The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 12, 1912, Image 1
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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1912. Established 1891.
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the ]
County and Elsewhye.
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Colston, Sept. 9.?Miss Ethel Mc- (
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i Mae Kearse spent Saturday night 1
with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McMillan.
? Mr. and Mrs. Halcod Ayer visited ,
their parents Saturday. .
Mr. and Mrs. Purdy Ayer visited (
l their parents Saturday and Sunday. '
p Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Clayton.
" Mr. Will Sandifer, of Denmark,
and Mr. Raymond Smoak, of Neeses, .
spent Saturday and Sunday at the '
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton. .
Miss Virginia Jennings spent Satur- ^
day night with Miss Lottie Clayton, j
Mr. Dawson Kearse wsa very sick 1
* last Saturday and Sunday. I
i Miss Molly Vallentine and Miss ,
Elise Gray, of Cope, spent last week .
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with Mr. and Mrs. H. J. McMillan. ,
Miss Louise Copeland spent last J
week with Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Me- ,
Millan. (
Miss Llewellyn Zeigler, of Clear
' Pond, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Joe (
Beard.
There was a large crowd at Colston
Sunday afternoon to preaching. (
Denmark Doings. j
Denmark, Sept. 10.?Mr. J. Alvin 1
" Riley, of Clemson, was at home last 1
, week. {
Mrs. G. W. Goolsby and son, G. {
i W., Jr., spent several days in Fort (
Motte recently. 1
*' Willie Califf was a visitor in Nor- (
way last week. *
Miss Josephine Faust returned 1
home Sunday, after a visit of several
weeks in Savannah, Ga.
Miss Louise Zeigler spent several *
days last week in Bamberg. (
Miss Lillian Goolsby is the guest (
s * of Mrs. Carter, in Fairfax.
Miss Kathleen Grier, of North,
spent a few days this week with j
friends here. 1
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Land of the Sky. 1
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Asheville, N. C., Sept. 8.?Your ^
correspondent has not been station- ,
ary in this beautiful country, but this
city is claiming her attention this
week. Its motto is:
''To Buncombe Hall,
Welcome all." c
Asheville, to the Westward of the J
crest of the Blue Ridge (of which (
Mt. Mitchell 6,711 feet above sea *
level, is the highest peak east of the i
Rocky Mountains) has a small rain- <
fall (that dread of the tourists?a
v ; wet summer and fog obscuring
mountain views.) Only in July, *
* generally, do they have much rain. *
Perhaps the finest water system in 1
the world is here and the purest '
water. It is brought to the city by
gravity line, 20 miles distant, from 1
the foot of Mt. Mitchell. The city 1
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t owns water shed of 10,000 acres
virgin forest, no habitation thereon,
insuring water purity, (guarded by 1
wardens.) One can take a street
car at the depot and ride miles, see- 1
ing all the principal buildings here,
and a trip to Riverside Park for only 1
5 cents! But, if we wish to see the ^
palace of G. W. Vanderbilt we drive
> there on certain days when permisison J
is given to tourists to drive over the 1
grounds, visit the dairies, hot houses, '
etc. The house was built under di- *
rection of the famous architect Rich- (
ard Hunt (and we are told by a lady
who has been there, that it much resembles
the famous chateau at Blois, ^
France.) The Biltmore estate contains
12,000 acres and the hunting
| preserve 120,000 acres, known as
Pisgah Forest. The herd of import- j.
1 * ed Jerseys are interesting. An Hen- j <
dersonville (20 miles from here) ]
South Carolina day and Florida day \
was recently observed at Laurel
Park. So many representative citi- <
zens of these States having invested (
there, much interest was displayed, j
Fine speeches were made, the ladies j
reciting, reading and singing be- ]
tween speeches. The woods near both ]
of these cities are aglow with bloom- \
ing laurel, rhododendron, Queen <
Annie's lace, wild astor, double and
single golden rod, large daisies (re~
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StJiii Uiillg liiC CApCllOJI^ UIIUOIU uuio; j
and so many other kind! Chinqua- '
pins are ripe, and the "summer giri"
wears long necklaces of them. When
we see the first chestnut, we'll know J
that our days on these lovely hills
are numbered, for they come with ]
the "sere and yellow leaf." The 1
boys and girls are making wry faces J
because school will soon start again.
