The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-08-06
NEW WEGRRI ONLY KING
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"a. King, >".G & Ncwc.:!y visitor al
~ Charleston Motel he o:Acr DAY.
'hohh: : me cu.y king hat ever cs,rc
pat oi Eewb@rry. We hayv coed
many people up mat way who would
like to have j. : OF less honor. but
they viii ncver ho abe 70 MAKE rec
Or Ike ina, 0. ne country boy who be-
came K.2E OF I.,:ka Islands. Just AZ.
u! lie Tad grad :a;ed from Ntwberrv
Co..cEe Hobbs started 20 practice law,
a&d then the politicians wanted 10
shove him up TO The State Senate. He
Was under age, however. and could no,
accept, and very short time after
wards his Ill health made it necessary
Tor him to 90 abroad. While in the
Sandw wich Islands Hobbs met the Duke
Of Manchester and they sealed friend.
ship ata dinner where roast dog was
the first course. Hobbs often talked
about tina! dog. He said the master
Dragged on the animal as being the
finest trick performer in the islands,
but be wanted to give the stranger
something new in the shape Of food, so
the little dog had to be sacrificed.
From the Sandwich Islands Hobbs
went ell through the wild countries
and his wits never deserted him when
they were about to prepare his body
for the royal bill of fare. Once the
cannibals caught him and they wcro
just ready to knock him in the head for
dinner, but Hobbs pulled out q gold
watch, placed it at the head of the
chief cannibal, who heard the strange
ticking, and thercupon thought that it
was an cdivcnce Of supernatural pow
ers. Hobbs was saved from going to
the altar aud in a little while he was
ruling the Same cannibals.
"While on the Sandwich Islands
British man-ofwar arrived to settle
some disturbances and it was there that
Hobbs played his good cards. For this
work tho King mado him petty chief
tain. Shortly afterwards the Illikans
wore attacked by neighboring tribe
and, owing to Hobbs's ingenuity they
wero defeated. This king having no
son to pcrpctuato the Office, an election
was held by the people, and Hobbs, of
Newberry, was unanimously chosen to
be the successor to the throne. If he
had stayed in Ncwberry he would never
have gono to the throne
"Five years ago while in this coun-
try Col. Hobbs was notified of tho death
OF the King, and he prepared to re-
turn to tho South Seas to rule the peo.
plo who loved him and whom he
adorod. Before he started, however,
Hobbs fell in love with q New York
girl, and while talking of other things
than cannibal lifo missed the steamer
and lost the throne. He does not seem
to have regretted this, for he is editing
publication, and now and then finds
time to communicate with his loyal
subjects in the far away New Hebrides.
This story OF Hobbss career Is not news
to his friends in South Carolina, but it
Is just as we'll to bear in mind that we
have one King from Newberry, and we
are all proud Of him. Hobbs is coming
down this way soon, and when he comes
to Charleston get him to print the
story OF his wild life, which will make
You glad Hobbs was saved from the
royal bill Of fare and not yourself"