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* \ ^ c _ . _ ..." \ ' THE PAPER THtAT rmf^ dl^'ll'l^l Al flh% AAA' iA/'ll ONLY DOLLAR PA. GE^S RESULTS FOR mW ?#p Vol. 13 No. 11 / 1 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22. 1922. - Si.00 per year OUR BORDER LETTER , By S. M. Fuoderburk. For the information of many of his felatives, and scores of people who knew him in his boyhood and young manhood days, 1 will now undertake by his consent, to give a short history ot one Nathan Beaver, who is now jiving in the middle portion of Texas, at a town by the * pnntaii UttUIC Ut JUUCBUU1V, IU V/WIJ Vila county, near where he first settled after coming: to Texas, but has lived in several different sections of the state. Mr. Beaver is now nearing his 82nd birthday and is remarkably stout and robust, and no one would judge him to be over 60 years of age. He enlisted in the war, and as a volunteer served until he was wounded at the battle of Manassas in Virginia, when he was relieved from service till he was able to go back into service again. He told me that he could have remained out the balance of the war, but his love for the cause for which so many not only fought but lost their lives and this for a cause they then thought was a righteous causey but as he said tn me that nothing has up to this time convinced him that he was not fighting: for a just cause, but still believes that the fight for the Confederacy was our rights, and any one now living, who knew Nathan Beaver knows he was a brave soldier. He says he nor his immediate family had anything in the way of property or slaves to go into the conflict for, except they would have been Conscripted -later on. Says be jHcLfiftLBMit longer than the first opportunity to volunteer, and at the close received his honorable discharge at Greensboro, N. C. He says he fought a good fight but lost. During the war he was in some of the hard fought battles and says it was miraculous how he escaped being killed. He "now enjoys talking of the years he spent in the service of his country, and telling the harrowing tales of his experiences and. fVio h<%rHeViine rli? ??*%#v tho v* iu6 uaiuaui|io uuiiuk iuo on tingle. To show how much he loved the cause, it did not matter what subject he would be talking about, he would drift into the sad experiences of what he went tnrough with in war days. The writer has never met a man who seems more interested in that memorable struggle than Mr. Beavei*. In the yedr of 1863 he obtained a furlough, came Dome and married Miss Palmiria Funderburk a daughter of Henry and Barbara Funderburk, and left the next morning and went back to his command. After the close of the conflict, returning to his borne and wife, he remained \here long enough to make his third crop, and then by wagon train, moved to west Mississippi, and lived near bis brother-in-law, Sylvester Shute for two years, then by the same mode of travel, which was at that time by private transportation, such as ox mH firtrfeo uiflonn Via mntra/1 r?n into Texas near where be now lives. There were born to hjm eight children, of wnom there are now living two sons and one daughter. These' children all j live in west Texas and are doing well. On December 9th 1879 he I lost his wife. Since posing his I first wife, he hff married four I times, leaking five wives all told. I. By the second union were born I six children and of that number I thrM lira livinor. Iwn ?rl? anH IOOf ion. By the next marriage was born two children, a sop and daughter.? A# I have .alteady Peanut, Father of ISO Children. Q| Charlotte Observer It sounds almost like a fairy tale, this story of the lowly pea- 1 nut, but it has- been left to a oc Southern chemist, a negro chem- 7, t ist at that, to delve into its possi- mt bilities and produce just such an cr exhibit of the by-products of mt what we Southerners have for tu) years regarded as circus fruit. crc At the Four-County Fair re- of cently held at Suffork, Va., this ip wizard of his race showed where tes it is possible to produce from the pe peanut such articles as shoe pu blacking, sweet pickles, toilet cie soaps, fertilizer, vinegar, break- an fast food, fuel, face cream and mi some 140 other varieties of useful ar: articles. an Prof. G. W. Carver is chemist is ? at the Tuskeege Normal and In- of diis.trial Institute, and his display of of the peanut by-products was the an largest ever shown anywhere, pn and needless to say. attracted pe wide attention and a variety of tw comment. thi For 30 years Professor Carver lal has been engaged in the develop- thi ment of useful by-products from in soy beans, velvet