S. L. S.
Rub-My Tism will cure you.
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STOREKEEPER SHOT INTRUDER.
Vegro Likely to Dio from Wounds
Inflicted by George Creticos. !
With a policeman stationed at his
bedside in the Roper Hospital for
fear that he might escape, Samuel
Moultrie, a colored man, who was
shot in the nose and left hand by
3eorge Creticos, white, early yesterday,
was reported last night as being
in a serious condition, and with little
chance of recovery. The shooting
occurred at 161 Rutledge avenue,
where, it is alleged, Moultrie broke
into the nouse ana was suui wuuc
searching the premises. If Moultrie
should recover he will face a charge
Df burglary and larceny.
The robbery of Creticos's store, at
161 Rutledge avenue, took place
early yesterday morning. Creticos,
who sleeps on the premises, says
that on the night of the robbery he
locked the door. About 4 o'clock in
the morning, however, he was roused
Dy mysterious noises. He listened for
i while and heard some one walking
around the store. Creticos got up and
legan an investigation. He secured
his pistol and went into the store,
tvhere, he says, he found the negro.
Creticos stated that as soon as the
legro discovered that he was cornerad
he made an attempt to attack the
storekeeper.
As the negro advanced on him,
Creticos fired twice. The first bullet
passed through the man's left
land. The second, which, it is
:hought, will prove fatal, lodged in
:he nose. The negro was immedi
itely taken to the Roper Hospital
ind the bullet probed for. The operation,
however, was unsuccessful,
md it is believed that the ball, after '
entering the bridge of the nose, '
glanced off and went down into the 1
nan's stomach.
Entrance into the Creticos store
vas effected by smashing in one of
;he window glasses. The only thing '
>f any value taken by the robber was
me dollar in currency, which was
:ound on Moultrie's person.
Creticos appeared before Magis:rate
O'Shaughnessy yesterday mornng
and swore out a warrant for the
irrest of Moultrie on the charge of
mrglary and larceny. Owing to the
legro's serious condition, the prelim- ,
nary hearing was postponed.?News
tnd Courier, September 5th.
Engineer Crushed to Death.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 5.?Train No. 6,
)f the Southern Railway, bound from
Atlanta to Macon, left the rails on a
mrve a mile and a half north of Hoi- ;
:on, ten miles frdm Macon, late this
ifternoon. The locomotive was turned
over in the ditch.
Dead and injured:
C. S. Scribner, of Atlanta, engineer,
crushed to death under driv- i
ng tvheel. He had been with the
Southern for 22 years and has a wife
md family in Atlanta.
James Burden, white fireman, fa\ii\y
injured, taken to Macon hospitil
with broken back and left leg
iroken.
Conductor W. N. Sloan, of Macon,
lands lacerated and left leg injured.
A. M. Johnson, flagman, of Macon,
iruised about body.
J. W. Cranford, of Macon, baggagenaster,
both legs injured and hands
acerated.
Henry C. Walker, negro porter, of
Atlanta, right leg broken. None of
:he passengers were seriously injured.
Three coaches that did not leave
:he rail were brought back to this
;ity by the relief train. The injured
ver taken to the hospitals.
J. C. Mattox, travelling man, Atlanta,
legs and body injured, at Ma:on
hospital.
Spine Patched With Leg Bone.
Philadelphia, Sept. 5.?A remarkable
cure of curvature of the spine is
announced at the Methodist hospital
aere. The case is that of Adele Weinaerg,
a young girl hunchback.
The surgeon removed part of one
if the lumbar vertebrae, found to be
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liseaseu, illiu iii xls yi<3.v;t: uacu a.
tion of leg bone. The plaster cast
in which the child was encased following
the operation has now been
removed, and she is as erect as
though her spine had been normal
since birth.
He Was Willing to Help.
The two ladies had been to the
Dpera and were discussing it on their
way home in the street car.
"I think 'Lohengrin' is wonderful,"
said the lady in the large hat.
