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Oldest Newspaper! In South Carolina. VOL. 73. EDGEFIELD, S. C., , NOVEMBER 25th, 1908. TATTlTomAXT VTT7TI70 DrunpnTt? NEWS NO. 41. Ann M si m s\ ri-3- DI, f'? "SOMEHOW GOOD." - Speech Delivered by Mr. J Sheppard, Jr., in the Las Inter-Collegiate Oratori cal Contest. We publish Herewith a spe delivered in the last inter-colleg -oratorical contest by Mr.-J. Sheppard, Jr., a student of the So .'Carolina University. The speed i re-produced in full, just as it peared in The Carolinian: There is a beautiful traditio! an old Greek traveler, who, a: wandering over land and sea, turned to his native country c< pletely changed. Time had impr ed itself Upon his dbiuitenance. '. . hair was gray, his step feeble, body/bent with the load-pf ye: So altered was he that his frie: and loved ones did not recogr him. Some one asked, 'Who you?" The old man replied: "I the sum of all that I have met." This is true of our individ lives. We are but the creations our experiences, plus the influei [ of heredity. The saying of the i Greek is trae of the world general. The world to-day is but effect of all the thought and acti of the past. Reformations, wa revolutions, all, ' have left th stamp on the srr?at heart of 1 ^manity; there to remain indeli' through centuries untold. But what is the quality of t inheritance? Is the world better day than it was a thousand ye; ago? Will it continue to advance the future as it has done in the pai Was the poet within the mark wh he said: "Out of the shadows of the night ? The world is rolling into light, It is daybreak everywhere ? Can we not believe that o minds are being freed from t great darkness of superstitions ai ignorance? Is not education c lightening us with that truth, whii is ' clearer than the beams of tl sun or the shining shafts of day' The creed of progress, the wat.c word of onward movement is opl mism. Tennyson expressed this se ? timent when lie said: "Soniche - good will be the final goal of ill and Browning echoed this when 1 said: t'God's in his heaven All's right with the world." . Our individual. and social bles inge are the results of a -wholosorr LT optimism. Security of property, fre R;<lomof thought, reforms of soci; and political life; , these blessinj . existbecause the optimist has pr ceded us. It is defect of temper; ment, pernicious lassitude, and con placent ignorance which crush o' timism and dry the springs of hop Poverty and disease often dull tl hues of life; labor, and sometinn -, life itself is the price demanded c all in return for the privilege ( living; yet joy will be with him wh< strong in hope, fortified by tl: j glorious achievements of the pas believes that more and more may \ accomplished to free .man"from tl chains that,, bind him, to?, contre man's inhumanity to ma>n,v and t lessen man!s cruelty to himself. A great age is this in which w live^-we.have for our heritage a the experience of the past.Lookin backward down .the yista of timi we can see the jjrimitiv? "individual unite; we see him uniting with hi mate to form* the family. For prc tection and from "instinct %the fami lies unite to. form, the tribes. Fror t'rib?s the State develops. It is i - the drawing of kinship that goveri: ment finds its beginning." and ii physical force that it held# its firs supremacy. Physical force was no the origin of government, but wa its first mainstay. Because of thi reliance of government on physica force, the one-man came into power and kings began to rule. Later a: kings began to exercise arbitran power, the people rose, limited hi; power by written constitutions, anc self-government Avas instituted b} revolution. Then, as now, the chiel duty to man was to control his im pulses-and in this power of man tc control himself and others, self-gov . ernment has its basis. This growth of authority is at tended by a corresponding growth of intellectual power. Man began tc think. He saw the waving beauties of the forest; he felt in his soul the wonderful conlrast between night and day; he looked upward, and be held the heavens, clad in the beau ty of a thousand stars," "glory on g?ory, wonder u?on wonder"-he saw, he wondered, he reasoned ,and science is bora! From a desire to know, and from wonder, men be gan to look into the secrets of na ture. Later he began to study him :**p]f,- and another branch of science comes into existence. Lastly the thought of a Creator engaged his at tentions, and the great problems of Theology began to troop through his perplexed mind. Men began to V enjoy leisure, which is necessary : the growth of literature. Law T\ found to govern in all things, frc the fall of a leaf to the shaking ol continent. Galileo, with his telesco] revealed spots on the sun, and d covered to an incredulous wo; starry plains above. Newton cai forward with tbe law of gravitate ,and nature's cboicest secrets 1 came the property of science. Written history opens to us t field of the .origin of nations, ai teaches us the beginning of rac From the restlessness of natioi from the migration of the Germar tribes, from the fusion of people w developed the A.iglo-Saxon, destin to rule the world. Centuries later t Crusades introduced into Euro the learning and luxury of the ea A great movement was the ci sades, the most idealistic in histor a great thing for the world was t inspiration that gave us science; b the greatest event in history was t coming of Him "who wore t J plaited thorns with bleeding brow Whatever may be our beliefs abo the man Christ, we all must confe that he gave to us the grealest sj tem of morals the'.world has ev seen. Morf wonderful than ai miracle he performed is the mirac that a single carpenter, with a fe friends, amid a thousand enemie should have become the ideal of n tions and changed the cross fro an engine of shame to a symbol < hope and glory. - _< Hut a lowly Nazarene, he walk< the shores of Galilee, never wrot except in the sand; yet now eac day his words are read by million The Christian church of to-day b Heves that through this life Gc spoke to the race he had createc His words have come down throug the ages, bearing in their path tl radius of Heaven, "a light to ei lighten the world." In the death < this man, a torch has been lightc that, makes sable death luminou and forced from him his dread st cret, translating it into Resurrectio and life." We are living in an age of peaci iThe staff of arbitration is replacin tlie sword of war, and in a nigl time of battle shines the day star c peace. Wlicnrthe engines of warm so developed that one can destroy ship with its entire crew of 1,00 men war ceases to be war and b< comes assassination. If nation would war no more; if the mone used in maintaining armies am navies should be used in the arts o peace, how much better would th world be. We believe wer can see th fore gleam of that day ? when peac shall reign on earth and good wi] (be) to men. A most hopeful characteristic o this age is its humaneness. It seek to redress wrongs, to rectify the re suit of error, and prevent injustice There are charitable institutions t< alleviate every form of want am suffering, and the poor are givei the tonic of friendship and en couragement. Humaneness seeks t< replace war with peace, and re affirms the great saying of Sumnei "that the true grandeur of nation is peace." This humaneness provide schools and libraries, the doors o which are open to the poor. Tho* ministering angels, the daughters o the Red Cross Society, take ii charge the wounded of war, ant soothe the last hours of those dyinj in remote and alien lands. Bu while the spirit of help is strong thc means are few. And yet there an thousands owning millions, whe never give a dollar for the help ol those who need. And though thes< uncharitable kings_pf wealth are high in finance and lofty in socia position, yet the least in the king dom of love is greater than they. This spirit of brotherhood is not confined to any one country or any one people. It ignores geographica' boundaries, and penetrates the king dom of need. Immediately after the Civil War a terrible pestilence-raged in the southern city of Memphis Pale death stalked with measured tread over the stricken city. Then the sectional north forgot that pre vious hate and showered mercy on the suffering city. Floods destroyed the town of Johnstown, but hardly had the waters subsided when a great wave of benevolence set to ward the oity. When Chicago lay burning in great conflagration and thousands of its people were scat tered over the prairies, the wires dashed the rews to every part of this country, ind lo, not only this country, but the world, bolted and rebolted with messages of aid, and so well kept were the promises that from the ashes of the old a new city sprang up like magic. "Love took up the harp of life and smote on all the chords with might, Smote the chord of self, that, tremb ling, passed in music out of sight." How well it has been said that these instances are indications of a better day. As when in the east we se? the first faint gleam of light lightening the horizon we foretell COLD S PRING NEWS. Marriages, Country Merchants