The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 13, 1916, Page 5, Image 5
I PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in Tliis City and at
V. Other Points.
Hi
?F. F. Carroll, Esq., spent TuesH
day in Columbia.
* j?Miss Sallie D. Free has gone to
k Greenville to spend a few days.
| ?Miss Annie Hartzog spent last
week with friends at Williston.
?Mrs. Estelle Gaillard, of George/
town, is visiting Mrs. F. F. Carroll.
?Mr. A. F. Morris, of Olar, was in
the city Monday.?Barnwell People.
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k v ?Dr. V. W. Brabham, of Orangei
. burg, visited relatives here this week.
' '?Mr. C. F. Rizer, of Olar, was in
Barnwell salesday.?Barnwell People
:.0f ?Mrs. Willie Walters, of Charles
in 1VI vc 1?
Pwu9 AO vioitiug uci rnuiaci, xui o. u.
'* A. Smoak.
?Mrs. John H. Cope, of Spartanburg,
spent several days in the city
I . last week.
? ?kMre. J. K. Still, of Blackville,
gi* spent the week-end with her son, Mr.
R. B. Still. 1
& ?-Mrs. D. W. Shealey and Mrs.
. 0. A. Simmons spent yesterday in
| Charleston.
| ?Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brickie and
little son spent Sunday in Branchville
with relatives.
?Mr. Ira Cope, of Orangeburg, is
spending a few days in the city with
Mr. Glenn Cope.
p ?Misses Ruth Byrd and Addy6
\ Hays are spending some time at TarDon
Springs. Fla.
\ v ?Mrs. James A. Wyman and Mrs.
f 1 Norman Walker are spending\ few
weeks in JJfew York.
?Mrs. R. M. Bruce and children
are visiting relatives in and near
Branchville this week.
?Dr. H. F. HooVer has gone to
H \ New York, where he will take a
^special course in ihedicine. 1
?Dr. O. D. Faust has returned to
city from Macon, Ga., where he
spent the Christmas holidays.
?Miss Estelle Hinshaw, of Winston-Salem,
N. C. is spending a few
days in the city with friends.
?Mrs. H.#>F. Hoover ai^d Master
. ^ - Henry Hoover are spending some
* * time with relatives at Ridgeway..
' E. H. Henderson, Esq., of Bamberg,
was her^ on professional business
Monday.?Barnwell Sentinel.
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' J ?Miss Lucile Davis of OrangeU-'
vi. ?_ ?.__x n.x l J a... i.
. ; : iraii'St sptsm oaiuruay tuiu ouuua; m
Bamberg with her sister, Miss Alma
jpgE itoivik.
I * ?Mr. A. B. Jordan and family, of
[ ^*oa? sPent a few days in the city
* * last week ^Jth Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
" TAitnintfO
Jennings.
L ?Mrs: J. Monnie Hill* and little
p-'-j- son, of Elizabeth, La., left Tuesday
I morning for. Greenville, after a short
I visit to relatives in and near Bamf
?Misses Julian EaSterling and
Louise*Wilson, after spending the
Christmas vacation in the city-, have
HB returned to Blackville to . resume
teaching in the graded school.
F ?*Mrs. John Cooner, Miss Sallie
r Free, Mrs. J./E. Newsom, Mrs. C. P.
I Hooton and Misses Lucile Hunter and
Ruby McMillan attended the district
^ meeting of the Baptist W. M. U., in
Williston, last week.
^ ^ ?Senator J. B. Black and Representatives
B. D. Carter and J. Wesley
Crum, Jr., left Monday afternoon
for Columbia for. the opening of the
session of the general assembly,
which convened Tuesday morning.
TEETH COMPLETE. AT BIRTH.
.Baby Son of Ohio Parents is Normal
_ in All Other Ways.
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A son born t<^ Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Gibler, of Sandyville, near here, had
his first teeth at birth, accordir^ to
f Or. Goodrich, of Sandyville, the fam'By
physician. The baby Is normal in
everv way. and the Dresence of teeth
H| is causing no great alarm, but indicates
an advanced prenatal developp
ment.?Canton, Ohio, Exchange.
K An Artist.
*The family terror ,was entertaining
f * the caller until his mother was suita|
bly arrayed, according to Judge.
"Sister Lou's young man is going
W yto be a painter," he remarked.
Pi ? "A
painter?" the caller asked.
^ ^ -'Uh-huh, I guess so," he replied.
It -> "Him and pa was in the library quite
? a .spell the other night, and I heard
' pa tell him he'd need more of the
blues, and he said it cost too much
V to draw."
