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VOL et N23 NE E StA I. VOL XLIII. NO. 23. NEWBERRY. S. C. T'UESD1AY, MAR(CH 2(. 190 1. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR WILL MEET IN PELZER. The Twenty-ninth Annual Convention of the South Carolina Sunday School Convention to be Held April 10 to 12. Newberry, March 15.-The twenty ninth annual convention of the South Carolina Sunday-school association will be held in the Presbyterian church, Pelzer, S. C., April 10 to 12. The delegates will be entertained by the good -people of Pelzer of all de nominations. A large gathering of the Sunday-school workers is qxpeet ed at this convention, and I,hope that every pastor and superintendent will at once present the matter to their respective schools, in order that there may be proper: representation from every section of this Commonwealth. Mr. W. C. Pearce, of Chicago, who is the international teacher train ing secretary, will attend every ses sion of the convention and aid us by his larger experience in the solution of the problems that suggest them selves from time to time in every well regulated and progressive Sun day-sehool. He is an entertaining and. helpful lecturer on practical Sunday-school topics. Arrangements have been perfected by Capt. J. Adger Smyth, Jr., with several of the publishing houses for exhibits of books, appliances, maps, charts, etc., and this will prove a fea ture of great value and interest, and will doubtless be greatly appreciated. The Brotherhood ofV Andrew and Philip, of the Pelzer Presbyterian church wL,ive a reception to the, delegates Wednesday afternoon, April 11. The railroads will grant .a. rate of one and-third fare on the eertificate plan. (Be sure to secure the certifi cate which will be vised by the see retary.) Everything points to a sue eessful and joyous convention, good results from which will follow to the upbuilding .of every Sunday school represented. The programme will be mailed to every one desiring it. Thankig you for use of this space that this import ant announcement may be made. Win. E. Peiham, * Chairman State Executive Commit -, tee.. Dr. Divver a Candidate.F Anderson, March 16.-Dr. R. F. Divver of this city has announced that he will be a candidate for secre tary of state in. the campaign this summer. . He is a prominent Mason and is well known over the state. He has had the matter undgr .advisement for some time and has finally decided to make the race. Very Desirable Appointments in theI Admiral P. M. Rixey, Surgeon Gen-1 eral of the Navy, informs me that there are more than fifty vacancies in the Medical Corps of the UT. S. Navy. Candidates should be graduates in medicine End should have had hos pital experience, or at least a year's practice in their profession. The age limit is between twenty-one and twen-t ty-eight years. On entering the service, salary is $1,760 at sea or $1,496 on shore, with an allowance per annum of $288. e There are other equally desirable appointments to be made, as Assist-I ant Paymaster, Second Lieutenant of the Marine Corps, Civil Engineer, Chaplain. h For information touching any of the foregoing positions, address me at Washington, D. C-.t Wyatt Aiken, M. C- b "Did the architect carry out your u plans?'' "Guess he must, have. I haven't p been able to find any of them about the house.'' We never see the target a man aims at in life; we see thie target he hits. -Jordon. f Of course friends are a good thing, , u but when misfortune conies to you I which do you wish you had more of-' of THE SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY. Annual Celebration on Friday Night of Newberry -College Societies. The following account of the an nual celebration of the literary socie ties of Newberry eollege held on Fri day night is taken from the Sunday State under Newberry date of the 17th: A larqge audience assembled at the opera house last night to participate in the event which from year to year is looked forward to with great inter est by the students and friends of Newberry college, the anniversary cel ebration of the three literary societies. Mr. E. B. Houseal, president of the Excelsior society presided. The open ing prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Grier, of the Central Methodist church. Mr. D. W. Moore was the Phrenakosmian orator and his subject was "The Hero of the