Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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11 FELIX PIESENBERG V v V V V FOURTEENTH INSTALMENT SYNOPSIS: terval of false quiet, they suddenly began to realize that the great liner on its stem, men and fittings, like a sudden squall of rain, falling j«ars old, who htd'spe^t^fS hi, , act “? lly J he horror from ‘he decks. Mfe aboard a Hudson riven tugboat 01 lt;! ‘' he sreat floating palace All a tremble the tremendous plying near New York, is tossed in- sinking into the waves—it was in- hull, stern high in the air, a tow- SU-h 8 r sh. e k« ‘Sw? ta/ r !S™™l Ul,l ££ credib le '■ —terrible! ering black monolith, a grave stone, another and the man’he called fa- " wh <>’s in that boat?” An officer poised for an instant. People in tber. Ignorant, unschooled, and i n charge of the deck had jumped the boats, Josephine and Rantoul, ‘ ash ~ on the rail; a pistol gleamed in his eyes wide with horror, heard a •re, hides in the friendly darkness vianH . , . ’ , , •f a huge covered truck-lonly to be a ‘ deafening roar, a rending of heavy kicked out at <Jawn—and into the A woman, sir!” The sailor failed steel. The boilers and machinery midst of a tough gang of boys who to see Rantoul, who lay stunned in had torn loose of their own weight hUo Abasement doOTwa^whSe^I the bottom - Rantoul, coming to his and dashed downward through the bides. The next day he is rescued senses » tried to struggle to his feet, resounding coffin of the hull, and taken into the home of a Jew- People were crowding in on top of Frightful reverberations rumbled secon“h«d T,n 5otbto| ItJire “He hl ” ' w ° men and children!” The over the loaded boats and the peo- works in the sweatshop store—and cal1 was clear and loud. One man pie still strugling in the ice-cold is openly courted by Becka—the on the rail was pulled back. Others water. It was a last loud protest T? U JLi Vk.- Th ^ e s a c ^{Jy | stepped back. Women and children of the dying ship, a *horror ~ “■ first! heard for miles over the calm in different sea. A pool of greenish white, throw ing back • wave rings, marked the o0 spot where the high stern plunged out of sight. A huge hand, appar ently, had taken it by the nose and yanked it down. Only faint cries and a disorderly cluster of overladen boats remain ed. Much of confusion and very fo the home of the wealthy Van , Horns—on 5th Avenue, where lives ^ irSt/ ’ Tire rule of the sea. fhe bachelor—Gilbert Van Horn—! The boat began to fill, women in whose life there is a hidden j were trumbled in, pell-mell. “Hold chapter . That chapter was an af- I ,, , , ,, , fair with his mother’s maid, who on ’ do ^ ou wan ^ swamp that left the house when he was accused.! boat?” The rope falls began The lives of Johnny Breen and Gil- ! creak as they’ stretched under the ftert Van Horn first cross when Van Horn sees Breen win his first im- ve ght ‘ Rantoul, pushing up portant ring battle. Pug Malone, i through half-clad hysterical wo- fight trainer, rescues young Breen men, tried to frame the words, “A tak ? s hil 5 man here!” He almost said this. m hand, finds Breen cannot read _ . , , , ^ and starts him to night school, and Josephine, rumpled, agitated, indig- ffae world commences to open for, nant, pulled him down. Johnny Breen . . . Malone, an old-j “git down, you fool!” She jerked VTpnture—taking Breen ^ilh h| him ^ a spasmodic pull that much ot nobility and, assorted and There they meet and come to dropped him flat beside her. The diverse stories, legends and myths, know Gilbert Van Horn. John at- boat was lowering lowering a black came to shore with the survivors, g*™- wh. of W ali of the ship’s side lifting before Picked up by a rescuing liner, call- Eeaming John’s’ desire for an en-' | them. They stopped with a sud- «d to the disaster by the radio. gfneering course at Columbia Uni- den splash in the sea. The water j Gilbert Van Horn, last of the Van versity—he advances the money. John comes to know Josephine, Van Horn’s ward and . during his school years falls in love with her. Graduating as a Civil Engineer he gets a job with a great construc tion company, working in New York. , Breen has a rival for the love of Josephine, a rich man of the world by the name of Rantoul. But John wins out. He proposes and Josephine accepts. Breen gives all his attention to h<s job which wor ries Van Horn—Finally Josephine goes to Paris for her trousseau. And at the last moment Rantoul. s***ls •n the same boat. At sea the great ocean liner crashes into an iceberg and sinks—all passengers faking to the lifeboats. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Bats were swinging, chocks were being dropped, hard drumming manila falls were dropping on the 1 deck. Many seamen were calling i far away and near. “Steady there! Easy: 'Ere, .^ir! Right ’ere! Hand somely. men! All right. Swing aft, i swing forward!” Their voices rose amid the glamor of the steam. Boats were fuming outboard over the side. The kc wall had disappeared, a orecaution. Had the great ship ice? Was she sinking? had been no shock, he kept think- Me. no shock. Perhaps-but ihe j capsized, men called and Wentworth m a boat, an Aunt fTmucrVit untenable imnossible cried. Then several women got out lMrs - Wentworth m a boat, so Aunt Thought was untenable, impossib e. j OS e D hine among them and j Wen was saved. He had called Perhaps there had been 5 shock °‘ rs > Josepnme among tnem ’ ana f insenhine Snm* vhen—when he was unaware of : ‘hey pulled awkwardly away from, “ anything bub Josephine. The : th c dread shadow of'the stricken, cue assured him she^had been Mk thought froze his mind. He must hull. “Get an offing before the •Jo something. Why did that wo- under suction gets you.” A cheer- man keep clinging to him? The ful man, high on the ship in brass , coat and waistcoat steam was deafening, it buttons, shouted through a trum-! p . . . .. ... “People in the boats heard a deafening roar as the boUers and machinery tore loose of their own weight and dashed downward.” it orntj iwas agitated, all about them boats Horns, as it .was 1 • — stood forth in stories of the sur- the papers all had it, were dropping into the water. Far ’ ~ struck th° U P a ban d of light marked the vivors, a figure heroic and worthy. But there* promenade, and yellow dots spot- At tbe ver y last he die d a gentle- ted the rows of lighted ports. Boats man, a brave gentleman, calm and unafraid. Van Horn had placed women en aboard a boat. Then he calmly helped lift children and old people into boats at the rail. He ntrip- cscapmg stceuji wu.o — land began to moderate, thank heaven, pet. Everything seemed unreal, He must rouse himself; her. something that could never hap- “Josephine, dear! Josephine,” he pen; the things that often happen, called, close to her ear. j A band, high up on the deck, was •“All clear, boats?” A loud rough playing, unreal music, a tune no voice of authority was shouting o ne remembered. Hundreds of •hove: the deck, calling through a heads bobbed about on the black megaphone. f ea - God ’ s sake, give me a took the outer garments of men standing ‘near, wrapping youngsters, helping crying mothers, up from the steerage, huddling along the unaccustomed deck, white with terror. The stories of the last moments of Gilbert Van Horn marked bin.' a man utterly unselfish and brave! Hundreds of others rose to Jie sublime in their last hour, and oth ers were blackened, and cursed and looked upon with suspicion because of their rescue. Gerrit Rantoul, -Stand by to lower!” “Aye, aye. >f nd! ’ « laden , sir!” A tailor was answering . He struggled out of the human mael- **od near Josephine an'd Rantoul/ strom de l ?P. erata c ' utch ' ng tmg : «A woman, sir!” he called. The boat ers and grabbing hands. The sound lad swung outboard and was at che ° f the band wafted over the cnes ’ . Jetjel of the deck on which they Tbe black hull, suddenly looming amon g survivors, had difficulty ilcod. “Steady, now! Steady!” ^ lofty proportions against a sky in explaining the cause of his be- “Better lift her in, sir.” The of ^ stars ’ ^ ood brillian ^ ly all S bt - ^ in a boat. Some very ugly stor- wurds were addressed to Rantoul. The S raceful stern lifted from the ieg were about Men had been -Quick, before we lower. Yes, we’re a f a ; Forward compartments were shot trying to crowd -into boats. He ^waa^TsSr r - story of tbe rescue preceded held her limp and heavy; half si 8 ht - dragging her, he staggered across » The Master, captain of tragedy, the mess of ropes on deck. “This after many, many years, stood high vdfcr” the seaman pushed him. His on the tilting bridge alone. The tnees trembled, he bent over, pass ed Josephine into the boat. “Lower the reutrn of the survivors. News of the loss of Van Horn had come by radio. John Breen was at the pier