University of South Carolina Libraries
| [Grover C III Notable Career of a Made His $j?| Twice Elected President, He Decani Mp tingulslied Private Citizen In tl |||ij ? Not Wholly Devoid of Ht and Remarkable , v Seemed Ah By UODERTUS LOVE. P 1 most distinguished privut ' | citizen in the world," said JjsH eelehrateil Republican ex-sem tor. introducing Grover C'lov* jjj>$ land tit the dedication ceremonies c |p the St. Louis world's full* in 11)03. Nobody disputed the- cbaracterlzi $ tion. Mr. Cleveland had spent two fu terms in the White House, divided 1) an interim of private citizenship, an ho had survived his retirement fc years, lie was not like an ocilinar ex-president, who retires from on term or from two terms served eoi Becutlvely. This man hud suffered d< feat after victory and had won vi< tory after defeat. That record ! . unique in our history. It added to tin L high distinction which inheres in an r man who has hold the greatest eld tlve otllee in the gift of the world I nations. It made him Indisputably U kg^nost distinguished private citizen i world. the ex-senator mentioned ha |HE||^Lfurthcr justification. Ever sine ^^^^^^yiresldvnt retired to the class I'rlneetiHi his distinction h: a as a personag ^i:i^tc,|n w'u'n it "?t;( to ^^fl^^^UHm^EHKuowti as Qrovcr. I - - ->?&??- ^*^T5o?yR'rin imp/.. >v> uu;>r ?w GROVER could not I?o called Stove l?y the peop !f: of the United States. Hut as tlio 01 groat national character of' his day I became respectfully and alTectlonatel known as Grover. Everybody was ii ? terested In knowing what Grover wi doing at his Princeton homo. Who Grover went fishing, everybody wantc to know how many he caught and thoy were cats, suckers or flounder When Grover went duck huntln, everybody waited eagerly to learn ho' many be bagged. Even the simple story of the so preservation frog was highly dlvertiu to the great public. This frog M Cleveland was using for halt. He ha not had a bite for an hour. Finally 1 happened to glance down at ids foe and there on a rock sat little Mr. Froi with the ho>k In his skin, enjoying ill In the onon nir. Counting, at any rate, from tin: tlni when Itc; lirst bccainu president. M Cleveland never evinced any of Hi ' personal magnetism qualities which at calculated to make people think of hh by his lir 't name, much less to "Tet dyl/e" it. .Mr. Cleveland wan alwn.v a dignified person. More than that, li was e< .!": 11 y austere and pouderou v Of e.^ii <> I. may have been quite otl erwi.-.' \v!:e:i ho went Hshing. Tli stale1.:cj t ivfer.-t to his public appea anc.'.i. llo g.ive the Impression of In inj? :i mount..linons mass of mind, mo' lug >'.vly. hut surely, toward Its ult lnaie and when he reached tli goal iie stayed t'.;ere and went 1 tit camp, lie did not get there hy Jmni or jerks, hy Impulsive catching at coi elusions, hut l>y the laborious medio ). of feeling his way and treading can fully, thoujiirperhaps not softly, l'res i dent Clevi v,nnd was a big thinking mi P. operation, but so we ,t he made no unnecessai' le took his work so seriousl d ic so exacting that no tlm him for the lighter side < ven If he had had the lncllm / ) & 1 ^ ^ /IcvciHtid*! Forceful American Who J Own Way. ie Fn His Last Years "The Most Dislie World"?Always Dignified, but imor?-With an Iron Courage : Self Confidence lie vays Prepared. 8 tion. Yet no was not always ilovoid o of humor. a At a White House reeeptlon somoi how a seedy looking tramp got In lino. j. lie was iinnioiliatt'ly boliind one l)r. iP l.iii'kv. \vl?i> -.i iw i ? " . IU lUl" fllAJSident. Nohody was acquainted with i- tl?o tramp. Hotli ho ami Mr. Cleveland ll <eetned embarrassed for the nioinent. y but the president rose to the occasion, d Releasing the liaud of Dr. Lucky, In; >r grasped that of the tramp and said cory dially: n? "And you, I suppose, are l)r.? I'ni lucky." J" Messages to Congress Penned by Himself. cls It is said that all the presidents tolt gether up to Mr. Cleveland's time did .. not leave so many state papers in their own handwriting as did this hard j >s worker. Mr. Cleveland insisted upon )0 attending personally to many affairs n which other presidents turned over to their secretaries. Ills mind worked (l best through his arm and his linger , tips. Ills messages to congress lie | wrote with his own hand, as, in fact. all his important state papers. Thus j nobody could charge him with being a dictator. I President Cleveland's severe coneep' tion of dignity was indicated by his quarrel with