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" 8 COUNTY : \ PLEASANT HILL. 8 Special to The News. January 4th.?Miss Nannie Robertson of Coker College is at home to spend the holidays with her parents. ' Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Robertson. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Marshall of Kershaw visited Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Marshall this week. Mr. Bryte Magill of the Confederate College, Charleston, is at hime with his narents, Mr. and Mrs. John Magill. Miss Mamie Graham of the Camp Creek section was the guest of Miss Bessie Cauthen this week. Mrs. Frank Johnson of Great Falls visited Mr. E. B. Johnson's family this week. Miss Grace Hammomnd of Stoneboro, spent several days this week with her sister, Mrs. John Magill. Mr. Perry Beckham of the Southern Power Co., returned to his work Wednesday after spending the holidays with his parents. Mrs. Ola Crenshaw and children, of Heath Springs, are spending t?,n week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Beckham, Sr. i Rev. W. X. Boyee returned to Unity Thursday after spending a few days with friends here. Miss Jessie Beckham is visiting Miss Nettie-Caskey of the Jones Cross Roads section. Mrs. Mattie Johnson of Heath Springs is spending a few days with her son, E. B. Johnson. Mrs. W. C. Ellis of Heath Springs, spent Christmas day with his sister, 1 Mrs. L. F. Robertson. Mrs. Melvin Cauthen visited rela- ! tives in Kershaw this week. Miss Estelle Beckham left Monday for Bowmamn to visit her aunt, Mrs. W. A. Beckham. Mr. Ivor Rutledge of Rock Hill is spending the holidays with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. \V. O. Rutledge. | i Miss Alma Cauthen of GatTney is 1 I with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cauthen. i DRV CREEK. l Mrs. It. D. Beckham celebrated her 60th birthday December 25. , 1915. The home was decorated with . the Christmas colors, red and green. Promptly at high noon dinner was served by Mrs. J. Luther Cauthen and Miss Alice Beckham and niece, 1 Mrs. Duff Bowers. The children * . * i, f. I present, were: iviessrs. t?. u., r>. v .. and R. L. Beckham; sons absent J. < O., G. T. ant! R. S. Beckham. ' Daughters present, Mrs. J. Luther ' Cauthen, of Dry Creek, Miss Alice 1 Beckham of Columbia, and Miss 1 Myrtle Beckham of Jacksonville. The daughters absent were: Mrs. T. 1 S. Walker of Stoneboro, S. C., Mrs. J. L. Barton, of Kershaw, S. C., Mrs. W. T. Rehkopp of Jacksonville, Pla. ' The guests were as follows: Mr. and 1 Mrs. DufT Bowers and family, Mr 11. 1 E. Robinson of Lancaster, and Mes- i srs. Clauson Harmon, Clyde Cu'.p, Ed Lainor Stanley and George Wil- 1 liams and Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Cauthen, an only sister of the honoree and their son, Mr. Hazel, and Roy Taylor. There was also present Miss Sallie, an only sister of Mr. R. D. Beckham. After dipner music was furnished by* Misses Alice and Myrtle Beckham. We will close by wishing for Mrs. Beckham many more happy birthdays. An Attendant. ' . DRY CREEK NEWS. As it has been so long since I have heard from Dry Creek, and I thought I would write a few lines. The weather has been very good for several days. There is a frreat deal of sickness Just now. A few of the people are planning for the New Year. Mr. J. W. Matliis has left us and gone to K. B. Mackey's place near Col. Lemon Stover. Mr. W. D. Floyd spent the first of the holidays with Mr. James A. Cauthen. Dr. Samuel D. Allen visited one of his patients Sunday evening, Mr. D. Cauthen of Cedar Creek. He is improving very slowly. Mrs Sallie Bell and daughters have 1 moved to Lancaster near their rela- 1 tlves. < Mr. O. W. Cauthen spent Tuesday in Lancaster on business. i Mr. Leroy Cauthen and father i spent a few hours with their neigh- i bor, Mr. J. A. Cauthen, Wednesday