Preparing for Christmar The writer was very much im pressed with the article, on the first page of The Advertiser last week, entitled "Boom your own town," thinking that it would be appropri ate for us as citizens of Red Hill to put it into practice. If you have not paid close attention to it, hunt it up and read it. "We have splendid material here and with a little boom ing could greatly improve it. Fields, from which a scant crop of white has been taken, are now covered with luxuriant green with prospects of a fine harvest of brown next spring. . We expect to hear the wedding bells ringing here in the near future. The date for one marriage has been annnounced and there are rumors of other marriages. Miss Lula Qnarles came home Friday afternoon and brought with her one of her school mates, Miss Ruth. Vam, of Colleton county. They remained until Monday morn i ng (better come then than wait un til Thursday and miss Col. Bailey's big "turkey dinner.") We are al ways glad to have the young folks back for awhile and their friends with them. Cornelius Holmes' smiling face was welcomed among us last Sun day. ? Young Mr. Robert Hitt of the Aiken Journal was visiting a friend here last Sunday. Messrs. Bub Bussey, Tom Brown and Dave Quarles went to Augusta on business last week. Christmas is in the air out here. H. W. and H. E. Quarles are coh dnually getting in more Christmas goods and we will not be obliged to go off to hunt "Santa claus" this year. We hope to see our citizens stick to their mercantile establish ment as much as possible this year. Hunting is th^ favorite sport these days. Partridges, squirrels and o'possums are numerous and most hunters are having better suc cess than Rev. J. T. Little john and Mr. Mellichamp.had; last Saturday.. They went on a big bunt and actually got out of sight of home and killed two rice birds, one yellow hammer and shot twice at one sap sucker but did not bag him. X.Y. Z. the coming day, so we can predict a higher and nobler civilization. I do not prophesy a millennium in the near future-I only speak a3 one "Who, moving hard against the stream, Sees distant gates of Eden gleam, And does not think it all a dream." Glorious is the record of what men have achieved. But how much yet remains undone. From all this to be done, is there not an individ ual duty? We, individually, must work, for the world. We must make life a war against ignorance, and must make each day a battle. In the work for manhood there must be leaders, but we can be goqd soldiers of the line. Astronomers tell us that we can see but few of the heavenly bodies. Tl?ere is Mars, Venus, Saturn, but there are millions of unseen stars, each doing its duty in the universe. So, if we cannot be great in position we can be in heart, the greatest is the servant of all. We, each one, can be numbered among the lesser lights now enlightening the world. But with this advance, we yet have great problems. This work-day world is still full of briars. The com plexity of modern commerce, the question of labor, the government of 6ur cities,. all bring problems which must be met and solved. And withal the greatest problem is the "White Man's Burden." We must bear the "burden" of civilizing and christianizing those who live in. darkness. To clear the minds of sava ges and raise their moral life is the mission of civilization. As we count over the gains the world has made in the past, and when we realize that the mightiest forces of the age are moral, when we believe that behind the mists and storms of. revolution the sun forever shines, and, above all, when we believe that behind the deep un" known MStand God within the shadows, Keeping watch above his own'" When we believe thjs, are we not sure that "In the long days of God, In the world's path untrod, The world will yet be led, Its heart be comforted"? We are headquarters for Ham ilton Browu Shoe Company's cele brated American Lady and Gents dress shoes. Best children's school shoes and working man's shoes on the market. Try our "'God man's" wear well shoe?, all solid. RIVES BROS. CHEATH?Jffi?lS? *'AK1V1. Only Apiary in The County. More Than Sixteen Hundred Pounds of Honey Taken This Year. A full day of,uninterrupted pleas ure is something; that rarely comes | to the editor of af^eekly newspaper, yet that is what the writer enjoyed on Thursday last We rose with the lark and embarkedupon a fourteen mile journey to thet home of Mr. S. Cheatham while .'the'air was crisp, bracing; and buoyant. If you want to be rejuvenated^ as probably yo it have never been -before- you late sleeper, we mean-^juat get out ear ly these November- mornings, be stir yourself and expand your lungs down to the bottommost cells, en haling the refreshmg ozone and oxy-1 gen. Well-back to our*trip. After a delightful drive of two and a,half hours dver the linn, smooth roads we reined up our stied at the door of our friend, Mr.