Colonel Henry Watterson, tho famous Kentucky editor. Once the president was too busy to go to the >d theater when young Mrs. Cleveland 10 expressed a desire to hear Clara Morm | ;?;;> v? ? j\ * \>r f vs<> o k > v. J 2SSr^ CLEVELAND. le ris. Colonel Wattersnn happened to k; lie at the White* House. The president 10 requested 111 in to escort Mrs. (."lovely liuul, which the gallant Kentueklan ii- was happy to do. Hetweon the acts is Mrs. Cleveland suddenly announotd n that she desired very much to hn\ o a ;il ehat with tlio noted actress. The eoloif nel nrralifted for her to visit Miss Mors. ris in the hitter's dressing room. l>eK, lighted with her experience, Mrs. Clevew land enthusiastically told her husband about it as soon as the colonel took If her home. S The president turned to Colonel Wnti". terson and somewhat angrily repronch(1 ed liini for permitting the lirst lady of the land to visit an actress in her drosst. ing room Instead of having the actress <-a 11 at the box. lie had trusted to the colonel's age and discretion, ho said, to protect Mrs. Cleveland from ie yielding to a "schoolgirl fancy" so nndignified. 10 t!rover Cleveland was the (irst Doni'e ocratlc mayor of HulTalo and the first 11 bomocrntlc governor of New York > since ino civil war. Then lie became s the first and only Democrat eleeted 'e to the presidency since James Huehs anan. who defeated John C. Fremont. ' the first Hcpuhlienn candidate, in IX."?ii. ll! These facta enhance his distinction. I Helped Fanny Crosby With Her Hymns. r- From his boyhood Mr. Cleveland 1- manifested those traits of iron courage io which may bo termed self confidence, o so characteristic of his olllclal career, is Young drover's llrst Job away from l- home was a clerkship In .i school for d (ho blind. Fanny Crosby, the noted hymn writer, herself blind, was a i- teacher there. Young Cleveland used i- to assist her by taking down her II poems in handwriting. The principal y of the school upbraided Miss Crosby y for utilizing (Jrover in that way. CJroic ver heard of it. if "Look here," he said to the blind i- singer, "you have a perfect right to use my services In (his way. YourT hymns do much good lor this school. 1 You toll the principal so next time he objects." Miss (.'rushy boldly stood up for her rights alter that, and the principal meekly submitted, while the young amanuensis continued the penmanship practice which enabled him later along in life to write presidential messages legibly. Mr. Cleveland made his own way In the world, llis father, a Presbyterian minister, died when (Jrover was sixteen. The boy after his brief experience in the school foi the blind started for Cleveland, O. It Is said that the name of that city was its chief attraction for him. Hut he visited an uncle in llulTalo on his >iy west and was induced to remain in that city. Grover's mother when he left home gave him 11 little Hihlc. Daniel Lament, who was private secretary to Governor Cleveland and later a member of President Cleveland's cabinet, told a highly interesting story of this Bible. "1 first saw It." said Mr. Lament, "on a table in Cleveland's law olliee In HiiII'mIii Wliiiii \l>- i .1.h..1 1...,..mi.. governor tin* little Hlble was generally to l?e seen on Hie bureau In bis bedroom in Albany. Just before bis Inauguration as president I l'ound the book in bis rooms at the Arlington hotel, Washington, and I carried it to Chief Justice Walte, requesting liiin to use It when be swore the new chief magistral Into utlice." About *10,000 witnesses saw tJrover Cleveland press bis mother's gift to his lips on that memorable occasion. Later the little lllble lay on Mr. Cleveland's writing table in his library at Princeton. <>n the outside cover is inscribed in gilt letters the name "S. (J. Cleveland," ami on the lly leaf in his mother's handwriting are the words, "My son, Stephen Urover Cleveland, from his loving mot her." . Display of Self Confidence. The late Senator lngalls, himself a brilliant orator, dice confessed that lie was stricken dumb with wonderment by Mr. Cleveland's display of sell' c:?ntider.ee at bis tirst inauguration. With lo.iioo people in bearing and 7o.ooo.ono waiting to read the words he was about to utter, this man, altogether new to Washington ami to I lit,* national arena, stood forth to deliver liis in augural address offhand. IK; held in Hie palm hi* Soft Imml :> scrap ol' visiting card on which In- hail notwl the merest catchwords of his address. Tin? siyht of this