night. , Mr. John Cauthen of Oakridgc ^ spent a few hours with Mr. J. A. Cauthen Tuesday night on business. r Mr. John Lee Oainor has moved c on Mr. J. A. Cauthen's place near f _ New Hope. And Mr. J. T. Carter of t \v\wY~" " 1 * - li Vinnsboro, S. C., has moved back Ne /1th Mr. O. H. Bell. Reynolds Cauthen spent Sunday vith Irma Bell. Mr. Everette G. Cauthen 1 ipent the last days ot Christmmaa ,is tnd New Years with his friend Mr. W. D. Floyd ill Kershaw. Mr. Walter S. Cauthen and broth- 'M jr. Latta Cauthen, sbent a few days in Charlotte, N. C. I will close hoping every one a ,c': happy New Year. . 3 JACKSON HAM NEWS. b| Messrs. Lloyd and Claude Hinson tl visited their grandfather last Thurs- st day. Miss Lena McCain spent Wednes- e< day night with Miss Nettie Hallman. B Mrs. M. R. Hinson spent the af- tl ternoon with Mrs. Blackmon. ni Mr. Bright McCain spent Christ- it mas with his grandmomther. ni Miss Mae Steele visited Miss tl Floyd Starnes Wednesday. s( Mrs. M. W. Simpson spent the day tc with Mrs. Lizzie Neal. ni Miss Ida Nisbet visited at Mr. J. tl D. Nisbet's Wednesday. c< Mr. Warren Helms visited Mr. Joe cc Dees during Christmas. ft Miss Ellen Simpson and brother, c< Master Sam, spent Saturday night with their uncle, Mr. M. W. Simpson, w Mr. Oeorge Stogner of Sumter tr spent the holidays with his parents, m Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stogner. cc Mr. Ewart Robinson of Columbia sa spent the Christmas holidays in this su f'Animnnit v Aiken 427 693 j Anderson 837 1,629 Bamberg .. .. ..207 355 Barnwell 286 538 ^ Beaufort 471 463 Berkley 347 577 Calhoun 261 476 Charleston .. . .. ..261 496 ! Cherokee 298 724 Chester 412 729 ?i Chesterfield 265 818 ' Clarendon 4 00 1,027 j. Colleton 378 710 I c* Darlington 497 1,115 j J Dillon 264 511 (j( Dorchester 210 351 Y Edgefield 345 640(, Fairfield 266 676 Flnronefi 678 1.502 g Georgetown 399 437 C) Greenville 1,028 1,884 f Greenwood 4 63 754 j;i Hampton 149 3 87 a Horry 343 1,026 ? Jasper 116 236 c| Kershaw 285 608 g Lancaster 239 720 jj Laurens ..601 925 u Le 1236 769 t< Lexington 295 633 Cl Marion 304 650 Marlboro .. ..421 798 r< Newberry 374 760 n, Oconeee 291 702 ii Drangeburg 754 1.C36 C) Piskens 276 795 j Richland 1,601 1,41$ w Saluda 181 397 tl Spartanburg 1,032 2,14 7 t( Sumter 686 1,105 tj [Jnion 357 7.?t C( kViliamsburg 483 1,093 e, fork . . , 483 963 tj The excess of deaths in Rechland iT -ounty is due to the large number of Ha leaths occurring in the state hospital m or the insane and the deaths in ac hospitals. .mmJt "mm " fll t -! a ' _ Miss Nettie Hullnian visited A. cj M. L. Hallman's of Walkersville. th Miss Laura McCain spent Thurs- g lay in the Tirzaii community. tli Mr. Ira Iiallman of Columbia j f? spent the Christmas holidays \vith)8t lis parents in this community. us Miss Ada McCain spent the day sli rhursday with Miss Margaret Simpjon. , Mr. Ebbie Iiallman lias been very lick for the past week. Mr. Oliver Crenshaw has just re- w turned from Elberton, (la., where n ' it ne spent the holidays with his .. fn brother. Mr. Alex Simpson spent the day .v 1th Mr. Oscar Hinson Monday. Mr. Claud Hinson spent Tuursday light with his uncle in the Dixie n< section. a Misses Lucy and Emma Dees 80 spent New ear with Misses Jeanette ind Inieta Thompson. Hi STATE VITAL STATISTICS. tli st Itecord of llirtlis and Deaths During <^( Ten Months of Past Year. jj. Tlia inlol nunihnr of hirtlic nnrl leaths In South Carolina from Jan- jj, nary 1. to October 31, as copiled by 0j Lbe bureau of vital statistics, is ()] llirths, 37,642, being a rate of 28.1 cc per 1,000 inhabitants; deaths, 20.V04, rate 15.4, This does not include sMll deaths n.rnoerine 2,253 Kl :nd :\.