The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 22, 1912, Page 2, Image 2
NOW "A CLERICA
IS A SOLE
The Profession that "in 1<
Bible Under Head a
Shall Not Now S
To the Editor of The State: j c
Please allow me space to address a i *
final call to the voters of the State *
before our ship crosses the bar on c
the 27th of this month. If things go a
contrary to what we expect, we have 1
the promise of a rough voyage under *
our present captain: The passengers, s
sailors, stokers, oilers, engineers and *
the captain himself will be so sick *
that to many it would matter little! a
whether she swims or sinks. But, *
personally, we entertain no such r
thought; for when the ship of State E
is loosed from her moorings on that *
day, Capt. Jones will be at the s
helm, the flag of freedom flying, the; 0
QV1
prow parting the waters of a placid a
sea, the band playing "America,"
passengers saying in earnest?what a
was said in jest?"Praise God from s
whom all blessings flow." My optimf,'
. > T"
ism is based upon accumulative evi- v
dence, history, statistical reports and
the belief that our State, in a normal
condition, is not even as bad as some t:
in the Union. We are voting now
with our eyes open, and are going to r
convince "the world, the flesh and A
the devil," by at least a majority of a
9,500 votes, that we want good gov- S1
ernment and are going to have it.
But should it not be so, I, for one. ^
will not place an interrogation mark P
' after our prayers and laborious ef- a
forts; but interpret this providence 0
as a merciful act on God's part in
keeping the lash on our backs (all? ?
not some) until we come to our
senses; for sometimes God raises up
a man like Pharaoh, and employs I
him as you would a lash" with which t
to chastise a > disobedient people
(Rom. 9.) He has some vessels to
honor and some to dishonor. There
is not waste in providence. And there b
is more providence in this situation 0
than some seem to realize. They {t]
"had ears and hear not, eyes have t(
they and see not." tl
Got is neither dead nor indiffer- i
ent! He forges out his decrees on n
the anvil of man's wrath, but I want; w
. some one else to be the striker! a:
fV I
Keep cool and act your part well!;cl
Still water runs deep; empty wagons! ci
make much noise; the truth has nevv ci
er been conquered; The design of n
this article is to ENCOURAGE "We fi
FREE" and to urge the advocates of a
righteousness to cheerfully make any j v;
reasonable sacrifice to vote for civic : a
rights and SELF-PRESERVATION, j n
Let us not be guilty of the black w
crime of CRIMINAL INDIFFER-;ei
ENCE! Can we not beat it into the ii
EXCUSE MAKERS' heads that it is U
not Jones, nor Irby, nor Hampton, | w
nor any other creature that we are j s!
after? But it is the destruction of lz
bad government and the EN- j
THRONEMENT Or CIVIC RIGHT-! o:
EOUSNESS! It is pitiable to hear w
grown men talking like babies; piti-jw
able to observe the lack of manly al
individuality. To be indifferent at w
such a time is to be backboneless, to | ft
be nerveless, senseless, pitiable, mer- b<
ciless to one's home and country, and ti
cowardly. Such a man is a perfect e;
"It." He is a leech sucking tt ":fe j si
blood out of the State and givmg el
nothing in return,
tv; Man! you ought to be ashamed to j
wear trousers, to look a dependent I
woman in the face, ashamed to bear j jy:
A1 + Af TPo V* ore ? ] ^,
xne sweet ayi/ciiacivu vi x- uiuw^e
When a man will not vote, he is j e:
guilty of criminal neglect, his heart j d
is wrong or he has a defective brain, n
Quite a multitude of us are going to! b
lay aside pleasure and leave the j jj
mountains in order to be on duty the i o
27th. We want to help the WEAK- t]
KNEED and SOFT SHELLS, whose t]
stomach, as Job says, are filled with c<
"East winds." We want to get such
a victory this time that this part of c
South Carolina's history will never t]
?V v ' '
be repeated. si
To the women, let me say the Bible v
(Tim. 2:9-15) forbids you entering p
into civic affairs?keep your God- ti
given crown on?home, sweet home n
?but urge the men of your home to s
act the part assigned them as citizens t;
and redeem the reputation of this o
State by snatching her from the n
hands of demagogism; for the other t
side will have a full representation "V
at the polls. li
The wing's of Seneca's wax bird! 8
are melting under the sunlight of |
truth. I believe everything I see in!
the papers for the simple reason that |
any man with a little horse sense I b
knows that to publish slander against! t
_ aU :
One IS tO run cue nsi\ ui uciug yi use- 0
cuted for libel. God bless the brave j p
editors of our papers. We ought to v
give them and the engineers a badge v
of honor for heroism. What are the! j.
newspapers for, if not to publish the j j,
whole truth, which if they did not
do, we would be in darkness. i
' d
In conclusion, I wish to thank my , p
many appreciative friends for words j /
L SUIT
HER'S UNIFORM"
S61 to 1865 Slept with
.nd Gun in Arms"
itand Cringing.
