The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 13, 1913, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
A. W. KNIGHT, Editor.
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Thursday, March 13,1913
Hair Turns Gray.
London, March 9.?The recent lc
by drowning of one of the light kee
ers from the Wolf Rock Lighthou
has recalled many stories of the har
ships and dangers undergone tl
winter by the men who kept vigil <
the rock-bound Cornish coast.
The Longship Rock lighthouse, jr
off Land's End, has a storeroom di
out of the solid rock, which fori
the foundation of the ,lighthous
While the keeper was visiting thec<
lar one morning he looked out of t
trap door and saw a huge wave coi
ing. He had barely time to close t
door before it was assaulted by tho
sands of tons of water. The thund
of the wave and the terrifying nois
^ ... , .
created in tne tock cavern uy u
rushing waters caused such a nervo
shock to the imprisoned keeper th
his hair is said to have turned whi
during the few minutes of his ii
prisonment.
Probably the most remarkable a
venture in the annals of the ligl
house construction fell to the lot
Engineer Douglass, of the famous E
dystone light. When he was buildii
the Bishop's Rock light he tripp
and fell from the top of the tower !
feet above the rock base. Before
had time to reach the rock a gre
wave covered it, and when the hor:
r
fied workmen looked down they sz
him swimming back unharmed towa
the rock.
Blease Pardons His Auto Driver.
Coulumbia, S. C. March 8.?"If p
lice authorities of Columbia do n
remit the fine of $3.75 imposed up*
my chauffeur this morning by the i
corder I will hereafter pardon eve
man who applies to me from th
court. If they will steal from mewho
paid the fine?they will ste
from the other fellbw" said Govern
Blease when he discussed the fi]
of his automobile driver, Harris*
Neeley. ,
The Governor said further:
"Clinch Cathcart is angry oecau
his father was not reappointed cle
to the Richland county board of co
trol, and he is trying to take it out <
me."
Yesterday Officer W. T. Kelley he
the watch on the governor's autom
bile, being driven by Neeley, and c
cupied by the Governor. The polic
man claims that the machine w
overspending the limit. He summo
ed the driver to appear before the r
corder this morning, and he was co
victed of the charge, being fined $3.
or five days on the chain-gang. T
Governor's private secretary paid t'
fine.
This morning the governor issu
a pardon to the chauffeur.
Chief of Police Cathcart stated tt
morning that he had received the pt
don, but refused to consider it un
he had the opinion of the city attc
ney, H. M. Edmunds, if the govern
had the right to pardon from a mui
ciDal court: that he had not remitt
the fine.
The governor stated that, if t
fine is not remitted, he will sue for
in order that the legal status of ps
dons for municipal offences will
settled for all time; that "it will
the dearest fine the city of Columt
placed on any person."
Placed in Penitentiary.
John E. Hough, of Camden, se
tenced to die April 25, was placed
the State penitentiary Tuesday
Sheriff Huckabee of Kershaw. Hou;
was convicted last week of the mi
der of R. K. West, his father-in-la
^ PRIZE SNAKE STORY.
?. Said to Be Faster Than a Horse and
Over Ten Feet in Length. '
Philadelphia, March 8.?It was a <
= whopper! Xo, not ihe story, hut the !
snake. It was part of the narrative ]
of a Lycoming county huckleberry <
ng contractor who employs an army of
3r- pickers. He was here to place a con- 1
signment of the sylvan fruit with a ;
a
by Philadelphia produce merchant,
ial "Up in the Alleghenies." he said, .
>le "they are telling snake stories. The
s*~ snake is prominent now. Berries :
0; grow only on the high mountainside
as, or snake zone and their harvesting is
attended with actual danger. There i
Qk is no place so snug as a huckieoerry
sr- bush for a snake to hide under and
td- as sure as a hand is thrust beneath
bv
tg the foliage sheltering a copperhead it
nd will receive a hypodermic injection erf
ial green vemonthat will harass the own- ]
>.n* er for a lifetime,
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es' "The berry-picking season is a time :
jo- of adventure and of braving the rat- i
10_ tier in his den, and therefore the flood
of snake ctories. 1
ng "Everybody at the postoffice in
rst my village, where the farmers gather i
in the evening, was talking about a
tys i
)se huge black snake that makes a sesr
questered outlying farm its headquar- '
td- ters. The reptile was first seen on
56
the farm five years ago and since then
in it has made its appearance with inIre
creased length and girth every sum- i
iX~ mer. The farmer is a skilled hunter I
and a good shot but his bullets have i
so far been wasted on the heath.
