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VOL XLVI NO 72 NEWBRERY, S. C. FRI! AY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1909 TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR GOLUJBIA COLLEGE SlOULDERING RUIN ARRANGEMENTS TO REBUILD ALREADY STARTED. The Beautiful Building Destroyed Yesterday Morning.-Dr. Dan iel Badly Burned. Special .Herald and News. Columbia. S. C., .Sept. 9. 1909. Smouldering ruins. with four giant columns tottering amid clouds of smoke, and several piles of furniture salvaged at an early hour this morn ing by devoted neighbors. is all that is left of the beautiful Columbia col lege plant located four miles north of this city, except granite founda tion and boiler room. Defective wiring was probably the cause of the fire. President W. W. Daniel was badly burned in saving his records and in surance policies. There was $85,000 insurance on the property. The college is in debt to -the extent of over eighty thousand dollars. Siviy thousand of this is in bonds bearing six per cent. and the remainder in a floating debt and mortgages. Liqui -dation at this -time would therefore leave the Methodists with only their site and the ruins,-the value of wIlhich is not known. Arrangements are already being started to rebuild. Not only is a bet ter plank: to be built, and that imme -diately4but as little of the coming ses sicn as possible is to be lost. President Mitehell of University of South Carolina has sagge4ted to Gov ernor Ansel the gracefulness and the propriety of offering the girls the use of the University class rooms and they have already taken .the responsi bility of making this offer on behalf of the trust'ees. . Horton. Shack Dots. Rev'. D. P. Boyd, pastor of Kii1 rds circuit, conducted one of the most. glorious protracted meestings ever ~held at Tabernacle ecburch last week. He was assisted by Brother McCarty, of Laurens circuit, and Brother Tay lor, of Newberry. It was a wonder ful blessing that these two serv-ants of God were sent to us, and through. 4heir earnestnes and prayerfulness to gether with that of the commmmity and our pastor, four new members were added to our dear old church. Miss Carrie B$uf< 'd lent much .spirit to the meeting ,by the music she so bea utifully rendered. I'here was qui.te a number of visi tors in the neighborhood for the meet Misses Rnth Langston and Lilla Hollingsworth were the gi.iests of Miss Ola Miller the past week. Miss T'ez Ray, of Hurricane, spent a few days with Miss Carrie Buford durng the meeting Mrs. Lilla Duckett and little daugh !er Willie Belle and Miss Lula Mae B ishop, of Jalapa, spent last week very pleasantly with Miss Carrie Ox Misses Cora and Annie Horton, and Minnie and Nannie Belle Ray, were; the guests of Mrs. Burr Johnson dar mg the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Will Chaney have re turned shome from a very pleasant isit to their son, Mr. Ernes Chaney. of Kinards. Mis Bessie Davis visited friends. and relatives in this section last week. It is quite lonely around Taberna le siice thle visitors have all gon: PEACE AND REST TO JAMES T. BACON DEATH COMES TO ONE OF CARO LINA'S SWEETEST SPIRITS. Edgefield Mourns a Son Whose Life Lent Lustre to Her Name and Scat tered Joy Among Her People. The State. Edgefield, Seut. 8.-Col. James T. Bacon died at 5:30 o'clock this after noon. The funeral will be from the Eipiscopal church Friday -at 11 o'eloek a. m. Col. Bacon had been ill at his home here for several weeks. Col. James T. Bacon was the best known and most universally beloved man in 'the county and his name was synonymous with all th',t is pure. generous, noble and good. Col. Ba con had attained his 78th year. He was descended from splendid revolu tionary stock. His ancestors came from Virginia. where the family had been prominent among the colonis>ts for over a century. Edmond Bacon, for many years a brilliant member of the Edgefield bar and the "Ned Brace" in Longs-treet 's Georgia scenes. was .his grandfather. Edmond Bacon, although a Georgian by birth, in early life moved to Souith Carolina and he with Col. Art.hur Siikins set tled the town of Edgefield. He had four children, the second. Ediond Speed, being the father of the subje(t of this sketeh. his mc.rher being Sarah Bacon, a cousin to her husband. she having married twice. her last hus band being the Rev Arthur