Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CLEVELAND ON EX-PRESIDENTS 1 ^rSes That the Country Should See That They Get Generous Financlal Support. K. i E^1>1'osi(lent Qrover Cleveland, un^orlho bUo of "Our People and Wneir Lx^sidents," has contribut^ ed an interesting article to the W Youth 'a Campanion for January 5. Referring to the -poverty of Jeffer?son aifter lie left" the presidency as a ^ low to national pride, Mr. Cleveland ^Hteclares th?t definite and generous Fovi?ion should be made for the ainten ance of chief magistrates at Hj6 expiration of their terns. Ho ^Bsals with the su/bjecit' at length and ^^Bxplains thait ho feels he can do so ^Kjthout his sincerity being questionsi'ice he is beyond the need of ^B>d from the public treasury. 'fhe condition is, by :io means V mot," Mr. Cleveland writes, "by tire B meagre and spasmodic relief occa sionally furnished under the guise of V a military pension or some other preJ text; nor would it be best met by takl| ing compensation dependent upon r the disehaitge of Senatorial or otlrar K duties. Our people ought to make a K definite an<J generous provision for Buill alike, based on motives of justice ^H>nd fairness and adequate to the sitMr. Cleveland describes the limitations that his former higher office W place on a retired president in his choice of occupations and means of ft livelihood, and how popular conception of him as a repository of natiion^ al dignity enforces a sfeale of living flj^hal may not be within his private Hp- "There is a sort of vague, but none Lthe less imperative, feeling abroad in Kthe land," says Mr. Cleveland, "that tone who has occupied the great office Hpf president holds in trust for liis felWlo-w citizens, a certain dignity in HEjjjitoieh in liis conduct and manner he Hfo-boi""] protect against loss or deB^^OTloration. Obedience to this obli^^^raion prescribes for him only such Iv'^SvjjSrk as in popular judgment is not KpMMligivified. Tliis suggests without pjnaj^iunent a reciprocal connection be| tiy/>en the curtailment of opportunin,u^ a ,vnso;i?'ib'lc obligation of in1$3 emni (ica t ion on the other.'' ftj&.One division of the Cleveland antijfl)blc is devoted to Che "occupations of Kun ex-president," and in it the formB^er presidentt reveals the multiplicity jjrwof Iliings which persons endeavor to Paring to the attention of I lie retired gP?tatesm:iu and the manner of afR y'Jairs he is asked to engage in. |t|k'8 lie is deluged with books," Mr. gJP cv(:lrnd says, "most of them indifiment or positively .worthless, and SM|so he is expected to read and ComIfirj^&id for advertising purposes. He fci|Pnade a ! argot for all j-orts of pefiw^tiuniarv solicitations embracing all Ef|i-Sorts oj objects, ranging from large rop^^jowmeiiil funds and disinterested Hgoivhcrs o'f fabulously profitable inBPyestnients to pathdCic and depressappeals for the relief of indivip$WJ.al distress. L is almost daily importuned to f ',iipi^\i11 I he management of public or 1/ semi-j^tiblic enterprises, which profess j;to be iisciful or beneficent or charita>ble. 11A is persistently urged to make addresses, on topics and for purposes that are bewildering and at the times and places I hat are imipossilble. His L daily mail furnislves conclusive eviF^.dence that he is not overlooked-by |. ^|.any class or condition of our people any corner of our land, and the I vflfcLkM's he receives forbid the reflcc-1 tiotSoji! he is onlv a 'melancholy pro^rKjct' of our governmental sys"TtiK most gratifying to note how the livefe of our ex-presidents are ma.