Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I f THE PAPER THAT GETS RESULTS FOR (Mf I ADVERTISER. HI H Try It. tr?i i o *T/> a. ?w*. xo nv. u OUR EXCHANGES The Kershaw Era. Il was a very gracious act on the part of the railroads in South Carolina to announce that they will transport Confederate veterans free to and from the State Fair. Sometimes the railroads get accused of being soulless corporations, but occasionally some event transpires in their experience which indicates that they are not altogether soulless and we take pleasure in calling attention thereto in this instance and add a word oi commendation for this fine consideration shown the old Vets. We believe the old fellows of the '60s will appreciate it. The Journal and Review. The reaction has set in. During the past two weeks ot the many cases heard in the Aiken court of General Sessions there was but one acquittal. Two important murder trials were com pleted with a conviction of the defendants and each was denied a new trial and received a life sentence for his crime promptly. The people have at last awakenk?'.. ed to a realization of the deplor\ able situation the Southland has i been placed in by its scarlet list of homicides, and the day seems ' here when a proper regard for * human life and just punishment I for its destruction shall be deI man-Jed of all men. Without ^^^reierence to the two Aiken cases particular, there has been ^^HB^ft'fkall over the State a set doubt it vvill bring about its good effect. The Spartanburg fournal. Everybody is praising governor. Harvey^ for the fight be has been making forlHeenforcement of law and the punishment of crime in South Carolina. One of the men in this community who has watched his course with high satisfaction, said yesterday: "I do not think anything that could be said in approval of Governor Harvey's course would be extravagant. For the first time in years the Law has found voice and the people rejoice. I did not think he would do it; but he has done it. The fact that he has kept his oath of office, that he has not thought of what effect his official course might have on his political future, would sugoroct (tlaf O lnnrlolnfi.f/^ /\?i iuui a IL^IOIUIIvt KJ1 CUII91IUItional provision providing thai - no Governor of South Carolina should be eligible to more than one term in that office. Such a provision would make the occupant of the office indifferent to whatever clamor might be made by spiritual advisors, de serving dependents, "conscientious objectors," impressionable females bearing flowers to bloody-handed men conderfined by the law to long imprisonment or execution. The judges have spoken with splendid spirit from the Bench; the Press almost without exception has joined in the |fc f ihn D..1 /%.* I VlUUtlUV "A ? r 1 I I will soon add its powerful influI ence to the movemet which un I der the leadership of Governor I Harvey has set the state on fire. I "We" Editors B MMa," said a newspaper man's son, "I know why editors call themselves Mwe.H "Why?" "So's F the man that doesn't like the i B article will think there are too B m?ay people lor bin to tackle," [ I <te J PAGI IT IS SAID Care is an enemy 1o life.? Shakespeare. A work of real merit finds favor at last.?A. Bronson Alcott. That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.?Izaak Walton, It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly ex presses the worth of a man, but what he is.?Amiel. Heaven sometimes hedges a rare character about with ungninhness and odium, as the burr that protects the fruit.?Emerson. The eye of an avaritious man cannot be satisfied with wealth, any more than a well can be filled with dew.?Saadi. The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct.?Henry V/ard Beecher. Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity there are a hundred that will stand adversity.?Carlyle. To judge human character rightly, a mac may sometimes have very small experience provided he has.a very large heart. ?Bulwer-Lytton. Humility is the true proof ot Christian virtue; without it we retain all our faults, and they are only covered by pride to hide them fiom others, and often from ourselves.?La Rochefoucauld. Every man who can be a firstrate something?as every man can he who is a man at all?has no i^ill to be a iinn-rat<5 some tiling; for a fifth-rate something is no\ better than a first-rate noth ing.?J. li. Holland. Degrees infinite of lustre there must always be, but the weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar to hmC"ffn?htfViV ^^ used, will be a gift also to his race forever.?Ruskiu. It Does Not Pay 1. To "have a good time" at the expense of an uneasy conscience the next morning. 