The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 16, 1912, Page 6, Image 6
IS NOW THE WI(
CITY
Havana, Cuba, Said to i
Place on the Wes
Night Gaj
They say good Americans when;
they die go to Paris, but "live" |
Americans go to Havana.
Havana, gay, wicked, wide open,
it is the one city to-day to be shun- j
ned or visited, according to one's;
point of view. Several cities have I
been called the wickedest city?Reno, j
Nev., Port Said and Irkutsk, Siberia,
for instance. They are wicked cities,
V"A n-inlraHnocc! io r?f Q Rfirdid
UUl rvi^xvv/uuvco *.k> v?. v? w* ,
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<*. variety. Havana is wicked and gay. j
And five hours from the United j
States.
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In Paris the "night life," gay restaurants
and dances are for English
and American tourists. In Havana
the "gay life" is for the natives. Its j
wickedness is part of its life.
Everything in Havana is wide
open. And of its 57 varieties of wick8$b.
t
edness the mildest is gambling.
Gambling houses in Havana are open
to both men and women. All that is
necessary is a bank roll. Roulette,
faro, hazard and good American j
poker are at hand. Jai Alai, the!
popular Spanish game of skill, on j
which such big sums are won and
lnct nn innsrer flourishes, but it is:
.? ?
scarcely missed. Burbridge's Mira- j
mar hotel is a temple of chance i
where one can woo the fickle goddess
as she can be wooed nowhere in I
America. And, what is more, it is j
fashionable to do so.
Even as one sips his chocolate in
the morning the daily round has its i
beginning. A half dozen peddlers of
lottery tickets interrupt the meal.
The lottery in Cuba is run by the
government and there are drawings
every three months for enormous
prizes. The first prize is $100,000.
The tickets are hawked about the
streets and sold at every corner
store. But the fact that the gov-1
ernment conducts it does not guar- j
antee its "being on the level." At a
recent drawing the first prize was,
not awarded for the reason that that,
particular ticket had not been sold, i
ft": |
The public didn't like it, but they |
kept on buying tickets, for it is their j
instinct to "take a chance."
i
If one sits around a cafe any j
length of time?and a large part of (
every dav is SDent in this way?one
is certain to be invited to witness a j
cock fight. Cock fighting is one of
. the commonest sports in Cuba, and j
while it is against the law it is rare- j
ly interfered with. Large sums
change hands on these bloody exhibitions.
But it is not until after dark that:
Havana fakes on any of its air of
gayety. Then the Prado and the
Malacon and the various parks become
a fairyland of lights. A band j
plays at the Malacon, as the boulevard
along the ocean front is called.
All Havana emerges from its cool
and comfortable stone houses ready
for a night of pleasure.
The cafes are crowded, there is a
constant stream of automobiles and i
carriages up and down the boule-1
vards. The sidewalks are filled with !
people hurrying to the theatres.!
They are nearly all dressed in the
height of fashion. Havana is one of j
the richest cities in the world. Its
styles come direct from Paris. The !
only cheap things are tobacco and
matches.
At 8 o'clock performances begin
in a dozen theatres. At the Payre i
*V..; " I
grand opera is sung by a company of
artists headed by Constantino, of the j
Metropolitan forces. At the Albisu j
a Spanish opera company from the
City of Mexico is singing "the Chocolate
Soldier" and "The Count of Luxembourg."
At the Marti farce comedy
reigns.
In the moving picture and variety
theatres one finds real wickedness.
The "grizzly bear," the "bunny hug,"
are modest compared with the dances j
shown on the stages of the variety j
theatres, where the public is admit- j
ted for 25 and 50 cents. The little j
plays are beyond description and the
actresses wear very scanty attire.
At midnight Central Park, which j
ic in thp hpart of the citv. is as
crowded and filled with life as Broadand
Forty-second street before the
theatres swallow up the crowds. The
cafes are filled with people, but instead
of eating lobsters and draining
cold bottles they eat ice cream and
sip soft drinks. There is very little
drinking of alcoholic liquors in Havana.
Of course, all of Havana does not
go to the theatre. Many of the
fashionable set seek the clubs, some
seeking the gambling palaces and
others attend mask balls, which are
given nightly. The dancing, even at
the fashionable balls, would be called
"immoral" in America.
The gayest affairs are given on
Sunday nights at the Theatre Nacianal.
They begin about midnight
3CEDEST
IN THE WORLD.
ae the Most Wide-Open
stern Hemisphere.
rest Time.
and last until 8 and 9 o'clock Monday
morning.