beans, old-fash-., s ] ioned cow peas, tomatoes and eh sweet potatoes, and had on dis- to play, 6u soy bean by-products and T1 116 developed from the sweet G< potato. pc This old negro chemist is ex- tic perimenting all the, time. He de- mi clares the peanut, for culinary ed purposes, produced by its rich N< milk is practically unlimited for lo making fancy cheese, nut sage, pa chocolate fillers, cream bon bons de and many fancy salads. Butter wl can be made from the peanut ch milk. - ioi The hfp storyofthisokL^iamJbe 1st reads like romance in his ear rei ly struggles for an education. D< n j. .i? i . _t> u:_ .? ne muue me ueai ui ui? uppui- uii tunities and won deserved .sue- in cess. , . ed rei One Best Patb w< ??^? of There are many paths, but only mi one best one. In that way God H leads us. If we fail going in the tin right way, it is because of something in ourselves Just so far as we are willing to obey God's law, pu so far as we put aside selfishness,' thi so far as we have cherished the thi right character and right motives, o?J so far as we sincerely seek to dp thi right, we shall be led intb the eit paths and the places which are ot best for us. If we fail, it is be- ho cause we are led astray by our sui own Wrong desires and motives, ha as the vessel is deflected from her course by currents of the sla ocean.?Belfast Witness. ' no ?? ( Better an ass that carries us, elc than a horse that throws us.?the G. Holland. + * joi PU west Texas. His last wife was a widow, Mrs. Johnnie Davis, an O? estimable lady, who is educated, po and could read lor Mr. Beaver, 8iv who says be enjoys it more than m, any one could".? It is easily seen by one that she is very much in- re* terested in Mr. Beavervs comfort > and happiness. Mr. and Mrs. be< Beaver have just been spending. Tl something like n week with the las writer and tells me^ that this is in .the first visi|.of his long life,' with any of his relatives, which was D< quite a compliment to us being . able to entertain him on his first <> visit to bis many ktosmein He says that he has traveled exten sively and made many trips back 25 to hi - old home, but the trips AOl were o se& his mother and was not considered by him a? visits ao He al>o tells me of his travels sai throiu iout the country; but al- ' ways ere on busineis. T*1 ; Galveston, Tex.,Sept. 14, 1922. gn< Continued next weety. the . * | ; \ 1. - & i -* EMOCRATIC VICTORY Special Correspondence. Washington.?The great Demratic victory of Tuesday'Nov. accurately forecasted by Chairin Cordell Hull of the Demoattc National Committee, irks. the beginning of the ren of the people to the Demonic party and the restoration that party to complete power 1924. It is more than a pro it against Republican incomtency and failure. It is a rediation of the major poli;s which the present reactionv Republican Congress and adnlstration?the most reactiony in history?have advocated d foisted upon the people. It i repudiation of tarriff-robbery, tax-shifting and tax-juggling:, Newberryism, Daughertyism d Laskensm, of reckless ?p opriation and extravagant exnditure, of the alliance beeen the reactionary leaders of i Republican party and specprivilege and of the reenronement of the spoils system government departments. In many of its features the action was a personal rebuke President Harding himself, le Republican candidate for )vernor of Ohio, who is supped to have won his nomina>n by reason of beitfg an adinistration favorite, was defeat-; ; Senator Frelinghuysen of ew Jersey, the President's felw-vacationist and boon comtnion, was emphatically and cisively squelched; Newberry, tio obtained a certificate of aracter from- President Hprd Z prior to the trial of the Newpudiated wherever there were smocratic majorities; Lodge, e, administration's spokesman the hecate, has been humiliatto a degree which in some Bpects is worse than his defeat Duld have been, and a recount the votes in Massachusetts ay add to his humiliation, lere were minor casaulties 10 b presidential coterie. President Harding had definite* committed himself to the Reblican policies and candidates at were on trial. He spoke for am by the lipp of his Cabinet ticero. He gave every sign t HAAaali aj uc i c^niucu tuc icauit ?a her approval- or disapproval the Republican administran's acts and omissions. The preme court of tbe electorate s given its decision. Mr. Hardz and tbe Republican Congress nd condemned for the future less than for the past. Dne thing lacking in Tuesday's lotion was the failure to give *n * _ a - ; uemocrais a suDsianuai mait v in the House.. A small Reblican majority Jn the House, weyer, is equivalent to