Future," Mr. J. E. Long, the orator representing the Excelsior society, took as his sub ject '"Coronation Without a Crown," and the subject of the essay of Miss Mary Lester, the Philomathean es sayist was, "Southern Ideals." The chief interest centered in the debate. The question argued was "Resolved, That Intercollegiate Ath letics Should be Abolished." The Ex celsiors, represented by Messrs. G. W. Harmon and W. H. Cabaniss. main tained the affirmative, and the Phren akosmians. represented by Messrs. P. A. Schumpert and W. F. Hipp, the negative. The occasion was doubly interesting by reason of the fact that both sup porters of the affirmitive-are enthusi astic in athletic matters. Mr. Caba niss is the well known catcher 'on ewberry's baseball team, who .con tributed so much .to its winning tht !hampionship last season. He is also ,ewberry's star on the gridiron. Not withstanding this fact they won the ebate. The judges making the award, wvhich seems to meet with general sat sfaction, were Hon. George S. Mower, Dr. W. E. Pelham, Rev. G. A. Wright, rof. B. Jones and Hon. A. C. Jones. English Towns. london Chronicle.. That there are many instanees in ngland of two or more towns enjoy ne the same name is a fact that no >dy can well help knowing, but prob bly few people are aware of the very. ide extent to which this dup'ieation f names prevails. Newton seems to eld the same rank among places as imith among individuals, .io fewer han seventy-two towns and villages n England alone bearing this name. ly including the Newtowns, obvious y the same name with a slight differ nee in spelling, the total is raised to ittle short of ninety. As every town aust have been a "new town'' at ome time or other it shows a great ack of inventive genius among our ~neestors who had the naming of the owns. There are sixty-eight places amed Sutton. Our ancestors seem D have found the four points of the ompass of great service in the no ienlature of their towns, for besides de Suttons there are fifty-one West ns, forty-nine Nortons and seventeen astons. To these last should be add d thirty-eight Astons, another form ? the name very common in the west f England. There is one straight path leading eavenward, but a thousand crooked aths lead in the opposite direction. When a man is in love he can't ink of anything else, but when a 'oman is in love she always remem rs to see that her hat is on straight. The man who loves his joke is us sily unpopular. Put yourself in the other man'sI lace and you may stop abusing him. It is commendable to save your oney, but is not commendable to ok it. The cares and worries of life look etty good, after all, to those return to town through the cemetery Some pe2ople are simply acting nat 'al when they are kicking. Love is responsible for two-thirds the happness in the world-also for SENATOR TILLMAN TALKS ON DISPENSARY FIGHT. He is Too Busy in Washington at This Time To Attend a Convention, But Has His Eyes Open. Senator Tillnan ::avs that he knows no0th1in_g of any plans to hold a con vention of the friends of the dispen- 1 sary writes the Washington corres pondent of the State. I have scarcely had time to give such a thill' a "inuight. te sid to "Iliut,'' he added. "you can sayI this. that when the time comes and the tight is on, f expect to be in it, whether it begins before the opening of the campaign or after." ")o you expect anything to be done before the opening of the regu lar campaign?' "Well, I say, I don't know. To hold a convention or to organize, as they call it. would take a lot of con ferring and a lot of correspondence, and so far as I am concerned, I have < not the time to do it. I wouldn't even have time to attend that convention < or conference, or anything olse, so long as I am swamped this way." I Then he turned to a pile of papers I on his desk, called a clerk, and added: "Why, man, I feel like a fellow down in a deep well. I can't begin to see < daylight. All I can see is a little gleam of light which will get bigger and bigger as I climb out of this well. But you know. when a fellow's down in such a hole as this, the sky rooks t about the size of a dollar and he can't see even the sides of the hole he is in. I How- in the name of sense can I see outside to organize dispensary forces or anything else at home! 