>62 st'll-birUe. al The counties of Beaufort, Charleston and ltichland recorded more deaths than births. Horry county came lirst in the per cent, of births, c< it rate of 47.5 fr the ten months. ai By counies the number of deaths j and births is as follows: w County Deaths Births ()| Abbeville 380 825 ?. st TOE LANCASTER NEWS, wssty of Teaching Practical Things .jiu Nov JJc-ing I'r^Ptl b?. Leading Educators. ? %: 'iorp ssiveti-is in school teaching urged as n nevesaity by Prof. E. C raueoti, so ling i dent I fie'1 witn Gc.^r- ' aV educational world, but now fill- of g the chvur yf rural economic*, anil- of icioldgy lc ti^o Uuivrjrsicy of North tin rtrolii'.s. Hum'. schools upeJ a more Ye >urprH nn^'vr (.rasp o? ti)s situation 5 related. to the practical thi;.go of bei ?<j. Thert- tan be no nu est ion of a lis atiy for years The Chronicle lmsjIac een 5irt~>*. nq this very fact, etn-Ja 1 liasizing the importance 01 teachingi vI< le things that mostly cor corn '.he ?P udents , th' The faraway c.uestions are present- thl 1 as complex and useless by 1'ro'. ranson aru . ? recites th > fact that ot \e country especially neri'.s a uew 1,6 iethd an J a new principle o* teach- ,el i nr.vr tr develop the rural *om lie lunity into a factor In its relation to or le community's industrial life, con- pe jquently affecting a greater terri- 1,1 iry than can be embraced in an ordi- lip ary range of vision. He believes 00 int somebody in sympathy with the or juntry and the vast problems of juntry life are necessary to successillv intnrnrpt Iho nnegtlnnc "Thm ri': mntry-minded teacher,*' he argues, 11 whose mind is thoroughly saturated ith the country, must give the coun6V v school and the country child a ^ aw insight into the meanings of ^ )untry life, ita enjoyments and its ^ itisfactions." In an address on the ^ bject, Mr. Branson says in part: , ne "The little world of the country tri lild may reach no further North no tan the swimming hole, nor further ast than the seliool-house, nor furler West than the cotton patch, nor iol irther South than the cross-roads uM ore; but ovelihead it ought to reacli oa] i high as the Milky Way and the lining Pleiades. j jet The school that is not directly aud frc dpfully related to the occupational' sts te out of which is springs and by j en hich it is supported is not progress-1 is o. It is unhinged and out of joint, ral is ancient, musty and rusty, be- of gged. bewildered and belated. Why sul mil Id a rommimtfv ropolfo .? hen it asks for bread of its school? I pit Occupation and bread mean busi-|th< ?ss and life: they signify making '8 living, living a life .and saving a | W8 ml. They concern the human and wr le divine necessities and possibil- to ies of our children; the matter of or icir bodies and the fire-mist of'ed leir souls?the bread, kingdom, vit ars and sky that Emerson sings, of > much, to indicate that I do not re< ive in mind a crash materialism Ko Hi nothing more when I recognize "t te imperious, inescapable trinity wl ' food, clothing and shelter as a dh "imary problem for the schools to, no insider. kn ! s i ( "Hut when listed at length, pro-; j ressive schools are few when com-1 , , I hli irecl with the countless schools ui fo :1 sorts that are drifting along un- ^ Isturbed by the modern demand lat schols be efficient ngencies of icial adjustment and uplift. Theiir ^ inrses are still formaml, obsolete id academic. They are still setting ^ . leir pupils and students down to . nc hat Milton called and asinine feast re f sow thistles and brambles. They ill think that the further away a (^ ling is in time and space, the bet;r worth studying it is. They are|,| ?renely unconcerned about the near, le here, and the now. be "There is a nearby world of lings to be explored; and the knowl:lge gained quickens and makes live. There is a nearby world of ' pportunities and possibilities, puzon es and problems that challenge actin, constructive and curative. It 111 I \N i the home-community, the homelunty, the