The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 14, 1914, Page 6, Image 6
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WAS NOT HIS TIME TO DIE
Captain's Marvelous Escape From
Death When Swept Overboard
During Tremendous Gale.
Pew living men have ever looked
death so Bquare in the face as a certain
Captain Hod son, who was for
i?l?i u? iiiik un mi' Sloping WCK. Mat-I
tered as he was, he had enough i
strength left to seize the standing rigging
and cling to It, while the water 1
poured back again Into the sea.
The helmsman had seen Captain
Hodson swept away to death, as he
firmly believed, and his astonishment
at seeing him hack again on deck
may be imagined! Hodson was not
seriously injured by his experience,
and his vessel weathered the storm,
and brought herr cargo safe Into port.
?Youth's Companion.
Using the Monuments.
I have often remarked In England
a spirit I cun only call the reverse of i
the monumental, throne which makes
the IlrltiRh museum look like a drawing
school or an office with Its waiting
rooms, instead at a palace, writes Hevnon
Dee in Scribner'B Magazine.
Here, even in this palace of Hampton 1
court, there Is the same; there is,!
alongside of the daintiness and mag- j
nlflcence, the profuse expenditure, for
example, on ilowers and garden keeping,
a funny practical (I cannot call
It shabblness, for all Is In excellent
order), but Initial meaness. The passages.
even the yard cloisters of the
William and Mary palace, are mean.
Dark places suggestive, with their dull
gray stonework, of railway stations;
the Inner staircase and corridors are
hare, graceless, dull; none of that
magnificence of grace which on the'
continent we see constantly among
decay and filth.
It Is thill practical spirit which has
HUTed ao much that is beautiful In j
England. putting It to decent, propale
usee. Abroad Ihte palace would
hare stood vacant, been allowed to
crumble, become a tragic hulk plastored
all over, with perhaps a sordid
barracks or*office In one corner. Here
Its historic splendors are cut op tor
the housing of old ladles!
Nasturtiums for Winter Windows.
There Is nothing prettier thap a
window full of bright, blooming naattnttnms
In the winter, says Farm and
Home. There is something so dainty
and dharmtng in the vines pUtnbing
all over the window and curtains, and,
with their gay colored, velvety flow
era, they make an artistic picture.
The cultivation of them In the
honse Is very simple, and the results
will well repay for the little labor it
requires. Plant the nasturtium seeds,
v, hleh can be purchased In llttly packages
from any seed boost!
Plant the vines In some rich earth
in an ordtnac/ crock and place In a
pretty Jardiinere In a window of southern
exposure. With very little training
the vines will creep up the window
curtains, and all winter you win
have the prettiest spot imaginable and
will appreciate the gay blossoms Ailing
the room with their dainty fra
years connected with the customs
service at Honolulu. Before that he
was a shipmaster, and the remarkable
adventure of which he was the
hero occurred while he was in command
of a schooner that traded in the
Pacific.
On this occasion, the vessel was
several days out from land in the
midst of the ocean, when it was overtaken
by a severe sale and thick
weather. For a time Captain Hodson
tried to keep the schooner's head up
into the wind, but the storm became
so violent that there was nothing for
it but to run before the gale. He
brought tho vessel about, and, pursued
by a heavy following sea, they
scudded under almost bare poles to
the northward.
The captain himself stood by the
wheel, to give the helmsman directions;
the rest of the crew, having
made everything as secure as possi- !
ble, were crouched in the lee of the
deck-house.
A flnw in the wind took the schooner
aback for a moment, and In that
instant a tremendous wave that was
following close behind mounted over |
the bulwarks, and swept several feet 1,
deep from stern to bow. i
Every one but the captuln had
something at hand to cling to, al- '1
though the wave wrenched the man at 1
the wheel from his hold, and threw '
him on his face. However, he brought
up against the deck-house, and scrambled
to his feet just In time to see (
tho rushing water carry Captain Hod- \
son overboard. 1
Hodson's case was as nearly hope- <
less as It could well bo, for it was. 1
of course, quite impossible to put out '
a boat in such a sea. or even to bring ;
the schooner about to pick him up. '
But at the very moment that the J
catastrophe happened, the ropes that '
held the gaff of the foremast in place |
broke, and let the stick drop to the ,
deck. One end hung out over the ]
side of the schooner. and several i
broken ropes dangled from It. As Cap- <
fain Hodson swept by, these rope ends !
struck him on the head Instinctive- j
ly he seized one of them, and clung
to It with desperation.
The schooner tore on through the ,
water, and her master, at the ^nd of
the dangling rope, was drawn in close |
under her bulwarks, find dragged i
along through the wavfs. Ho could |
not have long withstood this sort of '
treatment, for the fea heat him about
fiercely, and flung him again and
agnin against the side of the vessel. j
But presently u gust of wind lurched
tho schooner well over: her lee ,
rail plunged beneath the water, and
at the same instant another wave
picked the captain up. and tossed him
The I'plift of The Kural Community
By Charles lladdon Nabers, Prosper
lty, S. C., In Newberry Observer.
