The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, June 29, 1901, Image 2
THE LED^clR.
1 liarlow 8. Carter,
KDITOH AND Tf \NAGER.
SATURDAY, JUNK 29, 1901.
God Moves in a
Mysterious Way!
He Makes the Dumb to Speak,
the Blind to Head?a Happy
Day at Cedar Springs.
StatT Correspondence The State.
Cedar Springs, Spartanburg
County, .lone 2ft. ?tiWishing that
all the months may he happy
months to you, we say good bye.''
Such was the benediction which
was received with a feeling akin
to reverence by a large audience
todav.
It was a benediction at the
hands o? four little mutes, children
to whom God had not given
the power of speech. Yet it was
a spoken sentence, a thought ill
lerwu ami expressed hy vocal
organs, feehle, yet responsive to
training
Wonderful is this institution
tvhero the duub are taught to
apeak ! Not with signs and symhols
alone, hut with the tongue
whose functions are almost lost
because of the absence of tho
kindred faculty of hearing.
Today at noon a large audience
gathered in the hall of the South
Carolina Institute for the Education
of the Deaf an Blind, tho occasion
being the annual commencement.
The country folk came
from miles around, showing their
sincere kindly interest in the
school.
The stage was neatly decorated
with evergreens, in festoons and
garlands and conspicuous in it all
? ft wildtliedates "1849" and 4<1901."
? This school has been in existence
full half a century, making allowance
for the three > cars in
I
Radical times in which it was
closed. Mr. N. F. Walker, superintendent
of the institution,
W. directed the programme of tho
Jd"V.
i I'he exercise* were opened with
tin Hnthem by a choir of t>lin<i
children. 4tO, worship the Lord
in the beauty of holiness," sang
f the little ones with earnestness,
anil sweetly.
Misses Kllen Bench of Sumter
and Carrie Pennington of Spartanburg
charmed the audience with a
piano duet, "Happv Memories."
These sightless young misses will
evidently cherish happy memories
of Cedar Springs.
The salutatory address was delivered
by Mr. Jesse D. High of
Spartanburg, a member of the
graduating class. The speech
would have done credit to one
possessed of all the faculties.
The piano responded sweetly to
the touch of Master W. (Jault of
1Ti)ion. a little ooy not over 12
years of age, who played the
.'Valse Blue" for the audience.
TIIE 1(1.1N I> NOT IIKI.l I.KSS.
Then followed a scene which
would make any South Carolinian
proud. We are tuught to
pity the blind for their hclplessnes.
as well as for the deprivation
of the highest of all senses. But
the class of blind children which
then came upon the stage showed
that at Cedar Springs they are
taught to lie useful. It was wonder
fill?the exhibition which was
made by these blind children,
sh ?wing how they are taught in
the class rooms. The children,
nod the advanced pupils too,
proved themselves bright and apt
as well as instructed in such
fundamental branches as other
children study in the graded
schools.
There is a young man at the
institution whose poor eyes can
i . i
t
not see even the instrument before
him, but he is a youth of
talent, perhaps of genius. In a
masterly way he drew from the
sweet-toned pipe organ the inspiring
strains of Lefebure Wely's
"Offertoire." This talented youth
is Mr. Wayne Dennld of Abbevile.
This was .followed by a pantomime
between Messrs. W. G.
Glover and R. 8. Moak, two
mutes.
t4() Flowery Month of .June"
was sung by a chorus of young
girls whose white dresses were no
fresher than their sweet voices.
Master W. H. Beaty, a bright
and hundsome little fellow fr n
Fairfield, recited a humorous
sketch, 44Old Times and New.'
It was (piite a long selection,
I ol, ti- *
OU\MTlHg till" IIUIII1II?? IIH
memories of the hlind pupils
This was followed by "Au OI<
Sweetheart," a recitation l?y i
bright and winsome little wotnar
from Lancaster, Miss H. Cope
land.
