Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OUR SCHOOLS. Published Monthly. MOTTO: "ls it not ttiuo wo wcro doini* soine thlnir to koop tho ?-ural district!- from hoing depopulated hy j* opio Booking hotter schoola than they liavo'.' 1 whenever rural commu nities havo l>e drained of their l>ost l>loo<l and brain, and tho remaining uitizeuship re duced to a kind of peasantry', South Caro lina's prosperity in at an end.'"--W. H. Hand. f..minimi ,t im-.-, for thia OollllUII .should l>0 ad dressed to Miss Marve lt. Hhelor, Wcstmlr. ?tor, South Carolina. The internat h.n::l Sunshine Society was duly iiicorporuted February, 1900, undei the laws of the State of New York. Through tho courtesy of Edward Bok. editor of Tho Ladies' Home Journal, valuable space in this publication is devoted exclusively to "Sunshine" woik. This department' is edited hy the President-General and founder of the International Sunshine Society, Mrs. Cynthia West over Alden. To the questions so often naked, "How did the Sunshine Society origi nate?" "What is its object?" "What luis it acoinpllshed?" and "How do you do the work?" the following an swers are made: During the holidays several years ago, the President-Gen eral was the recipient of a number of cards from her co-workers on the Now York Recorder, an well as from outside friends. On Chrlstams Day she pr? testen, and said that, while she enjoyed her gifto. i bo would have had Infinitely more pleasure in their receipt if Ibo donors hal not written their '?ames on them. This state ment horrified her audience,who with one accord exclaimed : "What! You wouldn't give your presents away, would you?" . "Why not?" was tho answer. "What do you do with yours?" A laughing investigation soon developed the fact that the waste-basket was tho ulti mate destination of most ol' the cards received. Some spent a few months tacked on the wall, until lly-specked and discolored; others wer? used as bookmarks until lop-eared; then all were thrown away without having given an additional ray of Biiushinc to any one beyond the Immediate re cipient. "Suppose you take the history of om- pretty ten-cent card that came to me a year ago," said the President General. "It had an equisito little poem on lt, and 1 enjoy 1 lt so much that I thought at once o.' an old uncle who would appreciate It, and for warded lt to him. He, as 1 thought hc would, did enjoy it, and so much that he Immediately recalled another old friend to whom lt would appeal with special force. So he copied the poem, and sent the card on. This recipient found the sentiment so sweet that she. too, felt caned upon to pass it on, and before the seven days' holiday was over, tho card had carried its Christinas message to six di ff- ont people. Of course, this is an exception, but still lt ls an exam ple of the Infinite possibilities of a gift if accepted in the true spirit and then pnssed on, giving each one the doublt delight of receiving and giv ing." The cards which had offered the toxt for the little sermon were then spread out and their possibilities dis cussed. Hore was a dainty ono with a great cluster of royal purple pan sies. "Mrs. So-and-So loves pansies," ami lt might have been sen* on to her if it hadn't been marked all over. Again, a group of cunning little pus sies that "would have just been the thing tor a little invalid child who needed amusing," but that, too, was carefully marked with the name of the sender, and thus spoiled for pass ing on. Inspired with this Idea of sending out remembrances that might be mul tiplied four-fold, a new set of cards was given by the staff to the Presi dent-General, who Immediately sent them all out again. The thanks re ceived for these cards were so pretty that an Item was made of lt In the New York Recorder. This caused further correspondence, and resulted in a club for the exchange of friendly greetings. The name "Chat" waa at first chosen for the column, but in time the membership grew so large that a club badge and the motto, "Good Cheer," were selected, and the name "Shut-In" given to the society. On January If?..1896, the name of the society was changed to the Sunshine Society. Tills change was made because of contlict with a shut in society organized in ISSI. Chang ing the word "Shut-in to Sunshine did not interfere with the chili motto or pin. The Sunshine Society '.i fast gain ing ground in South Carolina. The Sunday State has a Sunshine column, where appeals are made and answer ed promptly by "Sunshiner" and the readers. Tho society is well suited tor Friday afternoons in rural schools, where the children are taught to do a kindness, learn songs, recite helpful pieces, lt ls endorsed by leading educators. Any teacher wishing to organize a circle should write State Headquarter,, K. \\ n. No. 1, Box ir>, Westminster, S. C. The society ls doing a great work in South Carolina. Wo wish the naines of all "shut-ins" in South Carolina'. When names are sent in for real hell? the call should be signed by (bree