The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 11, 1913, Page 7, Image 7
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A LAY OF LEI
She would not dance nor gossip 'round amid tl
She would not to the theater go?she thoughl
To go to teas and swell soirees where wine anc
And when she trod the room the prod of e^
hushed;
She knelt in prayer with marcelled hair, and s
head,
Yes, all her life was free from strife and devc
For she was queen with pious mien and thi
v" Lent.
And there was one whom God's bright sun i
upon,
Who climbed to attic in the night when dayl
done,
Who, clothed in rags, mixed with the hags, 1
the earth,
Whose lips had never known the smile of c
mirth,
Who heard the pain of those low lain with s
food.
The Higher Throng who flew from wrong <
what she meant,
And this was Christianity, and this day was i
When lights have failed and suns have paled ii
When Time has ceased fore'er its march and
flow,
I wonder which, the poor or rich, will get the 1
The one who soothed the feverish brow and
and groan,
Of she who wore her sable furs to church anc!
Her days of life devoid of strife, her skies fc
I wonder will the good God know just what tl
Whose every day was Toil and Fray whose
L,ent.
L What Wilson Says: loving. "Her ;
The success of a party means 0(1 to her as
little except when the nation is l(*e*y, r^.ac'\
... , r , , ted and of a f
using that party for a large and was of an
definite purpose. stamp, as we
We have been refreshed by a Her long life
new insight into our own life. upon her ho
Nowhere else in the world ya,
have noble men and women ex- ^ usetu'
hibited in more striking forms C hristian an
the beauty and the energy of strove and
sympathy and helpfulness and r?hgion and
counsel in their efforts to recti- 0 was a ^e]
fy wrong, alleviate suffering Passjj:K over
and set the weak in the way of to , ' ,r, P(
strength and hope. a.nc' , e '^esl1"
Our life contains every great *intfuhirly nol
^tiling, and contains it in rich swee^- ' ae ^
^wbundance. ?r
Tlut the evil has come with
the good, and much fine gold has vrom
become corroded. sa^ 0,1 . ,
The <rreat irovernment we Quoted 111
love has too often been made " 4 \m
v use of for private and selfish What a wo
T purposes, and those who have newspaper?a
used it have forgotten the peo- science. Six
pie. been enough
tVith a new vision we ap- Cathedral of
proach new affairs. day suffices
Our duty is to cleanse, to re- rnense labors
consider, to restore, to correct We are unab
the evil without impairing the degrees of lif
good; to purify and humanize gress that ar
eve/c process of our common each leaf of
life without weakening or sen- which forms
timentalizing it. injournals ev<
The first duty of law is to notices relati
keep sound the society it serves, obscure ind
This is not a day ot triumph, speech which
it is a day of dedication. the highest t
1 summon all honest, all pa- affects all
triotic, all forward-looking men the passing t
to my side. God helping me, I the account o
will not fail them, il they will icism of tho
but counsel and sustain me! destined to i
???? marvelous sh
A ^oble Woman Passes. pe(,ia of ()U1.
The commonwealth of South podia which i
Carolina has lost by the death calculable kn<
of Miss Isabel D. Martin, a edge whose ]
woman whose work lor the j tion cannot c!
good of her people should Jiveiwhich is the
long in memory and affection. | the learning
She attained to a line old age
and all her years were given to si?m\
service.
In her youth he was the ac-:')(> fu-nt'e sprii
live and abiding friend of the | i>? ?' > *
cause. There was no sacrifice i"* snow am r<too
great for her, no call to Do ice begins
which she did not respond with
alacrity and when the war end- i? thirty days,
ed she was the leader in the De grass wii
necessary and splendid work An* ail of us ki
of defending the cause from in April mud
misrepresent at ion. Monuments
that tell little children that i,( robin win i>
Confederate service was hon- Do bluebird
orahle and right and that re- Do crow win rr
buko tin* slanders of alien pens i>< buzzards
were raised by her earnest and
able direction of the womanly Mow lot us all
energies of the state. In every An" lose no
organization consecrated to the casUn' roun
traditions of the Confederacy To borrow o
she was a foremost worker and - Th
she asked no reward better
than the thanks of a Confeder- " s "u rooster
C* t\te veteran. Wears the pi
- As a teacher. Miss Martin u u,,; to 1,0 s
had a long career marked by Hut ,,u' ,ir'"*
uninU rrupted success. She was
a firm, strong character and at
the same time one lovable and Lancastei
THE LANG A
WHAT HAS BECOME
VT SOUTHERN C
Among the Northei
at one of the touri
le merry throng. there is a very char
? tleman. In convers;
, it was wrong other day he said tha
I women gushed; disappointment he
/il tongues was with in the South w
sence of the much
lain birds on her Southern chivalry!
stance, he said, he nc
the majority of the y
ition bent, especially the very y<
s?yes, this was between sixteen and
five, did not take off
i x _ i . .
io laaies, conientu
selves with merely toi
lad never shone rims of their hats am
first this was indigi
ight's work was nied by the group of t
ent, but since then se
made it a point of i
with cast-oils of were true and h
it to be so. The ger
tareless joy nor the older school stil
their hats and bow,
ickness want of touch their caps or ha
lckness, want 01 instances.
