The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 11, 1909, Image 6
THEY MEET AGAIN
After Being Separated for About
Fifty-Five Years.
AFTER MANY YEARS
Two Brothers Greet Knelt Other in
Columbia?One Served in the
I'nion and One in the Confederate
Army?A Very I'nnsual and Interesting
Reunion Was Held.
Columbia, March 4.?To have a
man, apparently an entire stranger,
approach suddenly and announeo that
he is a brother whom one had not
seen in 55 years is an experience out
of the ordinary, to say, the least,
but that is what happened to Mr. S.
A. Horn, at his home, 14 19 Assembly
street, as he was sitting on his front
ss/?wV, vootisrilnv nffornnnn.
Mr. Horn was quietly enjoying the
nilu of a beautiful day when he observed
a stranger meandering along,
looking closely at the houses on the
street. The stranger went into Mr.
Horn's daughter's house, which is
next to his own, and then coming
out passed only to retrace his steps
and stop at the gate. Mr Horn
called to the man, asking if he was
looking for some one's house, receiving
the reply that he was looking
for a Mr. Horn.
Mr. llorn replied that that was his
name, and then the stranger rushed
in nnd asked, "Is this Sam?"
"What's left of him," replied Mr.
riorn, whereupon the other replied,
"Well, I'm Bill." And so It proved,
his brother Bill. The two had not
seen each other in 55 years and had
only been in communication with
each other since last August, when
another of the brothers, Bernard,
died in San Jose, Cal.
It was then that Mr. S. A. Horn
found that his brother, William N.
Horn, was still alive and in Portland,
Ore. Since that time they have been
exchanging letters but Mr. S. A. Horn
of Columbia had no information of
Mr. W. N. Horn's presence in the
city until he came to the house.
Mr. Wm. N. Horn is on his way
from Portland to visit the old home
nliino In Muinn lint will romnin In
the city for a week, the guest of
his long separated brother.
The Horn family lived in Gardner,
Maine, until 1857, when S. A. Horn,
at the age of 16 came to South Carolina.
During the War Between the
Sections he was a member of Hampton's
cavalry, while his brothers,
among the number W. N. Horn, were
soldiers in the federal army. The
brother now in the city was a member
of a Maine regiment, serving under
Gen. 0. O. Howard.
Shorty after the conclusion of the
struggle the reunited brothers went
West while S. A. Horn returned to
his home in the South. The brothers
had not met during the war and
no communication was established
V 1 It. ? A All A - A. _ t 1 A
UULWtM'U lilt' UVU until iYllgUSL Ol IIISI
year, when the death of a brother
caused a correspondence to commence
between the two families.
Mr. Horn, deciding to visit the
old home again, concluded to surprise
his brother while en route and did
not apprise him of his coming until
his arrival at his door step.
Fifty-five years' lapse had not dulled
the ardor of the brotherly affection,
one for the other, and the
two are elated at being reunited.
Each is nearing his alloted 70 years.
KILLED HIS FRIEND
To (jet Money to Lenra to Run an
Automobile.
Hutchinson, Kans., March 3.?Tc
obtain money to attend a school ant
learn to be a chauffeur, Orville Fol
and, 19 years old, murdered Jess<
Haymaker, a friend, who had cliargi
of the Hutchinson express office a
confessed in a plea of guilty enter
ed by Poland. Poland was sentenc
ed to life imprisonment. The murd
er was committed early last Wednes
day morning.
Value of Irrigation.
If it is true that the growing o
two blades of grass where but 011
grew formerly is a benefit to man
kind, it is an equal benefit to hav
one blade grown where none hefor
grow. It 1b this #which irrigatio
does in large sections of our lan
where the soil, naturally fertile, ha
remained a barren waste because c
the absence of moisture. The ii
rlgation ditches carrying a well nig
unlimited supply of water from th
mountains are reclaiming and roafc
ing fruitful vast areas of land tha
are surely becoming the abode c
many thousands of industrious an
prosperous people. When irrigatio
was first proposed it was opposed b
many as a useless expenditure c
money, but those croakers are no'
convinced that they were wrong.
STORY OF A HATCHET
THAT WAS nitOUGHT TO THIS
COUNTRY FROM GERMANY
Ry the Ancestors of Mr. G. M. R.
Epting Over One Hundred and
Fifty Years Ago.
The following remarkable history
of a hatchet we tako from the Newberry
Observer. It is well worth
reading:
Mr. G. M. B. ICpting has a hatchet
with a history. It was brought to
this country form Germany one
hundred and fifty years ago by his
ancestors. Of course he prizes it
very highly. It is of the general
shape and appearance of the hatchet
with which George Washington cut
father's cherry tree and somewhat
like the hatchets sold today in Newberry
hardware stores. One old feature
about it, though, is the nailpuller.
The hatchets made now have
a slot on the inner edge of the blade
for pulling nails. Thosee of a former
generation had a claw-hammer
arrangement on the farther end of
the helve. This hatchet has the
nail-puller of the claw-hammer stylo,
but it is on the nearer end of the
helve, next to the handle of the
person using it.
