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- IN VOL. XLII. NO. 109 NEWBERRY. S. C.. TUESDAY SEPTEMIBER 15,1905. TWICE AWEK$10YA THE WORD ETERNAL. Beautiful Tribute to Mr. McCrary's Memory and the Lesson Taught by His Death. At the Lutheran church of the 1 Redeemer on. Sunday morning the c pastor. tht-ev. Wim. L. Seabrool preached his first sermon after the E summer vacation granted him by his church. Mr. Seabrook paid a very i beautiful tribute to the memory of s Mr. Thos. J. McCrary, and spoke of I the great lesson taught by his sudden t death. A synopsis of Mr. Sebrook's sermon follows: 2nd Kings 20: 1. "Thus saith the z Lord Set thine house in order; for t thou shalt die and not live." C To a pastor, who has been absent I from his pulpit for a time, returning: N a pastor, who in some measure real- e izes his responsibility, his privilege, I the occasion lays a burden upon heart C and mind and conscience. that none I but he can appreciate. What shall be i his message, what his greeting, what ' word can he speak that will be most l helpful to those :o whom his heart t goes out in loving desire to help? e Sometimes it is hard for him to de cide upon the message and the form e it shall take. Sometimes he finds that though every pulpit in the com munitv has been voiceless for many days, :he voice of God has not been silent, the events of life have been C more eloquent, more convincing than I human speech or argument, and he feels utterly powerless to do more j than the message that has already rung in all ears, reached all hearts. Doctrine, however forcefully illus- 1 trated, does not always interest the e soul; exhortation, however powerful, c does not always arouse to action, but e none are unaffected by such an event s as that which has cast the pall of C gloom over all hears during the past a week. It is not my purpose this morning I to speak of the loss sustained by the ( community in the passing from us t of Thomas J. McCrary. We in some a measure know what that loss is. ( Every class in the community has been stricken by his death. Capital, I that gave employment to labor, has t lost a faithful and wise representa- t tive. The toiler, who gives value to L capital has lost a friend. A pillar of z the earthly church has fallen. Earth ly home ties are interrupted and lovedC ones mourn. The loss is inexpressi ble.C Nor is it my purpose to say much1 of the qualities that marked his life;< of his fidelity to duty; of his faith fulness to his friends; of his charita-C blene.s; of his charity; of his sym-C pathy; 9f his strength; of his patience -who has not spoken of them during these days of sadness? Humboldt has said "The finest fruit earth hr1 s up to its Maker is a finished m. .." and I have heard no truer, more beau tiful words of eulogy of our borther than the words of a friend, who knew him through and through, "He was a real man." To pronounce his life perfect would be to deny that he was human: but ~to say that it was pre eminent among other lives is only to give it the tribute that it merits. "He was a real man." But since last Thursday morning, when on my way home, at a railway station in the upper par't of the state, I bought the morning paper, and read the sad ne*vs. it is not of these things that I have thought most. Running all through the thoughtr of tenderest sympathy with his loved ones; of the community's loss; of esteem for the many, has been another thought, persistent, constantly recurring, that compels me wheTher I will or not, to bring to you this morning message. That thought is the solemn admoni tion that th'e even: should :bring home to each of us. As ! sat recovering partially from the tidings which had come to me, the question forced it se) to the font. "Why this man and iot ano:her-why not you or you; vhy not I?" h His was an unexpected death, a h udden death. Some may covet it, h Ireading lingering pain and wear,- b ome watchings: some may covet it M o escape the torment of fear; some h all it the happiest and best of dea. s nme look. upon it with dread. On g A. last Lord's Day I worshipped n vith a congregation, one petition of ir vhose litany prayer was "And from d udden death, good Lord deliver us." Ic Ve know little about it save this., p hat it fills the mind with holy awe. I ;o near the other world we live that f< we pass the dividing line in so brief tI time; so little hold have we on life k hat in an un*Ehoughted moment it -sI [rops like a slender thread from our h tand. Sudden death, we know not ki vhat it means; we guage not its pow- o r to alarm and shake the soul, un- n ess some fellow pilgrim has fallen at u ur side in a moment that we thought g Lot, some loved one hastened away sl vith scarcely time -to say farewell, d gliding into the company of the c; reat and mighty angels, passing into ec he dread light and amazement of F ternity, learning its great secret, and h azing upon -the splendor of the J( ternal world." Ic How solemn -the admonition that it uch an event as this brings home to c( acI. one of us! Are we not ifnMpress- Ic vely reminded that nv preeminence 0 f usefulness, no ties of affection, no b rifts of nature, neither. strengEh of r( ody nor greatness of soul, neither ,:esent usefulness, nor the promise f greater usefulness in coming years, a an offer us the least assurance of S ength of days. Nay more; how sol- i mnly are we taught, .that every man >f us is walking upon the borders of tt ternity, and that the very next foot tep may be planted within the limits h >f the world unseen. ITo commence . week in health, but where shall we b ie at the end of it? We rise ig the norning, rejoicing in the light, but inly God knows Who of us shall .look 1 [pon the shadows of the evening. We ti ,rrange our plans for tomorrow, but