The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, April 16, 1902, PAGES 3 TO 6., Image 6
ARP GETS POETIC.
Bill Writes About the Flowers of
Spring.
ALSO THE BIRDS TtMAT SING.
.National FloWers of Civilized People.
Entertainment Set. Arp to This
Line of Thought.
I- is not quite time to indulge in
spring poetry. I tried it some years ago
and strained my mind and shall not
try it again.^iOne poem Is enough to
make a man famous and I have never
aeen mine improved upon:
..The bull frog bellers in the ditches,
Ie's shuffled off his winter britches,
The hawk for infant chickens watcheth
And 'fore you know it one he cotcheth,
'te lizzard. is sunnin' himself on .a
rail,
The lamb is shaking his new born tail.
King cotton Las unfurled his banner
And scents the air with sweet guanner,
'The darkey is plowing his stubborn
m'.e
And jerks the line. with "Gee, you
fcol."
Adown the, creek'and round the ponds
Are gentlemen and vagabonds
And all our little dirty sinners
Are digging bait and catching min
ners
That Is classic and expressive. It
rhymes well and measures well and is
considered the champion spring poem.
But I will venture to make a few re
-marks about flowers, for as Solomon
saith, "The winter is past; .the rain is
over and gone. The.flowers appear on
the earth, the time-for the singing of
birds is come and the voice of the tur
tle dove is heard in the land." It is an
old story that when God made'mah and
gave him hearing and seeing and taste
and smelling. He created birds to sing
for him and please his ears and grass
to grow and herbs and trees to bear
him fruit, but Adam wasn't very happy
and said these are all very good, but
they cannot love me nor talk to me.
nor comfort me when I am sick- and
sad. I am here alone and not even your
angels visit me. And so God took pity
on him and created woman and then
'he was happy. But woman didn't care
to be digging and hoeing and planting
.and looking after the sheep and the
cows and so the Lord created -flowers
especially for~her' enjoyment. He also
taught her to sing and make music on
the harp and hence came the old tra
dition that woman and music and flow
ers were God's best gifts to man. You
see that neither flowers nor music is
mentioned in the Mosaic account of the
creation and tradition says that they
were not made until woman was. It is
singular that in some of the ancient
languages the same word that means
woman means flowers too. Among the
ancient Greeks, Roman's, Persians and
Egyptians there was great .r.everence
for and even idolatry. of flowers. The
-lotus or sacred lily sps,.worshiped as a
.god in Egypt In Japan-the chrysanthe
mum Is equally sa,cred- and, nearly all
of their female ehildren are named for
some flower. In all countries every temn
pie service, every-. festival or banquet
er sacred day-every birth or marriage
or death or funeral ceremony calls for
a profusion of flowers. When* soldiers
went out to fight and when they re
turned they were crowned- with
wreaths and garlands; strangers were
gIven flowers when they came to see
you. Every flower had its' meaning 'md.
Its sentiment, as for instance a red rose
mneant "I love you;" a white rose' "I
-will marry you." The Chinese make
'the most lavish use of flowers and have
a Chinese alphabet of flowers. No mod
ern nation has such love and taste for
them nor such beautiful gardens and
Japan ecmecs next. China is called the
Flowery Kindom.
Almost all of the civilized nations
bave a national flower. Egyat, Turkey
and India have the lotus. Japan the
chrysanthemum, Spai'n 'the pomegran
ate, France the iris or fleur de lis of
Louis VII. Napolleon I tried to abolish
it and put the honcy. bee instead, but
the people rebelled and it i.s still the
iris. Scotland has the thistle, Ireland
the shamrock. Wales the leek,' Mexico
the cactus, Gei'man'y the corn flower,
England the rose, and the United States
none at all. In 1889 we tried,-to make It
ne golden rod, but failed..The noi-th
rated for the trailing arbutus and the
rose and some gree'n~ house . flowers,
and there was no' flower elected. That
trailing arbutus don't trail in this part
of the country.
Well, of course, the rose Is by uini
-versal suffrage the queen of all the
flowers.
About six hundred years ago the
'luke of Lancaster chose a red rose for
bis emblem. His brother, the duke of
York, chose a white rose. The descend
ants of these two princes got to fight
ing for the crown and it was called the
war of the rcses. But after while the
son of one married the daughter of .the
other and stopued the war and the two
-roses were united into one and cailed
the Tudor rose.