serajf of card cuused Senator lugails to say: "Suppose his memory had failed liiiu. Huch thing* happen to speakers skilled hy a lifetime of experience, and why not to Cleveland, a novice In the art? Yet he stood there, with all the confidence of a prophet of old, and without manuscript spoke for an hour to 7<V UUt.l.UUO people!" This courage, this self confidence, characterized his entire career as president. He seemed always prepared, lie had loaded his gun beforehand, and when he got ready to lire he 11 red. During his first term he vetoed 413 hills. This unprecedented exercise of the veto power astounded congress and caused the people to sit up and take notice. No adverse criticism swerved him. Among ilie hills vetoed were L!U7 private pensions. Cleveland, who helped to support his mother during the war on a meager salary as assistant prosecutor in llufi'alo, had hired a substitute when lie was drafted into the army. This was brought np against 111m by Indignant (iraml Army men, but ho believed that the pension bills he was vetoing were Improper under the laws, ami he ignored the Insinuations. Mr. Cleveland devoted his entire congressional message in 1887 to the tariff. 1 le characterized the then existing tariff laws as "vicious, Inequitable and illogical." 1 i Is boh! stand for a reduction of duties contributed largely to ills defeat for re-election the next year, though he received a majority of. the popular vote. It was in his second term that Mr. Cleveland's policy or principle of standing pat with his own convictions split his party wide open and made him millions of political enemies, lie was unalterably in favor of the gold standard. In the summer of 181X1 he called a special session of congress to repeal the Sherman act requiring tlio government to make large purchases of sliver bullion. Succeeding chapters in tlie monetary struggle aro of such recent history that it is unnecessary to mention them. Perhaps the one act of President Cleveland which aroused the doonosf Indignation In some quarters and evoked (lie highest commendation from other quarters was (Ik? sending of federal troops to Chicago during 1!j<> great railroad strike of isjil "to present >1 ?struetlon of Culled Slates malls" against tin- protest of Covernor Altgeld <if Iill. ois, who held that his state; forces were adequate to cope with 11 so situation. Made IIim a National Hero. Ilis vigorous assertion of the Monroe doctrine in the Venezuelan boundary case, even to the extent of inviting war with (Jrcat Uritain, swept away partisan prejudices for the time and made President Cleveland a national hero. "A public otllee is a public trust," in seven words, is Mr. Cleveland's noblest literary creation. Time softens even political asperities. It is yet too early for unbiased history to be written around tin; Cleveland administrations, but one may venture the prediction that, when the scroll of history Is made np, on the list of the greater American presidents will be the name of < J rover Cleveland, "the most di-li.'i'-uished private citizen in the world" for many years toward the end of the nineteenth and at the beginning of the twentieth century. j NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. J Notice is hereby given Iluit L will make linal settlement as Administrator ??i" the Kstale ol' Hen Herd, deceased. in the olliec oJ' the Judge of l'robate for Newberry County, South Carolina, on the 7th day ol' July, 1J)08, at II oYloek a. in., ami will immediately thereafter make application for a .listdinrge as said Administrator. ^ All persons holding claims against said estate will present them, duly attested, to my attorney, Kugeno S. Blease, Newberry, S. I'., on or before said date; and all parties indebted to said estate will likewise make payment. LKWIS 11 Kim. Qualified Administ rat or. i 4t. ! Clcinson Agricultural College Exam-1 ination. The examination for the award of scholarships in Clciuson Agricultural college will hi' hold in (ho county court house on Friday, .July ,'lrd, at. 0 a. in. Applicants must fill out proper forms t<> lie secured from tlio t 'ounI \ SitperiuI eiideut <>l' Kd ileal ion, before tliey will lie allowed to stand the examinations. For detailed in-1 formation apply to the supci intendenl of education or to the president of ('Icmsoit college. Applicants for admission to the college, who are not seekiinr for the scholarships, will also stand entrance examinations at tlie court house July ,'lrd. The scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session of ihe college iipens Sc| i|. !). 