Mack's "Light Heart Polka'
was played by Master II. Ham
mond of Edgefield.
"Sometimes We'll Understand'
was a chorus by mutes. Thej
sang it on their fingers. But tha
was a very sweet piano accompaniI
ment and a band of blind lassei
j sang the song which their voicelett
sisters sang the song made it
symbols. It is said that the deal
have no idea of rhythm ?for tbii
deficiency they are doubly suppli
ed with grace. The mutes who
took part in this 4'song" wen
graceful as well as nimble o:
fingers. Miss Mamie Duncan o:
j Columbia was one of them, th<
others being Misses Coward
Smoak, Eason, Hyman, Bjylstoi
and Broach.
The loss of one sence or faculty
is said to make the others all th<
more keen. This was shown whec
a class of four girls and four boys,
| all blink pupils, delighted the
audience with a gymnastic drill.
THK WORK OF MUTES.
The class of deaf pupils almost
startled the audience with theii
superior training.
The primary class was givei
questions hy means of signs. Tin
answers to all questions wen
written rapidly, accurately ant
neatly upon the blacknoard!
The advanced pupils wen
given quetsion sorally. With eye:
intent upon the lips of the sytn
pathetic teacher, the pupils with
out hesitation grasped the diticul
algebraic questions and in a shor
time evolved the solution on th<
blackboard. Questions in notation
numbers of seven tigures wen
caught from the touchers am
changed to visible characters bj
the <left lingers of the deaf.
But what was more like tin
very manifestation of providenci
was the intelligent speaking of th<
dumb! One of the teachers whom
the little ones loved asked a clasi
of four a few simple questions.
They watched the workings of hei
lips and answered. Strange an<
weird those mntnliie ivirich.>ni,.o
. ? ? "^1 .-VVUMUIVU
voices, yet it was "the voice o:
understanding." It was an unna
tural, labored speech, hut th<
distinctness with which some o:
them enunciated was surprising,
The Lord's prayer was recited, a:
were some verses of nurser)
rhyme.
Capt. Walker presented certili
cates to the following who hat
been in the institution for eighl
years: W. L.Smith, Chesterfield:
Walter Glover, Colleton; Kugenc
Hradlev. Snniter: David
Anderson, and Miss Mamie Dun
can of Columbia. Diplomas were
given the following who ha*, e completed
the full ten years' course
Jessie Dean High, Herbert Kogen
Smoke, Nettie Penington, Spartanburg:
Daisy L. Tanner, Charleston;
Susan Beach, Sumter; an<
William ('lary of Newberry. Tc
the graduating class the superiutendent
expressed his regret and
sorrow at being forced to give np
the youth and young women who
are to him as his own. He addressed
his remarks both in the
spoken and in the sign languuge,
so that all might know how keenly
he felt the parting.
There was a selectiou by the
, orchestra, live violins and a 'cello
under me direction or viiss Meoefee.
and the valedictory was de,
livered by Mr. K. Ov Glover of
| Spartanburg. In the sign language
he told the teachers, fellow students
and classmates good by. So
( expert is he that Mr. Walker
^ could with diticulty read after Mr.
. Glover and interpret for the visitors.
A bund of eight pieces then
played a medley of well known
j airs, concluding with "Dixie."
, The band makes good music and
1 deserves much praise, especially
the wee little fellows who played
cornets.
' The Millfort Hill Sold
Messrs. Leroy and E. B. Spring!
Purchase I* from Messrs. W.
r A. Watson and B. D.
t Springs?Fort Mill
a McLaurin Town,
s
' Special to Charlotte Observer.
