The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 12, 1921, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8
MW POUT '
CHARACTERS
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(Louisville Courier-Journal.)
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Lurgan Sahib ?: dead. Wherefore ;
'it can be told w ao Lurgan really wa- .
"While Kipling's characters are living
it is hardly . al'c to point thorn out.
They are too deep in that mystery of
intrigue rrrsr; purpose which is
India. With their passing, men talk.
Hari Bai.ai o'c.i several vea.s ago and
before him the keeper of the wonderj
house, who \va: Kif.'ir.g's -'at'icr, and:
now th?* man who taught Kir-. . o ;v.uch
of India has gone to join them. Kim
still lives, and Moggli, for Kipling
himself was l oth of those. Strick
land is alive, and M ah hub Ml. A
least, an official in the militar> intelligence
and a caravan leader of more
than local fame are the originals upon
wVwu-^ fho cforv t'?'W of India is bo-1
lieved to have modelled these two.
Kurgan daaib was not a Hindu. He!
was A. M. Jacob, an. Armenian 01
Pole. Probably the former, since his
deep insight into the ways of the east
argued an oriental strain in himself.
He wms as wclLthe Mr. Isaacs of Ma-J
rion Crawford's story and in the ro-'
r^ant.t er^'eer o<" the man truth was j
stranger than fiction. He it was
tnrougi* whose little shop in Umbala
passed the secrets of the Muhamme-j
dan border states.
There .Ja".ob sold pearls avd prec-1
ious stones, shawls, dates from Arabia
and Persia and thousand other
things, and behind the scenes hr? held
the strings >' the Kussian and r'rencn i
spy systems. Always these nations!
were at Indias back door and the little
sVhv> of the iewol merchant was the
clearing house for the secrets which
t 'Imimhi from th^ Moslem statesi
hem in lidia at the top of the.
map. Mahbuh All, caravan leader and
vendor of secrets, came there first to
whisper them. Often the l^nglivh used
the same caravans, but Jacob learned
many things they never found out.
Sometimes the written word was
brought, for men can swallow paper, i
but oftenest the secret was graven j
only on the memory of its carrier,
which is why so many human bones
lie bleaching on the sands of these
deserts.
News of Jacob's death reminds
Dhan Gopal Mukerji the orient and
the Occident meet. At least, he is a
graduate of Leland Stanford university
and has spent considerable time)
in New York and about the United
States, writing and lecturing. But
Dhan Gopal is first of all a Hindu,
even before he is a poet and philoso-J
i _ i i i
pner, oi' pernaps iifniusc m it. in:nm
he came to America lie had been on
the faculty of the University of Calcutta
and of Tokio university. In addition,
he is a relatives of Harl Mooker.iee,
who was Hari Babu in Kim.
"These vendors of secrets were not
active for money, he says, "but for
one of three reasons?love of adventure,
of women or of religion. The
greatest curse of the east is that it is
always looking: for a miracle and one
not to be explained. 'God has put 0*1 i
His mask (the sun) and we must!
tear it down,' at once convinces the1
east.
"This man Jacob was one of the
most fascinating characters in all
Asia. He had a handsome face, a
magnetic manner and was a fine
figure of a man, and he knew precious
stones as few men do. He grew
up as a slave boy in Constantinople
bi t the unu ual quality of his mind
attracted the attention of his master,
who saw to his education in the mystic
philosophies of the orient. Few
have mastered them a- he. He made
his way to India after he grew in
m;mhcod and was freed with a menta
equipment which made it easy for
hi,v" to dominate the minds of most
with whom he came in contact.
"Jacob was supposed to be very
wealthy when Kipling made his acquaintance
at Sirnia, but it is doul t*
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tu' ii no rvr was uiai. i r.cre
unlimited money behind Jacob and
through his hands passed millions?
among* them the annual payment ty
Afghanistan?but men situated as he
was do not spend money cn themselves.
