The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-27
NEWS FROM kEARSE.
"Old Timer Writes Us an Interest
ing Letter.

Kearse, August 24.-The long dry
and hot spell has at last ended; copil
GUS rains have fallen and in few
days all nature will be smiling and
Sam the gopher will awake from his
midsummer nap Of several weeks,
The little violets will be showing
their blue eyes from among the
green leaves. and the heat Of al-
other summer will be forgotten, and
when another one rolls around most
folks will wipe the perspiration from
their heated brows and exclaim,
never saw the like before!" How
many have said the same in the last
four weeks, when only eight short
years ago July and August, also Sep
tember 1900 we had little or no rain
and It was hot, yes, very much SO.
That year I had large dwelling
house to build for a neighb0r, the
old house to be torn down and re-
moved to give room for the new. All
was completed and the family all
snugly domiciled in the new house
two days before the rain came. The
heat ranged from 80 to SO each day
in the shade, and often 120 in the.
sun. We had lot Of shingles made
from pitch pine to cover 1t with, and
when exposed to the sun for q lew
hours the tar was drawn from theni
so that 1t would run down In Nttia
streams. We had an old colored
man, Uncle Bob, to bring them M
from the scaffold below. About IL;
a. m. one day he laid an armfdH
down near me and said, Say, Cap'n.5
look here" / turned and asked him:
what was the trouble. Look at my
feets," he replied, and would you be-
lieve it, the tar had almost covered
his feet as he walked up and down
the cover and had mashed up he-a
tween his toes until 1t was half inch
thick on the top Of his feet. We al
laughed at his feet and woe begone
expression. He then said II gwine
down now and you neber git me M
here no more, and he kept his word IS
for down he went and when he
reached the ground he took oil his
hat and said to those below, go
home now; gwine to Mintie (hlB
wife) ketch me up dere no mo-.
ole man but neber seed sich hot ttmess
befo'; 1t sho' hot" So the old man
left that roof not remembering 1881
when even the wind was hot and the
boards on the inside walls OF the 9
houses were hot to the hand laid on
them. s4.:. 81 "a
These and other hot spells come
back as an old man not quite ninety
thinks OF the past write OF these
things for the benefit Of our young &
men. Stay on the farm, boys; learn
to overcome the drought and make
a crop in spite Of them, and remeNis
Der it is as hot in the store, shop or +
factory, or on the rail- road as out
In the open fields where the birds
sing and the crickets chirp and TIE 4
partridge calls to his mate. {,
We had a pretty home wedding m
our quiet little hamlet on WedneS-
day evening, the 18th, at the. home
of Mrs. j. F. Kearse, Sr. His daugh-
ter, Miss Marie, and Mr.. L. r. DixOn
OF, Bishopville, were happily mar
ried, Rev. p. e. Monroe officiating
Promptly at 6 p. m. the family and
a few friends assembled and amidst
the palms, ferns, and pot foEer3 &
foated the soft strains of wedding
march, rendered by Miss Ettie
Kearse. Ushered by Miss Alice
Kearse, came the happy pair. and
there amid the smiles and good
wishes of all present, they were
made man and wife. Immediately
after all were taken to the dining
room where q lunch was in waiting ,M
and all the good things Of the sea-
son served. Mr. Dixon Is to be con-
graduated. He has won one OF jour
very best girls. Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon
left next morning for their home
near Bishopville. May many years
OF happiness be their lot is the sin=
cere wish of OLD TIMER.