"It's not bad," said the one in purple
velvet, as she handed the conductor
the fare, "but I just love 'Carmen.'
"
The conductor blushed. "I'm sorry,
miss," he said apologetically, "I'm
married. You might try the motorman
though; I think he's single."
IN THE PALMETTO STATE 1
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick of
Reading?Paragraphs About er
Men and Happenings.
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Union county's handsome new
court house was dedicated last week
with appropriate ceremonies. The s 1
building and furnishings cost nearly m
$100,000. 01
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It will be pleasant news to the .
many friends of the Carlisle Fitting ^
School that Mrs. Stella Bronson will
be matron of the girls' hall the comer
ing sesison. The school is fortunate ^
in securing her services. ^
C. W. Birchmore, editor of the
Wateree Messenger at Camden,-was st
nnnnfir eimQrinTon^ont nf pd- __
tests were settled. It seems to be tr
the purpose of the committee to
probe the whole matter to the bot- ro
torn. We hope this will be done. th
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PICKEREL STEALS ROD. w;
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Takes K tel Man's Line and Waits of
Late to be Caught. bi
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A hotel manager just back from a al
fishing trip at Long lake, in the Ad- ol
irondacks, tells a story of a pickerel W(
that stole his line and rod, carried B]
them into deep water and there hung pe
around for three-quarters of an hour ri(
to give him another chance. The g|
manager says he can produce wit- ^
nesses if necessary, according to the
New York Sun.
"Of course the lake is full of pick- ni
erel," he prefaced, "but my luck had si.
been poor until one day a New York te
school teacher volunteered to take
me to a place where I could get a qj
good bite. He rowed for two hours. m
I was seated in the stern with about
150 feet of line trailing. It became
monotonous, so I stuck the rod be- n?
hind me while I took out my pipe. n(
"I had just struck a match when le
suddenly my rod was jerked out of of
the boat. The heavy reel took it to of
the bottom, and I could see it resting tr
in four feet of water. We were near
Judge Green's camp, and as neither
of us had any fancy for going over- jn
board we decided to get a man to re- pj
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but found a hoe. Then returning to
the spot where the rod had gone
overboard, we found it had disppearte
"My companion was for giving up sj,
the search, but I was positive that rod Gl
was somewhere in the neighborhood. 0f
Knowing the instinct of a fish to v
make for deep water when struck I ^
directed my companion to row pi
straight out from shore. tr
"We found the rod lying at the Wi
bottom in eight feet of water. The w
hoe handle was just long enough jn
with the aid of my arms to get it un- ^
der the rod, which I raised to the surface.
The reel was stuck and I be- ar
gan to pull the line in hand over q(
hand. pi
"Suddenly I felt a jerk. The thiev- re
ing pickerel was still on the end. I 0f
had to work him carefully, and as I th
was sure I could not land him other- ^
wise I got my companion to stand by Sb
with a dip net. When the fish show- nc
ed up alongside it was scooped in. It th
weighed six pounds."
If the Jones men stunea tne Danoi
boxes, as Governor Blease claims, is
it not funny that the Jones men are ^
demanding a complete investigation
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while the Blease men are opposing
it??Times and Democrat.
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The heavy rains of this week are pi
doing considerable damage to the of
cotton crop. a
ClCtLCU vuuui; iuv>vuuvuv Wi. V- ,_,J.
ucation in the recent primary, and ^
Col. E. H. Aull, editor of Newberry W(
Herald and News, is in the second jj(
race for the same office in his coun- l(
ty, with bright prospects of success. 0l
You can't keep working men down.
State Chairman Jno. Gary Evans of
has issued an appeal to the people m
of the State to contribute for the ex- gc
penses of the investigation of the h?
recent primary. The committee has ai
fVia fimrtc trt mate the investi^a- on
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tion, and must depend on those who de
desire honest elections to come to ar
the rescue. Contributions should be at
sent to Col. Wilie Jones, treasurer of yc
the committee.
