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FREDERICK THE GIZEAT. Bronze Statue Presented American People and Placed in War Col lege by Emperor William -Unveiled on Saturday President Roosevelt Speaks. Washington, November g.-The ceremonies incident to the unveiling of the statue to Frederick the Great began at 2:30 p. m. amid booming of cannon, the playing of the German national air and cheers. A great throng- gathered at the grounds of War college. The statue of Frederick the Great is a gift from the emperor to the peo ple of the United States and was unveiled* this afternoon by, Von Sternburg, wife of the German ambassador. The event was impres sive and significant, marking in the opinion of many, the beginning of a better feelig and closer relationship between the American people and the German emperor. Addresses were made by the Ger amn ambassador. President Roose velt, United States Ambassador I to Germany, Lieut. General of the United States Army and the Adju tant General to Emperor Wilhelm. The arrival of the more distinguished guests was signaled by salutes ac cording to their respective ranks. Fifteen guns marked the entrance of Lieutenant General Loewenfeld, mil itary representative of the German emperor and his adjutant general, and Lieutenant General Chaffee. In introducing President Roosevelt Amb.ssador Speck von Sternburg spoke as follows: Address Baron Speck von Sternberg Mr. President: The heartyand truly sincere welcome which Prince Henry of Prissia met with throughout the United States during his visit in Feb rurary i9o2, has left a deepandlastihg impression on the German emperor and on the German people: The citi zens of the United States showtd Prince Henry the true manner ot American hospitality and where he appeared, he received a greeting which did not merely come from the lips, but which had the true ring bf the heart. In the many addresses, with which the prince was honored, the name of Frederick the Great was conspicuous It was emphasized that the prince's ancestor had shown himself a staunch and true friend of those peo pIe who now were welcoming the de scendant on their own soil. It was pointed out that Frederick the Great had proved America's friend at a time when the young republic was in the course 'of her formation, weathering many storms and perils. Thus, it 'was this dauntless Hohenzollern, the father of Germany, who laid the cor nerstone on which the friendship be tween the two countries might se <:urely rest. Emepror William followed with keen interest the movement of his 'brother in America and was pro foundly touched by the attitude of undisguised friendship and good will which characterized every step of the prince who returned to Ger many as the true interpreter of the true American spirit. In order to give this visit, which had terminated under such happy auspices, a lasting memorial, Emper or William called on the genius of Germany's most renowned sculptor w to create a statue of his ancestor. This statue he has sent across the sea as a gift of friendship to the American people. We now behold it on the pedestal from which it is des tined to watch the men who in the magnificent building, soon to adorn these grounds, are to be instructed in those sciences which the military geuius of Prussia's soldier king so marvelously perfected. May the spirit of this hero inspire those men who are to stand as the pillars of the army of the United States with those quali ties which made the iron Hohenzoll ern great among leaders and which alone render armies mighty and in vincible. Mr. President, by order of the Ger man emperor, I have the honor of asking you to accept this statue as a token of his majesty's and the Ger man sople's sincere friendship for the people of America. Address President Roosevelt. President Roosevelt said: Mr. Ambassador: Through you I wish on behalf of the people of the United States to thank his majesty the German emperor. and the people of Germany for the gift to the natior which you have just formally deliv ered to me. I accept it with deel appreciation of the friendly regard which it typifies for the people of this republic both on the part of the em peror and on the part of the Germar people. I accept it not merely a, the statue of one of the half dozer greatest soldiers of all time, bul therefore peculiarly appropriate for placing in this War college, but I accept it as the statue of a great man whose life was devoted to the service of a great people, and whose deeds hastened the approach of the day when a united Germany should spring into being. As a soldier Frederick the Great ranks in that very, very small group which includes Alexander, Caesar, and Hannibal in antiquity, and Na poleon, and possibly Gustavus Adol phus, in modern times. He belonged to the ancient and illustrious house of Hohenzollern, which after playing a strong virile part in the middle ages. and after producing some men, like the elector, who were among the most famous princes of their time, founded the royal house of Prussia two centuries ago, and at last in our own day established the mighty Ger man empire as among the foremost of the world powers. We receive this gift now at the hands of the pres ent emepror, himself a man who has markedly added to the luster of his great house and his great nation, a man who has devoted his life to the welfare of his people, and who, while keeping ever ready to defend the rights of that people, has also made it evident in emphatic fashion that he and they desire peace and friend ship with the other nations of the earth. It is not my purpose here to dis cuss at length the career of the migh ty king and mighty general whose statue we have just received. In aY history no other commander save on ly Hannibal fought so long against such terrible odds, and while Hanni bal finally failed Frederick finally triumphed. In almost every battle he fought