Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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INTERESTING EUR TORY FROM 1 9 How Jealousy Between Two Countries in V in an Interesti The small European State of Al-; T sace, for centuries a bone of conten- p tion between France and Germany T and recently in the limelight because ; F ?f the trouble between the Kaiser's cl i soldiers and the residents of the town of Zabern, asked for autonomy the ii ^ other day. In other words, Alsace: t< has said, "A plague on both yourjli us srovern ourselves.'-J-A U<VUOVWf w _ Which probably is the last thing in w the world *that Germany or France a would consent to. j t) This latest bit of trouble in Alsace ^ starts one wondering what the reason ^ is for the long hostility between s France and Germany. Hostile they !( certainly are, and their enmity goes 11 back far into the Dark Ages. Tra-; >' dition says?and some historians sub- 0 scribe to it?that the fight began in a the hatred of two women. They j P were queens, back in the dim time je when Europe was just beginning to h emerge from the black chaos which s' followed the downfall of Rome.! These Queens had married brothers * and they loathed one another very (b fiercely. I ? CT It came to pass after this wise. The & country that in Roman times haa i been called Gaul was now divided1 into numerous kingdoms?Austrasia,' which is Western Germany to-day; a Neustria, which is Northern France a and Belgium, Burgundy and Aqui- i a tania. Austrasia and Neustria were ruled by Sigebert and Chilperic.!13 hfAt>,apc and descendants of that ^ VVUVi V V%M?. ? Clovis who achieved some small 11 measure of fame by cleaving with a f battle ax the head of a warrior over 11 the matter of a broken vase. Bui I 11 the Merovingian stock had less red blood in its veins by 575. These | * ' kings were both ruled by their wives, j ' The wife of Sigebert was one Brun- j hilda, youngest daughter of the King of the Visigoths. She was beautiful, b she was rich and she had the spirit of a man in her. Chilperic, King of j .Neustria, saw her and learned of the j ^ great dowry she had brought her jbjrother. He itched for such a prize. The Visigoth King had another i daughter. , L And so King Chilperic oiled himself, combed his beard, put on his t finest rainment and set out a wooing, j ^ He left behind him a dazzling, smilrug creature of soft hands and honey- j ed words, whom women hated and ^ the men adored. Very gentle and ^ submissive had her manner been when the king told her that he rode, { to Spain to bring back a bride. Two Months before Fredegonla had c wheedled the King into putting away { his lawful wife and shutting her up I ^ in a convent; he was clay in her ^ hands, fawning, besotted in his passion, all her slave. And then had ^ r come this visit to his brother, the r itching for gold, and in a few days rj all her work of months had be^n . t unrtrmp Hp would not marry Frede gonda, he told her; Kings mate with . r Kings' daughters. Another less' guileful, le'ss determined, might have k let her temper ride away with her: !. not Fredegonda. A tear or two for love, a struggling smile, and; "Grant; me at least, dear Lord, to stay here , ! C in thy house and serve thv bride." g "Aye, surely, sweetheart, stay thou i L r it So the King's mistress waited to i r welcome-the King's bride. Galswinde made her entry into * c France drawn in a, silver chariot by i , ? four white bulls; silver and gold glittered in bright Rouen and wine splashed plentifully in celebration of the marriage. The King had taken v 9ath never to wed ?gain. and all his ^ kitchen loves were put away. When i the royal pair reached Paris red-!5 haired Fredegonda, smiling and rev-!