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AO-. VOL XLYI NO.0 31 NEWBERRY, S. C.. FRIDAY. APRIL 143. 1909. TIEAWE.S.0AYA [We are permitted to print this sl ber by the courtesy of The funeral services of Gen. Bu 10elock at St Peters Catholic Cb Fleming will conduc- same. The b Capitol until tomorrow morning wl the regular train, and the burial v. il at% I o'clock. GEN. 1. G. BUTLER HAS PASSED AWAY CONFEDERATE CAVALRY CAPT. DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Helped to Redeem this State From Alien Rule in the Days That Were Worse Than War. Butler is dead. The dashing sabreur who courted death on many battle fields, last night at 11:40 was re ceived into the sovereignty of no suffering. For him death had never had terrors. Last night it was but 6 falling asleep. To him death was an enemy, for he loved life, and he wish ed to live. But the love of life could not sustain him, and Butler has gone to be mustered in with Lee and Jack :son and Albert Sidney Jolh.nston and HRampton and all those patriots and Southrons whom he knew, men who loved the South and feared naught but the frown of the Great Com mander. Gen. M. C. Butler died- last night at Knowlton's hospital. For a fort .bight he has been kept alive by his :supreme willpower. Death .eame as gently as the slumber of a babe. He was conscious up to 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon and in t:he morning his mind had appeared to be quite clear. He was conscious of his condition, and was ready to meet death. For hiim death had never had terrors, and Butler had too often faced the mierci Sless fire of the enemy to feel any un easiness when he knew the hour of his surrender was at hand. By his side when his great soul fluttored away in the moment of gen tle dissjatior wre his wife, his only Sdaughter, Mrs. Robert MeNeely, his son, Dr. F. W. P. Butler, Rev. B. W. Fleming and Maj. H. W. Richardson. FThe watchers scarcely knew that he was dead so gently did sleep come upon Butler. His other son, Capt. M. C. Butler, Jr., of the United States Sarmy, had been here, but was recall ed to his post several days ago. Lieut. McNeelv his son-in-law, is an officer ofthe navy, and he, too, was unable to be here. The funeral arrangements will be announeed later, but it is known t'hat in accordance with Gen. Butler's| ~vishes his body will be buried ati Edgefield. About six weeks ago Gen. Butler ame to Columbia to be treated for nflammatory rheumatism, due to his ounds received in battle. He had ost a leg at Brandly Station. but-after ecovering from his wound went back to battle. His maimed limb had not othered him until about six months >:endid likeness of Gen. M. C. But the Columbia State.] tler will be held this morning at io urch, Columbia, and the Rt. Re-. ody will then lie in state in the State len it will be taken to Edgefield on I be had at the Butler burial graund ago. He suffered increasingly until he came to Columbia to be treated and since the middle of January has been an inmate of the Knowlton hos -pital. His bedridden condition has caused his kidneys -to become affected and this was the cause of his death. The poison spread so gradually through his system that in passing away he but fell asleep. Gen. Butler was a soldier who would have been a nation's idol, per haps, had he gone with the winning side. He chose the cause of the South and the true men of the South regret his passing. . Just across the street from the house in which Gen. Butler died is the hall in whicih the Secession conven tion met, out of w?hich assemblage grew the war in whieb Butler be came great. There are few South Carolinians living who enjoyed the rank and dis tinction of general-and none who at 27 were major generals of cavalry. Among the su-- giving generals are S. W. Ferguson, i'. M. Logan and E. M. Law. The family has made no annonnee ment as to the funeral services, but many friends recently 'have been heard to express the wish tihat his body should lie in state in the capitol of the state which he loved. Gen. Batler died in full communion of the church. On his 75th birthday he received supreme unction froini t'he Catholic church, into the communion of which he was received. MR. EVANS' SATCHEL CONTAINED NO MONEY. Bag Snatched From Edgefield Man at Denmark Was Fu of Papers, - Mostly Copies. The State. Aiken, April 12-It is learned here that the satchel stolen from Mr. N. G. Evans of Edgefield while en route to this city, at Denmark, did not con tain any cash as has been reported, but a quantity of papers, most of wjieh were copies or duplicates. Mr. Evans 'has been in the city and says that among the papers were a number belonging to several Aiken citizens. Among the papers were several be longing to Capt. W. W. Williams and a title belonging to an Aiken lady. Capt. Williams' papers, he states. are only copies and practically worth lees. So far as has been learned here no arrests have yet been made in this matter. 