The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 30, 1913, Page 7, Image 7
* ODD BLUNDERS IN NOVELS
Some "Ikul Breaks" Made by Famo
Women Authors.
That popular novelists make j
sorts of mistakes and perpetra
mcnelous anachronisms with the
surx risingly thrilling tales is w<
known. Dickens. Scott, Thackera
Reade and so on right down to t
latest, Mrs. Florence Barclay, ha
all fallen into the trap before no
says Tid-Bits. But in nothing a
so many laughable blunders made
9 novelists as in regard to sport, ai
this is particularly the case with w
men writers, however eminent
experienced they may be.
"Ouida" was probably the mc
astounding of all great writers
her sex in this respect. Three i
stances will prove that she took ve
little pains to learn the details
4 any sport she was describing. Spea
ing of one of her heroes, who w
, taking part in a famous boat rac
"Ouida" makes this astounding stat
, ment:
"All in the boat rowed splendid]
but none rowed as fast as No. 6."
If "Ouida" has any blunder
surpass this amusing error in a spoi
ing contest, it may be found in h
description of a great horse ra(
wherein her heroine is supposed
be the owner of the winner. An
this horse having won, the fema
novelist goes on to show the sens
tion made by the lady owner (we <
not wonder at it, eieher) when "s
came proudly into the paddock, lea
ing in the winner of the Waterb
? Cup. Of course, all sporting m<
know that the Waterloo Cup is tl
trophy awarded for the finest d<
race in the world."
"Ouida," too, seems to have be*
totally regardless as to wheth
sporting items got mixed with h
educational ones or vice versa, f
^ - in another story she makes her he
became "very popular at Cambridg
where he got his Blue for history
This is funny enough to make
varsity man laugh for a month,
"Blues" are given for the spor
Captain for ceitain games only. He
any fellow under the sun could g
his "Blue for history," either at 0
ford, Cambridge or anywhere else,
a puzzle. But your woman noveli
never troubles about a detail lil
v that. Not she. Why should sin
If Cambridge doesn't give "jtuues r
history" when she says so?well,
ought to that's all.
Even the celebrated Marie Core
is not always accurate when si
comes to write about men's spor
and men's work. Says she, in "T1
Treasure of Heaven," when her he
is speaking in that book*
"After school hours I got an eve
ing job, with a shilling a week, f
bringing home eight Highland bu'
heifers from pasture."
Bull heifers, indeed! What sort
creatures are they? The job soum
; a bit like that when somebody us<
to send juvenile boys to the neare
grocer's for a "peic-'orth of pigec
milk."
One of our living women novelis
made her readers fairly stare, espec
ally those of them who were swii
mers or sailors. Indeed, the feat
hero achieved?according to h
story?ought to be immortalized
letters of gold. The hero was suppo
ed to have jumped headlong into
raging river to rescue the heroii
/this hnw it should be in all re
stories) and the following way
how he did it (which is how is shou
not be done in any story):
"With one hand he held her love
head above the seething waters, ar
with the other he called loudly f<
help."
The best of all such amusing blu:
ders, however, must surely be an a
count a popular authoress has i
serted in one of her tales which ha^
"thrilled" thousands of fair reader
When a jockey rides a Derby winrn
he usually thinks he has done enou?
to bring him credit for the wee
When a player makes a century ;
Lord's he generally fancies his r
nown is secure for a little time ;
any rate. And when a man go
> shooting partridges and astonish
all the best shots at the sport 1
"ha caticfioH with himself.
OUV UiU I/V
Bat when nobody does all the*
three things he must be a hero abc
the ordinary. And when he do
them one day after another, in turn
he must be a perfect marvel. Bi
when the Derby is run at the begi:
ning of June, and partridge shootir
doesn't begin till September, yet tl
hero wins the Derby one day ar
makes a century at Lord's on tl
next, and goes shooting the bro\\
birds the following day?why, th?
he must be something unearthl
that's all!
But it is useless to tell the autho
ess so. It is no good pointing out
a woman novelist that sucn a coi
bination and culmination, even f<
her special hero, is absolutely ir
possible. She only smiles contemp
uously and murmurs. "Well, the
if it isn't possible it ought to be."
