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MRYAN'S TRIBUTE TO CHARLES D. McIVER Nr. Bryan Spoke at Greensboro, N 0., of the Life of the Distinguish ed Educator Whose Death Occurred on the Special Train. !I h!is speech ot (i1v1nb 41 n ! h:no4 co4 i - Noirilh C'ir,ina o 1.11o' 1m l-I 4' I i.1 v ll }1 i l I ealieI Ii1 4ge h I V. I V I . , -4I1t4 I411 4.0 1 xlf l - 4411 A )1 ' J IA4 :14'' 144I dvI ! I ( , r 'I 1 04 s14es ( h t:)I I -se i et I A |1i. wl. 4) 1 iu-a I4 i o l ItA r'sl lpold (i : iniy. dern.1 1th at y'l l Il t11t 7'11.-1 j 11) 1 1 1(.11 i : II 1!_ ,I.ltl t b 14 lt i,Ito yIur hi ves to ht1 i . e Ip evi a I'v I lhe 1(rI lesyI x. en<sId tv 4 1 yo r G;A.o (aI11111 . 4i 104l '111d~ in 1l' I .V 4 * ,411 % Iti oll Zes sltlill's yourl. publis ofTivials, oil. nvimlber oi f Ihev Naimnal ('C inmittiP , u1111 r 'ep tioll I lmil4tev, m1il( ' t le people wvhlo have i ftih var-ifin townis come mit to <l.y * N. 1lo listen. I appre inle Ilhe kil wN%411s1 11!11 1h4.1ve beent spoki ens by y4v1voilr. flmirnoin. I lthInlh 44 annot admit h1 he h a1 nid. The (1- nv -:-ttishle flon 11 - 1 1 Fim inl th kinlv s ni.. I tilt 1, i t k < wh t11 I h v Irivd - Aill as im n cv, : m- I lishf-.1 acthi , 11 MPasn. mil nPY by Lt nhuil bt by IN1l1 11 I hav i t tilvnlde -- I sav tile at Is4'44tit; 'll 11 t 1iYti in 111 1 its killilly sentfiliviii will he witli ill- ill tlle fil firill itl til l'f-4wire mi-vrv timni I ain a'ble 11i ll I wwIld 1 v-pn1r if11 I4 Ill.''4 1441 (I vl I I IlI I w-' Il I I' s I I iv IlleA ' 1lV I I 4 le '.tr 1'111Ve 11 1' 844141 we i itrc , I. I I c -. l a l 1 Slii jl l Ii IIIv IAI T I ) es,4 . all(I I 1l'. w 11 (4m 111,elf 11N11 1 Y.mll. tevilder lill, mll v l'i'ls, smillill,Il as oe elli'4 i 1sillN, 1\1 1iTl'iv ill l14 this ailto omni nivks it iilmpssimWe ror' me to g. l'i k I liv Ie exp 44eeta i l s 11. 1 brl'ollIlt. Y 4111 lit. Illis 11.11l, II .lly All ' yfill Irl-44l Ais ill 11 II'. s d. i ll 1 I v ' 1VeISP ict m Ill I :(j1- l'11 )}t144 11 ) 'vV Y 11lV of yon. herew:ls PI n 1i1th6-4 m n it :i 1 hI l.4w illvil; iil 'l I \ lit,l * vli1' ,.f, i e irst tatvs )f o!- Kist th i\.th, w:11 I Iwvn w h w1ln I411militell wil i4 t wi till-wsi.-h anll vil'ti'mel 1,r*1111 11. C'llw4, iIl'vv'i 111l i v.1 4l 1111 41'(' I IIIvft lneVe '.'n J t-N o th ('1r,111:' wil!l 4h 11 t e il.' lli' . 11 i . li lw Y rcv l 4Ine . : lint11 .1 j4 ' . 111 '1 4 11141 IwI 111.1f '11 .j44'4'i4le 14 lil I1 lleiM | llild 'irlI i nt Ill, lid in t v'v11 l liv4h wa v fr(m 1 N orthi 'inolilna ( 4 1 his .1elin, to till-- -..' evtiIl._-s 14 4 .11' e -I bv oIthe'. '14n1141s and141 w ihenIt 1 4 a 'rrived(.( tIIs morn inu- e was onle of,I the first to meet me 1141 w14 e 11 we eft ii- -fri llion together J" j(l.%v(l 4~ ( .414 111 i i to.1111 'mi1| ll lmr refu1rn. witliouti a mom oit l n lle Ile wais s'li illolle4l to til e W11r,1 hvY41nl, ,1 11141 I1 latle ' part of' i- 411 'j"It'rn-Y we imiie with a.11 that wa, . A44 ' o Iis Ii"114l. J).4' 11 1 t i II' 44 to Iluti a polit ival 1pe41 11i s l 6mind will not wor al o1 political file's. It 1rtriires all ImY blod41 to suipply I heart. aI'li . .