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Vol. 13 No. 12 ?~ ~ " s. C., WEDNESD^' MORWli^ ~ SI.00 per year ?????1^?????? OUR BORDER LETTER By S. M. Funderburk*- * . Continued from last week. I i^ant to say in , connection with^vhatxI have already said about Mr. Beaver, that he is a v v . * wonder in^every sense of: the' word. He has one of the most remarkable memories of anyone that it bas ever been my pleasure to meet. I do not believe there is a person living or ont that bas died in that section at the country, whom I have known many years since he lived there that he can't talk and tell of. who they were and who they married To tell the truth, I think he can take a sheet of paper and a pencil and draw a complete map of that country, which was so familiar totme, and which 1 knew so well as a boy and* young man. ' It was very refreshing to me to hear such vivid and accurate descriptions of the old settlement in which we were both brought up. Now to the great surprise of many who are now living there who knew Mr. Beaver is that he and his good wife are both members of the Baptist church, and are consistent Christians. He informs me that he greatly detests any form of hy - pocracy and believes that any one who professes to be a Christian should show it by his every day life among those whom thev live. There is no put on about him. Every action of his life is original in its character. Again, I repeat he h a wonder. Mr. Beaver by hard work, in and out of season, rain or shine, day or night, has accumulated a .fomn^.and ?* heboid W ihs>i when he and my own aunt began planning for life, they de cided to work 'and save until they had enough to live out theii old age without becoming a bur den to any of his own connection. or any one else, and he has that now but still persists in his ideas, and says that if he shoul.d live to be as old as his mother who liked only nineteen days ol being 102 when she died, tnat he might run out of soap, so to speak. His mind is so clear on .1 sunjects connected wiin me war, and he never tires of relating his experiences during those memorable days, and of the .hardships that he had to go through with, that it was astonishing to sit and listen to him, and then to think be cannot read a line and tuat it was all from memory of what really happened, I could but reach one conclusion, and that was, what a pity that such a wonderful mind could not have been given the advantage of an education. He says he has seen the need of it thousands of times; that it would have aided him so much in a business way.Now I will ask a personal favor of his kinsmen and any others who knew him, to write him. He tells me that it would be /a great pleasure to hear from them, and as his good wife is a good writer he will answer any and all correspondence. Now let me beg all liberty loving kinsmen Who well remember him, to not forget him and the manhood he so courageously displayed in those dark days when the souls of men were nut to test, and he was found right there. Write and render him every service possible. Comfort the men who wore the Gray, in their last days among" us. Let hie beg: of the, men and women of today not to forget the soldiers of the war of the Sixties. Now let's see who will be the first to write him, as I he has told me he would let me I know. I Senator Newberry "Resigns** The State Senator Ttrtirman H. Newberry lias "resigned." He.has been booted out of his bought seat in the Senate by the indignant people ot the United States^ / r But lij call it a "Tesignntion." Even as a "resignation," it is a futile confession- of' cortuption and a fatuous "gesture" of bowing to the condemnation of the pubhq. It comes too late. The lime (or Newberry to have made such a "gesture" passed when he decided to cling to his tainted seat in the Senate after his conduct had been condemned by a juryIt was arrogantly and superciliously stupid to await the thunderous yet diet of the ballots agai:.st "Newberryism." Thes jury and the public conscience had pronounced him "guilty." ;He could not, of course, wipe out the record he had smudged across the face of Michigan, he could not, of course, recall the purchase price ohhis Senate seat and con tribute it as a conscience fund to' some charity. But he could and should have resigned long ago, and got out before he bogged still deeper in the mire and filth. It is one ot the most unpleasant "incidents" in our political history?"Newberryism"' It was rot only the effort of this rich politic ian to buy a seat in the Senate of the United States?and his actual purchase of the seat through what amounted to a purchase of votes?but the entire "case" of, his holding the to his seat after/ being condemned, his arrogant defiance ot public sentiment and >pu biit* n sr of the Secretary of State, his t l ?