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CLEVELA.tD OViEX-.RUSIDUNTU Urges That the Country Should SeE That They Get Generous Fi nancia.l Support. Ex-President Grover Cleveland, un er tIl title of "Our People and Their Ex-Presidents," has contribut ed an interesting article to the Youth's Campanion for January 5 eferring to the poverty of Jeffer son after he left the presidency as a low to national pride, Mr. Cleveland eclares that definite and generous vision should be made for thf aintenance of chief magistrates al e expiiation of -their terms. HE Is with the subject' at length and ains that he feels he can do sc out his sincerity being question. since he is beyond the need of d from the public treasury. "The condition is, by no mean: met," Mr. Cleveland writes, "'by the meagre and spasmodic relief occa sionally furnished under the guise o a military pension or some other pre text; nor would it be best met by tak ing compensation dependent upor the discharge of Senatorial or othe duties. Our people ought to make a defini-te and generous provision foi all alike. based on motives of justiei d fairness and adequate to the sit ation." Mr. Cleveland describes the limita. tions that his former higher officE place on a retired president in hiE choice of occupations and means of livelib nod. and how popular concep tion of him as a repository of nathon al dignity enforces a scale of living that may not be within his privati eans. . "There is a sort of vague, but none the less imperative, feeling abroal in the land," says Mr. Cleveland, "thai one who has occupied the great offrcE of president holds in trust for his fel. low citizens, a certain dignity it which in his conduct and manner ha is bound to protect against loss or de terioration. Obedience to this obli gation prescribes for him only sucl work as in popular judgment is noi undignified. This suggests withoni argument a reciprocal connection be tween the curtailment of opportuni ties and a reasonable obligation of in demnification on the other." One division of the Cleveland ar'ti Ele is devoted to the ''occupations o: an ex-president." and in it the form rer president reveals the multiplici.t3 of thinzs which persons endjeavor t< ~brig to the at.tention of the retire( sttesman and the manner of af* fairs he is asked to engage in. -He is deluged with books," Mr ClevEkhnd says, ''most of them indif ferent or positively worthless, an< these he is expect'ed to read and <*om mnd for advertising purposes. HA is made a target for all torts of pe euniary solicitations embracing al sorts of objects. ranging from larg endowment funds and disintereste. owners of fabulously profistable in vestments to patheic and depress in a.prieals for the relief of indivi g~ual distress. u- He is ahnost daily inportuned t' on in the management. of public 0: semi-public enterprises, which profess to be useful or beneficent or charita ble. He is persisten'tly urged to mrak' a.ddreses on topics and for purpose that are bewildering and at the timer and plae's that are imipossilble. Hi! daily mail. furnishes conclusive -evi dence thatt.~he is not ova-rlooked- b: any class or condition of our peopl n any corner of our land, and the isitors he receives forbid the reflec t'ion that 'he is only a 'melanchol: product' of our governmental sys It i:s most gratifying to note hov the lives of our. ex-presidenits are made gria;eful and bright by the gen a-aus attAehment and spontaneos Skindness naanifest'ed toward them b; 'eir fellow countrymen." DE. J. WM. FLININ DBAD. !oted Scholar Passed Away at Hi! Home in Columbia on Saturday Morning. Columbia, Dec. 28.-Dr. J. Willian Flina died this morning at S o'clocl t la.. i'.