2. To lnso nnr Ipmnor at ilia ?^ iviupvi U I IUV expense of losing a friend. 3. To cheat a corporation at the expense of robbing our own souls. 4. To go to church in the morning if we are planning to go to the devil in the evening. 5. To have an enemy if we can have a friend. G. To sow wild oats if we have to buy our own crop. 7. To spend the last half ot life in remorse or regret for the first half. 8. To be discourteous, irreverent, cynical, cruel, or vulgar. 9. To give God the husks instead of the heart. 10. To live at all unless we live for all. ?Charles M. Sheldon. An Apt Reply A bright youth, undergoing examination for admission to on of the departments at Wash-( in. ion, found himself confronted vv. :i the question: " vVhat is the distance from the ear.litothe sun?" i' >t having the exact number of n.ileswith him, he wrote in repl : 4 1 im unable to state accurately, hut I don't think the sun is near enough to interfere with a pro nor performance of mv duties if I get this clerkship." Hv got it,?Texas Sittings, 3 cland, s. c., wednesda: High Tariff Hurdtes '&A Columbia Record Although the Republican tatjl boosters postponed that blundn to the very eve of the congrdH sional election, there is evefl sign today that the voters of tlfl nation will rise in their wrath anl rebuke the party at the cominfl battle of ballots, as they did on a former occasion. Thewomenj now armed with the sufferag^ weapon will doubtless use it, u we may judge the future by thjf past. The present campaign remiua one forcibly of the McKinlej| tariff which went into effect about 1890. The Republicans were then in power and had a majority in the House of Representees of 150 or more. Th| people then, as now, began to rl bel against the higher price bufl den. A spool of thread that ha^ previously soiu ior ;j cems was boosted to 8 or 10 cents, and other necessary items followed the upward price trend. The women, then, as now pro tested, but they were impotent at the ballot box. Bui the women had enough influence with the men to turn the''rascals out of power," and the Democratic party defeated the Republicans in the succeeding fall election overwhelmingly, winning tb. House of Representees by nearly 200 majroity. This year ij would appear is a splendid timfi for history to repeat itself. Negro workmen, who lost their jobs as a result of the dull times caus ed by the tariff law in 1880, were mobilized on the streets, following: the Democratic to <4a I as they called the^^HHm allowed that they couldn't ex pect anything but defeat sine their party chiefs had sternly re fused to "pay off the McKinley bill." Angry sounds, constantly gaining momentum at this timi from all angles of the hinterlam indicate that somebody is prepar ing~RnW?-Off the Fordney-Mc Cumber biinftffSfelL Ranks of Confederate Vets Rap idly Thinning Ont Only 75,066 Confederate veter ans, out of the more than a mil lion who fought for the Soutt during the Civil War, are nov\ living, according to statistics compiled by Col. Francis M. Bur rows, of the staff of Gen. Juliar C - ' o. v^an, ctmimanuer-in-cnier 01 the United Confederate Veterans Of this number 65,707 are draw ing pensions, 1,859 are in soldiers' homes and 7,500 are unknown, The statistics show that 58,087 widows of Confederate soldiers are receiving pensions and 667 negro veterans are in home. Texas leads in the number of surviving veterans with 14.959 on the pension rolls and 256 in homes. Georgia and Arkansas stand next with 9,000 pensioners and 105 and 100 respectively in homes. Statistics by states follow: States Pensioners, In Homes Alabama 4.306 70 Arkansas 0,000 100 Florida 1,471 33 Georgia 9,000 105 Kentucky 1,00 190 Maryland 25 Mississippi 5,632 164 Missouri 1,200 236 Louisana 2,298 43 North Carolina 6,250 120 - A ft \yniauuuiu l,tll (& South Carolina 3,732 56 Tennessee 2,456 84 Texas 14.969 256 Virginia 4,982 214 West Virginia 65,707 1,159 mil