Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A NO. 1 DECLARES HE IS NOT DEAI The Famous Tramp Denies Widel; Published Report, Which Was Cir culated by an Enemy "Chicag White" That He Had "Greased th Rails. (The State) A No. 1, the Rambler, says he isn' dead. i Sometime aj^o several newspaper printed accounts of the death of th famous tramp, but in a letter in repl; to one written to him by The Stat A No. ldenies the reports which h says were originated by "Chicag* White," a hobo who dislikes him. I A No. 1 denies the reports which h American continent on the rods be neath box cars, day coaches and Pull mans and anticipates slipping off som time and "greasing the rails," a: many other tramps have done, bu he says it has not happened yet. A No. 1 paid a visit to Columbia oi December 31, 1910, and hjs "mon icker," A No. 1, flanked by two ar rows and underscored by an arrov giving the direction in which he i traveling and the date, is still on th< walls in the local room of The State The famous hobo has left his marl all over the country in his travels an< nearly every railroad man has seei it, as he is especially fond of puttin; it in graphite on water tanks, bridge! and culverts over the tracks. Since his arrival on November 8 in the little Pennsylvania town whicl he makes his general headuqarters A No. 1 has been kept busy answer ing the letters of inquiry from hi: friends in regard to the story tha lie had "greased the rails." His las trip carried him to eastern Canadi ? and northern Maine. Judging from his "monicker" sent in the letter he i: headed south now. A No. l's letter to The State fol lows: "Your letter of inquiry dated No vember 8 at hand and I cheerfully take the trouble to correct the repori which has been spread across th? United States that the writer 'greasec the rails.' At lea^t twice each yeai this report is spread over the country by the press and I must confess, al though I rather enjoy reading hov trie people are appreciating my hum ble efforts to reduce the tramp-evi through my example and through mj writings on that subject. It keep! me busy replying to thousands of let ters sent by my friends to silence theii fears as to my well-being. "How do these reports go abroad' How and from whom do they ema nate? Has His Enemies. "You are perhaps aware that I sen< every blessed 'Hobo-Kid' whom I en counter upon my journeys back t< their homes. For, whenever I fin< a greasy, whiskey-bloated thievinj tramp taking other people's sons about with them teaching these rest less, but perhaps otherwise harmless youngsters the vagrancy the immor ality and the criminality of his owi pitiful life, I not only have th< scoundrel arrested, but see to it tha the wretch receives such a long tern of improisonment that it will be im possible for him to meet the boy 01 boys at some appointed .meeting place. I also see that the boy'j parents are notified and he is returne< home for the pood of his own futur< and the happiness of those wh< brought him up and who work ant worry from dusk till dawn to furnisl him with his start in life. "You are perhaps aware that I no only practice what I preach, but t< interest as many ther well-meaninj people as possible I have writtei books to teach my experiences to th< public, and these stories, three o: them, are doing untold damage to tha class of tramps, who ,too filthy an< lazy to beg a meal, take boys abou to do not only this part of the begginf Out make them beg money, steal sil erware, watches, purses, etc. while ii their benefactors' houses. "Kid Carrying Tramps." "Mv second book 'Hoho f".nmnfir< Tales/ has been the cause of hundred: of these 'kid-carrying tramps almos having their lives pounded out o them, as I describe it in the pittifull? disgusting life a small runaway boi was forced to lead by a tramp. "The reports that. I have beei killed; that I have carved up Pull man cars; that I have kidnappe< boys; that there are large rewards of fered for my apprehension, etc., ar< spread by this class of tramps, wh< have now been forced through my ac tivity to either beg their own foo< or go to work like decent people. Als< remember, begging for a living is no natural for a grown person, nor any one else for that matter, and th longer a tramp is on the road th surer he falls a victim to a stranar< phenomenon, 'he loses his nerve,' a we roadsters call it, and when a hob can not get a boy to do his beggini he hies himself to the big cities an< ends his days living on the slub sa loons free lunch counters?he quit the road and thus reduces the hob army. "There are even several tramp 'lec turers' under the name of 'milionain ! Has Baking Absolut e ? nm nr inc woman Mi e She makes it best t e culinary department, tu 3 ly upon unhealthful, 01 accessories. She is ec i that true economy doe of inferior meat, flour, c v is an earnest advocate s baked food, and has pr e ^statements of the expe k ing in the world toda} Baking Powder. s tramps' making corner speeches de'? nouncing the writer and his acmpaign 1 to strike at the root of the whole '? tramp evil; that by sending every boy " who is caught tramping aimlessly 3 about the country, one less tre.mp, one * less criminal, one less cripple is made - ana at tneir nmsn?one less pauper 1 will have to be buried in a potter'? 