<le graueiful and bright by the gen-1 k ?rous attiudhment and spontaneous J kindness i|rianifest'ed toward them by r" their fellow coumtrymcn." ? y DR. J. WM. FLINN DEAD. I 9 .Noted Scholar Passed Away at His 1 Homo in Columbia on Saturday H Morning. f (Columbia, Dec. 28.?Dr. J. William feFlinn died this morning at 8 o'clock nkal ii.s Inn'" in tliiv, city, after a brief Sftllness. The news of his death will j^Hirry somiw to numerous friends and Kmhnirevs all over the state. H^ADr. Flinn was out Thursday. lie takon suddenly ill that day with ^ghterrible cold which settled in his HM's, producing pleuro-pneumonia. unconscious all day Friday H9^^L\Mna:ned so until he breathed his Wmm remains will bo taken to Charwhere Che I'uuein. services conducted Sunday at 1 o'clock 0 Hni' Second l'resbytarian church pa iioi, Rev. J. K. G. Frascr, iterlnont in the church burying Flinn in 1905 resigned as proof philosophy and as chaplain tth Carolina collcgv, now the. /j i University of* South Carolina, and sinco that time has devoted himself to literary work, to proaching and to classes in the College for Women. Ho is survived by his wife, who was Miss Jane Adgor Smyth, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Smyth, of Charleston, and by five children. While ho was professor of the estate college and chaplain, Dr. Flinn's home on tho campus was the center of the social life of the college and many a boy was made to forgot his homesickness by tho kindness and courtesy shown him by Dr. Flinn and his charming family. Dr. Flinn was a -man of charming manners and interesting personality and he has u j host of friends throughout tire state of his adoption, especially among the | former students of tho South Carolina college. TILLMAN IN LUARENS. Tho 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 home expressly to pay his old friend a visit. While Senator Tillman was governor Col. Shaw was a member of his staff and has been one of the senator's strongest political and personal friends in the state. Senator Tillman spent a short time in the city and was greeted by many friends. Sale ot Personal Property Of the ESTATE OF Will W. Spearman, Deceased. As executors of the last will and testament of Will W. Spearman, deceased, by order ol 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 ihe | highest bidden therefor, at puolic auction, on Tuesday, January 7, 1908, beginning a1 10 o'clock A. M? the persona] propei ty of which the said Will W. Spearman, died, seized and possessed, consisting among other effects of, TEN MULES, ONE FINE BROOD MARE, TWO JERSEY BULLS, THREE MILK COWS, FOUR YEARLINGS, EIGHT FAT HOGS, SIX FINE BILTMORE HOGS, TWENTY TONS OF HAY, | FOUR THOUSAND BUSHELS OF COTTON SEED. FIVE BUSHELS OF WHEAT, FORTY BUSHELS OF SWEET POTATOES, FORTY BUSHELS OF PEAS, FIFTEEN HUNDRED BUSHELS OF CORN, FIVE TONS OAT AND WHEAT STRAW, TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF FODDER, ONE lO-HORSE STATIONARY ENGINE AND BELTING, ONE GO-SAW COTTON GIN, ONE CARRIAGE, ONE BUGGY, EIGHT HARROWS, ONE M'OORMICK HARVESTER, THREE MOWERS, 2 REVERSIBLE DISC PLOWS, TWO 2-HORSE CHATTANOOGA PLOWS, :..ONE LOT OF HARNESS A.ND GEARS, ONE SIXTEEN SHOOTER GUN, ONE BREECH LOADER AND ONE PISTOL, ONE AERMOTOR AND TANK, ONE LOT OF COTTON PLANTERS AND FARMING IMPLEMENTS OF ALL KINDS. ALSO A LOT OF OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY OF WHICH THE SAID WILL W. SPEARMAN DIED, SEIZD AND POSSESSED. TERMS OF SALE: CASH. M. A. CARLISLE, JNO. 0. GOGGANS, Executors, % Bilks New^eats Eve COPYRlCrtT, 1 9 DC.. "^^""^^klLLY woko up and couldn't got to sleep again, First ho thought he had the stomach ache, but when ho remomborod what his mother said about that second piece of chocolate cako ho concluded 'l0 hadn't. Then ho thought ho must bo thirsty, so ho called Norah. Ho knew Norah was to sit up until his mother and father cauio homo from tho party where they wero to "sco tho Now Year in," whatever that was. But Norah was fast asloop in tho morris chair by the window and just wouldn't wake up. So Billy decided to go tc tho bathroom himself for his Uiink of water. As lie pattered his way back toward his room Billy heard tho big clock.in the hall give tho funny kind of "cluck" it always makes about three minutes of and wondered what timo it was. Tho moon was shining bright into tho dining room, and Billy dropped down on tho big bearskin in front of tho mantel to wait for tho hour to strike, wondering what his mother would think of liiij being out of | bed and prowling around the apartment at this timo of night, for ho was suro somehow that it was very M 1 j late. L.