The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 26, 1905, Image 6
BAPTISTS AFLOAT.
3Dr C. C. EroYTO aim His Brethren
Crossing tiie Vasty Sea.
Aboard the Celtic. 500 Miles From
Anywhere, July- 1, 1905.-The above
address may seem to he rather vague
and wanting in definiteness, but is in
full accord with the facts, and I have
no hesitancy in using it. The land
nearest to use is a mile or two beneath
. and a jolly set of fledgeing tars we are
as the use of it for any of our pur?
poses is concerned.
We left Xe>- York at 4 p. m sharp
and a julyy set of fledging tars we are
For once, at least, the Baptists boss
the craft, if the number aboard can
mean anything. They swarm on the
deck like bees or lie lounging arouno.
in steamer chairs like leaves in the
-valley of Vallombrosa. We who are
here held a council last night-Lan
drum, White (Jno. E.), Purser, Beal
er, Gray and others, too many to
mention-and unanimously , agreed
that here on" board the Celtic we
have an aggregation of the very
choicest vand most highly representa?
tive Baptists in America or in the
.world. To this there was no dis?
senting vote. Being one of the num
"ber, I voted for the affimative my?
self with some degree of pleasing
satisfaction. The vote would have
been much larger if the others who
. axe at home were with us. Selah! !
Having been at sea only 24 hours
at this writing, we are still a little
unsettled, but gradually wp are com?
ing unto a state of adjustment The
probability is that Dr. La rt drum will
"be elected head of the negro minstrel
department; Bealer will be an end
man to recite snatches from 'Rastus
and Uncle Remus; Purser-weight
250-wiH sing tenor; John- White will
to the bass; Sandifer will open up, as
general hot-air maker, and so on un?
til it comes tc this poor scribe, who
will merely stand around and make
desultory and erratic remarks.
We are arranging a large patriotic
menu for the Fourth of July in the
shape of speeches, songs and the gen?
eral coruscations of genius, of which
same we have a large supply aboard
the ship.- You poor folks at home
will never know what you have miss
*?d by not being here to. hear our
Fourth of July orations. True, some
of us do not exactly know why Amer?
icans feel called upon to celebrate
that eventful day, but we do know
that they all do it, and hence we are
going to whoop it up to the very best
of our ability, so as to keep in the
swim with the rest of the world.
This boat on which we . ride, the
Celtic, is large and lofty. They say
it reaches down thirty feet under
water and am sure that it reaches' up
-fifty feet above. It, carries-some
say 1,500, others 2,000 persons-^but
there is no crowding. Each one has
a good, soft bed in which to sleep and
a fine leather upholstered chair in
which to sit at the eating table. The
. meals are served in courses, begin?
ning with soups, fish and meats, veg?
etable, breads and so on until the
fruits and deserts literally compel one
to flee from the tables in self defense.
The touch of an electric button brings
fruits to your bed room at night, or
coffee in the morning before you arise.
? am afraid some of us, unaccustomed
to this treatment at home, will ,be
hopelessly spoiled before we get back.
At midday or in the afternoon, while
sitting on deck, or lounging in the
steamer chairs, waiters are about
half the time thrusting boulions and
consommes and compotes into our
our faces.
The rule aboard the craft is, that
you must eat and eat almost all the
time. In order to put a good taste into
the mouths of the dear folks at homt
-you who grow dearer to me as the
water between grow wider, I will
^copy the bill of fare for dinner to
?day, which said bill of fare soon be
wmes a bill of lading. Luckily it con?
tains but few French words, and even
"these few are harmless. But here it
is:
Clam Chowder. Consomme Jardiniere.
Pickled Oysters.
Fresh Lobster. Potted Shrimps.
Hot.
Roast Mutton with Onion Sauce.
Macaroni Italienne.
..-j Frilled Chicken. Beefsteak.
; French Fried and Baked Plain
Potatoes.
Cold.
Braised Beef a la Benoist
Roast Beef. Bologna Sausage. Roast
Mutton. Veal. Ham. Pie.
Boiled Ham. Corned Ox Tongue.
Brown Gelatine of Turkey.
Lettuce. Tomatoes.
Padding. Custard. Baked Apples.
Cake, Etc.
And so it goes from day to day, but
for riding and eating on the Celtic,
the cheapest first class passenger pays
about $10 per day.
