The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 22, 1912, Page 7, Image 7
AN INTERESTING L
FROM MR. I
Tells of His Trip to the M<
olina.?A Trip to Paci
rience in Mounta
Saluda, N. C., Pace Farm, August I no:
17, 1912. for
Bamberg Herald:?Mr. Editor: frc
Dear Sir?For some time after I ar- Ca
rived here I was not very well and the
did not feel like writing. But now ev<
I am feeling much better; can take ing
long walks over the rough hills with noi
not much fatigue and stronger for sle
i the next tramp. In company with fe\
another sojourner I took a jaunt of
five miles to the famous Pacolet th?
Falls and back to our boarding place, ers
making the entire trip in about five see
hours. This gave us about an hour me
to rest at the falls, to eat our lunch, boj
drink the cold water, inhale the pure ma
[ air and enjoy the grand scenery. For j the
' it is indeed a beautiful sight to stand an<
below, look up to the sparkling wa-; no
' ters as they rush down over rough
rocks from lofty heights, shattered let
and broken into many cascades, as j ha:
the limpid waters leap from rock to ; ing
rock in their mad career. It is a j de;
scene delightful to look upon. See j om
those huge rocks and steep cliffs j An
: covered with a dense forestry reach- pej
| ing high up to the summit of the
I mountain and with a dense foliage
L almost veiling from sight the spark
- , ling waters you have come to look
k upon. You turn away not quite sat- til?
isfied, promising yourself, if fortune | di
I favors, to come again at some future ^
' time to yet imbibe more of the beauty
and grandeur which nature has so
lavishly bestowed upon God's most j ^
^ humble creatures. j res
But to enjoy and take in such;an
scenes and beautiful sights it is not j t
without some effort on your part, I
j d XI]
for you will have some deep coves,
to descend or lofty hills to climb, all j OT1
ail1
of which will not infrequently cause
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you to pause, take a long breath,
and then march on to higher heights. bu
Low down the cove see that lone cot- .Sll
tage, there lives a mountaineer; he j
. - tells me that he has passed his four
score years and more, hale and hearty,
yet he could not tell me when the
SO(
little log cabin in which he has lived
all his life was built and still the
timbers of which it is constructed ,
are so nicely notched, hewn and un
placed one on another and form- ?
ms
ing a solid wall as permanent
as the everlasting rocks upon
which it is founded, and per- ar<
. fectly in accord and typical of pio- i
neer workmanship, something that j
has withstood the test of time and ^
" ; SO
a , the wreck of ages, and still it stands, j r^Q
Here an honest mountaineer lives a! . .
: tri
simple life. He may not have all the
/ comforts and good things of this life,
which you may count as indipens- .
able, but his wants are few and easily
satisfied. His revenue may be small j .
but his expenditures for living are j ^
* . less. Hence he can look the whole! ^a
world in the face for he owes no! ^
man. He pays as he goes. It looks |
as if he may be hard up. You pass; '
! 3
him on the by-path. He is on his .
way to market and has five miles to au
travel. See him as he climbs up, up ^
the steep hill side. He has a covered ^
i basket on his arm. What have you reJ
for sale? Kis reply: A few chick
ens, some eggs, and maybe a few ^
pounds of nice butter, or vegetables,
such as tomatoes as large as your
fist, or Irish potatoes solid as a rock,
a sack of apples, large and red, slung ed
over his back, only 15 or 20 cents
* per peck. But if you want the cider nQ
go down in the cove and there you | ^
can get all you want for five cents, j
* kept in the cold spring almost as j ^
cold as ice. The cider is fresh, cold
and good, but don't do as I did, for ha
I drank very freely, not remembering
I had to climb back over the un
mountain, the wagon road zigzzaged de
? up the mountain side was two and
one half miles to the top, but by a po
more direct by-path with steeper sir
^ grade you could make the trip by Co
half the distance. This we endeavored
to do and thus overtake a party
of ladies that were traveling in a
carriage and had drank cider with us 50
down in the cove. We soon overtook f0i
them and as we would pass them and er?
get above, one in great glee would arc
cry out, "Excelsior!" for truly, we an
were above them and making better | rei
speed than they with their span of j th(
horses, but it was hard work on our An
part. The day was warm, sultry, th<
for there was but little breeze down gai
in the cove. I thought at the time
that I would never undertake such em
a race again, but I am rested now noi
and ready for another tramp. an
i Here we are one and one-half per
miles from the depot at a count... ?gj
farm. A nice well of water 60 feet ga:
deep, and cold as ice. A cool breeze th?
is generally blowing. The nights are ari
always cool and pleasant. Here at ed
the Pace Farm quite a number are tw:
stopping, twenty or more, but there th?
is a constant change. Some are go- am
ing while others are coming in. While Y.
