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PROSPERITY COMMENCEMENT A:nual Celebration Of Cinean Liter ary Society Last Night With An nual Address of Hon. Thos. S. Sease. Prosperity, June 1.-The annual celebration of the Cinean Literary society of the Prosperity graded school was held last night in the city hall at 8.3o o'clock. Long before the time to com mence the house was packed and there was not standing room when, the exercises began. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. J. J. McKain. Prof. E. 0. Counts announced that the president, Mr. Edgar Shealy, was absent and that the; exercises would continue as on the programe. with the exception of one debater on the negative side, Mr. Geo. W. Black, who was also absent. The young ladies of the society furnished the music and the first piece was by Miss Rosabelle Har mon, entitled "March Elegante." The question for debate was: "Resolved, That we are drifting towards National Ruin." Mr. Young Brown was the first debater on the affirmative side of the question and won much ap plause by the forcible manner in which he presented his side. Then Mr. Charlie Barre, the only one on the negative side who was present held up his side wich a speech that was full of argument and thought. Mr. Marks Simpson then made the closing debate for the affirma tive side. His speech was highly praised by many. Miss Annie Moseley then ren dered a pieee on the piano, 'Valse Arabesque." Miss Susie Langford-' recited a I piece, "Music in the Camp," with the song as she mentioned them, being softly played on the piano, t which was indeed fine. Miss Janie Witherspoon then played "The Danceof the Demon." Miss Annie Laurie Lester recited a popular piece, "Shadbws," and the manner in which she recited it gives promise of far better things in the future. - Then in a few happy remarks Hon. Cole L. Blease introduced Mr. Thos. S. Sease, of Spartan burg, S. C., the orator of the evening. Mr. Sease spoke in substance as follows: The world may be di vided into good and bad. No per son ever lived who was all bad and no person ever yet lived who was all good, except him to whom we look for our eternal salvation, and he was the Son of (bod. The object of life ought to be '-n effort to re press and suppress the bad and draw out the good in our 'being. In proportion as the good is drawn out, the bad is repressed and sup pressed. Indeed the Christian re ligion has for its object this very end, and be is .the most christian man, who succeeds best in repress- 5 ing the bad and drawing out the t good not only in himself, but in his ' neighbor and in humanity in gen eral. Education of the masses aids greatly in this effort-not that un- I educated people are not Christians, f for the man who suppresses the bad in his nature is educated in the highest sense. The man whe believes in bring ing out the good in himself and family and letting the bad take his neighbor arid his neighbor's family is indeed selfish. But, asks a man, Why should I assist in the educa tion of my neighbor's son? The answer is simple, because he might be your son-in-law. But says an other man, I have no children, why should I be required to assist in thei ducation of m ncighbor*s fhivy le forgets that what he vh.hat he has, Ie is and has by re. on of educated peoplL in the past. Je is selfish indeed to say. I will ive unto myselt alone and let the >resent and future generations take :are of themselves. We as a gen -ration owe it to future genera ions that we educate the present reneration to repay what former generations have done for us. All f modern civilization is nothing )ut the accumulated results of ef ,orts on the part of all past history :o repress the bad and to bring out :he good in humanity. Knowl -dge is power and it is the power >ehind the throne, so to speak, :o which we owe the development >f national resources, which placesl 2s in the present stage in the pro ,ress of the world's civilization., The object of education, as I iave tried to define it, is to teach wverybody to know everything tbout something and something xbout everything. The young men should be taught to invoke the history and examples )f our own state. His speech was enjoyed by his nany friends, as it recalled to them :he many pleasant days they had while attending school here with Ar. Sease a number of years ago. The judges, Revs. J. J. McKain, . . Boyd, and P. H. E. Derrick, :hen retired. Rev. Mr. McKain announced :hat they had decided in favor of :he affirmative, but wished to con gratulate Mr. Barre, who had held ip the negative side by himself. Then.came music by Miss Willie 4ae Wise, "Lilly of the Valley dazurka." Prof. E. 0. Counts then read the ionor roll and gave out the certifi. ates to the little folks of the chool, and said that they would hen hear from the president of the >oArd what they were doing to vards the new school building. Dr. C. T. Wyche made a few re narks in regard to the school wilding and the library which the eachers are trying to establish in he school. Dr. Wyche'said that hey were now rushing the prelim naries in order to get the building lone next fall, and that the board was very much encouraged by the ast work of some of the architects nd contractors. Benediction was pronounced by ev. W. A. Lutz. As a whole it was a pleasant coasion, and one that was enjoyed iy a large audience, and which as made the friends of the school irmer and faster frsends. KISSES AT CORNELL. 