He lived in a wonderful palace
and entertained lavishly, but his personal
desires were few and his own
life a simple one. He drank no alcohol;
did not even smoke; in fact, and
was a strict vegetarian. This gave
him his standing with the Hindus,
for the Hidnu is averse to the society
of one who eats meat?so much so
that there was a time when the Hindu
would take a bath after meeting a
western man, as the only way of ridding
himself of the pollution of the
contact. Some do that even now.
THIS IS THE MONTH?
To go fishing.
To seed timothy.
To get up the fly screens.
To tighten up the silo bands.
To plant a little sorghum for youi
Fweet tooth's sake.
To breed sows for September pigs
and the mare for an April colt.
To put away the incubator. Cleai
with scalding water and use a disin
fectant freely.
To plant the main crop of pota
toes. Don't neglect the formalde
hvde treatment for scab.
To take off the hoys' and horses
shoes. Going barefoot in the sprinf
helps both.
To sell all the old roosters. Don'
bo partial to any. Better get nev
blood next year anyway.
To sow mangels or stock beets i
there is no silo. But it is better t
provide for both silo and silage now
To fight lice. This is the hatch
ing mouth for louse eggs as well a
hen eggs. Whitewash, keroseiu
powder?all will help.
To spray apples and pears agai
for scab, leaf spot; also for lic<
moths and curculio. Iiime-sulphui
viih arsenate of lead is good.?Fan
Life.
OF KIPLING ;1
"In spite of the vast sums which
passed through his hands, Jacob died
ix poor man, even struggling againsi j
real poverty, in uji old pottery shop
iti Bombay. His private fortune.
I hat private fortune which perhaps
'\e never had. was sunosed to have
been dissipated in the court trial
which succeeded Ins quarrel with the'
Nizam of Hyderbad over the sale o
the imperial diamond. Jacob *vas ac- 1
- uitted, but his day was over. The
matter of the diamond may have had i j
no real bearing on that. Possibly :j
sold secrets. That occurs, in In -1
dia. :i
"Mari Mookerjee.* Vho was the or- |
iginal of Mari Balm in Kim, said;'
Dhan Ciopal Mulker.ii, "worked with 1
Kipling on the Allahabad Pioneer,
an;! much that Kipling learned of the 1
east ;>s he came into manhood was
the result of discussions with Hari.
There is no question of his being the*
prototype of the character. His 1
fatness and oxlike walk and so on arc- J
described to the life in the book. A 1
babu is the product of English edu-j
cation in India. Macauley insisted
that the Hindu should be made into an
Englishman in everything but |
complexion and the result was a car- :
icature of an Englishman as well as j
of a Hindu. I
"Hari used to say- to me in the!
I%> 1 ? !
years soon at ler imhj u;r inn h.-hvm. .
<T\in'ing wrote Kim as a sarcastic
answer to me and to many eastern
ideas and I would like to reply to it
with a book called "Jim" which
would give my side of the case. Some
of his sarcasm would be easily punctured."
"Hari Babu proved that once a. Kin
(!u always a Hindu by later becoming
a religious saint from an agnostic
and spent the latter part of his
life singing tho praises of God. In
his religious experience he was beyond
the touch of those things which,
had annoyed him earlier and did iiom
care who called him what.
"Had he ever written 'Jim its interest
would have been very great,
for while one who reads Kipling
gradually discerns a subtle and powerful
penetration into the inner of
Hindu life and the Hindu conception
of God, man and nature?the underneath
all animals, man and the
stars runs the golden thread of the
spirit?yet there are certain phases'
of Hindu life to which Kipling has
never had and never * can have ac"
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cess, i* or instance, ne nus inrvt-r uepicted
a Hindu woman of noble
birth. There is no way for him to
come in contact with one.