At a meeting of the State execu- Ci
tive committee, held in Columbia last tr
Thursday, a committee was appoint- so
ed to thoroughly investigate the re- in
cent primary, and a resolution, offer- Ci
ed by Hon. R. I. Manning, of Sumter, sis
was adopted, postponing the primary he
for State officers until the matter P<
was fully investigated. Therefore, to
State officers were not voted for ca
in the primary held Tuesday of It)
this week, and only county con
id yet more Diooa; Diooa 01 uciues,
ood of women, blood of old men.
nd there I was, shut in, a hopeless
'isoner, seeing these people killed
f in batches, ten, fourteen, twenty
day, frightful murders, committed
PRISONER IN AFRICAN WILDS.
isisonary Held for Twenty-Three
Years by a Negro Napoleon.
After 23 years' peril in the heart
Africa, much of the time a prisonin
a great black Babylon where
imeless horrors were committed
ery day, where were hills of skulls
id where batches of slaves were
itchered for the mere joy of the
ght of blood, Daniel Crawford, a
issionary connected with the Plymlth
Brethren, has returned to I^ritn
on furlough and.has just been
ven an official reception at his nape
town of Greenook.
How he penetrated from the westn
coast to the great Katanga couny,
in the southeast corner of the
Dngo country, north of Rhodesia,
rms a strange chapter in his life
ory. At first he was with two othmissionaries?Fred
Arnot and Mr.
me (brother of W. R. Lane, the
ell-known Free Churchman)?and,
i said to a representative of the
Dndon Chronicle, "we had to bore
ir way in. For hundreds of miles
frica is blocked by impudent chiefs
r the Rob Roy type, whose only
otto is 'Own up and pay up.' You
> 15, 17, 2U stupid utile miles, perlps
you merely cross a river, and
lother 'Rob Roy McGregor Afrinus'
meets you with extortionate
imands. He looks at your jacket
id he wants your jacket; he looks
the shirt underneath and he wants
>ur shirt."
The two missionaries whom Mr.
-awford accompanied soon peneated
as far as they desired, and to
lve the difficulty of getting right
to the heart of the interior, Mr.
awford attached himself to a
aver's caravan. "Along the coast,"
; says, "ther are a number of these
artugese slavers, but they employ a
11 of black cuthroats, who load the
ravans up with powder and flintck
guns, and over the hills and far
vay they go on their 'pacific peneation
of Central Africa.
"And it was then I saw the horrs
of the slave trade. All along
e path we saw the shackles and the
?kes of slaves who had died on the
ay down to the coast. To prevent
e slaves escaping at. night the legs
each four of them are tightly
inched together in- wooden shacks.
Dozen of shackles were found
ong the same route in 1909; not
d shackles, but green shackles still
et with the sap of the tre- Though
ritain prevents slaves being shipid
to Jamaica or elsewhere in Afca,
there is always any amount of
avery up the back path. Africa
res on slave labor.
"It was the nightmare of my life
the interior. At all hours of the
ght natives came to me saying 'Sir,
r, we are all killed,' and they would
11 me of the attacks by the slavers,
women dragged off, of men killedl
ften the slavers were led by white
en, men sporting false names, and
ere lay the difficulty. I have got
ites, name of town wiped out,
imes of all the victims, but I have
)t got the name of the Portuguese
ader. These men put on the mask
a false name, and under the shield
it they do the devil's work in Cenal
Africa."
The caravan to which Mr. Crawrd
attached himself to get into the
terior, however, was bound for a
ace where there were always slaves
be obtained cheap?the capita) of
e great Emperor Mushidi.
"Years before," says Mr. Crawrd,
"Mushidi journeyed into the inrior
with his wife, Kapapa, and two
aves, total of four, and this terrible
lartette smashed up all the tribes
Central Africa. Mushidi was a
sritable black Napoleon of Central
frica. His brain worked with the
ecision of a machine. TriDe aiter
ibe fell under his sway, and thus
as evolved a great black Babylon,
here all the tribes formed a seethg
mob and where slaves poured in
r hundreds and thousands.
"It was a city of scores of thousids
of people, certainly over 100,)0.