0 Christian, in the name of the Lord Jesue east the twin devi4s of i:htxic::tine drink and th-b'co for TWO EASTER SERMONS. Rev. J. C. Roper, Presiding Elder Cokesbury District, Delivered Two Able Sermons. Rev. J. C. Roper was the speaker at the Easter services at O'Neall Street Methodist Church, on Sunday morning, and he also spoke at Mayer Memoral Lutheran Church on Sun day evening. The H-erald -and News is glad to be able to print a brief sketch of these two very strong ad dresses. Rev. Mr. Roper is doing good work on this district and the many friends and admirers he 'has in Newberry are always delighted when he can be with them and preach for them. The fllowing is an outline of the mornlig sermon, the subject being "The Question of Immortality." The Question of Immorality. "If a man die, shall he live again?" Job. 14:14. Since the days of Job, >-n long before, this 'has been the question that has perplexed the minds of men. Kings and peasants have alike sought to unravel the mystery of life and death. 1. The grave is silent as touching the future. "There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thon goest. The door to death remains as pro found a mystery as the gate to life, the secret of birth. Man walks on a narrow penninsular called-time and looks out upon two mighty oceans that stretch off into the in finite. He bears in his hand the only hope of safety; it is th- flickering torch of faith. 1 2. The lamp of science has refus ed to burn. Scientists can weigh the sun and define the exact position of a star centuries to come, but they cannot press through the veil that screens the dead. Hence we are not surprised to find that it is beyond the realm of exact science to prove anything regarding the future. Her puny arms recoil. in humility before the task. 1 3. There is some justification for the question: "If a man die, shall ihe live again?' (1) When a man dies his body returns to dust. (2) Nations have passed into oblivion. (3) Science cannot prove the immortality of the soul. (4) Historically, i-mortality is a pagan notion. 4.-Aside from Revelation, 'there are a nu.mber of- strong presumptive reasons for believing in the immortal, ity of the soul. (1) The~ belief in *a future state is universal. The Afri cander, the American Indian, and the Australian 'have alike believed in an existence after death. A French writer says: "A belief in the per sistence of life after death, and the observations of religious praetiees founded upon thbe belief may be dis covered' in every part of the world, in every age, among men re.presenting every degree and variety of culture.'' Another writer declares: "Belief in some sort of existence continued af ter death is normal to the human mind." (2) Belief is more than knowledge and usually precedes it. Baltour was right when he said that methods of scienee were not equal to 'belief Belief goes before. No inventor would be fool enough to make an esperiment did 'he not believe 'his idea would, work. Belief led 'him to make the trial, he then had the knowledge. (.3) Feeling has a place in the ar gument. Why does a man fear to die? Is it because he thinks death is the end of him? Certainly not, but he fears lest lie live~ in anot-her state. Some one has said--"All thought is deeper than all words, and all feeling is deeper than all thought.' Man feels that he will live again. (4) Every capacity in nature has its correspondence. The love for the beautiful finds its correspondence in the verdant landscape and gay tint ed colors of spring. Every appetite finds its answer in nature. The bee finds the flower. Shall the craving of Job find no answer in eternity? (.5) The fact that the idea of im mortality was pagan in origin only strenzthem' th'e presumption of its trutK. It. t!" :ird 7:' -ided' reached the same coniclusoi as that given by revelation, it only strengthens the p)ositionl of Scripture. (6) The truthward pointing of the 'human mind whir.h has not only characterized, bit caused, the prog ress of civilization, cannot be ignored here, any more tihan elsewhere. If then we have a universal belief, uni versal feeling, and the spectacle of every capacity with its correspondent in nature, and then the high place given to belief that has been accord ed, together with the truthward pointing of the mind, we have a conspiracy of reasons that lead us to presume. to say-''After death we shall live again." 