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? Stepresentatiue J4etuspaper. goveis bexniptcm and the Bardera ai the Surroundinp Sanrities hi he a Blanket. :r VOT. -sryYVTTT, LEXINGTON. S. C? WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. IDOJh 29~ jig TXT. ZZ. ZvZOZnTCZZZOZT, ~Z3?, *fBg> l?A20 MAIN STREET. - -- -- -- - COLUMBIA, ?. O. Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. V. ^ *t> K/-> ? jS B B y? ea!'"^^T^i,'^a^%'- -fr^st' ' B YOU'LL BE FAR F Jr TKhen yon come here to open an account, many of the shrewdest and most snccessfr OPEN AN ACCOUNT A and pnt yourself in the class of progressr bigger one than you may imagine. Start the benefit it will surely be to you. THE HOM LEXINGT JULIAN E. KAUFMANN, ALFREI President. Est. Siller at Prosperity. The Prosperity correspondent of the Newberry Herald and News, in writing up the memorial exercises held in that place says: "The orator of the occasion, Rev. W. H. Hiller, was introduced most happily by Rev. Mr. Kreps. Mr. Hiller "spo^e wittily and humorously upon men (particularly women) and things for a few minutes and then announced his theme "The Battle cf Ideas." So choice, so fitting a sub- ; ject commanded attention and sympathy at once. He showed how "the conflicting ideas of Jefferson, fhe 1 Democrat, and Alexander Hamilton, < the Imperialist, resulted. The real < causes of the war were incidentally j mentioned, but the past wkh its glo- ] rious memories-and its furled banners * and its cause which is not lost were held up as an incentive to great ? things. Rev. Hillermade an eloquent ' anneal for the South to take the lead in things intellectual, artistic and aesthetic. He recalled what the world ( owes to southern countries, Greece, ( Itally, France, et al as over against ( northern countries. He remarked T the material prosperity of our South- ^ land and the result of a similar golden c age during Elizabeth's reign when c England gave her priceless legacy to the world of letters. The future of j America is iu our hands. It is for us 1 to produce paintings, sculpture, and g literature that will endure with time. J After dwelling at length upon our op- c portunities, privileges, riches and the full future before the South the ora- j tion wa9 closed with reminiscences t and expressions of good will toward ( the north and everything for God and t native land." t .DdatlL of 2??s. J. A. Msetzs. Mrs. Ellen Meefze, the beloved and faithful wife of Mr. J. Albert Meetze, s died at her hom^, 1308 Blanding street, 1 Columbia, Saturday afternoon at half S past three o'clock, after an illness of ^ /several weeks. I Mrs. Meetze was a most estimable woman, always manifesting a deep interest in the charitable work of Columbia. In Ebenezer Lutheran church, mki/kU oVin n'oo n r}^or] in^ nnn_ V. ux muvu ouv now u wwu w**u w** sistent member, 8he was a very use- 3 ful and consecrated worker, identi- * fied with all the interests of the con- c gregation. She leaves, besides her husband, 1 one son, Mr. Augustus M. Meetze, and the following brothers and sisters: Messrs. John M., ajid James 0 Caughman, of Lexington, and Hon. * B. L. Caughman, of Columbia; Mrs. W. W. Barre and Mrs. Jas. E. Rawl, ? of Lexington. * The funeral services were conducted from Ebenezer Lutheran church on Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock by her pastor, Rev. C. A. Freed, and the > interment was in Elmwood. t i: . a First Court ia Calhoun. The first term of court for Calhoun county convened Monday morning ^ with judge Chas. G. Dantzler presid- ft ing. j lj - , . ? : ; .?' k ' }::k ' ':}, " ' / ' ; -<; ' .' ' 1 " : . v . : . : ' " V > <* y I JB&r MB ifl Ik jih *> ?