against great odds, and he al most always won the victory. When defeated he rose to an even greater altitude than when victorious. The memory ed he rose to an even greater altitude than when victoriot6s. The memory of the seven years' war will last as long as their lives in mankind the love of heroism, and its operations will be stullied to the minutest detail as long as the world ses a soldie worthy of the name. It is difficut to know whether to admire most the victories of Leuthen and Prague, Rossbach and Zorndorf, or the heart breaking campaigns after Kunder sdorf, when the great king, after hav ing been beaten to the ground by the banded might of Europe, yet rose again and by an exhibition of skill, tenacity, energy, and daring such as had never before been seen united ir' one person, finally wrested triumph from defeat. Not only must the mili tary scholar always turn to the career of Frederick the Great for lessons in startegy and tactics; not only must the military admiinistrator always turn to his career for lessons in or ganizing success; not only will the lover of heroism read the tales of his mighty feats as long as mankind cares for heroic deeds; but even those who are not attracted by the valor of the soldier must yet, for the sake of the greatness of the man, ponder and admire the lessons taught by his undaunted resolution, his inflexible tenacity of purpose, his farsighted grasp .of lofty possibilities, and his unflinching, unyielding determina tion in following the path he had marked out. It is eminently fitting that the statue of this iron soldier, this born leader of men, should find a place in this War college; for when soldierly heroism reach the highest point of achievement the man in whom they are displayed grows tc belong not merely to the nation fronm wvhich he sprang, but to all nations capable of showing, and therefore capable of appreciating, the virile and masterful virtues which alone make victors in those dread struggles where resort is at last had to the ar bitrament of arms. But, Mr. Ambassador, in accepting the statue given us today through you from the German emperor, I ac epnt it not merely becnuse it is thE statue of a mighty and terrible sol dier, but I accept it as a symbol of the ties of friendship and good will which I trust as the years go on will bind ever closer together the Am erican and the German peoples. There is kinship of blood between the two nations. We of the United States are of mixed stock. In our viens runs the blood of almost all I the peoples of middle, northen, and western Europe. We already have - history of which we feel that we have the regret to the legitimately proud, and yet our national life is still in the formative period. Nearly three cen turies have elapsed since the landing 1 at Jamestown marked the beginning of what has since grown into the United States. From the beginning of our national i history men of German origin or Ger man parentage played a distinguish- 1 ed part in the affairs both of peace I and of war. In the revolutionary war one of the leading generals was Muh- ] lenberg, an American of German I descent, just as among the soldiers from abroad who came to aid us one of the most prominent was the Ger man Steuben. Muhlenberg was the first speaker of the house of represen tatives. Here on this platform, Mr. Ambas sador, among those present today are many men partly or wholly of Ger man blood, and among those present today are many men partly or wholly of German blood, and among the of ficers of the army and navy who have I listened to you and who now join with me in greeting you there are t me in greeting you -there are are many whose fathers or. grandfathers were born in Germany, and not a few who themselves first saw the light there. In closing, let me thank you, and through you the German emperor I and the German people,forthis statue which I accept in the name of the American people; a people claiming blood kinship with your own; a peo ple owing much to Germany; a peo ple which, though with a national his tory far shorter than that of your people, nevertheless, like your peo ple. is proud of the great deeds of its past. and is confident in the majesty of its future. I most earnestly pray that in the coming years these two great nations shall move on toward their destinies knit together by.ties of the heartiest friendship and good will. Longing For Home. Boston Transcript. I would go home and be a little boy Safe on the far hill paths and that I gray shore . - Whereby the ships, slow passing, evermore Igeaned low to wish me joy.t Once, one there was a boy-my wonder is If I may find the way he knew, and bring To light some priceless wayside of the spring That was so freely his. They say the white sands long ago have swept. All through the home paths, and there's little doubt A new, strange life awakes and moves about W~here my brave pastures slept. But, should I venturie yonder for an hou: And find one strip of shore the same, one path That something of the old en chantment hath A,w~ayside still in flower. With that one glimmer of home, then would fare Forth to the new ways, satisfied to know Some hearth God faithfuly had! kept aglow A tiny ember there. The oldest orator in Germany is Deputy Schneider, in Eberswalde, now 103 years of age. His latest speech was a few weeks ago at the. opening of a horticultural exhibition. "As Shakespeare says," remarkea Cassidy, who was fond of airing his "book-larnin'" occasionally," what's in a name?" "W\ell," replied Casey, "call me wan that Oi don't like an' Oi'll show ye." Phi1lelphia Press.' rhomas Lawson an Ideal Husband. Th6mos W. Lawson, the Boston :opper king, is among the most de voted of husbands, his pet name for Mrs. Lawson being "Gypsy." Recent ly he had a watch chain made of thirty-three gold beads, each hand :arved to represent a gypsy girl's icad. This is attached to a watch iaving within