1 OOS. For catalogues and information up- | ; ply to P. II. Mell, * 1 j President. : ii-lLMH-2law-.V:?0. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. As executor of last will :md testament of (ieo. A. Lanuford, deceased, ll will make filial settlement on the je-lale <>1 >.iid deceased in I lit* ('ourt jof I'rohale for NVwherry county. on : ? i..i.- ~ iiiilu ... ii i i i ?mi\ i. linrn, III II OCIIM'K i ilie forenoon, and immediately thereafter apply for lellers dismissory, as executor of said est ale. All | person-; lioMinu claims airainsl said I estate will present tliem ?luly at tested on or 1m fore that <late ami all persons indebted to saiil estate will make | pyment. W. S. Lnnpjford, Kxeeulor. j ] taw-4t. BARBECUE NOTICE. Tito nmlersi'LMiod will furnish a tirst class barbecue at Ml. Bethel academy, in No. 1? township. .Inly 121.) | campaign day. S. ,1. Cromer. BARBECUE NOTICE. Wo will furnish a lir.-t class harliei cue at Mount l'h-a>anf, Campaign J Day. Wednesday. July 122. il. S. Graham. M. J. Smith. TEACHER V/ANTED. The undersigned trustees of Lonir (Lane school will receive ;i|iplications i for teac her of said school for next ! Ierm. M. A. Ucnwick, T. II. Jlr.?<-k. S. A. Uiksinl. Trustees. WINTHROP COLLEGE. ! Scholarship ancl. Entrance Examination j Tho examination for the award of vacant Scholarships in Winthrop colle?*e and for the admission of new students will he held at the County Court House on Friday, duly 3, at 0 a. m. Applicants must he not less than fifteen years of ai*i\ When Scholarships are vacant after duly '? thoy will ho awarded to those making the. highest average at this examination, provided they meet I he conditions <rov erninir Iho award. Applicants for Scholarship should write t<> President Johnson before tlie examination for Scholarship cxamination l?lanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next fission will open September 10, 100S. For further information an.f catalogue, address I're-. I). I'.. .Johnson. Rook Hill, S. (.'. Death Was On Ilis Heels. fosse I'. Morris of Shippers, Ya.. had a close call in the spring of 1000. lie says: "An attack of pneumonia left me so weak and with such a fearful eon.I'll that mv friends declared consumption had me, and death was | on my heels. Then I was persuaded In try Dr. King's New Discovery. Il i helped me immediately, and after | taking two and a half hollies I wa < :a well man airain. I found out that I Xew Discovery is Ihe host remedy . for f-o'i'/hs find lung di-ea-e in all i t'le world." Sold under guarantor at W. F.. IVlham and Son~>s drug jStore. ">0c and $1.00. Trial bottle ( free. , m mum iinwiniiMiimMiiwiiniipiiBwii'i m? I Cll| GHSs I | How would you lik | Petticoat? | A Silk Petticoat is | Voile skirt, and a V< I sity this season. I We have a lot of S | just arrived, and the jj These skirts are m P grade of silk. They\ I These skirts are cut 8 oerienced tailors. T ^ skirts and also hang I Each $5.00 up. I What a savin; THE BANKOF will do 1 It will provide capital to star It will provide for saving mo It will pave I lie way toward It will provide a fund for edi It is the best possible way to bard times or old age. It is belter than endowtuen Ipronis, costing less, and can lu Our institution is run under larly examined by the Stale 15;i The Bank of Prosper DR. GKO. V. IIUNTKR, President. J. K. BROWN!v, Cashier. COM The Boc I For your Fancy 1 |Sterling Silver, jl have anything MAYES' Be I IW ANT To call your at of Box Paper, Tat Ledgers, Cash I i tracts, Talcum P ter and Tooth f make the prices see us before mak HERALD & Nt CU9VJE3V Mower Co. e to have a new Silk a necessity with a Dile skirt is a necesB ilk Skirts that have I y are worth seeing. g ade out of the best 1 vear and they rustle. | and made up by ex- I 'hey are hip fitting i perfectly. 1 l/lower Cogs account in I PROS PETIT Y I or you. I] t into business. tj ncv usually squandered. ! securing a home. icatim; your children. j i accumulate a reserve lund lor t I insurance, produci u; larger i realized in cash at any time. j the supervision of. ami regit- [ j nk Kxaminer. |,j Prosperity, j ity, S. C. I DR. J. S. W11KKI.KR, P \'. President. J. A. COUNTS, Assistant Cashier. ['.] E TO )k Store Coina, Cut Glass, Pictures, Vases, you need. IOK STORE. ED [b # tention to our line )lets, Note Books, Books. Also Exowder, Toilet Wa3owder. vA/e will right. Come and ing your purchase. LWS BUILD" !G. i