In the eleventh century the Danes
inade war upon Scotland, and one dark
night planned an attack upon a fortress
that was the key to the whole country.
They took off their shoes and breeches
so as to swim across a moat that .,ur
rounded the fortress; thinking that the
-moat was deep and full of water. But
StM. Scotch had nearlT filled the moat
with thistles, and it stuck the Danes so
terribly that they yelled in agony and
got out quickly and the Scotch took
them unawares and killed'nearly all of"
them before they could -put on their
shoes and breeches. The4$histle saved
Scotland, and so they took It for their
national flower. -
Away ,oack in the centLuries,i when
oodc St. Patrick went to Ireland as a
mi?sonary, he preached to them about
the Trinity andl how there were three
p--sons in one God. and tha people
kaughed at him and said it.vwas impios
sible and thecy didn't believe it. -So the
aint picked up a shamrock stem with
Is three leaves growing out.off it and
r~claimed: "Why not? Wh~ not? If
t%.s little plant can make $troe fro:n
c:n,- why ear?t God do it9 ?"-So he con
v ed an-d eenverted all tat perl.
and they took the clover or shamrocl
'plant for the national flower.
In the six$h century the Normana-in
vaded Wales, and just before a grea
battle one dark, cloudy evening th
Welsh went through a field where th
leeks or wild onions were in bloon
and every fnan plucked one and stue
it in h}s hat so as to distinguish thei
soldiers from the enemy, and by thi
means they whipped the fight and savei
their country. After that they,took th
leek for their national flower.
When Napoleon Bonaparte overra
Germany and the emperor and his fam
ily had to fly from Berlin and concea
themselves, he was awfully distresse
and they liked to have perished. Bu
his old mother made garlands of a li1
tle wild flower, known as the cor
flower or kaiserblume, and put them o
him and cheered him up, and whe
DoLaparte was vanquished the emperc
adopted that little wild flower as tb
national emblem.
When Louis VII started out on th
Crusades he chose the iris as his badgc
and when he returned with his arm
it was adopted as the nation's flowel
This is enough of national .flowers.
wish we had-one for our nation, and w
will have one when this Federation c
Women's Clubs taken hold of the mat
-ter, 'and I hope it will be the gdlde
rod. It grows from Maine to Mexic
and bends its graceful.head In field an
forest.
The reason I got to ruminating abou
flowers was because our good ladie
gave an entertainment the other nigh
which was quite original and peculiai
It was called the enchanted gaydeo
There were twelve pretty fowers paint
ed on a long curtain- and in front o
them was an old gardener teaching
pretty little girl her first lesson. H
told her their origin and how they go
their names and whenever he mentlon
ed one of the flowers that was on th
curtain and pointed to it,. that flowe
disappeared as if by enchantment ani
in its place there appeared the face o
a pretty girl or woman, who sang
song that fitted the flower-such song
as "Only a Pansy Blossom;" "The Las
Rose of Summer," "Po"d Lillies," "i
Bunch of Daisies," etc. At l'htervals be
tween' the- songs, the old garidner tolt
his pupils how Clyta-.fell in -love wit]
Apollo, the god of the sun, and' shi
gazed upon him so continually that hi
got tired of it and turned her into
heliotrope, for this Greek word mein
turned by the sun. And' how Apollo'
cup-bearer was a very" handsome bo:
and Apollo loved him so much tha
another boy killed -him through env:
and his dead- body was changed into i
hyacinth. .
The Greek .spelling is -Yachinthu
and Apollo stamped the 'Greek letter I
on every petal, and it is there yet. An(
how a very vain and handsome youtl
spent all. of his time looking at him
self in a fountain of clear water an(
one day he-fell in and was 'drowned an
Apollo'changed his body Into a narcis
sus. And how the carnation was alway
a pink or flesh color for the Greek wor:
carnos means flesh, but now it is of al
,Colors. And how dandelion means
lion's tooth from .the shape of; it,
leaves, and the tulip means a tubas
and the geranium means a crane's bil
from the shape of its -seed cods, ani
the nasturtium means .a-nose .twistex
for when you 'sniell it or taste the sees
the pngent odor and taste mnako yoi
draw up your face and curl up you
nose. And.the old man told about man:
other's, and' it seems that we'not onl
got the names of the days and th
months and the stars from ancient my
thology, but.we have ever. Icept' sth
names of their flowers.
