The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 11, 1912, Page 3, Image 3
THRILLING EXPER
LATED BY t
Man's Hair Turns Gray in
Three Hundred F&
Dead Man Wil
Many young men are seen with j ly
gray hair before their time, ard some
of them can tell interesting experi-: th
ences that caused their hair to change m;
< color. Here is the story, tol?J by an of
old miner now retired and living in fir
Chicago of how his hair turned from w;
a deep brown to almost white in a ; th
night. It happened when he was a | et
young man and working in a silver j
shaft: i ed
''Barney Dovle and I worked the j ar
two shifts of the small holding of the I 0E
company down in Western Mexico," j Wi
the narrative begins, "Barney being iin
foreman of one and I of the other, j
Neither of us had ever been in the jin
shift worked by the other, and we j
were unfamiliar with the workings jaf
except for what we would tell each j 0'(
other as the days passed and we drill- jte
ed deeper and deeper into the ground, j
i hs
"One evening, just about time for!
us to quit work, Doyle fell from the a
> mouth of the crater he had worked, j
300 feet to the bottom. I had just | *
come to the surface when the acci- j
dent happened. There was a crowd of;
peons at the mouth of the pit and j f
they were gesticulating wildly and!
shouting at one another as though ,
, iv
the whole pack had suddenly gone : *
prr
* crazy and deaf. I thought then and .
SK
still do that one of those greasers had ^
flopped Doyle into the hole, for none
of us was any too popular with ihem, j
but they all insisted that the poor;
fellow \ad simply fallen in. |
"None of my men or of Barney's:
3.E
t either would attempt to go down the j
shaft in the bucket arrangement we 1
had, for they were the most super- g
3D
^ stitious lot of men I ever have heard
of. They have the southern States m
negro beaten to a frazzle.
h
"Finally the manager of the company,
having heard the yumpus, came 0
to the pit and he and I agreed to de- er
scend into the pit after Barney's re- ?
mains. (
* "The 'boss' saw to it that the lift t0
. was manned by men we could trust ^
and we were slowly settled down into j
the black, black depths. The buckets ;
were of the trap bottom type, so we j
halted the cage just before we reach- j V(
ed the bottom, and, slipping the catch !
on the bucket, dropped to the floor. |
We had to depend for light in the
, mines then on candles and we used
them in connection with the queer, A]
sticky clay that is found in that sort
of mine. We could take a handful Bl
of the mass, slap it on the wall or a
girder and stick -a candle into it.
"We lit up and found Barney dead. Mi
We started back to the lift, but
? found that the engine would not car-1Ai
ry more than two men. I insisted |
that the 'boss' go up first with the;
body and send the cage down laterj
for me. I helped him into the cage
"with what was left of the miner ana
helped to close the trap. A minute y(
later, at the rope signal, the men at
the top began hoisting the cage. b,
"Except for the four candles we
had stuck on the walls and girders p(
immediately under the shaft there
was no light, and even those four g,
^ lights shone with the most ghostly
glimmer I ever had seen. With Barney
falling into the pit, the extreme
darkness and all, it was no wonder
Bi
I began to be afraid, and as I could
hear the bucket scrape along the
sides of the shaft as it ascended high- ^(
er and higher my fear did not abate.
_ r>l
"Then, to make matters worse, one
? of the candles fell from the wall with
a soft 'plop.' Then another, and
soon all four of them dropped into
the blackness. I was entirely alone
without light and without a match or .
the means to make light. In addition,
I did not dare to wander off
m
v from where I was for fear of falling
into another side working, for I
was entirely unfamiliar with the
ground there. i
y ''About time for the cage to reach J.
the top I heard a shout, much muf-!
Kir iho dictanno anH T ilist 2TOt ! .
X1<CU KfJ CX1V U4WVMUVV w - w | jjj
away from below the mouth of the I. .
j ^
pit when a heavy object dropped:
close to me. I guessed the bottom of j i
the bucket had proved insecure, and j
I since learned I guessed right, and
had let one of the occupants drop, i
Whether it was the dead man had j
fallen or the superintendent I had no I ai
means of learning. I was afraid to j te
go near the object to determine. j ri
"I waited and waited, with the | o'
fear gradually taking firmer hold of i bi
me, and the bucket did not come' fr
back. The more I thought of the io
affair the more frightened I became.