The New Miramar, which is run
by Walter Burbridge, who used to
be associated with Canfield, is the
Mecca for tourists. Dinner there
costs you about twice as much as any (
place in New York or Paris. If one
is well dressed and looks prosperous <
he is asked if he wishes to play.
The second floor is one big gamb- 1
ling room, and it is thronged nightly !
by scores of American visitors as
well as rich Spaniards.?Milwaukee 1
Sentinel.
BLIND MAN
May Practice Surgery and Will Use
His Fingers as Eyes.
Surgical operations may be perfomed
by a blind man if Jacob W. Bolotin
succeeds in passing the examination
for a physician's license which
he took before the State board of
medical examiners, says a Chicago
special. He has met every test that
has been given him, and the examiners
believe he will qualify and become
the first blind medical practitioner
in the State of Illinois.
Bolotin, blind from his infancy,
will complete a course in medicine in
the Chicago College of Medicine and
surgery tms muiim. 5
"A blind physician!" exclaimed ]
the young man after he had finished
dictating his answer to the final question.
"Well, is there anything so
remarkable about it? Because a
man hasn't eyesight is it any sign *
that he hasn't any brains?" *
"They laughed at me when I asked 5
for a chart and said that I was going '
in the regular class for dissecting. '
But there wasn't a nerve, a sinew, a ]
vein, an artery, a tissue that the eye (
could behold, but I could feel with
the tips of my fingers. My fingers 1
are good' eyes. With them I can de- '
tect pulsations, irritations and tern- ]
peratures instantly. ^
"My ears are keen to every little {
sound within the human body. They J
tell me unquestionably and prompt- 1
ly when the machinery of the heart 1
or digestive organs is not running 1
smoothly. Or if there is a catch or [
obstruction in the lungs my ears tell 1
me immediately what is the cause, 1
and then I know what to do.
"I am to specialize in heart and 1
lung diseases, and am sure that I 1
shall succeed, for already I have been
practicing as assistant in the College
Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium."
Bolotin was born in Chicago 24
years ago. His parents were poor
and he was sent to the State School !
for the Blind at Jacksonville. He
wanted to be a physician, but was discouraged,
both because of his blindness
and because he had no financial
resources. He said he would make
matches. He made 3 cents the first
day, 74 cents the first week, and alter
that, he says, he never made less
than $3 a day. Last year he went '
out on the road selling typewriters,
and made nearly enough to carry him
through his last year of college.
Better Than an Alibi.
Col. G. M. Quarles, a tobacco
planter in Christian county, Ken- 1
tucky, has a darky manservant 1
named Mose. Mose was driving his 1
boss into town one day, when he 1
suddenly remarked:
"Marse Garrett, dey had me up
befoah my church las. night fur dancin\"
"I don't suppose you were guilty
?were you Mose?" asked the
colonel
"Yas, suh; yas, suh," said Mose.
"I was guilty of dancin', and dey
proved it on me, too; but I come
clear. My friends stuck to me close,
and after dem other niggers had done
testified ag'inst me my friends all
got up and testified dat, though it
was true I danced, I was so drunk
at de time I didn't know whut I was
doin'. So I come clear?and the
preacher 'scused me."?Saturday
Evening Post.
CHURCH AND A HALF A DAY.
I
Remarkable Progress Rei>orted to M.
E. Church, South, Board.
Louisville, Ky., May 8.?A church
i
j and a half built every day during tne
i past year is the record of the board
of church extension of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, according
to reports made to the thirtieth an!
nual session of che board here today.
Many of these were in the West
; and Northwest, where the growth of
j the church has been phenomenal.
; Application for loans and donations
'before the board total nearly ?446,j
000.
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE.
Swarm of Bees Settle on Mr. Hin
key's Head and Badly Stung Him.
A very unusual thing happened a
Beaverdam last Saturday that cam
near costing Mr. Bee Huskey his lif(
He and his son were plowing whe
Mr. Huskey's attention was attracte
to a swarm of bees that were comin
his way. To his surprise they bega
to settle upon his hat and crawl dow
on his face. He began brushing thei
away and the bees resented this ir
terference to their plans and bega
protesting with their stingers. Mi
Huskey snatched off his hat and th
bees settled on his head, gettin,
down under the hair and stingin
him. Mr. Huskey snatched up
guano sack and covered his head
running to the house, crushing th
bees with his hands through th
sack. Directly after reaching hi
house whelps as big as a man'
thumb began to appear all over hi
body, caused by the poison from th
bee stings. Mr. Huskey 'phoned fo
i doctor and Dr. Darwin hastenei
down, telling Mr. Huskey over th
phone to bathe his face and hand
in a strong solution of soda water
rhis undoubtedly saved his life. Mi
Huskey was very weak when the doc
? ? -v Vim r\f\A o /I tr? iniof orn/
tor I'CdCliCU lillXL auu auiuiuiaibiv
medicines.
