The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 29, 1912, Page 6, Image 6
TWO STORMS THIS WEEK.
Probably Only Rain in Southern
States, Says Bureau.
Washington, Feb. 25.?Two storms
*> of rain or snow, or both, are predicted
to cross the country this week
bp the weather bulletin.
A disturbance, central to-day in
the Southwest, will advance to the
Ohio valley on Monday and move to
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attended by general precipitation
over the Mississippi valley and the
region east, the precipitation being
in the form of rains in Southern, and
snow in Northern States.
This disturbance will be followed
by a change to colder over all districts
east of the Rocky Mountains,
but it will be of short duration and
it is possible that rising temperature
will overspread most of the West by
the middle of the week.
The next general disturbance to
cross the country will appear in the
far West on Wednesday, cross the
Middle West about Friday and the
Eastern States near the cloSe of the
week. It probably will be attended
by rains, although snows are likely
in Northern States.
Generally fair weather with moderate
temperature will prevail during
the week on the Pacific slope,
with the exception that rains will set
in over the North Pacific States on
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Tuesday or weunesuay.
Great Indians of Old Florida.
A representative of the United
States government was sent to Florida
in 1832 to settle upon terms of
capitulation wherein it was specified
that the Indians were to give up their
lands upon receipt of $15,400, to be
presented with a new home, each
male to receive a blanket and each
female a newr homespun frock, says
the Kansas City Star.
This was the agreement made by
President Jackson in order to acquire
from the Seminoles valuable lands in
Florida. The Indians were assembled
and the contract was read for them.
"I will sign your paper," said one
of the gaudily attired Seminoles stepping
forward.
But just as the second of the chiefs
was about to sign there stepped between
him and the paper a stalwart
chief with bow and arrow in hand.
He gave one sharp glance about him
and then spoke:
"No treaty shall be signed which
robs us of our lands. The man who
sets his hand on such paper dies at
my hand."
The speaker was As-se-he-ho-lar
(meaning Black Drink.) The name
has been shortened in history to Osceola.
"I shall never sign these lies," he
- said, with violence. "You whites are
all cowards and cheats!" and, casting
his bow to one side, he seized
his long knife in his right hand and
pilingea it xnrougn tne paper wnu
such force that it went clean through
the table upon which it lay. He then
turned and haughtily left the room.
The conference brokp up in disorder.
Osceola's hatred of the whites
was increased ten-fold whefn they
captured his young wife and sold her
as a slave. He himself was captured,
but escaped from jail in two days.
After that it was war to the death.
Soon all the Seminoles were in arms
and the government of ihe United
States was plunged into a desperate
cotiflict which was to last seven long
and tedious years.
Osceola looked on the Indian agent
as his worst enemy. Soon afterward
the agent's dead body was
found pierced with 14 bullets. MajoT
Lee, with 110 soldiers, was marching
inland from Tampa when Osceola
and a band of braves flung themselves
on his troops and slaughtered
all but three of them. Then, with an
inferior force he mairched against
General Clinch and 1,000 soldiers.
The Indians held off the troops until
all their ammunition was gone. Then
they retreated in safety.
Battle followed battle with varying
results. At last in 1837 a temporary
peace was patched up. Under a flag
of truce and promise of safety Osceola
went by invitation to a conference
in General Jessup's camp. When
Jessup heard that the savage Seminole
was nearby he immediately devised
a scheme for capturing him.
Finding that he could not entice him
into the fort he ordered one of his
officers, with over a hundred soldiers,
to seize the chief under a flag of
truce. This sharp trick was successfully
operated, and although it was
a piece of the most flagrant treachery,
the wily enemy to white government
was at last secured.
In spite of his vigorous protests
Osceola was sent to St. Augustine
and afterward confined in the dungeon
at Fort Moultrie, S. C. Crushed
by the humiliating position to
which he had sunk and brooding
over the misfortunes of his race, he
pined away and died within a year.
The chief being dead and the war
being over the great bulk of the Seminoles
were sent beyond the Mississippi,
and few, who were harmless,
were allowed to remain in Florida.
Osceola's mother was tfe daughter
of a Creek Indian chief and his
ROMANCE HAS SAD ENDING. I
Aged Millionaire I>ies and Girl ^
Widow Seriously 111.