good citizens. Good cheer is Beni all. If any one docs a good deed or kindness to a Sunshiner, he ls required to do sonic one else one. "Pass it on" Is the Sunshine aim. We help people to help thomselves. We wish tin' co-operation of teachers. We want the teachers lo coiled and "pass on" good reading to the chil dren and parents. The society will furnish the magazines li you will "pass them on." Miss Marve II. Sholor, State Leader. Westminster, S. C. ff you would like to fool some wise coffee critic, who "knows fine coffee on taste and llavor," quietly make for him a batch of Dr. Slump's "Health Coffee" and serve lt pilling hot. It deceived Mrs. Shoop, and will, I believe, deceive any one. And there is not a grain of real coffee in lt. Health Coffee is made from pure toasted grains, malt, nut?, etc. Made In a minuto-no 20 to 30 minutes tedious boiling. 1 -Vi pounds 25e. A. P. Crisp. GA KY SUCCEEDS LATINER. Elected un Eighteenth Ilallot, After I >( .M I lix k of Two Days. Columbia, March 6.-On the eigh teenth ballot Frank B. Gary, of Ab beville, was elected to-day United State? Senator fro ir South Carolina, to succeed the late Senator A. C. bat- 1 liner. The deadlock continued two days, and Mr. Gary was elected on tho fourth ballot to-day, receiving 81 votes. The Legislature convened In special session Inst Tuesday for the purpose of electing Senntor Latlmer's succesor. # i The claim is made that the nomi nation or Sheppard caused a br?uk to Gary along former factional lines. , The four votes to-day wore as fol- 1 lows: First ballot: Gary, 67; Walker, 28; Coker, 24; Nash, 14; McLeod, 14; Mauldln, 8; Wilie Jones, 4; Ira B. Jones. B Second balot: Gary, 70; Walker, 28; McLeod, ll; Mauldln, 7: Lover, 7; Ira B. Jones, 4; Wilie Jones 4; Coker, 10; John C. Sheppard, 15. Third ballot: Gary, 75; Walker, 14; Coker, 2; Sheppard, 34; Maul dln, 7; Lever, 10; Ira B. Jones. 4; McLeod, 3; Wilie Jones, 1; McKel than, 1. Fourth ballot: Gary olected; 81 votes. Sketch of New Senator. Frank B. Gary, the newly elected Senator, was born In Cokesbury, Ab beville eounty, and ls 4 2 years old. Ile ls a son of the late Dr. F. F. Gary, Who was a prominent physi cian of Abbeville. Ills mother ls still living. Senator Gary's wife was formerly Miss Evans, of Florence, and she is a member of one of the most prominent of South Carolina families. They have only one child. He is a prominent lawyer, and has a wide reputation as an able attorney. He has- been very prominent In poli tics, having been for several terms a member of the Legislature, and was at one time speaker of the House of Representatives. He is a nephew of the late Gen. Mart Gary, a famous Confederate general, and a brother of Judge Eu gene B. Gary, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. THE SOUTHERN WHITES. (Washington Post. Senator Tillman, of South Caro lina, and John D. Dockefeller, of Standard Oil, sitting together in a Pullman car, and talking over eco nomic conditions in the South, seems an incongruous thing at first view. In characteristics, temperament, speech, and thought they are as wide apart as the poles. One ls well known as the public enemy of the other. But Mr. Tillman ls not al ways brandishing his barbed pitch fork In the face of Wall street's chieftains, nor is Mr. Rockefeller to be caught at all times with his fin gers making predatory motions in the deeps of the public's pockets. So they sat and talked together like any other friendly, simple folk. But how big with possibilities yet unborn was this simple meeting brought about by the chance of a moment! They discussed a question that Is many years old-the unfortu nate condition of the poor whites in the Southern States. Papers have been written on lt, feuds have been fought over lt, and orators have made lt the topic of a day. All to no purpose. The poor white of the South has still been condemned by nothing more shameful than his poverty to ignorance and want, to misery, obscrulty, and apathy. He ls helpless and there are no others to help him. He sees his negro neighbor rising, learning, prospering, because Northern hands have stretched to them an abundant char ity. No hands have com? to the aid of the poor white who knows his po sition ls worse than that of the ne gro, and who feels lt keenly. But they talked earnestly on this subject -the Senator who knew what he was talking about and dared to say lt and the man with the power to do whatever he puts his mind to. And when the man who had contributed $37,000,000 to education In one year heard the story, he said: "This must not be. These things must Le remedied." lt ls not for any one to say what the great oil magnate meant by his words. Mr. Rockefeller ls not gene rally credited with using vain words, however. Those who have the In terests' of the Southern whites In their hearts may take unto them selves what encouragement they can from lils language. Certainly there atc few people more worthy of bet ter educational facilities than those solid, simon-pure, but illiterate, Americans, the mountain whites of the South, instruction, opportunity nnd attention aiv all they need to mold them Into an Industrious, strong and hardy people. When school houses dot the r* mtalnsldes in place of still house, there will be heard nothing luo.e of bloody feuds nor moonshiners' murders. The negro population should bo given all the education lt can take lu, but the need of the white man, also, should not be forgotten. OABTOXtXA. B?