"So you want to marry my daughter,
eh?" snorted the old man. 44Do
you consider yourself financially able
to do so?" . ^
"Well," replied the suitor, "after a
fellotf has bought candy and flowers
? - * ? ? ? U Art 1, Ari '
I for a giri ior a V6ai", clliu lids larvcu ;
her to the theatre twice a week, and j
is still not broke. I guess he can afford
to get married."?Philadelphia
Record; j
Read the Herald, $1.^0 per year, i
V. S. NAVAL RESERVATION
GUANTAXAMO BAY, CUB A
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tantry and cavalry. At Toro it was
always the same. The entire country
for miles around was completely
overrun by the "patriots"?many oi
whom spoused the cause to escape
work and to pillage?but Toro flew
the red and yellow of Spain until the
stars and stripes appeared in the
offing "hay diez y siete anos"?seventeen
years ago, as the old Guadia Civile
said.
The Coming of the Boys in Blue.
Yes, Toro knew no fear until early
in June, 1898, the lookout reported
a great squadron off the entrance to
the bay. It was Capt. McCalla's
force of American seamen and marines
sent to cooperate with the Cuban
army to compel the surrender of
Fort Toro. The fort was doomed.
It's brave defenders in gray knewr it.
Her guns were smoothbores and
would carry at best only two miles,
while the gunners aboard the gray
huljs, headed by the afterwards famous
Texas, could pour in a devastating
hail of shells at six .miles. But
a soldier's life is nothing. It is
honor, not life, to which he clings.
And so they blew up the fort; The
old walls twenty feet thick that had
Kravod thfi Cuban attacks for nearly
two undred years, crumbled overnight,
the spiked guns were dumped
unceremoniously in the moat, the
cisterns and cuartels were demolished;
but the Hag was left flying?nailed
to the mast?and the little, company
charging a band of Cuban guerillas
cut its way to the high hill
overlooking the entrance to the bay.
Here they were destined to _ make
their last stand.
The Battle of Guantanamo.
Against intrenchfnents, protected
by hills, naval ordnance was of little
avail, and to dislodge the defenders
became a question of cold steel versus
cold steel. Literally dug in on
the top of the hill?afterwards named
McCalla hill in honor of the American
commander?the Spaniards
awaited their foe.
On June 14, 1898, the foe arrived.
American .marines under command of
Lieut. Col%. R. W. Huntingdon?the
first American troops to land in Cuba?beached
their boats on the glistening
playa and, under the blistering
rays of a tropical sun and a hail
of Mauser bullets, commenced their
famous climb up* the sides of the
100-foot hill. A surgeon fell, a sergeant-major,
then a coxswain, a pri
V816, DUl CYCr tin w ax u pi coocu
until, with a wild yell, they swept
over the crest and the hill was theirs.
On the slope and the beaofc behind
them nearly one half of their comrades
lay dead and wounded, while
the mass of Spanish dead jammed in
the main defensive works on the hill,
attested to the tenacity with which
the enemy held their position.-*
Backward the Spaniards were
pushed, but, profiting by the shelter
of every knoll and valley, they halted
long enough to take toll from their
pursuers, who were finally ^forced to
abandon the chase and return to* the
captured hill without prisoners. Thus
fought the Spanish army when face
to face with a civilized foe.
The l)eath of Busbee and McColgan,
Today bullets and shells of all calibre
may be picked from the ground
wnere oyaiuaruts <tuu mauucs ?w a,j cu
back and forward in their mad rushes
to conquer. A few days ago, 1
paused before the monument of Busbee
and McColgan?have you evei
heard of them??and looked at the
shell that had never exploded, which
is on top of the little shaft. I wonder
if this shell had done its duty
would the tragedy have been enacted
Busbee and McColgan were twc
youngsters about twenty-three belonging
to a company of marines.
They had been with the detachment
in the attack on McCalla hill and had
taken part in the pursuit of the retreating
Spaniards. - They were
thoughtless, inadept boys?that's all.
So, when they were posted on outpost
duty in what is now known as Thoroughfare
Gap, they chose the easiest
spot to watch. It was in the middle
of the bejl of an ancient stream, and,
on all sides, hills covered with'dense
underbrush rose high above them.
"But there were fewer mosquitoes
there, and the sand flie? didn't bite
nearly as bad, and, anyway, there
weren't any of those 'Spigs' left after
the battle yesterday." The visiting
patrol having left, they built a camp
fire?of course it was strictly against
orders, "but no one would ever be
the wiser"?and speread out theii
supper, mixed their coffee. That must
have been their last act for next
morning the patrol found their bodies
riddled by more than sixty bullets
lying across the untouched meal."The
fire was out, the coffee cold, but McColgan's
hand still gripped the bag of
sugar.
