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A year. " ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21. 1915. , estabushe^
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I1 BUILDERS OF
ERSKINE COLLEGE
\ (Rev. J. S. Moffatt, D. D.)
Robert Nixon Hemphill was a son
of the Rev. John Hemphill, D. D.
Rev. ^ohn Hemphill was born in
County Derry, Ireland, and came to
this country in 1783. He had learned
the trade of a tailor. After
coming to America he determined to
acquire a classical education. He
worked at his trade, and clerked in
I a store in Philadelphia, until Dy economy
he saved enough money to
start upon his educational course.
He graduated from Dickinson College,
Pa. He felt called to the
ministry and studied theology under
Rev. Mr. Lynn. He became pastor
of Hopewell congregation in Chester,
S. C., which charge included
Union and New Hope congregations.
He served this charge until his
v death in 183? and in the graveyard
of old Hopewell his grave may be
seen until this day.
Dr. Hemphill was first married to
Miss Lynn, the daughter of his theological
preceptor. His second mar?
riage was to Mrs. Mary Hemphill,
the widow of Dr. Andrew Hemphill.
Her maiden name was, Mary Nixc/n.
One of the children of the second .
marriage was Robert Nixon, who
* trarf' hnm TVfV 1 fit.h. 1816.
* . He did not avail himself of a college
education. He was the pupil
^ of Master McClerkin, a great teacher
in his day. Under his tutelage
Mr. Hemphill received a good Env
glish education. The home of culture
in which he was reared also
contributed much in an educational
way. He went into the store of
William Moffatt in early manhood
and received good training in the
business of merchandising. I do
not know whether he ever engaged
in merchandising oij his own account
During my>knowledge of him he was
r engaged in farming. He had an
attractive and hospitable home and
a large farm near Hopewell church.
He was a successful farmer and ac
cumulated a considerable estate.
He was fond of reading and was
I -well versetj in the works of standard
literature as well as in current liter- .
ature.
He was a man of high honor and
of striclf integrity. His recognized
f uprightness and his breadth of in*
formation made him a man of markted
influence in his community.
He was a member and liberal supporter
of the congregation of which
his father had been pastor for so
many years.
Mr. Hemphill never married. A
faithful old colored woman and her
husband lived in the yard, looked after
the home and ministered to his
needs.
The old colored people who had
served him were devotedly attached
to him. I have heard an interesting
story about one of his slaves
from whom Sherman's soldiers tried
to wrings information concerning
hidden treasure. But no amount
of torture could prevail upon him
.-to be unfaithful to the interests of
W his old master. Nothing could more
powerfully testify to the kindness
and love of heart which wrought
in his servants such loyalty. Mr.
Hemphill was of a very jovial disposition
and could see the humorous
side of a situation. He was a fine
judge of men and delighted in a
jocular way to take off their peculiarities,
faults and foibles. To some
he seemed brusque. To one who
owed'him a debt and was protesting
% that he would pay the debt even if
he had to dig it out of the ground,
Mr. Hemphill replied, "Yes, when
you dig it put of the ground I suspect
I will be under the ground."
He stood loyally by his pastor.
More than once I have heard him
speak in the most appreciative way
^\ of his old pastors, Messrs. Brice and
Flenniken, and of his then pastor,
Rev. J. A. White.
He had a high estimate of the
place and work of Erskine College.
He realized that it was fundamental
to the maintenance of the church,
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LETTER FROM
; TAMPICO, MEXICO
(Written by Rev. N. E. Pressly.
D. D., to The A. R. Presbyterian.)
I saw a caricature a few days age
in one of the newspapers that slipped
by the censors, which pictures
to my view the conditions we are
now passing. The scene is drawn
on a broken, stony surface, not a
sprig of grass, not a bush, not a tree,
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barrenness in all its sombre solitude.
On the horizon can be seen i angry
clouds that impressed the idea of a
destructive tempest. On the left
FIELD DAY MEET
A BiniffiSS
THE PEOPLE OF ABBEVILLE ENJOY
A DAY WITH THE
TEACHERS AND PUPILS.
?THE WINNERS.