New York, Feb. 24.?The J^onevmoon
of Elijah Marshall Allen, the ?
74-year-old millionaire lumber trader i
and his 19-year-old bride, ended to- (
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day with the aged man's death at i
St. Vincent's hospital. His girl wife, f
who was Mattie Laura Walker, a vi- 1
vacious brunette in comic opera, is ?
reported to be near death from penu- i
monia, under care of her mother in '
an up-town apartment. (
The wedding, at South Xorwalk, (
Connecticut, on January 10 last, was t
one of elaborate festivities with a 1
gay round of dancing, which the 2
aged millionaire proudly led with a
boast of his excellent health. While c
playing golf with his bride at Pine- ?
hurst, N. C., three weeks later, he s
was taken ill and the couple hurried f
to New York. t
Mr. Allen became paralyzed in one s
leg and suffered a general hardening i
of the arteries. His bride was at his c
bedside daily until she became ill 2
with a cold, which developed into f
pneumonia. t
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Alien was a wiuuwci. ms
wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Akers Allen,
author of "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother,"
and many other well known poems.
She died last summer.
Allen's girl bride is connected
with the Van Wyck family of this
city, and is said to be a distant relative
of President Taft, whose wedding
present was a gold table set. It
has been reported that by a recent
will the aged millionaire made his
young bride heiress to half of his es- s
tate, and Mrs. Daniel Cooke, of this
city, Allen's daughter, heiress to the
other half.
FIGHT DUEL IX CHURCH. 8
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African Methodist Pillars Sing Doxo- *
logy, Then Shoot. *
Washington, Feb. 23.?With the e
Vermont Avenue African Methodist a
Episcopal church, between Q and R c
streets, for a battle ground, John
Brass and Robert L. Porter, two of ^
the church pillars, fought a bloodless
duel with pistols shortly after the j
early morning services yesterday.
Many of the congregation were still
in the edifice and several parted the 5
belligerents before harm came to j
either. ,
A passing policeman, startled by
the reports of the weapons from the t
house of worship,.arrested the princi- x
pals and three other church memberst
All were taken to the Eighth j
precinct, when Porter and Brass were
charged with having carried conceal
ed weapons and also with disorderly
conduct. The others were charged
with having acted disorderly.
Bad blood had existed between 1
Brass and Porter for some time, according
to friends of both. Yesterday
they went to worship armed with revolvers
and took active part in the
service. A few moments after the
singing of the doxology one jostled
g
the other. Both wheeled and drew
pistols. Both fired at about the
same time. Both bullets went wide
of their marks, however, and tore .
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large holes in the ceiling. It is
thought that it will take about $25
to repair the damages.
The detonation startled the depart- T
ing members. Few halted to see what
was the matter, the majority rushing
from the place panic-stricken.
When the policeman arrived James 1
S. Burke, Lane Daw, and Mary Slid- a
er were engaged in a verbal alterca- E
tion with the principals.. They de-1
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ciarea, aner meir arrest, mat mej
had only mediated between the j
belligerents. E
The prisoners were taken to the a
United States branch of the police ^
court, where they were released on j
bond for their appearance in court ^
this morning.
Ross Crane Friday Night.
Ross Crane, the cartoonist, claymodeler,
and entertainer, will be the
next regular lyceum attraction, Friday
evening, March 1st. Ross Crane
is no new-comer, or experiment in
lyceum work, but comes with a wellearned
reputation behind him. The local
management has been trying to
get him for several years, for he is t
a man hard to get because he is pop- c
ular and expensive. ; '
He will give us an entertainment t
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and those who go to the entertain- j
ment Friday night are assured a
splendid evening's enjoyment. j
father was William Powell, an En- *
glishman. The Seminole chief was 1
born near Chattahooche, Ga., in 1
1S04. When he was a mere child
his mother fled from her English ?
husband, taking her son with her, 1
and never paused in her flight until she
reached her father's tribe in i
Southern Georgia. (
Whether because her husband had
ill-treated her, or for some other
cause, Osceola's mother had a mortal
hatred of all white men, and she ^
made her son hate them even more
bitterly than she did. Both she and ,
Osceola spoke English as readily as <
their own language. ]
LRRESTS IN C. AND W. C. STRIKE.
