhabitants.
They killed his mother, and Chief
Zepkho-eete of the Kiowas took the
baby with him, back to the country of
Vi'/\Ti.nn on/4 rirac_an tcvrl trt Vl i R
L1HS All/noi), auu
wife, who decided that his name
should be "Tahan," which means
- "Texas man." The story of his capture
was told the boy long years afterward
by an Indian of the tribe
who participated in the raid.
The boy loved his foster-parents as
though they had been his own, and
they took the same care of him as
they did of their own children. He
.tells many interesting stories of how
they taught him obedience to his
parents, respect for the only gods
they knew anything about, and of his
father's instruction in hunting buffalo
and other game and in horseback
riding and long-distance listening.
He also tells many stories of privation
on the southwestern plains
and how they drank water from the
buffalo tracks and ate their meat
raw. He learned how to kindle fires
J
in a pouring rain without matches
and how to tie a horse to a hole in
the ground; also how to tell the tribe
to which an Indian belongs by the
shape of his mocdhsin as left in the
dust tracks.
Tahan witnessed the so-called battle
between the Indians and Custer's
seventh cavalry along the Washita
river, in what is now known as the
State of Oklahoma. The captives, of
whom Tahan was one, were driven on
to the settlers' camp, and it was just
following this that Tahan learned he
was not a Kiowa Indian, and that the
chief and his wife were not his real
parents. The white men contended
that he was not an Indian, and that
he was a captive among them, and
the story of the raid into Texas then
came out.
The Indians were compelled to give
him up, and one of the white men
took him into Texas, where he slept
in the quarters of the horses. One
night, however, he became so lone-!
some and homesick that he took one
of the horses and hit the trail toward
the Kiowa country, and eventually
found a road which led him to the j
camp and to his old Indian compan
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2UI1S, W litre lit 1 Cilia 111 CU. uuiu lit naa
sixteen.
As time went on the Indians hegan:
to mingle quite freely with the
whites, who were constantly becoming
more numerous on the frontier,
and the Kiowas were invited to attend
an agricultural fair and horse
-race at Muskogee. In one of the
races Tahan riding his pony Buckskin
won, and a government officer
who witnessed the race immediately
sent for Tahan and arranged with
him to enlist for special duty as a
scotit. For two and a half years he
served in this capacity, when one day
he was insulted by a young lieutenant.
Then he and another soldier,
known as "Gee Whiz," deserted and
fled to the Cheyennes.
They were captured, court-martialed
and sentenced to death. Imprisoned
at Fort Reno, awaiting the day
of execution, they cut a hole through
the prison roof and escaped into the
darkness of the night. For three years
Tahan was a wanderer, suspicious
and afraid of everybody. Toward
the latter part of his wanderings he
crossed the border into Canada, and
mo ni^ht in London. Ont.. stODDed
to listen to the Salvation Army on the
street. He went to the meeting in
the Salvation Army hall, became a
member of tl^e Salvation Army, and
was later promoted to be a captain.
After some four years' work with
the Salvation Army he took up work
as an evangelist independently. He
was subsequently ordained into the
Presbyterian church and became pastor
of the South Presbyterian church
t>.,fFnin o oVi n rr>Vi rkf anmp 300
U1 uuuaiVj a vuui vu vi.
members. While pastor of that
church he started other missions in
that city which have since grown into
churches.
He was attending a missionary
meeting in Buffalo one day when the
LIFE OF AN
ROUS PREACHER
le Fighting Savages He
sting and Exciting
of His Life
pardon for the technical offence he
had committed while a savage was
brought to him by the Rev. Mr. Ward,
pastor of another Presbyterian
church in that city. The Rev. Mr.
Griffis had told a few of his friends
of the technical charge which was
hanging over him, and they took it
up with President Cleveland, who,
when he had heard all the circumstances,
quickly granted the pardon.
Following his conversion, Mr. Griffis
was for a time alos a missionary
I among the Indians. He spent a year
! and a half among the Semocos in
New York State. He has visited the
Chippewas in Minnesota, the Sioux
in Dakota, the Utes in southern Colorado,
the different tribes in Indian
Territory and the Ojibways in Cani
ada.