The Field Day and Field Day Exercises
held in Abbeville last Friday
were a success in every way. The
weather was ideal and an unprecedented
crowd was in town for the
occasion. The old^r people in town
say they have never before seen so
large a crowd /)n our streets.
Many of the teachers and the contestants
for the medals in declamation,
came to Abbeville Thursday
afternoon and preliminary contests
were held, both at the High School
and at the dburt House Thursday
night. There were eighty contestants
for the medals. The preliminary
contest narrowed it down to
twenty.
Friday morning the big day began
with the class room contests at the
Graded School. Many bright and
interested little children, with anxious
teachers and parents, were on
lian/1 tn tal-o noi*t in thp rearlin?.
spelling, arithmetic, drawing, and so
on. When the contests were ovc;'
the awards were m^de as follows:
READING.
4th and 5th grades?Janie Vance
Bowie, Abbeville.
6th and 7t*h grades?Edna Bradley-r-Abbeville.
High School?Althea Keaton, Antreville.
SPELLING.
4th and 5th grades?Myra Williams,
Antreville. yr
6th and 7th grades?Leslie Knox,
Antreville.
High School?Elma Dunn, Donalds.
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MAP DRAWING.
4th and 5th grades?James Bailey,
Abbeville.
6th and 7th grades?Mary Hemphill
Greene, Abbeville.
ARITHMETIC.
4th and 5th grades?Ernest Black,
Donalds. ,
6th and 7th grades?Neal Connor,
McCormick. * ' ?
After the contests were over the
big parade, the crowning feature of
the day, was formed at the Graded
School. Each school carried one or
more banners, and as they came
down the street they made a moving
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mass ui coiur anu ^uutmui innocence
and loveliness.
Abbeville's float could not be entered
for the prizes, but it led, the
line and was followed by five hundred
handsome children. The float
was an automobile, beautifully decorated
in yellow chrysanthemums,
with five pretty girls dressed in
white, in the car, shading their faces
with yellow parasols. Riding in
the car were,' Misses Mary Graydon,
Margaret Cox, Ruth Howie, Mildred
Cochran, and Percy Leach, while
Miss Margaret Perrin drove the car.
Mt. Carmel had the prize wincontinued
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essential to the progress and prosperity
of the church, and an essential
factor in the uplift of society.
Before his death he provided that
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pijuvu.uu ui 1110 coiatc; onvuiu gu iv
Erskine College.
Having lived a long and useful
life he departed these earthly scenes
Jan. 27, 1891.
As long as old Hopewell A. R. P.
church remains, as long as Erskine
ol'Avt/lr +a /I i c a V?1 occin rrc?
vuiic^c olanuo i<v ui?>}/wiiijv
to aspiring youth, the name of Robert
Nixon Hemphill will not be forgotten.?A.
R. Presbyterian.
Robert Nixon Hemphill was a
half brother of Dr. Wm. Ramsey
Hemphill, formerly pastor at Long
Cane and Cedar Springs, and at one
time a professor in Erskine College,
and an uncle of the half-blood of
the late Gen. Robt. R. Hemphill, of
Abbeville, and of Maj. J. C. Hemphill,
formerly of the News and Courier,
but now the head of the Washington
News Bureau of The Philadelphia
Ledger.
of the scene stood a powerful, portly
man, well dressed, well fed, -with
leather leggins to the knees, dollar
marks on his white vest and covered
with a silk hat, displaying the sobriquet
"Wealth." On the right was
a burly giant, of herculean, muscular
power, twice the size of the one
described, poorly clad, small head,
without hat or shoes, and showing a
savage, gorilla like face. He was
girded with a belt that bore the sobriquet
"Ignorance." Between these
two characters, one hundred or
more feet apart, stood the figure of
a delicate woman neatly and modestly
attired, and on her skirts was
written "Humanity." Around her
neck was a huge rope that made one
turn and the ends were being pulled
by "Wealth" and "Ignorance."' She
is the picture of intense agony; but
she stood erect, as if she would not
fall until the head was crushed from
the trunk. Such a picture is Mexico,
more real than ideal.
The angry, black, electrically
charged, war cloud has hung over
this country for about four years,
and it has widened and grown more
destructive. Poor Mexico! Every
phase of society has felt the cruel,
the terrible consequences.