If flowers were as 'scarce as dia
-monds and pearls they would bring
much higher price, for they are realla
ipore beautiful. A kind Providenci
made -the. best and most beautifu
things the most abundant so that th<i
poor might have them as well as th<
rich. It does not take money to buw
sunshine nor shower nor the greer
grass nor the songs of birds -nor thn
daisies and lilies that adorn the flel:
and meadows.
The great poets' books are full o
beautiful thoughts about flowers
Shakespeare's lament over the death ,o
Imogen is ful of tears and -fi.owers
Horace Smith-.in his ode to flower
says:
"Your voiceless lips, oh flowers.! .ar
living preachers.
Each cup'a -pulpit and each leaf
book."
Mi's. Herman says:
"Bring flowers, fresh flowers, for th
bride to wear;
They were born to blush in her shinin
' hair."
And Wordsworth says: "It is mo'
faih that every flower that. blooms en
joys the air It breathes and is consci
ous if its own beauty."
It was a tradition among the ear13
Christians that when Mary, the mothe1
of Jesus, fled with ber child into Egyp1
beautiful roses and lilies sprang up anm
bloomed along her pathway as shit
journeyed through the plains of Sharo;
and Jericho. Woman and flowers ar<
always found together, both In fac
and in fancy. Some men like flowers
too, especially young men who are it
love, but with many men dog!fennel anm
glmpson weed are as sweet and prett)
as roses and violets.-Bill Arp in At
lanta Constitution.
- Engineer and Fireman Killed.
Griffin, Ga., Specal.-A northboun<
passenger train on the Central of Geo
gia Railroad ran into an open switch
half a mile below this city, colliding
with a strIng of freight cars standin!
on the side track. None of the passen
gers were injured, but Engineer Ram
say and .Fireman Green, of the passen
ger train were painfully hurt. Th1
engine of the passenger train was par
tially demolished, and several freigh
cars wrecked. Traffic was blocked fo:
twvo and a half hours.
A British Parliamentary paper cot
taining dispatches and reports rf
garding the remount department i:
South Africa refers to the America:
mules as being the "best receive
from any sp,urce, magnificent workers
and kept in condition u-nder the mos
adverse circumstances." The Amer
can horses, the report says, varne
greatly, but the majority were exce
SOUTIERN IND RiAL
t
$20o,ooo f1111 for Ga.
e Mention was made th 'tliat
Messrs. Douglas Boyd, J. .h'am
C and others were organiz compa
fly to build a cotton* fac .he fifth,
at Griffin, Ga. It is no,,jounced
that the required capitaW$200,000
has all been subscribed, ,,will be
1 issued as $125,000 of coi n stocR
and $75,000 ofpreferred . Arti
cles of incorporation. ho -en pre
t pared under the title + Boyd
Mangham Matiifacttiring .Iand ap
plication has been 1ded wje char:
- ter authorities. TIe gret- portion
a of the capital is- being' fished by
r local capitalists, but Eastigparties
will also be interested aSickhdld
ers. As soon- as -charter " en is
e sued the company will WF-repa
rations to begin the cono a of
its plant. An equipnent 16,000
spindles and 300 1oof s isj'sed.
e $500,000 Company it Pi , Ala.
f It was reported me ks agc
- that Col. Sumpter gsv df .Pel
S-City, Ala., was' negotin -Nei
> England capitalists f- tablish
i ment of a large 'cotton fa .at Pel:
City. The Peil . City - turing
t Co. has now been . ft
, erect and equip the .plz; capitt
t stock being -placed at$510 . Th+
incorporators -are Messi
.Cogswell ofA Fell dity, '.'.Z ey..tif
. W.R. Sears of Boston, M . G.'W
Pratt, A. J. -Draper, J' ., d
and E. Chappell of ~ Aa..,. I
is stated- -that, arrangemeni} 11 bi
t made to decide. 4.etails..-- egli
work this month.
r Mi1.to-Add Loo
I Important bettdrments - bee1
-decided upoi' by the Knog Cotto
t Mills Co., of Knoxville,, ., a.n
work on same has already n. Th
t company is building an-d.. tw
stories high, 90x109 . feet; h "*i
- make its main building 10 fee
I in all. The principal mac ery :t
be installed will be a:i'UMc nu1
ber' of loomS. (grobably -" .