^S. Cl ^athant, whither we had"teeip?nviteu to wit-1 ness a reaK??ee "ro??ung." Mr. Cheatham Resides upon a well-kept, well-tilledi'fitrm, consist "<0$ Mr. Cheatham and Little \ ingof about three hundred acres, five miles north of Cleora and one | and a half miles west of Gilgal church. As one approaches this spa cious country home, located upon decided eminence, he is impressed with the independence and lordli-| ness of country life. A farmer can stand upon his front porch and, casting his eyes over his premises, truly say: "I am monarch of all I survey." The appearance of Mr. Cheatham's farm betokens prosperity. Scattered in the grove lies twenty-odd bales of cotton. Near by are harrow, mow ers and other improved farming im plements. In the lot can be seen large, sleek mules and horses and well filled cribs. Out near the road is his store stocked with general merchandise. Soon after our arrival Mr. Cheat ham got everything in readiness and we two went out to the bee-hives to take somt honey (the writer being somewhat in the rear). Although the thoughtful host had enveloped our upper extremities in a bee veil and heavy gloves covered our hands, yeti the buzz of the tens of thousands of | bees was too suggestive of possibili ties for us to be comfortable at first. However, after seeing Mr. Cheat ham pick up handfuls of bees like one would a handful of shelled com. entirely unmindful of the location of their "business" end, we became | somewhat emboldened. Each colony or swarm, wl?ch con sists of some thirty or forty thou sand bees, occupies a hive. The style of hive adopted by Mr. Cheatham, who is thoroughly conversant with bee culture in ali of its phases, ap pears something like a soap box. In this the bees live, and the honey is | stored in cases called supers that are placed on top of the hive. The supers are about the size of the hive and contain frames upon which the bees build the comb and store the hone}'. Each well-filled super contains from fifteen to twenty pounds of honey, and sometimes as many as three supers are [placed above one hive. Several supers were carried into the extracting house and herc the writer saw the entire process, from the removal of the caps on the comb to the canning for market. Mr. Cheatham wields the large uncap-1 ping knife with the skill of an ex pert. After the cells are uncapped the comb is placed in the extractor, which is operated by pretty little; Miss Wofford, the thirteen year-old-1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cheatham. She has extracted 1,600 pounds of honey this year. The extractor simple, yet it does its work very satisfactorily. It consists of a large can about three feet tall and two Lutheran Convention and Other Interesting News. Rev. W. T. Hundley, of Bates burg, spent a few days of last week in town with friends. Miss Andrina Ouzts bas returned from Roek Hill, after a visit to her sister, Miss Nina Ouzts. The latter is the instructor of music in the Rock Hill High school. Mrs. Dayton Toole, of Aiken, bas been the guest of ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Price. Miss Weinona Lewis is at home after a visit to relatives in Charleston Miss Lucile Busch, of Saluda, is visiting at the home of ber aunt, Mrs. Emma Mobley. Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Black, of Anderson, arrived on Saturday for a visit to the home of the former's brother, Mr. Oscar D. Black. IgMrs. C. F. Strother who has been ill for the past month, was carried to the Augusta hospital on Wednes day evening. She had been at home abou-fta week from the hospital where she was operated on, but a further development of her case necessitated her return. The monthly Historical meeting Vofford Extracting Honey. of the D. of C.j'was held on Thurs day evening at the home of Mrs. P. B. Harrison, and all present enjoyed the program arranged by 'the Histo rian, Miss Harriet Toney. Mr. John Barr, a former resident of Johnston, andi son-in-law of post master J. B. Owdoni, died at Lees ville on Thursday last. His remains were taken to his old home in Pros perity for interment. Rev. P. E. Monroe will arrive this week and . assume pastoral charge of the Lutheran church. Rev. Monroe comes from Ehrhardt, from which church he recently