? A few pieces of hand painted chin
at cost, at the Herald Book Stor
Suitable for wedding presents.
DISASTROUS FIRE IX SUMTER. OI
i
us Door, Sash and Blind Factory Re- Even
st roved?Loss $30,000.
I *
ill I Sumter, Oct. 2o.?In the most dis- "G
te astrous fire which has visited Sum- State
iir ter in several years McKeiver's door, one I
ell blind a^.d sash factory was almost origi]
iv. totally destroyed by fire this morn- now
he ir.g, causing a loss estimated at $30,- kind,
ve OUO, with only $4,000 insurance to burg:
w, i cover it. The boiler house and ware- "1
re house were the only parts of the is kn
by ! plant which escaped the fire. ized
ad ; Starting shortly after 7 o'clock in when
o- the factory building, the fire had 000
or | made great headway before hose was 1
j wagons and steamer arrived. As is w
>st! there was a great deal of paints and New
of j oils in the building, and shavings state
n- i and sawdust were scattered around entir
ry j on the floor of the building, which but
of' was an old one. and as dry as tinder first
k-! inside, the fire burnt rapidly and ing t
as ; fiercely, the heat being intense. The "T
?e. i firemen found the fire a hard one to up to
;e-; fight and a harder one to check, and i
! Several sections of hose burst when tion,
|v, j the steamer was coupled on and this vanc<
caused considerable delay in throw- cent
to ing water on the fire. At the same "it
rt- time because of" an inadeqi.acy of petrc
er hose, the water supply was not suffi- carbc
:e, cient to stem the raging fierceness of tists
+r. f tbp firp I tatioi
IV I
d, | For an hour the fire laddies fought petro
Lle i bravely, but hopelessly, the odds were Ther
:a-! against them and they were unable of la
do ; to check the fire, although they pre- has t
he vented it spreading to other neigh- can c
d- j boring buildings. At the end of the have
oo j hour they saw the building totally The t
en! burned up, the bent and mangled wells
he ! machines and machinery sticking up over
og j here and there amid the ruins. 20-bs
, Although everything in the build- mayen
j ing was lost, tools, machinery, sup- nnd
er | plies, Mr. J. W. McKeiver. the owner pecul
er | and proprietor of the factory, stated in M
or j this morning that while his loss was wells
ro ! heavy chiefly for the men who had coun
| been employed,' who had lost their ir, thi
j jobe and their tools at one stroke, and
a j Mr. McKeKiver besides operating the wher
as ! lactory is a contractor and a former me."
ts' j member of City Council. He" stated
iw ' that the loss was estimated by him
et I to be $30,000. The insurance, he
x- j stated, was only nominal, being
is around $4,0000. Most of this loss ParC
st is taken up in the cost of the ma- y
ke chinery, scores of valuable machines be "
e? | having been practically totally ruin- des^
or | ed. All of the material and newly Ka
it! manufactured goods in the drying roast
! house was burned. s0
Hi McKeiver's factory was one of the fisur<
ie energetic young businesses of the Ha
ts city and had been doing a fine trade, &radl
ie bringing thousands of dollars into cext
ro Sumter every year, and its loss means
a big loss to the town, as well as to Jectu
n- Mr. McKeiver. However, it is prob- mak
or able that as soon as he can get mat- Tb
? OA m
II- { ters adjusted, Mr. McKeiver will
make plans for the erection of anof
| other plant. **
Is The buildings which were destroy- ^ride
*d ed were old ones, formerly used by aIon?