About 1G50?or somewhere near
the middle of the 17th century, anyhow?four
men, named Dicket, Eplinir.
Sheulv and Summer, came over
to this country from near Heidelberg,
Germany, to the borders of
Maryland and Pennsylvania. They
were so pleased with the country
that they returned to Germany and
brought a colony over with them and
effected a settlement.
About the middle of the 18th century
Dlokets, Etpings, Shealys, Summers
and other German families
from Heidelberg, came to South Carolina
and settled the country known
as the Dutch Fork, lying between the
Broad and the Saluda river, partly
within Newberry county and partly
in Lexington. The Summers brought
this hatchet with them to this State;
it had been brought from Heidelberg.
It became the property of
Mr. George Summer, the father of
Mrs. Epting, mother of Mrs. G M.
B. Epting, who is still living in this
city at the age of 92.
There were four sons of Mr. Geo.
Andrew Summer, one of whom James
Andrew Summer, is still living at
the age of 90. These sons were carpenters.
More than sixty years ago
they built the house in Caldwell
township now occupied by and belonging
to Mr. Jno. S. Ruff. While
building this house the hatchet,
which was being used by James
A 11 r/^ur C! ii rn m/\?i m?o n 1 t n?Mnn il
| xitiui v; t? uuiutiioi f naa iuoi.,
to the sorrow of the young worker,
because It belonged to his mother,
his father having died, and she
thought a great deal ojf it 011 acount
of its associations with the fatherland.
Some years ago Mr. Burden Boozer
, who was then living in Newberry
at the corner of McKibben and
O'Neal streets, was nailing on some
pailings to his yard next to Epttng's
cotton yard. Mr. G. M. B. Epting
was struck with the appearance of
the hatchet that Mr. Boozer was using?he
had often heard his mother
speak of the lost hatchet and this
reminded him of it. He asked Mr.
Boozer to sell it to him. Mr. Boozer
said he did not care to sell it; but
Mr. Eping insisted, offering him a
dollar, then two, then five. Mr.
Boozer still declining, saying that the
hat'chet was not worth that, but
he would sell it. "Why," asked Mr.
Boozer, "are you so anxious to have
the hatchet?"
Then Mr. Epting told him the story
of his grandfather's hatchet.
"Here it Is," said Mr. Boozer,
handing him the hatchet; "it Is
yours, and you shall not pay me a
! cent for it."
Mr. Boozer then explained how
it came into his possession. He was
owner of the house that was being
} built when the hatchet was lost.
* Forty years after the house
- was completed, Mr. Boozer was hav9
ing a new roof put on and some alterations
made, and the hatchet was
found lying on the ceiling of one of
the rooms, near the wall, evidently
having been laid there by the workman
who was using it when he was
building the house, and, forgetting
where ho put it, the last board of
the ceiling was nailed on. Mr. Boozer
never supposing the hatchet had
a history, broughl it with him when
,f he moved to town, and used It for
e driving nails and splitting kindling.
. Mr. Bptlng carried the hatchet
0 home and showed it to his mother,
0 who recognized it at once as hei
n mother's hatchet. Two years age
Mr. James Andrew Summer, Mrs
s Epting'8 brother, was In Newberry,
,f and Mr. Epting showed it to hirr,
. and asked him if ho had ever seer
h it before. He took it in his hand?
e and looked closely at it. For a time
> it seemed to awake no recollection;
Lt but all at once his face lightened
,f up with interest and he cried out:
d "This is Mother's hatchet?Mother's
n hatchet that 1 lost"?and as th<
y recollection of all the circumstances
>f came flooding back upon his mcmorj
w he burst into tears and for a mo>
ment could not control himself.
OUR SOLDIER BOYS
WILL BE INSPECTED Bl OFFICERS
THIS WEEK.
Date on Which the Different Companies
Will Be Visited by the Inspectors
(iiven Below.
The inspection of the National
Guards begins this week. The company
here will be inspected 011 Friday
and the company at Elloree will
be inspected on next Monday, the
15th instant. These are now the
only two companies in this county.
The inspection will be made for
the war department by First Lieut.
Charles H. Cabaniss, Jr., U. S. army,
retired, and for the State by Col
William T. Brook, assistant Adjutant
and Inspector General. The boys
will give these gentlemen a warm
welcome when they come Friday on
their oflicial rounds.
wmui ro iiuu geiit'iai sum corps unci
departments, regimental and battalion,
field and staff officers, non-commissioned
staff officers, and individual
members of bands and of hospital
corps detachments, not herein otherwise
provided for, will report for inspection,
in uniform, dismounted, at
the same time and place as the organization
nearest to their home station.
The following schedule for the inspection
will be observed and no
changes whatever will be made from
it:
Edgefield, March 8?Company F,
2nd infantry.
Aiken, March 9?Unassigned company
of infantry.