- in tbi.s citv. after a briet lness. The news of his death wil irry sorrow to numerous friends an< irers all over the state. r. Flinn was out Thursday. HI taken suddenly ill that day wit] rible cold which settled inhit s, producing pleuro-pneumffonia was unconlscious all day Frida: 'ema'ned so until he breathed his -remains will be taken to Char :hetihe funera .,seri. conducted Sunday at 1 o 'cloel 'he Secomd Pre~sbytrianl churec pa;toi, Rev. J. K. G. Fraser terinent in the church buryin; 'nn in 1905 resigned as pro of philosophy and as chaplai thrmina cileg e. nowth 'tiveorsit v of 'South Caroliia, and iIe t hat tiiL has de\vo-ted himself to li;erary wOrk. to preachin-g and to e lasses in the College for Women. He is survived by his wvife, who was Miss Jane Adger Smyth, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Smyth, of Charleston, and by five children. While he was professor of the state college and chaplain, Dr. Flinn's home on the campus was the canter of the social life of the college and many a boy was made to forget his homesickness by the kindness and courtesy shown him by Dr. Flinn and his charming family. Dr. Flinn was a man of charming manners and in teresting personality and he has a host of friends throughout the state of his adoption, especially among the former students of the South Caro lina college. TILLMAN IN LUARENS. The Senator Pays Visit to his Old Friend Col. Shaw. Senator Tillman spent Friday night in Laurens county with Col. John D. M. Shaw, six miles .from the city. Col. Shaw is in a poor state of health, and the senator came up from his honre expressly to pay his oli friend a visit. While Senator Till man was governor Col. Shaw was a memiber of his staff and has been one of the senator's strongest~ political and personal friends in the state. Senator Tillman spenit a short time in the city and was greeted by many friends. Sale of Personal Property Of the ESTATE OF Will W. Speannan, Deceased. As executors of the last will and testament of Will W. Spearmr an, deceased, by order of the Probate court for Newberry County, we will sell at his late residence, near Silver Street, in the County of Newberry, State of South Carolina, to the -highest bidder; therefor, at puDlic auction, on Tuesday,' January 7, 1908, beginning at 10 o'clock A. M,, the personal propet ty of which the said Will -W. Spearman, died, seized and p'ssessed, consisting among other effects of, -TEN MULES, ONE FINE BROOD MARE, TWO JERSEY BULLS, -THREE MTT,K COWS, FOUR YEARLINGS, EIGHT FAT HOGS, SIX FINE BILTMORE HOGS, STWENTY TONS OF HAY, FOUR THOUSAND BUSHELS OF COTTON SEED. FIVE BUSHELS OF WHEAT, FORTY BUSHET.S OF PWEET POTATOES, . FORTY BUSHELS OF PEAS, FIFTEEN HUNDRED BUSHELS OF CORN, FIVE TONS OAT AND WHEAT STRAW, TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF FODDER, ONE 10-HORSE STATIONARY ENGINE AND BELTING, ONE 60-SAW COTTON GIN, ONE CARRIAGE, ONE BUGGY, EIGHT HARROWS, ONE M'CORMICK HARVESTER, THREE MOWERS, 2 REVERSIBLE DISC PLOWS, TWO 2-HORSE CHATTANOO GA PLOWS, ..ONE LOT OF HARNESS AND GEARS, ONE SIXTEEN SHOOTER GUN, ONE BREECH LOADER AN~D ONE PISTOL, ONE AERMOTOR AND TANK, ONE LOT OF -00TTON PLANT ERS AND FARMING IMPLE MENTS OF ALL KINDS. ALSO A LOT OF OTHER PER ISONAL PROPERTY OF WHICH~ jTHE SAID WILL W. SPEARMANT DIED, SEIZD AND POSSESSED. TERMS OF SALE: CASH. M. A. CARLISLE, JNO. C. GOGGANS, -o-..it.rs x ewea,sEve f K B M K. C'OPYR1Gr'IT. 19 Q-? V RVKttD ILLY woke up and couldn't get to sleep again First he thought he had the stomach ache, bu when he remembered what his mother said abou ' ~ that second piece of chocolate cake he concludec he hadn't. Then he thought- he must be thirsty so he called Norah. He knew Norah was to sii up until his mother and father came home fron the party where they were to "see the New Yea: in," whatever that was. But Norah was fast asleep in the morris chai by the window and just wouldn't wake up. So Billy decided to go t the bathroom himself for his drink of water. As he pattered his way back toward his room.Billy heard the bii clock. in the hall give the funny kind of "cluck" it always makes abou three minutes of and wondered what time it was. The moon was shin ing bright into the dining room, and Billy dropped down on the bi bearskin in front of the mantel to wait