The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 10, 1904, Page 7, Image 7
PROF. J. E. BUZHARDT.
Tribute By A Friend Who Kncn
Loved Him Well.
On Saturday. May 28th. 1904. as
stood beside the -pen grave and wit
nessed the body of Prof. J. E. Buz
hardt bimg laid away t its last rest
ing place. my h-:art exclaimed: *Hov
mysterious are ts provid-uces -
God!*" ie wa-a n-t the man who tia(
lived his allotted time f three scir
years and ten. iiit the on. that wa:
living to hisnself alone. seeking th<
pleasures and htmors if this life an<
making the world the better by hi:
living in it. Prof. P-zl-rd: had -i
reached his prime in lii-: a-'d surel
we can say his life n:s a life of ser
vice-a life high and u;bl . as we sei
him spending all his en-:rnries in edu
cating the youth of the land.
Prof. Buzhardt alwas b re thi
stamp of the genteman. H-: stoope<
to nothing low or base. His char
acter was above rtproach. I hav1
never heard an unkind word spokei
about him. When a boy at school a
Garmany academy. his modest dispo
siton. his kind heart and his nobl<
character won for him the love an<
respect of his teacher as well as o
his school mates.
From hi- boyhood he had been
hard student. When a pupil in th<
country school, he was seldom foun
among the boys and girls taking par
in the games at recess: but he woul<
be off alone, his only companion be
ing his text book. This close applica
tion did not prove useless, for withii
- a year or two he was in a competi
tive examination for the scholarship it
the South Carolina Military academy
He won it and four years thereafte:
graduated from that institution
That he was the same hard studen
in college as he had been in the coun
try school is shown by the high stan<
he#took in all his classes. After grad
uation he chose teaching as his pro
fession and soon became one of th4
leading teachers in the state. Hii
custom was to teach nine months it
the year and spend the remainder it
post-graduate work at Cornell or it
teaching in the summer schools. Suc
hard work was more than he coul<
etldure. though he was a man o:
strong physique. His intimate friend!
saw that his health was becoming
impaired and advised him to give ul
teaching. He would not do so bu
tried to overcome his infirmities bi
the use medical skill and continued t
teach until he died of nervous pros
tration-a martyr to his chosen-pro
fession. Trly his was a noble. use
ful life, a life spent in teaching th<
young minds of our land.
No marble shaf.t will be erected t(
his memory. telling of deeds of valoi
done on the field of battle. no mar
tial hymn will be sung in his praise
but, in the town of Mullirs. hundred:
of children wvill be living monument.
to him who spent his life rescuint
them from the rnemy-Ignorance.
The following is taken from a pa
per publised at Mullins:
"Prof. J. E. Ruzhardt is dead! Thi:
sad intelligence will bring sorrow t<
the hearts of many of his former put
pils who are scattered throughout th<
state as wvell as those who knewv him
"Prof. Buzhardt was a youn gmat
of about 33 years of age and possess
ing a beautiful Christian character
He had the rare tact of making
friends and keeping them. for we hav<
yet to hear the first man or womar
speak ill of him. which is sayin g a o
for a man who has been a teacher it
the public schools for ten years. H
did his dtity and commanded the lov<
and respect of all with whom he cam<
in contact either in a business or it
a social way. He came to Mullini
abotut 1894 andl was principal of onu
graded school which has been th<
pride of nur town. Mr. Buzhard
worked hard to btuild up the schoo
interests of the Mullins community
and when, owing to ill health. he wa:
forced to resign last year he had
school second to none in the state foi
a town ot its size..
"The sorrow caused by the news
of his death was universal. Strong
men were seen to weaken and thei1
eyes fill with tears as the sad news
was spread over our town." C.
A smiling face pays fare a long
distance in the business world.
Faith is hope in full bloom.
Newberry welcomes the commence.
ment visitors and wishes them
oleasant stay in her midst.
THE STORY OF PERDICARIS
I His Mother Was a South Carolinian
.Ar.d His Father a Greek Refugee.
c- New Yrk Sun.
SPrdicaris became a tigure im
York social life after his return
Europe, where he spent some
r in vtidy. He was then a hand
. voting man, accomplished to an
degrez. and with a certain
r writing. paii.ting and music,
Lther. Gregory Perdicaris, a
-e-:k rtfigee. who lived at that time
n TrLntwn. made his son a liberal
allowance. and Mrs. Ann Cora Mo
vatt. fe :-: trcss. ::uthor and woman
oI society- :he first of the aristocratic
New Yrl: women to take to the stage
without l.sing her social importance
-had no irouble making friends for
him when she took the young man
-..der her wing.