His latest visit to an Indian tribe
was just a few weeks ago when he
was among the Indians of the Florii
da Everglades. These Indians live
on hummocks or islands just south
of Lake Okechobee. In 1858 all the
Indians in southern Florida were
rounded up to be sent to Indian Territory.
About 100 of them escaped
from the stockade and got into the
I Everglades, and later were allowed
to remain there. To-day they number
about 400. Only one of them
can speak English.
The Rev. J. Griffis had learned the
language of the Seminoles when in
Indian Territory, and on arriving at
1 ? ^
| the islands he aaaressea mem m
| their own tongue, and was told to
come ashore, though white men are
seldom allowed even to land there,
and never allowed to stay on their
domains for any length of time.
He found the little islands averaged
in size from twenty feet across to
| twenty acres in area and covered with
sub-tropic growth. The people live in
i shacks three feet above the ground,
I with posts for a foundation. The
j iroofs are thatched with palmetto,
i These Indians raise hogs and chickens
and do extensive gardening. The
I Rev. J. Griffis hunted with them, and
brought back many interesting souvenirs
to Cleveland, one the skin of a
panther.
The Indian wife which Tahan married
while a savage died many years
ago. They had a son, however, who
is still living. He is 34 years old, has
wedded an Indian girl, and is a resident
of Oklahoma. He does not
speak English.
1 After his conversion to the ministry
the Rev. J. Griffis married a white
woman, and they have three chilj
dren.?Philadelphia Record.
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Senate Reinstates Magistrate.
Columbia, Feb. 17.?Following the
withdrawal of the governor's mes'
sage announcing the dismissal of and
I charges preferred against A. P.
! Crisp, magistrate for Oconee county
! at Walhalla, the senate yesterday in
executive session re-confirmed his
appointment as magistrate. ,
Magistrate Crisp was removed
I from office by the governor on Feb!
ruary 13. The governor said in his
'letter of dismissal:
"For divers good and sufficient
! reasons, I have this day suspended
! and removed you from the office of
I magistrate for Oconee county at Wal!
balla, S. C. Your commission, heretofore
issued on February 16, has
been revoked."
The governor in his letter also
asked that the hooks and papers of
the office be turned over to the clerk
of court of Oconee. George L. Wilson
was appointed to take the place
of Magistrate Crisp. The nomination
was sent to the senate by the
governor. The senate did not confirm
the appointment of Mr. Wilson.
The matter created a great stir in
Walhalla and letters were sent to the
governor from the members of the
Walhalla bar with a petition signed
by all but one member of the bar
that Magistrate Crisp is an able and
conscientious official. Senator Earle,
of Oconee, wished the magistrate removed.
WOULD NOT SAY "OBEY."
Suffragette Refused Objectionable
Word and Minister Declined to Act.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 17.?Miss
Bessie S. Moss, suffragette leader, declined
to-day to subscribe to the
j word "obey" in the Episcopal marri1
age service, and, in consequence, her
! wedding to Albert E. Chamberlain, of
New York, was postponed. The minister
who was to have officiated refused
to leave out the objectionable
1 ixrnr/i Ho was sustained bv his bish
op. The couple withdrew the wedding
invitations and will he married
next Wednesday by a Baptist minister
who has agreed to respect the
suffragette bride's objections.
COLLEGIAN VALET TO COW.
$25,000 Bovine Gets Warm Bath and J
is "Manicured" Every Day.
North Easton, Mass., Feb. 16.?
With a college student for her valet, k
with her daily baths of lukewarm ft
water, her hoofs and horns "mani- c
cured" to a nicety and with every s
square inch of her glossy hide pol- t
ished to a shining finish, Dolly Dim- b
pies, a $25,000 cow, is the last word d
in bovine aristocracy. b
Dolly Dimples takes her valet, v
who is Alonzo Hathaway, from Ames r
Agricultural college, Iowa. Dolly a
likes her warm baths. She likes the t
grooming and rubbing she gets every 1
day. But greater to her than all c
these luxuries is her $600 offspring, e
a sturdy bull calf, yet to be christen- a
ed and ultimately to be shipped to 1;
W. H. Tienour, of Wisconsin. e
Dolly Dimples is the pride of s
Langwaler farms, owned by F. Loth- fl
rop Ames, the millionaire of Boston d
and Newport. Mr. Ames sought an 1;
expert to care for his $25,000 cow. t
Hathaway obtained a year's leave of a
absence from college to "valet" a
cow. d
Had Leg Cut Off. J,
f
James P. Browning, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Browning, had his leg cut ^
off just below the knee Tuesday night b
while working on the switching crew 0
in the local freight yard of the South- g
ern Railway, on the middle track be- D
tween the freight and passenger de- y
pots. ?