'hey Are Taxed $a Each-The "Anti- - Spooning" Society. An "Anti-Spooning society" is the atest creation of the women of Cor tel university, says an Ithaca dis match to the New York World. The tew co-ed organization aims to disci line the Cornell men and to teach hem the rights of a co-ed. The pro isions of the by-laws provide for a ystem of fines for violation of the 'rinciples of the society. If a Cornell man calls at Sage col ege-the dormitory where the co-eds ie-the girl whom he asks for is .ned 25 cents. If she permits him to ee her the punishment is inc~reasea o so cents. The next step is that rom which the society derives its ame, for if she is caught "spooning" rith her caller the fine is doubled and mounts to $x. If she should be so radiscreet as to allow him to kiss her >r so unskillful as to not conceal that appening an under-lined by-law pro ides for a fin, of S#. There are many quiet forest walks bout the Cornell campus, and for en oying one of these with a Cornell aan the unhappy member of the An i-Spooning society is fined $1. For country drive the same punishment Not a Sick Day Since. X%_ M~k %k'1,! ii " T :a%-. an ad. of your Ele:; liit:er. and determined to try that. Ater taiking a few doses I felt re lieved. and soon thereafter was entirc ly cured. and have not seen a sick day since . Neighbors of mine have been cured of Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Liv er and Kidney troubles and General Debility." This is what P.. F. Bfas-. of Fremont. N. C. writes. Only ;oc. at Wm. E. Pelham & Son. Druggists. Dr. Wiley. of the federal agricul tural department, declares that ere long the world will get its starch from the sweet potati. Another great, sor.thern manufacturing industry with the raw material at its door. Cured His Mother of Rheumatism. My mother has been as ufferer for many years with rheumatism," says, W. W. Howard, of Husband, Pa. "At times she was unable to move at all. while at all times walking was painful. I presented her with a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and after a few applications she decided it was the most wonderful pain reliever she had ever tried, in fact, she is never without it now and is at all times able to walk. An occasional application of' Pain Balm keeps away the pain that she was formerly troubled with." For sale by Smith Drug Co., Newberry, S. C., and Prosperity Durg Co., Pros perity, S. C. News About the Devil. We le-.rn from one of the contro versial brethren that "the devil is a gentleman." We communicated that statement to Brother Dickey. who, after some little thought, said: "W'en a man's done made up his mine dat he's gwine ter de devil, de bes' thing he kin do is ter flatter him 'io' he gits dar!" Whooping Cough. "In the spring of igor my children had whooping cough," says Mrs. D. WV. Capps. of Capps, Ala. "I used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with the most satisfactory results. I think this is the best remedy I have ever seen for whooping cough." This remedy keeps the cough loose, lessens the severity and frequency of the oughing spells and counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia. For ale by Smith Drug Co., Newberry, S. C.. and Prosperity Drug Co., Pros perity, S. C. We. hope we are not lacking in ympathy. but when they tell us that i fat woman is "delicate" we laugh. Grisby: The man who has little :o say is generally a man who could say a great deal if he were inclined :o say' it. An Exponation. Washington Star. "I wonder why it is that Mormon w~omen make so little complaint about ,lural marriages?" "It's easily, explained," said the el er who was taking advantage of the >pportunity afforded by an investi ation to lecture. "When a man takes aother wife she is glad to get him while her predecessor is so glad to et rid of him, that there is no indig aation whatever." The Commercial Bank of lewbenry, S. C. CAPITAL $5o-oo-oo SURPLUS $2c,ooo.oo. INVITES THE ACCOUNTS INDIVIDUALS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS. 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