a Oemratic victory. The balance of werlwill be held by progreses and radicals who are as ich opposed to Republican ictionism as the bemocrats. Republican redbtionisin has en checked but not destroyed, le work so auspiciously begun t Tuesday will be completed 1924. escripfion. of a Train of Cars < Hie lived in a romote region in u..i ? ?? - ? UIIHUU, UUI U11LC UU U II111C HL> mpanied his father to a village ar which a Branch line ran. te morning after his arrival he n a train go by. For a moment stared at it wit? astonishment d then, running into the house d: 'Fayther, fayther, coom oot! lere's a smiddy [a blacksmith's spl ran off wi* a row o' houses, ' irs awa' doon by the back o* i toon." 9 ' moral' issues X' k > . A Great Fact ( A man may not accept Chris- } tianity as the basis of his life, but there is one thing: he can not de ny?that the religion of the cross j is the only one that exhibits a passiop for saving the lost. Oth- , er religions may have their fierce ] propaganda for gaining converts stad making conqu ests. but Christianity stands aJone in its mission i to the sinftil. the sorrowful, the ' despairing. Christ alone manifests tenderness and love for the < Weary and heavy laden. He alone says of the sinner, "when he was a great way off his father saw him and had compassion ahd ran and fell on his neck and kissed him."?Michigan Presbyterian. : V Ike Lessons Titnahl Bv Trials .We never haye more than we am bear. The present hour we are aiways able to endure. As ear day, so is our strength. If the trials of many years were gathered into one, they would overwhelm us; therefore, in pity topur little strength, God sends fity one, then another, then removes both, an d lays on a third, heavier, perhaps, than' either; but all is so widely measured to Strength that the bruised reed ,inever broken. We do not edpugh look?at our trials in this ptyjMinuous and successive view. I^ch one is seat to teach us pjBtething, and altogether they hafre a lesson which is beyond t?V>wer of any to teach alone. ' v>It is never wise to live in the past. There are, indeed, some uses of our past which are help- i fiil, and which bring blessing. We should remember our past lost condition to keep us humble and faithful. We should remem- , ber past failures anri mistakes, < that we mdy not repeat them. We should,remember'past mercies, that we may have confi deuce in uew needs or trials in tiie future. We should remem- 1 ber past comforts, that there may ' be stars in our sky when night comes again. But while there ' are these true uses of memory, * we should guard against living in the past. We should draw our life's inspiration^ not from memory, but from hope4, -not ' from whi.it is gone, but from ; - what ip yet to come.?-J. R. Miller. " ??r . Cod's Unnoticed Gifts God's best gifts are not even J U.. ,U ?.1 . -?I ' sccu uy iuusc wuu uu uui mane it the constant purpose of their life to receive them. It takes spiritual alertness to know anything of what is going on in the spiritual world of God's richest workings. Without such alertness and purpose in% our lives, We shall no more be aware of the wealth of spintual blessing and opportunity fhat^God offers us all the time thari a blind man going through the Grand Canyon would be of the glories about him. has been said that "God never tabula His choicest gifts;" they are offered so quietly that P they are unnoticed save by the 0 few whose lives are concenlrai- J ed in an intensity of purpose to know Him and to do His will. But vve may all let Christ create in us this keenness o( vision to reco ;oue our blessings, and give . us die purpose and the power to J! lay bold on them.?Sunday \ Scli ol Times. ' ? J p N dure teaches beasts to know f| their ft lends.?Shakespeare. . tt ' \ ' ' ' ; Jury List FIRST WEEK Cheraw?J. F. McBride, W. H. Calder, D. W. Moore, R. K. Berry, I. F. Harper. Court House?E. C. Rivers, W. f. Moore, B. F. Griggs, Geo. W. Bddins, J. D. Fincher, D. Vaughn. Mt. Croghan?T. B. Smith, R. f. Mangum, J. W. Lowery, C. C. Burck, Ln B. Sellers. Old Store?C. L. Hicks, R. E. Richardson, B. F. Clark, R. M. Sanders, S. F. Ingram, B. R. Funderburk. Jefferson?H. M. Sellers, B. R. Threatt, W. D. Watkins, W. C. K.T* _ 1 _ INlCDOlSOn. A11 gator?E. C. Horton, Baxter Blgckwell, R. M. Beasley. Cole Hill?John Wesley Bofcn, A. J. Lewis, J. T. Deese. Steer Pen?H. B. Roscoe, W. B. Brown. Pee Dee?J. B. Chapman, M. A. Biles. SECOND WEEK Cheraw?W. Ed. Reid, Geo. WaltefS, W. E. Hunt, Jr., E. J. Waddel, G. E. Knight. Court House?J. Oscar Parker, Ira C. Redfearn, M. A. Sellers, Ray J. White, Percy Rivers, D. A. White. Mt. Croghan?Luther M. Sellers, J. W. Funderburk, C.