"Disregard of social laws, which
are founded on religious beliefs, ha>
resulted in the barring of the outsider
from more intimate Hindu
life. The tolerance of the Hindu
for the westerner has really been
fostered by the Christian. It is only
a hundred years ago Hindu temples
land sacred places were opened to
him and the westerner, already prejudiced
against the heathen, did not
|hesitate to profane the idols and
sanctuaries by carrying to them
things which are prohibited. Even
jtoday westerners can bo sen passing
through the temples with their
shoes on.
"John Lockwood Kipling, Rudvard
[Kipling's father, knew the real Hindu
better than his son. He was the
son of a missionary who came to In- i
jdia to scoff and to convert. The
; passionary's son became a mystic.
"Ruc'yard Kipling is not at all
tKat. but ho ha:; always loved the
I old school Hindu. Puran Rhagat in
.the Jumrle Rcok. who at 40 gave up
J all earthly honors and went into
I the wild places to study and learn
j of God, is his best character. There
lis no other story of Hindu life
; which can rival this. Tn olden times
)aU Hindus lived tho life of Puran
(ancl today tho majoritv do not do\
late from such practices. Tho first
j 20 years of tho Hindu life are dovoted
to education: the second 20 to
liro as a householder: the third two
.decades are spent in pilgrimage; and
the remainder of life in meditation
I on God. Search after Cod is the esI
sence of the romance in Hindu life.
'Puran Bhgat' is the veritable human
document of the life of a single
man, and of a whole race for 4,000
years.
"Kim (Kipling himself) is the
Irish hoy in India. Irishmen have?
done the work in India. Wellington,
Roberts, Kitchenor, D'Israeli was,
of course, an oriental. The Celt Is
never out of his wits in India. East
ern mysticism is really an open book
to the Irishman.
AFTER RATINGS.
A representative of R. G. Dunn &
Co. was in Conway last week calling
on our business men for statements as
to their ratings. A good rating in the
books of R. G. Dunn & Co. is a guarantee
of credit to those thus rated.
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JUBILEE SINGER AT BETHEL
CHURCH.
t Ande.-;on G. Gill, colored, famous
Oak Citv Jubilee Singer, Dialect and
Dramatic Reader, of Raleigh, N. C.
assisted by local talent, will exhibit ai
liethel A. M. E. Church Monda\
night, May 16. The program wil'
vary from opera to the most comica
' Camp Meeting Song.? (By Request.)
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WILL BE RATED.
y I J M i > i i < v i v"iiiimo,-.i\;n <iii
^ounces that applications will 1m
rated as received for the position o
' Special Agent Special Intelligence
? Unit Bureau of Internal Revenue un
' til August 1, 1021; also examination:
will he held June S-0 f<?> the positioi
' of Scientific Assistant in Marketing
? Persons interested in these or othei
examinations will apply to the Unite<
n States Civil Service Commission
i, Washington, I). C., >r Secretary Loca
\; Civil Service Board at the local post
n [office, for detailed information an<
(application blanks.
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THE HORRY HERALD. OOt
NUMBER OF f
FARMS IN STATE
Hbout 64 Per Cent of Total
Not Operated by Owners.
Census Figures Show.
Washington.?Acting Director William
M. Steuart, of tho Census Bu- '
reau, who has been nominated by tho !
President to bo director, issued a pro-1
liminary statement of tbo number or
farms in South Carolina, North. Caro
lina and Georgia. Figures as t:> the
:irea of the farms are not available.
The figures show that in 1920, there,
were 192,693 farms in South Carolina,
i)f which 124,231, or about 64 per cont !
were operated by tenants. This compares
with 17(5,434 farms in 1910, of
which 111,221, or about 63 per cent,
were operated by tenants; with 155,-!
355 farms in 1900, of which 01 per j
cont were operated by tenants; with
115,008 farms in 1890, of which 55 po;'
cont were operated by tenants, and
with 93,864 farms in 1880, of which
or about 40 per cont were operated by
tenants.