ufacture Into .clt} the produ th
present 10,000 .pindles..:A 42E
000 will. be expended fbr t e cov
ments. The plant--is ohly' ob
Texl.e Notes
Loray Mills of :Gastona; "N. , ri
ceived an order last weelt 2,0(
bales of sheeting_ for s ip t'
Shanghai, China.- Abouit:
probably involved in a c th
extent. The . Loray ,.
started its piatnt -Ja- Jnusty
weaving in .February, hid ' 3n
I sent samples of ts.. prodMet ' tl
I Shanghai trade. This order .is -r
sult. The mill has'50,24* ring l
and 1680 looms.
I Wm. Krenntng has been'
I ti-easurer..and,genera1 'a e
'. Wytheville (Va.) Wpolef -&
i Mills Co., a concern which
ted and was not coanected
I about a year. Mr..Krenbfi 1
I areontrolling.interest in -.
. The plant co'nssts,of a, -0
I set mill-.
Sblankets, Josiery; etc.
Plant of the Gr-eat FaI1
Co., of Falls Cilty, Tenn4 .
tely destreyed --by nloods -in
last month. This iwas thB
- the mill had ever''sustain
age -from high water. The
was capitalized at,.$501006,
-not intend to'-rebuilds Ui Iu.a
Swas treasurer.
Hawkins Manufac.turizg'
Hillsboro, Texas, has been. -
with capital stock of $15,000, 1o te
ti'e manufacturing, etc. ..The' 4e
tors are Mesers. H. P. HawkinUa.
Hawkins, C. A. Sullenberger,.5 '
Patterson, T. E. TomliiidAl E
Hughes and J. K. Parr. -
It is proposed at Magnplia;. MIi
form a company with capital of $~
000 or $75,000 for the erec~i~f
cotton mill. J. E.:Wolfe Wsinef
and is asking. for ,full...ihforitk
to cost of btilldig, cost of-machii
date when machinery -can. pe -
ered, etc.
-Cuero (Texas) -Cotton Mill,-has j
ranged to install 3004 additIonal ;i
dies, which will bring the. equki
up to the capacity of the .prese
buildirigh. 'There being now-: '24
spindles in place, the- in adeicui
ment will be . .5000 . spiadisg i
looms at present nurnber 160.-t
Messrs. H. E. Tener, Jr., L. L.-ge:
ing, Paul Jones. W. S. Hanson, de
A. Mansfield, Melvin Conish, L "
Bryana and W. H. Moore have Ac<
porated the Indian. Territory (tti
Products Co. of South McAleste'[.'
with alcapital stock of $250,000.
Knoxville (Tenn.) Wbolen Mils
changing Its looms so a.s .to saar
facture - cassimeres- instead of j)ai
the original product. New 'Itonis a
being installed, and the -entire: n
will soon be producing the newx
, C. C. Newell of Utica, N. Y., a
iting Texas, and is said to .te
plate thes erection of a knlttiuig 1l
!San Antonio, Waco .or .some't
Texas .point where proper -f it
c an be obtained. - Mr.. Ne' e1
gaged in the knitting- indur I
State. -
-Tennilie .(G'a.) Cotton 11ils a
Iprobably be pjut in operatiep- I
-near- future. Either the prope
be sold of B. E. Willingham, a cott
goods manlufa4turer of Macon G
will take charge of the plant in t
interest of the bond-holders.
- W. P. Anderson of Westmiinster,
- C.. contemple.tes building a knitti
.plant, to invest probably $40,000 *
ufacturers of the required machini
are invited to seni catalogues and
- ormnation. -
tCapitalists at Pine Bluff, Ark.,-ha
rbecome Interested in the proposit
to organize a cotton milf company
their city, mentioned last week.
.D. Kennedy of Mammoth Spri
.Ar-k., is promoting the enterprise.
SA mill operator of the South c
templates erecting - another mill,
may locate the plant at Newp<
Tfenn. It is possible .that Hiram Gri
-can give information as to the prc
t sition.
It is rumored the Cheswell Cot
I Mill Co. will double Its plant of'
tring spindles and" 178 looms at <
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"ussian Ruler's Disfigurement.
Jaropolk,- one of the early rulers of
Russia, had .only about half a lower
jaw,, the remainder having been cut off
by a saber stroke during a fight with
the Turks.
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