*n th? ?A ? to Kind You Have Always Bought J BMM?C Folks. A i-e You Sur? Your Kidneys aro Weill? Many rheumatic attacks are duo to uric acid m the blood. But tho duty of the kidneys ls to remove all uric acid from tho blood. Its presence there shows the kidneys are Inactive. Don't dally with "uric acid solvents." You might go on until doomsday with them, but until you cure the Kidneys you will never get well. Doan's Kidney Pills not only remove uric acid, but cure the kidneys and then all danger from uric acid ls anded. Rupert B. Calvo, bookbinder, em ployed at The State Publishing Co., official printers for the State of South Carolina, living at 1010 Lumber St., Columbia, S. C., says: "I thought I had rheumatism and was treated tor lt on that belief. I usod all kinda of liniments. The pain was in my back and in my hips clear to the shoul ders. The liniments did no good, an? I took to blood medicines, but they did not help me. I took a long trip In hopes that the change of cli mate might help me. I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills and determined to try them, and got a box at a drug ?tore. They completely removed the pains out of my back, and I have not felt a touch of the old trouble since I used them." For salo by all dealers. Prlco 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. $70,000,000 as Mail Graft. Washington, March 3.-The charge that the government has been robbed af over $70.000,000 since 1880 by railroads carrying the mails was made on tho floor of tho House of Representatives to-day by Mr. Lloyd, of Missouri. He referred to the yew system of weighing the malls recent ly introduced by tho Postmaster General and declared that lt was an admission thal the Post Office De partment had allowed the people of the country to be mulcted out of the sum stated. , He demanded to know why suits had not been instituted against the railroads to recover this money. No suits, he charged, had been flied,?and nono suggested. Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, laborers rely on Dr. Thomas' Elec tric Oil. Takes the sting out of ?uts, burns or bruises at once. Pain cannot stay where it ls used. \ged Man Killed; Wife Fatally Hurt Hawklnsvllle, Ga., March 4.-Mr. ind Mrs. Warren Hart, an aged cou ple residing near Frazier, were at tacked by unknown assassins last night. Mr. Hart was killed by a blow on the head with an ax and his body was found In his barn. Mrs. Hart was found In her house with lier head crushed, and though alive it last accounts, she will probably ile. It ls supposed that the crime was committed by negroes and that the ibject was robbery, as Mr. Hart was ?aid to have considerable nioner FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN LYDIA E. PINKHAM No other medicine has been so successful in relieving the suffering of women or received so many gen uine testimonials as has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. In every community you will lind women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkhai'i'- Veg etable Compound. Almost every one you meet} has either been bene fited by it, or lias friends who have. In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,Mass., any woman any day may see the files containing pver one mil lion ono hundred thousand letters from women seeking health, and hero are the letters in which, they openly stato over their own signa tures that they Avero cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has saved many women from surgical operations. Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg table Compound is made from foo* i and herbs, without drugs, and is whole some and harmless. Tho reason why Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound is so successful is because it contains in gredients which act directly upon the feminine organism, restoring it to a healthy normal condition. Women who aro suffering from those distressing ills peculiar to their sox should not lose sight of these facts or doubt tho ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore their health. 'im Horses and Mules Every one good broke and ready to go to worK. 25 Horses and Mares. Suited to the trade. .Vice Drivers, ?Saddle Horses, Drafters, Farmers' Horses and Bro?d Mares. Can fill any order for OOO to 1,300 Pounds. MULES Three to Seven Years Old. A few Plugs for those who want them. Now. if you are from Missouri, Just come to see if all this is true. We have got 'em, and we want to sell cruicK. T LOWRY Seneca, Westminster, m "WK, Car Loads