Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HEARST SPEAKS AT LABOR CELEBRATION. Journalist Say a Labor Day Should Rank With July 4.?Cheered by Crowd. Norfolk, Sept. 2.?William Randolph Hearst of Now York, and 8amuol (tampers, president of the American Federation of Labor, were tlio principal speakers at the great labor day celebration nt Jamestown. The weather was clear and the thousands of people from all parts of tidewater Virginia, together with several thousands here for the opening of (Jrand Aerie of .Kagles tomorrow attended. 1' u I lowing the address of welcome l>v J ievident llarry Pucker of the exposition company. Hearst wasinlro-j lured n 1 was yivon an ovation, William If. Hearst delivered the J labor day address at the exposition.! I" l'i"l he said: "Labor day should rank with the fourth of .July as a i-haracterislie American holiday. The fourth hi July commemorates the " 'Us b,\ which we gained our independence as a nation and labor day commemorate the means by which vvc have made our nation the most -??w fit id. the 111 o > i progressive, and hi* nio,| prosperous of any in t h ^ uM. In this country labor is uui* '"I'sal ;in.l is universally honored and appreciated. .1 have no patience with he prejudices which exist between he alh'vt'd classes, when the classes h.Miisehes really do not exist. I here is no reason for hostility l>ct ween the employer and employe, !>etween the capitalist and wane earner. Capital is but the culmination of wealth which employes and employer create together. Wanes are hut divisions of the profits. Moth the employer and the empoyee are entitled to iheir inire of the profits and as long as the division is just and equitable hej*? J.-- mo occasion for a conflict. "If !lie division is not just, it alAa\ can he made so by arbirtration .ind tiiere is still no occasion for a ? onllict. Such a condition of class hat it'll a> has developed in Colorado cui x* In I Ins <*? ii 111 ( rv. There -h uMi l>e no prejudice entertained >y Hi. apitalist toward the laborer and theie should bo no prejudice bv 'he laborer towards capitalists. The -J1'', financial promoters, organizers and ixeeutives of America are worfh\ ol ieeoynilion and reward. Let 'hem have their share of that wealth > lolly a; that is tlie incentive which stimulates them to useful activity, rile i ielies they amass and call their own are spent in extravagance and '.ip*ni '!ieinselve>, hut are put hack n.o new industries to produce more! ' eallh end employ more men. " lahoi unions and farmers' union* are valuable only t octhiouwr i<Mi? aie valuable only to their own i Miembcr*. but I h< lmiie>l law abid-j i'l-: organization- of capilal are vain-! ;|hh", i.h! n 1 \ pi I heir ow n stock-; "older*. but lo III,, whole community, fbcie is ii. yi cater d;: lyer |o our! I ?rm yoverniiieiii. to our popular. ri-'iits and our public morals than tile corrupt u-e oi the -rent power' >>t cm |ioiale wealth. \ mi hear much ! today ;,ow many of Sail Krancisco has I alien, but you hoar little of how i he powerful public service corporations tempted a wretched human homy wiih yreat wealth and brouylit one man to ruin and disgrace.*' Interesting Reminiscences. Southern Christian Advocate. During the Vivil war the blocking i>t southern ports shut out from our people most of the luxuries of life ? -uyar ami coffee among them. Wheat, oarley, sweet potatoes, and other | lann products were used as suhstitu-! tor cot 1 oe; ami sugar was substituted by soryum molasses. Uev. W. A. McSwain was once ask- ! .' 1 whether he used the suyer and oof-| tee substitutes. "No," he replied. 4< L : don I drink slop." Considering the! difference between the genuine article and the substitutes, his lanyuayo was scarcely too strony. Mr. M. was once stationed in Char- i ieston, and while serving the work i here, am epidemic of yellow fever J si ted the city, and he. alony with jjiany others, wa> stricken down. llisi must, have boon considered a very serious case, because two or more pliy- ! sicians were in consultation; and they decided Hint if salivation could' be brought about, the patient might recover. Accordingly he was anointed with calomel, which had the desir-1 ed effect, and after the lapse of some! time, he was restored to health, lie' survived both the disease and the remedy. flic saintly Pritchard was also once appointed to work thero when this dreaded plague made its appearance. Mr. P. used quinine as a preventive antil the coming of frost when he discontinued 1 lie use of the drug an was then attacked by the fever. Men who could remain at the pos of duty?ministering to the sick an dying while their own lives were i imminent peril? must have had i them the stern stuff of which hero< are made. Thanks to the progress c medical science under Providence, w look for no return of this terrible dii ease to our seaport towns to anythin like the appalling extent that the once experienced. This is one of tli blessings that