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CARE OF LITTLE ONES t
AT CLINTON ORPHANAGE
Dr. W. P. .Jacobs, superintendent
of Thormvell orphanage, at
Clinton, lias prepared for the
press an interesting statement of*
the way in which the 265 children
are cared for at the orphanage.
There is much in the
statement that is worth while
knowing. Here are son particulars:
There are 265 children to be
wholly provided for, for 12
months in the year, and535 teachers
and officers and matrons and
foremen to be salaried; there are
25 or .'30 buildings to be kept in
repair and insured and improved.
1 he cost annually tor t he support ,
of the children is about $27,000. (
And for betterment and pro- ,
tection of property about $5,000.
This latter sum is provided for
by interest on a small endowment;
the former is provided for 1
wholly by voluntary contributions.
This $27,000 is not guaranteed
by the Presbyterian denomina- j
tion, under whose care this institution
is. No special or stated
collections are appointed by the
controlling synods for its sup- '
port. No agents are sent out into
the field to beg for money or
provisions. Every dollar of it
must come from voluntary collec- ,
tions in the churches and Sunday
schools at regular intervals
as the spirit moves them, and by
voluntary donations from individuals
as the Lord touches their '
hearts. Any business man will
see at once that this institution
ought, by all human conceptions,
to be in a constant state of panic.
This sum, coming always from
unexpected sources, and in answer
to prayers, as we believe, is
always sufficient fpr the needs of
the institution. Often for a hundred
days at a time each day's I
needs are provided for by the j
day's benefactions. No matter j
how strenuous the need, no i
method hut the printed page and
the prayer "give us this day our
daily bread" is ever used to meet
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cne situation. /vs ior tne cnu- (
dren, they never know of the
need. Under no circumstances
are their supplies cut short or
their wants overlooked. The
treasurer has never reported at
the year's end a deficit and hardly
ever a surplus. As with ancient
Israel, so with these children.
The supply of manna was enough
but no more.
New Deeding of Chili.ren Law.
When the recent habeas corpus i
proceedings for the possession j
of the children of b. R. Tillman, !
Jr., came up several hills were
introduced in the general assembly
to amend the old statute.
Since the bills were introduced
the supreme court has declared
the act unconstitutional and the |
legislation is perhaps unneces-:
sary, but the Legislature thought
it best to enact into statute law
the proposition to prevent the !
Kitnci uccuuiK ma uuuu awaj'
without the consent of the
mother. Here is the new statute
on the subject:
"Section 2689. The father of
any child or children under the
age of 21 years, and not married,
if the mother he dead or the
mother of any such child or
children, the father being dead,
whether such father or mother
be under the age of 21 years, or
of full age, may, by nis or her
deed, executed and recorded according
to law, or by his or her
last will and testament, made
and probated according to law,
dispose of the custody and tuition
*>f such child or children for and
during such time as he, she or
they, respectively, remain under
the age of 21 years, to any person
or persons in possession or
remainder. But no such deed
shall be valid unless signed by
both father and mother, if both
be living: Provided, That nothing
herein shall be construed to
abrogate, lesson or interfere with
ihe right and duty of a court of
competent jurisdiction at any
time, as heretofore, to transfer
and assign the custody of a child
for its best interest."
/ Perpetual Motion a Last?
A. T. Markwood, a veteran
railroad conductor, of Johnson
City, Tenn., claims to have solved
the problem of perpetual motion,
chimerical as that old problem
seems. Markwood recently gave
up his position on the Southern
railway with the belief that he
had solved the problem. He at
once employed an expert machinist,
and for weeks has been
working upon the ideas which he
had evolved. It is now related
by men who have been taken into
the confidence of tne inventor
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hat he has been successful, and ff
hat his machine, a unique and |
trange contrivance of brass and
iteel and other metals, has proved j
o be a self-propeller, which reluires
a strong governing apparatus
to prevent it gaining such
velocity as to actually destroy
tself. While the form of the
nachine is a secret except to a
rery few persons who have been |
aken into the commence ot tnej
nventor, it is said to be as large j
is an ordinary box car. A three
lays' test of it is said to have j
lemonstrated that it is a success, j
\t any rate, men of intelligence
n Johnson City, lawyers and j
wsiness men, have indicated]
:heir confidence by grabbing for;
stock in it at almost any price, |
ind it is now said that the stock, ,
valued at $100 a few days ago,;
L'oultl not be bought for twelve j
times that amount.
Mark wood claims that his invention
has solved the problem
of cheap power for operating j
machinery of all kinds. He and
his associates are elated over the
invention, notwithstanding that
science disputes the possibility
of such a thing, while in all ages
it has been looked upon as a
thing greatly to be desired, but
at the same time a vain dream.
