The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 29, 1912, Page 3, Image 3
A NEW YORK MARQUIS.
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French Nobleman Who Has Lived in
Poverty on West Side.
Only a few persons in New York
knew the Marquis de Guichainville
and none knew the unsavory little
* basement store at 343 West 17th
K. street, where he lived with his blind
Hl daughter and son nearly blind. So
when the marquis was knocked down
by a 7th avenue car and was taken
HH to Bellevue Hosiptal with a broken
leg and a deep cut in his head only
his son and daughter knew and cared.
Before the days of the French
Revolution the family from which
W the marquis springs was wealthy. But
they became embroiled in the politics
I of that period, and the marquis's
* ^grandfather mortgaged his property
L to raise a large sum of money. The
m- mortgage was foreclosed and their
^ wealth was gone. The present marquis
came to this country about 40
|H years ago and for years earned a living
as a teacher of French in some of
^ the wealthy families of New York.
But after a time that source of inBl
come failed him, and he, with his son
and daughter, drifted over to the
V lower West Side, where they have
" M 1 A
riivea ior nearly ren years.
The basement store would never
k be taken for a home. From the outk
side it looks like a store room, for
W the little of it that can be seen
through the dirty draped windows,
^ partly covered by a strip of cloth, is
W filled with boxes. The boxes contain
all that is left of the heritage of De
k Guichainville, family relics that have
been treasured after everything else
K, was gone. Among them is a marble
wf statue of the marquis's wife.
A few crippled chairs, two beds
that do not invite repose, a table and
many books are the only things which
the light arc of the small glass lamp
that is necessary even in the daytime.
Only the janitress has seen that
; much.
De Guichainville, who is 80 years
old, and his son walk to work every
morning, and it was on this morning
1 , walk that he was run down. The
aged, erect man, with his carefully
white waxed mustache, looked some
what out of place in that part of
West 17th street, even if his clothes
were threadbare. Both he and his
sen carried a cane, which aroused
mirth among the neighbors.
r Years ago the marquis had a reputation
as a numismatist, and possessed
a collection of old coins of considerable
value. This he sold when
his reverses came, but his desire for
collection remained with him. He
carried a small bag on these morning
strolls and' picked up anything
, that he saw lying in the street. The
front room of the basement was littered
with cigar stubs and cigarettes
that had been accumulated through
the months and there were big packages
of labels from tin cans and bottles.
Sometimes, though, he worked
for dealers in old coins in 23d street
A and showed that he still possessed
skill in detecting false coins of supr
posed antiquity.
The resources of the family have
become smaller and smaller during
the last few years. They depend almost
wholly on the few French people
in the city who know of the marquis
and his family and are willing
to help them.
When a reporter went to the basement
to see if the son?Raoul?was
h in he found the plrce in utter darkm
ness. Somewhere in that darkness
K the daughter of a marquis sat alone,
J waiting for her brother to come home
f from the hospital.?New York Sun.
Crematory Explodes.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 23.?While
Wm the body of Minnie Massie, a young
* woman, who died February 3, from
the effects of a stab wound, was being
cremated at the morgue to-day, the
crematory exploded. Deputy coroner
Black was hurled violently against
a wall and seriously burned. Coroner
t Jamison and a number of prominent
hotel proprietors, who saw the beginning
of the cremation, had barely
left the room when the explosion orcurred.
The partly incinerated body
* was badly scattered, while the body
of the crematory was blown away.
Escaping gas is thought to have assembled
beneath a false bottom of
the oven and ignition followed from
the intense heat.
Youth Rewarded for Bravery.
McAlester, Okla., Feb. 24.?As a
^ reward for his bravery in warning
miners at work in mine Xo. 5 of the
Western Coal & Mining company at
Lehigh, Okla., when fire broke out
in the mine last Thursday, resolutions
were adopted at the convention
of the United Mine Workers of
America, of the Twenty-first district,
to-aay aumuriziiig mc t-Acuuuvc
board to set aside sufficient funds to
defray the expenses of educating
Reifno Rodpguez, a Mexican youth.