d :re they are half completed, we are e n eternity. Can there be one among is who mistakes the lessons that n hese conditions of our being are in- V ended to inculcate. They surely c each us that we can only live wisely -T s we live habitually prepared for that e lay, whenever, however it may :me to us. -- Mr. Seabrook .then spoke of the luty of every man having his house n order in view of the uncertainty >f the coming of the day when it t< ill be inspected. He spoke of that -A luty in the home. It is every man's S lty to make provision for 'his family, I' o that they may not be left in wvant, > wise investments and by taking s Ldvantage of the opportunity that I ife insurance companies afford. * Every man's will should be made at 9 nce. In view of the credit system d >f business, every man should see P :o it that no one who has trusted r iim shall be defrauded by his death. ut he owes a duty not only temporal t] ut spiritual to his family and his ti ellowmen. No man has a right to t: eave his family a memory of a I hristless, Godless life, his death coy- t ring them with darkness in which ti :here is no ray of light. Every man b s reponsblefor the influence thit a is ifeleaesbehind him. If men f. -ealized habitually the uncertainty of 0 ife they woulti be more kind in word s Lnd deed to one another. The speak- t r told of a Iittle lad, kneeling at d 2s grandmother's knee repeating the v yraver: a "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If-if 'he prayer was unfinished. The lit- t te fellow rose from :his knees and e went down stairs. Return3ing in a 1: Few minutes, he knelt again and fin- S ished the i>ray.er: "If I should die before I wake, The grandmother asked why h id gone down stairs. He then tol !r that he had remembered that h id that evening turned his lit-i rother's tin soldiers upside dowi id upset his menagerie and plave ivoc generally among his tos an 'id "Gran'ima, that wo, u1d have bee reat fun. I thought. to see him ma hen he found it out tomorrow mor g,'but then I thought "If I shou, ie before I wake," and it did n ok so funny, and I went down an ut everything straight." Yes, " should die before I wake." how dil rently everything looks with th tought in mind? With it, that ur ind word would never have bee )oken, that ill deed done. Ou :ses need -to be set in order an -pt in order. If we have injure 2r fellows, reparation should 1 ade at once; if they have injure , we should be tender hearted, fo: ving. If our lives are not what the ould be, they should be set in or !r. The only way in which thi tn be done is by bowing at th -oss foot, telling our heaven! ather that we are sorry that w ve grieved Him; taking the Lor sus Christ as our Savior, and fo: wing Him as our example. The makes little difference how dea )mes, whether unexpectedly or afte ng illness. The question is not hov where or when death shall find u: ut is the house in order, are w ady. Rev. J. 1. Rasinak will preaL Halfacre's Mill Sunday evenir eptember ioth, at 3:30. The publi cordially invited to attend. Mr. James A. Mimnaugh has rt irned from New York and says hi ip was more successful than any 1 as ever made and *chat the peop: E Newberry county shall have th enefit of it. Mrs. J. H. Hair, of the firm [air & Havird, has returned froi te northern markets and this up-tc ate firm will be better able tha er to serve ics customers this fal Messrs. Shelley and Summer ai toving into their new quarters o [ain street and want their friends : il when they-get straightened ou hey will have one of the handson ;t stores in the upcountry. [eeting Stockholders Prosperit .High School Association. At a meeting of the. board of trui es o.f the Prosperity High Scho< .ssociation held on the first day< eptember, 1905, the following res ition was passed: "Resolved, That a meeting of tU :ockholders of the said Prosperit [igh School Association be and tl ime is hereby called to meet at Pros erity, South Carolina, on the 4i ay of October, A. D. 1905, for th urpose of considering the followin isoution: "Resolved by the stockholders < ie Prosperity High School Associa on, in metting assembled, that a 1e property of the said Prosperil [igh School Association be sold i 1e board of trustees of said associ: on on the first Monday in Noven er in the manner and on such tern s said board of trustees shall st t and proper; and that the procee( f such sale, after paying 'rhe cost < ame and any other cost necessal >wind up said association and a ebts due by said associaton, be d ided among the stockholders of sai ssociaton pro rata according to ti tock held by them. Resolved further, That 'the Prospe :y High School Association, aft he sale and disbursement of its proj rty and the wvinding up of its affai: v the board of :'rustees, as abo' tated. be dissolved." WV. A. Moseley, A. G. Wise. Chairman. CrQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. N e A Reply From Mayor Geo. B. Cromer e -Are The Questions Answered? d To the Editor of The Herald and A d News Your edi:orial of last Fridav. ri that yu courteously decorated with d1 sundry sneers at "our distinguished T - mavor." was intended to leave the d impression that I have made a show it of enforcing the law in one place d while winking at violations of law in S f other places. In order that your read - ers may know how your feelings got at t hurt and what you are talking about .d it is not out of place to mention as T n a belated item of news that the so- ti r cial club was raided a week ago and 1 p d four persons were coqvicted of gamb- di d I ling. As the injured tone of your th e editorial may prove misleading. I in hasten to add that vou were not in ]a - the party. 