1 Fort Mill, S. C., June 24-. ?li
^ is reported here that Col. Leroj
4 Springs, of Lancaster, S. C., anc
Mr. E. B. Springs, of Charlotte
1 have bought the Millfort Mill
3 herefrom Messrs. W. A. Wutsoi
^ and B. D. Springs, of Charlotte
^ The amount involved in thii
3 transaction was not learned,
? Messrs. Leroy and E. B. Springi
1 also own a large interest in tin
Fort Mill Manufacturing Co
' Their new investment shows con
5 clusively their confidence in thi
1 future of cotton manufacturing ic
i thi? enterprising little mill town,
Mr. Leroy Springs has hough!
the controlling interest in tb<
Eureka Cotton Mill at Chester, S,
C. He also owns the Springstein
Mill at that place.
Fort Mill business men are
generally in favor of McLaurit
1 and endorse his views as to the
necessity of a vigorous foreign
J policy and the opening of market!
abroad for Amrican-inade goods.
There is a growing sentiment ic
this direction all over South CaroUna.
The Observer's position in
favor of this policy is pleasing tc
^ the people of this place.
t i A special to The State from
? NYinnsboro, dune 25th, noting th?
, death of Mrs. .losiah Obear, an
a aged lady of that town, relates the
I following rather remarkable cirj
cumblanee of her early life; "In
early childhood she accompanied
? her parents to the island of Janmis
ca and was there during the insur3
rection of 1833, when the slaves
i rose and massacred so many of
3 the white people. She was saved
by the efforts of a faithful negro
r house servant, who hid her away
1 from the infuriated mob until she
I could deliver hef safely into the
f hands of her brother in New
York.
* They Work While You Sleep.
While your mind and body rest Cas.
carets Candy Cathartic repair your
s digestion, your liver, your bowels,
put them in perfect order. Genuine
' tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold
in bulk. All druggists, ioc.
j The Columbia liecord of SaturI
day says: "Senator Tillman, it is
. reported, has bought some oil
5 stock of a company operating at
Itaaumont, T?x. He may strike
. it as rich aa Latir.^r did in Mex5
ican Copper.
Don't Ncflwt Your Liver.
; Liver troubles quickly result in serious
complications, an<l the man who neglects his
* liver has little regard for health. A bottle
. of browns' Iron liittern taken now and then
will keen the liver in perfect order. If the
' disease has developed, lirowns' Iron Bitters
I will core it permanently. Strength and
vitality will always follow its use.
> brown*' Irou bitters to sold by all dealers.
| Fatal Accident at tin '
Epworth Orphanage. ,
One Little Hoy Killed by a Fall-,
i ing Shed and Two Injured. Result
of the Windstorm. <
? i'
The State, 27th instant.
A deplorable accident occured (
at the Kpworth orphanage during '
the storm yesterday oftcrnoon.
An old cow shed whs blown to 1
the ground, killing one little fel
low out right and wounding two
ethers.
' The boys ? nine in number?
were in the orchard gathering
plums. Overtaken by the vain
they went under a nearby cowshed
together with two negro men, a
half dozen cows and two horses.
The old shed was unable to ,
withstand the increasing force of
the wind and soon after fell with
a crash.
I As soon as the negroes could
disentangled themselves the
wreckage was removed.
Charley Sta?k was found lying
on his left side pinned to the
1 ground by a heavy sill which had
crushed his skull. There were
several bruises on nis hotly and his
leg was broken.
Lee White has a long gash
down the forehead and face to the
lip, it boing cut to the bone, and
t John H. Parker had his right
r elbow dislocated.
1 The aces of the injured boys
i were 9, and 12 years respectiI
velv.
? The little fellow who was killed
Charley Stack, came to the orph
anage about three and a half years
. ago. His former home was in
s Florence where he and his older
? brother lived up to the time of
their father's death.
The body will be carried to
? Lake City today and interred by
i the side of the child's father.
Dr. Philpot, bouse sergeon at
t the orphanage, attended the two
? hoys that were hurt. They were
> resting easily last night.
The entire orphanage is much
distressed over tne affair. Charley
) Stuck had so endeared himself to
> ull the orphanage family, and his
5 death is very deeply felt.
A Horrible Grime
i Blackmailer Fired a House With
Sleeping Woman?Wanted
t $5,000.