\ll it z Inn say IIt o voi1 1n t of 444l is to144 raw s(': i ne ( ltl 's olsfon life lt' 1'. lipt' e ie i ts 4 (' 14 4''ll (I t ii tlihe:n meVs 1n ind01. .it il sub e, I wlf ''11le1i4 il i.0''llelnita le o l' l w('11 'C I tiileil t * 1140l8 i1' l| Pt'eta lC,ls 4114 3'44 'ill no) ill( it to.ht' iiyou t-nad i tC4)CO tier liis 114411 11hin" o lioll iotd ind i the pr'e e o dath do'e tnot knhw ting tha ini)l'Ced ben bront liste huma lie to Vte wrl-ile Ighe 'est Bilal that l. T(o) 1 11418li Cll Ie *known Thel 1i8n'l if lofe tris 11114 l Uted wtat t'ihlallit ill ytie ouni exrciountiof thet ily.o: and ten infa flViel found eillee th istu sjirkIlad deli eper Iiene thateled,r for'. nga to ea one flyl in itth'e dveth *rot.es o silse of0 tiel, rint tndere is not one her wh4 ilgoaa n Prit ise ille fo su4' tern O m every center I found sonic America fitr groups of Aiericans, who froi lisinterested love for the human rae< were holding i) the light of Aierica civilization, ant(] when I reached Boir Iy , 2 md addrvessed a school stipporte I)v A mileil eari money, whenl I attende an;1,tller. institution where little blin 1.1dianls were .-Atlered together an laiit byV Aieriean monev, I ill, ihem tha we might not. he able t )()lst thI at t lie stin never set upon oul pmsvessilonls, butl (1ha1 we cold' boa%; h.1t tile siu iever set .i)uon Aileriea 111,at1.111111py; 0hat b'efore it wen down11 n ill41 n1dile eiter of civilizabioi it rose tiupol alnother. t learIIed to adl m1i'v Ohum. people with a purpose thewehple w%hop are willin." to sacri fie themseleves filr tie benefit 0 others. il what I lovel about ou dead friend was Ihat he was meatisur inp life by what hlie pit into the worl( aild not V what he too,k it of tl world. ifIt I were -40ing to dfescribe a mue .essftul life anod con1trast it with a sel fish life; if I eould illustrate it b f pictre drawn tiln vanivass I wouli present a sta.gnat lood, gathermll waler lroi all alrollnld, and givinl, For h n14o1ting till at last it became I scOn , o diselse ml nd gleath ; and Iter I wild present Iln canlvass a livinl.: sprinlg poingil" forth constantly oI that whihel ref're,4hcs ani invi-trates I wolld sents a selfish. sel f-eilterml life. and that thlie livig sprin repre ts mil I i isvlffish life. a really sie eessfil lilFe: and I 14I>k hack upoll til fite If I'rot'. Melver as a sprilng over flowing with that wiieli refresi invi--mrates. Ile. worked his way up Ie waV W Ine111(":lnlpl.eI'f wha Icanl be: d14n1 i) tils l it1-y, st:artinlg . and laboring FirAt to sTil-e his edlivaliml; 1then go with a1 loir-plse too establish a school, and 1he hias Illate his impress lipoll the w-ieatiomil svstem oft this state. When I w %:!s Iast he:re h(le showed ie a mnap, a111li i thal mapl he hua inar11ked placs t h, w where th Iiluth if the ScIlqpf, 1f-I .1 h1.41 hee( vx 1inded. Ile w.is trv tIel r ' l l(- Scope -tf (.d11c lt IIn. e \ , 11-IYIlil-, In. it within the reahll 4f mtore people. Vh I Be !.'h !.vi the hunno no: he * ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 'e 1i: 1112 II Il hac' 1a l - 11!1 t i.n mOn- wlw he -II w a S ff - I Ikin I. 111 migh ha I.Iv e hIa d t he I ihi-I if lf. when el wa buiI I v and ( - . hiv il. bt tlIre was within him somne thinlg that demanded that lie should irth IIInII do Sq'ometinilg. He saw 1.d1,lntionl of yolur womlenl confinedl Irvely to the class, that is, Iig-hcr (Iadeation1, where it was expensive. and :i his bearit was in sy mpathy with the pitiolr and 1the stitru lin1-u. lie wanted to n.ake