mother-state. The stu Riit who knows his home commun- m y throughly will interpret New; ''' ork sanely by and by?or the 1,1 reece and Rome of glory and!er randeur. I ip "Their community studies con- 1 srn local geography and history. er hey direct attention to origins, rac- ra il strains, noteworthy events and 'n chievements, historic, localities and *? lemorlals; to libraries, schools, liurches, charities, and other or- Pr anizations and agencies of social up- ti< ft; to community building leaders he nd their contributions to the ma- to irial and spiritual wealth of the yo immunity. "Hut also they concern community Bsourcea and their development nr gleet; populations, occupations and k i. _ * _ ft' iuusirit-.it, wuuvuiia ciu8M ana mdltlons; tbe factors in the pro- mi uctlQn, retention of . community' fe ealth, surplus wealth and its rela- ar on to the self-sustainlog, self-prosctlng, self-elevating abilities of i? community; market and credit la mclitlons; organization and co-op- si *ation, civic, social and commercial; of le facilities for communication and ha ansportation; public health and initation; recreation and amuse- r< ents; school, churcbe and Bunday 8tl hool conditions and problems. wl -Augusta Chronicle. *r 4/p*' - - JANUARY 7, 1916. Hi lar TIIK PHIDE OF OPINION. Jc] . . an -.-r.-.-.-I-r.-.r ~,r,~rrrrr.tr,-r ( Pana (Illinois) Paladium.) rl. rhe world rightly admires a man on strong Convictions and the courage wj tlmm, and lifts little patience with .,3 ) undecided and vacilating man. m< t, it should be borne In mind C(j it there may be a vast difference ,fi tween a self-oplonated' bigot and ,.Q man of strong convictions. In ^ :t. it may well be doubted whether self-opinionated man haB any con:tions at all. worth while. Mere . inions may mean little more than w C7 OV_? JIIU11VC \J 1 1IVIIUUO CI 11V* HUIUIO e results of local environmemnt, vQ lereas, convictions are the results \ "^t 1 absolute mental conclusions. I lieve that the best test of charac- ' i c r is one's loyalty to what he beives is right, whether it is right '0 not, provided, of course, such rsons use every opportunity at ve eir command for his or her en[htment. Should a man be very < nscientious in, or loyal to, a creed principle which his judgment uld not endorse? I think not. .1 ;ain, a person whose views are the N?' suit of careful research and wide formation, is not constantly trying st impress his views upon every per- m u he meets, nor is he denouncing b< ery one who may hold different 3W8. The person of "opinion**, of es this, and is always a bore to so- cr sty. The christian minister of r\ orougli scholarship is seldom hs ard discussing the distinctive doc tii nes of the various religious do- f() initiations. This is generally the rump card" of the "pulpiteer." n< le able jurist gives his legal opin-. m is modestly and after great cnre. t a little two by four "barrister" u tell you "off hand" everything at "Blackstone" ever knew. A trued sociologist studies society 1 >m a thousand different angles and mdpoints. and his views are lib-ij|n il in proportion as his information ' Wc wide. Yet in every village and ru-!tie I clmmunity there is a standardise! soial ethics which if you do not bscribe to, brings evmi your moral ,^Ui aracter into question. Some s take nothing seriously except L| sir own importance. So profound ,or their assumption that they are al-jof iys right and every one else bo ong, that every person who fails gr< agree with them is either a fool It a knave. Were such person cloth- " with the authority to enforce their ;w8, they would inaugurate an era < oppression that would pale the cords of tyrany in the centuries to no by. They have never learned !po he bravest are the tenderest," the fo: sest the most tolerant, that preju- 08 ce has ever been the tool of ig- 1 ranee; that the more a