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fee jernlD and Jems. Cltirtd at the PastofSc* at Now"wry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. ?. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, July 1, 1921. STORIES OF OUR SOUTHLAND Joel Chandler Harris, "Uncle Remus" Larry Gantt's Weekly Letter When Oliver Goldsmith wrote "Honor and fame ffom no condition rise," he stated a truth that has been demonstrated times without number. It is rarely a ease where brains or eminent public service are inherent in a family, for the sons and descendants of great men appear content to live upon ancestral fame. Like unto the potato, the best part is underground. On the other hand, fhe intellect, eminence and leadership every country must go out among the plain people in the more obscure walkc of life, and in the Old World, often its peasantry. Trace all of the great leaders in Europe, for both good or evil, from Martin Luther to Lenine and Trotsky, and you win find tnem Delonging to what is known as the "lower class," but in our Republic as the "plain people." . William the Conqueror was the illegitimate son of a washerwoman; Catherine, who, after Peter the Great, created the Russian Empire, was the lewd daughter of an ignorant Tartar J >7 1 T>??~ peasant, ana iNapoieuu ouuapanc, a. Corsican adventurer whose boast was, "I am my own ancestor!" Then consider our own country! Daniel Webster was the son of a poor New England farmer, who did not even boast a descent from the Pilgrim Fathers; Henry Clay was known as the "Mill Boy of the Slashes;" Patrick Henry, born on a smaH Virginia farm and when an obscure youpg lawyer, reaped fame and honors in a day ^y his "Give-me liberty or give' me death!" John C. Calhoun descended from a family of poor Irish emigrants; the father of Jefferson Davis was a small bankrupt farm er cf Wilkes county, Georgia, who moved his family in a wagon to Kentucky a couple of weeks before the President of the Southern Confederacy was born; Alexander H. Stephens belonged to a poor but highly respected family, his father and mother's family (Grier) being small farm ers; Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, was born and raised near the . Chimney Rock section of Rutherford county, North Carolina, and Nancy was a house servant for a family named Enslow, and on account of the jealousy of her employer^ wife she was sent to some kinspeople in Kentucky where she met and married Lincoln. Joel Chandler Harris ("Uncle Remus"), journalist and author, whose book has been translated mto many languages and whose name is revered by both*old and young throughout the reading world?a plain Southern Democrat whom a Republican President invited as his honored and especial guest to the White House?was a poor Georgia boy, born on a small, rocky farm in Jasper county. I do not suppose any boy ever started life under more trying or discouraging circumstances. He had only the rudimental smattering of an education of o omoll a-rirJ Innotorl UUl'AmCU a l C4 OHXC44A Ullu country school, and so he had to educate himself while earning a living. An old man who made hats out of rabbit skins printed a small paper on his farm called the "Countryman/' He hired Joe Harris as a printer's devil, and he also learned the boxes and how to stick type. In due time the "Countryman" suspended and Joe TTarri<! fnnnH work on other weeklies in that section, and started to set up while at the case paragraphs for the paper; and they were so pointed and bright that he was encouraged by the editor to continue the work. Harris' squibs began to attract attention from the daily papers and were extensively copied. They became the leading features 'in every paper with which Harris was connected. It was during the Franco-Prussian war. i was a young icuun wviRmg un the Savannah Morning News, taking my initial training in daily journalism. The editor of the News was Col. W, T. Thompson, author of a humorous book of that day named "Major Jones' Courtship." J. H. Estill was proprietor. One night about 12 o'clock Mr. Estill