Negro Painfully Injured.
Walter Edwards, a colored
laborer on the farm of W. H.
Windle, five miles north of town,
was painfully injured about the
face in an accident at Mr. Windie's
gin Saturday morning. Edwards
had packed a bale of
cotton and was in the act of releasing
the bale from the press
when the lever slipped from its
fastening and struck him on the
left side of the face, cutting a
gash that extended from the
forehead to the chin. Medical
attention was given the injured
man and there seems to be no |
doubt that he will recover from i
the injury.
Died at Age of 104.
Samuel Varnadore, Chester
county's oldest resident, died
at the home of his son, Adam
Varnadore, on Mrs. Hersha
Walker's plantation, three miles
west of Chester, Saturday morning
at 6 o'clock, his death being
due to general debility. Mr.
Varnadore was born in Fairfield
county, October 15, 1806, and
was. therefore, in his one
hundred and fourth year. For
the last few years his health had
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We are prepared
promptly for all kin<
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your local dealer, and
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Rock Hill,
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! Of Interest
I To Working
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It's a mitfh
in the bai
when you i
Better lay
or month a
receive 4 f
deposits in
LThe Savings Bauk u
W. B. Meacham, C
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Clothing, j|
Clothing. |
Our line of Men's
Spring and Summer |
Clothing 1
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is now ready for your
inspection.
We have all the latest
weaves and designs, in
prices ranging
From $10 Up.
We will take pleasure
in showing you through
the line whether you are
ready to buy or not.
A look will convince
you that we have the
right goods at the right
prices.
Let us show you.
Respectfully,
P. H. Stallings !
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
The following is the correct schedule
of the arrival of the Southern railway
passenger trains at Fort Mill. Trains
29 and 30 do not stop at this place except
upon flag:
NORTHBOUND.
No. 30 10:38 p. m.
No. 36_ 8:50 a. in.
No. 28 5:15 p. m.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. 29 4:00 a. m. I
No. 35 6:47 a. m. |
No. 27 5:15 p. m. I
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Materials I
Iron ? Steel p|
to fill your orders
Is of Building Ma>rices.
A large stock
and what we don't
ack, we can get out
at once.
No. 115, Rock Hill,
> V. B. Blankenship,
[ he will send them in.
g. Company, P
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Men I
ty good thing to have money
ik when dull times come or
ire out of work for any reason,
aside a few dollars every week
md be on the safe side. You'll
>er cent, interest on all your
our Savings Department.
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' A TWENTY D
The Savings Departmen
Bank will place $20.00 to
girl under sixteen years
the greatest number of \
"THE PEOPLES N
buDject to the following condi
1. No proper names shall be usee
2. Each word must appear in W<
3. "The Peoples National Bank" i
4. No word shall contain a letter
letter appears in "The Peoples Nationa
5. Each list when sent in must
therein.
6. The lists of words will be rece
first day the Bank occupies its new hui
nounced later.
7. This deposit of Twenty Dollai
other deposits in the Savings Departm*
it will draw interest at the rate of
pounded quarterly.
I The Peoples I
ROCK HILL, - 1
SAFE, SUCCES
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i When Buyi
There is much to {
*gs be said when it
||| comes to buying a
III buggy. Of course j
gag there are all kinds /\\
Si of buggies, but if it
lit is a Rock Hill Bug- VVjLa
p gy you can rest as|?5
sured that it is a good or
i careful as to the material w
that leaves their factory. F
higher in price but"?the w<
that is the thing to consider
iSS what they want. We still 1
also some nice driving horse
| FORT MILL
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OLLftR PRIZE. 1 I
t of The Peoples National 1
the credit of the boy or I v 1
of age, who will form 1
vords from the letters in I I
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tions:
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sbster's Dictionary.
may be counted as four words.
a greater number of times than the
1 Bank."
state the number of words contained
ived, and the deposit awarded on the
ilding, the date of which will be an:s
may be withdrawn at any time, as all
snt, but if left three months, or longer,
four per cent (4) per annum, comNational
Bank, J
SOUTH CAROLINA.
SFUL, SECURE. |
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hich goes into every vehicle jjj|j
lock Hill Buggies are k'a little
earing qualities are there, and
in buying a buggy. |||
lave left a few of the good ^
and mules we have been toll- Sg
u about. They are going to
1 and that right away, for stock |g|
lot stav Ion o1 in our atsililoa *??*
Our customers come from far
lear, for they know we have gg
lave some mighty fine mules, ?
s. See our stock before buying. |l|
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