> ;* -jf '3nH ~ - - J Hffl ' .JK* ? J -if kffl SHERIFF CORLEY READING AND BRACK TOLAND, MURDER THE RIGHT OF SHERIFF CORLI THE TWO, AND BRACK IS SHO^ OPPOSITE SIDE IS SHOWN ! MILLER. ROM LONESOME You'll find yourself in the company of il business people in town T THE HOME BANK re business men. So will you and a ; your account today and begin enjoying E BANK, ON, S. C. > J. FOX, KARL F. OSWALD, Cashier. Asst. Cashier. Two Hold-Ups ia Columbia. The hold-up game is again prevalent in Columbia, On Saturday night Mr. A. M. Rogers was sand bagged on one of the principal-thorough fares of that city and left for dead. He was later found, and revived, but knows nothing of the occurrence, save that he was held up by two men ?one a white man and the other a mulatto. On Sunday morning Mr. W. 0. Sligh was held up at the point of a pistol and relieved of $30 in cash and a brand new hat which he had in a box. There were two men in this instance?one wore a mask and the 3tner was a negro. Of this Mr. Sligh Is sure. Policeman Dreher and the robbers exchanged several shots, but 50 far as known none took effect. ?7iua Childrsu and xTurso Sit byJMCad JJog ia Creoaville. A small shepherd pup bit five chilIren of Mr. B M. Peace, two children >f Mr. Frank Watson and two chilIren of Mr. R. L. Chandler in Greenville last Thursday. In addition to he white children, the dog bit a col>red nurse who was looking after the kildren of Mr. Peace. Soon after the children had been ritten by the dog the animal began o show sie-ns of sickness of some - - 0 ? ??(ort. A physician was called and attended the wounds of the nine chiliren.and the colored girl. The body of the dog was sent to Atanta and a telegram on Friday 9tated hat the dog had hydrophobia. The hildren, nine of them, were carried ;o Atlanta for treatment at the Paseur institute. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder for swollen, tired, hot, imarting feet. Sample sent free. Uso free sample of the Foot-Ease sanitary Corn-Pad, a new invention. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, Nf. Y. 31 ? Lsesville Collage Closing. The closing exercises of Leesville College will begin on Sunday, May ;l, with the bacalaureate sermon by lev. J. A. B. Scherer, D. D., presilent of Newberry College. Sunday, 8:30 p. m., sermon by Rev. 5. R. Turnipseed. Monday, June 1st, 11:30 a. m., anlual concert. 4:00 p. m., alumni ad[ress. 8:30 p.m., recital by elocuion class. Tuesday, June 2nd, 11 a. m., class [ay exercises. 8:30 p. in., address by Ion. C. C. Featherstone. Thaw Seeking Release. The attorneys for Harry Thaw, the sew Yor&millionaire, are now seekng his release from the Matteawan sylum. District Attorney Jerome 3 strenuously opposing his release. We have had delightful showers luring the last couple days whicli . . .1 i.i ?- - i * ave causea me crops to tatic on new [fe. r>i_M> ;:': "& : .<-. zJgEttmm ^SIRR SHI | v ' II' BjHBH3SjiSS9|^^^^H^ >& } DEATH SENTENCE iu JNED :ERS OF MRS. ELLISOR. TO 3Y IS NED, THE OLDER OF VN ON THE LEFT. ON THE DEPUTY SHERIFF SIM J. F C. I. COMMENCEMENT. Exercises Began Sunday Morning With Able Sermon by Dr. Bowers, of Newberry College?Final Exerercises Last Night by Graduating Class and Literary Address by Prof. W. H. Hand, of Columbia. The commencement exercises of the Palmetto Collegiate Institute began on Sunday morning with the bacalaureate sermon by Rev. A. J. Bowers, D. D., of Newberry College, who delivered a fine oration to a crowded house. His sermon was one of the most scholarly ever heard here and he held the undivided attention of the immense throng from the time he began until the last word was spoken. We regret that our very limited space will only permit our printing brief sketches of the discourse: Dr. Bowers took for his text Esther 4:16.?"Go gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day; I aiso and n?y maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king which is not according to law; and if I perish, I perish." Dr. Bowei*s said: 4 'The noble Esth-.. er here gives expression to the final resolve of her generous heart and declares her high and dauntless determination to venture all for her people and her duty. If it indeed be true that "truth is stranger than fiction," this charming story of the captive Jewish maiden, Esther or Hadassah | her native name, is by all agreement I .true ttfnd credible. In the days of fcAbasuerus, sovereign of one hundred and t .venty-seven provinces reaching from India to Ethiopia, in the third year of his reign, she came by an un! expected and inaccountable concurrence of events to be his queen; and from condition of despised obscurity and orphanhood she rose to share the throne of Persia. On this wise, Vastiti, the royal consort, haughtily declined on a festal day to appear in all her glorious beauty before her husband's friends at banquet in the palace and condemned the request and its command alike of her liege lord; and for her pride and stubbornness was dethroned. In ail the realm in strictest search none was found so fair as Esther, none so fit to fill the vacant qucenship, none so modest, none so charming to the eye and heart of Ahasuerus; and he bids her share with him in all the opulence of an empire. 