The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 01, 1921, Image 2
TYPE FAST GOING
Few of the Old-Time Lumber'
jacks to Be Found.
Rough, and Overfond of Whisky, Men
of the Ax and Peavy Had Their
jood Qualities.
The David Crockett of the ax and
peavy, where is he? R. R. Fenska,
#ArAof artaHnmariner at thp
Vi. 1V1VOC vu^>uvv?*u0 H? .MV
New York State College of Forestry,
throws a flash upon the screen of
memory of this picturesque American
who has been crowded into oblivion by
the march of events
"He was the proauct of the ploneei
lumber days," said Professor Fensku.
"Husky, brainy, easy-going, big-hearted
and could 'rassle rum or give a
twenty to a bum.' His loyalty to
'the boss' was unsurpassed, although
his living conditions were tough.
"In the spring when logging ceased,
he and his winter 'roll' were easy victims
of poker sharks, whisky and vampires;
and at the end of a week's spree
he would have to seek a job on the
spring log drive on the river and do 1
it all over again when he got another
'stake.'
"He originated In the East, reaching
the great luxuriance In New York
right after the Civil war, and like the
wild game, he was crowded by the retreating
fringe of the forest farther
and farther into the wilderness- of the
Weet. He flourished In the lake states
J ' nf fh?
Quriug me wiuie yurc uojb v? wv
eighties. The oJd-timers In the Adirondacks,
In Michigan and Wisconsin, <
still speak with great pride of some
of their daredevil feat3 in the woods
or on the river. Many of them found
fame in song in the bunkhouse daring
the long winter nights, like the famous
Paul Bunyan, their mythical superman,
whose exploits were always recited
for the benefit of the greenhorn
just in camp:
*Paul Bunyan, you hav? heard of Paul,
He was the king-pin of them all.
He had a punch in either hand.
And licked more men and drove more
mites,.
And got more drunk in more new styles
Than any peavy-prince. before or then.
or ever since.' "
When the white pines of the northern
lake states began to disappear,
sonje of the old lumberjacks followed
"the boss" down Into the southern 1
pineries, but the climate and environment
were seldom to their liking, and
he soon drifted to the West, the \?t\
frontier. Here it was a new game to
him. for donkey-engine, flume, and
overhead cable skidding had replaced
the horse, the sled-haul, and the annual
spring drive. He adapted him
self to new conditions as oesmecuuiu,
but he would unquestionably welcome
the adventure of the old days. 1
V.'hlle a few of the typical lumberjacks
are still found In the West, they
are fast disappearing. When we sing
the praises of our sturdy pioneers don't
forget the old American lumber-jack;
he was a good soldier in time of war
and a hard-working, reliable, hornyhanded
citizen In time of peace. "He
did his dani'est. AngeJs could do no
uiore."
Unfortunate Infanta.
The craze for war names is one of
the many interesting things that the
census, Just completed In the United
Kingdom, has shown. While not1 being
so Intense as it was after the
South African war, It was still strong
enough to Inflict on hundreds of hap- <
less Infants such monstrosities as .
"Ypres," "Kitchener, "Verdun," "Lorraine,"
"Seloniki." The extent to which
this craze has gone is amazing. Besides
war names there are always other
freak names. The last census
showed that such absurdities us "Welcome
Death" and "One Too Many"
had been given to children. "William"
has fallen from popularity. Its
place has been taken by. "George."
Few parents during the war wanted to
moo tho nnm? p-iven to the ex-kaiser
and the name of England's own monarch
Immediately became the most
popular one.
Great Was the Fall Thereof.
In certain remote'country districts
in Scotland It Is still considered a
jreat sin for a clergyman to read his
sermon. Such a preacher generally
employs four distinct headings In his
sermon?first, second. third and
"lastly."
One notable divine, having exhausted
"firstly" and "secondly." came to
"thirdly."
And thln'.'v, ." i ? I. J
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I ' ' iicr , much longer
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Ins bearers were becoming Impatient.
At length one of them, bolder
than the others, made a megaphone
?ii.v *--.wxA ot\a1'q tin hnarcAlv
Willi 1113 nanus auu .
