The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 05, 1912, Page 7, Image 7
FUNERAL OF BOOTH.
34,000 Persons, Representing; Salvation
Army and Others Participate.
London, Aug. 28.?Funeral services
for the founder of the Salvation
Army, General William Booth,
were held at the Olympia to-night.
In accordance with the traditions
they were without pomp or symbols
of mourning, but were carried out
with moving fervor and impressiveness.
Thirty-four thousand persons
participated in the function. Nearly
half of them wore blue coats and red
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jerseys ui uuuucis miu mc iiwbon
so familiar oil the streets of the
cities of the world where the army is
established.
The body of the late general in a
plain pine coffin rested high on a
catafalque in front of the big platform
across the end of the hall where
all the chief officers of the organization
were seated and wThere 40 bands
of music wrere massed.
The crimson flag of the army "of
fire and blood," which the general
unfurled on Mount Cavalry was planted
above the coffin. A bank of flowers,
composed of tributes sent by
members of royalty and many others
were behind it. Flags of various nations
in which the comander-inchief
had waged campaigns were arrayed
in front of the platform.
Many Notable Present.
Tho front row of chairs before the
coffin were filled with representatives
of various bodies and also the
equerry of the King, several mayors
in their robes and chains of office, a
delegation from the stock exchange,
ministers and clergymen of all the
protestant churches and Jewish rabbies
and many notable personages
were seated throughout the house.
But the rank and file of the great
gathering was composed of the plain
people for whom the army works and
, of whom it is composed.
The service itself was not only a
memorial but a mammoth meeting of
prayer and praise.
A feature of the services was the
^ conducting of a true Salvation Army
J revival service with invitations to
sinners and backsliders to come to
"the mercy seat," dozens of persons
forced their way through the crowded
aisle to the mercy seats on either
side of the platform where they
knelt in prayer. In some cases the
police were required to force a way
for the penitents.
. Old-Fashioned Revival.
As the penitents went forward the
singing, shouts of encouragement and
'\ amens increased in volume until the
Olvmpia was turned into a colossal,
old-fashioned revival.
, Striding back and forth on the
platform, General Bramwell Booth,
cwinorinp- his arms above his head, led
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the singing, pausing frequently to remind
sinners that the dead leader
had given his life to save them.
The most impressive feature of the
solemnities then followed. All the
soldiers of the army arose and recited
the covenant of fidelity, pledging
themselves to be faithful soldiers of
the Lord.
The catafalque was then wheeled
slowly down the aisle while the great
gathering sang "When the Roll is
Called Up Yonder I'll be There." The
coffin was placed in a hearse and
conveyed to the Salvation Army headquarters
where it will rest until taken
to Abney Pary cemetery to-morrow.
Everybody Keep a Duck!
The manager of a big Chicago hotel
has found a very simple solution
of the fly problem. It is a flock of
ducks.
The ordinary hotel perhaps has no
particular accommodations for live
ducks; but in this there is a fountain
in the centre of the approaches to
the various dining rooms. The fountain
has a large basin, and just by
way of novelty the manager several
months ago placed a few ducks in the
water. They paddled around and enjoyed
it, and the guests enjoyed seeing
them. But, better still, the ducks
also enjoyed the flies that attempted
to enter the dining rooms and
feast upon the good things therein.
? The flies?in Chicago at least?fly
-> low; and ducks, as any one who has
ever seen them knows, are especially
quick in catching insects. The consequence
is this particular hotel,
; once troubled with flies, now has
practically none. And the ducks,
once lean to verge of scrawniness,
are fat and sleek.
The duck method of disposing of
the fly nuisance cannot, of course,
obtain in private households to any
degree; but in this particular hostelry
Hie qucks nave t'ctuscu lii*; wire jiv
swatter and traps to be thrown into
the ash heap.
