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TRIBUTES TO CLEVELAND. In Poem, Song and Speech the Prais es of the Sage of Princeton Are Sung. New York, March 18.-Tributes in poem, song and speech were ren dered'today in honor of t.he sewenty second birt.hday anniversary of the late President Grover Cleveland, at a memorial exercise in which Presi dent Taft. Governor Hughes. Chief Justice Fuller and Mayor Mclel Ian. made a6dresses and several hun dred of New York's most prominent citizens attended. Mrs. Cleveland with a party of friends occupied a box in Carnegie Hall, where the mem orial was held. A second memorial was" held to -ilght at the college of tdie City of New York, at whieh speeches were .m:ade by Governor Hughes, Senator ]Root, Mayor McClellan, Judge Gary, af Delaware, Wi. Hornblower and Edward M. Shepard. President Taft was introduced by Mayor McClel;an. The president spoke with unusual fervor in his en logy of Mr. Oleveland, and frequent ly -the course of his address was broken by applause. President Taft said in part: President Taft's Speech. "Grover Oleveland was as com pletely American in his eharacter as Lincoln. Without a college educa tion, he prepared hi-imself for tire bar. His life was confined to Wes tern New York. His vision of gov ernment and of society was not wid ened by foreign travel. He was a pure product of the village and town I life of the Middle States, affected by New England ancestry and tthe at mosphere of a clergyman's home. His chief characteristics were simplicity and- directness of thought, sturdy 'honesty, courage --of his convictions and plainness of speech, with a sense of public duty that has been exceed ed by no statesman within my knowl edge. "His career was a most remark able one. By his administration of the affaif's of his city as its mayor he showed his power of resistance to, and of overcoming the influneces that made. for corruption and negligence in city government, boti in his own panty and in the party of his oppon ents. 'Hs reputation in this regard spread over his native State of New -York at a stage when such an attitude a~s his seemed exceptional, and his standing before the eomniunity be esme a political asset for the Demo eratic party that even those who had but little sy.mpa:thy, with his princi ples were glad ,to seize upon as a means of getting into power. Ac eardingly 'he' was nominated for the gorern'orship an~d was eleeted by the votes not ornly of his own party, but of hundreds of thousands of the Re publican party. The dkeharge of his durties as governor confirmed and strengthen:ed the reputation that he haid acquired .as a miayor. Before he had ceased his office as mayor he had been elected governo.r. Before the bad ceased his offic~e as governor he had been elected prsident of the Uni ted States. Cleveland's Political Career. 'Mr. Cleveland 's politieal career' was so short 'that he had a great ad v-antage over .the prominent men of ~his party whose records reached back into and were governed by the bitter quarrels of t-he civil war. As a polif tical quantity, his history began dur nig the corruption and demoraliza tion .in the Republican party; which were a necessary result of continued * 'ower du-ing th~e war and the dread succeeding it. He represented in a sense a new Dc.n'o.eracy .about which all the older elements rallied, both those strongly in sympathy with is reform views, as well as those el'e ments wirt'hout much sympathy, who were anx.ious to secure party power. ' The first time Mr. Cleveland was! in power he was opposed by a Re 'pu'blican senate. This gave little op porrtuxnity for an.y radical change by 1egisation in the previous policies of Republican administrations, but it ~did offer an opportunity for Mr. Cleveland to point out to the country the fact thalt our government is a -government of three distinct branch es, the executive, the legislative and ~the judidial, and that the executive has a sphere which the legislative obranch has no right to invade. Usurpation of Power. C'We 'hear much in these days of the usurpation of the legislative