resigned. The first conference of the South and a half feet in diameter, in which wire baskets revolve with great rapidity. The frames containing the comb and boney arc placed in these baskets and as they revolve the cen trifugal force throws the boney from thc comb against the walls of the can. After drawing the boney from the extractor it is thoroughly strained, in order to remove tho fine : pieces of comb, and put in glass jars ready for market. Thc cut which appears on this page shows ' Mr. Cheatham in the act of uncapping tho comb with the large knife, and little Wo ff o rd is ? standing by tho extractor ready to ( ! perform ber part. Mr. Cheatham has about fifty hives of bees from which he has { taken about 1,000 pounds of honey - this year; 400 pounds in the spring, 400 in the summer and 80(J 'this fall. - One colony produces sometimes as ? much as 100 pounds in a year. He ' uses about ?40 worth of glass jars I each year in canning his honey crop 1 for market. And let us say right here that Mr. Cbeatham's honey < needs no inspection under the pure 1 food law. Thc glass jars sent out by ' bim contain nothing but tho pure ? nectar gathered and ripened in the 1 gum by his vast army of boos. Fur- 1 thermore, tho utmost cleanliness is observed in extracting and canning < the boney. ? After spending several hours in- ' vestigating honey making and bon- I ey marketing, wc wore invited in to - partake of a princely toast that Mrs. Cheatham had prepared. We ] were not only impressed with the great variety but with tho elegant manner in which it was prepared - and served. Truly, it is a great treat 1 to one who feasts chiefly upon "store bought" food to get out and 1 partake of many delightful dishes ? that arc frosh from the garden and : farm. As tho shadows ol' the afternoon - lengthened wo departed for Edge field in our honey-laden buggy, hap py over having spent a day so de- < lightfully and profitably. |. IU?11VWV J. -M.M. ?. IV. Oyster Supper, Cake Walk, Quilting and Happy Times Generally. The farmers through this section are still busy sowing small grain and picking scattering cotton. Bird hunting is to be the ?order of the day Thursday, Thanksgiving day. The ladies aid society wiU meet at Mrs. S. B. Strom's to-morrow, Tuesday, to quilt two beautiful quilts which will be presented to our pastor and wife, Mr. and' Mrs. J. T. Littlejohn. Miss Tillie Gilchrist has accepted a position to teach the school be tween Plum Branch and McCor mick. Miss Tillie has taught this school for the past two years in a manner very satisfactory to the pa trons. Mr. XL. Gilchrist has purchased a farm in eight miles from Augusta, and will move to his new home in about two weeks. He will run a dairy and truck farm in con nection with his other farming in terests. We regret to see these good neighbors and friends leave our community. Miss Lida Wash will give a so ciable next Friday night in honor of her guest Miss Annie Lanford, from Lanford, S. C., sister of Mrs. R. A. Wash and Mrs. J. T. Littlejohn. The ovster supper at the home of Mr. R. H. Quarles at Liberty Hill Friday night last was largely at tended and was quite a success. The supper, a bountiful one, was served in the spacious dining hall and con sisted of stewed oysters, ambrosia, gelatine and pineapple, served with cake. The tables were presided over by Mrs. C. C. Fuller, Mrs. Dr. Sheppard, Mrs. W. E. Sheppard, Mrs. R. H. Quarles and Mrs. Lou White. The young people enjoyed ex ceedingly an old fashioned cake walk for two beautiful cakes. The handsome sum of thirty dollars was realized by the good ladies in charge and will be used in purchasing a a school library. Miss Carrie Burkhalter is still with her seriously sick brother, Dr Mrs. E. S. Cotbran has rented", out his farm and will reside with her brother, Mr. D. 1. Morgan. Mr. S. B. Strom, J. D. Hughey, C. B. Strom and Charlie Morgan were appointed last Sunday as dele gates to attend the union meeting at Plum Branch Saturday and Sun day next. Mrs. J. E. Strom was called to the bedside bf her sick son, J. S. Strom, at Greenwood last Tuesday. _SIJBS^RIBER^ Carolina Synod will convene here at the Lutheran church on Friday November 2 7th-30th. A very inter esting order of service has been ar ranged and promises to be of inter est to all who attend. Several of the speakers are well known and the members of the Lutheran church are making extensive preparation for the entertainment of all. A very interesting meeting of the W. C. T. U. was held on Friday afternoon with Mrs. M. R. Wright. Instructive papers were read by Mesdames