"Thirdly and lAtly, air. ha'e tumbled
ower the pulpit rolls!**?London
Weekly Telegraph.
Lignite as Fqel.
Mgniie In its powdered form has
long been used as fuel, but it has nad
many disadvantages, up to the pres
ent, consisting chiefly itg the difficulty
of drying it, and of saving its by-produ>
ts. It has now been found possible
to combine the drying with a partial
gasification which admits the recovery
of the by-producte vrhfle yielding a
suuteoke which c&ure ground down
to make a powdered^Cuel suitable foe
injection Into eombuatleq chamber*
The temperature recommended for thil
gasification is between 900 degree* and
1.(100 degrees F. Experiments with
this :? ! in rotary cement kilns havt (
proved satisfactory.?Popular tye
ehanics H-igaaln*.
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Old Jerry's
Contract
By WINIFRED DUftBAlt.
Copyright, 1921, Weatern Newapaper Union.
If there was one person in the world
who believed that It was bad luck to
break a mirror, It was Walter Lane.
It was no ordinary slx-by-ten looking
glass that Walter had joggled
against and toppled to the floor. It
was an elght-by-sixteen-feet plate
glass mirror, one *of the finest ever
turned out by Richland & Co., the big
glass firm of the city. In getting It
ready for delivery, some one stumbled
over a supporting frame and the costly
tnlrror was shive-ed to atoms.
Walter Lane had been in the employ
of Richland & Co. for over a year.
He was held responsible for the damage,
although personally he had no
hand In the disaster. There were
some hot words. Walter felt the injustice
of burdening his shoulders
with the entire responsibility; but he
wai discharged, his accumulated wages
held back and threats of a suit to recover
the balance of the damages
made.
"And about all I know Is the kind
of business the house does and, of
course, tney wm ivbckubi me e?cijwhere
with the trade," mourned Walter.
He felt pretty forlorn as he walked
slowly homeward.
There was a notable operatic event
on the books for Friday evening, only
two days ahefid. He had Invited Leah
Moore and, although she had several
other invitations for that evening, she
accepted his own, so pleased and
pleasant that It had made his heart
bound.
"I can't face her," reflected Walter/
'Til phone her this evening, and that
will mean?goodby!"
It was distressing to think of it,
and Walter's spirits sank lower as he
proceeded on his way. Then a sharp
slap on the shoulder brought htm to
a halt, and turning, he faced bluff and
hearty grizzled old Jerry Gowan.
Old Jerry had been a veteran In
the mirror service, but for a year
classed as superannuated, and lived
in an old Dome some relatives n?u
left him. Walter had been his apprentice,
in fact, and Jerry was quite fond
of him.
"Well, my hearty," he hailed, "how
goes It?"
"Bad," replied Walter, promptly and
truthfully. "I'm discharged." and he
told how.
"Good! Grand!" cried old Jerry. "I
don't mean because you lost your Job,
but because I need a hand and I don't
know a better one than you. Lad,
I've got a big contract. Ill guarantee
at least $5,000 for the year. What do
you say?"
"What do you expect me to do?"
Walter asked.
"Buy broken mirrors from factories.
You Just broke one, you say. Go and
buy the fragments."
"What are you going to do with
them?"
"Cut and fit them to small medallion
mirrors. I've got an unlimited order."
Somehow the optimism of the old
man inspired Walter with new cheer.
Somehow his hopelessness was dissipated,
and (he mustered up courage to
call upon Leah and tell her everything.
She not only accepted no other
invitation, but asked him to spend the
evening at her home, and evinced the
liveliest interest in his new prospects.
Somewhese old Jerry had purchased
an enormous number of medallion
frames. His business was to fill them
with little mirrors made from the frag
ments Walter purchased'at a bargain.
Then there was some rush business.
The medallion mirrors were packed
In boxes. There was nearly a carload
of them. They were phlpped across
the continent. When they arrived at
the little town on the coast, they were
removed to the Lame Duck.
The Lame Duck was worthy of her
name?an old shore liner owned by
old Jerry's backer and brother.
Then there was a cruise of 800
miles south and then somewhere off
the Central American coast the Lame
Duck came to anchor in the port of
the principal Island of a vast archipelago.