?f gratitude and letters of congratuation
respecting the feeble contribuions
I .have made, at the risk of soalled
friendship. To those who made
i feeble and unsuccessful attack on
ny article of July 24 I would say
hat I do not expect vice to undertand
virtue; that politics never ener
my pulpit in any form or shape;
hat the church and State are sep.rate;
that I would not desecrate
rod's church with such filth. But I
emind you of the following recogtized
facts: That I am a citizen of
his State; that a clerical suit is a
oldier's uniform; that in '61 to '65
ur profession slept with Bible uner
head and gun in arms; that in
76 our cloth was in the lead; that,
ccording to history, Jno. Witherpoon,
a Presbyterian minister,
,Those name is on a monument in
Vashington, was the leader among
bose who signed the Declaration of
ndependence, which saved this counry
for civic and religious liberty, and
hat when truth is at stake I do not
ecognize man?a handful of dust!
.nd yet when these pious frauds relize
the power of the church, they
ay, "Keep the preachers out of it."
If the "indictment" in the State,
.ugust 15, First Part, page 8, will be
ublished in every county paper and
11 of our party will go to the polls
n the 27th scftne of those campaign
owers will be put on political
raves. E. C. BAILEY.
Edgefield.
THE MAELSTROM.
ides and Wind Cause the Whirl and
the Hole in the Sea.
"What is the maelstrom that is
etween two of the Loffoden islands,
ff the coast of Norway? Where
le water sinks there must be a subjrranean
passage or an outlet farler
north," writes a correspondent.
In ?answer we reply that there is
0 opening in the ocean's floor. The
'hiding motion is caused by tides
nd winds. The water rushes in
tiannels between the islands, whose
Dnfiguration aids in twisting. The
nrrent runs during six hours from
orth to south and then six hours
om south to north. This reversal
nd friction against rocks set up the
hirling motion. "Suction through
hole in the bottom of the sea" does
ot exist. Winds in from the ocean
hen in the right direction rncreasb
the rotation of the water, which
1 the center of the whirl, is about
venty fathoms in depth, but just
ctroitc thp smin diners
COl V L owiUiVk< ? ? 0 lows
depths of from 100 to 200
ithoms.
Many modern ships, in the absence
f winds, have traversed the troubled
astes, but they keep away when the
ind is blowing against the changeble
currents, especially at high tide,
hen the danger is very great. Many
tbles regarding the maelstrom have
Ben handed down from ancient ;
mes, from medieval also, and modrns
still invent them. Of course
lips have been wrecked there as
isewhere.?N. Y. American.
The Fastest Growing Bean.
Through the instrumentality of
ir. Field, of Boston, who has no othr
known name, it is said, the forign
plant introduction office of the
epartment of agriculture has come
lto the possession of a wonderful
ean, which Mr. Field, as he dropped
i upon David Fairchild, in charge
f the office mentioned, likes to call
tie bean of the plant celebrated as
tie vine from which sprang Jack's
elebrated beanstalk.
The bean Mr. Field had with him
ame from Jamaica and is known
bere as the canaveleta. The natives
ay it grows faster than a man can
ralk and they attribute to it fairy
roDerties. The department will try
o grow some of the vines for ornalental
purposes in Washington this
ummer if it shall be able to endure
he kind of temperature Washington
ffers. If the plant does not come to
laturity a good bit of it is expected
o make its planting worth while.
Vashington has lots of spots it would
ike to cover with something that
rows green in a hurry.
Lightning Kills Rider and Mount.
Pelham. Ga., Aug. 16.?During a
.eavy rain and thunderstorm this afernoon,
Calvin Racklev, a prosperous
farmer, was instantly killed by
ightning, as was also the mule he
/as riding, near here. He leaves his
/ife and several children. The storm
s not known to have caused other
oss of life or damage.
Light weight rain proof automobile
usters, also fine for traveling men,
rice $6.00. Write F. G. MERTINS,
Lugusta. Ga.
Bob.
One of the quaint characters of the
Saltkeatchie was Bob. If all his
queer sayings could be collected it
would be a remarkable chapter. His
quaint sayings and laughable demeanor
brought him into prominence,
for miles along the Saltkeatchie.
On many grand occasions and in
many elegant homes, Bob was a central
figure, the one who received the
most attention, simply for the fun
there was in his ways and sayings.
In the fall of the year he bought
cows, which he drove to the Charleston
market, and in this way added to
his slender income, tor ne was not
rich. Along the road to Charleston
he had stopping places with the best
people4, where he himself could rest
at night, also his cattle could have
needed attention. It so happened
that the night of the great meteoric
shower, about 1840, he was spending
the night with Aunt Betsey, and in
her spacious lot was a large drove
of cows resting and ruminating, the
property of Bob.