> By Telegraph to Greenville News.
Topeka, Kan., June 27.- Mrs.
W* C. Carson, wife of Cowley
Carson, a farmer, was horribly
burned and is dying hecuuse her
husband refused to deposit five
thousand dollars in a place named
by an unknown blackmailer.
The targedy happenod on Sat
urday night in an obscure settlement
away from post office or
telegraph stations.
1 Three weeks ago Carson, who is
wealthy, received an anonymous
letter demanding that he bury
five thousand dollars at the foot
of a telephone pole under penalty
1 of having his house burned down.
No attention was paid to this.
A second letter was written and
no attention was paid to this. ,
Carson was absent from his
home Saturday night and the
house was fired while his wife
slept.
? * ?
Sixteen Killed in Railroad Wreck
in Indiana.
Peru, lnd., Juno 26.?Sixteen
persons were killed and about 50
were seriously injured in a wreck
of train No 3, westbound Wabash
limited, 0 miles west of this city,
at 12:30 a. m. today. The dead |
were emigrants for Colorado Many
of the injured undoubtedly
wil 1 die.
The One '&ay Gold Cure.
For cold in the bead and core throat uw K?
taott'a Chocolates laxative Qniaiae, the " One
Mr Cold Curat" |
*' ' , ^
rtie Pardon of John G. Ghaffln. b;
P'
What the Mother of the Slain r*
Mao Says of the "Newly Die^
covered" Evidence.
w
Special to The State.
1
Greenville, June 25.?The par- ~
ilon of John G. Chaftin is said to ^
liave been based upon the fact that ^
the governor was convinced from 0
affidavits presented to him that
warren E. M. Grube, the man ^
who was killed, could use his a)
right hand equally as well as his a.
left hand, and that Chaftin testified a,
that Grube was about to strike 0
hiui with a stick in his right hand u
the statement was eutitled to ^
credence. The contention on the h
part of the defendant has been all h
along that the jury convicted t<
Chaftin because it was shown that tl
Grube was left handed, which
discredited the evidence of Chaftin 8i
in the minds of the jurors, and Cl
resulted in the verdict of guilty. v
It may not fee true that the gov- I 'J
ernor was guided in this by tne p
showing mide in favor of the fj
theory that Grube was ambidex- !
trous, and it may also be untrue h
that a verdict of guilty was reach- t
ed by the jury on account of the h
proof that he was left handed h
only, but it is interesting at least s
to have the statement of Grube's- v
own mother on the disputed point, y
and for this reason the following 8
letter is published at the instance 8
of the recipients, who wish to u
pi ice the statement before the t
public. Whatever view may be y
taken of the verdict of the jury <]
or tne exercise of the pardoning
power in this case, tbo straight- t
forward statement of Mrs. Rankin, u
the mother of the deceased, can- ,
not fail to make an impression by !
its intelligent regard for the right s
and feelings of others, while
maintaining the integrity of her j
son's character. The following is
the letter and the publication is -j
authorized by Mrs. Rankin: j
Rochester, N. Y., June 19, 1901. v
My Dear Friends: Your letter j
and paper at hand. 1 cannot say v
that 1 was much surprised at the
news of Chaftin's pardon, except c
at the unheard of haste with v
which it was accomplished.
1 have known too much of the c
pardon of criminals to serve politi- a
cal ends in our own State, not to a
have expected that after the hor- n
|
ror of the crime should rave r
passed from the memory of the
people, some governor, having a ^
purpose to serve, would exercise c
his pardoning power in Chafiin's
behalf. But that public opinion e
should have so radically changed
at this early day is indeed sur- j
prising. I j
From the first I schooled my- a
self to ihink as little sf Chafliu as |
possible, cherishing no feeling of i
revenge, and not expecting or j
even desiring his conviction; in'i
fact my heart was too crushed and
I
sore to take a very lively interest
in anything. 1 could not aud did J
not read the trial. My grief was I ?
c
all 1 ceuld endure without being
aggravated by borrowing details.