Hen Charged with Assault and Battery?Cause
of Strike.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 24.?As a result
of attempts to pull negro firenen
off two passenger trains on the
Charleston and Western Carolina
Railroad, and other acts of violence,
our members of the local brotherlood
of firemen and enginemen were
irrested here to-day on county war ants
charging assault and battery,
rhe men, who were released to-night
)n bonds of $500 each, are Harry
Cary, chairman of the strike commitee;
T. M. Vaughn, an official of the
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3rotherftooa; tiarry rage aiiu mumis
W. Price.
Special officer Matthews, while
:oming into the city to-day on the
Spartanburg train, was struck in the
stomach by a piece of iron thrown
rom a crowd gathered at the Lom>ard
Iron Works. Examination
showed that his injuries are not seious.
Police later dispersed the
:rowd by firing their revolvers in the
lir. It was stated to-night by oficials
that no further trouble is anicipated.
The strike, which went into efect
Thursday evening, grew out of
he demands of the white firemen
hat they be given equal rights with
he negro firemen. They charge that
he negroes are given all the best
uns. Some of the negroes, did not
trike, and those who did went out
n evmnathv with the white firemen.
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^here are 52 negro and 16 white firenen
employed on the road. No ;
reight trains have been operated
ince the inauguration of the strike.
Stopped the Heckler.
Having done his best by every fair
md unfair means during the last
slection to catch the candidate tripling
the heckler grew offensively
personal. !
"Is it true that your mother wash(s?"
he began, but before he could
idd the word "clothes," the witty
:andidate called out smartly.
"Of course she does. Why, don't
rou ?"
This raised a loud laugh at the
ieckler's expense, but still undaunt;d
he returned to the attack.
"You can't deny," he said, "that
our father was a rag and bone man.
bought some clothes of him thirty
rears ago."
"And I see you're still wearing
hem!" was the candidate's lightning
etort.
There was no more heckling that
light.?Tit-Bits.
Mob Hangs Negro.
Vicksburg, Miss. Feb. 26.-?Louis
Andrews, a negro, accused of comilicity
in the killing of Key Oakes, a
roung planter, who was shot to death
it Tallulah, La., several weeks ago,
vas hanged by a mob at Tallulah tolight,
according to a dispatch received
here. Andrews, the dispatch coninues,
was captured at Rayville, La.,
tnd confessed, it is alleged, that he
lad a part in the killing. He was to
lave been lodged in the Tallulah jail
o-night to await trial, but when AnIrews
and his guard stepped from a
rain tney were seizea Dy memuers
>f a mob. The guard was detained
vhile the negro was dragged to a
elegraph pole and hanged.
Oakes was shot to death after cashng
a check at a Tallulah bank. Two
legroes participated in the shooting
nd subsequent robbery. The second
legro has not been captured.
College President in Toils.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 24.?W. F.
Jrown, president of the Southern Female
college at LaGrange, Ga., was
rrested, in company with a young
roman, at a local hotel early to-day.
le was taken to police court and
ined $100.75. It is said he has a
rife and three children at LaGrange.
The young woman, whose name
ras not divulged, is said to have been
i former student of his and recently
aught near the college. She is beng
held pending word from her
ather, who lives in south Georgia.
LaGrange, Ga., Feb. 24.?Presi[ent
William F. Brown, of the South;rn
Female college, returned here
his afternoon from Atlanta and pre;ented
his resignation at a called
neeting of the trustees of that instiution.
It was accepted and the Rev.
B. Vaughn, pastor of the First
Baptist church, was elected president
)f the college, to succeed him. In
lis statement to the trustees, Mr.
3rown disclaimed any wrong or imnoral
conduct on his part, while in
Atlanta.
The father of the young woman
irrested with Mr. Brown went to Atanta
and brought his daughter home.
\lrs. Brown, wife of the college presdent,
refuses to make any comment
in the arrest of her husband.
In Sydney, Australia, M. Willis,
:he speaker, has to keep an eye on
:he books which members hurl at
lim.
\V,e have 100 tons of kainit that
eve will trade for cotton seed meal.