5. Revelation, the only- absolute evidence. As strong as our pre sumptive reasons may appear, they are of service principally as collater al, or corroborative evider.ees.. (1) Christ taught the doctrine of a future life. Eleven of his thirty 'three parables deal with the question of awards and punishments-of course in the future. He said he was going to prepare a place. (2) hrist illustrated it by rais ing up others. (f Christ practiced it by arising from the grave himself. (4) After. his resurrection he ap peared on semdry occasions and final ly ascended into heaven in the pres ence of a multitude. (5) These facts recorded in the document called The New Testament, were not refuted by his enemies who sought to destroy his doctrine by falsehood. They dared not attempt to deny an accepted fact. Before an open grave we find our surest hope of immortality. On Sunday evening Mr. Roper preached at Mayer Memorial Luther an Church and the following is an outline of his discourse: The Conquering Cbrist. "And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, Jesus Of Nazareth The King Of The Jews* * And it was written in Hebrew and Greek, and Latin." John 19:19, 20. 1. The title of derision has be come prophetic. Pilate, the weak kneed monarch, the political dema gogue, the ruler of expediency, who sought tto give the people what they wanted, and not what they needed, put the title of derision on the Cross. But strange enough that title has be come the propthecy of a world-wide conquest of Jesus the Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The fulfillment of this prophecy is occurring under our own eyes. From Japan, China, and from earth's re motest boundaries comes the voic~e of triumph and conquest. And now in our day the laymen of the different evangelical churches are marching in solid phalanxes to basten the con summation of the victory. This mighty Layman's Movement contemplates the conversion of the world, not in the next century, but in this generation. 2. The three-fold language in which the title was written has a meaning for us. "And it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin." (1) Hebrew was t!he language in whieh the oracles of God were re orded. (2) Greek was the language of phbilosphers. (3) Latin was the language of empire. "Jesus of Nazareth The King Of The Jews'' was not only King Of The Jews, but He was Lord of the ology, Lord of philosophy, and' Lord of the empire. All truth has become tributary to Him. He sits enthroned above the monarch of earth. This great country of our dares not open her legislative sessions without in voking through her chaplains, the Divine blessing. The American navy that lowers iher stars and stripes be fore no nation that sails t'he deep, does lower the flag to half mast at the hour of worship. 3. The note of derision has given place to one of victory. We live in the time when the ends of the ages have come upon us. Events are marching fast. Today every im portant language or dialect has the Word so that all the people can read it as the title of Pilate was written so all could read. It will not be long before the ends if the earth can join in that great song: 'All hail the power of Jesus' name, ~Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem. An crwn him Lord of all.'' OTTO KLETTNER ELECTED JUNIOR SAGAMORE. Great Council Red Men Close Suc cessful Session With Banquet. The great council of the Improved Order of Red Men, which convened in the court house Tuesday. evening in public meeting, broke up last night in a big banquet at the Good Sama ritan Cafe. The Great Council will meet next year at Columbia. The great council at Spartanburg just closed has been a splendid success. More than two hundred visiting Red Men have been in the city the past two days. The council was called together in the Woodmen of the World hall yes terday morning for the transaction of routine business. One of the features of the meeting in the morning was the committee report on the Daught ers of Pocahontas Order. The report was exceedingly -encouraging and it is hoped that by next year the Daugh ters will be able to hold a Great Council.' Officers Elected. At the meeting yesterday after noon in the Woodmen hall the fol lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year. Great Phophet, John T. Gaston, of Columbia. Great Sachem, J. S. Booth, of Chester. Great Senior Sagamore, B. F. Townsend, of Union. Great Junior Sagamore, Otto Klett ner, of Newberry. Great Chief of Records, B. C. Wallace, of Sumter. Great Keeper of Wampum, S. M. Clarkson, of Columbia. Great Trustee Allen was re-elect ed. Representatives to the Great Council of the United States, John T. Gaston and Clarence E. Tolley. The Banquet. The banquet last night was most enjoyable. Over 200 guests took seats at the long tables, which were bountifully supplied by the Good Samaritan Cafe. It was a great feast. "Brothers, just give us your at tention a few minutes like you gave these tables a while ago," request ed Grand Sachem John T. Gaston, -toastmaster at the banquet given to the Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men by the local R;ed Men last night. - He then introduced John T. Far row, of Philadelphia, the Great Incohonee of the Great Council of the United States, who received an ovation as he rose to address them. Mr. Farrow referred to the fact that ~he was always introduced as the Great Incohonee,'' but he was simply one of them-nothing more or less. The great office, however, was