In North Carolina in 1920 there
were 289,763 farms, of which 117,4.~><>.
or about 40 pre cent were operated by
tenants. This compares with 253,72.!>
farms in 1910, of which 40 per com
wore operated by tenants, and with
157,609 farms in 1880, of which ."> "> per
cent were in the hands of tenants.
In Georgia there wore 310,832,
farms in 1920, of which 206,375, or
about 67 per cent, wore operated b\
tenants. This compares with 291,027
farms in 1010, of which GO per cent
were in the hands of tenants, and with
J 158,626 farms in 1880, of which 45 per
cent were operated by tenants.
1 tlie entire United States flier"
were 6,449,242 farms in 1920, of j
which 2,455,879, or ott per cent, weiv
in the hands of tenants, as compared
with 1,008,907 farms in 1880, of which
26 per cent were in the hands of tenant*.
In the entire South Atantic division,
compose ! of the States of Maryland,
Deleware, Virginia, West Virginia,
North and South Carolina, Geor
gia, Florida and the District of Colum
l)ia, there were in 1920 a total of
1,158,976 farms, of which 542,009, or
about 47 per ccnt, were operated In
tenants, as compared with a total of
644,429 farms in 1880, of which 36 per
cent were operated by tenants.
It will be seen that there has been
a steady increase in the number of
farms with striking gains in the ratio
of tenant operation. The South
Atantic division of states has gained
1 1? e 4.1, 4-U^
in numoer 01 Lurin&s lusici man
country as a whole, l>ut the gain in
tho proportion of tenancy has not
quite kept pace with the gain jn that
respect in the country as a whole,
though the absolute percentage in the
South Atlantic is larger. South Carolina
has gained faster than the South
Atlantic division in number of farms
and has a larger ration of tenancy, but
shows no greater rate of increase in
tho tenancy proportion.
EXCAVATIONS
OF BETH-SHAN
Expected to Reveal Relics of1
Nine Different Civilizations.
Relics ofv seven or more cities
which successively stood on the same
.-it'j and of nine different civilizations
are expected to be uncovered j
by the excavation of the Bibilicai j
city of Beth-shan, in Palestine, which j
is to be undertaken in June. The
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woi'K win oe crone uiuier me uirecuou j
of Clarcnce S. Fisher, curator of the '
Egyptian section of the museum of)
the University of Pennsylvania. Of-|
ficial permission to undertake this |
work has heen received from the gov 1
eminent of Palestine.
Beth-shan is now known as Beisan.
It is situated in the valley of Jezreel,
just west of the Jordan and not
far south of the Sea of Galilee.
More great battles are believed to
have taken place within sight of
this city than, perhaps, on any other
spot known to history. The investigators
hope to find there the keys to
the whole history of that section of
the world written either on marble
slabs containing the laws, decrees,
treaties and other information or on
bronze tablets or written in clay with
cuneiform characters.
Beth-shan was a . >'{lutcgr-j poml
of value to any of the great military
leaders of ancient times who aspired
> to try his hand at world domination.
; It v as on the route of all the builders
of ancient empires.
Beginning 5,000 years ago, it suffered
the laws of the armies of Sargon,
Abraham, Hammurabi, Sennacherib,
Nebuchadnezzar, Thothmes,
Saul, David, Alexander, Pompey and
. Napoleon. Joshua led his troops
| against Beth-shan but could not take
it because its defenders used iron
' chariots?forerunners of the tanks of
* the world war.
I! The crusaders made Beth-shan a
1 point of attack in their vain effort.'
to con(|uer Damascas. When the
j Assyrians came down like a wolf or
j the fold, Beth-shan was one of the
1 places they took and it has been dorr
- inatod in turn by the Greeks, Komam
and Arabs.