Fortunately Mr. Huskey receive*
no permanent injuries and was abl<
to be up town Tuesday. The stinj
of a bee is very dangerous in som
instances and Mr. Huskey was stun;
in so many places that it is a miracl
that he is alive.
The bees also stung Mr. Huskey'
son several times but no sufferini
resulted. The bees settled on th
mules, causing them to break loos
ind run out of harm's way.?Chero
kee News.
Car Load of Eggs.
Siler City, N. C., May 9.?Sile
3ity having earned the enviable repu
Nation of bejng the biggest marke
n the South for rabbits, now come
:o the front as being the only tow:
n the State from which a solid car
load of eggs has been shipped oi
me consignment.
Capt. W. S. Durham, tie pionee
produce dealer of this town, shippe<
last Friday, one carload of eggs, be
ing one hundred and fifty crates, o
four thousand eggs. On the sam
lay that these eggs were shipped
Mr. Durham purchased from on
'armer over six hundred dozen eggs
ft'hich are not included in the car
oad shipment; this, however, is i
iaily occurrence. More than $65,00'
is expended each year in this tow:
ilone, for chickens, eggs, quail, am
:he famous Chatham rabbit?whicl
"act bespeaks that the produce busi
less of Siler City is no small affair
Part of Brain Gone.
Savannah, Ga., May 9.?Becaus
tie took the "one chance in ten thous
md" which physicians said he had t
keep his life, W. Galloway, cashier o
the Bank of Collins, Ga., wno at
tempted suicide by shooting out par
3f his brain, soon will leave the hos
pital here, where he was brough
from Collins, and soon will be a wel
man again.
He is yet very weak, but entirel
rational. He probably will not re
turn to Collins at first, but wrill g
to his old home at Mallory, S. C. Hi
intention, however, is to return t
Collins, ultimately.
Galloway says that it was becaus
ijf worry over reports that he ha
been drinking hard that he tried t
end his life. He says he had stoppe
drinking but the reports about hii
did not stop and brooding over ther
caused his effort at self-destructioi
Gallowav has the distinction c
having lost between one and tw
ounces from the frontal lobe of hi
brain, yet he doesn't miss it. Hi
wife of less than a year stood by hii
and helped him in his fight for lift
He put the muzzle of his pistol in hi
mouth and fired one shot. Phys
cians told him he had one chance i
ten thousand to live, and though pr<
viously he had wanted to die, he too
that one chance to live and has mad
good at it. He went under the knift
the operation was successful, and h
will live.
Three Miles a Minute by Hail.
Foremost among the countries coi
stantly engaged in railroad improve
ment which has high speed for it
object is Germany. Connecting Zo:
sen with Marienfeld is a military rai
road, fourteen and one-half miles i
length and as straight as a rule, an
on this line the world's highe:
speed records have been made. Tli
cars are about seventy-two feet Ion
and weigh ninety tons each. Eac
car is fitted with four electric mc
tors, two at each end, developin
1.000 horsepower in all.
Day by day the speed was increa:
ed, until the velocity of 130 mil*
per hour was reached. It was tb
opinion of conservative engineei
that 150 miles per hour could be ha<
Less conservative engineers place
the limit at 200 miles per hour.
BLEASE S ORDERS CARRIED OUT.
>- Buyer of Federal Contraband liquors
Arrested.
it Greenville, May 11.?The first
e clash between the United States
i. court and State officials, over the ren
cent decision of Federal Judge H. A.
d M. Smith, that the government has a
g right to sell at public auction in a
n "dry" county whiskey that has been
n seized and condemned as contraband
n occurred here to-day.
t- In compliance with the order of
n Judge Smith, at the April term of the
\ federal court held in Greenville,
e United States Aiarsnai j. jjuncan
g Adams advertised for sale at public
g auction, at Greenville county court
a house, May 11, at 12 o'clock, two
I, packages containing intoxicating
e liquors, the packages being marked
e "G. V. Stoeber" and "J. B. Thackss
ton," care of the "Hundred Thouss
and Club." Several days ago Gov.
s Blease addressed letters to the shere
iffs of South Carolina and to one of
r the masgistrates in Greenville, advisd
ing them to arrest any party who
e might purchase contraband whiskey
s sold in the State by United States of*.
ficials.