3ee us. HUTTO & COPELAND, at J.
D. Copeland's store.
WHEN MA SOX MEETS MASON.
Two Incidents when Masons were
Saved by Fellow Masons.
Having seen in the Sunday News of
February 4*, a communication with
the head lines "When Mason Meets
Mason," I am reminded of two incidents
along the same lines which I
will relate. In the spring of 1861,
near the time of the bombardment of
Fort Sumter, the war feeling being
at full height, Prof. Lowe made a balloon
ascension from Cincinnati, and
he struck a current of wind that carried
him at will and landed him in his
balloon on Pea Ridge, in Union county,
on the afternoon of the same day.
The balloon landed near where the
little town of Kelton now stands.
The neighborhood was thickly settled,
and several people saw the balloon
descend, and light on the
ground, and they soon gathered upon
the spot, and learning from Prof.
Lowe that he was right from Cincinnati
over in Yankeedom, the crowd
branded him as a Yankee spy and
were threatening him with immediate
death?the death of the spy.
About this time Esquire John P.
McKissick, a hot Secessionist, and
advocate of the war, as all others of
the community were who lived near
by, appeared upon the scene ready
and willing to join the mob and mete ,
out to the professor the death that
spies deserve.
Prof. Lowe, being a Mason, and
Enquire McKissick being a Mason also,
the latter came to the relief of
Prof. Lowe, quieted the mob, sent and
had his wagon and team brought,
and carried Prof. Lowe and his balloon
to Lnion Court House,, ten miles
away, where he met with other Masons,
who treated him kindly and
permitted him to depart in peace,
and he made his way back through
the lines of the Southern Army to his
home in the North.
Another instance occurred during
the War Between the States at the
battle of the Crater, near Petersburg,
Va., on the 30th of July, 1864. Gen.
Grant used negro troops in this battle,
who charged our lines, and many
of them were killed, wounded and
captured. The officers of these negro
troops were white men, and the feelings
of the Confederate soldiers were
wrought up to a high 'pitch, because
these negro troops were being used
against them, and they were about
ready to declare no quarters, and in
fact but little quarters were shown
the negroes. One captain that commanded
a negro company was captured,
and brought to our rear under
guard at the old ice house, near Petersburg,
where there were quite a
number of wounded, and here the
guard set upon the captain, abusing
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ana tnreatening 10 kh^ mm iui icauing
negro troops against them. They
would soon have carried out their
threats; the day was hot and the circumstances
made it more so, for the
Yankee captain, and the perspiration
was rolling "from his face, when he
cried out in the anguish of his soul,
"Is there no Mason in this crowd?"
At the same time he gave the distress
sign of a Master Mason, and
immediately one of the Confederate
soldiers and one of the guard, who
were in the act of killing the captain,
stepped to the side of the captain
and called to his comrades to
hold up. He stopped the mob, saved
the captain's life and had him sent
off safely, under guard as a prisoner
of war.?W. H. S. Harris, in the Sunday
News.
Sand Drifts Blockade Texas Roads. '
Galveston, Tex., Feb. 24.?Southern
Texas, or what is known as the
Brownsville country, experienced the
severest sand storm in its history yesterday
and traffic on the St. Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico Railroad was
blocked for many hours.
The sand was piled from eight to
twelve feet deep at points along the
line and trains could not buck the
packed dirts, especially near Katherine,
where several trains were held
up until an army of men cleared the
track so as to permit the operation
of trains under a slow schedule.
The terrific wind storm, which
blew for nearly twenty-four hours,
carried millions of cubic yards of
sand.
Worth the Money.General
Sherwood, author of the
dollar-a-dav pension bill, thinks the
opposition to that measure unreasonable.
The opposition, he thinks,
might profit from this story:
A recently married couple and a
friend were traveling by train when
they were suddenly plunged into the
darkness of a tunnel. There was no
light in the carriage and when they
abruptly returned to the daylight the
bride and the bridegroom were
caught in the midst of a furtive kiss.
The friend was dreadfully embarrassed,
and to cover his confusion he
said the first thing that came into
his head.
"That-ah-that tunnel cost $2,000,000."
The bridegroom nodded his head
wisely. "It was worth it," he said.
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