Churches have been closed,
schools suspended; homes have been
abandoned, pillaged., ldoted, destroyed?
nffires are deserted: business is
stagnant; railroads and equipages
are like the wreck of a head-on collision;
mills and factories are silent;
brother reaches for the, death grip
of'brother; widows and orphans are
daily multiplied; men have no heart
to work, if there was work, no incentive
to plant and sow for their
products are taken from them, and
destroyed; fiat money is emitted one
month to be declared illegal the
next, and eyes look from sad faces,
many are expressionless, hope has
died. Wane, misery and death
stalk over the land.
Added to the trouble heaped upon
trouble a famine threatens. Every
few days some tons of flour and
corn are shipped in and it is. pitiful
to see the hundreds of men, wom^n
and children, that gather at the closed
bakeries and stands for corn,
begging for bread, earnestly pleading
to sell them a little cor:a. Only
two or three small loaves of bread,
according to size, one dollar's worth,
will oe sold to one person; only two
liters of corn, a little more than two
quarts, ranging in price from thirtyfive
to fifty cents a litre, will be sold
to one individual.
The leaders of this terrible devastating
and cruel revolution in
some way manage to get money, to
buy arms and ammunition; but none
to provide provisions to appease
hunger. Money and capricious ignorance
are crushing the vitals of
the suffering nation.
What proportion of the suffering
does the manufacturer of arms and
ammunition bear in the strife now
going on around us? What responsibility
has a nation peacefully
watching the exportation of the
death dealing instruments of war?
Has the wounded and left for dead,
no neighbor?
The battle that will decide the
capture of Tampico or its retention
by the Constitucionalista forces is
being stubbornly fought now just
thirty-five miles distant, and the battle
for Monterrey is also on. Every
one is anxious and there is unrest.
DR. FRED WW
I HEAD OF MUM
, FOLLOWING WITHDRAWING OF
DR. SARGENT BY GOVER,
. NOR, COLUMBIA PHYSICIAN
NAMED.
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(The Columbia Record.)
Following hii revocation Tuesday
night ">f the appointment of Dr.
George F Sargent, of Baltimore, Md.
' as head of the State Hospital for the
Insane, Wednesday morning Governor
Richard I. Manning appointed
Dr. C. Fred. Williams superintendent
of the' institution to succeed Dr.
J. T. Strait, the encumbent. After
resigning from the board of regents,
Dr. Williams immediately accepted
the appointment. Christie Benqt, a
promjnenlt attorney of Columbia,
succeeds Dr. Williams on the board
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or repent*. i ms aaie tne appointment
become? effective will be announce
J in a few days.
The appropriation bill provides an
annual salary of $3,(000 'for the superintendent
for the State Hospital
for the Insane. In a statement relative
to the appointment of Dr. Williams,
Governor Manning says that
he "allows a salary of $6,000" to
the new superintendent. The chief
executive stands pisrsonally responsible
for the increase, standing security
for it. Ee says that he will
"report the matter next year to the
' legislature, to relburse me if it
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agrees 111 wuat i nave uuiie. ine ,
increased salary, h<*w rver, does riot
allow a free, houf.e nor other perquisites,
as is provided with the lower
salary.
Dr. Williams is one of the best
known physicians in the state. He
is 39 years of ago and was born and
reared in York county. He was graduated
from the University of Mary-land
in 1899, anc. cast his fortunes
with his native State. For four years
?1907 to 1911?he was secretary
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of the State board of health. He
resigned to re$uir e active practice
in the city of Columbia.
When asked for a statement Dr.
Williams .said that he would give his
best efforts, his energy and ability to
make the State Hospital for the Insane
one of the leading institutions
for the treatment of insanity in the
country.
Some time ago Governor Manning
announced that he would appoint Dr
George F. Sargent, of Baltimore,
Md., as head of the State Hospital
for the Insane. After the announce-,,
ment it was brought out in an exclusive
article in the Columbia Record
that there was a constitutional prohibition
against the appointment or
election of any but a qualified elector
to office in this State. Tuesday
night the chief executive gave out a
statement in which he said that the
constitutional limitations to his original
aDnointment were notent. and
w * ^ r " ' tr - - '
he withdrew the name of Dr. Sargent.