As early as i868. while he was still
Iliving in London. Mr. Perdicaris
had written for The Galaxy En
glish and French Painters." Re
miniscences of Parsian Ateliers,'
"The Royal Academy." and other ar
ticles on artistic topics. He was then
completing an education begun at
the 'd Treron academy. Mr. Per
dicaris entered Harvard in the class
of i86o. but left the university at the
-nd of his sophomore year. In i85E
he went to Europe and studied foi
several years. and then he came back
to Trenton to visit his family. whc
had occupied for some years a hand
snle house in the New Jersey capital.
His father had married an Amer
ican irtm a prominent South Caro
lina family shortly before he was
compelled to leave Greece. He ob
tained employment at Harvard as a
teacher of modern languages, and
there became the intimate friend oj
Cornelius C. Felton and Louis Agas
siz. Later he rpoved to Trenton. and
by fortunate speculation and invest
ment made the large iortune he left
to his son.
In Trenton. the youthful Perdicaris
was noted as a horseback rider and
an athlete. and in various sports he
strengthened his naturally stalwart
physique. When he went abroad fot
the last time his parents went witb
him, and the senior Perdicaris died
in Tangier in i88o.
During the days of his bachelor
hood in New York, when the young
man was popular in society. he be
came very much interested in occult
beliefs and was an early convert tc
spiritualism when that belief was
much mo, prevalent in New York
than it is today. He was an eagez
supporter of Home. the spiritualist.
who at the time attracted so much at
tent'ipn and succeeded in making sc
many converts. Perdicaris was alsc
an interested student of the doctrines
of Swedenborg. His means were
sufficient to enable him to devote his
tieto the subjects That interested
him most.
In i78o Mr. Perdicaris returned tc
England. He wvas at this time inter
-sted in the study of electricity and
made the acquaintarnce of a promi
nent English electrician named Var
ev. who w~as married and had twc
children. Mr. Perdicaris- fell in love
with Mrs. Varley and after her di
vorce from her husband married her.
The two came to this country and
went to live at Trenton.
The parents of Mr. Perdicaris had
I -)1d their residence and w~ere living
at the Trenton house. The receptior
gien by his parents in honor of the
n-wly married couple took place ir
ti hotel, and was long remembered
athe most lavish entertainment o1
the kind ever given in the tow~n. Mr.
and Mrs. Perdicaris finally titted up~
the old McCall mansion in Trenton
and lived there unti! the ntire family
-.: abroad togethe- ion Perdicais
ultimately found life in Tangier to
-his liking, and in 187; built - n the
side of M\ount WVashington. three
miles from Tangier. the villa fronm
which he and his stepson. Cromwell
Varley, have been abducted. He en
tertained his American friends there
liberally, and was one of the best
known to.reign residents of Tangier.
In 1879 Ion Perdicaris returned to
this country to produce at the Fifth
avenue theatre a play in verse called
"The Picture." The climax of this
drama was tedisplay in the last
act of an enormous picture from the
brtsh of the author. The drama was
given first on November it. 1879, and
Nard Alvmane. a Greek actress who
had come to this cottntry wvith Daniel
Ranmann: Marie Prescott and
players in the cast. The play was ac
cording to one contemporaneous
criticism. too exalted and lof# for
the rabble and "soared sweet.y in
the perilous strata of the transcen
dental." It was withdrawn after one
week.
Mr. Perdicaris had also come be
iore the public as a painter at the
Centennial exposition, where he show
painting called "Tent Life." The
nude figure of a woman was seen
partly hidden by the folds of the
tent. which fell over her face and
imade it impossible to verify the story
that his beautiful English wife had
posed as the model.
\r Perdic:Iris accidentally played
a pictitret?vv part in the politics of
Morocco soen years ago. when the
English governess of his children at
tracte<i the attention of the shereef.
whose gardens adjoined those of the
American. This rtlihious dignitary
heard :he .nglish girl singing and
was so much enraptured that he re
quested permission from Mr. Perdi
caris to join the family circle occa
sionally and listen to the singing
otherwise than at the distance render
ed necessary by the garden walls.
Mr. Perdicaris complied with this re
quest and the singing was so effec
tive that the governess informed him
at the end of a few weeks that she
had been invited to become the wife
of the shereef ond'proposed to accept.
She was told that he had already
taken the utmost advantage of the
Mussulman law and had four wives.
The governess was undismayed by that
condition of affairs and later return
ed to Mr. Perdicaris with the report
that he had promised to divorce his
wi,;es and cleave to her only.