for the hour to strike, wonder ing what his mother would think of his being out of bed and prowling around the apartment at this time of night, for he was sure somehow that it was very late. . The big ciock in the hall struck. Twelve times it struck. "Gee !" exclaimed Billy. -"Twelve o'clock-mid night! Why, I'm seeing the New Year in! Wonder what happens!" Of course Billy knew all about what happens at ,* Christmas, and he amused himself by starting off into that fascinating game of "if." "If it was Christmas instead of New Year's, and midnight the way it is, and moonlight the way it is, and if my grandpa lived in the country instead of in a brownstone house downtown, and if I was making him a visit, and i he had a barn, and if there was snow on the ground, and if everybod; but me in the house was asleep, and if I got out of bed and ran to th barn and went in quietly to listen, and if the cows should begin t talk-oh, dear !" said Billy right out loud. "O, dear" "Well, what is it ?" asked a gentle voice with a peculiar, soft, furr; tone, quite unlike Norah's or any one else's Billy had ever heard bE fore. "Why did you call me, Billy? Look up here and tell me." Yes, it was the deer's head over the fireplace speaking to him 1 "Why, can y.ou talk?" asked the astonished boy. "I kew live a. inals could talk at Christmas, but you" "You didn't kno~w this was StufFed Aii1' ih,Aid-yon Well, you're in luck, and we' re in luck, too, for we've often wishe we could have a little chat with you. A] It you have to do is to call us. What shall wi ~\4 ttell you about ?" {5~"Let's play 'if,' same as I've been. Yo ~ go on. What would you do 'if?f'" / "~ ,"If I were visiting my grandpa at hi home in the country," said the deer, "andi it was moonlight, and if there was snow o: teground, I should probably be stalkin througrh the Adirondacks to get a midnigh dIrink at a little brook I remember, and ~fortably over this fireplace so many years t think of walking through the snow and wai ing down into that brook and drinking that icy water! Thank you 'm contented where I am! So here's a happy New Year to you, an may I continue to look down upon you for many a year ! Would ye are to leave this happy home for the simple life of a wild deer ?" "Well, you must think I'm a looney !" began Billy. "No, yo~u don't !" called out a shrill voice, with a laugh that ran u1 ad down Billy's backbone. "Don't flatter yourself that you sh~o' ay resemblance to our family !" and the loon that hung by his leg n the wall near the door laughed so hard that the board behind hir attled against the casement. "Well, what would you do 'if ?'" asked Billy. "Like my deer brother who has just spoken," said the loon, wh is a great joker, "it makes me shiver to think of leaving my quiet root over this comfortable radiator for a return to my ol ~, /9'~home. But just to please you, Billy, I'll tell you wha "~ ~2\I should do 'if.' -) "If I were paying a visit to my grandfather ; ]]home and it was moonlight, I should doubtless b ~ sailing around on some New Hampshire lake an "~~'laughing loud enough and long enough to scare ever; lit tie boy within a mile and send him creeping dow: inside the clothes where he couldn't hear," and at th recollection of such doings the loon laughed agai until the board behind him rattled and Billy's teet: chattered. S "Oh, stop, I say !" cried Billy. "I don't like tha ~ noise. Now, who" ''Whoo-whoo--whoo !" came the words from th 'library. "Well, who-who-who are you ?" cried Billy. Remarkable Rescue. jthe bleeding. diminished rapidly, at That truth is stranger than fic- in three weeks I was able to go ion, has once more been demon- won.'' (Guaranteed for coughs at strated in the little town of Fedora, colds 50e. and $1 00 at W. E. Ph len., the residence of C. 4.