Rodrigue when it was discovered
that the mine was afire, ran
through the works shouting a warning
to the workmen. As a result, all
of the 100 men at work, with the ex||k^
ception of nine, escaped from the
mine before the fire gained headway.
"IT'S MY BROTHER."
Said Gen. Miles When He Picked up
Dead Man in Street.
Washington, Feb. 22.?Lieut. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., retired, was
motoring along Pennsylvania avenue
to-night when a man walking briskly
through the twilight in LaFayette
Park opposite the White House,
crumpled down in a heap, then
sprawled on the pathway.
General Miles left his car to peer
over the heads of the crowd which
gathered.
"It's my brother," said the general,
when he saw the upturned face.
Then he took the body up in his arms
and carried it to his automobile.
Daniel C. Miles was the man's
name. The coroner said his heart
had failed.
The dead man's home was in Westminster,
Mass. He was in Washington
visiting Gen. Miles.
Where Johnston Surrendered.
Much has been said and written
about Lee's surrender to Grant, but
little has been said in any way about
Johnston's surrender to Sherman,
although Johnston ranked next to
Lee in point of command in the Confederate
army when he surrendered.
While almost every intelligent person
in the United States knows where
Lee surrendered, there are very few
people who know where Johnston
surrendered.
Johnston's surrender took place in
Orange county, North Carolina, April
17, 1865. The place wThere he surrendered
was a farm house which
was situated on the public road that
runs from Hillsboro to Durham.
Durham was then only a railway station,
not thought of as anything else,
now it is an active city. The place of
the surrender is about three miles
west of Durham and can be seen
from the Southern Railroad. If they
only knew it, every passenger on the
trains between Durham and Greensboro
in the daytime could see the
place. It is marked by an old log
building which is overshadowed by a
large sycamore tree. Some time ago
the writer was going from Durham
to Hillsboro on the train and was in
company with a South Carolinian,
! who, when told of the place, express
ed a desire to see it. When the place
was pointed out to him he scanned
it closely the few moments it was in
view of the train and then remarked
that he had heard of Sherman down
in South Carolina and didn't like his
reputation.
To many it may seem strange that
Lee and Johnston surrendered so
close together. Their armies operated
in fields widely separated, one helonging
to the east and the other to
the west, until within a few months
of the close of the war, and then both
surrendered in adjoining States. The
reason for this was that Lee and
Johnston were trying to get together
and unite their armies so that they
could prolong the struggle against
the ever-increasing Federal forces.
But the Federals found out what
Lee and Johnston were up to, and a
large force of their men were sent to
head off Johnston, while Lee was
busy entertaining Grant's men over
in Virginia, thus they prevented the
union. Lee surrendered April 9 and
Johnston April 17.
Many people throughout the Carolinas
and Georgia still look upon
Sherman and his men as a bunch of
thieves and plunderers-. But Sherman
showed a better heart when
Johnston surrendered to him than he
has ever been given credit for hav
ing. He gave Johnston such liberal
terms that when the terms were wired
to Washington for approval, the
Federal government disapproved
them, and new terms had to be arranged.
Doubtless Sherman wanted
to see the war close, and then it is
said that he dreaded Johnston worse
than any general he ever faced in
battle.
The place where the surrender of
Johnston took place is known as the
"Bennett Place" by the surrounding
country. No importance seems to be
attached to the place by any one far
or near. The writer first saw the
place some ten years ago while he
was attending Trinity College. He,
in company with a number of students,
walked out to the place one
winter afternoon and looked it over.
He has seen it many times since then
and notes that it is gradually going
down. The old log house will soon
fall down if not torn down, and then
it will have nothing to mark the
place, unless some one takes more
interest in preserving it than has yet
been shown. A year or so ago there
was talk of the Woodmen of the
World setting up a suitable monument
on the ground, but the movement,
if it was ever begun, must
have died. Xo one lives there now
and already the ground is being cultivated
close up to the old house,
and when the house falls down, as it
promises soJn to do, the ground will
likely be cleared of logs and put
into cultivation, and the place will
son be unknown.?C. R. R. in Charlotte
Observer.