* I imagined all sorts of things, think- in
ing the peons had overpowered the cr
superintendent, thrown him down sc
the pit and stuck the lift so that I j cl
would die at the bottom. I could j ti
see no lights moving at the bottom, j n
as there would have been had the! B
mouth of the well been open, for a j L
* huge lamp always swung immediate- ! c?
* I
|
j
JENCE REK
PROSPECTOR.
One Night?In a Hole
et Deep With a
thout Light.
over the pit.
"I pulled out my watch, smashed
e crystal and felt for the time with
y fingers. This was the only means
telling the progress of time. The
st time I felt of the timepiece it
as 9 o'clock. I had been there only
ree hours, and yet it seemed an
ernity.
"I could hear, or at least I imagin1
I could hear, strange sounds all
ound me, and with that dead body
tly a matter of inches from me it
as small wonder that I wandered
my mind.
"Whether I went to sleep or was
a delirium I do not know to this
ly, but the next thing I remember
ter last feeling for the time after 9
clock is awaking in the hospital
nt of the company with the worst
>adache I ever had. My hair, which
id been a deep brown, had turned
most white.
"The superintendent was there and
i smiled much like a live person
hen he saw my eyes open and he
Id me of affairs following the dropng
of the body for the second time
to the pit. Almost at the top the
icket had caught and turned slightsideways,
so that it would neither
> up nor down. In catching on the
ie of the shaft the lever controlling
e drop bottom had caught and reased
the catches. The 'boss' barely
issed going back into the pit. As it
as he held on there until the men
the top learned his predicament
id pulled him out with a rope.
"When they found they could not
it to me Dy going aown uuyie s
aft the superintendent went into
y shaft, and working in the direc>n
he knew Doyle had been coming,
> had little difficulty in running inthe
shaft in which I was a prison.
He had to work only seven feet
join the two holes, and neither
Dyle nor I knew we were so close
gether.
"The digging in my pit accounted
r the noises that had set me off my
?ad."?Chicago News.
Oh, to Be a Farmer!
si, ve plows 'em in de vinter,
Hopes to plant 'em in de spring,
it dere coomes so mooch bad vedder
Dat ve plants not anyt'ing;
l've knows it's for our keeping,
An've hates so to complain?
it it's to be a farmer
Ven dere's sooch a lot o' rain!
aybe 'bout venspring ees over,
Coomes de soonshine in de sky,
1' ve steps into de furrow
Mit our hopes a runnin' high;
it before ve gits 'em finished,
Ve are forced to stop again?
it it's to be a farmer
doro'e cnni^h q 1r?t r?* rnin!
T UWi V 0 wvvvu v? v v
3l, soomehow ve gits 'em planted,
First de corn an' cotton seeds,
it before ve gits 'em growing
Dey vas hid mit grass an' veeds,
ir de clouds, again descending,
Vet de earth from hill to plain?
it it's to be a farmer
Ven dere's sooch a lot o' rain!
it ve live to see de autumn,
An' ve makes a fair goot crop,
it before ve gits 'em gaddered
Ve again are forced to stop,
ir dem clouds haf coome upon us,
An' dey vets us up again?
it it's to be a farmer
Ven dere's sooch a lot o' rain!
?Harry R. Hughes.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
We get in cents, but have to spend
dollars.
Life is mostly a series of comproises,
except with wives.
The first time a man is a hero he
ay deserve it, but hardly afterward.
Xo matter how hard he tries, a
>litician never seems to be able to
eak into jail.
Just the kind of beautiful stockgs
a girl wants depends on just the
nd of contents she has for them.
AUTOMOBILE TURNS TURTLE.
lackville Physicians Have Narrow
Escape from Serious Injury.
Blackville, July 4.?Drs. Bonner
id R. A. Gyles, and Ronald, the latr's
young son, narrowly escaped seous
injury last night about 9:30
clock, when Dr. Bonner's automole
in which they were returning
om Denmark, turned turtle, pinning
the occupants under the car.
^ "u ~ ^
UX1 meir way iiume, aiiu wane gu.g
at a lively clip, just as thev were
ossing the old Beaverdam ditch, in
>me unaccountable manner the marine
suddenly left the road and
irned over. Dr. Gyles and his son
iceived slight bruises, while Dr.
onner miraculously escaped unhurt,
ittle damage was sustained by the
ir.