"It was not only his size, but his J
extraordinary speed, which astounded <
the farm hand who first saw him. i
" 'I was cutting a rye field and had '>
stopped my mower to rest the horses, 1
se he said, 'when I heard a low whistle, ]
, which I thought must be a locust. I 1
j throwed my eye over the field. Lo- 1
on cust, the devil! It was a black racer. 1
The head and about two feet of the '
[St snake stuck out above the level of the <
rye, and he swept across the field
ng faster than a horse can run. He passed
close to me and his eyes flashed ^
like fire'
k "At another time the snake was 1
n_ surprised by a woodcutter, who came 1
he upon his snakeship taking a nap at
u_ full length on a rail fence. When
er aroused the snake snapped together (
es like a stretched elastic band and gli- 1
he ded off into the woods. 1
us "Here was a chance to take his 1
at measure, as the serpent was slightly
te longer than the rail he occupied. The '
-J-, rail measured ten feet.. 1
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Hough Convicted of Murder.
d- .? ;
it- Camden, March 6.?Guilty of mur- ,
of der in the first degree was the verdict 1
Id- returned at 11 o'clock to-night by .
ng the jury in the case of John Hough,
sd tried for the killing of his father-in80
law, Roderick West. The jury retired
he at noon to-day. Sentence was defer- ,
at red, pending the hearing, on Monday, ,
ri- of a motion for a new trial made by ^
lw counsel for the defence.
rd Interest in the trial was unabated 1
until its close, a large crowd waiting
outside the court house until the jury
brought in its verdict. At 9:30 to|Q_
night Judge Sease called the jury into
ot the court room and urged them to (
3^ reach a verdict. Hough is about 42 t
>e_ years of age and shows the effect of (
ry his confinement in the county jail .
at since the killing.
Tillman Scores Office Seekers. i
tal <
or Washington, March 11.?Senator '
ne Benj. R. Tillman of South Carolina to 1
sn day evinced his displeasure at the 1
persistency of hundreds of office i
seekers who have flocked to the capi- 1
se tal since the inauguration. With |
rk characteristic vigor the senator eonn
demned the scramble for jobs. He i
^n said the situation reminded him of a (
Bible text. "I have forgotten just <
Id I where in Holy Writ I read it," he 1
o- { said, "but it fits the case exactly and i
c- runs something as follows: 'The 1
:e- wild asses of the desert are at'nirst <
as and hungry. .They have broken into \
n- the green corn.' " <
e- The senator recalled that the text ?
n- contained a reference to the "wild
75 asses" trampling down the corn, but <
he he said he would leave that out. He 1
he added that he had full faith in Pres- s
ident Wilson as a "herdsman, who i
ed would keep the wild beasts from do- 1
ing any damage." 1
lis :? 11 i
Lr_ Detectives Will Hunt for $40,000. ]
til Chicago, March 11.?E. W. Mills, 1
>r- of San Antonio, Texas, whose wife re- ?'
or ported the loss of more than $40,009 5
ii- in Evanston, Ills., last Thursday, ar- 1
ed rived in Chicago to-day and at once ^
arranged an interview with E. H. 1
he Hawson, president of the trust com- (
it nanv from which Mrs. Mills drew the <
ir- money. 1
be It was rumored Mills had hired
be private detectives to work on the '
iia case. 1
"Mr. Mills said little about the loss ;
of the money," said Mr. Rawson. "He
said his wife still was in a nervous
n~ condition as a result of the loss and
in notorietv she received. He said he
bv
* was disgusted with the whole affair.
?h ^
ir- Truth may also be a joy forever
w. but it is seldom a thing of beauty. 1
Grip and Things.