{ .u lormer attorney, auu ui iiit- eiMiu: official adnsi ?istration] of the Re publican party to defend him and "Newborn ism" before the outraged people. It is probable that the "defense** of Newberry and "Newberry ism" bv Secretary Hughe9, and the attitude of the administration in sheltering the oTfender and condoning the offense, increased the popular sense of outraged decency. At any rate, "New berryism" was made a vital issue of the recent election And the result-r-the crushing cf so many r\ i _t_ _1 J _ / KepuDiican upnoiuers 01 me crime against popular government* and democracy?was the verdict of the universal jury that lite "crime of JVfichigan" had not been whitened by technical rul iugs of the court and the arrogant hypocracy of the Republican ad ministration. Newberry "resigned" November IK. He askecj that his "resignation!' will be read into the Senate records as soon as possi ble. A day earlier or later will matter little. The "record"' black and accusing, will stand in delibly upon them in the history of the $enate and bf Republican politics for all time. Nfiwberry intends to go before the voters tor a "vindication.." There can be no'v vindication. The court add jury have recorded their verdict of guilty. And the people of the country have just registered their condemaa tion. . A Training School for Eternity Tl ?: honte is a training school for < '.crnity. It may be the poorest h use imaginable, but if it is servi 'g its mission it is a place of jo ' We have an idea, some of m,. hat our homes are for (lis play. They are not. They are to dr:! our boys and girls hjr an unen<l:.ig eternity. God pity us if wc uiss the one aim. rrpssiD y Rest is for the.de^d.?Carlyli * Neither.?rhvme nor reason.? Shakespeare.* We were neither sugar nttt | sail.?S wilt. v All that is human must retrograde 11 il do uot advance.?Gibr uou. . . ' The plea of ignorance will never lake away our responSiinhues.?Kusifln. Let us have faith that rigbf makes might, and. m thai huil* iei us dac? to uo our duty as we uudeisrand'it.?Lincoln^ , Piety is ibe right performance ol a common duly, as well a* ilie expei leiice ol a special mory al emoiion.?Henry Ward Beeciier. To be respectable implies a muluiude,; oi Utile observances, trom the strict keeping of Sun day, down to the careful tying ot a cravat?Victor Hugo. If men would only take the chances of doing right because it is rigJih instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be.?B. R, Hay den. ,* Self-denial is indispensable a strong character, and the loft' iocf trln/l f romnc /mlir A f o - iv-o' iviuvi iiivi vv/i wuxj wi ca religious stockr-frora conscious/ness of obligation and dependance upon Go l.?Theodore as seed may sfoto the riext^^^ eration as blossom, and that what i came to us as blossom may po to them as fruit.- This is what \we mean by -progress.?Henry Ward Beecher. Genetations are as the days of toilsome mankind; death and birth are the vesper and the matin lu>Pe thnt cummon m onl/in/1 Ill I/VIIJ, IliUI OUIUIUV/ll UJ UUI\1UU to sleep and to rise refreshed for new advancement. What the father has made, the son can make and enjoy; but has also work ot his own appointed him. Thi^s all things wvax and roll onwards: arts, establishments, opinions, nothing is ever-: completed, but ever completing,'?Carlyle. ? r?? Uses o! Salt i .? ' > V Salt puts out a fire in the chimj ney. j, i>ait in the oven tinaer baking tins will prevent their scorching on the bottom. Salt and vinegar will remove stains from discolored teacups.' Salt and soda are excellent for t ee stings and spider bites. Salt thrown on soot which has fallen on the'carpet will prevent stain. Salt pat on "ink; wlf^p .freshly spilled oa ? carpet will help in removing the spot. ". Salt , in whitewash makes it sfick. ' Salt thrown on a coal fire whirh i<s low will revive it Sail used in sweeping carpets keep out moths. Night and Day When I run about all day, When I kneel at night to pray, God sees. When