AMATEUR COWBOY WAS STUN
Had Good Time Until He Found 1
Was Up Against the Real Thing.
Ernest L. Lucas came to the soui
west from New York several mont
ago to be a cowboy long enough
recuperate. After a visit to Texas
located in Osage county, Oklahon
chiefly because he had an acquai:
ance there and because it is in t
cattle grazing section.
The real, old-fashioned cowboy l
disappeared from Oklahoma, but I
cas didn't know it and he had p:
vided himself with all the convt
tional cowboy paraphernalia, inch
ing jingling spurs. He engaged or
cattle grazing ranch near Pawhusl
and the next day after his arrival
put on his cowboy outfit and re
over the ranch.
Cattle from Texas are brought
to Osage county to be grazed bef<
they are marketed, but very few cc
boys are required to herd them. Ti
are turned into big pastures inclos
by barbed wire fences. The m
drive them out to the grass in t
morning'and bring them home
night. This was the work that f
to Lucas. Wearing a broad bri
med sombrero and with a revolt
dangling in his belt, he looked t
part all right, and in the course
a few weeks became a fairly gc
rider.
Being with the cattle so much a
with the other cattlemen, Lucas :
sorbed cowboy stories as a spor
takes up water, and before ma
weeks he became saturated w
them and acted more and more li
a cowboy.
Occasionally the men cn the rar
went to Pawhuska, the nearest to\
and took a few drinks. Lucas w<
along with them and experienced
their joys and sorrows, including 1
drinks in the "bootlegger" saloo
One of the residents of the town
Pete Jenkins, who used to be a r
cowboy, but is now the half owi
of a livery stable. He is small
stature and bow-legged and his i
pearance is not imposing.
Lucas and the other men from 1
ranch were in one of the "bootl
ger" places when Jenkins came
Lucas had just called for a round
drinks and he invited Jenkins to ji
them. Jenkins politely declined,
knew the other boys and winked
them. Lucas insisted, and when i
stranger again declined he drew
big revolver and ordered him up
the bar.
Little Jenkins's eyes grew lai
and round and he took the dri
without further protest. < Then 1
cas ordered him .to dance, and af
a few bullets had whizzed close
his feet Jenkins obligingly compli
Lucas had fun with him for nea
half an hour, and then permitted b
to depart.
Jenkins went back to the liv<
I stable and, raising the lid of a 1
! in the corner, took out his old cowl
clothes and hat, shook the oats <
of them and put them on. Then
got out the revolvers he had carr
when he rode the Oklahoma and T
as ranges and oiled them and hr
them in his belt, and also put on 1
old spurs. He was transformed fr
a livery stable keeper into the cc
boy he had been years ago. He w<
over to the "bootlegger's" and fou
Lucas and his friends still there.
Lucas 1 -.cognized him, and his
tonishment was great, for he reali:
now that he was face to face witl
real cowboy. Jenkins ordered 1
drinks and they all lined up. Then
ordered Lucas to get down on
hands and knees. Lucas compli
and Jenkins sat on his back a
spurred him. He rode Lucas arou
the room, down the dust-covei
stairway and out into the street.
Lucas galloped down the street
all fours Jenkins took out his
* * O J - it.
voivers ana ior a iew Becuuus lit
was a stream of fire from their m
zles. A crowd gathered to witn
the disgrace of Lucas, and the ot]
men from the ranch laughed i
roariously.
Jenkins finally dismounted a
went back to the livery barn a
changed his clothes. But Lui
couldn't face those who had witne
ed his downfall, and he never w<
back to the ranch, but took a tr;
back to New York.?Oklahoma C
correspondence of the New Y<
World.
Will Hear T. B. Felder.
Spartanburg, July 6.?Sena
Howard B. Carlisle* chairman of i
dispensary investigating committ
has fixed Friday, July 12, as the ti
for taking the testimony of Thon
B. Felder, the Atlanta attorney,
Augusta. This hearing will be h
at 10 o'clock in the morning in 1
county court house. It is expec
' - - * 1 ~f +
mat. a targe uumuei m ovum ou
linians will be present. There \
also be a meeting of the commit
at 11 o'clock Wednesday morni
July 10, in Columbia. Mr. Carli
said that a good many of those nan
as the men "higher up" in the
leged grafting at - Charleston 1
been summoned as witnesses.