jur ediet~on 'by the executive branch. As log s the legislative has the .power 'of the parse, ,the danger of executive .usurpation is .imaginative. T'he real danger arises from the disposition of the legislative branch -to assume that t has thne ominipotence of Parliament and may completely control the dis ~cretion conferred upon the executive 'by the constitution. The country is under obligation to Mr. Cleveland for having po~nted out in his controversy with the Republicans some of the li mitations that there are in the eon - stitution upon attempted 'legi. ti-.e acion to restrict executive discre tion. In the end Mr. Cleveland w-n in his controversy with the sei.ate VIether he might have done -6- had both the house aind the senaw e been aghnst him is a matter of doubt. We owe to Mr. Cleveland and his coar age in dealing with the senate hu United States the establishment of (me useful precedents. "Another great debt whic" the country owes to Mr. Cleveland is the assertion made through him as As chief executive, of the power of the federal government directly t> d fend tlie feideral jurisdiction through the process of federal corts and by federal troops, against the lawiess invasion of a mob. - He Was a Great President. "Grover Cleveland earned the sin cere gratitude of his countrymen and justified recuriing memorial occas ions like the one in which we are taking part. He was a great presi dent. not because he was a great law yer, not because he was a brilliant orator, not because he -was a states man of profound learning, .but be cause he was a patriot with the high est sense of public duty; because he was a statesman.of clear perceptions, of the utinost courage of his convic tions, and of great plainness of speech; because he was a man of the highest character, a father and hus band of the best type, and because throughout his political lif he show ed those rugged virtues of the puh lie servant .and citizen, the emulation of which by those who foilow him will render the progress of oar poli ti,al life towad better things a car ta.inty.'' 8-YEAR-OLD BOY KIDNAPPED. Pennsylvani Lad Stulen by Strang er-Sor. of Attorney Whitla of Sharo.i. Sharon, Pa., March IS.-Ten thou: and dollars ransom is demanded for the return of Williain IN-hitla, Attor ney James P. Whitia* -ei'y :-year-o.l boy. who was spiritd yway from school here this mor.,%gx by an an known man furnisni a mstety which the deatectives of the country are being asked to solve. Accorpany in- fhe demand for ransont is a'cov ert threat that the bo).y iii ) kiled unles the money is produced. HandIreds of telegrams and tel phone messages 'haev been sent to the police of various cit-ies asking their assistance in the search for the boy and 'his abductors. The first fruit of. these came tonight when Chief of Po liee Crain, of this city, received word that a rig, in which the lad had been taken away, had been recovered at Warren, 0., with the child's hat on the seat of thie buggy. At 9.30 o'clock this morning a stranger drove up to the east ward school ihouse, where young Whitla is a pupil in Room No. 2, and told t-he janito:r, Wesley Sloss, the lad was wanted at once at his father's office. Sloss conveyed the message to Mrs. Anna Lewis, th.e boy 's teacher, who dismissed the child. As she was help ing him put gn his overcoat, she re marked, half jokingly, "I 'hope that man does 'not lkidnap Willie.'' The mani in the buggy had a dark com plexion, d,ark hair and a stubby mus tache. He was stockily built. He spoke excellent English and was evi enty American-born. When Sloss appeared with the boy, the stranger smiled and helped him up to) the sea,t beside him. He then drove off in the direction of Mr'. Witlea's office. Several persons to night say a eenfetderate joined the kidnapper before -he had left town. Little was thought of the incident, ..l there was no belief that a crime had been ecmmitted until the lad failed tb appear for his noon day meal. Beeoming wori'ied, Mrs. Whitla began .a search, and at the school she larnedz of what had oecurred there three -hours before. At 1 o 'clock a letter directed to the mother, was delivered to the house by a 'mail carrier. Mrs. Whitla at once :reconized the haindwriti:ng on the envelope as that of her son. Opening it she found the following communi eaion written in a strange hand. ''We rhave your boy and will re turn him for $10,000. Will see your advertisement in the papers. Insert in Indianapolis New,. Cleveland Press, P'ittsburg Dispateh, Youngstown Vin diator: 'A. A.