?r
ETTER
N. BELLINGER
>untains of North C armlet
Falls.?Expein
Climbing.
t on the tramp there is much time
pleasant conversation with those
?m all parts of the country. South
rolina, Georgia, Florida, in fact
?re are representatives here from
?ry State in the South, and all try;
to have a good time. We have
thing to do but to eat, rest and
ep comfortably, no mosquitoes and
v flies to disturb you.
Each day some one going out for
i mail and daily papers. The genii
topic is Jones and Blease. We
! but few Blease men, but Jones
>n are all going home to vote; not
isting but conscientiously for a
.n with broad, comprehcsive views
it can take in the entire State, one
i undivided, as it should be and
wrangling.
We are ready for the election, and
each one cast his vote with his
nd on his heart, sincerely believ,r
he is doing the very best for our
ir State, with no ill will for any
s that may differ from our views,
d when it is over, let us have
ice. . L. N. BELLINGER.
Trinkets of the Dead.
In the War Department at Wash;ton
there is a vault which contains
i trinkets of the dead Federal solirs,
taken from their bodies on the
Ltlefields, where they gave up their
es for their country's sake.
It was the rule of war that when
} bodies were placed in their final
;ting place swords, guns, watches
d other articles of value were sent
Washington to be distributed
iong the families of the deceased.
Each package is neatly wrapped
d labeled with the name of the forir
owner stamped upon it. Many
re claimed shortly after the war,
t others have remained and are
11 preserved in dust-covered siice.
Congress has just passed a bill
lich provides for the sale of these
lvenirs of the battlefield. It is not
ne with the view of making money,,
t to rid the department of so much
bbish for that is really what the
claimed goods amount to. There
ly be a few rings or watches of
lue, but the swords and pistols are
ly valuable as relics, and if they
2 sold will be sold as such.
All efforts to locate the relatives
the deceased soldiers have failed,
this is the best thing that can be
ne with the assorted collections of
nkets.
In the clothing of the soldiers who
id on the field of battle were found
otographs of mothers, daughters,
eethearts and wives. But no one
ows who the originals were or
lere they lived and most of them
ve gone to join those who died on
2 battlefields of the South.
Under the army rule the effects of
member of the army who dies or
killed in battle are forwarded to the
ditor's office and remain there unclaimed.
If they are not claimed
2y remain there forever. For this
ison the vault was built and has
ice been enlarged to accommodate
2 belongings of members of the
my who have died in the Philiples.
The law that has just been enact
applies to the effects of the solars
who died in the civil war, and
t the effects of those who have
id since.
There is no earthly use "in keeping
3se things any longer. If there
ire surviving relatives they would
ve claimed them long ago. The
re fact that they have remained
claimed for 50 years is ample evince
of this. Room in the audit's
office is valuable, and to disse
of the junk to any one who dees
it is a good idea.?Memphis
mmercial-Appeal.
Most Have Made Rat Dizzy.
A rat revolving at the rate of 1,0
revolutions a minute has been
md detrimental to the proper opition
of electrical machinery. LizIs
rotating at a similar speed also
1 detrimental. An armature was
ltrned recently from Costa Rica to
} Crocker-Wheeler Company at
ipere, N. J., with the request that
i ventilating holes be screened with
aze. The correspondent wrote:
"There are opening or holes in the
I of this armature and when it is
#
t running small animals find in it
attractive hiding place. When the
**er is turned on they are thrown
n'nof f L a noointr o r? A fho
XIUO I. l/UV VUUiiAf) UUU 1>U^ WUVi Ai.u
I force makes a distribution of
iir contents, and in this way the
nature is short circuited and burnout.
The trouble has occurred
ice, and afterward on one occasion
i remains of a lizard were found,
d on the other a small rat."?N.
Herald.
Bob.
(Continued from page 3.)
and was elegantly dressed. Bob approached
Bill and said:
"Do you see that man over there?
That's the bishop and he's the best
dressed man on the hill. Why, sir,
he's got on a twenty-five-dollar
broadcloath coat jist exactly like
mine; no difference betwixt the two,
sir!"