Wigfall. The Bacon family has been closely connected with the counyty's and St-ate's history. Col. Bacon had one bro-ther, Hon. John E. Bacon. who was secretary of legation at St. Pet ersburg when Gov. Pickens wa min ister, and afterwards minister to -r guay and Paraguay under President Clevela-nd. and a full sister. Mrs. Baker of MeClellanville. and two half-sisters. Mrs. Ka,te W. Cheatham of this place. and Mrs. Dr. Trezvant. formerly of Columbia. Col. James T. Bacon was born here and his liiz and useful life was spent amidst t.he scenes of his nativity. A Lover of Music. After receiving an academic edu ation a.t this place he completed his studies in Germany. making a special vr of music. in which he excelled. and which was one of the joys of his beau tifu.l life. After his re.turn from Germany he taught music here and at Anderson, bult it was to journalism that .he devoted his splendid talents, in -^ieh field he won for himself a name and re.puta,tiont. seldom equalled in this country. After serving with conspicuous bravery in the War Be tween 'the States ahe returned homne and assumed the editorship of the Edgefield Advertiser and the files of that paper will best tell how .ably and brilliantly he -per.formed the duties of that office. Gentle as a woman, yet brave as a lion, he could write with all the softness and sweetness of Washinzton Irving, but when neces sity and duity demanded it with all the boldness and fire of Wendell Phi-l lips. During Reconstruction times, when federal troops were stationed here, and the negro and scala.wag held hih carnival. Col. Bacon printed the Advertiser in red letter and his "lead er' " was filled with such patriotic fire and defiance as to cause offense to be federals. For this lie was arrest ed and carried to Charleston, but no harm ,befel.1 him. and'. ie returned home only to continue the brave fight for Anglo-Saxon su premiaey. He was again prominenit in 4 hose days, as he ever was, a gamecock. arnd never (lid his red plume lower' its erest. After lavinug the Advert iser. he. with his nephew. Mr. L. WV. C'heatvham, con ducted the Edgefield Chronicle, a pa per that is loved and read by every man, woman and child in tihe counity, because back of it has been the brains. wit and eloquence of "Jim Bacon." His correspondence to the Columbia State and special articles to the Sun day News and Courier attest t,he uni lue styvle, versatility and brilliancy of the man. Worthy of Preservation. Many of his elose friends here 'have .oftn m-r-ed him to collet and print hns writings. but his innate modesty forbade. TheY would make a volume worthy of his wit and zoenius. Col. Bacon was never married. but he was beloved and courted by ;all for his magnetic pe-rsonality, social attributes and brilliant conversational powers. One beau>tiful trait of his character was his love and loyalty -to his im mediate family. His venerable moth er. the late Mrs. Wigfall, as well as ot.her members of his family, would often urge him to seek broader fields, where his talent would have won high er distinction and greater pecuniary reward, but lie preferred to remain with them. and with his life-long friends, and at the home he loved so welt and administer to their happi ness and support.' Now tha,t he is gone Edgefield mourns for him as never did sTe sorrow for man before. He has left a void tih.at can not be filled. Col. Baeon 4leaves surviving h.im .his sister. Mrs. Kate Wigfall Oheatham; his nephew, Mr. L. W. Cheat:ham: his nieces, Mrs. Fred G. Swaffield and Mrs. D. I. Denny 'of Colum,bia. dnd Mrs. George Sharpton, besides several grand-nephews and nieces. TWO MEMBERS ARE SORE. Were Not Invited to the Greenville Conference, and Now Feel Cold ly Toward C. & G. Towns. Columbia. Sept. 8.-There will be no butting in for Messrs. Sullivan and Caughman of the railroad commission on efforts of the boards of trade on C. & G. line of ;t1he Southern for a third and fast train between here and Greenville. The Commission was not invited' to the Greenville conferenee. and except Mr. Earle the members t.hink it un beeoming to :-ake a hand at this time. \No action has been or will be taken on'the letter Mr. Earle yesterday af ternoon addressed to the eymmission criticizing the Greenville coniference on the sceore :that "misleading state ments" were made and Messrs. Sulli van and Cauxhman do not agree with Mr. Earle "tihat the Greenville con ference failed to discuss the issue in telligently..'' Following is the full texit of Chair man Earle's letter: "Of my own volition I attended a 'metn at Greenville at 1 o 'clock on Friday, September 3. 