have come to 01 Southland through the interventio of the United States in Cuba. liev. M. A. McKiben was statioi ed in Newberry just prior to the wa I think lie enjoyed the reputation o being we'll informed in th^ologythe queen of | he sciences. Moreove In- regard il liis duty not only I preach. but if need be, to def'en Methndist doctrine, lie had an aftei noun appointment al Helena, one mil from Newberry. A minister of sister denomination also preached ji iliis village. It came to Mr. M.'s ear that this minister had publicly mad some remarks that were a reflectio upon Methodism. At this next aj pointnient, therefore. Mr. M. made vigorous defense of the doctrines a his own denomination, and withal, d< livered a broadside upon the posilio of his opponent. This ended the (das 'icl ween them. Mnl times cluing*' and we chaug with I lieni. The theological gladiji lor. for the most part, belongs to past goneratioii. There never wa more inter-denominational eourtes and Christian fraternity than exi> at present. Let us be thankful thu it is so. In common parlance Methodisi minister who does circui work in quite often spoken of as circuit rider. With M., However, thi was a literary solecism with which h had no patience. When lie did eii mil work he rode his horse and tra\ eled t lie circuit. Mr. M. had lwo sons, Men an I'iiickuey. While handling a pisti one day the latter accident ly lodge ;i bullet in his knee. The family let Newberry about the time the wa cloud apepared above the hori/.o and limes were gelling feverish, suppose the sons soon entered th a rmy. Ke.v .1. W. Wightmon travele Newberry circuit during the yea 1SI51 and the year following. As recall his personal appearance he rt suinbeld his brother, the bishop, good deal, lie had a large famil hni as far as the writer's knowledg extends. Sherod, ?d" Mt. Willing, i the only member now living in on slate. Miss Anna, as I remembei married Mr. GriOlths, a Presbyteria minister of Georgia. Another daugli ler Ix'ev. (I*'. lieid. of Kentucky, Ion; a veteran Methodist missionary u the Orienl. Mr, W. moved in Virginia al'le ihe war and died a member of th !'rci-byiei ian Church. With his la\\oid> he eoun-elled hi> family to b Kind In pour people. K.-v. M. A. t'oiin.dlv wa> not th lamily pastor, lmt lie sometimes visil ed at my lather's. Once on a visi at night, and commenting upon tli (ceding of Klijali by the ravens, h observed that the record did not in torin us whether the llesh was rai or cooked. Next morning he had long way to n.de to his appintmen and seating himself in his buggy h took his Mible in hand adding thn he wished to consult it as he traveled Dr. l.ovick Pierce once remarked thn some of his best mental progeny wer I have just receiv Ladies' Cuff Pins, Scarf Pii Brooci Hat Call and see them. IV And don't forget to Watch. i Mayes' B d given him in tuo saddle, traveling from one appointment to another, uio year irioj witnessed the begind ning oi ine end of tlie Southern Con11 t'eueraey. v lcksourg was lost through 11 palpable ineapaeity, or perfidy. Gen. Jackson?mat wizard son of Mars? >f died of wounds. Gen. Lee did not win 'e at Gettysburg on account of the loss' ol. Jackson?his right arm so to ? speak?and the failure to execute y Gen. Lee's orders, lie v. T. J. Clyde ie was stationed at Newberry that year, j ir He had lost a brother in the struggle n lV?r Southern inde})cdi|.ice; but lie endeavored to sustain the hopes of l- the people, reminding them that the r. darkest hour of the night was just f before day. Air. (J. is now one ol' the - Ncstors of the Conference, but lie has r never taken a vacation, and expects o Id <[uit life with the harness on. J (1 Revs. R. L. Harper and Morris were Canada's contribution to South Car0 olina Methodism in 1870. Thcv were a cultured and consecrated but their t [ usefulness was destined to be cut s j short by premature death. They, how- { c ever, left impress upon the time that 1 11 I they lived. Once, when Mr. 11. was i Mon a visit to his former homo in Can- * ada. he wrote to one of our Church , 1 ! papers, and among other things said " j that he was glad thai his lot had been ( j1 cast among South Carolinian.-, be- i 1 i cause, in his estimation, I hey were a.i ' excellent people. When |ho writer was a l;i<! In' 1 heard his parents say that Xewberrv j j wa> (iiici! called the graveyard cir- 1 ' cuit, but 1 think for nearly or quite ] j a half century no effective Methodist ' i minister has died in it. The dust of 1 1 | Rev Angus MelMierson, father-in-law I j to the late Dr. Lander, reposes at ^ | Kbene/.er church, two miles from , a j Newberry, and liev. .J. \V. Humbert ' ' is buried at Newberry. There may be 1 0 jolliers but the writer knows of the < hremains "of no other Methodist itiinI ister resting in Newberry soil. ll a history of Methodism in New)( j berry during the last fifty years j were written, it would not be quite j complete without the mention ol' Mr. < r J