its case four pictures >f his wife, each in gypsy costume. rhe watch and chain represent a total ,xpense of $4o,ooo. A railroad line is to be built from 3ualeguycho to Naudubozal, Argen :ina. At the recent meeting of the Brit sh Association Dr. Adamkiewics -ead a paper upon "Ist der Krebs Erblich?" (Is the cancer heredi :ary?) Unfortunately, the program iad it "erdlich." So the London rimes next day announced that the Joctor had read a paper upon "Is the rab a Sea or Land Animal?" A student of the population of the Lnthracite regions of Pennsylvania -eports that there are 630,000 people nhabiting that section of which 430, oo are foreign born. Of this latter iumber over 5o.ooo cannot read or vrite. The number of hogs butchered in )enmark in 1903. was 1,400,ooo, and '64,250,000 pounds of pork were ex >orted. This is an increase of 23,240, oo pounds over the exportation of he preceeding year. He-I told your father that I just lote on vou. She-And what did he say? He-that I had better find an anti lote.-New York Mail. "The difference between the sexes s discretion." said the professor. "Oh, dear no!'. exposulated the voman of the world: "vou mean 'in lifference."--Town Topics. A perambulating barber, shaving ustomers on thes treet. is no unus ial sight in the side streets of Ma fila. The catch of the fisheries of Great 3ritain and Ireland for the first six nonths of 1904 was valued at $21,121, ,20. The young King of Spain is setting bad example to his subject in the natter of ill treatment of animals. {is favorite sport at San Sebastian ast summer was pigeon shooting, and 'e took a great interest in the bull ing. A Vienna society has been formed o aid persons with short memories. \. card is issued, upon which the pur haser writes the date of an engage nent end posts to the society's of ice. By the first post on the day of ris engagement the card is received iy the purchaser. Marquis Rafael de Montero, Cuban niister to Great Britain and Germany s in New York on his way to his liplomatic posts. He divides the time >etween them. The city of Reading, England has >assed an ordinance requiring that >aths shall be placed in all dwelling iouses constructed within the >orough in future. King Frederick Augustus of Sax )ny, on his ascension to the throne, yroclaimed an amnesty for all minor >ffenses exeept that of cruelty to mimals. The Berlin authorities have declin id the request made by the Manufac urers' Union for permission to erect all steel frame buildings of Ameri :an design in Berlin. The trees of Finland are the money >ags of the people. A peasant even -nakes his shoes from birch bark and hatches his roof with shavings. He rirtually lives on wood. Gusher-She told me I was the ight of her life. Flusher--Well, that was encourag ng. Gusher-Yes; but her father hap >ened along just .then and put the igrht nout--New York Times. Mrs. Morse-Why don't you limit yourself in your drinkiag? R. E. Morse-I do, my dearest; but I set the-hic-linit so far off hic-that I get drunk-hic-before 1 reach it.-Chicago Tournal. Robert B. Roosevelt, of Sayville, L. I.., uncle of the president and a democrat, who declined honors from his party is very much elated over the handsome tribute of confidence, paid by the country to his illustrious nephew. Don't Be a Clam. A Clam a thousand years ago, was as now, and a thousand years hence will be the same. Keep up in the race. Use modern mixed Paints containing zinc. They are sure to wear. Lead not mixed with zinc, belongs to the past. Its a clam. Its chalk. It lets the wood rot. J. R. Barron, President Manchester Mills, Rock Hill, S. C., writes: "In 1883, I painted my residence with L. & M. It looks better than a great many houses painted three years ago. E. G. Tracy, Waverly, N. Y., writes: "Customers call for L. &. M. and say they used it 12, 14 and and 17 years ago. Every church given a liberal quan tity when bought from the Newberry Hardware Co. Sale Personal Property. I will sell at the late residence of A. Y. W. Glymph in Newberry county, on the 19th of November, i9o4, all the personal property of which the said A. Y. W. Glymph died, seized and possessed, consisting of horses, mules, wagons, buggies, hogs, cat tie, farm implements, etc. Mattie K. Glymph, Administratrix. November I, 1964. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not to trespass upon the lands of the undersigned in No. 6 Township, by hunting, fishing or in any manner whatsoever under penalty of the law. H. E. and M. E. Werts. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWVBERRY. By John C. Wilson, Esquire, Probate Judge. WVHEREAS John J. Dean hath made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of th- Estate of and effects of Rufus M. Dean THESE ARE TH EREFORE to cite and adomnish all and singular the kin dred and Creditors of the said Rufus M. Dean, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry on 30th Nov. next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my Hand, this 14 day of N.ov., Anno Domini 1904. J. C. Wilson, J. P. N. C. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not to trespass by hunting, fishing or in any manner whatever upon the lands of the undersigned No. 6 township under penalty of the law: W. W. Spearman,. W. S. Spearman, .E. L. Longshore. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that I will, on the fifteenth day of December, 1904,. in the Probate Court for New berry County, make a final settlement on the estate of J. E. Lominick, de ceased, and immediately thereafter apply to said Probate Court for letters dismissory as such admisistrator. W. WV. Lominick, Admrs. J. E. Lominick, deceased. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not to trespass upon the Floyd place in No. 6 township, said place being in possession of the undersigned, by hunting or in any manner whatever, under the penalty of the law provid ed in such cases. T-T T-T Abrams.