"Since making my last notes above,
another day has passed. We are 690
miles from the land we have left. Our
good ship is running at the rate of
412 miles every 24 hours, or 17 1-2
miles per hour. The sea has been on its
good behavior, and I have seen no
ware any larger than that made by
the ship's bow cutting through the
water. A good old country mill pc
could not be smoother; but insu
of running north of east towards :
England shores, our course , is soi
of east. There are rumors of drift:
iceburgs/and our captain is trying
go so far south that he will circu
vent them. England is due east fr<
Labrador; our present course,
? maintained, would land us in Sou;
: ?rh Spain. TVe are ail consoling ot
I -elves with the fact that our go
' captain knows the course best for i
! and no one is fretting. What is tr
! of the earthly leadership should
accepted as. true of the heavenly, a:
? so the ancient man of Uz said: "1
! knoweth the way that I take."
Y ?- Ey my watch, which has Americ;
I Eastern time, it is now a little- aft
j midday; but all the ship's clocks s;
; it is 1:15. Ey traveling towards t'
I east and towards the sun, we ga
about 20 minutes daily. At home :
the land and standing on one plac
the sun has to come to us, but tra
eling here on the sea, we are also g
ing towards him and thus", in a wi
we are helping the old fellow to brit
on his 12 M daily about 20 minut
sooner than he could otherwise d
This is easily illustrated by simp
noting that two men walking towan
each other would meet sooner than
one of them should stand still.
Since making my last notes I ha^
skipped a day. Yesterday I spent c
the upper deck playing games.wit
the "boys," and here let it be know
that every man is a boy, and evei
woman is a girl. In the second cabi
all social restrictions are withdraw]
and the passengers all know and cor
verse with each other. Over her
among the first cabin people, a sociz
freedom and intercourse exists, but
is not absolute. The preachers a
fiise and run together, whether ac
quainted or not. Our one misfortun
is that we carry along with us a fe>
of the American nobility, where nam
and social standing are fixed upo:
the gold standard. Among those, th
man has his private servant, and th
woman her private maid. They hav
their rooms en suite. They eat in thei
own 'dining room, and drink ware
'and "things" from private' bottle;
The only thing they have in commoi
with us is the air we breathe. The:
pay a thousand dollars each to eros
the ocean in seclusion from the mul
titude, and to sit and look into ead
other's face as owls do in a cage,
guess there is no use to have grea
Wealth if we cannot use it by ? buying
immunity from contact with thos<
who have not as much as we hav<
And yet the most ludicrous accident:
on our craft are those which occu:
among the new-rich poor creature
who have money, but neither sens*
nor education nor any just idea . ol
what true refinement i?.
I am writing now on July 4. The
ship's clock says it is 11:30 a. m.-my
watch insists that it is 9:25 a. m. Wc
have gained two hours without ever
i having lived them. We are "now
about 1,500 miles out in the open sea,
and it is mighty lonesome. The sight
of a far away sail or a school of por"
poises pleases the eye, and make us
want to shake hands with somebody.
Last night we had an entertainment
in the dining room in the shape of
songs by a Kentucky girl and negro
dialect recitations by A. W. Bealer,
Eaptist pastor at Thomasville, Ga. As
a "dialecition," I've never heard his
equal, and the great and fixed purpose
has been born within me to get him
to lecture to my home people next
winter.
It is now almost 12 M., Tuesday. A
fellow from the dining room-firs?,
one and then another-keeps thrust?
ing a bowl of that chicken soup un
der my nose, tempting me t o par?
take. By the eyes and ears of Mahomet
I have decreed that I will not fall be?
fore the temptation. I can do honest
work at three daily meals, but am not
equal to five, when I know I'll go to
bed each night with an orange at my
mouth, an Australian apple in each
hand and plums and cherries scat?
tered all over the floor of my state?
room.
(But here comes another fellow
with soup. ">7o, thank youl" Maybe
if I go on deck and light a cigar I can
get rid of these soup pests.)