So determined was she to accept
the offer of marriage that her em
ployer sent her in the custody of his
butler back to her fathe:. the super
intendent of the Li'gring Cros.; hos
pital in London. After a few months
she was back in Tangier, bringing
written permisson from her father to
marry the shereef. The four wives
were disposed oi and the marriage
took place' Now the English wife is
living at Oran. protected by French
officials. and the shereef has a fresh
lot of wives to the orthodox number
of tour.
Mr. A. was helping hmself gener
ously to a hash served at a summer
boarding house.
"How is it." said his wife, Mrs. A.,
"that you eat hash at a stranger's
table and always decline at home?"
"Because I do not know what this
hash is made of."
Winthrop College
Scholarship & Entrance
Examination.
The Examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col
lege and for the admission of new
students will be held at the County
Court House on Friday, July 8th, at
9 A. M Applicants must not be less
than fifteen years of age. When schol
arships are vacated after July 8, they
will be awarded to those making the
highest. average at this examination.
Scholarships are worth $100 and free
tuition. The next session will open
September 21, 1904. For further in
formation and catalogue address
Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C.
of
Newberry, S. C.
Ox'gaR2.snec. 1893.
Capital - - - $50,000
Surplus - - - 19,500
Paid Stockholders
since organization 21,000
Paid Depositors in
Savingt depart
ment since or
ganization - - $9,200
IA man8f working by the day is paid
for the time he puts in at work, but
when that man saves a dollar for his
day's labor it works for him nights,
as well as days; never laye < ff on ac
count of bad weather and oever gets
sick, but goes right on earning him
an income. It's a nice thuing to work
for money, but it's much nicer to
have money working for y on. Try
it-open a savings account with us
and get some money working for yon.
Make a deposit mn the Savings de
partment today and let it begin to
work for yvu. Interes coruputed at
4 per cent January 1 and July 1 of
ah year.
A CAND
We hearby announ(
*candidate for more bL
ourselves to satisfy al
+ MAYES' DRU
We believe in wor
Stretchin
By putting the cents in the ri
customer is the one who continue
fident of getting a dollars' worth
bought goods, lower prices, and
the front.
Muslins! Fresh, I
20 cents kind at 15 cents.
12 1-2 cents kind at 10 cents.
8 1-3 cents kind at 6 1-2 cents.
BLACK GOODS! COMPLETE
Tussah Silks, Voiles, Crashes,
White Goods, Swisses. Gingha
"Cost Sale" competitors Can't T
on every pair of shoes and
The biggest and best line we I
will not allow us to quote prices, 1
suit or extra pants for less moi
have in stock and not what we hs
Come and s
S. J. W(
Agent for Butter
AT THE RUSSELL (
Will find a full line of Groce
Vegetables, Tobacco, Cigars, 8
thing in the grocery line come
my Boneless Pig Feet, Columbia
Tripe and other nice things usua
cery Store. I have got the goods
will appreciate your trade and r
filled promptly; goods delivered
you the very best goods you can b
9 is possible for them to be sold a
Be sure to find the place, the Rus:
0 JACOB L. 1D
3 THE HONEST G1
e eO9e @eee@ee
a 39 YE
. We are still here
0 friends and cc
Sbest goods fo
emoney. Our 5
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Not those mentio
but a fresh lot jus
Kingans Relia
Kingans PortE
Kingans Dried
Breakfast Stri
Try ou Pinocli
DAVENPORT &
Phone 1 10.
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:e ourselves as a:
isiness and pledges
I customers.
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ian's suffrage.
r Dollars
ght place. The well pleased
s to come where he feels con
for one hundred cents. Well
honest dealing has kept us to
.atest Patterns.
15 cents kind at 12 1-2 cents
10 cents kind at8 1-2 cents.
5 1-4 cents kind at 5 cents.
LINE JUST ARRIVED.
Lawns, Nainsooks, Linens,
,ms, etc., at prices that our
)nch.
Oxfords in the house.
iave ever shown. Ouu space
)ut we will sell you the same
iey. We advertise what we
wve "Just Sold Out" of.
ee us,
Yours truly,
)OTEN,
ick Patterns.
)LD STAND YOU
ries, Confectioneries, Fruits,
:c. When in need of any
to see me and try some of
River Salmon, Seaquads and
Ily kept in a first class Gro
and my prices are right. I
reat you right. Mail orders
on short notice. I will give
y for as little money as it
and live. Come to see me.
;ell old stand.
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CAVE NAUGH
Main Street.