1909, this being a meeting called for :thie purposes of the different boards of trade along the line of the Columbia & Greenville railroad, ,between Greenville a'nd Co lumbia, including Anderson. to dis uss with the Sout-hern railwvay offi ials the question of a :third train on the C. & G. division of the Southern railway. . "Remarks were made bly Mess rs. Lewis W. Parker, D. C. Durhbam, John Wood and others of Greenville and these remarks were concurred in by representatives from Anderson, Bel-! ton, Honea Path. Williamston, Green wood, Ned~erry and also to some ex-' tent by representatives from Colum bia. Extraneous remarks were made by each of 'these gentlemen relative to service on this line, whieh would come directly under the authority of the railroad commission, while the operation of :the third tra'in under the law is witihout our authority. Many statements were made at this meeting' by both sides which' were misleading. After carefully lisitening to bot.h sides I ceame to the conclusion that the question at issue was not intelligently discuessed. "As to the proper ;toilet arrange ments on these trains, condition of the coaches and condition of the drinking utensils, I would recommend tat this commi.ssion recommend and, if necessary, order, a correcition of these evils. Wrhile we have no au thority to order the Southern rail,way company to operate a thirdl train over the Columbia and Greenville division, at :the same time for the benefit of the public we have the authority to order proper equipment and p)roper service with proper schedules on trains now operated. ".Personally I am loath to recom mend a fasiter schedule on t.bis road, with the exception of the schedule from Alston to Columbia. for the simple reason that the condition of the track on the Columbia & Green ville division of the Southern rail way is not what it should be, and, in mny 'ninace T have reported this condition personally afid van easily re.fer t.he Soutfher raihway auiLhori ties to our file on this question which dates back as far as May 5, 1906. We can recall many promises which the Southern railway compay has made to lay heavier rail on this line, and, w.Dth the exception of a. very short part of the mileage which has been 'aid with heavier rail, their promises have not been carried out and the orders of this commission have been ignored. On April 3, 1907, after re ceiving numerous promises from the Southern Railway company this com mission ordered the line from Alston to Greenville to be laid with heavier rail. This has been some 17 months ago and the order has not been car ried out. Many excuses have been given and one or two of them were well taken, but I can see no further reason now for delay. The schedule from Greenville to Columbia, a dis tance of 144 miles on what is known as the night train, is now six hours and twenity minutes. and this is caused to a large extent bY bad track and poor condition of the road bed. "So far as the condition of the coaches and other maitters complained of is -concerned. I would recommend that we take the'e up specifically and have them corrected by orders, if necessary, and I would further recom mend that the quesition of condition of road bed and rails be taken up es pecially. and if necessary. this com mission employ the services of an ex pert engineer to accompany them and that .they thoroughly inspect and re port upon the condition of t.his track. and if its order in each case is not obeyed. thalt the matter be specifically reported to the att.eorney general for action. "After a thorough examination of this division I am of the opinion that this. track in many places is danger ous for the operation of passenger trains at any other schedule than one wihich does not accommodaite the pub lic travel." Central Methodist Church. (Rev. J. W. Wolling, D. D., Pastor.) On Sunda4 morning the regular services will be conducted by the pas tor, who will preacih on " The power to become the sons of God." At the morning* hour the church conference will be held to hear the repont of the officials. At the night service beginnin'g at 8 o'clock will be realized the installa tion of the officers of the Epw6rtFh League. The services will be largely under the direction of <the League. All are invited to be present at these services. Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, Pastor.) There will be the regular morning and ev.ening services at he Lutheran Church of trhe Redeemer next Sunday. At 11 a. m. the pasor will preach on the subject, "The Men, the Master, and the M.an." Text, Luke 17:12-19. (At 8 p. m. the subject will be " T!he Four Wheels of he Celestial Chariot." Both sermons will be practical. and will dea with ithoughts that should interest all hearres. There wilI be good music at both services. During the summer thee chu-rdh has ben overhauled at a cost of something over $500.Od, and now presents a beautiful and attrae.tive -appearanlce. The Sunday school meets now at 5 p. in.. instead of 9:45 a. mn. as -former ly. An effort is being made to make the Sunday school t:he largest and best in the history 'of The church. Features that will increase tVhe effi ciency of the sehool will be added. The parents are requested to birng their children. The public is cordially invited to all the services of both church and Sunday school. Thinking Aloud. While trying aii old woman on a charge of stealing faggots a judge who had acquired the habit of think i alorud unconseiously exclaimed: "Why, one faggot is a.s.like another aggt as one .egg is like another eg. The counsel defending the case heard -the observation, and repeated it to the jury. whereupon the judge r-ried. ''Stop.: it 'is -an .interventicn f P,rovidence. This was the very :hought tht passed through my mind. 3entlemen (addressing the j'ury), ac ROMANCE 0 C THE OLD SOLDIER'S By Col. D. (Conc As I was saying, we were going up stream like the wind, the old steers man bending all 'his energies to keep thenose of the boat with the gale. The moon hung. low above the broad vista of the dark, murky, swift run ning -tream, our little eraft with its white wings stretehed, bravely .skim ming upon its surface, like some giant water-fowl. The dense foliage, that fringed either shore, easting its dark shadows far out towards the center, intensified the . silence and gloom on the bluffs aboe. Bat tihe loud laughter and merry clatter of tongues along the deeks told easily enough, that all was not silence and gloom on board the Kitty Flo.yd. The gleam of our head-light fell dis torted upon the ripples of the turbu lent water, while following in dur wake. were great billows of 'foam and spray, yellowed by the glimmering lights aloft. The moon cast great shadows on the mud banks, and the shades of the little blue and red stakes, sentinels to the mines below, danced deathlike upon the petulanut waves, while the old steersman felt 'his way gingerly along. Ducklegs couldn't get old Model off his mind. and I could hear him talking to the little Mother Superior in -dramaitic tones. "Undaunted old Monarch, grand in isolation-tower ing above the dark cliffs.viewing alone e prosaic, dismantled. deslation standing lone sentry, veiled in the mists of the clouds, viewing from the doma-in of the sky, the detached fleaks of mist marshaling and re-marshal ing. like steel clad figures in army procession and thou old Model stand ing upon the summit of illusive evan escence. Whatever old Duck meant I haven't the remotest idea, for I was too busy in pouring into the willing ears. my love and constaney to Maggie. What royal liars all men are, when tihey plead love to woman, yet how wel come the sound, even if they know men are lying. The Psalmist has said. "All men are liars," ,buir if he had lived unto this day, been as wise as'I, he cou-ld have added, "from their cradle -up." They will lie to their baby loves, to their girl sweetibearts, they will lie to the woman whom they expect to share their joys and sorrows through life, and still woman will listen and be lieve and love, it *has ,bee.n thus since ereations dawn. But I believe every word I spoke at the time but then time changes and so do men. *Capt. Dell got in some of his guy ing on the old steersman-and he was so mad too, "shove her aihead old man. '' "amr' there a branch or reek you could tackle and make bet ter :headway'' "run her in a cove, till you take another drink.'' "let me drop a -torpedo behind, and give you a lift along." 