CAME TO HIS ASSISTANCE.
Friends of Carolinian Save Him from A
Arrest.
Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 23.?Louis
York, the young man residing at c
Lowe village, and who was several i
days ago identified as the man want- li
ed in Pickens, S. C., for escaping \>
from the officers while a member of e
the chain gang in that county has r
been aided by friends. York was 1:
wanted for serving out the unexpir- f
ed term of six months. His friends
here rallied to his support, and to e
keep him from going back to a life of o
shame they made up the amount of t
money required to pay him out, and b
he has been allowed to remain with
his family. The officer who came
for York from South Carolina, was t
one of the number to contribute to t
the fund "which kept the man from h
having to go back to prison. York e
has lived an exemplary life ever since c
coming here. e
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RECORD SPRUNG ON BLEASE. s
Governor Formerly Favored Heating ^
Plant for Colored College. v
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Columbia, Feb. 25.?When the
item relative to the heating plant at
the negro State College was reached
last night, when the senate was con- p
sidering the vetoes on the ajppropri- j
ation bill, Senator Weston arguing t
for the passage over the veto, stated p
that Gov. Blease, a few years ago
while a trustee" of the negro State ^
College, in the report which the board n
made in 1902, approved then the in- e
stallation of a heating plant in Mor- 0
rill Hall at the colored college. r
"That report," said the Richland j,
senator, "is a complete refutation of p
the governor's message vetoing this ^
item." Senator Weston characterized p
the governor's present attitude as n
that of a candidate seeking re-election t
and as an appeal to the prejudice and
passion of the people.
The report referred to by Senator e
Weston was made while John J. Mc- \
Mahan was superintendent of educa- g
tion, and contains this paragraph: p
"A steam heating plant has been in- ?
stalled in Morrill Hall at a cost of p
$3,300, which adds much to the safe- j
ty of the building and the health and ?
comfort of the students." t
The report was signed by Gov. Mc- 0
Sweeney, Messrs. Cole L. Blease and ^
W. R. Lowman, trustees. D
Unable to Find Mrs. Greever.
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Washington, Feb. 24.?There are ''
no new developments in the case of
Mrs. W. H. Greever, of Columbia, S. 8
C., who disappeared in this city on a
Friday, February 16. The police of v
this and nearby cities have been u
working diligently but they have not a
discovered the slightest clue as to ^
her whereabouts. The mystery in- ?
creases as each day passes.
Mr. Greever, who is a well known
minister of Columbia, has been here s
t
for several days, as have other relatives
of the missing woman, and they a
have been aiding in the search, but to
no avail. Mr. Greever is almost distracted.
J
Mrs. Greever had been in Washington
for several month's. She came
here for treatment for nervous
trouble, but ai no time was her con- f
dition regarded as alarming. She J
was apparently in good spirits the
day she disappeared, and this makes S
the case all the more mysterious. She h
was out shopping Friday afternoon, J
in company with a woman friend. Her t.
friend turned to speak to her as they
were walking down a crowded street, a
and found that she had disappeared. r
She has not been heard from since. 0
Mrs. Greever had several friends J
in Washington, and she has relatives i]
in Pennsylvania and Maryland. All
of these, so far as possible, have been
communicated with, but without re- j
suits.
It has been suggested that the
missing woman might have committed
suicide by jumping into the Potomac
river. The river -banks have .
b
been scanned by the police for several ^
"days, but without finding any body.
All the hospitals in this section have
been communicated with, but with- .
D
out results.
The public is greatly interested in ^
the case. It does not seem possible
that a person could completely dis- h
appear in the national capital, which ^
has a large and efficient police force, ^
vet this is just what has happened. .
Many different theories have been
worked on, but all have been without
any sort of success. The police n
have had absolutely no clues to work ?
on. i
Mrs. Greever is 4 6 years old. She b
has two children, and they are now ^
with relatives in Virginia. She has j
not been there. So far as is known
she had but $S or $10 the day she ?
disappeared, and this makes the case X
all the more mysterious. J
W. S. Peterson, who has been at T
the head of the Orangeburg Collegi
ate Institute for the past eight years, X
resigned last week, his resignation J
to take effect at the end of the pres
ent session. No anouncement of his X
future plans has been made. J
ROOSEVELT A CANDIDATE.