At the present time there is a new
and splendid interest in the open
country. With a starting suddenness
the nation has awakened to a sense
of its responsibility for the rural com
munity. To some men the present
stiuation may appear to be a problem
whose seriousness is appalling and
whose solution is very doubtful; to
other men it presents an appeal at
once pathetic and powerful andwhich
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to other men presents a magnificent
opportunity for development and uplift
amidst conditions which are strlk
Ingly promising.
What can we do for the uplift of
the rural communities of the nation?
We who are a part of the rural life
of America must first of all rid our
minds of certain conceptions which
have been foreebly thrust do vn our
throats, but which will undeniably
lead us astray if we cling to them
Despite the teachings of our students
of economy and agriculture the problem
will not be solved completely by
the Introduction of scientific methods
of framing. We need not expect It
to be solved by a thorough organisation
of rural life. Neither will it
disappear, as we have been told, by
an Increased prosperity of rural people.
It is of course true that you
cannot hope to build either a proiperous
church or a prosperous school
In poor soil or maintain It on poofarming.
but not one or all of these
things has everything to do with the
church or school. These things lie
on the surface. Let's dig deep and
get at the heart of the matter :go
down to first principles and see what
Is the underlying cause of the problem.
In the prevailing rural discontent
we have a key to the difficulty of the
whole stiuation. The farmer dreams
of the times when he shall be able
to retire from the active life on the
rami and live at ease in a nearby
city. The farmer's wife often sympathizes
with him in this hope, and
urges him to fulfill It. The farni-r ?
son never entertains a serious though
>f remaining on the farm longer than
It will Like him to prepare for a
situation in the town, and every
month some hoys leave the farm who
have not even waited to prepare them
selves. The farmer's daughter with
holds her hand from the farmer
iieross the way and looks toward the
city for a suitor. Too manv people
-peak of the farm as the lod Scotchman
spoke of Rdinburg. "F.dlnliurg
Is a fine place, a fine place, a fino
place to get away from!" A fiise
conception of the country! .did vour
mind of it!
I have great faith in the possiniliMrs
of the rural community and the
faith Is founded Ilrst of all upon tho
permanency of country life. Tho 'enrlency
of this clay is Towards tho city,
hut tho hour will uovor romo when
tho city will wallow of tho country
and make farm In g unnecosary. Intonsivo
farming nwy increase the pro
iluctlvity of tfio lands and new Itnprovod
machinery may do away
with unskilled labor, hut so long as
the human race live s by eating just
so long will a largo part of our
population live in the -ountry and
spend their clays in tho or > I notion of
food for themselves and "or the rest
or manKino. wo migm k-l .nun*
without tho city?we once did; hut
we can never pet alonp without the
rural community. My faith in the
possibilities of the rural community
Is also found upon the intelligence
and the moral character of the country
people. Not all the people who
live on the farm are saints, hut at
the same time it Is true beyond die
pute that the very highest type of
American citizen has been developed
in the midst of rural surroundings
This has been so in the past; it is
so In the present; and so far as I
can read the signs of the times, it
will remain so in the futture.
Our great faith in tlija- possibilities
cf the rural community will be realized
by a renaissance of the rural
church, the rural home and the rural
school. The church In the country
should he the community center, it
should he the meeting p'a>e and the
center from which should radiate ad
the life of the people, it should not
hold itself aloof from the life of the
people but should through its pastor
end officers enter into eA>ry phase
of life which is not degrifjipg or
c.uestlonahle. In that way It - ill he
the means of reaching men and women
and of holding boys and girls who
in the city at least, could not be
re.ached. The home in the country
must bo a home in wh'cb the popplbilitlea
of the rural community are
believed and where the father and
mother are content. They mii3t not
be gnzing with eager eyeH of intense
longing towards the thcobfilng n of
a great city t?ecanse If they do, how
can they expect to hold their children
In the country? An<k why should
they he surprised wherttboys and girls
alike want to leave the farm? If
those at the head of ther home do not
aee anything In the farm, and do
not have any faith In the development
of country llie, those who sit
at their feet will ha^ even loss. Then
we come to the ruAil school whose
possibilities for uplift In the rural
community are nothing short marvelous.I>ast
year In the presidential
campaign Woodrow Wilson urged the
people to make the country school
house center for the discussion of
all community problems, and newspapers
said that our president had re
discovered the country school. He did
rediscover the rural school, but he
did not give It to us too soon. The
school will not be a factor In the development
of the rurr! commun'tv It
its teachers are teaching boys and
girls that the farm Is n<^ place for
them that the door of opportunity always
opens towards the city and that
they are to get to town ar soon a?
they can do so./Then again the ratal
school will noubc a factor In the
development oAthe community life It
the people dnV)t glvo their wholeTo
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. hearted support.
It is easy toll whe na com muni
support a school. The boy and gil
are not at home, but are at stuc
The building is in good shape and
1 as good if not better than the botl
' class of dwellings in the distric t. '1
men and women are interested in i
school and boost it to their visito
as well as to their children. The
are a number of community activiti
1 centered around the school and the
all make for the uplift, of the vici
ity. Upon these three Instltutio
i the church, the home and the seho
depends the life of the rami coi
i munity.