it pmssibIv fil.r Imrwe of them to It anl ednealtion. and wviih that pmr p(Ise he !4ea(red l1t eatabishimlent of ia selool, and lie pucsiddl "ver it, and lw av his experieclee to it, until now he hIas a !reit ilistittution leer With between five 1111dred and si hitirled girls, and they are getting educat21 ion , an1d lie hats 1made( educ'ationi soi cheapii tfr them'n thait plei( ('2n hr 1 21 at forded it before' his wor(iik was1 W ho will measure11~ 114 th lhingsj. done( byv suchi a mianii II havt. beeni in counli rhs where' '( I<h(enion11 11 was 2scrcely I.w~.11 Ini Imilia whe4re less t ii onei pI hatt 1111 o th i l wom e read and wru'ittI lkie upon vise of ihe most '--.itf ic es of a"irIhitlectur l i n the viIIi(1. V4lany itpl h think41 t here til I lul ed ,.11 'i , iln that esilsokn b elty th Wl.i lhal. It is aIneto thate10 a mangreared it to his wifeme lov e.14 mi pol whoiisit 4 liet nirvel atits'l beauty Forilu ml re Itthan threei huned(l yearstt i hs stod thare the adiration thf alil1(he 111 world n yeOtia I ledt upon it, i ad thinloket aromend Who sawl homewiof the wo-fl menini will ' eommninere tol tei re ahey wrie, hwe them upeve hdyhinro tie o tem,in fiased myilf:oan pWutdote' there but,ero tave paioahie thatbutea doe hie hif tuche dte hethinf yor ol,an brigth Weauld he wot have ad greater tibe thi we reta Sheilencethate nd mandl ifone thnt mnthe minstrucdsttion, disso himes.a dihowintmenturo thoe iu ..n...that hehseetduo h n have it and to their frien'ds but Prof. n MeTver had behind his intellectual en ' thusiasml a moral enthusiasm, and yoll Collld not coille inito Colltact witi his life, Consecratfd to great work, d withouit reeling that somehow there had been kindled in youtr own hevart a ln enthusiasn like his. What las it lie done? IHow lou will his influence Il be fel ? Who call tell? Who will O measure the infhiienee thuit heart (aln exert 11ponl a ioly. Yoi can measure t he inluen11(ce that a mlaind can exert upon a mind, but( who will Imleasuire the infIelle(c that a heart can exert upon the heart of' the hiiman race ? We - speak fi inventions If genlils. and1A byhv beenl great. We imarvel Ihaiit lit< (all stand by the side of a teler21a phic in;truent. and by means of r olectrit' current talk to people teat thotisand miles away. but the achieve Iments of the heart are still greater. The heart that is full of love for its fellow, the heart that yearns to do - some great good, the heart that puts inlto Iotionl somethinm for the benlefit of the hiuma race. will speak to hearts that will beat ten thousatnd years after all our heats are still. i1ow are people reiimembered? Do you huild m11omi1ments to, them ? Is that the 'n1lv way ? Have you ever --one into an old grveyard, a hundred years old. or' two hundred. an(d looked at the monu meits or the graves? How few of all i tle Counmltless Imlillions of the hmnan rm-e will ever he reieibered -nei hiundred vears after their death by any inontiment that marks their rest inZ-place. I am glad that the Cret -as infinite in love as in power--has made it possible for every human be in to vrect for' him-zelf a monun-!,t that will eilnIre wheln all the mn mentis 4f ,rainite aIId br nze ha ,.1v ermnbled to. decay. I believe such a M1onum1tnent has been reared by PrIf. Melver-five hundred students-ito