-Will do as request ed, J. P. W.' Dead boys are not de siable.'' The penmanship and spelling of the note indica:ted it had been written by a man of flair education. Mr. Whitla decided to comply with the eonditions of the letter, and sent for publiation to each of the newspapers specified t-he niote it diree-ted him to insert. The Old Anecdotes. Philadelphia Evening Times. "W\Xell, you are getting famous."' "Yes.'' admitted the -a:test author-, "more famous than I have any iught to. Incidents are happening to me * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *1 * *1 * WHITE RIBBON ECHOES. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A brief summary of the year's work in W. C. T. U. and L. T. L. On March 21, 1906. Mrs. Helen Bullick reorgalnized 'the V. C. T. U with twenty active member. XN Ilv we have sixty-nine active, five in active (persons taking pledge but not contributing). ,and twenty-seven hon orary. Our ''Quarterly Bulletin" has taken .to itself the more enphon ious name of "Palmetto White Rib bor.'" Mrs. Deitrick, national organizer, vi;ted us last March, and made help ful iaddresses to Cynthia McAwer L. I'. L., Newberry W. C. T. U.. and Mollo hon W. C. T. U. The one given in the Lutheran church was specially good .and two more members enrolled. About the same time, Jack Crawford, in the Lyceum Course at the college, strengthened the temperance cause by his hearty words to our boys. The W. C. T. U's believe in soei-ability. Be sides several treats given by indivi dual members at their homes, two festivals were given in the parlor and on the lawn of the president, Mrs. J. W. White, in May and June respec tively. These were foT the public and quite a neat sum was realized at each. At a good deal of expense to t-he W. C. T. U. 's a treat was served our 'honoraries in February, 1909. It was an enjoyaible affair, but wished all invited had come. We are not try ing to reach your pocketbook every time we appeal to your appetites, gentlemen. We want your votes and influence for "God and home and native land. July 4th., L. T. L. had a Rally Day and festival. At Easter they .en ogd i Egg Shein M WHilit''s lawn, later a picnic ,in Mrs. M. A. Oarlisle&s lawn. At their reopening in September cake and ice cream were served, and again on January 14th. Tihese littl-te folks were kept quite busy on Flower Mission Day, (Jan. 9th.) di.tributing bouquets to the sick and also to the afflicted. The-. are very fond of their superintend ent, Mrs. E. E. Williamsoi. T-hey meet weekly in one of the rooms of the public school; comfortably fitted up for -them. The hardest task for these wee folks (though they count it a pleasure) is tihe memorizing of the pledge rand little pieces of poetry. The older ones miss very much the te'mperance instructions of Mrs. Belle Brown, Mrs. J. A. B. Scherer's moth er. Thei.r dues are only fifteen cents a ye r, five of which goes to national W. . .T. U3., one of whieb goes to World's W. C. T. U., an-d the rest for their 'own needs. They are helping us grown folk's to get a building for their own .and our use. They had a ratmage 'sale whieh realized eight doll lars and seventy-eight cents. The W. C. T. U. collected o'n World's Temn peance Sunday $17.29 which they deposited in bank a's a nest egg for this building fand. The election of officers resulted as foliows: President-Mrs. J. W. White. VTice-Presildent-Mifs. M. A. Car .isk. 'Reri'ng Secretary-Mrs. A. S. Eidson. Correspo'nding Seeretary-Mrs. A. B. Harmon. Treasurer-Mrs. A. B. Harmon. Assistant Treasurer-Mrs. M. A. Oarlisle. Superintendent L. T. L.-Mrs. E. E. Wililiam,son. Supelrintendent Penal and Refo.r matory Supt. Press Dept.