And there for years I was kept
'actically a prisoner, for Mushidi
fused to let me go. It was a case
'Will you walk in my parlor?' said
e spider to the fly. Partly, perips,
it was a case of pride, for Muddi
wanted his enemies north,
)rth, south, east and west to know
at he had caught a white man.
"Life there was awful," and Mr.
:awford shuddered as he recalled
e scenes. "Hills of skulls all over
e place, and drastic executions
lily in full swing. Blood, blood,
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THE SECOND PRIMARY HELD
LIGHT VOTE CAST AT ELECTION
LAST TUESDAY.
Kay Elected Sheriff, Bruce Supervisor,
and Chitty County Commissioner?Election
Quiet.
The second primary election for (
Bamberg county took place/Tuesday
of this week, and on account of the
rain during a great part of the day 1
a light vote was polled. Everything
was very quiet, although there was 1
considerable interest taken in the 1
contests for sheriff and county supervisor.
Returns from all over the 1
county came in early, as County '
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L/Uctirilicta n. r U1<1 liau mauc excellent
ararngements for securing the
returns, and by dark the result was
known here. We publish below the 1
tabulated statement of the votes at
each club, and while these are not '
yet official, they were sent in by the
managers to the county chairman and
are no doubt correct. From these
figures it will be seen that Ray de- '
feated Hunter for sheriff; Bruce de- '
feats McMillan for county supervisor;
and Chitty defeats Zeigler for
county commissioner.
Sheriff] Sup. |Co. Com
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Bamberg .. |136|169|196|110jl72jl33
Clear Pond | 15| 1| 6| 10| j 16
Colston .. | 10| 411 51 46| 35| 16
Denmark .. | 16|195|115| 97|117| 93 :
Edisto .. .. | 47j 7j 34| 20| 23| 29 '
Ehrhardt .. j 1171 35| 79| 74| 46(107
Govan .. .. j 7| 44| 6| 45| 33) 17 <
H. Mill .. .. | 1| 24j 31 22] 25|
H. Chapel | 611 6| 38) 28| 20j 47
Kearse .. .. | 24) 28| 14) 30) 50| 2 ;
Lees .. .. | 9| 7| 14| 2| 5| 11 :
Midway .. j 29| 6| 24| 12| 6) 29 <
Olar .. .. | 361100j 63) 73|119| 17 ]
Total .. ..|508|663|597|577|651|517 !
For Magistrate at Denmark Brook- 1
er won out over Arledge, the vote 1
being as follows:
Arledge Brooker 1
Denmark ....'.... 68 142
Hightower's Mill 2 23
Lees 11 5
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Total 81 170
For Magistrate at Edisto Herndon
beat Zeigler by only one vote. The
vote at the different precincts was
as follows:
Herndon Zeigler
Edisto 33 19
Hunter's Chapel .... 27 40
Total 60 59
For Cotton Weigher at Olar the ,
vote was as follows:
N Hiers Templeton?
Colston 25 26
Govan 1 50
Olar 90 46
Total 116 122
For Cotton Weigher at Bamberg
Steedley defeated Rice by the following
vote:
Rice Steedley
Bamberg 177 128
Clear Pond 3 13
Edisto 3 48
Hunters' Chapel 11 56
Midwav 6 30
Total 200 275
with unspeakable barbarities."
For a time Mr. Crawford was
helpless, but gradually he was taken
into Mushidi's favor, and acted for
him almost in the capacity of secretary.
And then daily he petitioned
for the lives of some of the condemn- .
ed people to be spared. "Fifteen or
twenty people were to be killed on,
say, the Monday morning. I begged
the Emperor, 'Oh, King, live for
ever; give me two.' Another batch
on Tuesday morning. Again, 'Oh,
King, live for ever; give me two
more.' On Wednesday, 'Oh, King,
live for ever; give me three, give me
three.' And I got three.
"The result is a lot of these peo- J
pie are called by a word which
means 'Begotten again from the
dead,' and they turn up from all parts
of Africa bringing little pre&ents. <
"What kind of man was Mushidi? i
A typical Bantu cutthroat, but lie had <
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3 wonaeriui neau, rectnv twv
in one, *the curled, rigid occiput tell- <
ing of terrible potentialities. He had <
500 wives.