Perhaps next year the enterprising
manager will attach some sort
* > of a metre to every duck, so that at
the end of the season he can tell
how many flies each busy fowl has
disposed of with neatness and dispatch.
patch.?Cincinnati Times-Star.
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The Herald Book Store has a nice
lot of sample box paper. This is a
fine grade of paper and will be sold
v at a bargain.
GROOM 71, 1JRTDE GS.
Aged Couple Marry After Fifty TI
Years of Waiting.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 28.?A romantic
courtship, which was begun qu
half a century ago at Pembroke in im
Bryan county, was renewed in Sa- m?
vannah and Dan Cupid, who has car- ad
ried forward an unbalanced account H<
in the book of love for 47 years, wit- Ai
nessed the wedding. he
Peter J. Thompson, 71 years old,
was the groom and Mrs. Ann Cele- m:
nia Wilson, aged 68, was the Driae.
They "were married by Pastor John ty,
S. Wilder at the South Side Bap- off
tist parsonage at-10 o'clock. ex
As a young girl Mrs. Wilson was m<
Miss Ann Waller, of Bryan county, hi]
in the late fifties she and young Pete wi
Thompson, whose father then owned
all of the land on which the town ye
of Pembroke is now situated, were ite
boy and girl sweethearts. At that tie
time they were adjoining farm lei
neighbors, but in the course of time tei
their parents moved further apart
and they saw less of each other.
After an absence of 47 years Mr.
Thompson returned to Savannah.
During that time he had been entire- c
ly out of touch with his family and ^
this part of the world.
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He foilnd the wife and baby he
so
was forced by the cicissitude of war ^
to leave had both married and were
living in Blichton, Ga. Feeling very
much like the Enoch Arden of poet.
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ry, he decided to nmsn out ueic a. ..
til
career that seemed fast drawing to ,
. to<
a close.
Then the hand of fate reached out
gr
and touched him. While stopping ,
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with his relatives on West Charlton
street an aged woman, who was living
in the same house, but with a
different family, saw him. ,
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"Isn't this Peter Thompson?" she
asked him when they met on the .
, . he
stoop of their home.
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Of course it was, but who in the
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world could it be who, after half a ^
century, could recognize a grizzled
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old man and call him by name?
"Why don't you remember Ann
Waller?" she asked.
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Of course he did. And instantly
he found that the loneliness that was '
fast obsessing him was breaking;
even this cloud which had formed
when he returned and found the wife
of his youth married to another actually
had a silver lining. Nf
Both of these surivors of countless
vicissitudes of life felt young
again as they sat down and reminisced.
The girl Mr. Thompson left to
here as Ann Waller had been twice vi
married, but was a widow, while he M
was made a widower through the th
statute of limitations. Believing him ar
long since dead Mrs. Thompson had be
married a man named Davis in te
Blitchton, and was living happily. al
Happy in the discovery of two
fragments of a romance that had eq
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Deen siicill^i t?u, iui udcn. m tuv> &u>wv v^
century Cupid got industriously on er
the job, and pretty soon he was re- lo
warded by evidence of a renewal of ci
the old love between this aged pair. L<
And there can be no doubt about it nc
being a case of genuine love between bi
! the old people. They were as happy sa
I as a pair of turtle doves after the tr
| minister had pronounced the magic fii
words. p<
When the war broke out Mr. ai
Thompson, not of age, enlisted for tfc
six months, and at the expiration of si
the enlistment he went into a cavalry
troop. The beginning of '65 b<
found him in a hospital in Savannah, tt
and. convalescing, he obtained leave b(
to visit his father at Pembroke, w
While he was there Sherman swept
down the State and the Confederate w
soldiers took refuge in the swamps, a]
Driven from hiding by hunger he tl
made his way across the Ogeechee tr
river bridge and fell into the hands ir
of a federal outpost, which sent him rr
to Savannah. a
Becasue of a shortage of rations
here Mr. Thompson and others were tc
shipped to New York as refugees, tl
and from there to Cincinnati. From fi
there he made his way to Kan- fi
sas, where he hoped to rehabilitate
himself and return to Georgia when
peace had been restored. A cyclone
destroyed what property he had ac- is
cumulated in Kansas, so he wandered
to Kentucky, settling at Mount tl
Sterling. Some years later his prop- w
erty was destroyed by fire, and in n
time he returned to Georgia to find ir
that time and circumstances had robbed
him of his family. g:
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Every Race Has Flag But Negro.