The accident occurred about ten
o'clock while Mr. Browning was
working on the rear end of a freight. *
A car had been shunted into the r
switch and as his train passed v
through the switch Mr. Browning n
was hanging to the side of the rear 13
car. It is thought that he must e
- . t:
nave leaned too iar out as ue suuw
T
the standing car and he was knocked
from the train which passed over his v
left leg, crushing the member so ter- p
ribly that amputation was necessary. *
Browning's partner, Marion Dukes, M
who was working on the front of the
train, heard his groans and ran at q
once to his assistance.
Mr. Browning was unconscious c
when found and it was seen at once *
that his condition was serious. Dr. e
J. S. Wimberly, the Southern's local s
surgeon, was summoned and the leg
was amputated. Mr. Browning is
now getting along as well as could s
be hoped for. a
Mr. Browning is about 32 years of ^
age, is married and has one son. He *
has been in the railroad business for a
some years, but had recently return- n
ed to the work after an absence of
about four years. He is a good work- 8
er, and he has the resepct and es- r
teem of all his associates. The acci- ?
dent he has suffered causes general u
regret among his friends and all hope p
that he will soon he able to get about. t
?Branchville Journal.
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The State Warehouse Bill. V c
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Although there has been very lit- t
tie discussion of the State warehouse n
bill in the newspapers, we have noted e
an objection to the effect that the h
scheme savors too much of the State
dispensary system. We are not at
all impressed with such a suggestion,
however. Even the authors of the ^
dispensary law recognized that its
success was impossible except in the
hands of men of unquestionable character
and of the finest business ca- 0
parity. The main point of difference ?
between the promoters of the dispen
sary idea and the people generally ^
lay in the question as to whether it '
was possible to secure the service of
such men. The dispensary promoters t
thought yes and the people generally s
thought no. The people generally p
were right. The kind of men neces- ?
sary to the success of the dispensary
would have nothing to do with it ?
either as managers or patrons. Some
of them may have been patrons at ?
times; but at those times they were 13
disqualified as to requirements. But
the conditions surrounding the ware- s
house idea are different. To the State p
warehouse is to be committed the
fruits of the intelligence and toil of
all kinds of people, including the best 0
and most intelligent there is in the p
State. We have Scriptural authority a
for it that where a man's treasure is
there is his heart also. There are a
more legal safeguards around the !
banking systems of this country than ^
there are around any other business.
These legal safeguards are important;
but they are not nearly so important
or effective as the fact that
every depositor in a bank is at all
times keeping tab on the character,
habits and movements of those who
have charge of his money. The c
same principle will apply to State J
warehouse management with even C
greater force. What the general as- a
sembly needs to do now, therefore, is t
to put the system in charge of the f
- -
right kind of men?men or large ai- a
fairs, men of brains and patriotism. 9
The all important thing is that this
splendid idea does not fail through
improper or incompetent administration.?Yorkville
Enquirer.
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ly if your subscription has expired. o
BANK ROBBED BY PORTER.
ames Murray, Porter, Got Away
With $1,265.
Gaffney, Feb. 17.?It became
mown in this city yesterday that the
lerchants & Planters bank, of this
ity, had been robbed of quite a large
i,tv? ftf mnnov hv a frtrmar necrn nrtr.
UUI VI IUVUVJ Kf J U> IViUIVt UV^AW A j
er, James Murray by name. It bad
ieen rumored in this city for some
ays that this money had been stolen,
iut the bank officials when interiewed
by a reporter, succeeded in
aisleading him, stating that the
mount involved was scarce more
han pocket change, and that very
ittle money had been stolen, practially
all of which had been recoverd.
This did not seem at all serious
,nd the suspicions of the people at
arge and the depositors were allayd.