Sheriff Poole Prepared.
''' Sheriff J. Perry Poole, of Greenville,
and Magistrate Samuel Stradley
received copies of the letter and
forthwith primed themselves for the
e clash. This morning a deputy of
? Marshal J. Duncan Adams appeared
9 in Greenville and prepared for the
?
* auction. Shortly before noon the two
e barrels of whiskey were transported
from the police station to the front
s
of the county court house, having
5 been confiscated last October by Po0
lice Chief Holcombe and United
0
States revenue officers, because the
barrels bore no markings to indicate
their contents, which is a violation
of the federal laws.
Dr. J. L. Dean was employed as
r auctioneer by the deputy and at the
- stroke of 12 he called for bids for
t the first package of whiskey. He
s was interrupted by the stentorian
a voice of Magistrate Stradley, warn -
ing the crowd that Gov. Blease had
a ordered any purchaser of the beverage
to be arrested.
r Only One Bidder.
^ The call for a bid was repeated and :
there came an offer of $ 3 from Attorr
ney Oscar K. Mauldin. The auce
tioneer took up the cry, "Three dol^
lars, three dollars," etc. There were
e | no more offers and the hammer fell.
I Bids for the second barrel of whis
key were called for and Attorney
a Mauldin made an offer of $2. Again
? rang out the voice of the auctioneer,
a but no one made a higher bid. The
hammer fell, and to the purchaser
k went $190 worth of champagne, bene "
dictine and imported Scotch whis'
keys for the sum of $5. Sheriff
Poole approached the purchaser and
placed him under arrest, while his
deputies seized the two barrels of
8 whiskey and bore them into the court
house. Later the attorney gave bond
? of $200 and stated that he would
bring action, through the "claim and
delivery" process, for the recovery of
the whiskeys.
t Large Crowd Present.
[1 A large crowd gathered principally
out of curiosity to witness the sale
v of the beverages. As the hour for
the auction dawned big rain drops
nn/1 tViora Hut tViio not
Q 1 CI I iiCi^ auu y MU(/ ?W.
s allay the interest of the onlookers
o nor diminish the number. The sessions
court was in progress and ade
mitted a few hundred spectators. The
d sale went on and the rain increased,
o and simultaneously with the climax
d of the episode?the descending of
u the governor's hand upon the purn
chaser of the whiskeys?the heavens
j. wept torrentially, and many stood in
wonderment at the power that dared
o "buck" the United States court, while
is the wiser ones scented "campaign
is thunder" in the proceedings.
n
GLAD HE WENT TO PRISON. *
is
_ Youth Learns Trade, Gets Education,
n Plays Baseball.
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Peter Muller, aged 20, self-cone
fessed safe blower, is grateful to
everyone who had any part in sende
ing-him to the reformatory at Boonville,
Mo., says a Denver, Colo., special.
He has a regular berth on the reformatory
baseball team, is rapidly
i- learning his trade as a bricklayer, is
oHaiidinir nVmri->Vi ovprv Snndav and
^ atb^uuiii^ vuui via v ? w- ^ ?. v
is getting the rudiments of an educa>
tion. For these things he writes But1
ler Disman, assistant United States
n attorney, that he is grateful,
d Muller was sentenced to the rest
formatory by Federal Judge Lewis
te for taking part in the robbery of the
g postoffice, at Bellevue, near Fort Colli
lins. George McWilliams and Wayne
> Douglas, his companions, were given
g three and five years, respectively.
Muller writes that he is glad he is
s- in jail, says that he is making a fine
>s record and feels that had he not been j
le arrested and sent to Boonville he
*s would have become a social outcast
I. and made safe-cracking his life busiid
ness. The Bellevue robbery was his
first offense.
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I BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA. | |
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Didn't somebody scratch, scar or bung up some of your furniture
during that Xmas jollification?
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is a mighty good tonic for ailing furniture. Easy to apply and I
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nWe have just received a nice assortment of Screen Doors andi fcgj '
Windows, Flower Pots, Jardinieres, etc., and they are going at J '
U summer jrrices. _
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