how 1manV hIoes dI these people u' '7 m'onlt the I1-hattes wh have :14 Ii 41u1t froin ve'ar. toi year. Count the 1ho whicl th"y have 'ell)(" to make hetter, and thlenl trace. if y v t-an. i trenwnau influenice a it lte distancwe of the farthest Qtar fr-m Ilth rib.111 . bIt wh. will measur t e ifleciee of a siwzie kiid word -- a ile kiiid art ,I the zenerit tha ar yet to cme ? vaii Ito. ITe has n1--t only\ showr '. blt what man ''zht to do. Ho. a iveni us an ideal of life, and I am coming nore and more to believe that the ideal is the important thing. There are Democrats here and they have spoken kindly of my Democracy. There are Republicans here, and- they have sfmonetimes e-iticised mlle Prossibly with seNveritV. I want to -ay to Vou that i have rea'ehoel this plt. that I believt that the thines that hold i u, tozether as 'itizeiis are morie import nit and inore mineroius than the Ilingus that separate us durintr cam paigns iito host il ba tt le'. a nd I in motre weddedl to the ideal liat shaapes the individual life thtan I l4-n to any3 palrty pilicy. Nio miiatt1er howi 'ood wve make governmenO" t. nto Emii wil II et the benefit (of it if lie has ani ideal Ithait (does not lead him (atonard. No roat ter how had giove iriment, anrd will least stiffer fi'om it. If I could look nmato youra hena't s anid see what ideals violniae thier'. I couild mfeaisure' wiitht happuiie's or its woie. Thle ideal coni trl's1 the lif'e, onitt if the mio"t imorti' an ideal. I speiak as a parient to par (int s whaeai Itell von thait thle roost im pimortail thii in ht we parenti s hta ve to dlo is to give to our a "lhildren at comn eption of Iifec t hat is a woi'thyi one aid that w ill cont rol their destiny. I believ'e that no ideal is high enough Lfor a great life, a good life, a sue eessfutl life, that is not high enouIgh to be seen from both sides of the river thant divide tinme anid eternity. I he lieve that Prof. Mclver had aan ideal, a Chr'istaina idleal, a concept ion to a few yecars on earth, iia regards life as onily a small ar'k of an infinite cir ('he. i have been a member of a Chi'istian chiui'ch fi'om the time I was f outeen. I passed thr aough my periodi i of sc'ept iclim as a scht(ol hoy, anid I - was plantted upo(n solidl r'ock b)y the - time I reached umanthood, antd as I a haive grown older my views on the a subject have deepenell, but I say to you this tiip ar'oundi the wrl'd has Smuceh increased not onuly my dlevotion - to the Christian ideal of life, but my a apprieciatio~n of its piceless value. s~ We are doing more for the world C when we give them a coniception of r life in harmony with otir i'eligion than a we are in any other way, and I anr. ? glad that our dead brother day.by day ri hld~m befor'e those who caime into cont a taet with him a Christian ideal of m life, ani ideal of ser'vice, '-. id1eal 1 that life is to be measur'ed by I' r e vice retider'ed, thta 3oui a e to be gn 0 ing forth 'Il tIe time, amid not mere e ly selfislhy tr'ying to secuire thd iet~ & rewards and tIhe'ost of hidividutal 0 comfortI. I l'ad my ambitions wI.en The Sinitt HAS hoes, Hats, C1 J, & P. Coats Spool Thread C They are now selling hair worth 60c. for 48c Mohair wort h $1.00 for worth 60c. for 48c, Mi worth 60 for 48c., all c cloth worth $i 25 for 98c., Grey 12 1 2c , Tricot FLnnels, till colors Voile-blue, grey and black, worth all colors for 5c. to 15C Miss Mas my of her friends. We also carry selling out cheap. THE SMITH r,aysinger New Swais a boy. You had your aibitiou, ilnd these ambitions are changed. 