came into the office piloting one of the most unprepossessing speci mtr mens Ul IIU lliilll li,y n'J cvYto cm itoted upon. Were I an artist I could paint that picture today from memory. "Mr. Harris'' could have passed for any age from 18 to 30. He was a chunky-built, red-headed, frecklefaced youiig man, apparently weigh ing around ISO pounds and had started to travel on looks would n er have got beyond his front gi But the most noticeable thing: ab "Mr. Harris" was his clothes and tl fit, or rather their misfit. They w of homespun jeans, the wool sj just as sheared from a black-grej sheep. I should judge from their that the tailor spread out the cloth the floor, laid Harris on it and t proceeded to cut out the garnit j with a dull knife. The pants en ; just above the shoe tops, and i1 needless to add that the pressing c was an unknown institution where ' gentleman came from. And let just here add that after Harris be; to wear "store clothes" they alw looked as if they were thrown on ] with a pitcniorK. 1 never Kiiev man further remoyed from a di or a Beau Brummell than Joe Har After shaking hands around ; Mr. Estill had escorted Harris do1 stairs I turned to Colonel Thomp and asked: "What species of critter was t Mr. Estill brought up?" "Why, Gantt," was the re] "that's our new news editor and name is Harris." "How did the boss catch him, i] fish-trap or net. Can it talk?" a my next query. "He certainly has an ungainly pearance," remarked the Cold] "but we have been watching his tides and he will surprise you. till got him from a paper at Forsj His work will be to paragraph state news." The next night, when Harris' e< came up, I knew that our paper ] a rare genius in its paragrapher. ] ery line was bristling with humor i as pointed as a needle. Harris 'wr Q Vion/^ dn-mc: HVP ^nnnemlate. DU a AiMAAV* ^ , J r ? tuated and every i dotted an I crossed. I Harris and I worked together I some seven years on the Savani | News and our friendship was unbr I en to his death. | Joe Harris was the most unassi i ing, yea, modest man I ever kn [This characteristic made him app , unsocial to strangers, but witft con nial friends he would unlimber h self and it was indeed a rare treat spend an evening in his compa Harris was never much of a talk preferring to sit back and leave t to others; but occasionally he wo put in a word or witticism, and wh ever he said was always germain the point or brimful of humor. A Joe Harris never penned a line spoke a word but it was worth re ing or .hearing. He was loyalty self to his friends and they w bound to him with links of steel. No famous man ever cared so lii for public applause as Joel Chand Harris. He would hide from adn ers hunting him up and Harris ne made a public speech in his life. opq^Vi nave uccu au ^ui/nv 5?vti ings and banquets when the ro would be ringing with calls for "H ris! Harris! Harris!" But Joe wo | smile find shake his head and if calls were too persistent he wo slip away and disappear. While in Savannah he met and m ried a Canadian lady, daughter o: sea captain, and his family life >1 as beautiful asi his social life. A c derer or more devoted husband i father could not be. As the years rolled by Grady t ployed Harris as editorial writer the Atlanta Constitution and I nrv\xrn??Y* tV>?> A tVi jnt Doilr R ner. It was at this time that Hai began to win fame as a literary w er. I do not think Joe Harris realk his talent until the world began applaud his productions and clamoi for more. i u?: TT i u:- niT? v> iitfii narris siarieu on 111s un Remus" stories he wrote me end ing copies of several he had prepar and, knowing my family had alwj been slave-owners, asked that I fresh my memory and send him the old negro folk lore stories tha could call to mind. My old bb nurse Tilda was pregnant with sup stition and. beintr of uure African scent, loaded my young mind \v such narratives as recited by Un Remus, and which we both firr believed. I sent Harris several pa; of these stories which he rewrote 2, published. It was thus that Hai collected material for his "Uncle 1 .inus," and but for his work one of most interesting recollections of * very days in tlie Old South woi have perished with emancipati And, furthermore, these Uncle 1 mus stories truly depict the kin< j relations existing between the S< I f U / w?