person * < lows, the more modest and con-il lerate he is. Whereas, the least |* e knows, the more confident and [J atatly fanatical. Indeed, it is * \ rtunate there are "degrees" in <? saven, for if many of these well- , \ caning, but misguided people ar > ] j go there, they would feel that ' & ey were not fully regarded, did j [ ey find themselves in company J1 th people who differed with them ' \ ire, especially in thte matter of < > ligion, society or politics. Then , S tagine, if you can. how great would j j i the astonishment should a "pro- i i hitionlfct" and "anti" meet on the j ? ;olden streets." Certainly the ' ! ercy of an all-wise father can not <? i doubted, when without annihila- , ?n, he" witnesses the narrow and J} lflsh bickerings of his children. It 1; ?es seem to me to be about time . f r our people, even some professed ' 5 ristlan people, to cultivate the vir- '? e of charity. To distinguish be- < een the sin and the sinner. To , re bo that they might pray: "That ]j ercy I to others show, that mercy i ow to me." To not only accept j ^ e fatherhood of God, but the broth- [ \ hood of man, as a cardinal prin Ic of religion. This is a good + ne to preach the doctrine of tol- $ ance, for I have seldom seen more mpant intolerance than Is now be- _ g displayed. It is humiliating have to admit that I have heard ore bitter denunciation, more ex- j* essions of resentment, more ques- || jnlng of personal motives?than I ) ? iard two years ago I would say ^ \ some "prohibitionist" temper ! | ur zeal with wisdom or many good j' en will find it hard to decide be- j | 'een the vices of modern saloon, j id the fanaticism and Intolerance j yonr methods." There arc very ; t any other ways In which to manl- J j st yonr interest In frail humanity | | id contribute to its necessities. ! | ough perhaps in no more spectacu- ! ! r or inexpensive way than by etern- ' | ly proclaiming your undying hatred ! \ the "drink habit." On the other ! | nil, I would say to those who sue- ' \ nsfully voted to license the sale of ! j rong drink, keep your conduct well ! [ thin the provisions of the law, ?* acefully submitting to any reason 1?tr le regulation of a traffic, that a ge per cent of your fellow citizens lieve, at best, to be both harmful il indefensible. None of us are infnllible. None us are entirely good or wholly d. "The survival of the fittest" 11 as surely find consummation that "right will prevail," but rejiuber that a cause was never helpby abuse and denunciation of ose unfriendly to it. The minute u deny to others the right to dele for themselves, you forfeit your n right of opinion. Be charitable, tolerant. After all, you may not iv me tjuui luuti ui mi Knowledge. hat kind of a world would this be, evcy one In it believed just as u or I believe? If you would lend rength to your cause, be true to >urself and to your fellow man. >u can not be either, by denouncing criticising every one who happens disagree with you. "This comandment I give unto you?that i love one anoher." 'elisor Suppresses Tolstoi's Diary. Berlin, Jan. 6 by wireless to Saylie.)?The following items were ven out today by thte Overseas ows Agency: "The lirst volume of Count Tol'is diary has been published at oscow but 178 pages of it have >en suppressed by the cepsor. "The Ilussiam committed in charge the distribution of ^ie 1 hu^ tH?eed that no material will be given gar factories. The factory owners tve announced that within a short me there will be no more sugar r sale in Russia. "The I'etrograd authorities an>uneed that if special measures are )t talen the city will be without >ur at the time of the Russian iristmaas (Jan.)