4oletimer a boy starts out with tihe de that he is going to be rich. and ilds everythin to that end:. sole imes one starts out. and his .oal is 4oCial (list inet ion, and he bends every mlel"ry in that direetio: anot her tarts out with an amlibitii foin fo office, ill(] lie lays his plias and works pat ently. looking forward to some covet ,d honor. I had my mnhi ion. When was a Ioyv ly roiurteenl years ot a.e eilItlive,d tihe anbitiii (t gOinwr to he United Sties Senate. I neve hionht of zoin'. to Con-res,: never hiut of bin1 Presidell--it was to >e a United Slates Senator. I did 't expect to r soon: I was going to >e a lawyer first : I was ginz to make ny fortune in the jaw. and after I was I IIlepetdent I was ginmr to enter 1olities and the United Slates Senate %as the object of my aibitii. Cir. uistaices helanlZed the Invree t f my it',. and experiencev has Ziven me. I hin!:. a better amibiti.n than to hobl *tfiie. One h1un)dre. years froIml now . wr-l will nt rem1ember me bV vhat the w.rld has Il-ne fIr me. If hi wiorld1 reifen'er, 1 me at all, it will -ti- what I l:mv- f..ne tI'o the w l 1. :An cnIIIOnts fit chanin ideal as make proo--ress tward tihe '!rave. '4 are Ceonsei.us of C ha.iun ideals. Aimn we are vna thin's look great * us that after awhile look very in ignificant. Struggles that excite us kre looked back to with amusement.' 3ut, my friends, as we approach the rrave we begin to wonder what the vorld is going to say of us; wonder iow the world is goinv to- feel when VC are on . We wonder what im >ression our lives are going to make ipon those about us. Those of you vho are older already think of this, is T. think of it. You who, are younger vil think of it as you grow older. I )elieve that Prof .McLver's life was ' suIess5. * We have a great man, Rockefeller-the richest man in the vi,rld,. and if I had to choose het ween cavingr the record of Prof. McIver nd leaving the money of Rockefeller, would a thousand times rather leave ~Ie levr 's reco,rd to pos5terity. I willI ell youI a test of whether life has >een a success or not. We all live uii d ant(i nviI( roment . Somet imnes we u-e only known to a lit tle cirele, some imues to a larger eI rele ; but when we lie thlere is t(oinit to be a just verdict, and t hat j ust andl hioniest verdict is lie thing that we oursleves, when weP come to tauke a proper view of ife, will be more interested in than lth houses an ud lands that we leave for onr children to riuarrel over, and have thounght that it ean be said that i life has been lived successfully if, when it passes out, we can say of the erson, as we can say of this dear Prienid of mine and of yours, 'The night is darker because his light is gone out: The world is not so warm because his heart is cold in death.'' It's mighty funny how much pret tier a girl always is in her photo.. SadHat REVIVO RESTORES VITALITY ."Ma6e a produce, linereutin8da.Itat Dowerfully and quickly.Cuewhnoerfa. old mon n yrcvrter otflvgrb using UEVIVO. 