However, a reporter yesterday
ucceeded in getting some facts and
igures on the case and it is now evilent
that the bank suffered quite
argely. In short, the entire sum obained
by the negro in two hauls
mounted to $1,265.
The money was obtained at two
different times by the porter, once
rhen the assistant cashier was makQg
up the payroll, and the other time
rom the cashier during a rush of
tusiness. It seems that the negro
iad free access to different portions
f the bank and had no difficulty in
;etting to the money. For reasons
low unknown he was not suspected
rhen the loss of the money was
inally discovered.
A Rich Negro.
He shortly quit the employment of
he bank and went away from town,
emaining away for some three
reeks. When he came hack it was
oticed that he was quite flush with
aoney. In fact, at one time he offerd
to wager $10 with another negro
hat he could show $1,200 in cash,
'his naturally excited some suspicion
rhen reported to the bank, but the
olice officials, being in ignorance of
he theft, took no steps until they
rere asked to do so by the bank of
cials. The arrest was maae on ine
uiet and few knew that the negro
ras in jail. He remained in the
ounty jail for only two days, and
hen, when the hank officials succeedd
in recovering $1,195 from the nero,
he was released.
Directors Kick.
However, the officials of the hank
eemed to have placed themselves in
rather embarrassing predicament,
'hey compromised the matter with
he negro by his returning the money
nd it is stated that they secured a
aortgage on his mother's house and
3t to cover the remainder of the
hortage. This would have been all
ight had not the bank directors raisd
a disturbance. It seems that the
ireetors do not approve of the comromise
and intend to prosecute the
hief. A director, speaking to a reorter
this morning, stated that a
aeeting of the directors had been
ailed for Tuesday afternoon at which
ime it is probable that they will
ake steps toward prosecuting the
egro. The bank officials, in their
ffort to cover up the theft, seem to
ave made a bad mistake.
BIG MERCANTILE TRUST.
V> Take Advantage of Parcels Post,
Says Atlanta Speaker.
Atlanta, Feb. 15.?Condemnation
f the parcels post, and an appeal to
ongress to investigate the system
efore considering its adoption, were
ontained in resolutions adopted at
be Southern Merchants' Convention
ere to-day. Norman L. Johnson, of
he Merchants' Journal, delivered a
cathing speech against the parcels
ost, charged that a gigantic merantile
trust was being formed in anicipation
of its establishment in this
ountry, and asserted that its adopion
would work the ruin, not only
f country merchants, but of those
a cities as well.
"If this system is established,"
aid Mr. Johnson, "it will destroy 85
er cent, of the mercantile houses in
leorgia. Express companies have
een pointed out as insurmountable
bstacles in the way of a parcels
ost, but, in reality, they are hearty
dvocates of it."
Referring to the trust, which, he
aid, big New York interests were
orming, he declared: "It will make
he oil and steel mergers look. like
nfant combinations."
Southern merchants will meet in
Ltlanta next year to form a permalent
organization.
Hosiery Mill Stands.
The house rejected Friday afternoon
by indefinitely postponing the
oint resolution introduced by Mr.
leorge R. Rembert, of Richland, to
bolish the hosiery mills at the penientiary
and to annul the contract
or convict labor in this mill with
Ir. J. M. Graham. The vote on this
[U?stion was 64 to 40.
The general assembly has passed
,cts making the position of insurance
ommissioner and commissioner of
griculture elective by the people in-:
tead of appointive by the governor
r elective by the legislature.
EFFECTS SECOND ESCAPE.
South Carolina Man Departs from
Virginia Asylum. ,
Norfolk, VaFeb. 16.?Eugene
Peebles, who escaped from the Eastover
State hospital at Williamsburg,
to which he was committed as a lunatic,
following the murder here in
1909 of his wife, a former Savannah,
Ga., woman, but subsequently retaken
at the home of his mother, in
Aiken, S. C., and brought back to
the Williamsburg asylum, is again at
large, having craftily picked the locks
of five doors and escaped in the
night.
FARMERS' UNION MEETINGS.
The local Bamberg Farmers' Union
meets at the court house in Bamberg
on the first and third Friday mornings
in every month. Meeting at
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Let all members be present.
J. W. STEWART,
J. P. O'QUINN, ' President.
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