There were natives, thousands of
them, and one king over them all. It
was with this potentate that Captain
Gowan did business. It seemed that
on a previous voyage the captain had
pr ^nted the king with the first hand
mln or he bad ever seen. It set his
1:1;;'.ship wild with delight.
They had no money, no postage
stamps, nothing but banana trees and
shellfish on the Island, sheep and birds.
Every native had a mattress of the
softest down. As to wool, the Islands
were covered with thorny bushes tint
were just loaded with strands of pre
clous wool torn rrom tne passing
herds.
The Lame Duck came back loaded
with wool and down. The two partners?old
Jerry and Walter?left San
Francisco with $16,000 between them.
So the broken mirror led to new,
bright fortune for Walter I^me?to
Leah, patient, loyaJ Leah. lore, contentment
and a happy home.
impersonating an Officer.
"Coppers?nasty, suspicions, Interfering
blokes," exclaimed BUI. "Always
sneakln' about where they're no*
wanted. I fafriy 'ates a copper. An
now I reads In the paper about a feller
being charged with preteeidtn'" to he
one!"
"A toiler Who'd pretend to he a ???
per," rejoined hfe pal darkly, "'sd d
WMMmt "?Wi JMBM (*?
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WORTHY WIFE OF HUN CHIEF
Attita, the "Scourge of God," Had
Devoted Helpmeet and AdviMr in
His Consort Helge.
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? Attlla the Hun wrs a thoroughly
house-trained husband. Helga, tlie
beautiful Norse wife of Attila, was a
String mate to this barbaric warrior.
Amazonian in figure, gigantic In
strength, she accompanied him on all
his raids. Shp acted as Attila's aide
de camp, his secretary and his chief
of staff. She planned the campaigns
that led to his ascendency over most
of the civilized world. For all her
daring and strength, however, she
was still a woman. It had been Attila's
custom to carry off the women of
the vanquished tribes, but Helga put
an end to this, giving as her reason
that the women impeded their progress.
Her real motive, It is believed,
was fear that she might lose her
sovereign position. So It became the
custom. Instead, to kill the women.
Another example of her feminine
instinct was the trouble she went to
for the sake of her beauty. On all
their travels she caused to be brought
along a drove of asses, so that she
might have her daily bath In their
milk.
Helga was as courageous in death
as she was in llfd. After the unsuccessful
campaign at Chalons, when
Attlla was stopped by the Franks and
the Romans, the Scourge determined
to die rather than face defeat. He
built a funeral pyre and was about to
climb upon It when Helga approached.
"My, lord," she said, "why do yon
not die as you mete out death to
Mhers? Behold, It does not hurt."
And plunging her dagger Into her
heart, she fell dead at his feet.
Attlla did not follow har example,
neither did he fling himself on t]ie
funeral pyfe. He gathered new
courage, and lived to fight again.
"-il'-rng" the High Places.
A'pii > oHm- ing by cinema has at
last bc? n aclti-'ved. with Mdlle. Jasmine.
a popular Parisian danseuse,
and Ernest Broil, son of a noted
French tl-onTrfcnl photographer, as
survivors of what Is considered the
most notable feat of mountain climbing
ever recorded, according to an exchange.
Of course, great peaks like
the Jungfrau and Mont Blanc can be
ascended by known routes, but the
range known as Charmos, near Chamonlx.
has always been considered too
dangerous for climbing, even by expert
Alpinists. Mdlle. Jasmine and Prod,
accompanied by three men carrying a
camera and supplies, succeeded in
crossing the whole range and completed
four reels of films showing the
most perilous chasms Ice slides and
roadless points. In some cases Brod
was lowered by ropes more than 200
feet over a precipice In order to film
Mdlle. Jasmine climbing a^ wall where
a second's hesitation or misjudgment
would have meant death on the rocks
thousands of feet below.
Prehlstorio Relics.
Stone pictures were found by a
party exploring the famous caverns in
Perlgord, France. A stone boulder
was unearthed whereon Is beautifully
engraved a bison being attacked by
a serpent. Archeologists say It Is thousands
qf years old, and, perhaps, th*
most important discovery ever made
In the region, where aie also found
the famous stones' of Bergerac. A
party of .tourists in tie Saonne-etLolre
district discovered a subteiranean
cemetery dating back to 400 B. C
A stone coffin, containing a skull and
gold trinkets, was unearthed.