one that many good and -no ble men desired, but few could at tain. He had been fortunate. The great principles of the order, "Freedom, Friendship and Chari ty, '? were. toe d..pon briefly as the ties whieh bound Red MXen to gether. During hxis remnarks'he told several good stories bringing am plause and laughter from the* audi ene. " The Great Council." Cole. L. Blease,, in opening, stated that he would .not have anything to say but for the fact that the order had been put in a~ ridiculous light by a speech he had heard since he had been in Spartanburg. With feeling and glowing elo quenc'e in hearty language he out lined the principles of Red Manship and the sentiment rooted in the hu man heart, that lay beneath the care of the orphan, the sick and t'he af flited, the protection and reverence of woman, and the upholding of t.he religion of Jesus Christ. "Secret Societies." Rev. J. T. Fowler, speaking on "Secret Societies,'' had come in con tact with men who continually abused secret orders, and on the other extreme, men wl4o had sub stituted Aeeret order for their churcih-and one was as great a nusanee as the other. Solomon aid: '"Discover not a secret to an oter." We have two eves and two ears. but only one mouth and :houldl therefore see and hear twic as much as we speak. There were secrets of business upon which the success of the business depend ed, there were the sacred secrets of the home and every heart should ed, there were the sacred secrets of the soul. Religion was a secret and no .one could explain or. express the secret of his conception of religion. Charity should be a secret. Let not your left hand know what your right hand doeth.'" Let us keep sacred the wonderful secrets of Redmanship, and friendship and freedom and be Red Men in every sense of the word. Past Great Sahem John T. Gas ton presided very happily as toast master in introducing the speakers and spoke with great earnestness of his gratitude for what the order had done for him as a man, as one of its officers and in his time of dire dis tress during a sickness extending over five years. THE NEWS OF WHITMIE. Easter Celebrated at the Methodist Church-Society Elections Fiddlers conveution. Whitmire, April 14.-Mrs. W. H. Eskredge, of Shelby, N. C., is here spending awhile with 'her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Yarborough. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Jeter spent Saturday night with her aunt, Miss L. R. Cofield, at Dr. R. R. Jeter's. Mrs. J. M. Major has returned from a short stay in Atlanta. Mr. Major accompanied her home and spent a day or two in Whitmire. Mr. R. C. Lake, of Union, is visit ing his daughter, Miss Ethel Lake. Mr. Henry Miller has returned from a short visit to his home at Cross Hill. The Methodist ehurch was prettily decorated with palms, ferns and vases of flowers in honor of Easter. Rev. Otis Jeffcoat preached an excellent sermon, the subject being, "An East er Message." Sunday night by special invitation Dr. Brim, the Presbyterion minister, stood among the lovely flowers in the Methodist ohurch and gave us a sermon worthy of our thoughtful.eonsideration. He taught that we must forsake all and take up our cross daily if we would be Christ's deciples. The children of the Methodist Sunday School enjoyed themselves at an Easter egg hunt in the grove near teir church Saturday afternoon. At the last meeting of the juvenile missionary society the following of fiers were elected: President, Miss Lucile Metts; Treasurer, Mr. Hern don Andrews; Corresponding Secre tary, Miss Sarah Fant; Recording Secretary, 'Miss- Mary Butler Fant. The ladies missionary society of the Methodist church met at the par sonage this afternoon. The follow ing are the new officers for this year: President, Mrs. Jno. P. Fant; Vie-President, Mrs. J. E. Cofield;. Recording Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Hipp; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. T. H. Watson; Treasurer, Mrs. Z. H. Suber; Agent for Advocate, Mrs. MoD. Metts. The Old Time Fiddlers Contest was held in tihe school auditorium last night. The following took part: Messrs. J. L. Evans, C. H. Cooper, J. C. Ballard; J. S. R. Alexander and R. A. Murphy, violin. Mr. R. A. Murphy, mandolin; Mr. Woods Tram mel, banjo; Mr. Blair, guitar and Messrs. Johns, Campbell and William Watson, dancers. The judges appoint ed were Messrs. R. M. Aughitry, W. L. Duckett and Spencer Sims; the fol lowing prizes were awarded: First prize for violin to J. S. R. Alexander, Second prize for violin to J. L. Evans. Prize for banjo to Jack Johns and William Watson for the best buck dancer. Master Carroll and' Misses Lilian Swittenberg, after visiting their aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Douglass, have re turned to their home at Cokesbury. Nita. -Not Consummated. "Madam, I will not consume your time with the tale of my misfor "No, and you'll not consume any of my provisions either.''-Houston