-J ' Tho big clock in tho hall struck. Twelve times it | jj i ' struck. / *3 I I I "Gee!" exclaimed Billy. "Twelvo o'clock?mid- II night! Why, I'm seeing tho New Year in! Wonder f i\l ? 1 what happens!" 1 Jgu' j j Of course Billy knew all about what happens at j Christmas, and ho amused himself by starting off into 1 that fascinating game of "if." _ ] ' "If it was Christmas instead of New Year's, and midnight the way it is, and moonlight tho way it is, and if my grandpa lived in the country instead of in a brownstonc house downtown, and if I was making him a visit, and ii ho had a barn, and if there was snow on tho ground, and if everybody but me in the house was asleep, and if I got out of bed and ran to the i barn and went in quietly to listen, and if the cows should begin tc talk?oh, dear!" said Billy right out loud. "OJi, dear"? "Well, what is it?" asked a gentle voice with a peculiar, soft, furry r tone, quite unlike Norah's or any one else's Billy had ever heard bo , fore. "Why did you call mc, Billy ? Look up hero and tell me." Yes, it was the deer's head over the fireplace speaking to him! "Why, can you talk ?" asked tho astonished boy. "I kifew live an iinals could talk at Christmas, but you"? "You didn't know this was StulTed Animals' night, did you ' Well, you're in luck, and we're in luck, too, for we've often wishec we could have a littlo chat with you. A1 if you have to do is to call us. What shall w< 1 tell you about?" I "Let's play 'if,' same as I've been. Yoi ' fa! ou' ^^iat wou^ y?u <1? 'if" "If I were visiting my grandpa at liii home in tho country," said tho deer, "and ii it was moonlight, and if there was snow oi: ^1G Srounc^ 1 should probably bo stalking 1'ironS''1 Adirondacks to get a midnight drink at a littlo brook I remember, and ii really makes mo shudder after resting com SJ'AY} fortably over this fireplace so many years t( think of walking through tho snow and wad ing down into that brook and drinking that icy water! Thank you , I'm contented where I am ! So here's a happy New Year to you, ant may 1 continue to look down upon yon for many a year! Would yoi care to leave this happy homo for tho simple life of a wild deer?" "Well, you must think I'm a looney!" began Billy. "No, you don't!" called out a shrill voice, with a laugh that ran uj and down Billy's backbone. "Don't flatter yourself that you shov any resemblance to our family!" and the loon that hung by his Iegi on the wall near the door laughed so hard that tho board behind hiir rattled against the casement. "Well, what would you do 'if?' " asked Billy. "Like my deer brother who has just spoken," said tho loon, wh< is a great joker, "it makes mo shiver to think of leaving my quiet roos over this comfortable radiator for a return to my ol( \ /J ' home. But just to plcaso you, Billy, I'll tell you wha 1 should do 'if.' A f' i "If I wero paying a visit to my grandfather') r*y\s/Jj homo and it was moonlight, I should doubtless b< sailing around on some New Hampshire lako ant 'ijp? "'frf55' laughing loud enough and long enough to scare everj ^Ji\ ' 'J little boy within a mile and send him creeping dowr / "V | inside tho clothes where ho couldn't hear," and at th< ->3 recollection of such doings tho loon laughed agair 1 until tho board behind him rattled and Billy's teotl '/ fa ihj'f | chattered. *7)%v j "Oh, stop, I say !" cried Billy. "I don't like thai \ ^n?is?' Now, who"? "Whoo?whoo?wlioo !" caino tho words from the library." "Well, who?who?who aro you?" cried Billy. Remarkablo Rescue. the bleeding, diminished rapidly, an That I ruth is stranger than i'ic- in threa weeks 1 was able to go t lion, has once rnoiv been demon- wor!<." (itiavanfced for coughs an stratod in tho little town of Fedora, folds 50c. and $1 00 at W, 10. l'e Teiui., the residence of C. 