Relative to the appointment of Dr.
C. Fred Williams ?.s superintendent
of the State Hospital for the Insane,
Governor Manning gave out the following
statement:
"Following the revocation of the
appointment of Dr. George F. Sargent,
of Baltimore, as superintendent
of the, State Hospital for the
Insane, because^it was found that he
was barred by provisions of the constitution,
I have appointed Dr. C.
Fred Williams, of Columbia, as superintendent.
"Dr. W:illiams has resigned as regent
of this institution, and I have
ni?n i. ? ?
ajjjjuinceu ivir. i^nruiuv joeiiei as regent
in hi:s stead.
"The salary provided for in the
appropriation bill is $3,000, and the
superintendent is given a house with
water and lights and other perquisites.
I have found it necessary, in
order to get the trained, skilled physician
I was seeking for the
position to allow, a salary of $6,000,
but without the residence and
without any perquisites. In addition
to the salary pro'rided for in
the appropriation bill, I will personally
borrow monthly the balance of
LEO M. FRANK
MUST HANG
Unless the Governor of the State of
Georgia Shall Intervene and Par'
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don Him Or Commute His Sentence.
By an opinion delivered by the
Supreme Court of the United States
on Mondajf, Leo Frank loses his last
chance in the courts, and'must now
pay the penalty of death for killing
little Mary Phagan, :n the National
Pencil Factory, in Atlanta, irato years
ago, the twenty-sixth of this month,
unless the Governor of Georgia
shall pardon him, or commute his
sentence nothing now stands between
him and execution at the
hands of the law. (
The decision of the court was
read by Justice Pitney and concurred
in by all the other justices ercept
Justices Hughes and Holmes.
Mary Phagan was employed at the
National Pencil Factory of which
Frank was superintendent. It was
a Southern holiday. Mary had not
been at the factory on the day before-to
receive her pay envelop; but
she had sent for it by a girl friend.
Frank refused to give the envelop
to the friend, making it necessary
for Mary to visit the factory on the
following day to receive her pay.
Ahnnf. -f-arAlvp n'plnr?lr nn t.Vinf Hnv
the sixteen year old girl went up to
Frank's office for her pay. Nothing
more was heard of her until her lifeTess
body was found in the cellar of
the factory, on the following morning
by a negro employee.
Frank was arrested dn suspicion
a few days later. Since that day
he has been confined in the Fulton
county jail awaiting the determina-l
tion of the court upon the question
of his guilt or innocence.
No means have been spared to
save the life of the accused. Large
sums o? money haveJ>een raised in
Vl?C koVlal-f on/^ fVio Vioof /fkrrol falant
?**? WViiMIX UilU M1V l/Ultlll/
that the country accords has been
employed in his defense. He was
tried and convicted In the Superior
Court of the State of Georgia, and
his case has been twice before the
Supreme Court of that State. Every
known means has been employed
to establish his innocence, but the
verdict of the jury has stood.
(Continued on Page Two.)
Belts Cauce Appendicitis.
(Greenwood Journal.)
Rochester, Minn., April 14.?Appendicitis
has increased from 300 to
400 per cent, because of the increased
use of belts instead of suspenders,
according to Dr. W. J.
Mayo, world famous surgeon, who
has been called to wait on the royalty
of Europe. Minneapolis sur
geons, however, differ from this
statement, alleging that the increase
of appendicitis cannot be attributed
to any cause ar|d that the only possible
specific cause of appendicitis
could be a heavy blow in the region
of the vermiform appendix. A kick
from a horse would demonstrate
this, they say.
Due Weil's Part, r
The Graded School at Due West
took much interest in the Field Day
and School Fair last Friday and the
city of colleges and culture was well
represented in the affairs that went
to make the Fair a success. Prof. J.
L. Grier, Mr. Hunter Blakely and
Miss Mary Kennedy, Due .West's
competent corps of teachers, were in
trie city ana naa witn tnem one nundred
and fifteen children, and a
handsome float in the big parade.