-\ Alim o > / ) U 10 I < > \ rn 1 Iu11vT i 11 oiuvc-uvTiai auu uia lu^yai o dependent blacks. When Joe Harris died there pas: away a pure-minded, golden-hear gentleman, whose mission in life \ to brighten and cheer the woi Peace to his ashes. THE NEWBERRY CONFERENCE OF Ic L. B. Bates, M. 1). Feeling in a reminiscent mocd ' " I be night I will venture to <xl.i a little to Jt iev- the very enjoyable contiifcution of I ate. .my old friend, 0. M. Buzhardr, in jf out | reference to the very delightful ses-jl. ~ A l- -Tajic r'an 1 .'in !I V) lyil'iSIOII Ol Lllit't vtri^ i.iiiiuuo vviiiv iuui I ere | Conference in the good old town of j c pun :Newberry, endeared tc my heart by sc. ;1 ;ish; many tender memories and joyous ? fit associations. I am glad also that Dr. 1 . on jWillson has supplied some of the p henjmissing links of 0. M. Buzhardt's i ec- i i jnts' ollections. This was the rirst confer-'c (led, er.ce I ever attended.. I had often ("v L is fancied how it would be, with per-1} lub .haps an exaggerated sense of <nve and |c the jreverence predominating. I also hadjt me a vision of the dignity and statesmin-! i ^anlike bearing of the Hous * and Senate a ays;of the State Legislature Needless11 iiim.'to say, the Confer2nce met my high j / a |expectations while the latter was a's 1 f]nn!rlA<] SI I o Q r\ T> tl t m r> n t H nv vivid- ! 1 UUC UCLIUCU UU|J ?? v. .. .. I _ ris.'ly I recall the noble featuies of the ) 1: and i venearable Bishop Wi-^htman as he t ivn- presided so gently, s"> lovingly, and it son : yet so firmly over that splendid body , e j of consecrated men. k was in tht t hat golden das .when the South Carolina t i'Conference lived up to the letter audit >ly, ] the spirit of the unique name it hadjc "TU,. 't nis 'WOXJ U1 UClllg i !1?T ifvtv, Conference" of all Southern Metho- c n a jdism on account of the uni\v and love 1 vaS;and peace and har n >ny exhibited in \ ; all their deliberations?>1 the deport-jr Q? ment of each member to Its brother i ( Cl P~ ; j always and especially in debate. A | ' spirit of unity, love, sdi-saeriiiee ar:d i Vc an entire consecration t-> Christ and FiS" t I ^ loyal devotion to the itinerancy char- j 1 th'e' | acterized the body ns .1 whole. Have s ithpv sustained this velvet character to it jthis day? Has there beon entire ab-!s ^'senee of heat, of acrimony in debate?,v ^ i Has love for the Gospel of Christ, and ' r ^ ! love for each other inspired their ihearts and moulded their <onduct at r ote. all times? Have there been no bickerings, no heart burnings, no unseem- j ly strivings for the best appointments, J ri ^ no unholy scramble to obtain prosid- ( ing elderships, or the high connec-:v ^ tional positions of the church? 1,1 make no charges. I 'hope the South ' 1: | Carolina Conference still deserves and ; 3 ! bears this name as a precious jewel in ! ew. i. : ; its crown. i r ear! . ge_ j I also well remember Bishop Will-[ ;ni_;Son as he appeared in the pulpit SunT | t0!day night. He was tall, spare built,:'J ny |.with long flowing beard. He was of I ,er a most commanding $ presence. He|v ^a^|was very deliberate at the beginning 1; uld | ?f sermon* ^a(l a very P^as- t iatjant voice, with a most delightful j t J drawl but he' gradually warmed up 1: Ln(j and held that great congregation, |t or; mostly preachers, spell-bound as he! d a(j_ reached, step after step, height after j j?_ height, in describing the glories ofjli ere hdaven, till all of earth was forgotten a and in a grand climax he bore his en- s ttje tranced congregation up on the wings a jjer of inspired fancy and the swift pin- j t j ions of faith to the great white throne j where ihe redeemed sang in ever r v CI i We sweeter and sweeter strains the prais-j-v ier ! es of the Lamb. Brother H. C. p om ' Walker said it was the greatest ser-u mon he had ever heard. I am sure it i e arwas the greatest I ever heard. I have 'v ^e|heard great sermons since that ever v memorable occasion but none pierce, d ! u'd | . . ... . : i with their inspired imagination me a zenith of the New Jerusalem a.id re- J t ar- ; i ">1iq rplrwioc wV>ir?h pvp Vialh not d ? ^ | vcaicu i/iic i. ??