* Pep- hiamr and Son's drug store. Trial bo er. He writes: "J was b ted, 'tie free. mtey disabled with hemorrihages f We lun:'s and throat. Doctors fail- He--Jones says in his letter th; ed to help me, and all hope hadt fled his ear is 50-horsepower. ;'hen I began taking Dr. King's New She--That is not so. I saw tv Dis'overv. Then instant relief horses hauling it along the street tl "Oh, it's that old owl!" snapped the loon. "She's stuck up because she's on top of the bookcase !" Sure enough, the big yellow eyes were staring right through the doorway at Billy, as if wondering why so wise a person had been left out of the game. "All right, Mrs. Hoot. What would you do 'if ?' " "If I could leave my position here as su pervisor of the library" "Wouldn't that jar your feathers !" snap ped the loon. "If I could leave, and if I should visit my grandfather's home among the leaves of the f forest, and if it were moonlight and midnight, and if I saw a nice fat little mouse running ) along the snow" "Oh, rats 1" snapped the loon. "And if I could have one more nice fat little mouse to eat" "Oh, don't !" said Billy. "I'm afraid of mice. I can't bear" "Oh, you can't, can't you? Get up, then!" growled a bass voice coming directly from where Billy's hand was resting on the rug. As the boy sprang up, however, the growl changed into a deep laugh. "Don't be afraid of me, Billy, after all these. years !" said the bear. "You've taken too -many; naps on my back to be afraid now. What fur, eh I" As soon as Billy dared to sit down again he, stroked the bear's head and asked him to go on withl the game. . "Oh," growled Mr. Bear, "if I should crawl away from this good warm room, and if I should visit myj grandfather's home, whether it were midnight or moonlight, New Year's or Fourth of July, 'twould be c-o-l-d, oh, so c-o-l-d !" and he shivered until Billy 1rcdei nearly had a chill. "And if little bops get-eut on ied at midnight in the moonlight they get so e-Q-1-d"' "If it hadn't been for that. W-lsh rabbit," broke in a voice veryl much like mamma's "Dear me; do Welsh rabbits talk, too $" said Billy. "Well, they have sweet voices anyway. I wish mamma" "Why, of all things !" the voice went on. "If here isn't Billy asleep on the rug! What on earth, child, are you doing here at this time o' night? Now,. didn't I tell you that chocolate cake"- - But ill -stared bindly around the lighted room and began to explain about ' . aimi7s;~deeTand bears aftd loons and [1 "Look here, youngster," said his dadd ~ ~ ~ e"the kind of animal you've had is the p~tmare !"and he marched~ sleepy little Billy back to bed. t The Kaiser's Christmas. -When the bescheerung (the distribution of gifts under the Christ-. mas tree) is in full blast, everywhere are heard cries of "Oh.!" andi d "Ahi!" delight, surprise and gratitude on all sides, mother and fathert Li smothered under a shower of kisses, their children running to and fro, inspecting breathlessly newly unearthed treasures or eying those oft brother and sister. Most captivating the stern kaiser is then. Stand P ing before his own "layout," he shows all the boyishi good nature andf i' curiosity of his sons-poking his nose into this box or that case, mak Sing pretense of being unable to untie -a parcel wrapped up with par-i aticular cunning, glancing througln some new books or a portfolio of rare prints, smiling, laughing and shouting and being a child>againi among children.-Wolf von Schierbrandt in~ Lippinucott's. dWhere Christmas Comes In January. .In remote places in eastern Kentucky they still observe Jan. 6, oth old Christmas, never having changed the calendar. Their ancestorsi a came from England about the middle of the eighteenth century, just' e when the change was being made there. They have been shut in here d for these 150 years, with almost no communication with the outside' y world, and have learned nothing of changes.-Travel Magazine. YOUR BANKING!' tTHE NEWDERRY SAVINGS DANK. eCapital $50,000 - - - Surplus $30,000 J ENo Matter How Small, No Matter How Large, The Newberry Savings Bank t- 'vill eve it careful attention. This message tappiies to the men and the women alike. JAS. McINTOSH, J. E. NORWOOD, ia Peiet Cahier.