st the railroad as warehouses, but which
)n were owned by the city. They were pr?P
possibly valued at $1,000. The land
ts is owned by the railroad and will steaij
d- now be open to them to build on if P?0i
n- they choose to do-so. ln? 1
of wouli
er How About Mr. Farmer. Ka
in < inS 1
s- Does your wife leave the sewing- part
sc2.r0
a machine out in the yard over night
le in a rain storm. The inquiry sounds
al absurd, of course, and yet one of our unt^
catth
is exchanges puts the matter very forci- *
Id bly when it compares such an imag- ^
nary proceeding to what is actually put
lv happening on thousands of Southern sho^
id farms. We quote: sit*
3r "What would a man say to his press
Pa
wife if she were to leave her $50
n- sewing-machine out in the yard over t0
c- night in a rain storm? Well, he would bl
n- say a plenty if she persisted in leav- pecte
ire | ing it out in the weather. And yet A
? I -.1- i J Iftf* V.1C acid
S. I LUfcJ KclllHi 1UIU Ul Cicaiwu uao icn juiio
I Ther<
er farm machinery standing in u e fence
jh corner. Many of these cost more ^
Ro.
k. than a sewing machine. What should
at your wife, Mr. Farmer, do to you? ounc(
Thos<
e- She should get a rolling pin after you
at an/1 make you house them now."? a
es The Progressive Farmer.
es *385'
le Kills Four Wild Turkeys. thing
__ Diary
se Albany, Ga., Oct. 25.?That the
.re new state game laws have operated
es to increase various kinds of game A
s> birds in this section has been made sectic
ut evident in many ways lately, but in think
n_ no more striking manner that the *n th
LI ?
!g killing of four wild turkeys by a bis fi
ie Central of Georgia passenger train a cig
id near Walker Station, in this county, der i
ie yesterday. pick
-n A drove said to contain eleven Some
?n turkeys was nestled beside the rail- two
yt road track in a swampy place when pleas
! the train approached. Startled by est ir
r. 1 the noise of the train, the turkevs smok
i
to ; ran across the track just ahead of cigar
n_ the locomotive, which killed four of it. 'J
3r! them, throwing them clear of the teresl
' ' = -A 3 fan- ,
n_! tracK. i ne engineer siuypeu me >c? j
t_ train and the dead turkeys were ta- good
n ken possession of by members of the "Y
train crew. A travelling man, whose the s
name could not be learned, got ex- To
a> cited and chased the fleeing remain- you
e- der of the flock into the woods and it u]
the train went off without him. churc
UGIX OF OIL A MYSTERY. ^
Those Who Own Wells Don't |j
Know Much About It. H
Ireat fortunes in the United yj
s have been made in oil, yet no a
has been able to determine the a
n of this wonderful fluid which f|
is an ahsnlnte necessity to man- h
" said T. G. Postle, of Pitts- j|
h, who is a guest at the Willard. ?
his product, which commercially g
own as petroleum, was not util- &
in the United States until 1859, ^
. the production amounted to 2,- ?
barrels, and practically all this
jsed for medicinal purposes. As
ell known, Pennsylvania and
York were the oil-producing
s up to 1S75, the output for the
e United States amounting to
75,000,000 barrels during the
sixteen years, and this was durhe
great oil excitement days,
he annual production now runs
i more than 200,000,000 barrels,
the demand exceeds the producwhich
explains why oil has adid
in price more than 100 per E
during the last eighteen months.
: was thought at one time that "
leum belonged to the fossil or
juueruus , idici uu aticuclaimed
that it came from vegea,
and today the opinion is that
leum comes from animal matter,
e has been but little production
te, and an exaggerated opinion
)ecome prevalent over the Meximtput
because some big gushers
been struck in thai country,
trouble with most of the Mexican
is that you are apt to lose one y
night, and the man who has a V
irrel producer on Wednesday J
wake up Thursday morning and /
he has a dry hole. There is a J \
liar underground floating sand
exico which shuts in producing i
and makes production in that L
try very uncertain. Oklahoma
s state for the highest grade oil
California for the fuel oil, but
e the start comes from beats
?Washington Post.
Signs of the Times.
lliners are now sending hats by
>1 post, but they should be sent
degraph, so that they will still
1 style when they reach their
nations.
msas man blown up by a peanut
er, which seems to be the height
mething or other if you can only
a it out.
trry Thaw and his troubles are
lally getting back to Page 16,
to pure advertising matter. m
Bryan can make $400 a night
ring, what difference does it ,
i what becomes of his days?
e average woman nowadays has
ttle to wear that she can dress
:er than a fireman. j ^
is proposed that each Chicago
be presented with a cookbook
; with her marriage license. ^
a cookbook is always handy to H
up a three-legged lounge. ?
ashington man sent to jail for
ing his wife's false teeth. The
man probably thought that, ow:o
the high cost of living, she
d not need them.