A plague on the grip, anyhow. We ]
are sneezing, coughing and snorting
like a mustang. Dr. La Grippe, the
originator of this disease, had mighty
little to do when he bequested this <
bead-aching, bone-breaking, nerveshaking,
mischief-making disorder, i
rhat bears his name. And what a I
taste it leaves in a fellow's mouth, .?
as bad fully as the taste a drug drum- 1
mer put into the mouth of a farmer. 1
A crowd was waiting for a train, fn i
the waiting-room was a drug drummer,
and an old farmer, who, by the 1
way, was asleep, with his mouth i
wide open. The drummer opened his
sample-case, took out a pill of asa- :
foetida and dropped- it into the old
man's mouth. When he awoke the i
asafoetida had melted, and of course ;
the taste was awful. The old man
A j or?r1 c a i H Rv orilh 1
lUUhCU dlUUUU U11U Ju.u. J-/;
[ must be Gick. I never, in all my life, 1
had such an all-fired taste in my
mouth. Dang if I aint as bilious as ;
a goat!" 1
A clever young friend writes us
that he is making good progress with
his girl, says he has her so tame till
she will sit on his lap! We are not
taking time to write but are wiring ]
him to send us his taming receipe. i
Our lap is more capacious than his, i
for he is duck-legged, Apropos of i
duck-legged people, reminds us of 1
something that happened in the long <
ago, a duck-legged man married a <
?annet-legged woman, one day a fam- ]
ily row was up and ended in a fight, <
the wife wielded a shingle and she <
hit th*> snnt everv dod. the Door little i
iuck-legged husband was forced to j
flee, his irate wife was in hot pur- i
suit, weilding the shingle, a briar <
patch was near, and into it the truant
husband plunged, the wife couldn't j
follow, but as did the valiant Scots, i
the followers of Bruce, casting his ]
brave heart among the foes, she cast ]
her shingle, and the language she j
employed was not the Scottish slogan, <
but in her awful fury exclaimed:
'Go! you duck-legged son of a sow! .
['11 get you bye and bye."
Some time ago a bright boy in a i
near-by town saw a lovely voung lady j
friend of ours, and he asked us if we 1
would take him out to call on the i
young lady, but first ask her if he ;
sould call, the incident was forgotten j
by us, but when we went to town, the i
boy, with several of his pals, came to i
us and wanted to know what the <
young lady had to say, how it was ;
bruel, but the chance for a joke was i
ripe, he asked me what the young <
lady had to say., I told him that the
young lady said he could come, but (
two things he must bring with him, ?
'That's O. K." said the boy, "I've got j
the money, and I can get the goods,
what are they?"
"A cradle and a suck-bottle!" said
1. * ' 1
The boy wilted as Jonah's gourd .
rine and fled. His pals raised such
i whoop till the police came our way
:o restore order. Every time that boy :
sees me he begs me to get off something
on his pals.- ,
Some days ago I was with a sweet 1
pousin and she says: "I want you to 1
give me a full history of the battle of ,
Rivers's Bridge. My sweetheart is
coming, and I want to take him over ,
the battle field and give him a history
3f the fight." So I told her that on ;
that fated day the Federal forces i
were under the command of Col. Lo
?an, and that when he had driven the i
Confederates from the field that he ,
was b revetted Brigadier General, ]
known as "Black Jack" Logan, that 3
le was later on a man high up in poli- :ics,
was nominated for vice-president ]
with James G. Blaine, whom Bob In- .
?ersoll dubbed "The Plumed Knight." <
rhat Gen. W. T. Sherman was
it the head of the Union Army op- ]
crating from Atlanta to the sea, that j
ill the Federal soldiers killed here were
taken to Beaufort and buried n
the national cemetery there. That ;he
Confederates were commanded by
Cen. Wheeler, whose army was made
m mnstlv of Texans and Georgians, 1
and were forced, by a far superior 1
irmy, to move on. That later on Gen. ?
Wheeler was made a Brigadier General
in the Uuion Army, and served
tvith gallantry in Cuba, and by the
side of Roosevelt, led his former foes j
n battle to victory and to glory. She
:ook her sweetheart over the battlefield,
but we venture to say there was j
10thing said of the war's history. We '
know what lovers talk about. It is
J
aot of history, of war, of science, of ,
art, or of anything else, but those j
sweet little nothings, or plucking a j
svild flower here and there, or watch- '
ing the birds flitting among the
branches of the moss-grown oaks, '
3r the squirrels playing there, '
i
and we know the rapturous de- j
light of strolling in some shad2d
cove, hand in hand, with a ]
lovely lass. But this is enough 3
lor a sick man, and we must take our
anyhow. LA GRIPPE. <
Fire at Union Fair Ground. 3
Union. March 11.?Part of the fair 1
association property here was de- <
stroyed by fire today about noon. 1
Twenty-eight stalls and some*fencing '
were burned. The loss is partially
covered by insurance.
ENGINEER HORTON INJURED.