Sp rw^lrl |MORNING, OCTOBER 18. fe Dryness Come To Stay. S Charlotte Observer. |H?or all the row that France, IHgiland, our own or any other ^Bpotry may make over the reAit dry ruling: for the seas, 11 q Ibas gone from the vessels le ocean as surely as it has J from the saloons on land, one thing yet to be done is Ihe Shipping Board to aditself to the new conditions devise ways and means by ijl the lost revenue may be lived. The suggestion is adted that lower rates might iade for the dry American s?and undoubtedly t h e' >nn" firUpt ic a orpnl Ampri Iicement. But atter all revenue from sale of f a really consequential Henry Ford's paper. )earborn Independent, a high ofticial of the wned White Star line as eported a tailing off in from the ocean saloon, g a change in attitude )f the seagoing public in I to the matter. The argus that formerly the tourists d a continental tolerance -.se of wines and spirits, he adoption of prohibition, er, ocean liners haye been |;d with a small but noisy ile of bibulous persons conduct has been as ofi as their mouthing of nal liberty" protests. The 1 result has been a falling the popularity of the bar r tVio mrira r>nntaina/I fnnr > IUW uiviv wuiaiuvu iiav jjjlis'? shipping men report of 4h& ulk of 'the passeilgers l^wicans. supposedly eager e ton^the most their rare - .W^nities to obtain prohibitr I Jin Automobile Conscience i 1 j,im a big. red auto, and if I had - way ever car would be red. jt such an inviting color, and, . ^n I speed up an go through . country like a streak, there is no|jiiag sombre about me. An autt> should suggest the power and j?yous abandon of life anywa\5 a high-powered car, of i clasfy moc*el an(* pa*d *or without f ^jSbrtgage, and what's more I go 5 ^^hurch regularly, as every dek self-respecting car should. ppns , j Vidn't always go, but I've ref jorDied. When my owner first . nje he could hardly wait ungot -. til s-untiay came* Me was l,P fit ' six <un*ng me up ftn(* Retting rea'cy *or a run *n,? **le counlry? r ^ wishing, golf or a picnic. He , jrally invited some other chu,ch members, and I'm not saviae tJiat ** ^ ^lem much harr1' yet !^e ^ay s Pleasure al, wav> ended with a question mar<?was that really the best uge to which I could be put on the ?es* ^ay wee^^ ~,)ming home one Sunday lr(*A a fishing trip, I was caught I rainstorm without chains. I ^idfled on the country roads (I mean to) and slipped over and pitched the whole a V out. Fortunately, none par|'hurt, but my owner was bad.was.iaken. He was quite sober, ly 5 his only remark on the way ?n*Le was, "Thankful I didn't [JonrTk my fool neck." Dr^3xt Sunday he surprised me . 1N oingtochurch. The service by g, hn?a u:~ i? t ? uavc linn, lilt i S jd him say to the missus, "vJl*ve hissed a whole lot reny, haven't we?" *vpw every Sunday I go load'Sicking up tired children and t- ' it * People home from aerJJ u.!}and out for a ride in the af??r,JK>D? the weather is pleasjjjj, j-Rarnwt Worker, 1922. WITH THE POETS Autumn Western winds of autumn, sighing ^ Long and low beneath the trees. Whore the tinted leaves are lying, Scarcely rustled by the breeze. f Friend of sorrow! bring thy balming s To the weary sons of strife, ? Lay thy quiet hand of calming . On the fevered pulse of life. Golden autumn, how I love thee! With thy low, deep, mellow song, ' Chanting round, beneath, above me. Lessons thou hast taught me long; Lessons of the heart's submission, Breathing out a holy calm, Solemn chords of soul-contrition j Blending into one deep psalm. s Teaching that in life's great myat'ry j There is autumn time for me, j Where its dim, perplexing hist'ry Merges into melody; Bright the blooms of hope supernal ' Youth's sweet hours before me spread, ' Fragrance that I dreamed eternal < Round my feet their petals shed. | And no more I weep, and wonder \ How all loss evolveth gain, Though life's hollow echoes thunder ^ To the chaos of my pain; 'Neath God's autumn winds of sorrow Lies the promise of His SDrine1! Hope shall find in that glad morrow Bright, eternal blossoming. ?Selected. ??? j The Empty Place i A homeless Bad Habit went searching: one day For a spot where it snugly could settle and stay; It hung round Fred's door for three hours by the clock, n... r 1 - out ueyer ioudu courage 10 siep up and knock. The place was too