Vill Oppose Taft Before National
Republican Convention.
"V* TT 1 T"^ _ O " ( i T ill
;\ew loriv, reu. zo.? 1 win auept
the nomination for president
f it is tendered me, and I will adiere
to this decision until the conention
has expressed its prefernce,"
is Col. Theodore Roosevelt's
eply to the letter of seven Repubican
governors asking him to stand
or nomination.
The eagerly awaited reply was givn
out to-night at Col. Roosevelt's
ffice here during his absence on a
rip to Boston. It. was unexpectedly
rief, but definite. It follows:
Suspense Relieved at Last.
"New York, Feb. 24, 1912.?Genlemen:
I deeply appreciate your leter,
and I realize to the full the
eavy responsiblity it puts upon me,
xpressing as it does the carefully
onsidered conviction of the men
lected by popular vote to stand as
he heads of government in their
everal States.
"I absolutely agree with you that
his matter is not one to be decided
rith any reference to the personal
references or interests of any man,
ut purely from the standpoint of the
aterests of the people as a whole.
"I will accept the nomination for
resident if it is tendered to me, and
will adhere to this decision until
he convention has expressed its
reference.
"One of the chief principles for
fhich I have stood, and for which I
ow stand, and, which I have always
ndeavored and always shall endeavr
to reduce to action is the genuine
ule of the people, and therefore, I
ope that so far as possible the peole
may be given the chance, through
lirect primaries, to express their
reference as to who shall be the
ominee of the Republican convenion.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"The Hon. Wm. E. Glascock, govrnor
of West Virginia, Charleston,
V. Va.; the Hon. Chester H. Aldrich,
;overnor of the State of Nebraska,
dncoln, Neb.; the Hon. Robert P.
lass, governor the State of New
lampshire, Concord, N. H.; the Hon.
oseph M. Carey, governor of the
Itate of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyo.;
he Hon. Chas. E. Osborne, governor
f the State of Michigan, Lansing,
Iich.; the Hon. W. R. Stubbs, goverlor
of the State of Kansas, Topeka,
Can.; the Hon. Herbert S. Hadley,
overnor of the State of Missouri, Jeferson
City, Mo."
The above named governors asembled
at Chicago two weeks ago
nd drafted a letter to Col. Rooseelt,
asserting that there was a poplar
demand for him to be president
gain and urging him to declare
timself as to whether he would acept
the Republican nomination if
it came unsolicited and unsought."
For two weeks Col. Roosevelt conidered
the letter, indicating plainly
hat he had no intention of making
hasty reply.
JONES CASE ARGUED.
udge Shipp Reserves Decision in
Orangeburg Plea.
Orangeburg, Feb. 24.?The motion
or a new trial in the case of J. J.
ones, under sentence for manslaiigher,
was heard here to-day by Judge
hipp. Several hours were consumed
q the argument, and at the close the
udge took the papers and announced
hat he would render a decision later.
Jones was brought from Columbia
nd is now in jail here, where he will
emain until a decision is rendered
n the motion argued to-day. Mrs.
ones was present in court this mornag.
COMMISSION FORM REJECTED.
'c rty-one Majority Against Proposition
in Augusta.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 21.?The fight
or and against commission governlent,
which ended with the election
ere to-day, resulted in defeat of
tie proposed new charter by 51
otes. Four wards of the six voted
majority for the proposed charter,
ut the majority of the other two
rards defeat it. In those two wards
tie openly termed "professional
'ard heeler" element has its strongold,
and the fight was waged directj
against them. The count has
een protested.
FARMERS' UNION MEETINGS.
The local Bamberg Farmers' Union
leets at the court house in Bamberg
n the first and third Friday mornlgs
in every month. Meeting at
1 o'clock. Applications for mem
ership received at every meeting,
et all members be present.
J. W. STEWART,
. P. O'QUINN, President.
Secretory.
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