.iser Wilhelm now drinks notht>ut
lemonade and the hardest
of it is that circuses are very
e in Germany.
me people will not be satisfied
they can send automobiles and
j by parcel post,
e University of Wisconsin has
he ban on naughty dances, which
s for one thing that the Univerof
Wisconsin has a versatile
agent.
t Crowe, the outlaw, has taken
iting poetry. It is just that sort
isiness that can always be ex- ??
d of a man of Crowe's stamp. Uj
Chicago husband drank carbolic f 1
that his wife refused to take.
5 is nothing like keeping it in
amily.
dium now costs $2,400,000 an
i, and the price is going up,
3 desiring tc lay in a winter supre
warned to buy early,
w York actor was robbed of
, and the strangest part of the
is that it was real money.? i.:
r or a Bone Head. loi
Saving the Waifs.
story is told of a man in this
in who has a son who is a deep
er and somewhat experimental,
e past he has carefully watched
ither as he would partly smoke T
ar and then place the remain- ^
n the ash tray, hours later to
up the cigar and finish it.
itimes the father would have
or three "butts" awaiting his
Vc
ure. His son took deep interas
i the matter. Not long ago the
er picked a partially smoked tQJ
from his ash tray and lighted ^
"he boy watched with more in- m<
t than usual, and remarked a Re
minutes later: "Papa is that a pu
one?"
es, that's a fine one," remarked
atisfied father.
this his son replied: "I thought
would like that one. I picked m
3 in front of the Methodist IJ
:h."?Sodus Record.
** FOR SALE
A beautiful home, situated on Spann street,
and containing iy2 acre lot, with 2-story, 7-room
dwelling, with large closets and hallway; well of
fine water; smoke house 16x18; large barn and
stables; fruit trees and shrubbery; all fenced and
in fine condition. Will go at a bargain to a buyer.
See me at once, as the time is limited.
Jnp A'lV P A I REAL ESTATE AGEM
1 V-* 1 ~ *- 9 BAMBERG, ....
SECOND HAND
AUTOMOBILES .
For Sale, $125 up. Let
me know your require- ,
ments in used Autos
and I can get a machine to suit you. f. 1p>Sf ^ H !
Prompt Attention to Repair Work k
. i 9 n n l n p i
atrick s barage, earacerg, \ 1.1 ~
Folks
The telephone aids the busy farmer to keep
in touch with neighborhood affairs even during
the rush season. He can call his neighbors in the
evening and discuss the events of the day and
arrange plans for community work after the crops
are laid by.
Every farmer needs the help of the telephone.
See the nearest Bell Manager or send a postal for
our free booklet and see how small the cost is.
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invite your inquiries.
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We manufacture and deal in Doors, Sash, Blinds,
Stairs, interior trim, store fronts and fixtures,
pews, pulpits, etc., rough and dressed lumber, lath,
pine and cypress shingles, flooring, ceiling, siding.
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Estimates Cheerfully and Carefully made.
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erald Book Stoie?
I MASTER'S SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the court
1 of Common Pleas in the case of
I British & American Mortgage Co.,
Ltd., plaintiff, against John A. RichIi
ardson. defendant, I, H. C. Folk, Masi
ter of Bamberg county, will sell at ,
public auction to the highest bidder
, for cash, at the court house door,
I .Bamberg, S. C., on the 3rd day of
j November, 1913, during the legal
| hours of sale cn said day the followI
ir.g described real estate:
All that tract of land situate and
[ being in Midway township containing
one hundred and thirty-five (135)
acres, more or less, and bounded
_. I North by public road leading from
sn i Charleston to Augusta which separ11
I ates this land from lands of W. L.
I! i i a - _ r\-?i J nf
I .MCI'an ana lanus 01 juaviu aiunuw,
j East by lands of Mrs. Mary England;
j South by lands of T. W. Richardson,
; and West by lands of W. H. Richt
i ardson.
