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The Long Cane
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Judge W. C. Benet is writing an( 1
article for the book "Scots and Scots ]
K& Descendants in America," which is 1
now in.course of publication. The'*
article of such interest that it has'l
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Caledonian," a magazine published in <
* ' /' New York devoted to the interests^1
of Scotch History. The Judge makes^ r
interesting reference to the "Long( *
Cane Irish" and tells us that they are 1
not Irish at all but pure Scotch, p
Judge R. E. Hill is the Abbeville man | '<
who changed his mind on the ques- c
tion of Home Rule. *
The story oi the Irish potato a'hd *
how Maxton^got his name is interest- j T
ing. We /wish it were possible to(
copy the entire article for the enter-' *
tainment of our many "Scotch-Irish" j
readers. j *"
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"At the outset let us summarily. *
dispose of the "Scotch-Irish." This
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is easily done, for no sucii being nor .
race of beings actually exists, nor ,
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ever did or ever will exist. "Presfoy-,
terian-Catholic"?that is what the
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"Scotch-Irish" would properly imply,
and that is a compound as unlikely to1.
occur as one of oil and water, or of
Orangeman and Ribbonman. The term
"Scotch-Irish" is of American manu-|
facture, and is a misnomer of a most ,
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- misleading and mischievous charac-(
ter, which ought to be dismissed ,
from our vocabulary.
"But the Irish in America are not t
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alone in being misled by the term j
"Scotch-Irish." The descendants of: {
the Ulster-Scots themselves, in manyj j
States, seem to be similarly misled. j
wnen in tne eany seventies nome ^
Rule for Ireland was a subject of:
world-wide interest, while the Ulster-'.*
Scots in Ulster were to a man bitterly; ,
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opposed to it, the Ulster-Scots in Am- j
erica were largely in favor of it. This (
was supposed to be due to their Irish
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blood. I recall one striking instance: ^
Discussing the subject with a very in-j,
\ telligent man whose grandparents hadj
come from County Down, I assuerdj *
him that if he would go over to Ire-j *
land and visit his cousins there, he, t
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svould find them opposed to the Home
Rule scheme, and that he himself
.vould become an opponent. He did
is I suggested, and the result was as
[ foretold. .7 r:.*: T j i .
"Another illustration: In Abbeville|
Uounty, South Carolina, there is a
ural settlement on Long Cane Creek. J
The people are known as the "Long
Dane Irish.",, They are true-blue J
Presbyterians; in blood they are all of!
Jlster-Scottish descent; there is not
in Irishman in the community; norj
loes anyone have an Irish name; yet
he influence of the term, "Longj
Dane Irish," was so strong that they|
vere strenuous supporters of Home
itule for Ireland, and liberal contribu-J
,ors to the cause.
"It is curious that there is another
[ibernian misnomer in use only in
he United States?the so-called'
'Irish potato," which is no more Irish'
han are the Ulster-Scots. Although'
t is a South American tuber, found
irst in Peru, I believe, the name mis-1
eads many to think that the potato'
am-e originally from Ireland. The1
ristory of the misnomer is Interest-1
ig. In the early forties of last cen-j
nrv. a famine was caused in Ireland
>y the failure of the potato crop. A
lighting disease, previously un*
:nown, had destroyed the potatoes.'
Vs it had first appeared in Ireland,'
he potato blight was generally called j
he "Irish potato blight"?not that
he potato was Irish, but the blight.'
Before long the word "blight" was'
Iropped, and the "Irish potato" was!
eft. - ; .. j
"One or two illustrations will show^
low thoroughly Highland are the peo)le
of that region today. While hold-!
ig court in Marlborough County,!
south Carolina, a border county, I(
lave found as many Highland names,
>n the jury lists as one might find in
i court in Oban or Inverness. And a
>anker there, himself a genuine j
Mac', told me that until he was^
welve or thirteen years old, he^
hought every white person's name
legan with 'Mac.'
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"Still more striking is this:
small North Carolina town in tl
'Scots Country' used to be ,cal
Shoe-heel. This was thought to b(
corruption of 'Lochiel'?'the name
the famous Highland chief?p;
( nounced Low-heel, and vulgarized
! to Shoe-heel. When, over thirty ye;
(ago, the great Seaboard Air-Li
Railroad passed through that tov
it was thought by the inhabitants tl
a town with a railroad and a post <
fice deserved a better name th
'Shoe-heel.' A public- meeting v
held. Every man present was a 'Ma
All the Highland clan names we
there? MacDonald, MacDough?
MacLeod and all. It was unanimoi
ly agreed to call the town 'Maxto
which, being interpreted, is 'the toi
of the Macs'?and Maxton it is. I
me add, however, that the old chur
nehr the town is still called to She
heel Presbyterian Church. If this
not a true story, it ought to be; a
I believe it is."
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League as issue ueoaieu
The peace treaty as a possib
campaign issue was debated at leng
again today by the senate, with proi
inent Republicans criticising declar
tions made on the subject yesterdi
by Elihu Root in his address to t
New York Republican state conve
tion.
Assailing the position taken by M
Root as "a crime against the Ame:
can people," Senator Hiram Johnso
Republican, of California, an acti"
candidate for the Republican pre;
denial nomination, said it was "u
terly silly" to suggest that the Unit<
States should go into the League
Nations and then reform it after tl
next inauguration.
The Republican senate leader, Se
ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, inte
rupted to suggest that under tl
covenant, amendment of the leagi
would be 'practically impossible', ai
Senator Borah, Republican, of Idah
again served notice that if the par
did not come out against the leagi
and treaty entirely be would carry \
fight against ratification to the pe
pie themselves after the nation
conventions.
President Wilson is fond of poet:
but the works of D'Annunzio a
probably not among his favorites.
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a , fiddle, we must keep the liver washed
ras clean, almost every morning, to pre
c ?! vent Its %ponge-like pdres 'rota clogI
ging with indigestible material, sour
!re bile and poisonous toxins, says a noted
ill,' physician.* >
| If you get hcadaches; It's your liver.
ls"j If you catch cold easily, it's your liver.
n,'i If you wake up with a bad taste, furred
vn! tongue, nasty breath or stomach be
j comes rancid, it's your liver. Sallow
skin, muddy complexion, watery eyes
ch all denote liver uhcleanliness. Youi
livor is the most important, also the
' must abused aud neglected organ o'
is the body. Few know its function oi
nd bow to release the dammed-up bod:
| waste, bile and toxins. Most folk;
resort to violent calomel, which is (
dangerous, salivating chemical whict
can? only be used occasionally because
, it accumulates In the tissues, alse
attacks the bones.' '
th iivery man and woman, sick o:
yj. .veil, should drink each morning be
lore breakfast a glass of hot watei
'a" with a teaspoonful of limestone phop
ay phate in it, to wash from the liver anc
bowels the previous day's indigestible
material, the poisons, sour bile anc .
n_ toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening
and freshening the entire alimentary
r canal before putting inore food.intc
' he stomach.
ri- Limestone phosphate does not' "ren
otrict the diet like calomel, because it
' can not salivate, for it Is harmless and
7e you can eat anything afterwards. It
si- i3 inexpensive and almost,tasteless, and
any pharmacist will seU you a quarter
pound/^which is sufficient for a dem2(*
omtration of how hot' water and limeof
stone phosphate cleans? stimulates and
u freshens the liver, keeping you feeling |
fit day in _and day_out. ?
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