'I "Oh. yes, I'm watching. it," he eon- Z eluded.' Sign Was Not Needed. C Harper's Weekly. - "The one thing most resented by t Americans," observed Seuator Bever- , idge recently, "is the dictatorial at- i titude which some men attempt to t assume. Much of the .biting satire a which we hear is the result of such s arrogant presumption. e "A congregation in ,eastern Illi- t nois had decided to ereat a new 1: church edifice, and temporary accom modations were obtained in an aband- i< oned theatre. . - " The clergyman, with folded arms a and pompous bearing, "directed the s effrts of his sexton,:who was busily t engaged-in cleaning up the accumula- I< ted' rubbish. Pieces of scenery; wrecked stage furniture, programs, lithographs, and musty draperies were thrust into the flames. " 'Let nothing be wasted, William' warned . he preacher, imperiously. s< 'Whatever may .be tilized, -lay it aside, and I will dispose of it later.' a "A few moments later the clergy- it man saw the sexton draw near the fire with a massive, easel-like arrange- s< ment. t "'William,' he .ealled, 'don't de stroy that; it may be of service.' tJ "'Hardly,' grunted the perspiring a sexton, as he tossed the affair into the. lames; 'it's an old sign, "Standing li, Room Only." '" . .tr A Domestic Treasure. J.i ondon Mail.- - i Sir Squire Baneroft in proposing he health of the bishop of London old a story in his inimitable way. A harming yoking damsel came to Lon- ti on -to visit an aunt, who probably g ame originally from Scotland, fort hen the young lady was leaving in a ab for an evening party she said: tl h Now, mind; don't you pay him more " han I shilling. It's his legal fare." Cl rrived at her destination, the young ady sprang out, handed cabby a shil- hi ling and bounded up the steps of the '" t ouse. It " 'Ere, I say miss !" called cabby.t 'Kin I ask you a question?" "Yes, you may." "Well, are you married ?" b ''No,"' she cried, indignant, '"I'm "Well- -omebody 's a-goin' to it a treasure, for I never seen a galsa s could make a bob go further or do e ore 'ard work nor you, miss!"t ho Many a man who seeks fame finds yo A GOLDFISH FARM. & New Industry Which Aims to Pro duce Freaks. PtVurda Evening Post. The first goldfish farm to be estab lished on an important scale in this 1ounLtrV has recently been started in bhe neighborhood of Washington. Dis trict of Columbia. It comprises 27 acres of water space, divided into 44 arge shallow ponds. Ditches are dug in the bottom of the ponds so that vhen the latter are drained the fish s find their way into the trenches and ire easily scooped out by means of iets. Tle scale on which the industry is 1onducted may be judged from the ract. that 3,600 pounds of cornmeal f ire fed every months to the fishes. rhink what a large number of gold ish must be required to consume in '0 days nearly two tons of corn meal! rhis seems, indeed, to be the kind of lood they like best, and they thrive )n it amazingly. Half a century ago goldfish in this ,ountry were worth 50 cents apiece, Lnd sometimes more. At the present ;ine the ordinary ones are sold by the >roducer to dealers at from $2 to $6 i 100, according to size. These quo ations, however, apply only to the ommon, everyday article, much high r prices being obtained for the freaks vith fan-tails, fancy fins and other ecentricities. At the farm above mentioned, at empts-the first up to date in this ountry-are now being made to pro agate such fancy goldfish, the re juisite stock being obtained from rapan. But the experiment is beset vith not a few difficulties, inasmuch ts the progeny of .the freaks have- al vays a tendency to revert to the nor aal and less valuable form, so that nly 15 per cent of a brood, perhaps,. Vill turn out satisfactory, inheriting be eee-entricities of the selected par nts. Furthermore, the fancy fish, be ng impeded in their movements by heir clumsy fins and tails.. are Ii ble to destruction by birds and water nakes.