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t-4 * . * f WESTMINSTER ABBEY PALUXti INTO. DECAY. Westminster Abbey Is In danger, la England rises the cry to save the fanious structure from a condition described as "a desperate state of things," and the plea is made to the 10^ English speaking world for funds for the repair and maintenance of this shrine of which it stands in utmost need. A sum of $1,260,000 Is set as the minimum amount required to check the ravages of time and preserve the historic abbey frym further decay, to restore. In so far as in jy?s?lblc the enduring glory that is peculiarly its own. That the condition of the abbey merits serious attention is indicated by the appearance of a special Westminster Abbey appeal number of the London Times, in which the needs of the abbey are set forth. "Westminster is the history of our race set in stone," says The Times. "It Is the symbol of our beliefs and our hopes. It bears the impress of all our varying moods, seen through the shifting lights and shadows of a thousand crowded years. There are garnered all the fruits of our great past; there the causes of the present anil the seeds of the future. To meditate that marvelous story Is overwhelming; each mind will find in it what that mind brings to It, but none can consider It there, compassed round by the appeals through sight and touch of that grand silent chronicle without a deepening feeling of awe. a keener perception of possibilities. an outlook wider and more enlarged. a quickened consciousness of duty, un awe-stricken sense of how unsearchable are the ways of God to mnn. "The abbey has an authentic history of wcllnlgh a thousand years. What mind at the beginning of any one of these ten centuries could have Imagined the changes that were to come before Its close? To us who look back It seems almost Inconceivable how somoof them have happened. Beneath this roof the story Is around us which tells how the distracted kingdom, weakly ruled hy the saint who reared his church In the swamps of Thorney island, a kingdom which bad Just thrown off the yoke of one foreign conqueror and was about to fall under the sway of another, grew to be the fruitful mother of mighty peoples beyond unlmaglned seas, and to carry to the remotest regions of the old world and of the new the religion and the laws, the manners, the habits, the letters and the arts, the Ideals and the aspirations she herself developed under the gunrdian shadow of these walls. "There is no work of human hands with a story which can compare with this in the richness of its variety. In the sweep of Its grandeur. In the he role splendor of Its chief actors. In Its tragedies nnd Its glories. In its admixture of public virtue with human frailties, follies nnd weaknesses. In It*; astonishing vicissitudes and In its continuity. more wondrous still. It is no history of a dynasty or of a kingdom that speaks here. It Is the history of a race In every branch of human ac t:\lty, told generation after generatlon by the hands that, through Rood days and through evil, carried and handed down the torch. "There is scarce a tlehl of thought or of action, scarce a department of science or a branch of art. which is hot represented, and gloriously represented In these bounds. It ig this largeness and universality which are unique in the abbey. In other lnnds splendid sepulchres have been set apart as the Inst resting places of emperors and kings. Famous states have gathered beneath one roof all that was most renowned for valor and for public service, for learning and for genius among their cltiaens. Hut the glories and the deaths of princes, fortunate and trngic. who lie In 'this acre sown with royal seed.' are but a thread?albeit a thread of gold?running through the web of endless memories and endless hopes . that a high Providence and many years hnd woven, and are still weaving. nhout this center of all that is spiritual and all that is immortal in our national life. "The story is all-embracing, unbroken. widening down from Hastings to the Oreat war. from the Saxon Witan and the king's council to the parliaments of the empire and. not less truly if less directly, to the Congress of the United States. "The choice made by William the f nquernr of the abbey as the place i.t his cpronatkon was decisive of its destiny. From that Christmas day lOfif, until now everv crowned klnir and every queen regnant in the long line of English sovereigns has been nnointed and acclaimed on the same spot. Since Edward I brought the mystic stone of Scone from Scotland each of them has sat in the oaken chair in which the great Plantagenet encased it. Cromwell himself did not choose wholly to hreak with that august tradition. He could not venture to be crowned In the abbey, but. wltb that true instinct for some of the drepest feelings of English hearts thnt wns his. 