- E. Barker, J. T. Thurman. Olrl CtnrA?Ciuf T U/AH> T Vtu WtVIV VJUJ U* ff otto, u. E. Courtney, D. W. Mangum, M. L. Davis, Brown Agerton, Jefferson?W. S. Jenkins, S.A. Cambell, J. F. Mungo, A. J. Kirkley. Aligator?D. A. Morrison, H. R. McLeod, N. W. Seegars. Cole Hill?I. B. Merriman, G. ^haw.R: E, Sowell^Hoyt' ^'Steer I>en?R. C. Brtker, J, Warren Johnson. Pee Dee?A. W. Ay cock, J, T. Chapman. Over the Hills aI IMkv Guy Funderburk. The greenest grass I ever knew, The skies that seem the brightest blue Are over the hills of Dudley. the prettiest flowers that ever grew, The softest winds that ever blew, Sway over the hills of Dudley. The loveliest birds that ever sing, The weleomest bells that ever ring, Sound over the hills of Dudley; The dearest calls of Whip-o-wills Dome from forests among those hills, Just over the hills of-Dudley. The brightest moon that shines at night, The truest love?the world's delight, Shiqes over the hills of Dudley. The wisest thoughts that mortals know, The clearest streams that ever flow, Move over the hills of Dudley. Phe noblest boys that ever were, The truest girls found anywhere, . Live over the hills of Dudley. Phe happiest people that ever live, Che sweetest life that earth oan give, Are over the hills of Dudley. How He Judged Character "So you want a situation?** laid the business man. "Yes. sir,1* replied the appli?nt." "Hum?do you ever 00 fishok?** "Occasionally." "When were you fishing last?** "Day before yesterday.** "Catch anything?" "Not a thing." "Yon can come to work next doudpy, if you like. It you keep m telling the truth like that you nay be a partner in the tirm one i >f these days." I > / Artfnl Alliteration i H. re is a specimen of dramat- ! c ci iticism ns she is written in 1 Chicago: "The first scene of 1 tie second act shows a forest of 1 hosphorescent fungi* full of 1 iscinating phantasmagorical 1 ire I lies, fitfully flitting fast and J iiriously" < IT IS SAID A man dishonored is worse than dead ?Cervantes. Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.?Benjamin Franklin. Who lives for humanity must be content to lose himself.?O. B. Frotbingham. v A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.?Ouida. Sabbath-days,?quiet islands on the tossing sea of life.?Samuel Willoughby Dutfield. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of his early condition.?Daniel Webster. A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.?Henry Ward Beecher. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.?Bible. None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; sucb persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, tor the purpose of circulation.? Colton. The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to toe win ot toe sovereign ot the world, in a confidence in his declarations, and in imitation of his perfections.?Burke. The Saviour comes in the strength of righteousness. Rightmia$8r^(i?eouMes8-l6 thor- , ough, it is the Very spirit of unsparing truth.? Phillips Brooks. There is nothing so small but that we may honor God by asking his guidance of it, or insult him by taking it into our own hands; and what is true of Deity is equally true cf bis revelation. ?Ruskin. Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together, that, at length, they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the daylight of life, which they are henceforth to rule.?Carlyle. Romance, like a ghost, eludes touching. It is always where you were, not where you are. The interview or the conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in memory.?George William Curtis. Words, money, all things dise are comparatively easy to give. away; but when a man makes a Kift of his daily life and practice, it is plain that the truth, whate^er it may be, has taken possession of him.?Lowell. Religion is not a method, it is a life, a higher and supernatural life, mystical in its root and practical in its fruits; a communion with God, a calm and deep enthusiasm, a love which radiates, a force which acts, a happiness which overflows.?Amiel. We hear in thwse days a great deal respecting Rights, ? the rights of private judgment, the rights of labor, the rights of prop erty, and the rights of man. Rights are grand things, divine things in this world of God's; but the Way in which we expound these rights, alas! seems to me to be the very incarnation of selfishness. I can see nothing very noble in a man who is Forever going about calling for his own rights. Alas! alas! for Ihe man who feels nothing more rrand in this wondrous, divine world than hiwown rights.?Frederick W. Robertson. # \ ^ 4