Freight Smash-up on Seaboard Air
Line at Chester.
Chester, March 8.?A local freight
on the Seaboard Air Line Railway
wrecked itself here this afternoon
aear the Eureka Mill, badly hurting
Engineer Horton. The freight had
some shifting to do at the mill and
the engineer left most of the cars on
the main line and took several cars
and was backing into the mill siding,
when the remainder of the cars that
had been left on the main line started
to moving. The grade is very
steep there, and before the engineer
could get his engine out of the
way the other cars ran into the cab
of the engine, smashing it considerably
and badly hurting the engineer,
who received a severe gash in the
head, and his legs and arms are also
badly bruised. He was taken to Monroe,
N. C., to-night. The track was
also considerably torn up, but has
been again put in shape.
I)r. Clinkscales for Governor.
Spartanburg, March 8.?Telegrams
and letters of encouragement from all
parts of the State led Dr. John G.
Clinkscales, professor of mathematics
at Wofford College, to make the
unconditional announcement to-day
that he would be a candidate for Governor
next year on the platform of
compulsory education. His friends
bave assured him that they will at
ence form a practical organization to
conduct his candidacy. His announcement
has arroused sincere enthusiasm
in Spartanburg, and local politicians
declare he will be a formidable candidate.
Students of the Wofford Fitting
School to-night organized a "Clinkscales
Club" with officers from all
parts of the State. One hundred and
four boys took a pledge to use their
influence to elect Dr. Clinkscales Governor.
Another South Carolinian Lands.
Washington, March 8.?South
Carolina is scoring heavily in the
first days of the Wilson administration.
Yesterday the President, on
the advice of Postmaster General
Burleson, decided to nominate Daniel
C. Roper, formerly of Marion, S.
C., to be First Assistant Postmaster
General, and to-day the Democratic
caucus of the Senate chose James M.
Baker, of Lowndesville, S. C., to fill
the important position of secretary
of the Senate.
Mr. Baker had the active support
of "Senator B. R. Tillman, who presented
his name to the caucus, and
also of Senator E. D. Smith.
James M. Baker was born at
Lowndesville in 1861, and has always
retained his legal residence
there. He was educated academically
at Wofford College and studied
law in New York city. In 1885 he
was appointed official stenographer
for the 5th judicial circuit, but declined.
Eight years later he was
elected assistant librarian of the United
Statbs senate and has served in
that position with acknowledged efficiency
ever since.
Mr. Baker has attended in an official
capacity every Democratic National
Convention in the last twenty j
years, and in all that time he has j
borne the relation of confidential j
acaictnnt tn Democratic Senators and
to the various chairmen of the Democratic
minority in the Senate. He
has come to be known as an expert in
matters concerning legislative, history
and procedure', so that he is especially
well qualified by experience and
attainments for the duties of his new
office.
Mrs. Baker was formerly Miss Mamie
Adams, of Augusta, Ga. who was
n her early girlhood a schoolmate of
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Two of Mr.
and Mrs. Baker's sons are students
at Princeton University.
One year's living in the city would
make almost any farmer better contented
with his present lot.
30,000 VOICES!
And Many Are the Voices of Bamberg
People.
Thirty thousand voices?What a
gTand chorus! And that's the number
of American men and women who
ire publicly praising Doan's Kidney
Pills for relief from backache, kidney
and bladder ills. They say it to
friends. They tell it in the home papers.
Bamberg people are in this
chorus. Here's a Bamberg case.
Mrs. R. A. Delk, E. Church St., Bamberg,
S. C., says: "I have been greatly
benefited by Doan's Kidney Pills,
which I procured from the People's
Drug StoTe. I took them for backache
and pains in my loins and they also
removed trouble that existed with my
kidneys."
The above statement must carry
conviction to the mind of every
reader. Don't simply ask lor a kidney
remedy?ask distinctly for Doan's
Kidney Pills, the same that Mrs. Delk
had?the remedy hacked by home testimony.
oOc all stores. Fostei>Milboirn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
"When Your Back is Lame?Remember
tihe Name."
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Educational Campaign in the Barnwell
Baptist Association in the Interest
of Home Missions, March
22-27.
The home mission board of the
Barnwell Association has arranged
the following itinerary for Dr. J. E.
McManaway, as an educational campaign
in the interest of home missions:
Saturday, March 22, 3 o'clock p.
m., Bethesda.
Sunday, March 23, 11.00 o'clock a.
m., Springtown.