Cleveland, Aug. 29.?After hearing
a song to the effect that every race h
has a flag but the negro, the Rev. J. al
Lennox, of this city, a bishop of the
Zion African Evangelical church, de- ai
signed an official emblem which he
said to-day his church has decided to tl
adopt. The flag has twelve stars in j s'
a field of purple and twelve bars of j 11
red, white, and blue. | ^
The purple represents the robe u
Christ wore before the* crucifixion; h
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the red, "our sins that shall be made
white as snow;" the white, the purity
of the apostles, and the blue, the ne- g
groe's loyalty to the United States.
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Rub-My Tism will cure you. L
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KAliL WANTS POSITION.
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lis Nobleman Claims He is Not j
Seeking an Heiress.
New York, Aug. 29.?There is the
eerest kind of a noble man living
cognito in New York, if the inforation
contained in a little "want
." in a Wall street paper is correct.
i is an English earl in search of an
nerican job and not an American
iress.
His bid for a position in a comanding
capacity, reads as follows:
"An English earl of business abili,
strong personality, formerly naval
icer, strong executive, thoroughly
perienced in modern business
jthods, has just arrived to connect
mself in a commanding capacity
th a reputable American concern.
"Manly, clean-cut appearance, 35
ars old, clubman and society favor(,
practical and adaptive, this geniman
would lend his title and tal
it to a decent and wholesome enrprise
of unquestioned integrity."
Where Corn Grows Tail.
The prospect of a big corn yield in
msas this fall recalls the story of
I Kansas corn at the Philadelphia
ntennial. Among the Kansas agrirr\i
Itural exhibits at that Fair was A *
me corn on the stalks grown in the
>osho river bottoms. It was 20 feet
gh and the ears looked as long as Dve
wood. An old lady from Veront
gazed at it and declared that ^ '
e stalks were spliced. Then she ga
ok another look and changed her ^
ind. "But," said she, "it didn't
ow that big in one year. It must .
in
ve grown for two seasons. The
ciQl
an in charge of the Kansas exhibit
wi
is somewhat of a prevaricator himIf.
"Lady," said he, in great somnity,
"we are almost ashamed to
no
hibit this corn. This has been a ,
bei
it, dry year in Kansas and we have _
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it been able to raise very large
an
rn. But we felt that it wouldn't ..
th<
i to have a Kansas exhibit without
we
rn, so we brought this little stuff
one:. * In a really good year the
rn grows so high in Kansas that LIt
gles build their nests in the tassels,
lowing full well that they are out
range of the farmers' guns."? Th
msas City Journel.
A HORSELESS CITY.
Fi
igs Will Be Barred from the New ^
Town of Speedway, Ind. al(
Horses will be barred from the new
gr;
wn of Speedway, laid out in the enCQ/
rons of Indianapolis, says Popular
3 1
echanics. By autumn, it is said, J
e new city will be"well under way
id it is expected that the place will mi
icome an important industrial cen- an
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r, devoted exclusively to interests .
lied with the motor car trade. in|
3t
It is admitted that the humble
wl
luine is aiding in building the new
wn, but after it is completed neithhe
nor any of his four-footed fel3.1)
ws will be permitted to enter the
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tv sacred to motor driven vehicles,
sases will stipulate that horses must m
)t be used for any purpose; and the ga
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itcher, baker and grocer will neces.rily
have to resort to the motor no
uck for delivery purposes. The
*e department will be wholly equip0D
3d with motor driven apparatus, _
Qq
id the patrol wagons will race down
ie streets without clatter of ironloa
hoofs.