'his highness the Eord Protector' ordained that in the scarce less venerable hall he should be installed in the appointed seat of kings. "A wise policy, doubtless, led the conqueror to assume the crown of Kngland In the church and before the tomb of her last Saxon king, and the same consideration weighed with his first successor. "There Flliznheth and Mary rest in the same tomh, There are the graves o' Mary Queen of Scots, of the statesmen who determined her death and of the judge who spoke her doom. And there, more eloquent than any monument, a plain slab marks the vault from which the moldering remains of tho great Oliver were torn. t<i be gibbeted and to be buried at the gallows foot. "Westminster is no Valhalla established by ordinance and decree. The shrine of the royal saint predetermined It to be the burial place of kings: the companions and the servants of kings were laid near the graves of their royal masters: greatness in the stute drew to Itself greutncss in the other walks of life. "We must pass from the wonderful church, feebly and slightly as we have outlined a few of its principal features, to the monastery Inseparably interwoven with Its foundation and Ita growth. Here we must be briefer still, for In the amplitude of its associations the history of the monastery exceeds that of the abbey. What a place in the life of the race is Ailed by the Jerusalem chamber ? the chamber where Henry IV died. Here tat the assembly of divines. From the Jerusalem chamber Issued the confession of faith and the longei* and shorter catechisms, which still hold the minds of millions on both sides of the Atlantic. Thither was summoneo the convocation which revised the prayer book of 1661. "The Jerusalem chamber was the tcene of these great events for the most prosaic of reasons. The king was taken to die there, and the divines and prelates! sat there, because it was the only convenient room which had a fireplace. The incomparable chapter house, as the chronicler justly calls It, nobler and more impressive in its austere and simple beauty than all the carved and fretted loveliness of the Tudor chapel, was the Arst place in which the commons of England met as a separate body. "In the Gatehouse, where Raleigh lasseil with a marvelous cheerfulness the night before his execution, Eliot irwf 1-Vttmtirlon vvor ?? tn o v til n tn tVioir vindication of the privileges of the commons and the rights of the subject. Lovelace wrote his manly and beautiful 'Stone walls do not a prison make' while confined there, and Pepyg and the stout non-Juror Collier were detained'In the same place of captivity. "More traffic are the memories of the sanctuary where Edward V was born, and where the Duke of York was torn from his weeping mother's arms to he murdered with him in the Tower. "We have tried no more than to trace some of the chief figures and to Indicate faintly the general coloring of the Immense tapestry of which the uhhey haa been for n thousand years, and Is today the center and the life, a living tapestry, whose warp and woof are the minds and the souls of men. To one feature In the whole vast design the abbey is In n special manner consecrated. Alone of all the ruces of Christendom, the peoples of ltrltish blood have constantly preserved and publicly confessed the feeling that civil society is something more than human; that every commonwealth of men is In very truth also civltag del. In thin empire, and under forms less precise in the United States, it is still a living and quickening: force. With us. the abbey has ever been its center; the coronation rite Its symbol, its profession nnd its seal. "The abbey is in danger; that should be enough." NKWK ANI> V1KW8 Interesting Otmmciit and Current Notes (Vtrfibuled to The Times Hailes hiidge over Sugrar creek has at last been repaired and is in fine shape; In fact It is n splendid hridKC now. It will be remembered that this bridge and Its approach had been in dangerous condition for some time. Several accidents, some that proved futal and others costly nnd painful, have occurred there. The word "tragedies" would be a better term than "accident" in this case. The approach is now safe and If anything happens there now It will be an accident and not a tragedy. It was for lack of a little attention on the part of some one, that caused the tragic death of Mr. Anderson and the McNeely youth there. Frank Shah's mule iuickpo me uiikkv <>rr tne approach with his mother, wife and several children In the htiRRy. The mule ulso fell with the 1?urr>' hut did not happen to fall on the occupants of the buggy. Several were hurt but none seriously. The huRRy was a wreck. You Can't B Real Til ?seems to be the agi Chevrolet and Maxwel who have the new C Clincher Tire on their ri The I?c?k of Tube Perfect t< " FQ&TMnATOfgflJ Some time xo two other mules fell off at the same place and were killed. We need a road to the bridge now | almost as much as wo needed the bridge. I think Is the want road In the county to be a main road. I am sure that the business men