when the rescuing ship came in. Great confusion pre vailed. “Miss Lambert left a few -aray—lower!” The boat began to fall, Gerrit Rantoul, his head swimming, pitched forward into sea of ruin was slowly coming up to claim him. He made no effort to gain a life belt or strike out for minutes ago, in a taxi, with a lady a raft or boat. The long rows of lights flickered, the boat, lying in the dark. Jose- flare^ up for an instant as the dy- phine, dropped unceremoniously, names took an unusual list, and sat up beside him on the bottom then, suddenly, the band had turn- saved Imards. “Where are we, oh, where bled away, the moans continued and a gentleman.” The steward described her and Rantoul. Come to think of it Gerrit Rantoul’s name was not among those listed as But it could have been no one else. John, going on board * are we?” she demanded. less loud, cries were lost, the lights with a pass, had expected her to “Hold all!” the boat was at the went out. The whole scene, for a wait for bim ’ at le & st - He fe R fcvel.of the promenade; a crowd of moment, was . in impenetrable bitterly disappointed. He tele- - passengers surged to the rail/most- black/ As if'‘shaking itself, drip- phoned the Van*Horn home. “Miss 1|F in negligee; men wild-eyed, des- ping off cascades of dull greenish Lambert is in bed. No, not seri- perate; women crying. After an in- water, the giant hull rose upright ously sick, sir, just shocked and worn out. She left no message.” Two days later, with no news, of Josephine, his heart bursting with the enormity of the loss of Van | Horn, John received a visit from Judge Kelly. Pug Malone and Har- board had just left. He was look ing out of his sitting room window over the shaft. John then had quarters alone. Mailing and Ear- row having been transferred to an other section of the work. / “Come in, Judge.” He was glad to see the old gentleman. “Whew, John. I’m in need of something, a few dozen yea r s ca^- en off, I suppose. Walk-up houses, I think that’s what they call ern, keep the populace in good condit ion. Well ” He looked about, puffing and wiping his forehead. John took his nat and stick, and the old friend was seated. “No, thanks, John. I’m going easy on the weed.” “Have you heard anything from Josephine?” John asked anxiously. “Is she all right?” “I came from there, John. SJhe’s all right. I saw her for a mom ent, privilege of an old family friend. She has been through an experience, John—she looks it. She said she wanted to get straightened out, before seeing you. It has ue^n a terrible shock to her, to all of us Poor Gilbert.” The Judge ooksd about the room, at the pictures of Van Horn, Harboard, Malone, and Josephine, on the narrow .nante. shelf. “John, I came up here to speak to you plainly.” The Judge" set tled himself. John lit a pipe and looked past him, out of the window. “Gilbert Van Horn was your fa ther.” Judge Kelly spoke plainly. “Yes.” John kept looking away. His eyes were suspiciously bright. (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.) * ricia Dow « Here is a guimpe frock for fall which is popular because of its un limited comfortableness. Wide it the shoulders and na»row at the hip it encompasses every new style f CHURCH 1 i^NOlWCENKYjS' Episcopal Church Schedule Preaching services at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Willington, are as follows: Every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday at 4 o’clock p. m. REV. A. R. STUART Minister. -tXT- Lower Long Cane Church Schedule Sabbath school every 1st. 3rd> and 5th Sabbath afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Preaching every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbath afternoon at 3:45 o’clock. A cordial welcome awaits you at these services. / W. C. KERR, Pastor. 4 X Plum Branch Baptist Schedule PLUM BRANCH—Preaching 1st and 3rd Sundays at 11:00 o’clock a. tn. Sunday school every Sunday at 10:00 a. m. B. Y. P. U. every Sun day evening at 7:00 o’clock. TROY—Preaching 2nd Sunday at 11:00 a. m. and 4th Sunday at 3:30 p. m. Sunday school one hour be fore preaching. BETHLEHEM — Preaching 2nd Sunday at 3 o’clock p. m. REV. O. L. ORR, Pastor. McCormick Methodist Church Schedule line, aside from its attractiveness gained through contrast in the col or of materials or in the harmon izing of chem. The model shown here is of that" new crinkly crepe, the body in one of the new blue and the guimpe of white. In black and white it is equally attractive. The sleeve and collar of the guimpe are finely stit ched roll-pleats and for those who would like to add a gay touch at the throat a loose tie of the same material may be worn. 666 LIQUID - TABLETS - SALVE Checks Malaria in 3 days. Colds first day. Headaches or Neuralgia in 30 minutes. 