The government of Speedway will
3 intrusted to men identified with *?
fe
ie motor trade, and the streets will
SO
3ar names illustrious in the motor
orld. th
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The principal part of the new city
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ill be directly south of the Indianpolis
motor speedway, while part of a^
le town will be west of the famous UJ
6F
ack. No factories will be admitted
t Speedway unless they are in some
tanner identified with the motor.
, Gi
ir trade.
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Another feature of the horseless
as
>wn is that it will be constructed
iroughout of concrete, rendering it
reproof. It is predicted the motor
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re department will have little to do. ,
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His Altered Tactics. "W
An heiress was engaged to a Spanh
grandee. ar
"Don Guzman," the girl said a
loughtfully one morning as they .
ere walking in the Row, "Don Guz,
ce
tan, society declares that you are .
tarrying me solely for my money."
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"They lie, my love," the young
re
randee answered, fixing a fresh
garette in his long amber tube. j
"Nevertheless," said the girl,
their censure hurts me. I won't
ave them say such nasty things st
bout you." ca
"But how will you stop them?" he L<
-i._j np
yKtfU. r~
"By giving my entire fortune to A]
le missionaries," she replied. "I sc
lall make my fortune over to the te
lissionaries at once." 9:
The grandee settled his shining ai
at more firmly on the back of his
ead and set off at a great pace in 4(
le direction of Hyde Park corner. w.
"But, Don Guzman," cried the m
irl, "where are you going?" bi
"I am going," he called back, "to
3e about becoming a missionary."? pi
ondon Opinion. gi
Soldly ie.
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VO GAFFXEY LADS DROWN
rron Sand iter, Jr., and J
CTeignton ine vicums.>
Rock Hill, Aug. 29.?Myron Sa
Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. M.
ndifer, and John Creighton, soi
s. W. J. Creighton, of this c
o 15-year-old boys, were drow
the Catawba river this even
out 4 o'clock, while in swimn
th a party of boys who went
;er dinner.
Up to this time their bodies 1
t been found, but the water
en cut off at the Catawba Pc
mpany's dam, several miles ab
d it is hoped that with the fal
e river they will be recovered. I
ire bright, good boys and the w
y is plunged in grief over the
sssing affair.
NIAGARA FALLS.
1*7 r H 8I, l/cstl ipuuu ui muvi i
Wonderful Falls.
In the autumn of 1678, writes
nley, in Scribner's Magazine
anciscan frair, Hennepin, set
)ne?the first solitary figure of
pedition, a gray priest?from
ay rock of Quebec, in a birch ca
rrying with them the "furnitur
portable altar." Along the wa;
e Saint Lawrence he stoppec
inister to the habitants, too
d too poor to support a pr
ying Mass, exhorting, and ba
?. Early in November he arr
the mission at Fort Front
lich he had two or three years
re helped La Salle to establis
e wilds. Soon La Salle's lieu
ts appeared, with most of the i
d while some were dispat
canoes to Lake Michigan
ther the buffalo fleeces against
ming of the ship whose keel
it yet been laid, the rest (La M
mnepin, and 16 men) embarke(
e river by which the upper 1
ipty into Lake Ontario and
int Lawrence, that is, the Nia|
) this priest, Hennepin, we
e first description and pictur
agara, probably now more fam
the world than any other nat
ature of this continent. He
mewhat magnified the heigh
ese falls, but they are imprei
tough to acquit him of falsifies
id powerful enough to run virti
1 the manufacturing plants in
aited States if they could be ?
ed within reach. As it is, less
per cent, of the water that <
>ws from the four upper G
reat Lakes into the lower lake,
lown as Lake Frontenac and
; Ontario, is diverted for utilits
lrposes, and yet it supplies
merican and the Canadian al
[ually between the two shores
ree hundred thousand horse-pc
rhat the conversion of the stre
this Titan, for ages entirely wi
td for a century after Hennepin
scenic wonder, means or may i
industry In the future, is intim
some statistics furnished by i
nt writer on the Great Lakes 8.
g the relative cost per month
rtain unit of power in a numb*
presentative American cities.