It is a small thing
:ould not know but signifies a great d
instinct of a man wh
n ijGnt womankind is to lifi
when he sees a woiria
average young man o
lto a dying glow, not overcome with 1
restless, worried the average young w
it is impossible to s;
highest throne? the fault lies.
, , Another sign tha
heard the moan time chivalry is pass
fact that it is no
sat in pew, sight now to see a lad
iverer blue; hi the street car?an
ie poorer meant, old lady?while the
, seated. Several time
every hour was jn the experience of
this has happened, ;
than once she has see
or woman give up h
a very old lady while ;
girls" were devot- did not rise?a thin
she was to them, of in the South a few
thorough, cultiva- Southerners used to
teen wit, her piety ished, and very cauf
uncompromising ever they went Nort
iro Vinv rwinolrtloo 1? ~ 1 ? 1 1
iv nvi \jl iiivi|iicn. itiuics MHiiiuii^ in ini
' reflected honor the cars?but now, al
me city and her pens right here. T
s filled with the was interested to re
Iness, she was a oapers of the past \
d a patriot who the future Preside)
endured for her United States, Wooc
her country and son, gave his seat to
ntlewoman who in in a crowded car an
the river leaves long time in conseqm
eople the memory ident Wilson belongs
ig with it of a life school and could no
Die and brave and while a woman stooc
state. those days respectec
manhood of their mot
the Newspaper women, and it is sad i
o Castelair's Es- this is no longer the
nile de Giradin," it cannot be altog<
The Kansas City fault of the boys.
In the first nlace
nderful work is a mothers taught them
, r , cr observance of th
work of art ana courtesies it is hard 1
ages have not they could be forgot
to complete the young men from s
Cologne, and one twenty-six. The mol
to finish the im- day may not train h
of a newspaper, the mother of forty
le to measure the did. And also, do th
e, of light, of pro- quire the respect t
e to be found in mothers did? Is it r
the immortal book men to respect girls
the press. We find as the present e:
erything, from the style calls for; who
ng to the most worst of the moder
lividuals, to t he who allow men to ca
is delivered from their first name, aii
ribunal, and which with a hundred fi
intelligence; from that would have sh'
bought excited by mother?can the gii
f a ball to the crit- these things expect
se works of art respect that their n
mmortality. This ceived? Ik) they wa
eet is the encyclo- course, no generalizat
time; an encyclo? true; there are girls
: ?
IICV ill! HI- leSJH'Ct t hOTllSOlVOS U1
owledge?a knowl- and receive the respi
[>ower our genera- as much as women <
leny?a knowledge and generation?-won
condensation of no man would fail to
of a century. absolute courtesy ai
And there are younj
<; \K.\il. have the beautiful i
the old-time Soutlu
ik air. almoHt here nien?men who could
tettlir high; courteous to any wc
ntly sb'bn' out, alaSj these are n()t
1 tw ?y- jority, and the men ;
of the South must co
or tha a bouts, rain tjic;r children
I take its green; fr()m Uu, average tl
In slosh nroun' today if the South is
an rain. name for old-time
Augusta Chronicle,
ogin to roh,
r" ' *! M":': Can inch ThlnJ
ow-bar on ins way,
buzz anew. Sometimes a letter
ed to the editor ol
feel proper glad, men \\ ish to Know
time, indeed; State that calls for in
<1 among our friends treatment than tha
nlon seed. likely to give it. Hei
e Idme-Kiln Club. tract from such a lei
"I am a man and
does the crowln' know a few things,
urnes and yaller logs, know where are the
the whole creation; J girls, aged'about lb
elm lay: the eggs. J used to wear their
Jud"". their backs in long
play girlish games,
r Leads. early and .lay at lm
STEii NEWS, MARCH 11, 1913.
OF And were the happiness and jcy
mvA! RY? ?' their parents. Can it be that
they have been transformed
into this bunch we see walking
"f Vlv! n the streets, with their faces
st. notels painted and powdered, laced to
ming death, flirting with every cigart
th* 1 e^e smoking 'gay' that has the
,t tne only prj(.e 0f a coca-cola or 'dope,' as
tt " b caH >t. No, not staying at
as tne ao- bome nights, but going to movvauntea
jn^ picture shows and hanging
f ?! +u. f around soda fountains."
meet t a Can such things be in Columoung
men' bia? 0r is lt an ima?inin? of
I t \v ?ntv- some ill-natured old gentleman
4V, v t" vvl10 would better.mind his own
then hats business?
ng them- A.? ,
v. ,i -f-xiijr way, mere t'ilil OG no
Lienmg ne barm jn asking the question or
ci caps, ai printinsr it ], there be little
T.Uyr ,de" gil ls Whose parents have for- '
lo.st pitis- ^(>^en about them and who are
veia a\ ^us behaving, they are very
10 K ing i mucb b) be pitied?whether
1 Uf they live in Columbia or in
\ e" some other city or town where
but boys the prevalent notions of prots
in most ft1af'e not so wholesome.rhe
State.