H The investigators expect to find
2 there the strata of perhaps more
- than seven cities each built upon the
> ruins of the other as successive wav1
es of invasion swept over and do tro>
ed it. It is within sight of the Mount
1 of Transfiguration, tho scone of }>:>
I ties between David and Saul end tlv
. Witch of Endor, who roca'V'd the
I shade of the prophet Samuel to en
lighten Saul, had her home near thf
1 ancient city whose secrets now arc
, sought.
1 V/Jji, ,
fWAY, 8. 0 , MAY 12, 1021
F.
$65
m tt w Ttj/ n a Vui h i u 0
The Fordson Tractor is
ery out of farm work and so
Fordson reduces the cost of
be with horses, and saves a tl
does lor the factory, the F
creasing production at lower
Apply this power farming idea in
Move and more larmi-is a re making
dependent of unfavorable conditions
Fordson Tractor linked up with a ligl
seizing the right moment*and being
job without waiting and in quick tin
arc avoided and profits increased.
The Fordson operates with kerosen
on belt work, running at full power
M., the fuel consumption does not e
Ions per hour. It will run the grist m
H.
AUTHORIZED FORD
Fashions of Thirty
Not Be Thoug-ht
By HARRISON FISHF.
Women are always seeking that
which may he said to be an element o
the idea that the woman who is bea
womanly, less fine morally, than tin
plainness.
Some folks may think fashions o
considered beautiful now if th<*y wer
The old-fashioned garments of worn
could be, for they were not intended
There were beautiful women long
ty was noticeable in any gathering am
would have been ten times as beauti
fashions of today.
It is not difficult for a girl of ta
though nature has not been over-gene
years ago?well, look at the old famil
But, heavens! Don't think 1 k
ions, the why or wherefore of them!
anything about women, either!
THE HUT CLASS.
Interest in the Hut Class is still
mounting higher and higher. Two
'. jew members were added to the roll
on last Sunday, which brings the total
membership up to one hundred
and twenty.
The Social Committee when called
on for a report of activities announced
that they were planning a barbecue
to be held at an early date, probably
next week. This report was received
with much enthusiasm, and the
class is looking forward to the occasion
with much pleasure.
1 Mother's Day was observed and a
committee of young ladies were present
to pin the appropriate flower on
each member in the class.
wtw fnrtiinnln to linvp on
i! this occasion a lecturo by Mr. J. O.
;; Norton of the Conway Bar. This was
ijMr. Norton's first appearance before
i the Hut Class, notwithstanding he
> had formerly given a series of lecturi
es before the Baraca Class of the
; Methodist Sunday school prior to the
formation of the Hut Class. The lecI
ture was quite an innovation to the
, class for the reason that the lectures
, to which the class hertofore had been'
,jtreated were based on a literary dis.
(cussion of the lesson or Bible study,
j while Mr. Norton's lecture was solely j
' from the point of view of the Philoso?
phy Of Religion.
? Mr. Norton discussed the condi.
tions under which a study of the!
, Christian religion should be made, j
. The religious impulse common to all I
j mankind should be considered and
ordsoi
.5 F. O. B. DETROI
taking care of every power jc
living the labor problem. ]
preparing the land to almosl
[iircl lo a half of the farmer s
ordson 1 ractor is accomplish
costs and making farm life c
your threshing or, wood saw, cott
themselves in- will take care of
by using the
it thresher. By The Fordson pi
able to do the day, handling two
io, crop losses soil. It requires ;
Ions of kerosene t<
e. When used It is the ideal y
at 1,000 R. P. its fall and wint
xceed 2% gal- road work, haulin;
ill, feed grind- water and moving
L. BUG
DEALER
Years Ago Would
r? j r? i \t
neauuiui 1N0W i
R, American Painter
y
I
which is expressive of **-oo(l taste, j
f henutv in dress. You mustn't get
ulifully dressed is in any way less
i woman who dresses with painful 1
f thirty years ago or more would bo 1
e generally worn, but that's not so.
en never were beautiful and never
to be more than a covering.