* ! g erent, was there to greet them. Not | I quite two years thereafter, in the; year 568, the servants who came to ! rouse the Queen Galswinde found her Strangled in bed, and tne wmsper t ran through all the house that soft ? ifhite hands had done it. White .hands and scarlet lips and red-gold j hair had certainly beguiled King ? Chilperic who married Fredegonda j before his wife was settled in her I grave. j t They brought the news to black- j haired Brunhilda, sister of dead Gals- , winde. She heard with glittering i eyes, clenching her fists until the nails bit deep into the flesh. And from then on there was one word dinned into King Sigeberfs reluctant ears. "War! war!" i Next year he stepped across his i brother's boundary line and made his i way, burning and pillaging to Tournal. Chilperic fled before him. los- ( ing more men by desertion than in ] fighting. His people had turned t against him; his crimes were recount- \ ed with loathing, and doubtless heavy 1 taxes helped bolster moral wrath. j i r :OPEAN HISrHE DARK AGES Two Women Involved Warfare is Related ng Manner. he Teuton noraes came on. unueric and his Queen were shut up ir ournia, waiting the end. There 'redegonda found time to brew fresl: harms. Two young Frankish warriors were 1 the house with them, It did nol ike her long to see how their eyes ghted as she came along the halls .nd she smiled and held long talks ith them. The King seemed olc nd broken spirited; ah, that he hac :ie courage of the young. If there ere one man in these castle walls ho cared enough to risk his life, tc lay King Sigebert?why, then his ?aguering army would scatter oui ke chaff before the wind. The oung men babbled in their haste tc ffer themselves. To each she gave long sharp knife, besmeared witt oison. And she kissed them, smild and sent them out. Dear God ow she would pray for their sweei ouls! They came without trouble int< he presence of Sigebert. stabbec im to death and died themselves he next moment. But as Frede onda had said, the army scatterec ike sheep without a leader, anc Ihilneric was saved. Henceforth Brunhilda fought alom gainst her foe. Hatred became th< bsorbing passion of her life, to traci his she wolf, Fredegonda down. Ui nd down through France these wo len raged for 30 years, wading it lood. - We know more of the red laired Fredegonda; her deviltrie: eemed to have impressed the chron clers, chief of whom was Gregor; f Tours. We read of how she con rived the death of all her stepchil ren, that her own son might sit th< hrone: how finally, Chilperic himsel he adored, was done to death. H< ladsent out one morning on the hunt nd then returned for a poniard lef iehind. The Queen was in her bed oom, stooping down, laving her fail t'hite face. He patted her familiarl: q passing. "What are thou doing, Landry?' ried the Queen. Landry of Tours was the Lori lhamberlain. King Chilperic went out blacl Hearted to the hunt. It was dusi (Then he returned. Stiff from loni iding, he raised one arm to stead; Himself upon a page's shoulder. J larting shadow, half seen in th< [usk, a gleam, a thrust and Chilperi vas writhing in the dust, spilling hi ife blood. The Bishop Praetextatus had dare< tppose the Queen by marrying Brun Hilda to a second husband. Assas (ins stabbed him while his nana vere raised in benediction. Frede ;onda herself went to see the dyini nan, inquiring suavely if she migh lot send her physician to tend him ?he old man rose in bed and cursei ter to her face and died. She cheated Brunhilda, and poeti ustice, too, by dying peacefully ii ter bed, after establishing her so] ^lothaire upon the throne. That wa n 597. Sixteen years later her arc] nemy, Brunhilda, fell into the hand >f Fredegonda's son. Gray-haired ?ut unabated in her scorn and fury he was dragged before the son o ter enemy. She wore a crown 01 ter disordered locks and a tatterei oyal cloak was around her shoul iers. Clothaire, most Christian King aused her to be bound upon a cam si's back and led through his camp ^.fter three days of torturing and in (ult, she was tied to the tail of ; vild horse and dragged to death. Brunhilda and the white-hande 'Yedegonda have been dust for 1,30' ' ears, and flowers have grown ove heir battle fields. But the feud stil talks. Probably Not. A young man timidlv approacne ;he father of the girl of his choic tnd asked for her hand in marriage *4I am not at all certain, said th 'ather, "that my daughter loves yoi sufficiently to warrant me in entrust ng her to your keeping." "Well replied the young man re lectively, "perhaps you haven't ha :lie same advantages for observin things that I have."?Harper' Monthly. Woefully Mistaken. "I suppose."-said the new snleswc nan. "that you want a suit that wii nake you look attractive to your hue janti?" "Attractive to my husband!" echo ?d the shopper. "I should say noi hie wouldn't know if I wore a sui :en years old. What I want is some :hing that will make my next doo leighbor turn a pale pink gree tvith envy."