4'Butlife hath many a turn, even in a palace, and high position man}'- a vicisitude. Hainan, a wicked favorite of the court, deeply plans the ruin of the captive Iseralites and ruthlessly and relentlessly resolves that they shall without exception die; for hate, for bitter hate of Mordecai, the queen'9 near relative, who refused to bow, like slave, before the villian courtier and make obeisance in menial worship. Haman had won, by vile deceit and foul flattery, the king's ready sanction and his signet, and the decree went forth utterly to destroy every Jew, without respect of age or sex, and spoil his substance, throughout the limits of the kingdom. 111C idtai viclj V/Wiiivo \jiij aliu auvjldecai urges Esther, now with lofty reproach and now with despairing hope: "Go in, go in, seek the king's presence and his favor. Tho' the law makes it instant death even for the qeen to enter unbidden into his inner court, unless he at once extend his golden sceptre, enter nevertheless, and plead in Jehovah's name for us and thee; for thou, too, and Jew, and think not in thy weak cowardice, if thou dost fail us in this the day of our supremest peril, think not thy now secret nativity shall be still concealed and thy poor life spared whilst thy brethren die like mean cattle at the hands of Persian butchery. This is the bold crisis of thy life; for this hour thou wast born; to-day for thee all the mysteiy of life is revealed and its meaning manifest. Courage, dear heart; thou canst not turn deaf ear this day to the clarion call of God and thy countrymen." "How wildly runs the thread of duty and how opposite the pleadings and the argument of the faint soul and its frail body: "How can I, how can I, risk so much, enough to make the stoutest spirit quail before it, to daunt the sternest heart. Perish I j shall, at my lord's voice I must perish and all my nation too." Temptation whispers: "Thou art but a woman, nay a girl, a timid, shrinking maiden, albeit a queen; it is not thine to brave the king's consuming wrath and thrust thy queenly head into the cruel jaws of an angry lion. Let another, - let Mordecai, a man, not thee, poor harrassed htart." But yet she ventures notwithsttnding all. With high courage, converted into dauntless daring, even in a woman's soul and body, by a TYiicrht.v faith in T-Tim \x.'Vir? rlnfh not forget or fail, she ventures in; the j king's soul is thrilled by her winsome j beauty and lofty animation and at j her plea for pity grants all he? pray- ! er." j Here the speaker dwelt at some length upon the higher law, declaring that "there is a higher law than , man's." In closing his beautiful pei oration Dr. Bowers said: ,4Young ladies of the class of 1908: For you this mom I ing's message is intended. To yon the portals of the kingdom of all promise open to-day as to none else, in all the compass of your life, be it small and circumscribed or large and wide, you will make no nobler discovery than the kingdom of God within you. Your faithful preceptors have but essayed to light its flame and kindle its fires in you, steadily and self-denyingly and faithfully and tremblingly and always humbly to point out the possibilities of your being. Receive, thou, the congratulations of them and us to-day and set out with cheerful hearts upon the way before you, resolved, please God, to realize the holy promise of your blessed youth. You are young; stay young in spirit forever. Cheerfully and gladly seek to run your race of life, holding fa9t high hope and noble aim and lotty purpose. "Hold fast thy truth, young soldier?gentle mai den keep your promise