The family had retired. There
was midnight gloom and stillness.
The slumbering world was resting in
the arms of Morpheus, and the clarion
chanticleer was crowing the midnight
watch. By chance, one of Aunt
Betsey's slaves was up, and saw the
stars begin to fall, or rather the
meteors begin to shoot, and he lost
no time in giving the alarm, and soon
every slave on the plantation had
congregated in Aunt Betsey's front
yard, calling upon her and- her sons
to arise at once, that the stars were
all falling; that the general judgment
was near at hand; that in the
morning the trump of Gabriel would
sound; that there would be a mighty
marshalling of the quick and the
These slaves were awakened suddenly,
and when they saw this aweinspiring
phenomenon, they took no
time to dress, but came out of their
cabins as they had retired for the
night, and to say they found a quaint
group, puts it mildly. More than half
present had on nothing except a
white night dress, and their black
heads and faces made quite a contrast
with the snowy garments upon
them. Coming as they did, wailing
and screaming upon the sleeping
household of Aunt Betsey, they, too,
came out upon the long, broad piazza
in their night clothes.
Thousands of meteors were flashing
on every hand, zip, zip; and the
wail of the sorely affrighted and half
naked slaves, on one hand made a
picture pathetic and picturesque,
while the shooting meteors on the
other was fearfully grand, "and aweinspiring.
It looked as if all the
stars in the bending .skies had left
their mooring^, and were dashing
through space as a thousand lightning
flashes. It was almost as light
as day. The frantic slaves were wailing,
screaming, singing, praying, and
calling upon the "precious Master ter
sabe us sinful niggers." Somehow
Aunt Betsey got someming iiKe urder
among the frantic slaves, and
she called upon Bob to explain the
awful, yet grand phenomenon. He
was standing at the time upon the
piazza , arrayed only in a long, white
night gown, looking very ghostly in
his now quainter appearance. Drawing
himself to his full * height, he
said:
"Why, Aunt Betsey, can't you.see
it's the beginning of the awful day
of judgment. Don't you see it is the
coming of the mighty Master in all
His glory, in His flaming chariot of
fire, and this you see is but the
sparks from His powerful and wonderful
chariot wheels, that will roll
up in fearful thunders by daylight or
before. And oh! Aunt Betsey ain't
I in a most deplorable and wretched
condition to meet my Master, for T
ain't got a dollar?nary cent in my
pocket. For the love of the Lord,
Aunt Betsey, lend me five dollars!"
This little speech even among the
affrighted slaves created a ripple of
laughter, and it began to dawn upon
some of the older negro women how
ridiculous the crowd appeared. One
of them approached ^ her husband,
who wore only a shirt, none too long
and said:
"Jim, fer run back home en draw
on dem britches."
"Britches be danged! Whatter
nigger want wid britches en de judgment?shirt-tail
good er nuff fer Bob
ter be tried een!"
Bob now made another characteristic
address, and by this time the
meteoric shower had passed, the
slaves returned to their cabins and
the family retired again.
Lower down the country Bob
would always stop with Honorable
Bill. On one occasion at Jtuu s-, jduu
said: *
"Yes, sir, when I gets to town,
(Charleston) I mean to sell my
ducks, chickens, guinea fowls, turkeys,
geese and poultry, and buy me
some powder, shots, caps and ammunition,
also a twenty-flve-dollar
broadcloth coat, let her cost what she
may!"
Some time later, Bill met Bob at
campmeeting. A Bishop was there,
(Continued on page 7, column 3.)
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(Srpee .
di^sryw/iepe^fk
m
THE CARRIAGE YOUR
WIFE DRIVES OUT-IN
should be good as well as good lookivi/v
TKof'o irhtr ttAii cfiAlll/lll 'f Till XT
A Iiat ?T IIJ J V?u Olivuiuu v MUJ
it from a concern which shows you
only a catalogue, but from an establishment
where you can see and thoroughly
examine the carriage itself
before you buy it. You can do that
here.
HORSES AND MULES.
G. FRANK BAMBERG,
Bamberg, S. C.
S. G. MAYFIELD. W. E. FREE.
MAYFIELD & FREE
Attorneys-at-Law
BAMBERG, S. C.
Practice in all the Courts, both
State and Federal. . Corporation
practice and the winding up of estates
a specialty. Business entrustted
to us will be promptly attended
to.
H. M. GRAHAM
Attorney-at-Law
Will practice in the United States and \
State Courts in any County
in the State. I
BAMBERG, S. C.
J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson
Wyman & Henderson
Attorneys-at-Law
BAMBERG, S. C.
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Let me show you our many
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