- j Also, all that tract of land in Midt
| way township, containing one hundred
and fifty five acres, more or less,
i and bounded North by run of Edisto
| river; East by lands of J. M. Tucker;
j South by lands of W. L. McFail, and
West by lands of Brutus McCormack.
Purchaser to pay for paDers.
H. C. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
J. O. PATTERSON,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
=J> Bamberg, S. C., October 7, 1913.
?
MASTER'S SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the Court
; of Common Pleas in the case of British
& American Mortgage Co., Ltd.,
plaintiff, against W. L. McFail et al.t
defendants, I, H. C. Folk, Master of
Bamberg county, will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash,
at the court house door Bamberg,
S. C., on the 3rd day of November,
1913, during the ldgal hours of sale
on said day, the following described
real estate:
All that tract or plantation of land
situate, lying and being in Midway J
Townsnip, aamoerg county, oiaie-ui
South Carolina, known as the McPhail
and Byrd tracts, containing
340 acres, more or less, and bounded *
North by lands of J. A. Richardson;
East by lands of J. M. Tucker, run of
i Briar creek and lands of Mrs. Julia
I P. May, South by tract of 33 acres,
owned jointly by W. L. McPhail and
Sarah C. Jennings, and West by lands
of D. R. Morrow and lands of W. L.
McPhail, known as the Benson tract.
Also all that tract or plantation of
land situate, lying and being in Midway
township, Bamberg county.
South Carolina, known as the Benson
tract, containing 312 acres, more
or less, bounded North by the run of
Edisto river; East by land of Brutus
McCormack, lands of W. L. McPhail,
known as the McPhail tract and
lands of D. R. Morrow; South by
Charleston and Augusta public road,
which separates this land from
lands of J. T. Richardson; and West
by lands of A. Bessinger.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
H. C. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
J. O- PATTERSON,
(Plaintiff's Attorney.
Bamberg, S. C., October 7, 1913.
TAX NOTICE. ;3
The treasurer's office will be open
, for the collection of State, county,
I school and all other taxes from the
= 15 th day of October, 1913 until the
loth aay OI Marcn, ian, inclusive. ^
From the first day of January,
1914, until the 31st day of January,
1914, a penalty of one per cent, will
Sbe added to all unpaid taxes. From
the 1st day of February, 1914, until
the 28th day of February, 1914, a
penalty of 2 per cent, will be added
to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
day of March, 1914, until the 15th
day of March, 1914, a penalty of 7
per cent, will be addea to all unpaid
taxes.
THE LEVY.
For State Purposes 5% mills
For county purposes 5% mills
Constitutional school tax....3 mills
For public schools 1 mill
For roads % mill
Total - 15^4 mills
SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.
Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills
Binnakers, No. 12 3 mills
Buford's Bridge, No. 7 ....2 mills
Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills
Colston, No. 18 2 mills
Cuffie Creek, No. 17 2 mills
Denmark, No. 21 6% mills
Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills
Fishpond, No. 5 2 mills
Govan, No. 11 .*...4 mills
it Hutto, No. 6 1 2 mills
If Hampton, No. 3 2 mills
/ Heyward, No. 24 2 mills
HOpCWGli, iMO. -L ....... u miiio
Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 4 mills
Lees, No. 23 4 mills
Midway, No. 2 2 mills
Oak Grove, No. 20 2 mills
Olar No 8 9 mills
St.John's, No. 10 2 mills
Salem, No. 9 3 mills
Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills
All persons between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years of age,
except Confederate soldiers and sailors,
who are exempt at 50 years of
? age, are liable to a poll tax of one
dollar.
{Capitation dog tax 50 cents.
All persons who were 21 years of
age on or before the let day of Jan
J uary, 1913 are liable to a poll tax
of one dollar, and all who have not
made returns to the Auditor, are reY
quested to do so on or before the
1st of January, 1914.
I will receive the commutation
road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from
the 15th day of October, 1913, until
the 1st day of March, 1914.
G. A. JENNINGS,
ic Treasurer Bamberg County.
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