-Mrs. A. J. Bo : ers. A'st. Press Dept.-Mrs. a.B. Hair Suit. Baby Roll Dept.-Miss M" hie Todd.. Supt. Literature-Miss Eugenia Epp.. Supt. Unfermnented Wine-Mrs. Mary Wright. .... ...... .. .... Supt. R. R. Work-Mrs. Win. Me Swain. Supt. Medal Contest-Mr. Bu rr Marti'n. Supt. Flower M'ission DepL.-Mrs T. W. Smith. Supt. S. S. Work Agent for U.nion Signal-Mrs. A. J. Rowers. Vice-President from Luth. e'h. Mrs. E. Fulenwider. VXice-Pres. from Pres. ch.-Mrs. F. C. Williamson. Vice-Pres. from A. R. P. ch.-Mrs. E. A. Ward. Vic.e-Pres. from Ba.pt,ist eh.-Miss Eva Gary. Vice-Pres. from Me'thodist chi. Mrs. H. S. Boozer. Besides $10 'in eash given for char ity,--there was box valued at $15 'sent Door of Hope .in Columbia, and gifts in vegetables to slums in Newbe,.rry'. Four of the. departments were ad 'ded this year: Press. Penal adn Tie fomatory, Sundayv School, and Un fermented Wine for Lord 's Table. Items from reports worth noin:I~ Thenrar-Lat year- '. I P0 paes distributed. this year 54,170 -avs.i Flower Mission-Sent out - sick and di.tressed, flowers. jellies. oran es. lemons, grapes, apples, bread, trawberries, potatoes, pickles, des sents, &c., also handsome bouquets on funeral occasious. Treasurer-Lls-t year collected $84.74, this year $114, $20 of which was used to pay three delegate's ex penses to convention at Bp mberg. No-. in bank to our credit. exclusive of building fund. $38.80. P res.-Mes rA. Aull and Wallace have very kin(dly given us space in their papers for our notes on ten erance called "White Ribbon Echoes.'" Medal Contest-One to be held oon, fir-st in Central Methodist, see ma -at Mollohon. Prize offered by Mrs. Harmon for egular attendance to their weekly eetii.gs. (To L. T. L. 's) Baby RoiI-27 enrolled. Mrs. Diet ick orga.nized a Union last year at ['rinity Methodist chuarc.h witih twen v-one active and nineteen honorary embers. Nexit Sunday at 11 a. m. he is to ma-ke -them .an address. At 8p. m. she wil .ald.d.ress a Newberry rowd at West End Baptist church. On 5th, 6th, an.d 7th of May we will ave *a fest-imal and bazaar for bene it of Newberry W. C. T. U. Aalu. Post-Grade Instruction. udge. She -had just been gradiuated from assar and she frequently complain d of her father's lack of polish. One ight they were sitting around the ireplace in the sitting room of the ld farm house. One window was pen for ventilation. ''That air"-the father began, but as quickly interrupted. ''Father, dear, don't say 'That ir': say, 'That there.' '' the daugh er admonished. ''"Well, this ear"-he again at empted, but was as quickly brought o a halt. ''Not 'this 'ere.' 'This here' is orrect," he was told. The old farmer rose with an angry nort. ''Look here, Mary," he said, Of course I know you have been to ollege and- all that, but I reckon I now what I want to say and I'm go ans to say it. I beliere I feel cold in this ear from that air, and I'm going o shut the window." REE TRIP to tAe PXCIFiIC COAST ARE YOU ONE WANION of the mainy thois and who want to *R EOON explOg~ this WVon derland ? ? ? ? S UN SE T has instituted a new department, whiose special work it is to put within the each of every one an opportunity to e the FAR WEST. Write for Sample Copy. For full particulars address Sunset Travel Cluf 6 Flo-d B,ild,hg Saz Franwisco. Cat, MR. BRYA] In respose to repeated deAndS, cc Stats, Mr. Bryaa will =oduet a ioro' Commoner, and assist in the organza1 precinct." 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M1arch 24th. 1909. on the question of is.saing bonds for the purpose of ereeting additonal school buil.ding or buildings in the town of Newvberry, S. C., to the amount of not exceeding forty thous and dollars at interest not to exceed ~2 per cent per annum, the bonds to run forty years. A levy of one mill has been provid ed by the legislature with which to pay interest on said bonds and to pro-' ide a sinking fund for same. S. S. Cunningham, J. M. Rowers, Alex. Singleton are hereby appointed managers for said election. By order of' the board of trustees, Thuray Marreh 4. 1909. F. 5. Martin,. 3. M. Davis. Cha-irman.. Secretary.