?Buffalo Express. I AXTI-ALIEX BILL KILLED. i Measure to Keep Asiatics Fi'oni Own^ ing Land Withdrawn. Columbia, February 13.?The anti-alien land bill, which piwides [ against the acquiring of any land by against the acquiring of any land by Japanese or other foreigners was killed in the senate this morning without discussion. The measure was killed at the request ot its - author following the failure of a i similar bill to pass in the lower house ; of the general assembly late last t night. A ioil call was not demanded. } Senator Stuckey, who had charge t of the anti-alien land bill, explain; ed to the senate that as the house . had already killed a similar bill, he ; would ask the senate to lay his bill I on the table, which was done and I the matter ended. Bride Had Scarlet Fever. ) ' Cincinnati. Feb. 11.?Swathed 5' from head to foot in antiseptic wrap^ pings, Milton Newman and Miss * Theresa Peyser were married here } last Sunday, according to an an* nounced made here today. The wrapping concealed one from the other during the ceremony which was per' formed by a rabbi bundled up to keep * out scarlet fever germs. The wedding date had been set for 5 last Sunday at the home of a friend * in this city, but last week .Miss 3 Peyser became ill with scarlet fever and was quarantined. .Newman m* sisted that the wedding be carried * out as planned and was given permission by the board of health. A health officer and a nurse were J the only witnesses. Immediately afv ter the ceremony the bride was taken to a hospital. To-day she was said to be well on the road to recovery. 1 ^ Search for Gold in Arctic. s New York, Feb. 12.?A tale rivaling that of J. Rider Haggard's "King _ Solomon's Mines" was unfolded last . night by Captain Henry T. Munn, of 3 Brandon, Manitoba, who sailed on the f Louisiana to complete preparations 3 in London for an expedition in search of gold in Baffin Land, t Captain .Munn has organized his _ searching party. Offices are estabr lished at No. 166 Picadilly, London, 1 I r- W., where he will confer, he says, with Lord Lascelles and Sir Bryan ' Leighton before starting on the voyage. i "I go in a whaler, taking thirty men with me, and expect to land at ? Ponds Inlet, Baffin Land, within a i few months," said Captain Munn. "I I have sailed the Arctic seae and f searched for gold in the Klondike ^ and South Africa and I feel certain g that I will strike it rich thisttrip. rj "I am guided in my quest by infors mation obtained through a friend. He knows an old seaman in St. 1 John's, Newfoundland, who died fif teen years ago. On his death bed _ this aged man confided to his friend s that fifteen years previous he had - obtained two pieces of mineral in ^ the Baffin Land. He had sold these t to a jeweler in Dundee, Scotland, for a sovereign each, i "The dying sailor realized, after he made the sale, that he was possessed c of information that should make him a immediately wealthy. He drew a map a of the locality where his discovery s was made, but never could go tnerc i again. As he died he pressed into s the hand of his friend the map of this I, j new gold field. "Two years ago I learned of this f map. I fitted up an expedition but a my vessel was crushed in the ice. I 3 I will try again now, as i nave ami"^ _ capital back of me. ;t "Mv trip to the Arctic, even if the . search for gold proves a failure, will i. not prove labor lost. After I land - I'll send my ship to Newfoundland a and will march inland. I may go as far as Melville Island where I will d establish a relief station for the 0 Stefansson Expedition, which I unr derstand is drifting eastward in the 1 ice." WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH. Victim an Invalid and Conldn't Sumj nion Aid. e Denmark, Feb. 12.?Mary Stevens, , an aged negress, was burned to death e at her home here to-day, while situ ting in a chair before an open fire. _ It seems that she was at home alone, when her clothing became ignited >. and, being an invalid, could not move A or give an alarm. A person upon g passing noticed the smoke and. ups on investigation, found only the charred remains of the unfortunate woman. BABY BOY FATALLY BIBXKl). I 1 w as Being Dressed by Mother in Front of Fire. Woodruff, Feb. 11.?Luther Mas? sey, the 2-year-old son of J. S. Massey, :. received burns this morning while t standing before the fire, from which the attending physician stated that he r could not live over twenty-four hours, n He was being dressed by his mother when the accident occurred. H DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE? | jjffijj in a Glass of ^ ss Coca-Cola & - ... that is made right and one that is not made right? 