666 SALVE for HEAD COLDS Most Speedy Remedies Known A snake said to have caused-the first death in the Confederate nrmv is in an Atlantic* museum* McCormick—Sunday school every Sunday at 10:00 a. m.; Preaching at 11:00 a. m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sun- tays, and at 8:00 p. m. on fourth Sundays. Prayer meeting Wednesday ev«> ing at 8:00 o’clock. The Epworth League meets every Sunday evening at 7:15. Board of Stewards meets Monds night following 1st Sundays REPUBLICAN Sunday School at 11 a. m on Br «nd 4th Sundays. 1st and 3rd Sui days at 2:80 p. m Preaching n 1st and 3rd Sundays at 3:30 p. m. 'I>oy — Sunday school at 10:0* - n 1st. 3rd and 4th Sundays; I* Sundays at 3 p. m.; preaching It undays 8:80 p. m.; 4tb Sundays 1 Ui Remah - Preaching every unit*v at 8:30 o'cl«>e> The Epworth Legaue meets 2nd \nd 4th Sundays at 7:30. W. S. HENRY. PflLStOI -±xt- Services At Sullivan School House Union services at Sullivan Schol House. There is Sunday school at Sulli van school house every Sunday afternoon at 3:30. Preaching by Rev. E. A. Wilkes every first Sun day afternoon at 4 o’clock. The public is invited to attend. J. J. MAYSON, Superintendent. Troy A. R. P. Charge TROY—Sabbath school at 10:00 every Sabbath morning; moming worship, 11:00. Y. P. C. U. meets 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbath evenings at 7:00 o’clock. Prayer meeting, 2nd and 4th Sabbath evening at 7:00. BRADLEY—Sabbath school, 3:00 p. m. 1st and 3rd Sabbaths; wor ship 3:30 p. m. CEDAR SPRINGS—Sabbath school at 3:30 o’clock, 2nd and 4th Sab baths; worship 4:00 p. m. J. H. BUZHARDT, McCormick Holiness Church Schedule McCORMICK — Preaching serv ice 3rd Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock and third Sunday after noon at 4 o’clock. A cordial wel come is extended to all. G. T. SATCHER, Pastor. -txt- McCormick Baptist Church Schedule D. V. CASON, Pastor McCORMICK — Preaching every Sunday morning at 11:00 and ev ery Sunday evening at 8:00. Prayer meeting, Wednesday at 8:00. B. Y. P. u.’s, Sunday at 7:00. Bible school at 10:00. Month Business meeting, first Wednesday at 8:00. WELCOME BETHANY—Preaching first and third Sunday afternoons at 3:00. Bible School, 10:00, except on first and third Sunday, when at 2:00. WELCOME 1X1 A. R. Presbyterian Preaching at Mt. Carmel, S. on the first and third Sabbath at 11 a. m. Preaching at McCormick, 8. C„ on the second and fourth Sabbaths at 11:30 a. m. Sabbath school at both churches every Sabbath day throughout the year. LEON T. PRESSLY, Pastor. x Plum Branch M. E. Church Schedule v ASBURY—Sunday School every Sunday at 10:00 a. m. Epworth teague every Sunday at 7:00 p. m. Preaching 1st Sunday at 11:15 &. m and 3rd Sundav at 8100 p. m. BARR’S CHAPEL—Preaching 2nd and 4th Sundays at 3:30 p. m. BORDEAUX—Sunday School ev ery Sunday at 10:00 a. m. Preach ing 1st Sunday at 8:00 p. m., and 3rd Sunday at 11:15 a. m. DOTHAN — Preaching 3rd Sun day at 3:30 p. m. ST. PAUL—Sunday School every Sunday at 10:00 a. m. Epworth League every Sunday at 7:00 p. m. Preaching 2nd Sunday at 11:15 a. m., and 4th Sunday at 11:15 a. m. R. M. TUCKER, Pastor. Schedule Of Services At Colored Churches Schedules of services at the Cot* ored Churches are as follows: Young Mt. Zion, Chappell, Flrsl Sunday. Old Mt. Zion, Epworth, Second Sunday. Bethany, McCormick, Tfcirf Sunday. New Hope, Plum Branch, Foul* Sunday. REV. J. F. MARSHALL, Pastas Springfield, First Sunday. Ebemezer, Second Sunday. Shiloh, Third and Fourth days. REV. DOUGLASS Pasjff. Zion Chappel, First Sundal Piney Grove, Second Sunday. Bailey Bethel, Third Sunday. REV. W. S. MIMS? Pastor. China Grove, First Sunday. Liberty Spring, Second Sundry* Mt. Moriah, Third Sunday. Springfield, Fourth Sunday. REV. WILLIAM PETER30& pastor. i • Cedar Spring, first Sun^tf* Shady Grove, second Sunday* Mt. Herman and Mt. tib*™* third Sunday. Carry Hill, fourth Sunday. REV. C. M. MIDDLETflfc partor. St. Charlotte, First Sundaf* i’I Mt. Moriah, Second Busd>ff* jl Hosannah, Third Sunday. "J New (tain*, Fourth Sun*?* REV. B^D. TALBf*fc l