G. MIXER RELATES EXPERIENCES.
He Famous Train Robber in Georgia h
Tells About His Flight.
th- Toomsboro, Ga., July 4.?A har;hs
rowing tale of exposure to modca- M
to sins and rattlesnkes was told by S
he "Old Bill" Miner, who was taken e;
ia, back to Milledgeville and the State n
ut- farm. le
he Miner was captured this morning s:
at 3 o'clock in the northwestern su- tl
las burbs of Toomsboro, by Marshal J. r<
E. Meadows, Jr., Wiggins was cap- p
ro_ tured by Mr. McDonald, of Milledge- b
?n_ ville, a few hours later, within 100 n
1(j_ or 200 yards of the place. Miner h
j a was captured asleep in the thicket. *
ia> McDonald carried Wiggins and Miner o
he by automobile back to the prison s'
,de farm this morning. f<
Old Bill's Story. *
Here is Miner's story: ^
)re 4<I escaped last Thursday night, aciw
companied by William Wiggins and *'
ley Widencamp. We made our way to
Tl
>ed the banks of the Oconee river and
ten went down stream in search of a
?
;he boat upon which we were to embark.
at My intentions were to reach the coast ,
t<
ell and escape to a foreign country.
m- "We had only one pole, and the
rer river was very swift, the water over;he
flowing the banks and making it
of very difficult to steer. Saturday
?od night at 1 o'clock one of the many
snags capsized our boat throwing us
nd adrift in a strong current, with float- ?
^ ing debris, none large enough to hold
lge our weight. Widencamp, not being
,ny able to swim, sank to a watery grave.
ith Wiggins and myself eventually reachike
ed the bank, after the worst struggle ^
with water I have ever experienced.
lch "If suffering is atonement for a
person's sins, we certainly ought to
vn, v
. be forgiven for all we ever commit
all ted- 1 b
"Imagine our horror, when we
' reached the banks to find a swamp
ns. q
.g thick with cane, briars and covered ^
j with water. We struggled through
' the best we could, more often swimler
e
^ ming than walking coming somea
times back to the same place we
started from. What land we found |
uncovered was occupied by moccaeg_
sins, and often we could hear the 0
. buzzing of the deadly rattlesnake,
in. 3
of "The pangs of hunger were fierce,
and the only food we could find was
m p
Ke blackberries, upon which we lived
at from Saturday night at 12 o'clock ?
.he until Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,
hiG when we reached the hills, found a
t0 negro house and purchased food, j'
pledging him to keep our secret.
"I suppose he gave us away, and
[nk I hope he will some time get lost in
_ that same swamp and experience the
jU- g
ter agony we suffered,
to "Am an Old Man."
ed. "I am an old man, 70 years of s
rly age, harmless, and cannot stand the f
dm strenuous life. Consequently, I am g
to-day on the inside looking out, and s
ery I had rather be here than in the t
)ox Oconee swamps.
)oy . "I will not say where we secured
3ut help to escape. They will look after
-- - -- T ^
ne me SO ClOSe J. UU UUl see airy v^aiivc
ied for further escape. No one can deex
scribe the pangs of hunger. As I
ing sit here eating, it seems they cannot 1
the be satisfied. This glass of milk de- t
om serves a toast. Here's to the first 1
>w- beverage I ever drank, and I hope it *
snt will be the last.
md "Some people think I am a rich f
man. That is not true. I have ^
as- handled lots of money, but gave it *
sed away to poor people. t
1 a This is the vestige of life. I s
the will go back and take it as I found t
he it. I wish you all well. Good-bye."
his ?
ed, Men of Colleton Not Enthused. f
md ?? *
^ V/alterboro, July 6.?B. B. Evans's t
red attack on Attorney General Lyon \
As was the feature of that part of the <j
on meeting here prior to the contest for t
re_ governor. Lyon missed his train in l
ere Charleston and did not get to the uz_
meeting here. Evans repeated many
egs charges of the past and said the
aer winding up comisssion with which ]
T.vnn wnc nRcnoiatpd had "robbed
up- ?
your school children."