'Now as to your questions. se T. "And has lie not licensed the Y, s bucket shop to do business in this city at so much per year and does he not know that gambling is going on there every day on a large scale. and u] does he consider that right and prop er?" It is true th.at a bucket sTiop or m r cotton exchange has been licensed tunder an ordinance that I helped to cl pass. The present ordinance is the fc e ordinance of 1904 re-enacted. That y< ordinance fol-lowing the example of th other *cowns fixed a license for cl h bucket shops. I have never been in st a bucket shop and at the ti'me of the fe re-enactment of the ordinance I did it C not know the nature of the business. c When I was informed that the clerk, acting under 'the ordinance, had is-c sued the license, and 'my attention tf e was called to the nature of the busi e ness, I immediately asked the city attorney to find out whether the 'town council 'had the power to revoke the )f license, and the matter was discus~sed i n by the council. -That matter is under - consideration. c1 n But I would like for you co-point t 1- out the law under which I have the s -e power to punish the bucket. shop or q n its customers as gamblers. I agree ", o with you heartily that the business fs g t. I morally wrong; but while the law c< makes it a crime to play cards for g, money, il treats the bucket 'shop as e, a legitimate business.and you must go tj to the legislature for the remedy. I t say frankly, however, thiat thl&licnse will not be renewed and no other 1i uj ense wiU. b.e issued to a bucket'shop with my consent. .1 "Now we would like to know where b he draws the distinction between'a lit- c< etle social game of cards that is not' tI edisturbing anyone and betting on an ti intercollegiate gamie of baseball?" ce eIf you or others have evidence that ra hthere was bettng on the ball game hlast June, I will 'rake it as a kindness eif you will give it to the chief of police. as I have heard that thbere was betting, a but the evidence was not forthcom- 'al ng. It is not too late to punish per sons for gamnbling in June, and it will not make a particle of difference to0 y me who gets,hurt. t 7 "Does he consder this right and st a ittle game of cards so heinous that ti he must make an eavesdropper of his , s policeme tfid , out if gentlemena es are playing a social game of cards?" si . You have jumped at the conclu- q sion *hat the policeman was acting a II under special instructions from me. 1The polcemen of the town have in- i -structions to enforce ~all laws. I did dnot make the club a mark of special eattention, and I suppose that the raid was as great a surpris'e to me as i*r r- uwas to you. The belief was common rthat gambling was going on there. ~ but the policemen had not been able rto get sufficient evidence. The word t r"eavesdropper" is not a term of re proach when applied to a policeman in the discharge of his duities, and for present at least it is not likely to cost K ~oSit3fl as 0 DECISION YET IN DISPENSARY MATTER RGUMENT BEFORE JUDGE TOWNSEND YESTERDAAY. he Matter Will Be Taken Up By Judge D. A. Townsend in Union Again Today. >ecial to The Herald and News. Union, September 4.-The dispen -y injunction was argued here to Ly before Judge D. A. ToInsend. he effort is to dissolve the injunc n recently issued restrainng the -oper authorities from closing the spensaries in this county, following e election in which the dispensary this county was voted out by i rge majority. At the hearing before Judge Town nd today J. A. Sawyer and3Stan Lrne Wilson argued the prohibition :le. Judge Townsend has not yet an >uncei his decision. He will take the matter again tomorrow. J.R. M. ember of the force. When you rented your rooms to the ub they haggled for some time be re the contract was signed, because )u insisted on the stipulation that ere should be no gambling in the ub rooms. I honored you for the and you took then, but I must con ss that I had not heard your defin [on of "a little social game of trds." The evidence at the trial of this se was that it was late at night; tat the betting, zhe link of the roney, and .the oaths of the players ere heard doun in the street; that oney was lost and paid, $7 at one re and $4 at another, and -rhat as uch as $ico was on the. table. If at was a 'little social game of Lrds," I wonder what would constl-' te ganbling. When accused per ns are brought up for trial the testion is not whether t'hey :e entlemen," but whether the,- tre uilty. if gentlemen happen to be )nvicted. so m-tc% the worse for the !nrlemen. Thdse who expect me to iforce the raw against the small fry tat play "craps" round the corner ed -not expect me to flunk lien I come to the- gentry and seven ;at $7 a game. It is not a personal atter. I have no unkind feeling to ard a single member<eof the club; t- it seems to me that the members yuld do a real and lastng service to e club and the community by put ng a stop to the kind of thing tihat led for the -interference of Police an Kon. You say, "We stand for the moral .irity:and uplifting of ths community strongly as does our distinguished ayor, that is in proportion to our >ility to do so." Pardon me, but that reminds me story. A scientist who was ex laning the wonders of .the heavens y a plain old farmer- pointed to a ar and said, "T'hat sra'r is a thousand. mes as big :as the mnoon." The an wer came promptly Min a drawl, Nell, it's got a blamed poor way of iowi'ng it." If you ane in earnest, uit your nagging and let f'he tone f your paper rink strong and true on e side of "moral purity." There enough for all of us to do, and Lore chan we can do. Lend a hand. George B. Cromer. September 4, 1905. Some men practice what they reach, - but the majority are, satis ed wth preachnig what they prac Nothing makes a woman with a ew hat so angry as to have other .- menps her wisout looking at