Robert Moorman. Some called him < Milhe racehorse Miethodist, from the , fact, perhaps, that he attended and v participated in so many Methodist < meetings. The major part of his life j was spent near the Union border of r! the county, but his later years were 1 j I passed at the town of Newberry. Many Methodist itinerants, court temporary with him, knew and loved ^ y J him. The only time the writer ever e met the Rev. Jno. Finger the request s [ was made to be remembered to his rjgood friend Robert M. With the >t ' writer Mr. M. was purity personified. n All classes esteemed him. An irrelii gious infill once remarked that it ? would be a pitv for Mr. M. to die. I 1 * ^ j [ Another generation has come upon the stage since Mr. M. went away but c the fragrance of his life remains with many older persons ol' tin- section. 1 Cor a time lie represented hi- county e 111 I he stale senate: and I have repeatedly heard it remarked that he (. was one of the most couscieni inns ami . painstaking members of that body. I I Tlios. M.. one of his sons, was an (. j alumnus of Wofford, and a promine ent Methodist and successful lawyer j at Newberry for a number of years. x j Thos. M., Jr., is an officer in the a I'fiited States army, d ' 0. L. e 1 Newberry, S. (A, Aug. 12. t. 1. | Everybody uses Colgate talcum t j powder. Buy yours from Broaddus e j and Ruff. ed a beautiful lot of IS, les, Pins, and Cuff Buttons. ly prices are reasonable, buy an Ingersoll $1.00 took Store. ASK yourself the QUESTION: Which Company offers the greatest security? Which Company will pay the largest dividends? Which Company issue* the most complete policy? 59.3 per ct. cash dividend paid It PAYS the LARGEST DIVIDENDS p $50,OOO.OOC is part of the e) The Pacific f More than is offered by It wrote last year (paid for business) over $6, State), being nearly as much as any other three c< It was organized 40 years ago on "Old Line i :han 40 States and Territories. It has over $13,( less in force The stockholders, who are well known, and < ?50,000,000 are personally liable in an unl ngs, for all the debts'of the Company; extra sec ind offered only by the Pacific Mutual Life Insurj Jnder these same laws the directors of the compa )fficers. Funds must be invested in non-speci Dany funds aie under bonds. The Greatest Combination ot Strong The Pacific Mutual Life has the best legal or; :ees of any American Life Company. It is a mec las many advantages not enjoyed by the Eastern lies. It has a surplus to policy-holders of nearly "jolders over $20,U00,000. It is governed by stri deposited with California State Treasurer $1,200,( The Cash Capital, One Million Dollars, Fully P :ion of policyholders. The Complete Combinatior Sickness, Accident, Old Age and Death; they emt strictly up-to-date. ONE CONTRACT, ONE PRET Life Disability, Accident, and Disease Insurai sase cost annually only $3 per $1,000. Life prer :osts policyholders absolutely nothing. Should y< why, you cease paying premiums and receive ann :ash for ten years. $10,000 COMBINE Weekly Income (52 weeks) in case of accident. 44 44 44 sickn Payable in case of insured's permanent and total 4 4 4 4 4 4 " death PROTECT YOURSELF in order tha Call to see us. Ri Office oversold Postoffice, Newberry, S. C. Liberal contracts to agents. If you uesire to buy insurance, lefus hear frc irmimMI Mill Ml Mil IBIITIHUIIWII ! ! II ! ! In I1BI??_UUUJ1LULUULL Belting, Engine Trimmi Pip< Rubber Hose, Lawn Full Line of Ger Glassware, Crock THE PACIFIC MUTUAL I enjoy* the advantage* of 1. A low rate of mortality. H 2. Maximum interest earnings. 3. Minimum expense rate. on policies maturing 1906. raj aid by any company. | ctra protection offered by Mutual Life, any other company. I 000,000 of business in California (its home 4 Dmpanies wrote. Basis." It is now doing business in more ^ 300,000 Assets, over $100,000,000 of busi- 4 :onservatlvely estimated to be worth over imited aegree, according to their stockholdurity required only by the Ca ifornia Laws, mce Company of Los Angeles, California, iny are liable for the wrongful acts of the jlative securities. Officers handling Com- i Insurance Feature Ever Devised. M ganization, and gives the greatest guaranlium sized Western Company and as such "giants" nor by the smaller young compa$2,000,000. It has paid account policyngent Insurance Laws of California. It has 300 for special protection to policyholders, aid, is special legal surplus for the proteci Policies protect for one premium against )ody "all modern improvements" and are i i/IIUM, FOUR BENEFITS. nee all in one Contract. Accident and Disnium rates are low. Disability Insurance 3u become totally-and permanently disabled, ually one-tenth of the face of the policy in \ lTION policy. $50 less. $50 disability . $10,000 i $10,000 \ t you may PROTECT OTHERS. QBERT NORRIS, Gen. Agt. for South Carolina. >m you. < I ngs and ! 3 Fitting. Sprinklers and a I leral Hardware, * :ery and China. d c t c > s I