plight?leave age its subtleties, and gray-haired policy its maze of falsehood; but be you candid as the morning sky, ere the high sun sucks vapors up to stain it." On Monday morning the commencement exercises of tne primary department were held in Root's Hal!, beginning at 10:30. The little folks did themselves proud on this occasion and they reflected much credit on their teachers, each member performing his or her part with all the grace and ease of boys and girls muchoider. The exercises of the intermediate department began Monday evening at 8:39 o'clock with prayer by Rev. B. W. Cronk. This department always has a tine program and on this occasion it was 110 exception to former occasions, and the large audience? fully 500 strong?was entertained for more than two hours. Everyone connected with the program deserves a great deal of praise tor the excellent manner in which they performed their respective parts. The commencement exercises came to a close last evening with the exercises b\' the graduating class and the ; literary address by Prof. W. H. Hand, ; of the University of South Carolina. Misses Bessie Lown and Rearle Clark were the graduates. Their essays were of a high character and showed i the careful and thorough training of their tutors. Col. Geo. Bell Timmerman present- j ed the young ladies with their diplomas in his usual happy style. His address was very appropriate and a masterpiece of flowery eloquence. The literary address by Prof. W. H. i Hand was the principal feature of the i evening. He 9poke on "Our School j Conditions in South Carolina," and } for more than an hour he held the i o + fonfmn V110 hooi'oi'ii Prrif TTonrl atUViltiiVll W X AliO li^/Ul VlO? X 1 V'JL. JIXUUU is a fluent speaker, and that he is j well acquainted with the educational system of the State no one can doubt. We will print a synopsis of his able address next week. The Palmetto Collegiate Institute has had one of the most successful terms in the history of the institution. Prof. W. E- Black, who was elected principal last year, came to Lexington a comparative stranger to most of us; but by his manly bearing and high traits of Christian character? without which no school teacher can make a success?he has endeared himself to all, and has been the principal factor in making the school what it has been during the past session. Mrs. Bessie Black, like her husband, came to Lexington a stranger, but her gentle nature and queenly personality soon won for her friends by the I score. She has made a most excellent teacher. Miss Ellen Hendrix's work in the school room is too well known to the people of Lexington to need mention through these columns. Miss Hendrix has taught in the schools of this | county for several sessions and her work has always given universal satisfaction. Suffice it to say that she is one of the brightest and most successful lauy teachers in the State today. Miss Mary Wingard has been a teacher in the Institute for the past several sessions, and the fact alone, j that she has been repeatedly reelected j by the boarcl of trustees, is ampie proof of her faithful and efficient services. She is a teacher that commands the respect of both parents and pupils. Miss Lucile Efird, teacher of expression in the Institute, graduated last year from the department of expression in the College for Women, Columbia, and while this has been her first year at teaching, she has displayed her wonderful powers of expression on more than one occasion, and those in her charge have made great progress during the year. Mrs. E. B. Roof, has been at the head of the music department of the Institute for many consecutive terms, and as a teacher of music she has no superiors. The music department ; has always been a pleasurable feature i of the commencement exercises and this year the music pupils played no little part in the entertainments given. Mrs. Roof knows music and she knows how to impart that knowledge to others, which is the key to her successful career as musical instructor of the P. C. I. Mr. J. 0. Eargle, of the Leesville News, spent Sunday in Lexington with friends. 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