The final word, and that Is this:
Nothing in the world can be accoi
plished without leadership. The u
lift of the country depends upon tl
kind of leadership we develop in t!
country. A drove of deer wil a
complish more with a lion as a lend
than will a drove of lions with a de
as a leader. And who shall lead
the country? A school teacher ju
out of college with impractical ide
and with ideas that come from tl
manufacturing districts of a lar;
city or from the scholar's study? N
unless he can get rid o* the idea
an imported man from the city who
interests are radically different fro
i those of the tillers of the sot'.? 1
! no means, unless ho can complete
Identify himself with the country.B
j why go abroad In search of leade
when the best leaders are In vo
community? The man who has ma
a success on the farm, the man wl
believes that the church, the hor
and the school are a necesary pa
of our American life, and tho m;
who believes that the country is
fine plac.) to spend one's life, a gal
J way of opportunity, not to tho ci
but to the bigger life of the bigg
and better-developed rural life of t
nation?that man is the individual
whom we are looking for leaders!)
And under his guidance we may t
pect a great uplift in our rural coi
muni ties.
The Terrible t'ost of Ignorance.
Darling Nows and I'ress.
If the people of South Carolina
p\en a majority of them, could
brought to see how much they p
for ignorance^ for more than it won
cost to make education general
compulsory, there would be a coi
plete revolution in public sontlmei
and a demand on the part of this se
timent that the present large percc
tage of illiteracy ho brought to
speedy end.
There hits, of course, been a ve
groat improvement in this dlreeth
in the p;ist few years, but what
really needed is for every child in t
state to he sent to .school and that
parent he allowed to shirk or eva
iiis or her duty in this respect, and
the law, as Is now the case, does n
:i 1 low the parent to starve the bo
of the child, then neither should
allow the mind to be starved, for tl
is just what takes place when t
child is kept from school, and n
|allowed the opportunity to ac<ini
the knowledge that wiil fit it for t
I battle of life. To send a boy or g
<?ut in the world without an educ
ition. or only a very limited onet is
I very grievous wrong, and one tli
can never be entirely remedied,
is just as if you were to arm a bo
I of soldiers with the old time tli
I lock muskets, and then send the
, out to meet an army with modern 1
pealing rilles in their hands. Tl
would be called supreme folly, h
no greater folly than that of send!
uneducated children out to comp<
with those whose minds have be
trained. It matters not what pi
fession. business or trade that a m
I proposes to take up, an education w
be of great help to him. enabli
, hint to reap n greater return for 1
work than were he ignorant, Incre:
es his influence among his fellow m
I and puts it in his power to accompli
much more for his material rdvatx
j ment and for the moral uplift of t
'community. It is a natural ar
when exerted for the good of t
state, laudable ambition that o
I should desire to exercise as much I
tluence as he legitimately can. h
how can he make this influence wit
, out intelligence, for otherwise
would be simply a case of the bll
leading the blind. Then too the 1
jnorant man. much as he may desi
to do what is right in all public mi
tors, is, to a large extent at least t
legitimate prey of the office seek!
demagogue, whereas the intelligc
reading man can easily point out t
fallacy of those who advocate har
ful legislation.
There is a world of truth in t
simple words "Knowledge (r powei
for without knowledge there can
no real power, that is any power th
can be utilized for the mental.a
moral advance of the people Capil
' cxiin lautii nir inc iwu cnnriiin
for the conducting of any businf
enterprise, but In order to secure t
best possible results from them th
must be controlled by intelligent
and there can be no real Intelllgen
that Ignores or does away with
education. There Is no possible i
vestment of money, either on the pt
of the state or the individual, th
will yield such valuable returns
that which Is spent for education, f
this with Its proper accompanlame
of moral training la the best possll
guarantee for the perpetuation of
that Is best in human governmei
Relucant as we may be to admit
there can be no question of the tf
that a very large percentage of t
low state of public sentiment th
now prevails in South Carolina, a
that gives it such an unenviable r?
1 u tat ion abroad, can be directly chai
1 ed to Ignorance, the acta of m
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NS, APRIL 14, 1914.
whose minds have been left untrained land
Ity and who, in their youth, were not ed a
rls taught that the first duty of a citizen pros
ly is to obey, respect and uphold the high
law. This is, while far from being all
is the most terrible price that we Pros
?'r pay for ignorance, an ignorance di- dire*
reetly due to the lack of mental and catei
moral training. .
Then too, outside of the carnival haVe
ro of crime that now hangs like a pall
over the state, we lose immensely in Prao
s0 a material way because a great many thes<
11" of our Deonle are not nrenared. in iinno
I1!j cn educational way, to take ad van- (jutui
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inedy of errors describes the i
pea ranee on the stage of Hunt- *
!ght. He was supposed to Imte
the warder of a madhouse.
> scene opened with the brutal
meat of the hero, and It ended \
gunpowder explosion. In his- Q
mess tlie warder dropped his ^
id. being agitated and shorthe
picked up the pan of guuInstead.^
It instantly blew up.
frightening him out of Ills wits.
:ied from the stage and collnps
lie thought. on a stool in the
which turned out to be a Hro
full of water! - London AnAnd
Never Rests.
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