Yesterday was the Fourth of July
and we duly and properly celebrated
it, in a variety of ways. Some of the
tourists sent a Marconigram to Pres?
ident Roosevelt, but not being
acquainted with him and feeling
well assured that he would not feel
the slight, I contented myself with
sending a message to one of my con?
stituents at home. But the Fourth
was a large day with us. At midday
we were about midway the Atlantic,
1,500 miles from anywhere except
the slimy bottom of the sea. In the
afternoon we had foot races-three
legged races-two men running with
one leg of each tied hard and fast to
the leg of the other, side by side; we
had also potato and egg races, the
game being to pick from the floor an
egg or a potato with a spoon, using
but the one hand, and then make a
goal and return to the starting point.
Both men and women took part in
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this. The last race was quite novel, j
Ten young fellows pulled off their i
shoes, and put them in a pile where j
they were hopelessly mixed. Starting
at the other end of the deck, fifty !
yards away, the man was counted J
winner who could soonest get his I
shoes on his feet, tie them and return j
to the point from which he came.
About 2 p. m. yesterday we were j
all startled by the report that Dr. j
Landrum had been arrested by an of?
ficer of the ship. The White Star
Line of Steamships will not allow
passengers of the first and second
cabins to mix. A great gulf has been
fixed between them. But Landrum
received an invitation to go over at 2
p. rn. and deliver an oration to the
saints and sinners in the second cab?
in. With his speech in his mouth/ he
leaped the dividing line, and had got?
ten his mouth to going in a large and j
luxurious way. He was telling what
a wonderful ^people we are and what
a . wonderful country we live in
"bounded on the north by the North
Star, on the south by the procession
of the Equinoxes, on the east by the
Garden of Eden and on the west by j
-" when suddenly he was seized by
a uniformed fellow, who asked. "Are j
you not a first cabin passenger?" "I .
do not deny the mild impeachment." |
he answered and with that the of- j
ficer led him away, with orders to go ;
back to his own. We all gave him j
our sympathy because we knew he !
would have but poor rest until he had j
a chance to give vent to the speech j
that was in him. During the after- ?
noon, some one said Landrum was
the Bunyan of the ship because he
had been arrested for haranguing the !
people. I consoled the brother by ,
telling him the trouble could not be- i
come chronic, inasmuch as I *had a :
medicine in my trunk for removing ,
bunions. j
Last night during our Fourth of !
July celebration, the roll of states was j
called, and at the call those present '
from any given state arose to their
feet. We were amazed to find that
every state in the United States, with ?
but six or eight exceptions, was rep?
resented, including Utah, even, in the
person of a pretty girl about 15 years
old. We had music and recitations
and wound up by getting two old vet- ?
!
erans to shake hands and forgive j
each other, one of them coming from ;
the South and the other from the j
North. They declared they had fired j
balls at each other, and a wag in the
rear said in undertones, "Yes, high j
balls." But I am writing about mid- j
day, and here comes that fellow to
persecute me with the soup. Til make ?
my escape to the upper deck. "Thank i
you, no soup today." Now, I've told ?
him the truth; let me go.
C. C. Brown.
APPEAL IS SUKES CA<?E.
^.From the Daily Item, July 19.
ir J. Cantey,. Esq., of Summerton,
who defended Colclough Stukes when
he was tried for the murder of Cap
tan David E. W :ne first week of
the present term of court, this morn?
ing served notice of appeal on Solic?
itor Wilson. If the appeal is per?
fected it will serve as a stay ot sen?
tence and Stukes will not be hanged
on August ISth, the date fixed by
Judge Purdy when he passen sentence
.J&.--.J ;?;:n.
TH-; apre-ji cannot go before the
Supreme Court until the court meets
in November.
A Surprise Party.
?A pleasant surprise party may be
given to your stomach and liver by
taking a medicine which will relieve
their pain and discomfort, viz: Dr.
King's New Life Pills. T hey are a
most wonderful remedy, affording
sure relief and cure for headache, diz?
ziness and constipation. ?5c at all
Foreign Missions. - i
The Executive Committee on Foreign j
Missions of the Presbyterian church j
(South) lias selected Miss Ansie Hol- '
man. oue cf the four ladies chosen as !
missionaries for foieign fields It is j
not probable, however, that she will
be sent abroad for at least one yejr,
yet, during which lime she will be ',
preparing herself for her special work, :
while teaching ?D the (iraded Schcol j
in Orangebarg.