busy and crowded, you see, breakfast to bed. "I might pusb my way in," thought the Habit, "but then, Every corner is filled, I'd be turned out again. It's no use to hang round; this is no place for me," And it went off as downcast as downcast could be. But lim's door stood open, not f:ir rlrtivn tho rrvofl No crowd was about it, no bustle it showed. The hall was deserted, the study was bare, And the habit stepped in with a satisfied air. "Ah, here's what I want," it remarked with a grin; "I can settle in peace, and crow into a Sin. Jim's life is so idle and empty, I see. That it's just the right home for an inmate like me." So it stayed and it grew till it filled the whole place, And owned Jim in the bargain, and brought him disgrace. Poor Jim: Other boys, too, should keep a lookout For many Bad Habits go search- 1 ing about. 1 ?Exchange. I Be Hind to the Old j Be kind and be gentle 1 To those who are old, 1 For Hpnrpr is lrinrlnose < And better than gold. s < Two Friends j "In-a-minute" is a bad friend, i He makes you put off what you i ought to do at once, and so he ? gets you into a great deal of c trouble. 1 "Right-Away" is a good friend, c He helps you to do pleasantly r and quickly what you are asked t to do, and he never gets you into 8 trouble, I ' tW ONLY DOLLAR PAII PER IN THE COUN. fill II TRY" W0RTH IT|r\W AW Subscribe Now. Si.00 per year RELIGIOUS MATTERS A Higher Destiny We are born for a higher desinv than that of earth; there is a ealm where the rainbow never ades, where the stars will be pread before us like islands that lumber on the ocean, and where he beings that pass before us ike shadows will stay in our >resence forever.? Lyttou. A Neglected Bible A neglected Bible means a starved and strcngthless spirit; i comfortless heart: a barren life; md a grieved Holy Ghost. If the people, who are now perpetually running about to meetings for rrnmhc nf ln>1n <inrt pnmfnrf would only stay at home and search their Bibles there would be more happiness in the Church, and more blessing in the world. It is prosaic counsel; but it is true.?F. B. Meyer. Keeping the Heart If we are to keep our hearts with all diligence, we must be kept by the power of God and that power is not merely to make division outside the beleagured fortress which mav force the beseigers to retreat and give up their effort, but is to enter in and possess the soiri which it wills to defend. It is when the enemy sees that new succors have, in some mysterious way, been in- ^ troduced, that he gives up his seige. It is God in us that is our security.?Alexander \J.gu?ren. . "Wmeu 1 I dictionary <doe?not define to intelligibly as we define them ^ for ourselves. What is it to be patient? It is in your experience and in mine a practical exercise for whirVl llf#? ori\roe no .? ? v fctTVJ CIO UU11J Uf portunity. We are not patient when we are unamiable, althouph we may bear up against _ hardships with grim fortitude. To be patient and fretful at one and the same time is impossible. Whoever would be patient must be cheerful, and to be cheerful in the face of discouragement, to be patient when things go wrong and to maintain optimism when physically depressed are about as difficult as to walk into a den of lions or, i.? the words of the hymn, "to face a frowning world." Giving Is Gelling Giving is getting. This principle is true in many departments of life. Bodily strength comes from its expenditure, not from Its hoarding. Every wise use of a muscle adds to the power of that muscle. An arm carried in a sling for its preservation stiffens and withers. An arm which swings a great hammer takes on largeness and vigor with every generous sweep through the air. ft is use, not the possession of any material treasure, that gives it the highest value. Merely to have it bears no comparison in pleasureableness with its right jmployment. Well-filled library ihelves are of no benefit to their >wner so long as the books renain there unopened. But the aest volume on those shelves vould have an added value to ts user if it were "read to pieces," |o r**?.wV> ?o uiic UJI^UI any* i ;red and kept for its own sake ncreases the discontent and cravings of its holder; while moley spught and handled tor its >eneficent uses gives pleasure tnd satisfaction to him who em >loy* ft,?0. T. R. H^Uork