Electricity Increasing.
In less than twenty years, the electricity
produced In Ara-srlea has Increased
more than 15 t mes. until It
is now five times greater thar; the
energy that every man in the/nation
could "at forth In a year, working
eight hours a day. Obeisance b> the
real "bear for work!"
CARDUI HELPED
REGAIN STRENGTH
Alabama Ltif Was Sick For Ikreo
Tears, Sattering fan, Nervous
and Depressed?Read Her
Own Story of Recovery.
PBtat Rock, Ala.?Mrs. CL 1L Stifall,
Of near hart, recently related th > folhwtof
interesting account of her recovery:
1 mi in a weakened condition.
I was sick three years in bed.
suffering a great deal of pain, weak,
nervous, depressed. Z was so weak,
I ooeldn't walk eoroee the fleer; jwft
bad to lay and my little oaes d? the
work. I was almost dead. X tried
very thing X heard of, and a nomter of
doctors. Still i dldat get any relief.
I couldn't oat, aad slept poorly. I
believe If I hadn't heard of and taken
Cardui I would have died. I bought
Hz bottles, after a neighbor CeM me
what it did for her.
"I began to eat and deep, began tt
gala my etrensth and His new well
ua mraci i utm t ?? ?w
N* ?teM . , I fart eu ttcUtr tt the
Njd^hat (Mai 414 aft. I int
tkbrOirre is a bettor toale ttie
ill I belter* It Afet ?7 On."
f?r orer 49 year*, (Muii M rftOTP
bare met Oerttl ttceOTfWly,
to the treats eat ef mtrnj veaeatp
ubnents.
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toke fhrtyd. It nuy help yea, tea.
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MY BOY
(Dedicated to American mothers
whose heroic sons fell in action)
My boy came home in a coffin today;
With others he took a chance.
He fell while fighting: heroically
On the battle-scarred fields of
France.
0, why do men fight in a world like
this, i
Where mother hearts crave only
^pce?
And my poor heart prays, though my |
lips are dumb,
"From wars God grant us release."
He volunteered at his country's call,
And bravely he marched away,
And ever I pray that he might not
fallBut
my boy lies dead today.
His form is draped with the dear old
flag,
The flag that he died to save.
The bell is lolling so mournfully,
And flowers are here for his grave.
I scrarce could see, for my soul was
sick,
As my boy went marching by,
But I knew that his step was firm and
quick,
And his proud yoilffg head held
high. 9
To men and mothers throughout the
land,
From wars I would give release,
And the flowers I would bring for
each, hero s hand
Is the beautifufl flower of peace.
Emma E. McGlnty,
Houston, Teex.
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BRICK! BRICK!!
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"ZtZZZZT How many M
^._M1n uses you have for
for belli and buzxen / ?
?Cor |u engine* Columbias! J
?for dry battery lighting
in do**t, cellar, g*rr*t. T^OR bells, buzzers, thermostats,
?f"?,e^T .u o ^ * alarms, etc., use Columbia "Bell
?for ignition on the Pord ' , , * , r. .
whilettarting. Putanend Ringer. Little package of big power.
to cold weather "balk*" You need but OTIC.
For gas engine ignition; for tractor
ignition; for ignition on the Ford while
starting; always Columbia "Hot Shot"
TV. mrw?mott dry Ignition Battery No. 1461. Starts
i*4iridn*tcMs quick, regardless of cold weather.
r'kV^kJ*rim 5** f*** Solid package of 4 cellpower (6 volts).
"* 90 Fits under the front seat of the Ford.
^ Sold by electricians, auto supply (hops
jgdQHto and garages, hardware and general stores.
and implement dealers. Look for (he name *
Columbia on the label.
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dentist JTw MnuSlntt I
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race Orer Be?ett'e Jewelry Store, ~rdir>1^ *** tjL?"k*on' W"
M^n ;Street M" J- D- Bntton- Secrct?"OFFICE
HOURS:
) a. in. to 1 p. m. and 2 to 5 p. m. Rnb-My-Tism, a pain killer.
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