Miss Holman is the daughter of :
Capt E. H. Holman, and the grand- ?
daughter of Col. J. D. Blending !
She is a Dative of Sumter county had j
was here raised until bf-r mother's :
death in 1SS7, 'wheo she and ber j
yourger sister, Miss Edna, were laken :
by her aunt Mrs. George Comeflcn ; ;
aanduated at *be Oranpeburs Graded !
School with distinction, and then tock j
the full Normal course at Winthrop, ?
and for the last two y-ars has been
teaching in the High Scnool ia Cc-,
lumbin.
She has been held in the highest es?
teem as a teacher by thes: with whom
sha has associated. '
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a I Liver Tablets. For sale by all
di jggists. ?
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Moonlight Picnic.
A jolly crowd of the yourger set
enjoyed a moonlight picnic ^? edr.es
cay night at Pocoraiiso. The evening
was delightfully spent by all. Mrs.
Oscar Leak and Mi-s 3eauford Brand
chaperoned the picnicker?. The fol- j
lowing cornpo>.ed the part.v : Misses j
Janie Spann, L'on sra vii lief ord, j
Mattie Smith, Etta B^and. Sus e i
Brand, Esther Gentry. Nancy J- hn- \
son : Mes--rs. Waverley Levy. John Lee.
Beas Graham, Ray Ryttenbery. Henry i
Moses, Bartow Walsh, David Loring. 1
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.When you find it necessary to use \
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sores, burns, boils, 'Eczema, blind, ,
bleeding, itching or protruding piles, j
Get the genuine Dewitt's Witch Ha- j
zel Salve. Sold by all druggists.
It- is said in Greenville that Jos. A.
McCullough may become a candidate '
for governor next year.
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C-'^r^ioation.
i
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Sumter. S. C.
Reduced Prices on Real Estate.
Cotton has fallen in price and with ils fall cernes business depression in this sec?
tion. Have several tracts ot land on which the prices have been reduced in conse?
quence. New is the time for5 the msn with money to buy. The depression is enly
temporary and with the rally will cerne a profit.
105 acre?, 30 acres cleared, fonr mile? t?r> 5-room honse and new barn, with
from Sumter. New honse : reduced from fetaKes for 4 horses. Fr: m $3,0C0 to ?2,
$35 to $25 per acre. !
IOU acre?, n roiie= from cit*. 500 clear- ! Q 450 scre" k Clarendon, four miles from
ornum er on, 200 acres cleared ; reacced
ed. vrell tenanted ; reduced from ?15 to ? fr0(i. $7.500 to $6 500.
$.12.50 per acre. \ Al*o- several others tract reduced in
108 acics, 75 cleared, 6 miles from Sure- j ?iciiar proportions.
Cal! and see me. Can offer some good investments.
R. B. B ELSER,
Attorney at Law Real Estate Broker
Court ?ouare Phone 12
.ltJami ie Coast hine.
Effective Jan. 8, 1905.
Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter,
Tram 3c Florence to Augucta Arrives 5 15 am
54 Columbia to Wilmington " 8 10 am
*67 Gibeon to Sumter " 9 20 an? >
52 Charleston to Colombia and Greenville Leaves 9 30 an?
46 Orangeburg to Charleston (Tuesd^Thursd^Satnrd'y) " 9 25 am
53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " 6 30 pm
32 Augusta to Florence " 6 30 pm
*56 Sumter to Gibson u 6 ?Q pm
47 Charleston to Crangebnrg(Tcesd'y,Thursd?y,Satu. Jy) u $ 20 pm
55 Wilmington to Colombia " " 9 30 pni
78 Sumter to Bishopville Leaves 9 50 am
77 Bishopville to Sumter Arrives 6 00 pm
Freight Trains carrying Passengers.
Train *24 Sumter to Hartsville Leaves 6 30 8m
" *19 Sumter to Robbos Leaves 10 00 am
" *20 Bobbins to Sumter Arrives 8 00 pm
" *25 Hartsville to Sumter Arrives 7 40 pm
Northwestern^ Railway.
Train *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 aia
*7l Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 36 am
*68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm
*72 Wilson Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 pm
*73 Sumter to Wilson Mill Leaves 3 30 pm
*69 Sn m ter to Camden ?? $ 25 pm
Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily*
For further information, apply to
J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. 0. L?