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P. completely cured J. days. I took your medicine as a forlorn I M H. Davidson, who had suffered fifteen hope, but now confess that P. P. P. was H B years with blood poison and sores. a real benefit." S B IT WILL HELP YOU, TQO-AT ALL DRUGGISTS-$1.00 I | F. V. LIPPMAN, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA | Four Per Cent and Safety This bank gives you protection for your savings and pays yo 4 per cent, compounded quarterly, for the privilege of servin you. When you hoard your money it earns you nothing and yo assume all risk of loss from carelessness, thieves, fire and poor ii 1 i J _ _ J t i A? u ? ^ nntnn/iro hn> vestments. Wiiicn is tne oetter way, iu urmg yum where they will be absolutely safe and earn you an income, c put them away in some place of fancied security where they wi bring you nothing but worry? Our officers are men of long experience in the banking bus ness, and this insures you every protection for your savings, fc a bank is no Stronger than it's MANAGEMENT. Capital Stock and Surplus $27,500,00. i Ehrhardt Banking Company Capital Stock and Surplus $27,500.00. Wanted^^ T| Every person who has a desire to save money to open j an account with us. When you deposit your money in the bank, you will not spend it as foolishly as you will if it is in your pocket. Therefore, you have saved it; and then you will have a desire to have a large account. We pay 4 per cent, interest on savings deposits. PEOPLES BANK Bamberg, S. C. I | LETTERS DISMISSORY. On Saturday, February 28th, I will file my final account with Geo. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate for Bamberg county, as administrator of estate of Geo. W. Farrell, deceased, and will thereupon ask for letters dismissory as such administrator. JOHN COONER, Administrator. Bamberg, S. C.f Jan. 26, 1914. Real Estate Bargains 84^ acres good land near town limits, dwelling and outbuildings, worth S2.^00.00. under wire fence. If S sold promptly will sell at a sacrifice. t 388 acres 7 miles from town; dwel? ling worth $2,500; timber enough to ^ pay for property and some to spare. j Prices and terms right. Must be sold ? at once. See me quick or you will be ^ too late. 9 Modern two-story dwelling in the ? town of Bamberg, prices and terms S right if sold by January 1st. With 9 the new railroad coming in now is the f time to buy city property. I H.M. GRAHAM ] FRANCIS F. CARROLL * Attorney-at-Law ir ? Office in Hoffman Bnilding GENERAL PRACTICE. * BAMBERG, S. C. COLDS & LaGRIPPE 5 or 6 doses 666 will break any case of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe; it acts on the liver better than Calomel andjdoes not gripe or sicken. Price 25c. J. F. Carter B. D. Carter CARTER & CARTER Attorneys-at-iiaw BAMBERG, S. C. * ' Special attention given to settlement of estates and investigation of land titles. ^ ' I RILEY & COPELAND { a Successors to W. P. Riley. + | Fire, Life f Accident * % INSURANCE | , Office in J. D. Copeland's Store , I BAMBERG, S. C. J. P. OTT, JR. CIVIL ENGINEER FARM SURVEYING A SPECIALTY t Address: 1841 Main Street, | COLUMBIA, S. C. v | FIRE INSURANCE !| L Old Line Companies I J. F. FOLK, Agt BAMBERG, S. C. DR. THOMAS BLACK, JR. DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental Department University of Maryland. Member S. C. State^ Dental Association. urnce opposite new yusi uuivc over office Graham & Black. Office hours. 8.30 a. m. to 5.30 p. m. BAMBERG, S. C. J j At nome ~ i- # >r TO and from work?four trips a day?a wheel will9save ten minutes efach trip or nearly an hour extra?three hundred hours a year more at home. You'll feel better and act better. Gets the cobwebs out of your brain and honest hunger into your stomach. The fIVER JOHNSON has more strong features, is better built and finished and runs smoother than any wheel you ever * mounted. You needn't buy till you try. Trust the Truss. Bicycles, Guns, and Automobile Supulies. Key Fittings, and General (Repair Shop. 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