I'm,dreaming in the dark, j When I l|e awake and hark, ' God sees. Nerd lever know a fear? Night and day my Father's near: God sees. ?Mary Mapes Dodge. *. . . ' - .V . t f moraWssub ?, FaWi Snd - Life C.The Christian should be\a Christian always and everywhere*. Faith should fill uu our measures, and give., character to the goods we sell. It should make Qur word Kood, and keep our mouths clean from profanity. It should restrain our tempers, our passions and our appetities. It, should take us to the house of j&od on the Sabbath day, and ikeep us from covetousness, vt;hich is idolatry, and from all nfjier forms of idolatry on all l&iys. It should make us pliarittble to the poor and faithful in igl our relations to God and |ften. Sermon for Silent Sabit J The Father's Duty' 'J3[he father is the priest in1 the &the household. A man can bp what he ought to be it a Christian? Your boy itlioioi* to do just what you do, raid in the way you do it. It apj palls me. If my boy is going to sneak as I speak, to live as I live, then may God help me to live as ^"Christian, c And so you will Ijnve to be a man of prayer. And, third, such a man has got to be a djble student. I am going to say something you may say is impossible. It is not impossible. Ev#ty home must have its family sdtar. You may say you are too 4tlsyC' Then you ought not to Ma too busy.. You say you must Bpi to bdsiness. You could take 9ve minutes.?Dr. I. Wilbur the two dars, by pulling which, and both at the saiye time, the Christian successfully rows his boat safely across the billowy river of life. Iftput one oar is pulled, the boat whirls round and round, floating: all time, down toward eternity; but when, with an even strike, the.oar of works does its part at the same time that the oar of faith continues its steady pull, then the boat rides safely across the broad river and the soul is at last landed on the evergreen shore, all through the abundant grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. The apostle Jarnessays, "What doth it profit, my brethren, though teman say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save bim? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." ?Religious Telescope. Things to Forget If you would increase your happiness and prolong life, toraet vruir neichhor*s faults. For get the slanders you have heard. Forget the temptations. Forget the faultfinding and give a little thought to the cause which pro voked it. Forget the peculiarities of your friends, and only remember the good points which make you fond of them. Forget all personal quarrels or histories you may have heard by accident, and which if repeated, would seem a thousand times worse than they are. Blot out of memory, as far as possible, all the disagreeable occurrences of life; they will come, but they will grow larger when you remember them, and tho constant thought of the acts oi meanness and worse still malice, will only ten'! to make vou more familiar with them. Obliterate every thin ' disagreeable from yester<1 r ; tart out with a clean sheet for 1 >day, and write'upon it, for swe t memory's sake, only these thin s which are lovely and lovable. I * ( , v . . Slate-Wide Boll WeevU FIgbt t . The Spartanburg Har^d^"1 .T'Jl T he press of the s|atd4flM*| ins: the importance of aor klterft: gent appreciation of the rikeaaptiea to be taken in the fall an^wffifc er to combat the boll weeHl; The papers are, of course, taking their cue from the best aifr&bh? ties, the agriculturial ageodes,af the state, and the preachtnfftjtyp importance of fall plowingf*h% destruction of cotton stalj^J^jn the sowing of cover croptrl-^^ South Carolina must rais$raP top, there is no advice to J&d farmers of this state to abandon cotton growing that is sound- fit is the South*s "money crop*1 when it is produced profitably and just as certainly the South*s "mortgage crop" when it is produced unprofitably. It is a fact that cotton can be grown under boll weevil conditions and the sooner South Caro< lina planters recognize the haftd and fast rules by which it is tc be grown, the better. The newqj nanprs of the state, great and small are doing: their pait> in every section of South CardHnai v' v ; -1 Jury List J?s '; FIRST WEEK Cheraw?J. F. McBride, W. U Caldcr, D. W. Moore, R. K Berry, I. F. Haroer. Court House?E. C. Riveil^W J Moore, B. F. Griggs, Geo. Eddins. J. D. Fincher, D. Vaogfyf Mt. Croghan?T. B. Smith J. Mangum, J. W. Lowery, GJI Butck, L. B. Sellers. * Old Store?C. L. Hicks, R^ji Richardson, B. F. Clark, R.