of Fort Mill cannot afford to let this road remain aa It Is, for most od the business from the Pleasant Valley section comes over this road, and from another county at that. These people want to come to Fort Mill to do their business and we ought to appreciate their business and friendship the more for coming over from Lancaster county. The Pleasant Valley folk are anxious to help build this road from Bp lies' bridge to Fort Mill. Why not get a movement on foot to build the road and meet these people In their willingness to help build up the town I and community? We hnve often heard that old proverb "Kverv day will be Sunday by and by." Well. It seems that it has about come true, or Is coming true. The Jew and Adventlst take Saturday, the Protestants Sundnv some nier chants Monday, as Sundav is a "very busy day," Monday is their day of rest. We only need others to observe the other four days and every day will he Sunday. Why not have the police put up a sign to let the people know whnt day in America is supposed to be observed. You can't tell every time by the dress and looks of the people on the streets. The choir of St. John's Methodist | church is expected to meet at the church this evening at R o'clock. St. John's Sundav school and the Massey Sunday school came together Ir T ee Armstrong's grove Tuesday evening and en .loved a picnic. Dinner wns served Just before sunset and the table wns well fitted with good things to ent. After dinner 20 largo watermelon" were cut. There wns lemonade for nil. The two Sundav schools have nn enrollment of a little o* er 4 00. The picnic was arranged bv the entertainment committee of the Men's Rlhle class of St. John's, of uhlch T. F. I?ytlo is chairman, and the work wns well done. A protracted riveting will hegtn nt Philadelphia Methndtot church next Sunday night nt ?:4R o'clock and ...me uiruuiin int- miiowing WMK. The Rev. Ft. F. Morris of Columbia will assist the pastor and do the preaching during the meeting. The pphhc Ik l"vl*ed to ell the isprvlPM, which wIM he held nt 5 and 9 p. m. Ml?-s John Crook spent last week ?*l?h her sister, Mrs. Oarrison. In Pleevllle. N. C. The congregation of Philadelphia church has purchased new windows for the church and will add another cent of paint to the building as soon no some one can he found to do the work. Philadelnhia church ban taken on new life within the last year. W. Ft. B. Club Enrollment short. When the enrollment books of the Fort Mill F")emocratlc olub were closed Tuesday evening In compliance with the law .160 citizens of the town and township had qualified to vote p the August primary for State and county officers. The figures show a slight gain over the enrollment of two years ago, hut there are about 150 men in the community who have allowed the time to slip by since the hooks wore opened revernl weeks ago without registering and who will consequently have no voice In the s? lection of the officials who are to make and enforce the laws under which they munt live for the next two years. There hns been general apathy In politics this year in York county and It Is estimated that the total enrollment for the various cluhs of the county will not greatly exceed 3.000. Some years ago York county polled rearly 4,500 votes In the Democratic primary. eat *Em for *e Wear reed opinion of Ford, II owners around here loodyear All-Weather ims. y certainly must mean It better they've bought one of es U'm usually Just a a Mention until they've haek tor more tame for their other wheels. ew Goodyear Clincher ( r, better and stronger Ice to start one of your oar. ilea Motor Co. 'ORT MILL, S. C. E >n?tioodyemr Heavy Tourist romptL.*.s. SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE . EXAMINATION [ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA The examination for the award of i vacant scholarahips in the Univeraity of South Carolina and for admission of new students will be held at the County Courthouse on Friday, July 9, at 9 a m. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 9, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write tp President Currell for scholarship examination blanks. These blanks, properly filled out by the applicant, I should be filed with President Currell' by July 2. Scholarships are worth $100. free J tuition ana tees, total J168. The next! session will open September 15, 1920. For further information and catalogue, address President W. S. CURRELL, Columbia. S. C. ^ r-n-TTi DR. A. I OTT , I DENTIST Office hours, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. (Dr. Spratt's office) I Belli Building, Fort Mill, S. C. JOIN Join the throng o this store where C treatment a policy. ~ You will always possible price. Fort Mil G. | Why Ni I I A Vacant | YOU I NEEI NEEI WE I NEEI I = I Everytl I Fort M I FOR SALE?"FORI> CARS." New and Rebuilt. Also carry in stock Ford Roadster, Touring and Sport Bodies. 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