Ham berg, March 10?Company I,
3rd Infantry. '
Barnwell, March 11?Company E,
3rd Infantry. |
Orangebrug, March 12?Company
Li, 3rd Infantry.
Elloree, March 15?Company Q,
3rd Infantry.
Sumter March 16?Company L,
2nd infantry.
Timmonsville, March 17?Company
I, 2nd infantry.
Conway, March 18?Company H,
3rd infantry.
Georgetown, March 19?Headquarters,
3rd infantry, Company F,
3rd Infantry.
Walterboro, March 22?Company
K, 3rd infantry.
Charleston, March 23, 24, 25, 26
?Companies A, B, C and D 3rd infantry;
3rd detachment hospital
corps.
New Brookland, March 27?Company
M, 2nd infantry.
Columbia, March 29, 30, 31, April
1?General headquarters; headquarters
1st brigade; headquarters 2nd
infantry; Companies B, C and I), 2nd
1 ti f n n f i?*r
Florence, April 2?Company H,
2nd infantry.
Darlington, April 5?Company *K,
2nd infantry.
Hartsville, April G?Company O,
2nd infantry.
Rennettsville, April 7?Company
E, 2nd infantry.
Cheraw, April 8?Company F, 1st
Infantry.
Camden, April 9?Company A,
2nd infantry; 2nd detachment hospital
corps.
Lancaster, April 12?Unasslgned
company of infantry; 2nd detachment
hospital corps.
Lancaster, April 12?Unasslgned
company of infantry.
Liberty Hill, April 13?Company '
R, 1st infantry.
Rock Hill, April 14?Company II,
1st infantry.
Fort Mill, April 15?Company K,
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Spartanburg, April 20?Company
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Killed His Mother.
Holland, Mich., March 5.?Elton
Baldwin today confessed to killing
his aged mother with a hatchet while
she was asleep, fearing she woul I
charge him with burning their
barn.
Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion
is a combination of the natural
digestive juices with necessary acids,
| and it actually digests the food you
eat?no matter what kind of food it
may he. It does tho ordinary work
of the stomach, so that by taking a
little Kodol every now and then you
cannot possibly have indigestion oi
any form of stomach trouble. Sold
by all druggists.
Victims of Head Hunters.
Manila, March 6.?There is a rumor
that Lieut. Harry L. King, of
the First cavelry, and a detachment
of that regiment, who have been
mapping the interior of Northern
Luzon have become the victims of
head-hunters.
Most cough cures are constipating
because they contain opiates, and
you should bo oareful to take something
that does not tend to constipate.
You should take Kennedy's
Laxative Cough Syrup. It not only
allays Inflammation and irritation of
throat and lungs, but It drives out
the cold from the system by a free
yet gentle action of the bowels.
Children like the pleasant, taste that
is so nearly like maple sugar. Sold
by all druggists.
THREE FATALLY INJURED
And Scores Hurt in Washington on
Inauguration Dad.
Washington, March 5.?Casualties
of the inaugural were three deaths,
three probably fatally injured and
' more than seventy-five other injured.
The dead are Norman A. Stall, of
Richmond; Andrew R. Doran, of
Pittsburg, and Samuel Young, of this
city. Epilepsy, heart disease and
electrocution were the causes of
death.
Creaping at a snail's pace, heavily
laden trains today bore away the
inaugural crowds. Crippled tellegraph
facilities last night made it
impossible to operate \he trains.
Seemingly the thousands who
flocked to the city attempted to leave
I the city simultaneously, and the military
organizations with crowded
| the stations vied with one another
I in displays and music.
Indigestion or dyspepsia is inability
of the stomach?weak dicostive
juices?to digest what you eat. Kodol
is a combination of all the natural
digestive juices found in an or- ]
dinary healthful stomach, and it will
digest your food in a natural way.
Pleasant to take. Sold by all druggists.
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sold at this low price
ears crop, but It Is PURE BRAND
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This Is just the time of year when
you nre most likely to have kidney
or bladder trouble, with rheumatism
and rheumatic pains caused by weak
kidneys. Delays are dangerous. Get
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills,
and be sure you get what you ask
for. They are the best pills made
for back ache, weak back, urinary
disorders, etc. They are antiseptic
and act promptly. We sell and recommend
them. For sale by all druggists.
Patent leather shoes should be
cleaned with sweet oil applied with a
piece of flannel and afterward polished
with a soft duster or wad of
cotton.
If you need a pill take DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. Insist on them;
gentle, easy, pleasant, little liver
pills. Sold by all druggists.
It does seem to us that the United
States Government should refuse to
issue liquor licenses to persons in
dry territory. The different States
have to respect the laws passed by
congress, and it seems to us nothing
but rght and proper that the
United States Government should respect
all laws passed by the State
legislatures where it does not conflict
with any national law. As the
thing now stands it looks like the
United States Government does all
it can to defeat prohibition.
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| Some paper wants to know what
has become of Evelyn Thaw? Please
don't tell. Let her rest where she Is.
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