T. R. Denny, A. P. Lott and l?. R. Wright. Miss Lillie La Grone charmed all present with a selection that she rendered in a very pleasing manner. Delightful refresh ments were served at the close of the meeting. Mr. C. B. Tidwell, who has been in the mercantile business at Gaff ney, will move here next week, and open an up-to-date grocery store and market. Mr. Edward Latimer, of Macon, Sa., has been visiting his mother, Mrs. L. C. Latimer. A well filled house greeted Miss \ May Wills on Friday evening at the ?chool auditorium. This is her home town, and her coming was a delight . Lo all, who were glad to listen to J this musical genius again. Broadus Mobley, the seven year 3ld son of Mr. Allen Mobley, hap pened to a painful accident on Sat- ? urday afternoon. While playing, he ] slipped and fell into the fire burning the side of his head and face. The burns are not of a oerious nature. At the regular monthly meeting :>f the Y. W. A., held on Sunday afternoon, the following officers were ? iected for the year: Miss Wei nona Lewis, president; Miss Zena Payne, vice-president; Miss Lillie LaGrone, recording and corres ponding secretary, and Miss Lucile : Mobley, treasurer. Rev. Hugh Murchison, of , Bishopville, visited relatives here 1 last week. Miss Hortense Landrum has re turned to her home at Batesburg, J ifter a month's sojourn here with . friends. Mrs. Clarence Woodward, of Aiken, has been the guest of Mrs. W". D. Woodward. Mr. Edmund Perry, of Thompson, ' Sa., is visiting bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pope Perry. vue muntum, i loaacu Who's the Town Buster? The citizen who sneers at his ownj town. The citizen who belittles local en-? terprises. ] The citizen who scoffs at home im* provements. The citizen who buys his household! goods by mail. The citizen who gets his job print* ing done outside. That man's THE TOWN BUSTER. . Death of Mrs. Morgan. The newly-made grave in the cemetery at Hardy's church marks the last resting place of Mrs. An- , nie Morgan, the wife of Mr. R. W. Morgan who breathed her last on Thursday, after being ill with pneumonia only one short week. The interment was held Friday, the venerable and saintly Rev. J. K?; >r^l?ng. ,officiati-ag at the Janet: al, and it was he who officiated at., the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Mor gan.' This good woman whose sudden and untimely death is mourned by a large circle of relatives and friends was known far and near as being gentle, kind, sweet spirited, self sacrificing and consecrated to the service of her Master. Although she has entered upon that eternal rest provided for those who die- in the Lord, yet her beneficent in fluence shall remain to bless the world, which has lieen made brighter and better by her con secrated lif e. Mrs. Morgan was Miss Annie Thurmond before her marriage, and is survived by her husband four daughters, Mrs. Nellie De Armond, Misses Carrie, Bertha, Rebe and Ruth Morgan, her moth er, Mrs. M. J. Thurmond, one brother, Hon. J. Wm. Thurmond and one sister, Mrs. P. B. What ley. Mrs. Morgan wrote a number of beautiful verses during her life, having possessed decided poetic gifts. The subjoined verses which were penned a few days before she became ill show how complete was her resignation to His will and how she meditated upon things spiritual even in health. Beyond the aerial blue, Where the sky piercing dark never goes ; Where the stars more brilliantly light, Where the angels their white wings disclose. 'Tis there, 'Tis there, The home ol: the perfect and blessed, That this soul has yearned so long rhe mansions of Heavenly Rest. Beyond all that is earthly and dross, Are the beautiful jasper walls set: Oh! there is the home of the blessed, Oh, there where the perfect find rest The dark clouds so near us, and low, Which take all the bravery from our breast, Will soon their bright linings disclose, [f patience and faith we possess. Beyond the aerial blue are the Man sions we should possess, / [f the "well done thou faithful" we hear, We'll anchor our souls with the blessed. Farmers Union Meeting. To all Edgefield: You are most* ' respectfully invhted to attend a mass ' meeting to be held at Edgefield on Friday, December 4th, at which time Bro. B. Harris, president South Carolina Farmers Union will address the meeting. Every body . should turn out. Bro. Harris is a practical farmer as well as giant in , unionism. His address should be of benefit to all who have the oppor tunity of hearing him. W. R. Parks, Member Ex-com. 2nd Con. Dis. Maple Syrup and Buckwheatat PENN & HOLSTEIN'S.