<v? ? ~ ? ,djseen" as Bishop Willson did. Dr. jd McFerrin began his speech by saying d j that he had filled almost every po.si-( d tion in the Methodist church from'p junior preacher to presiding elder, j r That he had presided over district j is ^ conferences, in . the bishon'3 absence, j h but that the hardest thing he ever had , 0 an- & | ris 11 rit^d! Fire Insurance protects nol red I ness interest of the Count commerce in its modern pr cle | guards the home owner aga v/o- j ed', Why delay taking Insuran< ays j J. A. B ,t I, ick j er- i de- ] ' ~ ith j | 5! KOii VI ind | ? Pois 11 Id J on. | an Si iv at l '"J iviat:! Hid sed ~l Both in *Id.; I i !7S bummer J to o do was to eat a bishop's dinner. f le made such an earnest ple-i once i or the missionary came t'cat ten d*.!-1 ur bills floated down from the gallery j vnen he said, "Bishop this is raining: icwn grace." When givor his last ask t?? secure money to discharge the] ^reat debt on the Publishing House le said that his wife saiJ to lum. i 'Well, heretofore you have succeeded: n the many tasks of begging the j hurch has imposed on you, but you. vill be singing songs in ^lory before 1 <ou succeed in this one.' He was >ne of the most genial and lovable of: he great men of our Method'jm, and; n the evening of my life I cons'der it! l privilege to have seen and heard: )r. McFerrin at his best. j While the conference was in ses-! ion General Wade Hampton was ex-j remely ill from rhe amputation of lis leg. Prayer for his recovery on ; >ehalf of the conference was ofIVred! >y Rev. H. A. C. Walker with fervor, ) loquence and pathos. Gen. Hamp-i on was the governor and the idol of: he State and his death at that crisis j tf her affairs would have been a j rushing blow. The people were in! ears and many fervant prayers as ' ended to heaven lor nis restoration.; "Jews came, the next evening, that he vas better. When the conference] ose spontaneously and sang "Praise iod From Whom All Blessings Flow." Governor Hampton said that when n delirium this man, Rev. H. A. C. Valker, appeared at his bedside, and ooking most earnestly into his face aid, "Live Governor, live Governor," hat this vision recalled him to conciousness and rallied his fast ebbing '~ .-5 + l-vrv-f Viic o 1 r\air Knt cnyc i\AXi 1UI L't'^ CllIU LHO.U 1110 oivn V j ecovery began from that incident,! vhich was recorded in the Columbia >ress of that date. Another memorable event took >lace at that conference. The Wonan's Missionary Society of the South Carolina Conference was organized, with Mrs. Wi^htman. the wife of the I Sishop, as its first president. "What lath God wrought" since 1878 in. Methodism!. M3CTORS WILL SEE INTERESTING CASE ? (T< !"he State, 29th. Physicians here" today for the clinic trork under" the auspices of the Coumbia doctors will be shown one of i he few casfcs of xerodermis pigmen-1 osum ever-developed in South Caroina and on^of the 100 discovered in he United States since 1870 when the iisease nrstitoecame Known. The case in question is at the Co-' umbia hospital, a girl of 12 yeaTs of { ge having ^developed the disease: ome time agio. She has three brothers' nd sisters with the same malady, but j hey are not, in the Hospital. The little ?irl is being treated with adium by physicians and this workjj /ill be one of the most instructive arts of the program here today. Up! ntil 1910 only 70 cases of this dis- j ase had been reported to the medical /orld. The first case in Columbia /as in 1912 with a negro. The disease starts with freckles! nd a hardening of the skin all over j i- ? i? -i ? i ' u^^ ? ? ne uuuy. i ms imiueiung urcitna j own the tissues of the skin and sores. evelop. The first knowledge of the j isease was in 1870 when an Italian ootor discovered it. It is said to be j