'All such aggra vating eussedness. the old pilot had to stand, while struggling with t.he wheel. Was there sure enough torpe does in the stream?~ Plenty going down, but none going up. or at least no one seemed to care. Oh the girls were in a most delightful mood and would shriek to the old Buccaneer, "Hello Buck, the cards are running tame, suppose you st,rike a torpedo, and lets have another deal.'' Then they would start on a river song. "The river up the cihannel is deep, the wind blows steady and strong, Hear>ts are light, the moon is up, so row your boat alonz.' Just then from the norithern bank, ame the hail. "boat ahoy, boat ahoy.'" Then every girl, knowing so well, -the seamen's hail, answered in unison. ''aye, aye, sir."' ''aye, aye, sir.""Wh.at boat is that.'' came from~ the shore. ''Mine. mine, mine,'' elled the girls back in a chorus. Then they began disputing among them selves really wthose boat it was. Some sai i as hers "no it ain't, it be F ROCKETTS IR STORY OF THE JAMES A. Dickert. luded.) . longs -to me and Bess." "I've a shar in it,'" another would say, and so they ha,d it to the consternation of those on shore. When a semblance of quiet and or der prevailed, old Capt. Buck ealled through his horn, "Aye, Sir," "Ayez, Sir, what's ahoy." "What kind of a ihell's craft have you .there,'" came from those on shore. " The Kitty Floyd, bound tLp stream from Drury's Bluff'"-on inspection, called out old Bwk. "-Wihy in the H- don't you show your stern light?" The old skipper gave a low whis tle and said in an excited whisper, "By the spirit of old Davy Jones, I forgot that. Hang out the stern. light," and in a moment a gleam of, yellow ligibt shot baek over the waters of the James. There had been long talking on shore, as if not satisfied with the ans wers they had received, and some one called back, "No, no, if you, wish to a look ait you.'" No answer being made to this call, they sent the challenge, "Come ashore or we will fire into you. At this bh,e 'girls just shouted, and f caIlled back. "'No, no, if you wish to see us, come aboard." Then the girls all sang a most taa kalizing song, that sounded heavenly, as it floated over the water, and it by moonlight. "'Tis the witching hour of midnight, The stream is calm and low, The girls are all awake in their quar ters And the men are all below. Tiat is the way <the girls and those on shore had it. You can better imag ine the pranks of a lot of saucy girls out on a lark, than I can describe them. Dell ha,d been having it out with the old steersman, who was all the while tugging at the wiheel and cursing ev erything in sight, ,but we kept straight -ahead, nothw'ithstanding the threats 'of ,the guards. When we reached the 'landing at Rocketts the old pilot was so mad he ran the nose .of hhe .Kitty Floyd, against the old wharf with such vio lence that it upset all the chairs, set the bells ringing, and the .girls all fell into the arms of the boys, just to keep from falling, you know. The old skipper gave a wild yell of rage, "and I tihe boss of this boat you -- land lubbers, why-,'' Then he gave a snort and leaped ashore. "Let me at him, the -- - -- oh ! I'l-l stran gle him.'' But the old pilot was on the ground ahead of him. Now the old bargeman was innocent of all the deviling, the pilot had been subjected to by Dell. "Here I am,'' said the old pilot, "out of your d-- reach, and out of the reach of any of that hells crew of passengers. My only regret is I hadn't run the old craft fernent a torpedo and blew the whole outfit heliward.'' then dodged out ot sight. The city guard, those who had .hailed us, put in their appearance, having followed us up to the landing and de manded a reckoning from old Buck. Now 'these city guards were young men. between the ages of sixteen and. eighteen, handsomely uniformed and. patrolled all the larger cities as a po lice, gene rally going in squads of four or eight. They were all nice and con scientious boys, but were poison to the veteran soldier. Tihe girls all knew .hese young soldier ,boys, and they had their innings with them, they played them for all tbey were worth. When the young guardians of the city ehaiged old Capt. Buck with running in contrary to orders, b)y failing ao show her rear light, and refusing to come ashore after being hailed, then the girls let in. "Why hello Bud. you ran away from your mamma. didn't you."'