\ ago, to be sure, women whose bcau1
might be as noticeable today. They
ful long ago of they had worn the
?te to appear very pretty today even
tour to her. But a plain girl thirty
y photograph album.
now anything al>out feminine fashI
just draw them. I don't know
then the content of the several developments
of religion to the highest
level of Christian civilization analyzed.
Judgments of true and false doctrines
are not for the student, but for
the Theologian and tend to distract a
student's attention from the facts
sought. The unity of religion as a
human impulse was stressed.
The class enjoyed this instructive
lecture thoroughly and hope to hear
Mr. Norton again soon.
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I . ., I, # s/ i'.
In Mi*' eric) we tihd that the test of
true humor Is the reaction It makes
to the depression, sorrow and sadness
of life and Its power to give bright*
uess and courage In the midst of disaster.
The Joke Is worth while that
makes life more possible and sorrow
u little less Impossible?that brings a
smile amid tears, as sunshine In the
heart of clouds Is seen cutting Its way
through the darkness. Yet, despite
(England's training In trouble, what Is
there liner than the delicate humor of
Oliver Wendell Holmes??Exchange.
p
Dog Loyalt/.
That loynlfy. burning bright nn(3
true to the Inst spark of lift*, tbnt tinfiiillnK
welcome on which n man enn
count more surely than on nny human
love?Indeed, there Is no secret ir a
man's love for n dog, however wo may
wonder nt the dog's love for tbe mnn.
?R. P. Utter In tbe Century Magazine.
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T I
o For son
* it is taking the drudgPower
farming with the
t one-half what it would
time. What machinery
ing on the farm?it is mUtractive.
on gin and farm saw mill, and
every kind of belt work.
ows f> and 8 acres in a 10-hour
plows with ease in the average
in average of only 1 V& to 2 galu
the acre.
ear-round tractor. It will pay for
3r keep in many ways, such as
g grain to the elevator, pumping
; granaries.
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CONWAY, S. C.
A
WORRY.
t isn't the sounds or rattle, or
pounds,
Of the engines you may have run;
*Jor the strenuous trip, that weakOnC
\?A11V
^1 ' ft
Nor the "miles you've made," my
son;
^or the scorching heat, or rain or
sleet,
Nor the winter's biting cold;
>ut worse than shocks, or even hard
knocks,
Is tho worry that makes' you old.
i'ou c:m take a brace, and cheerfully
face
Your trials, at day or night;
Vou can drive along, with a mcery
song
Whenever your heart is right;
If the? heart is light, tho re is pure
delight
In the hardest tasks you do:
But worry you'll find, makes the
' hardest grind
Out of simple tasks, for you.
It isn't the worry that's caused by
the hurry,
And hardships of the things you've
done;
Nor the open swith, or the yawning
ditch,
That you know may be waiting
soon;
Nor the burden of years, but the
haunting fears,
Nor the trouble that fate may
hold;
But those we borrow, cause most of
the sorrow
And worry that makes us old.
?Jason Kelly, in Locomotive Kngineers'
Journal
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Accident Statistics.
An American physician who has collected
a mass of statistics regarding
serious accidents on railways, in mlne9
nnd factories, has put It on record
that the dangerous period of the month
Is from the twentieth to the twenty
sixth. He declares that nearly half the
had accidents of Hie whole month oe?
cur during those seven days.
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Novel Suggestion.
Restaurant sl??n In Rutler, Mo.j
"Don't divorce your wife because she
can't cook. Rat here, and keep her a?
a pet."?Boston Transcript.
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Prison Fare.
The milk having run out, little r
Roper had to be contented with
bread and water. "Gee!" he exclaimed
as he seated himself before this
meaner repast, "my stummick will
think I'm in jail."?Boston Tran
script.
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There will bo no preaching at the
Baptist church next Sunday on account
of the absence of the pastor,
Ucv. M. W. Gordon, who is attending
the Southern Baptist Convention at
Chttanooga, Tenn.