A well known widow of means,
one of the most aristocratic ladies
of the Saltkeatchie, gave on one occasion
a sumptuous dinner and private
ball. Her home was exquisitely
elegant, her guests well selected, and
Bob was invited as clown or funmaker
to the crowd; a jester, such as
we read about in the by gone days
of gallantry and chivalry. The dinner
was elegant, the mazy waltz was
beautiful "and all went merry as a
marriage bell." Bob danced frequently
during the evening, but he
was Don Quixote at Don Antonio's
ball, and his chat, or talk was as
funny as his figures were ludicrous.
The weather was warm, and Bob,
owing to the violent exercise, perspired
freely.
In those days cloth was not as
plentiful as now, and many men of
small means iuuk. auvanuige ui a
very economical style of dress, then
fashionable, by wearing a very fine
shirt front over a much less valuable
fabric, commonly and correctly called
a dicky. When Bob retired that
night he found that his false shirt
Jront was wet with perspiration, it
was spread in an open window to
dry, and during the night a puff of
wind carried it away. Next morning
por Bob was minus a dicky, and
like Bo-Peep, he knew not where to
find it. Down stairs he went, and
the first persons he met was the hostess
herself with a bevy of charming
young ladies. Addressing the hostess
he said: *
"Madam, I am in a miserable and
shocking condition this morning. Last
night when I lay down my dicky was
as wet as a dish-rag and I spread it
out on the winder-sill to dry. This
morning, mam,' that dicky has departed
and I would be pleased to
know if you have seen it, for I need
it sorely."
It is needless to jsay that he got a
fresh dicky instanter.
Bob bought a farm on the Saltkeatchie.
The papers had been drawn
up, a notary public was taking the
jurat, and signed it as he should,
"notary public" below his own signature.
"Write that thing out complete,"'
said Bob. "Make it 'notorious republican'
and be done with it. Also
write out the L. S. as you should.
Let it read 'long standing'! I do
hate and detest this way you legal
men have got abbreviating all you
can. It's wrong and ridiculous."
"How are your folks?" asked one
of his friends of Bob one morning.
"Why, sir, one of my boys got
shot the other day and he is in a deplorable
condition; and he was hit
in the most dangerous place known
?in the abominable regions and caboosal,
kerdap!"
When Bob was a young man he
paid, or tried to pay court to the
lovely daughter of Captain.Jim. It
was nuts for the captain, but gall for
the girl. She could not get rid of
him by fair means, so she resorted to
foul. In spreading up the bed in
which Bob was to sleep, she spread
underneath the sheet a basket of dry
holly leaves. The holly leaf, it will
be remembered, has several thorns
or briars on it which prick like pins.
When Bob lay down that night he
found out that he was not "on flowery
beds of ease," but rather on one of
sore discomfort. In relating the escapade
he said:
"I let you know, sir, I lit in, and
before you could say Jack Roberson,
I lit out."
When commercial fertilizers first
appeared upon the market, formers
bought them carefully. Bob bought
one bag, which was 200 pounds, and
was pleased with results. In relating
his experience with it he said:
"Gentlemen, I used a whole bag
last year, and it proved fatal, very
fatal, and this year I mean to use it
very extensively, for I shall buy
three whole bags, so help me Lord,
provided money can buy such a vast
quantity."
Bob had a brother named Bill,
and in Bob's eyes Bill was the ideal
preacher. In speaking of him, Bob
said:
"Why, gentlemen, brother Bill is
a wonder, a miracle, a phenomenon!
Look where he started, being only a
cavorter; next he was a locust
preacher, and now he is a circus
rider. He went out in Mississippi
nfiiAi. Hqv qt>H ho nroarhpri the
LUC umci uu; "."V. r ~ ~ ^ _
most wonderful sermon, sir, the
world has ever heard. It brought
sinners from a distance, sir; shook
the very ground, splintered the cedars
of Lebanon, split the oaks of
Bashan, uprooted the Banyan tree,
was four hours long and it could be
heard four miles all around the
church, sir! A masterly effort it
was, sir." A. W. BRABHAM.
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ACCUSES BROTHER-IN-LAW.
Young Woman Says Relative Tried
to Kill Her.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 16.?Miss
Willis Yielding, of Oneonta, Ala., is
probably fatally injured by a bullet
that took effect just below the heart,
and R. S. Couch and John Beveridge
are in jail charged with attempt to
murder as the result of a shooting in
a local hotel.
Miss Yielding charged that Couch,
who is her brother-in-law, fired the
shot and that the two men induced
her to go to the hotel with the intention
of killing her. Couch claims the
shot was accidental.
Miser Died from Poison.
Harrisonburg, Va., Aug. 17.?Arsenic
placed in coffee by unknown
persons caused the death of Geo. B.