80 now as neither his incarcera- j *
tion nor release can restore the j1
life be has taken it can be of no 1
possible moment to me, except as *
it may indirectly affect the fair 11
name of my son. If the people *
of Greenville and the community 1
at large crave Chaflin's society, 1
they are quite welcome to it. *
Rut this alleged new testimony, 1
on which the pardon was obtained *
1 denounced as utterly false, how- i
ever anxious his counsel may have I
been to "show the governor the i
truth of the case." That W?rron .
J
Grube was ambidextrous. I most
emphatically deny. From his *
earliest infancy it became evident *
that he was not only left-banded,
but so decidedly left-handed that ]
no amount of training could nake j
him otherwise, and as a child, i
>y, and man be could never at
ay or work d? anything with his
ght band that a vary right hand"
1 parson could not do with his
tt His writing and drawingare
always done, with his left
and regardless of light or shade,
ad when be came home with hi?
rother's remains, less than six
icnths before his own death, he
a* the same left-handed boy a*
f old.
1 claim that I, his mother should
now the facis of the case as well
3 recent or casual acquaintances,
3 Warren himself, regarding it
s an infirmity, was always more
r less embariassed by it, thus
ppealing to my sympathy. It
rould have been just as natural for
im to grasp a weapon in his rightand
us for a right handed person
3 seize on in his left: and if at
tie moment of his death he stood
i a threatening attitude with a
tick in his right hand it was beause
his left arm had been preiously
disabled by his assailant,
'he world will never know what
iiu ii I Uo 4 U.. 4. ??
i*u UII vumj ua|;|/ciicu 111 LUitL Ul'
ice.
As to his having the atick in his
and or not, I cannot see how
hat could have so important a
tearing on the case. The fact of
lis being otherwise unnatural
hould prove conclusively that the
weapon he hold was hastily im~
trovised in self-defence. It would
urely be very strange for any
ane man who was not a coward,
nd who bad once been assaulted
o submit to a second attack fron?
he same man without trying to
lefend himself.
Hoping you are both well and
hanking you for your interests, I
m,
Very sincerely,
Mrs. A. L. Iiankin.
Twenty Drowned.
St. Johns, N. F., June 26.?
L'he steamship Lusitania, of
Liverpool bound to Montreal waa
vrecked last night off Cape Bolard.
Five hundned passengers
vere aboard.
It is reported that a boat load
>1 the people numbering twenty
vere drowned.
The Lusitania mistook the
ourse in a dense fog and went
shore near Renews. She ran over
, reef and hangs against a cliff.
?ke passengers were mostly imnigrants.
Panic-stricken they fought for
he boats with knives but the
>flicers finally mastered them.
Women and children were landd
first.
The vessel is a total wreck,
duch of the cargo will be saved.
. 13
ioats and tugs have gone to her
assistance.
PASTOniA.
Bern tk? /> Kind You Have Always Bought
rr
n Marrying a Girl of 14 He
Violated Law.
Special t? The Stat?.
Jonesville, June 26. ? Mr. Ed.
iochester, a young man liying
n town, secured the hand in tnariage
of Mis? Mattie M in ton, a
actory girl just about 14 ?umners,
against the will of her
ather, and now the father has
ndicted Mr. Rochester for decoy
j
i.v- a?*?) huu marrying nis (laugh'
er under 16 years of age, conray
to the statutes in such cases.
LOSING I
i FLESH |
r\ In summer can be prevented a
f by taking T
& Scott's Emulsion ?
Its as beneficial In summer.ee
' In winter. If you are weak or B
[ run down, It will build von ?ir?
u (tend for fre? Mtnplt.
I SCOTT & BOWNE, ChemiM*. B
L 400-4'' ''cm I Street, N?Vf York. JL
M f *. ami $1.00; all druggiflt*.
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