3 field. 3 "Chicago White" Did It. "This 'Chicago White,' who is to blame for this latest report of my sudden taking off, used to take from three to six small boys about with him T whom he had traied to beg ad steal for him, and all of whom he had made " victims of the alcohol habit?not the plain liquor habit, but he taught these r boys to drink slightly diluted alcohol, 7 sweetened with sugar, a habit which corrodes the stomachs of grown men ' within a short while and means certain, terrible death for minors. This * 'Chicago White' has been sent time 7 and again to penal institutions for 3 having boys tramping with him, and the report he spreads that I had r 'greased the rails' is one emanating } from the desire to revenge himself upon the'person who had deprived IF Y,OU GROW PEAS A WILL PLEASE J ) 1 If you use fertilizer see 01 1 tributor, the hopper holds ] TJ? ? 1 - - 1 t 11 you piow cotton ana cc 5 Cotton and Corn Plowstoc break or bend. Write us for Circulars an readers of this paper will i STAR PEA MACH Bennettsvi 42-Eow-12t. y # "(| !; Bigger and! ' Y > We Are Offering Son 1 Y ; <|> DRY G( ; * CLOTHING FOR M - % SHOES AND 1 f [ <|> You waste money by n< e We can save you money on e ?? thing new and up-to-date. if I. FE J 7 MAIN S' Y OLD BRADLEY & ml Powder i drPnie ti ikes the Home i rr vho, looking after the si irns her back resoluteU1 even suspicious, food s< :onomical; she knows ^ 3 not consist in the use C1 ?r baking powder. She n of home made, home oved the truth of the rts that the best cookr is done with Royal p' y< b b ~ h him of his support and students. y, "From the contents of my latest 5; book 'The Curse of Tramp Life' you (3, will easily understand why tramps are p spreading these false reports, and, too, a I am morally certain that whenever 0 in the future you see a booze-soaked b tramp or a pistol and dynamite toting b yegg having some mother's boy for a ft tramping companion, you will pick up fj a club and while you thrash the life b out of the scoundrel you will understand why I wrote into its pages that x for every runaway boy somewhere a broken-hearted father and mother are waiting to hear from you that you have taken charge of their wayward, n wandering boy. p A No. 1, The Rambler, a "Cambridge Springs, Pa., Nov. 8." c, 1 - 0 Dan J. Joyce, Sanville, Henry Co., Si \7irnrinia douo '*T a ? t o?jo x tuurw a CU1U Willi a rr cough which hung on for two years. Then I commenced using Foley's a Honey and Tar Compound and the C cough finally left me and now I am y perfectly strong and well." Is best j and safest for children and contains ' no opiates. The Rice Drug Company. " p Those who are slow to wrath should el make fast friends. Right Vi e w ? L. a< f< i STAR PEA HULLER tt 11 iND PAY YOU. ft T ir Force-Feed Wizard DisL00 pounds. >rn, see the J. M. B. No. 20 k, the steel beam will not S] id prices. Our offer to the nterest you. & [INE COMPANY \* ille, S. C. ^ = f< *** J tetter Stock I X V t\ ?e Great Values in w T ci )ODS, > T u [EN AND BOYS, > ? P1 NOTIONS > * *f h; )t trading at our store. *1 Y E every purchase. Every- ? it i i i X CI uan ana De convincea. a: tOM || TREET. Y J ESTES STAND. ^ J S BIGGEST CROP WORLD HAS KNOWN ield of Corn for 1912 Over Three Billion Bushels?Figures Compare With About 2,500,000,000 Last Year and $2,927,416,000 in 1906. Washington, Nov. 9.?More definite lformation as to the size of the reatest crop of corn the world ever as known was given when the crop sporting board of the United States epartment of agriculture issued its reliminary estimate of the country's )tal production in the November crop sport. Heretofore the estimates of le corn crop have been based upon ^ndition reports. The November re ort, made up from reports of agents nd correspondents of the departlent's bureau of statistics and isied at 2:15 p. m., announced also the reliminary estimate of the total prouction of buckwheat, potatoes, flax?ed and tobacco; the yield per acre f each; the average farm price on fovember 1 of the country's principal rops, and the amount of corn of th^ [)11 crop remaining on farms Noember 1. Details of the report follow: Corn. Total production, preliminary estilte, 3,169,137,000 bushels, comured with 2,531,488,000 bushels last ear, and the record crop of 2,927,000 ushels in 1906. Yield per acre, 29.3 ushels, compared with 23.9 bushels ist year, and 26.7 bushels, the tenear average. Average farm price, 8.4 cents per bushel, compared with 4.7 cents last year. Quality, 101.1 er cent, compared with the ten-year verage. Corn of 1911 crop remaining n farms November 1 was 64,764,000 ushels, compared with 123,824,000 ushels of the 1910 crop remaining on urms November 1 last year. The arm ,value of the corn crop Decemer last year was $1,565,258,000. ELEPHONE EMPLOYES WILL RECEIVE PENSIONS Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 10.?Announcelent was made