Lnd Later he said he did "not believe
Lnd Lyon is an honest man or a gentle- 8
cas man." Evans referred to the par- a
,ss_ don of John Black and said he e
3nt thought it an honorable act of the s
ain governor. He characterized Black 8
lity as a persecuted man. There were F
)rk many cheers for Lyon during Ev- ^
ans's speech.
When Judge Jones was introduced _
b
there was much cheering. (3
Judge Jones's speech was similar
tor to those of past days and he was v
the heard attentively. When he referred r
ee, to the pardon of John Black there c
me was an outburst of applause for
ias Blease. Judge Jones sat down amid ?
in small applause. ^
eld Gov. Blease was introduced amid v
the small applause also. The crowd was
ted less demonstrative than many yet ~
ro- faced by the candidates.
vill Blease's speech was similar to past
tee utterances. The crowd here was not
ng, very demonstrative, but it seemed
sle that the sentiment was equally diled
vided between Jones and Blease. S
al- Gov. Blease's efforts did not bring F
lad forth the applause that they have in J
the past. i
STOREKEEPER SHOOTS NEGRO.
ails Intruder Who Tries to Enter
Rear Window.
Summerville, July 5.?George
[itchell, a negro, well known about
ummerville, was shot and killed
arly this morning by Mr. A. J. Pittlan.
According to what can be
jarned, Mr. Pittman, who runs a
mall store in Berkeley county, on
ae edge of Summerville, had been
abbed several times, and had reeatedly
tried to catch the robbers,
ut had never succeeded. Early this i
lorning before daylight he went to
is store to obtain something, and 1
rhile there he heard a noise at one 1
f the back windows. He got his '
hotgun and waited, and as a man's 1
arm appeared trying to enter the i
undow he fired, and the man fell 1
ack on the ground. i
Investigation showed that it was ]
litchell, and he had been struck in <
tie middle of the forehead, about
fteen buckshot entering his head
nd killing him instantly. Mitchell
t one time was porter for Mr. Pitti?n
Wnrri was i m mediate! v sent
3 Magistrate Carns, of Berkeley
ounty, but up to a late hour this <
fternoon the inquest had not been
eld.
Collision on Southern.
Greensboro, N. C., July 6?Enineer
Thomas C. Beach, of Alexanria,
Va., was fatally injured, dying
iter ii^a hospital, and more than 50
assengers more or less seriouslyurt
when the Southern Railway limted
train No. 36, Atlanta to WashQgton
collided head-on with a
reight engine in the local yards at
1:40 o'clock this afternoon. The
/recked train carried between 350
nd 400 passengers and is said to
ave been going at a great speed
/hen Engineer Beach applied the
mergency brakes, 150 yards before
he crash.
Beach and his fireman both jumpd
from the engine. The fireman
fas not seriously mjuicu.
Among the injured were J. B.
iong, of Atlanta, and E. D. Brooks,
>f Greenville, S. C. E. T. Lippinott,
the Philadelphia publisher, was
, passenger.
The wreck was caused by the en;ine
of train No. 36 taking an open
witch, throwing it from the northiound
track onto the southbound,
'he freight engine was less than 200
ards from the open switch, and the
mpact was terrific. The operator delares
that Engineer Beach disregardid
a danger signal. Officials state
hat the accident was due to an open
witch, the responsibility for which
las not been determined.
Engineer Beach had been in the
ervice 32 years, and to-day's was his
irst wreck. He was the oldest engineer
of this -division in point of
ervice and among the veterans of
he system.
MADE "OFFICIAL FLOGGER."
Ihief Marshal of Moultrie Empowered
to Wield Whip.
Moultrie, Ga., July 6.?The chief
narshal of Moultrie was vested with
he title of "official flogger" at a
neeting of the board of aldermen
lere last night.
This action is attributed to the
act that State convicts now are
forking on the local streets and the
>oard passed a resolution putting
he city workhouse gang under the
ame regulations as those governing
he convicts.
The ''chief flogger" wili be allowid
to whip the convicts for any ofense
warranting such punishment,
tut he is cautioned not to flog memiers
of the chain gang "in an over'iolent
manner and only to enforce
[iscipline." The legality of the
?oard's action is questioned by some
ocal authorities.
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