This is the first year the Due Westers
have taken part in the School
fair and our people were delighted
to have thenfi.
the salary, standing security for the
same and will report the matter next
year to the legislature, to, reimburse
me if it agrees in what I have done.
"The date which Dr. Williams will
assume the duties of superintendent
will be announced in a few days."
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General News
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King George of England*, axaflT'I
Lord Kitchener have abandonedl Ae
| use of any wines or liquors on tfeali. ,
table, but the English Govenuxaortt ;
had half a million gallons of nnmfe><
be issued to the soldiers in thetnans?
ches, as a part of their rations, for
the training camps the same rations? '
of whiskey is being issued to tfiesnocruits.
Drunkenness among: w?men
is noticeably on the increase
in England since the war. LaneE?
ness and the heavy responsibiSSESr
of the support of the family 'kfiSfe
the men are in the army, is givem ,
the reason for this. '
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Mayor Blankenburg today sigpaoi
fVio resnlntiftn nacqpH hw fW<?<
council yesterday authorizing ram?
val of the'Liberty bell to the Parema-Pacific
exposition. The wfir
probably will leav? here on a. sprrirfi.
train July 4, accompanied1 657 24fk
councilmen and other PhiladefpSiae.
citizens. The bell will be c&monE'
on a flat car so the people en ranfiemay
have an unobstructed viewr??afc?
Mrs. John D. RockefeHer left: axse
estate of about two million dollars^. .
and in her will just filed, she IeBrass
the most of this money to charitaSkt
institutions. Elach of her tibmetchildren
are left one hundred! t&iaiM
and. Spelman Seminary of AtSam?
ta, Ga., is the only Southern instflto.?
tion remembered. 1
mayor Kooerts 01 ierre JtLanre:,
and thirteen others, who were enavicted
recently of fraud in contrarytion
with the election in that
and who was sentenced to six yoaas
in the Federal prison, will makes fife- >
trip to Leavenworth, Kan., in a.
cial car.
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Jeff Beacham, a painter, ,,
years old, committed suicide iat. ) .
Greenwood on the 17th. His TKBfe
was
away from home on a visit; HepFlorida.
He used a shotguns axscL
pulled the trigger with a stick-.
S. H. Hardwick, for mapy yacGS
traffic passenger manager ofT feSouthern
road, has retired _?e jhe?
count of ill health and will mak?Sis
home in Montgomery. W~ H_ X&5T?
loe succeeds him.,
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt has hoanr
i .
operated on at the Roosevelt IkHgoital
in J/ew York and is reported? ifc>
be doing well. The natures of tfisst
operation was not announced!.
The proposed Dixie Higlisnasr
should be of great interest to. t&e
people of the South. This road" *sz2J \
be similar to the Lincoln HighAEaryv
and will lead from Chicago to. 3??ami,
Florida.
A whole family of f|ve sons ofT tt.
farmer in Orangeburg county- fcKve:
been stricken with cerebro , spicsal
meningitis. Three have died aaari.:
iwu are nuvv ucapciaicij oiwxv. .
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Sumter is soon to build a mortem
ly appointed school in that cfty acskJ
various improvements on the -oki
building have been ordered, ^.fcasct
$50,000 will be spent.
Lander College is soon to i'nKZ&XI
a handsome pipe organ.
* A Distinguished Visitor..
Mrs. Adelaide Craft was one* <a?r
the competent judges of the exhlEate
at the School fair last Friday.. SCek.
Craft came down from Due West farthe
occasion. She was a Miss SEkgill
and attended the College' iirnWomen
some years ago. Since: fiaar
marriage to Mr. Craft, she has (i-as-i
making her home in Mexico, bin. wt?
account of the unsettled condiuVgr: i
of the country, she is in the Siar.?c
and is in Due West making- iasr
friend, Mrs. James Boyce, a
Mrs. Craft thinks that Mr,. WOisn-i
has certainly followed the Blbiiia?
injunction to turn the other i&Eefc
for a slap, in fact she thinks tharLfie:
has turned both cheeks, sevesEttj^times
seven, and that once- nais ;
enough.
Mrs. Craft is a bright and nitsxzr
tive woman and it was a pleasure? acr.
have her come down for our big;