Sunday, March 23, 3.30 o'clock p.
I
m., Colston.
Sunday, March 23, 8.00 o'clock p.
m., Ehrhardt.
Monday, March 24, 11.00 o'clock
a. m., St. Johns.
Monday, March 24, 8.00 o'clock p.
m., Olar.
Tuesday, March 25, 11.00 o'clock
a. m., Friendship
Tuesday, March 25, 3 o'clock p. m.,
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Short-lived Giants.
The tallest woman in the world
died recently. She was 8 feet 3 inches
in height, but she lived only thirtyeight
years.
This calls attention to one of nature's
curious contradictions. Giants
are notably short-lived. Not long
since a boy nearly 8 feet tall died
soon* after his eighteenth birthday;
and instances where men much above
7 feet in height have reached the age
of 50 years are almost unknown.
Length of days does not go with
excessive length of limb. But tallness
which stops short of giantism
usually is a sign of vitality. Tall
recruits in continental armies?provided
they are of proper weight?
give least trouble from sickness, and
gain most from physical training. It
must be remembered in this connection
that "tallness" is not the same
everywhere. Men accounted tall in
Southern Italy would be rather short
in Western Scotland or among the
native stock of America.
It is as if nature had fixed a standard
height for each race and punnished
by some physical shortcoming
those who varied much from that
standard in either direction.
Two Men Wounded.
Lexington, March 9.?The little
town of Cayce, just this side of the
river from Columbia, in Lexington
[ county, has been the scene of two
shooting affairs within the last 24
hours, and a white man and two neOwing...
to the unusually ?
a delay in our I
have been unab
Spring Opening tl
to announce tha
have no Special (
have a full and u
Millinery with a fi
in charge, which
inspection every
15th, and whic
pleasure in shov
will favor us witl
25 Herald votes givi
worth of goods purch;
A MaR
lfll 5. A. lVlt/lS.
Bamber
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George's Creek. ^
Wednesday, March 26, 11.00 o'clock
a. m., Gents' Branch.
Wednesday, March 26, 3.00 o'clock
p. m., Double Pond.
Wednesday, March 26, 8.00 o'clock
p. m., Blackville.
Thursday, March 27, 11.00 o'clock
a. m., Mt. Arnon.
Thursday, March 27, 8.00 o'clock *
p. m., Kline.
Dr. McManaway is thoroughly con
versant with his subject, is a gifted
and convincing speaker, and his visit
to the churches of the Barnwell Association
will afford a rare opportunity
for both enlightment and inspira- 4
tion on the great work of home mis- *
sions. The pastors and leading laymen
of the churches should lend their
'L1 iri connrinsr larsre at
enuiusmauu aiu 1U o
tendance on the meetings appointed.
w. r. McMillan,
W. L. HAYS, - j
e. a. Mcdowell, ' * 4
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Committee.
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groes are in the Lexington county t
jail charged with the crimes. j
During a drunken row last night
John Geiger and Collie Mady shot <
and in all probability mortally wounded
Wade Gowers. The entire load
from a double-barrel shotgun is said
to have passed through the body of
Gowers, who, it is said, will die. i
The other shooting occurred since } 4 1
noon to-day hnd J. A. Langford of |
Columbia, a weave room operative in - <
the Palmetto mill, is charged with the
crime. The name of the negro who
was shot by Langford could not be .
learned here this afternoon, Langford
himself claiming that he does not ? *
know his name. He claims that the ;
negro was on top of him pounding
him when he drew a 38 calibre pistol
from his pocket and commenced to
fire. ;
The last negro will recover, his. /
wound not being considered dangerous.
Liquor is said to have been the * j
cause of the shooting in both instances.
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The three men were brought to jail , i
by ex-sheriff P. H. Corley and the
chief State constable, Mr. Kibler, of
Columbia, Sheriff Miller being absent
from home to-day on another mission
sion. I
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Dispensary, for Orangeburg.
Orangeburg, March 11.?Petitions
are now being circulated which pro- ? \
vide for an election on the question
of whether or not the dispensary
shall be re-established in this county.
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early Easter, and'
'attern Hats, we
le to have our r
his week, and beg
? - ?ill i
it wnue we win f
)pening Days, we
ip-to-date line of ^
irst-class trimmer
i will be open to.
day after March
h we will take i
%
ring to all who
1 a call.
en for every dollar's
ased from us for cash
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