here today that cmloyes of the Southern Bell Telephone nd Telegraph company and allied ancerns will participate in the $10,00,000 pension fund provided for ame months ago by the American elephone and Telegraph Company rid the Western Union Telegraph ompany employes. Employes of the Western Electric Company come uner the same provisions. It is stated iat more than 10,750 telephone emloyes in Southern States will be benfited by this plan. "Tells the Whole Story." To say that Foley's Honey and Tar ompound is best for children and rown persons and contains no opiates ills only Dart of the tale. The whole ;ory is that it is the best medicine >r coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis nd other affections of the throat, lest and lungs. Stops la grippe, >ughs and has a healing and soothig effdct. Remember the name, Foiy's Honey and Tar Compound, and ccept no substitutes. The Rice Drug ompany. The closer you get at some people le more distant they are. Huntsville, Ala.?W. C. Pollard, a ell known citizen, says: "I have used oley's Honey and Tar Compound and >und it a most excellent preparaon. In fact, it suits my case better lan any cough syrup I have ever sed and I have used a good many, >r I am now over seventy years old." he Rice Drug Company. A woman may not know just what lie wants but she usually gets it. J. K. Cotton, 1303 No. Market St., lys: "I heard of Foley Kidney Pills nd took them for my case of kidney rouble. After taking them a few ays the pain left my back, my kid- j eys acted regularly and the annoy-' ig bladder trouble was cured. I gladr recommend Foley Kidney Pills." he Rice Drug Company. Its well to be up-to-date, but it's >olish to borrow trouble in advance. TS HANDY TO HAVE AROUND , Remedy for Many Uses That is Guaranteed by the Rice Drug Co. Something that should be in thetedicine closet of every house and in le grip of every traveler is Rexall [entholine Balm. We seldom hear of a remedy that in fill so many emergency needs. J his is because it is designed especialr for relieving pain and as an antl;ptic. Menthol, known generally as reliable antiseptic and anodyne, or ain reliever, is one of the chief in- . redients. If you have Rexall Mentholine aim in the house you will find it andy in dozens of cases?neuralgia 1 1 1 1 1 A - * 1 nu neuuut/ie resulting irom neuraiia, toothache, chilblains, bruises, ives, insect bites, itching piles, nasal itarrh hay fever asthma of nasal oriin, sciatica, to relieve irritation tused by the wind or sun, for use fter shaving. Rexall Mentholine Balm is very >othing and grateful to any sore, in. amed or tender skin or the >cem. ranes of the mouth, nose or throat, t is cooling in effect, and penetrating elping to quiet the irritated nerves nd restore comfort. It is guara.tsed to give satisfaction?or money ack. Price 25 cents. Sold in this pmmunity only at our store. The '.exall Store, The Rice Drug Co. .igget's Candy. Eastman Kodaks. I? 4? 4* 4* 4? 4* 4? rfc 4? 4? ? I Citizens Nati * + UNION, SOUTH J ^0/ Interest Payable * * /O Savings and Tin T + Interest Paid Four Times + ; + Thp rnnHnnprl crvnwfh V/J 4* otfdy to the complete safety i ors, but also to its policy of ^ all Time and Savings A months. ^ Money deposited in this against loss; earns a good ] J available at any time. Your checking accounts ? "f* Courteous treatment exte + f STATE, COUNTY AND < 4* 4* 4? 4? 4* 4? 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4? < T* "T" T* "T" P ,T? ?(< wp wp ?p * 1 Columbus ar 4* | WAG + t Do you need T " + See the Colli * Webber Wag< ?|t + you buy. + | Peoples St * ANNOUNC J have the agency for Ed the largest manufacturer GOOD MADE TO OR Prices ranging from $14 Fall and Winter just arrivei you in New Woolens and F prices, isn't worth consideri] W. H. PI At Union Shoe ^ Si BEWARE OF SUDE THAT MAY PRO^ YOU CAN SOON MOST DANGER DR. Kll NEW DISC THE RELIABLE RE CUUGHS AND CO WHOO AND OTHER DIS THROAT AN . PRICE SOc Al SOLO AND GUAR A ALL DRl DR. I. M. HAJR DENTIST Office Over Mutual Dry ] Goods Comuany. Ur E. IN M A N 2 i ATTORNEY AT LAW ? Greenville, S. C. to^ 121 Court Street che onalBank! + CAROLINA. * j? Quarterly on AW i te Deposits. m. /O ^ a Year on Deposits. ^ 4 * f this bank is due not J it affords its deposit- T Ultei'USL Oil ^ iccounts every three 4? * bank is safeguarded rate of interest, and is J * ire also invited. nded to all. ^ CITY DEPOSITORY. J* 4? Hi? 4? 4? 4? 4? X id Webber * O N S | + ?-??? * a Wagon? f imbusand I * 3ns before | + + + + ipply Co. % X *A" "Jr >ir *A* "Jr "Jr "A* "A* m4t* *4r A* a* yf* ?|? ?g? Vf* wjj# ?^<# l^j* I^t Ijd ?X? Cement" ! 1. V. Price & Co., the : s in the world of DER CLOTHES .00 up. Samples for d. What I can't show 'ashions at reasonable ngERRIN Company. >EN ATTACKS VE DEADLY. REPFL THE !OUS WITH Hilars 20 VERY IMEDY FOR j LPS PING COUGH [ EASES OF j D LUNGS ?D $1.00 ! iNTKED BY JGGISTS I 1 FIR F> H MARTTM DENTIST \ Room No. 2, Nicholson Building, ( non, S. C. Office hours: 9 a. m., to 1 p. m., j :o 6 p. m. Yhere ignorance is bliss it is folly ! cultivate the acquaintance of a ' ip that knows it all.