3.qikyad ityy moves N'-ousnoss, l.ost Vitalit Sohu. Weoaknoesssuch as LostP wet,FIdailln itemory, Wasting Diseases, and of1,ects of aol -buse Qr exess and indiscretion, whichunit one for study, business or marriage.,tntol oures by starting at the seo,t of dIsoaso, blit is a great nerve tonic and blood builder. briin back the pink glow to tale chesan rc s..ort.y the flre of youtha. It wards off MD. proachinge imio. Insist on having lIEVhVD , nIo Other. io-> be carried in vest poket. By mail,$L.. e okao, er il: for .00. We gtve froo advice t. dt counsel to alt ho v'ish it,. with guaranteo. (Olreulars free. LtM -ess ROYAL. MEOlClNE CS.. MarIne Bldg., Chtouuue. Ili. GILDER & WEEKS. K 'Co. Dry ( COMPLETED THEIR STC Athing, Dry Go< no Cent per Spool Umited Worth of Dress Coods, Gray Mohair worth $1 ., Green Mohair wort 78c., Red Mohair wor alance Suiting worth E lors Brilliantine wort Venet ian m ortlh 6oc. for .18c., ) worth 3,C. for 24c., Silk Droem 30C. for 22 1-2C , Silkette Linings sie Williams, who is with us .ow, E fine line of n-w Shoes worth CO.'S DRY GOC Building, just below the Smith Ct W. E. PElH Reliable P1 We sell Sure Remed us is Reliable. We gu faction with every pac6 When your doctor v bring or send it to us. preparing, medicines. practices; we use pur( make our highest aim wishes. Our prices ar Pelharr Reliable Druggist THE BANK OF PROSPEF Gapital Stock - Undivided profits Interest allowed at rate of 4 Special attention to farme small, none too large to enlist oi to meet and greet you. Call in. A. C. Wise, President. J. F. Browne, Cashier. Board of N. L. Black. A. H. Hav S. S. Birge. J. S. Whe C. P. Boozer. C. Y. Hun A CENTURY For more than a hundred SPRINGS MINERAL WATE thousands are ready and whill cacy in all diseases of the Liv< Physicians Patients DE Everybody Drink Glenn Springs Miners drink this water and be restore Glenn Springs Company. Frank R. hd Real Estate, Stocks, Bought Office Over H Newbe If you want to Buy, Sel SE Upon application at oi to price and shov we have JRANK. R. HL ioods Store CK OF >ds and Notions. to One Spool With Each $100 25 for 98c., Plaid Mo 1 $1.CO for 78c., Blue th 60c. for 48c., Zebiline Oc. for 48c.. Brilliantine h 35c. for 24c, Broad Vorsted, till colors, worth 25c. for iet, till colors, worth 35c. for 24c. till cololk, from oc. to 25c., Outing, will be glad to show these goods to from 25c. to $6 oo, which we are' DS STORE, I. vroery Store. lAM & SON, iarmacists. ies. What YOU buy of arantee Absolute Satis :age sent out. vr'tes your prescription Our main business is We allow no slip-shod !st medicines only. We to carry out the doctor's reasonable. & Son, s, Newberry, S. C. PROSPERITY, HTY, S. C. - $25,000,00 - 12,160.00 per cent. on time deposits. - rs' accounts. No account too ir best attention. It is a pleasure G. Y. Hunter, Vice- President. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter, Attys. Directors: rkins. P. B. Warner aler- J. F. Browne. ter A. C. Wise. OF HEALIlNG.4 years the merits of GLEil R have been recognized, and g to give testimony as to its effi ~r, Kidneys, Stomach and Skin Prescribe it. ~pend on it. Praises It. * ti Water and keep well; if sizz, d to health. Glenn Springs, S. C. [unter & Co. Bonds and Mortgages and Sold. Braid and News, rry, S. C. ior Exchange Real Estate E US. ir Office we will'be glad r any property that in Charig. INTER. Manager.