- There is no enemy so dread d by the goldfish breeder as the wa er snake, which devours the scaly 1 ive stock in great numbers. Not only the fins, but also the bod- ti es of the fancy goldfish are modified 1 ly the breeder, so that the freaks 1 re made to assume all sorts of queer hapes. The newest variety has eyes. hat stick far but of its head and >ok -straight up at the sky. Pointed Paragraphs, ~hicago News.. There is something amiss with the ng that fails' to make a hit. A week woman can easily conquer C strong man by catchinge to his van y. - . Many- a man who eait't ~trust -him- C df expects the grocer and butcher trust him. Only the man who holds the key to. F 16 situation is in a- position to open. deadlock. It. hurts the average man less to h] a about him than it does to tell the uth about him. h As a rule, the man who is always I a hurry has but little to do, with tle capacity for doing it. . There was blootd in the eyes of the ti ro suburban housewives as they g< ared daggers at one another over e whitewashed fence. j "As for you,'' hissed the one in h< e red knit jacket, "I don't know at I could say that would be suffi- et atly severe. I hate you."' .b "And you,'' retorted the one in the fe ue .shawl, "are really not worth . sting breath over. So there!''" There was a painful pause, and then e one in the knit jacket continued: I would say a great deal more wl ~re it not for your sweet little ha- fo R< 'Do-do vou really think he is w eet?' or I1 do. and I am not backward about s ing it, although I despise his moth- fa He is the prettiest little boy in th enty blocks.'' ch' " Then-then le t 's make up. Neigh- u r-s shlouldn 't be enemies. I'll hand th, EARLY CREEK HISTORY. In The Time of Cortes the Tribe Life Was Idyllic. The Creeks are an entirely different race of people from the Cherokees and ('tier northern Indians. They are of Aztee, or, rather, Toltec, orgin, and in a teocallis. or pyramidal, temple, lo eated in.a secluded wild of the Creek eountrv. the same religious rites and eeremonies are preformed today that were performed in the imposing teo eallis located on the bank of the beau tiful Lake Tezeuco, in the days of the ill starred Montezuma II. The archi ves of the nation are here preserved in hieroglyphics, beautifully painted on shells, strung together on deer ten dons. Here are also preserved their most cherished relies, their green jas per altar and a life sized image of their great war god. both brought from their former home near Vera Cruz, Mexico. At the time Cortes made his appear ance in that neighborhood, bent upon a career of conquest and plunder, the Creeks., as they are now called, were living a peaceful, idllic life in a land made sacred to them by having been the home of their ancestors for untold thousands of moons and containing he ashes and bones of their wise and love 1 old men through many genera tions. Gathering their warriors to rether. they gave battle to the invad rs, but weapons of stone and flint ,ould make but little impression upon j Jhe steel clad warriors of Spain, and hey were defeated . with terrible i 4laughter. Gathering wives and little I ies together and taking with them < :heir most cherished possessions, i imong which were the records of their I ace. the jasper altar and their war ] od. holding in his extended right Iand the sacrifical knife of flint, i :.hey made their weary way to the apital of Montezuma, the sacred city f f Mexico, where they were warmly / ,elcomed by that. unfortunate mon- I treh and where they fought bravely ( n defense of the devoted city. They I ssisted Gautomazin, the chivalric I iephew of Montezuma, in his glorious I f ill fated, attempt to regain the hrone of his ancestors, and upon its ~ailure and the attendant death of hat young chieftain by torture,. after i he manner of the ancient Israelites' hey determined to seek a land that I nan knew not of, where they might 1 rovide homes for their families and i vorship the gods.of their ancestors. e - - t Reflections Of A Bachelor. Why do so many men take oni a look C f sorrow as soon as they become en agedg s A bachel&r girl usuailly is she who I nds. sufficient time to'. cultivate her wn society. Each woman has an' idea that she 0 ould' tenninate a widowhood at her 13 wn sweet will. A girl likes to think that she will h iake the ideal wife..and the most ea able mother. Most .women are dreadful flirts, if b I they say about. love affair's is even si alf~ eay truthful.a The.talkative man always feels that e could say something interesting if ti e were given a chance.h While a man may have a tender El eart, it is not seriously affected 1i irough a broken love affair. at When a woman reaches 30 she h: ilks she has all the qualities which p( toward making her chummy. la The man of visionary schemes en ys the satisfaction of feeling that st knows more than some one