^|i Jefferson-yH. M. Sellers, B^Jfc Threat!, W. D. Watkins, W. C Nicholson. - ^ Aligator?E. C. Horton. BaxttS Black well, R. M. Beasley. ' ?* Cole Hill?John Wesley Boan A J. Lewis, j. T. Deese. Steer Pen?H. B. Roscofe, 'JiV B. Brown. Pee Dee?J, B. Chapman^ 'M , A. Biles. SECOND WEEK * ; Cheraw?W. Ed. Reid, Geo Walters, W. E. Hunt, Jr, E? J Waddel, G. E. Knight. Court House?J. Oscar Parker Ira C. Redfearn, M. A. Sellers Ray J. White, Percy Rivera, D A.White. Mt. Croghan?Luiher M? Sel lers, ]. W. Funderburk, ~C. E Barker, J. T. Thurman. Old Store?Guy L. Watts, L E. Courtney, D. W. Maogum^M L. Davis, Brown Agerton, * Jefferson?W. S. Jenkins, S.A Cam bell, J. F. Mungo, A. J. Kirk ley. ; \ Aligator?D. A. Morriso^, H R. McLeod, N. W. Seegara. Cole Hill?I. B. Merriman, G S. Crenshaw, R. E, Sowell, Hoy Sellers. Steer Pen?R. C. Baker, J Warren Johnson. Pee Dee?A. W. Aycock, J,T Chapman. Buys Valuable Plant Three Rivers, Mich., Nov. 21.? Fifty thousand dollars for a sin gle sir isvherry plant was paid today l>y Frank E. Beatty, presi dent of the R E Kellogg: Com ' Danv. fruit growers. The plant is to be known a; "Rock t lill" in honor of its breeder, Harlow Rockhill, of Conrad, low 11. Til - plant bears in early sum mer and begins again in the late summer bearing continuously until t:ost comes. * a "We are paying the price, nol from the idea of making a profit but : s an incentive to groweri and breeders of plants to develop new varieties," said Mr. Beatty I OUR EXCHANGES ir i . (v. ^The State. JP *1 Georgia fiods herself in a situation extraordinary and unique. The singularity of the circumstance is not that Georgia has a new ex-senator, out tnat tnis exsenator is honored by the peopl e Georgia atrd the people of all | Hsorgia's sister states. This extenator is neither crank nor deWTgogue, mountebank nor selfMjj ^Scheming politician; this expHfatorhas not been unfaithful ito party, section or country; h either been d ragged through th e V ime of partisan politics nor bespattered with dirty- mud sluog i from forum or platform. And, ' 'much better, this ex senator has not merited censure or to suffer i the polluting breath of "politics." r* a j_ _ ? rsui one aay a senaior, ivirs. ? Rebecca Latimer Felton retires I' as the Grand Old Women of i Georgia, honored and sung!/ .v; jj Monroe Enquirer. i farmers throughout the counj ^ tell The Enquirer that the * largest small grain acreage in I tuslory is being sown, or practic, completed, this season. Ttl&usands of acres have been $own to wheat and oats. One lfgrmer remarked that he did not ) w how Union county could r produce a big cotton crop next 3 ?e?t for much of the best land ' 111 sma^ grain. There TW reasons tor so mucn '9l8lT9HBHnM8HMflHL? " J&hced 12 bales last^af^rtaMihe , present season he made eight. It !^%hisas well as his township's s second year with the boll wee *<1, 4 SI? ^I&rtanbiirg Journal ' Ptvbnfcressman Alice Robertson, * of Oklahoma, who failed of reflection at the recent election, is 1 taking ?her defeat as philosophi* ^&lly as could be expected. She * ofade a great campaign, in two ' months traveling over one hun* dned- miles t le day on the aver' age fdf two months, and largely * 6\er unimproved country roads, . fitpd came out of the contest in excellent physical condition. >wnen sne was asaec* ir.e oyier day at Kansas City by a coires" pondent of the New York Times * what* plans she had made for ! *aner March 4," Miss Robertson I Mid: ji, dor'l know what I want to , do; but the good Lord does, and * * he will direct me. I sold my oafateria business, and, of course ' it i? not easy Jinding a job at 69 or getting back into the business world, but I have to work, and * something suitable will show up, , I'm sure. "The Congressmen have been wonJerful to ne. Never once have I felt disturbed, embarrassed or neglected because I was a . woman. They have shown me . only the highest respect and 1 courtsey." Youthful Wisdom 5 She had been doing something ' naughty and her mother had sent ' her off to bed a little earlier than . usual andjtold her she would pun; ish her for it in the morning. The child,knelt down to say her prayers, and added this: ^ "Please, God, won't you take i mamma up to heaven, not for > altogether, but just for tomor' row?" ?