'r. Pep- ( hain and Son's drug store. Trial hoi per. lie writes: "f was ii lied, j He free. entirely disabled with hcinorrihages | ? oI l'''5 hiui's and throat. Doctors fail- He-?Jones says in his letter !hr ed to help me, and all hope had fled his car is 50-horsepower. when I hegan taking Dr. King's New She.?That is not so. I saw tw Diseoverv. Then instant relief horses hauling it along the street th oame. Tho courting soon ceased; other day.?Illustrated Jiits. ' "Oh, it's that old owl!" snapped tho loon. "Sho's stuck up bocausoi she's on top of the bookcase 1" Sure enough, tho big* yellow eyes wero staring right through, the doorway at Billy, as if wondering why I so wise a porson had been left out of tho ft game. j"i "All right, Mrs. Hoot. What would you %t*?- ' ' do 'if V" * J u "If I could leave my position hero as su- , ' pervisor of tho library"? ll\\ t "Wouldn't that jar your feathers!" snap- "Tl( ! ped the loon. JWwXS I "if I could leavo, and if I should visit my t\\ '/f ^ grandfather's homo among tho leaves of the \ ^ forest, and if it wero moonlight and midnight, g,' and if I saw a mco fat little mouse running ^ y along tho snow"? . "Oh, rats!" snapped tho loon. ^ K "And if I could liavo ono more nice fat * little mouso to eat"? "Oh, don't!" said Billy. "I'm afraid of _ -r.*/ mice. I can't bear"? ' "Oh, you can't, can't you? Get up, then!" growlod a bass voico coming directly from whero Billy's hand was resting on tho rug. As tho boy sprang up, however, tho growl t changed into a deep laugh. j / J "Don't bo afraid of me, Billy, after all these years^" sa*^ ^10 hear. "You've taken too many naps on my back to bo afraid now. What fur, eh?" '^j\ 80011 as Billy dared to sit down again hoi stroked tho bear's head and asked him to go 011 with) I/O "Oh," growled Mr. Bear, "if I should crawl away' from this good warm room, and if I should visit my,| grandfather's home, whether it wero midnight or| moonlight, New Year's or Fourth of July, 'twould bo| if c-o-l-d, 0I1, so c-o-l-d!" and ho shivered until Billy)) , ^ **""*? nearly had a chill. "And if little boys get-out of" bed 1 P at midnight in tho moonlight they got so C:0-l-d ,:? "If it hadn't been for that Wulsli rabbit," broke in a voico very.j much like mamp's. ' "Dear ma* do Welsh rabbits talk, too?" said Billy. /"Well, they have sweet voices ,j r anyway. I wxsh mamma"? % ii "Why, ot'vdl things!" the voico went on. J "If hero isn't feilly asleep 011 the rug! What v 011 earth, child, aro you doing hero at this \ time o' night?) Now, didn't 1 tell you that ^ '' But Billy \stared blindly around the ^ lighted room s^nd began to explain about ^ animals, deer and bears a*ul loons ami ^ ^ "Look here, youngster," said his daddy, ' 5 "tho kind of animal you've had is the nightmare!" and lie marched* sleepy little Billy back to bod. xflpsSr' ,, -in t ' **"' Jjt" & & ?1 > The Kaiser's Christmas. When the bescheerung (tho distribution of gifts under tho Christ? mas tree) is in full blast, everywhere are heard cries of "Oh !" audi 1 "Ah!" deliuM. surprise and gratitude on all sides, mother and fathcri l smothered under a shower of kisses, their children running to and fro, inspecting breathlessly newly unearthed treasures or eying those of: brother and sister. Most captivating the stern kaiser is then. Stand-' ) ing beforo his own "layout," he shows all tho boyish good nature audi f curiosity of his sons?poking his nose into this box or that case, mak-; i ing pretense of being unable to initio a parcel wrapped up with par-. 1 ticular cunning, glancing through somo now books or a portfolio of! rare prints, smiling, laughing and shouting and being a child again.) among children.?Wolf von Schierbrandt in Lippincott's. J J& J& J? ) 1 Where Christmas Comes In January. t In remote places in eastern Kentucky they still obscrvo Jan. C, or, old Christmas, never having changed tho calendar. Their ancestors' 3 camo from England about tho middle of tho eighteenth century, just1 3 when tho change was being made there. They have been shut in hero1 1 for these 150 years, with almost no communication with tho out3idoi r world, and liavo learned nothing of changes.?Travel Magazine. : YOUR BANKING! i THE NEWBERRY SAVINGS BANK. * Capital $50,000 - Surplus $30,000 ; .IBNo Matter How Small, No Matter How Large, d ? The Newberry Savings Bank It will #tve it careful attention. This message appiios co the men and the women alike. it 0 JAS. MclNTOSH, J. E. NORWOOD, ? President. Cashier.