eculiar to certain people and may. un through an entire family, yet itj > not communicable. According to j ospital officials less than 100 cases f this dieease have so far been re < t only the immense busiry and makes possible 'oportion, but also safe inst destitution from fire. :e? . urton J eevil ?on d lines t stock || Bros. Co. Ill ? ported to the medical world. Noted phvsicians and surgeons I from Johns Hopkins may come here!' to see the case, it was said last night. j< i Worried About Doctor Among the patients of a certain! hospital there was a man who was disposed to take a dark view of his re-; covery. "Cheer up, old man," admonished : the youthful medico attached to the j ward in which the patient lay. "Your' symptoms are identical with those of j my UWII IUUI ycais a^u. i was just as ill as you are and look at me now." I The patient ran his eyes over the physician's stalwart frame, then shook , his head feebly and said: "Yes, hut what doctor did you have?" i I , The millenium in dress which worn- ' en seem to have as their goal will be j reached when gowns may be utilized as bathing suits. "The man worth while is the man i who can smile when everything goes| dead wrong," someone has aptly said.! A saleman friend of ours believes1 in the truth of this saying to ?uch an; extent, and is so bubbling over with good cheer and optimism, that h ; goes; about the country telling thos-j with | whom he corses into contact that lie i J. - 1 1 1. . 1 1 _ IT* 1 ' gets oruers every piace re cans. ^ nen ( TauTl Back ( New goo 3fi-incfi PfvrraJf* "> , 36-inch Sea Island, y 36-inch Pa jama Che< Best grade Demin .. 27-inch Red Star, bol L-j'.'1' Heavy Cheviots - LAD) Values up to $12.50, i f ' . Men's Hats Men's Work Shirts, a 1 lot Men's Dress Shi Men's Overalls Men's Work Shirts ... Men's Union Suits ... Ladies' Silk Hose Big lot Ginghams in 1 lot Corsets, special Paul! INVEST] unuc 1 IVSlVlJLi Here's wat you p* pounded annually: Rent ner month. $20.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 50.00 Now is the ideal ti you extremely low pr TV! U. iicwlh penned down closely for the exact j truth he admits, however, tha" uuite - - f+ ?-? U y. r. ??? J ryri* A lit" T? ^ Uicru tur ui ue i o cii\. v.ww x/vw % *. out," or words to that ; fiVct. ; A green brakeman was making his first trip up the Sierras. The traiD j was going up a very steep grade, and ; with unusual difficulty the engineer, succeeded in reaching the top. At 1837 ERSKINE Due W. EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS O it :? unwavering nuuci cuvc i< Thorough Courses: A. B., B. S., M. Literary Societ Intercollegiate Contests in letics Worthy Adequate Equipme Board in College Home Homes For Catalogue and Apj Erskine Due W< i a f l. And rom the i ds at lowe , 12 1 ................. * 1' ? ard :ks, special It IES' HATS AT A BAR< special at dandy at rts, while they last , / the little checks,. m A i L And nAn TI ir* 1 Hui\ i rin, i in a OF YOUF ly out in rent with intere In 10 Years. $3,353.28 5,429.92 5,868.24 6J06.56 8,383.20 me to save the different ices and service. srry Lumb< Newberry, S. C. 4 the station, looking out of his cab, the engineer saw the new brakeman and said with a sigh of relief: "I tell you what my lad, we had a hard job to get up here, didn't me?" "We certainly did," said the brakeman, "and if I hadn't put on the brakes, we'd have sliDDed back."? Science and Invention magazine. 1921 COLLEGE 3St, S. C. F CONTINUOUS SERVICE 5 Christian Character and 4< Scholarship , A., Pre-Medical, Special ies Emphasized. Debates, Oratory and Athof Comparison. nt and Endowment. at Cost. Price in Private Moderate. plication Blank Write to College ist, S. C. V erson uiarnci. st prices. ?| |5 Or* 1 Ofir' snrl 2S<? MV) -vv ? ? - t - vv ..." 19c :.... 25c $1.65 ....L. 12 l-2c ? * llx . - >. . jAIN "\ $1.98 98c up efrtV qj7c 50c 98c 98c 98c <50c ud i * f f ? f t ? * t ? ? w,w _ . m 98c*/ erson : FUTURE t OWN st at 6 per cent, comIn 15 Years' $ 5,921.52 8,882.28 ? m 1R9GR f> V jW WW w I 11,843.04 14,803.80 e, while we can give I er Co. 1 f t