." Breadth. Breadth must have some limits; lerwiso it cannot be breadth. The lits of breadth are as real and as 11 defined as the limits of narrowss. But many a man flatters himIf that he is a broad man. or a man broad views, or a man of breadth, it because he is not within tho limof a narrow man. yet whilo he cant define the limits which contain n. No man can be a broad man a narrow man or indeed any sort a man. without some well-defined undarles. Even a hole in the ound must have its sides or edges ?o nut wuruiy uiw xitiuie ui a noil thout these.--Toronto Presbyterian 1 CO many. It was W. S. Gilbert who once reirked: "It is easy enough for bishops be good on a salary of five thousand unds a year, but we have to be good r nothing"? a pause?"and some of are." WE WANT T ?w ? ??i???gffl? Now is the time 1 Export trade is ta the price now. Come to see us of our "TABLE T BENNETT-1 PURE FOC o n dome Ke; Bars * 88 Acres, Jerry Knight fa 87 Vi Acres, Tom White pli 120 Acres, Belk farm, neai S. R. Williams' 6-room houi of corporate limits.) Six lots, T. M. Belk's, nea and various other properties BUY WHILE LA T. M. BELK, . >vir ,^kvi X' dftii'tiwHililif I . .. _. i ^ L L , ^ 1 WILSON ON PAN AMER CAN GOVERNMENT. expeditions against another State to H ho fi'tPd out on iu- :eivit.?i\.\ and H that they will prohibit the exporta- ,1 tion of the munitions of war for the H purpose of supplying revolutionists H against neighboring Governments. H "You see what our thought is, H gentlemen, not only the lnternatlon- I ai p'?ace of America, but the domestic ? peace of America. If American States are constantly In ferment, ? If any of them are constantly in ferment, there will be a standing threat to their relations with one another. It is just as much to our interest to k assist each other to orderly processes within our own borders as it It to follow orderly processes in our controversies with one another. These are very practical suggestions which have sprung up in the minds of thoughful men and I for my part believe thai they are going to lead the wav to something that America has J?raye4 for many a generation. are basec,? ,n lbe flr8t place,\^p the strong States are concernV. H A the handsome principle of seI Ir aint and respect for the rights otL "^yybody. They are based upon the principles of absolute political equity among the 8tates, ' equality of right, not equality of inludgeuce. They are based upon the solid, eternal foundations of justice and humanity. "No man can turn away from these things without turning away from the hope of the world. These are things, ladies and gentlemen,, for which the world has oped and waited with prayerful hoart. God grant that it may be granted to America to lift this light on high for the illumination of the world. No Material Damage. A husky Ethiopian came into a lawyer's olllce and. exhibiting a scalp wound about three inches long on top of his head, wanted to know if he could "git anything for dis heah." In response to a query from the lawyer ho explained: "Well, boss it wuz like dis: Ah wuz working down by dla * 1 J1 Jl-? - * - id Estate 8 rains V \ i ] I # rm, near Tradesville. ] | ice, near Oak Ridge, r Riverside. se and big lot, East End (out j' *? ir St. Paul's colored church, <? J which must go higher. \ | ^ lND IS CHEAP ][*? S; Agent. || uouu new uuiium , an a iu puun brick fell off'n do sixteenth story an' hit me smack on top de haid." A grasping and heartless construction company, although admitting the facta ' and their liability, refused to pay mora than 110, on the ground that the evidence failed to disclose any material damage.?Case and Comment. Some Corroboration. The theory of an eminent scientist 1 is that the human family is descended from bullfrogs, and it seems to be supported by the fact that some men are known to bo Incessant croakem. 0 TELL YOU * * 3 i ??i^??????? *> i i *? i i O o ii 0 1 i o lO buy your flour. < , king quantities at : ( and get a barrel ALK" in wood.. SI < SI I I II I jo II rERRY CO. I ! ID STORE. + ,i,I.I,in.i. t