Nicholas, an eccentric Rockingham
county miser, according to the verdict
returned to-day by a coroner's
jury. A broken package of arsenic
was found in the house. No arrests
have been made yet, but sensational
developments are expected.
The vagaries of Nicholas, who, although
reputed to be worth more
than $280,000, dressed in rags and
lived virtually the life of a recluse,
had long been a source of speculation.
Besides himself, the only other
occupant of the lonely farm house
was Jane Hopkins, who had served
as the miser's housekeeper for 25
years. She drank of tfhe same pot of
coffee which killed her employer and
was made so desperately ill that her
life was dispaired of for several days.
USE OF~CALOMEL
PRACTICALLY STOPPED.
For Bilious Attacks, Constipation and
All liver Troubles. Dangerous
Calomel Gives Way to Dodson's
Liver Tone.
Every druggist in the State has
noticed a great falling off in the sale
of calomel. They all give the same
reason. Dodson's Liver Tone is taking
its place.
"Calomel is often dangerous and
people know it, while Dodson's Liver
Tone is perfectly safe and gives betD/sat\1a?
r\r?n rr Qf rvro
LCI I UI15, fid v S I cupico ug kjwviw*
Dodson's Liver Tone is personally
guaranteed by Peoples Drug Store
who sell it. A large bottle costs 50
cents, and if it fails to give easy relief
in every case of sluggishness,
you have only to ask for your money
back. It will be promptly returned.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant
tasting', purely vegetable remedy?
harmless to both children and adults.
A bottle in the house may save you
a day's work or keep your children
from missing school. Keep your liver
working and your liver will not keep
you from working.
DR. J. G. BOOZER
DENTIST,
DENMARK.
Graduate Baltimore College of Dental
Surgery, Class 1907.
Member South Carolina Dental Association.
Office Rooms 1-2 Citizens Exchange
Bank Building.
Hours:. 9-12 and 2-5 every day.
J. F. Carter B. D. Carter
CARTER & CARTER
Attorneys-at-Law
BAMBERG, S. C.
Special attention given to settlement
of estates and investigation
-of land titles.
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A WAY OPEN.
Many a Bamberg Reader Knows it
Well.
There is a way open to convince
the greatest skeptic. Scores of Bamberg
people have made it possible.
The public statement of their experience
is proof the like of which has
never been produced before in Bamberg.
Read this case of it given by
a citizen:
N. B. Adams, Main St., Bamberg,
S. C., says: "For more than a year
I suffered from attacks of backache
and I also had pains through my
loins. The kidney secretions were
bothersome, being too frequent in
passage and sometimes I noticed that
they looked unnatural. Finally I got
a supply of Doan's Kidney Pills
from the People's Drug Co., and a
few weeks after I began their use, I
was entirely relieved. I most heartily
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills."
(Statement given March 12, 1908.)
No Trouble Since.
On January 26, 1911, Mr. Adams
said: "I gladly verify my former
endorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills,
for kidney trouble has never bothered
me since I used this remedy.
You may continue to use my name
as a reference."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name?uoans?
and take no other-.
$15.00 suits now $11.25, all wool,
fit guaranteed. Write F. G. MERTINS,
Augusta, Ga.
Higher prices paid for beef cattle.
H. G. DELK, Bamberg, S. C.
The South Carolina Co-Educational Institute
LOCATED AT EDGEFIELD
will begin its twenty-second session on September
26th. Colonel Bailey has been President of the
Institution all these years and has associated with
him a large expe- everything that is
rienced faculty of r~3Hr"~"T"J necessary for car14
instructors. rying on a high
Last session grade institustudents
attend- jjBBBWfc' tion. Mm
ed this school Graduates of
from all over i: ine a. w. u. can
South Carolina HHP::*', he found all over
and five other :.:y South Carolina,
States. The dor- filling positions
mitories are al- !- flHylj of honor and rfl
ways filled to the trust.
,utmost capacity / h If you eontemand
each year the ; J|||? Plate patronizing
school grows in ^|H this institution it
favor with the is important that
people. | | u r | you communicate
The buildingsE3 '* with the presiare
of brick and fBllilBB dent as early as
furnished with possible, it is always
necessary to engage rooms before the session
begins. . , - ifPfll
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i LUL. r. 1>. IV. DA1LL1 R
I PRESIDENT .
1 EDGEFIELD, SOUTH CAROLINA j
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mend all Ladies1 and Men's garments at a cheap rate.
No tearing, scorching or burning, all work is guaranteed
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We recommend and sell this coffee exclusively.
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