Han Ate Over 9 Pounds of St
New York, Aug. 29.?Not)
anding the high price of meat
.1 Republican club on an outin
3ng Island indulged in the c
istime of beef-steak eating cont
Iderman Frank J. Dotzlertipping
ales at 381 pounds before the
st, calmly won the event by ec
V2 pounds of porterhouse, 19
id 11 cups of coffee.
A close second was "Jack" P:
) pounds lighter than the vi
ho made away with 7% pounc
eat, 11 rolls and 10 cups of cc
it no potatoes.
All children's wash suits at
ice. Write F. G. MERTINS,
ista, Ga.
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111C JUUUlUUUlllld VU-LUUU1UUUCU UldUlUIC
n?: LOCATED AT EDGEFIELD
tl of
:ity; will begin its twenty-second session on September
ned 26th. Colonel Bailey has been President of the
31.n?' Institution all these years and has associated with
him a large expe- everything that is
rienced faculty of | I necessary for cariave
14 instructors. pllBrfll'M rying on a high
has Last session |; HP-J if grade institu,wer
students attend- I f tion.
! 0j ed this school Graduates of
joth from all over EXJppS the S. C. C. I. can
hole South Carolina NfBgH Ws-''be found all over
dis" and five other If wF% South Carolina,
States. The dor- J filling positions
mitories are al- m flHOjji honor and
ica,s ways filled to the trust.
utmost capacity If you contemand
each year the plate patronizing
jno. suxiooi grows in iius iusuiluuiuii it
' a favor with the is important that
the people. f If If ,^1 you communicate
the The buildings with the presinoe,
are of brick and HB9SH dent as early as
e of furnished with possible, it is ali
up ways necessary to engage rooms before the ses?
sion begins. :|
S COL. F. N. K. BAILEY !
ived
nac. PRESIDENT
hbien EDGEFIELD, SOUTH CAROLINA
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? 1 WHICH BANK DO YOU USE t
had ^
.. | pE. Is your money hid away in an old trunk, closet or bureau, Bp
Q' ! 3, where the burglar is likely to find it any night, or is it J7
1 for | . P^" locked up tight in our vault, protected not only by a 'r
akes | p& massive steel safe, but by ample burglar insurance as ??
the i 3 well? You do not perhaps realize what great danger ^
| your money is in when kept around the house. Every *W
5 ' ! pA day the newspapers tell of losses sustained because of
?We 3 this habit- If y?u would sleep soundly, with the knowl- t
e of * ' edge that your money is perfectly secure, bring it in at
iliar pj" once and open an account with us. You are then faking Bp
ural J. no chances' It
has 2EHRHARDT BANKING COMPANY |t
1 ot i EHRHARDT, SOUTH CAROLINA. Mp
I Bridges Time and Space
o7a TT WAS A QUESTION of life or death and
3t of I the victim's life hung by a slender thread. A
difficult operation was necessary. To be suc>alr
cessful the operation must be performed at once.
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' 'w? .amoaam ?? A .Mamalicf TTrara ramnron Kiif nA
X lie SCI VltC9 UI * O^CUAUOI vrwiv iv^umvu^ l/uv uw
vRh- was in a distant city.
a l0" .
g on The specialist was reached over the Long
ostiy Distance Bell Telephone, the case described ana
ests, ^jje operation arranged for.
; the
con- The sufferer's life was saved through the
ttmg ability of the Universal Bell Telephone Service to
rolls bridge time and space.
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cTr By the way, have you a Bell Telephone?
me, fuL% southern bell telephone
and telegraph company
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