"One day a strange flag was seen ]
approaching, and this heralded the 1
advent of a new factor in the coun- ?
try, namely, the Belgians. In a lit- ]
tie while the great mushroom empire ;
of South Africa was scattered to the s
winds and Mushidi's head was cut :
off and sent to the museum of a cer- <
tain London institution in a petrole- i
um tin."?Boston Transcript. J
GREATEST OF ALL HARVESTS.
Money Value This Season $65,000,*
000 in Excess of Total Last Year.
Inquiries are made for an explanation
of the manner in which the
money value of the crops of this
year is to be realized, and by whom
it is to be received and there are further
inquiries for information whether
or not the estimate of $9,000,000,000
be correct, and if this sum be
the amount received, how is it to be
distributed.
These questions show the interest
of the public in the details, so far
as money is concerned, of what is
likely to prove, on the whole, the
greatest American harvest, in money
value. Of course, the greater part
of the money received from the sale
of crops will be paid over to the
farmers who have cultivated with
such good results this year. Yet it
is impossible to make any estimate
of the net amount the farmers will
receive. They must pay a good many
million dollars to the harvest hands.
These payments must be made in
cash. The farmers may have large
deposits in the aggregate, upon which"
they can draw for these payments.
But the magnitude of the crops will
entail banking accommodations
which will be readily granted. That
involves discount charges. There are
also storage ^charges, transportation
expenses, and many incidentals which
will cut considerably into the aggregate
sum received by the farmers.
All sorts of estimates have been
received in the past of the net returns
of the American farmers as a
result of their marketing of the harvests
for any one year. Should net .
returns be no greater than 10 per '/ 7
cent, then the American farmers will
have to the good between $900,000,000
and $1,000,000,000. What the
means for general prosperity it is not
naflacoorv ir\ ovnloin ThP Hf?t. fiTftitlS
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of the farmers of the South for the
past ten years have made much of the
Industrial and commercial growth of
that section possible. It is also the
opinion of banking authorities that
the net gains to American farmers v
since the good years began?about
fifteen years ago?serve in great
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measure to explain the change
throughout many parts of the West, ] f ~J
so that now these sections are financially
independent, having capital to^
lend or invest,- whereas before that
time a considerable part of the bet
ter class of the United States lived
in the agricultural communities.?
Wall Street Journal.
A Tragedy in a Smoker.
The smoking car was so dull that
when the stout man produced a bottle
his seatmates?three of them?smiled
in joyous relief.
"Who's gotta corkscrew?" he demanded.
Nobody responded. The stout man
looked around. Across the aisle was
a thin person in a shabby black suit
and a white tie. He was reading, in
a short-sighted way, a gilt-top volume
with a limp cover.
The stout man leaned forward.
"Betcha a tenner th' parson has a
corkscrew," he hoarsely whispered.
"Done," said the man with the
rvwrttr oi/ln T*r"h i obnrc
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The stout man leaned across the
aisle.
"Beg pardon," he said, "but have'
you such a thing as a corkscrew
about you?"
The man with the white tie hesitated.
For a moment he seemed
pained. Then he flushed a little and
reaching down into his pocket drew
out the article they wanted.
Ten minutes later the stout man
said he was going back to look for a
friend. At the next station the whitetie
man gathered up his goods and
chattels and left the car. Then came
the conductor.
"Did Fatty Frost and 'the parson'
show you any of their team work?" ^
he laughingly asked.
"Team work!" echoed the sidewhiskered
man.
"They are the cleverest swindling
pair in the country," said the conductor
and passed on.
Taken to Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 10.?Fearing a
demonstration similar to the lynching
in Cumimng to-day, the five prisoners
held in Marietta in connection
with an assault on a white woman
at Gumming last week, were spirited
to Atlanta to-night.
The prisoners were taken to Marietta
Saturday after a clash between
whites and negroes at Cumming was
averted by the arrival of two companies
of State militia. They were
arrested in connection with an assault
last Thursday on a white woman
and were to have been taken to
Summing to-day for trial. Bitter feeling
against the prisoners led the officials
to rush them to Atlanta.