'n. l} way, How to Choose a Spouse. I
eal lor the Mrs. Charles Ellinwood, a so- *
0 respects cjai worker, proposes the com1
f h , mission plan. She would have c
< 41 * couples go before a commission,
1 today is Hie young girl to testify as to 1
espect lor jier ability to cook, and the '
oman, and VOung man to answer the fol- 1
ay where lowing questions:
1?How long have you known |
t the old- ?be young woman ?
ing is the o?Where did you meet her?
uncommon 3?Why do you think you <
y standing jove her?
d even an j?How much money have |
men are yOU jn ^jie bank? is
recently 5?What is your business? ^
the writer g?How much do you earn 1
and more weekly?
n a vnnncr. ~
j (?is your disposition good?
er seat to now the object of all agita- *
young men tion 0f the marriage problem is ^
g unheard not so much to decrease the years
ago. number of marriages, as to see
be aston- that people are better mated, so '
die, when- that the ties will not be broken,
h and saw gut if only those of good dispo- <
e aisles of sitions are to be permitted to
as, it hap- marry, the number of those
he public taking the step will necessarily
ad in the ije greatly decreased. An exveek
how tended acquaintance on the part
tit of the 0f the principals, the publicaIrow
Wil- tions of banns or the necessity .
i a woman 0f securing a license a certain
id stood a number of days before it could .
mce. Pres- i)e llse(i (except in certain cases
to the old where an immediate ceremony ?
t sit down js demanded), would be a check
1. Men in on the hasty marriages which
i the wo- so lately feed the divorce mill,
hers in all _Leslie's.
ndeed that _ -?
case. But They Have Not Died in \ ain.
ether the When we think of the loss ot
such heroes as Scott and Oates
, if their and the long list of other brave
i the prop- men who have perished in polar |
e smaller explorations, it is comforting
to see how to feel that their lives have not
ten by the been thrown away in worthless
ixteen to and reckless ventures. In a
ther of to- letter to The New York Times, ,
ler son as Mr. Waldermar Kaempffert,
years ago managing editor of The Scienle
girls re- tific American, points out the
;hat their scientific and practical value of
?ossible for such expeditions. The data so
who dress gathered concern meteorologixaggerated
Cal and magnetic knowledge,
dance the and when fully understood and
n dances; collated will contribute to the
11 them by comfort and safety of life. They
id put up lead the way to long-range
imiliarities weather forecasts, to seismologocked
her jcal predictions, to the more in- .
Is who do timate knowledge of ocean curthe
same rents; in short, to a variety of
lothers re- practical things that bear upon
nt it? Of everyday existence. The farmion
is ever er who hereafter knows a week
i now who in advance what the weather
ad demand wjn be, the mariner who is
?ct ot men forewarned against perils, the
>i any day inhabitant of the earthquake |
aen whom -/one who escapes with his life I
treat with . because science can keep its j
nd respect, i (*mger on the pulse of the work',
r men who wju au have to thank these exnanners
ot piorers for the sale-guards they
:?rn gentle- have thrown around mankind,
not be (lis-! _Baltimore Sun.
>man?but, j ?
in the ma- What Could He Do?
mil women 1 It was flrettinir verv Into :m,l
mmence to Dubleigh's gasoline 'had given
differently ollt#
mining ot "Anybody around hero got
to keep her anv gasoline?" he asked, drawchivalry.?
ing up at a small hotel by the
roadside.
"Nobody but me," said the
s lie? landlord.
is address-: "Good." said Dubleigh. "How
'What Wo much do you want for it?"
" in The "Cduldn't sell it to ye today,"
ore serious the landlord replied. "It's
t person is Sunday.'
e is an e* "Hut see here, my friend,"
iter: protested Dubleigh. "What can
1 want to I do? I?
! want to "Ye might put up here for
sweet little the night." sa d the landlord,
etc., 1h ' ndill'erently. "Got a ? < room
hair clown I can let ye have* for seven
plaits and dollars." F.\.
go to bed " . ~
me nights? Lancaster Loads.
- r*- ."Da ? MP \
I We have an enormously large stock
"Everything For t
D?:u: ?
DUIIUUIg
' We are badly crowded for storage room
, large part of this various material was b<
before the recent advances in lumber p
; This being the time of year when farme
build and repair?we are going to make
! ial prices for cash as an inducement for .
| business.
' 1 Better "get busy" we are afraid wc
- | never sell lumber so cheap again.
1\Ye can save you money on"Hvery
for the Building' especially SIIINGLF.
well as make a little profit for ourselves
Moore Lumber & Mfg.
"Everything For the Building."
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Copyright I!*'.* by C. E. Zimmerman Co?No. 53
The Old Cabin
Maker Says:
That an absolute necessity to n
lome cheerful, homelike and co
ible is good floor covering. Our 1
Carpets, Hugs, Oil G
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mill 1 A llOM'll 111
ire the product of looms and mil
produce only goods of dependable
ity. We know where such goo^
be secured and we handle no othe
jood carpet whether it be ingrain.
>el, axminster or wilton if it be
right quality is cheap because ir
:overings quality spells economy.
LANCASTER
HARDWARE C
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will pay
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