else.' - u! Patience may assist a man to over- ti' me trouble, but it must be backed in ~r something like energy to be ef- ce etive. fo s. Longworth's Dog A Feature of PE This Show. "Fashion,'' the Boston terrier, te ich the Millionaire Stillman bought fa r $1,500 and presented to Miss Alice >ovlt, now Mrs. Nicholas Long- " rth, as a wedding present, will be c be of the attractions at the dog * ow which opened Tuesday at Buf- th lo at City Convention Hall, under e auspices of the Buffalo Kennel N ib. The number of entries is un- a ally large this year and some of ju: e finest dogs, that have won prizes the exhibitions in New York and fr etn wil be shown here. a th MR. ANSEL'S POSITION ON DISPENSARY ISSUE. Greenville. March 17.-The follow.* in letter has been given out for pub ieation by Mr. M. F. Ansel. candidate for the office of governor of Soutli Carolina: "Having already announced my [,andidaev for the office of governor >f the state of South Carolina, many -f my friends throughout the state iesire that I give my views upon the Jispensary question. "I, therefore, take this opportunity >f again stating my position and -hall hope to satisfy a majority of the voters of the state that my sola :ion of that subject is correet. "In a letter published by me in August, 1905, I stated my position in mubstance, as follows: 'In the first place I am opposed to the system of a state dispensary. [ once thought it the best solution of he liquor question, because I thought t would minimize and decrease the sale of liquor in this state, but when we consider the great amount of fin 14or that has been sold by the various ispensaries the past year, my hopes have been disappointed and it ap >ears to me that some other method ,hould be adopted. 'In the second place, I am in fio or of local county option, as be ween prohibition and county dispen ;aries-that is, I am in favor of any ounty in the state voting upon the uestion as to whether they wish pro ibition for that county or whether hey wish county dispensaries. Ift a najority of the qualified voters of the ounty desire prohibition for that par icular county, then I am one who be ieves that they should have it, and further believe that the good. people >f such county will see to it that the )rohibition law is enforced.' ''I also stated in that letter as llows: 'Personally I would like to ep no liquor sold in this state as a everage, but it is a condition which onfronts us, and the question is how est to deal with that condition. There s no law that can be passed that will :eep some people from drinking li uor, still I believe it to be the duty f the state to pass such laws as will ainimize the use of liquor as much as issible.' "I stated also in that letter, as ellows: 'I am opposed to the high icense system, as it is too near the arroom system, and would not de rease the sales of liquor, whatever he restrictions might be.' "I have no cause to change my pinion since the publication of said tter, but the more I consider it, the tonger is my conviction that this osition is correct. " County prohibition has been a ccess in-many counties in the states f Georgia and North Carolina,. and those counties in the~ two states amed where county dispensaries ave heard of no complaints. "Why should we not adopt the ime system in our state that has en tested in those. states? We iould at least be willing to give it trial. "The 'Morgan bill' as it passed ie house of representatives at the ?t session of the legislature had , any good features in it, was on the 2e of the laws of the states named, id had it passed, I believe it would tve given more satisfaction to the ople of the state than the present "In the several counties in this ate where elections have been held* ider the 'Brice law' and prohibi m has been adopted, so far as my formation goes, it has proved a sue-s ss, and the longer the law is in re, the stronger will be the senti. 3nt in its favor in the minds of the ople. "In short, I am opposed to the sys m of a state dispensary. I am in vor of local county option as be ee prohibition and county dis ns~aries. .I am opposed to high i ase and am in favor of such laws will decrease the sale of liquors in is state." E"e worry as if we had to go through whole year tomorrow instead of t one day. Do the right thing by all of your ends, and you haven't anything but. 2 oe of the apnle left.