Thp stnrv was simnle. A company
of Spanish infantry had fired into
what was supposed to be a bivoudc
and, the Texas having commenced the
bombardment of the gap, had retreated
eastward leaving behind the bodies
of the two unfortunate young men
Today a plain white shaft surmounted
by an unexploded shell records
\ : ,
simply "Here Privates Wm. Dumfee <
l and James McColgan, U. S. MC., were
' killed on outpost duty, June, 1898." i
Passing through Thoroughfare i
> Gap and crossing the Divide beyond. i
ii. - ? i - a _ i + ~f
me ira.ii stops aui upnj* iu nuui ui ^
a ruined ranch house. Here we are j
told the Spaniards paused in their j
J retreat and a single 8-inch shell from
the Texas crashing through the roof
demolished the house and killed ,
i
> twenty-two men outright. This is;
tradition for which the natives vouch I
- but the facts will never be known
definitely as not one of the garrison
of Ft. Toro succeeded in rejoining the
main Spanish army. Those who escaped
death on McCalla hill and the
, pursuit that followed fell one by 'one
i in the underbrush victims of Cuban
. guerillas or what was even worse?
. devouring thirst.
The Xaval Station.
Having succeeded in liberating the j
* j ?1, ~ ~ rM-kQTl ti-k tVlO ! .
uuDans iiiiu, NviLii an c>c uycu n/ b?w
great possibilities of the bay as a
western Gibraltar on which to base
a fleet guarding the southern coast
and the Panama canal, the American
government soon opened negotiations
for its acquisition. This was readily
arranged by the Cuban congress, and
thus it happens that a portion of Cuba
is today as much American soil as
is Bamberg county. The station snuggles
at the base of a high range of
hills, which, ending in precipitous
cliffs at the edge of the sea, makes
it immune from gunfire of any hostile
fleet that might be sent to reduce
it. Great modern redoubts behind
whicfli crouch monster guns and mortars
stand on each side of the entrance
ready to enfilade an enemy^s
vessels, while line after line of submarine
mines, easily and quickly
placed, preclude the possibility of a
vessel forcing a passage.
The station is entirely modern.
Great machine and wood-working
shopsvimmense storehouses and power
plants are fitted to prepare the
fleet for fighting. No detail has
h^pn npclected. and each winter dur
I ? ' ?
ing the Atlantic fleet's visit of three
months in these waters, the station is
placed on a war footing. In this way
everything is kept in readiness for
the supreme test of war, which there
is no'sur?r way of preventing^ than
being fully prepared. Enormous steel
tanks holding millions of gallons of
fuel oil supply fuel to the docks
where torpedo boats and destroyers
come and go during all hours of the
day and night, ko more fuss and
grime and dust coaling ship. Now
it is only a question of opening a
valve and, with a little fuming, the
modern destroyer is oiled and ready
to dart out after its junsuspectingjoe.
Submarines, that modern terror of j
ttye seas, may fill quickly with gaso- 2
line and charge their wonderful bat- j
teries at a moment's notice, ready to |
submerge for its dreaded work be- i
neath the waves. Space for hangars j
and repair sheds is ready to take care j
i of aeroplanes and dirigibles which, j
high in the air like giant hawks, j
watch the coast and issue warning of j
the approach of a hostile force. j
, Then to keep in touch with the !
; master minds in Washington, who di- 1
i rect all operations in time of war, j
a modern radio station has been pro- j
vided. From the aiftennae stretched j
. between two great steel towers, three j
[ hundred feet high, at the touch of ]
[ a key magic waves emanate carrying I
; reports to Washington and receiving j
; back the orders of the day. On clear j
. nights when static is good{ messages J
may be received and, sent to Panama, j
far distant Honolulu and to vessels j
i thousands of miles at sea. j
In addition to the radio, there is j
r a branch of the Central and South j
AmonVfln nahle nn the station, and.- )
> through -the courtesy of the manager,
. the officers are daily supplied-with
the cable dispatches. At the breakr
fast table, they read the latest news
from the battle fronts in Europe,
topics of interest from al4-parts of
f
! th? world, including the latest lynchings
in Georgia and the election riots
in Charleston, before the morning
train reaches Bamberg with the same
news. So, after all, the outpost on j
> which Uncle Sam puts so much re
liance is not so distant, and there can
> be no reason why many of the read
ers of The Herald should not visit its
1 interesting points and the school chil1
dren be fully prepared for their next
1 examination on questions concerning
the United States' most recently ac'
quired territory.
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. Found Dead in Woods.
Anderson, Jan. 8.?The body of
: Felix Martin was found by a negro
this afternoon in a body of woods on
, his farm near Pendleton, S. C. Mr. j
; Martin, who is about 45 years old, j
, left his home early yesterday morn- j
. ing to visit a neighbor. He paid the j
visit and failed to return to his home, j
Members of his family and people of j
that section searched the woods and S
f fields for him practically, all day. The j
; coroner went to the scene and decid- j
ed an inquest was unnecessary, the j
doctor stating that death resulted j
; from apoplexy or, some other natural
disease Mr. Martin was a well- 1
known and highly respected farmer j
; of his own community. j
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