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Friday, November 29, 1935
"thanksgiving
Today In tlx* one day not upurt by
tito president and the vurioun gover
nor'H lor tin- nation to puune and give
thanks to God for the bleHHltiKB re
eeived during 'be year. We hope tliut
the day will be spent an such and not
in rlotousuess We also hope that
- those wliu ko away on mo lo
the fields and HtreaniH for a day of
recreation will return wafely to the
homes and loved ones with no accl*
dents or tragedies to mar the occasion.
Thanksgiving 1h a in erica's oldest
Institution?a day set upurt in which
to glvo thanks lo a Divine Providence
for the measure of health, hupplucss
and material prosperity that has been
our portion during the year. To many
of us its significance Is lost. We fear
that only a small pen outage of our
people read the proclaiuittions of our
preside!)t and governor, and only a
few of those having read, ponder.
W'e have Infinitely more to be thankful
lor than did those who inaugural
ed the custom. On this Thanksgiving
day, while we are attending football
games, shooting In the woods or visiting
relatives and friends, let its not
forget to be truly thankful.
token of appreciation
On last Sunday morning the Men's
Bible class of the Methodist church
held its farewell meeting for the pastor
and the class teacher, Dr. C. F.
W'ltnberly, whom the Conference Is I
moving to Allendule.
Miles Montgomery, in a few well
chosen words, presented Dr. W'ltnberly
with a number of useful gifts from
the class in token of the appreciation
of tie members for the able teaching
be lias given the class and for Ills
limning work in building it up.
In addition to the great work Dr.
Wnnberly lias done in and for the
chuich. In- lias built up a large and
interested Moil's Bible class, and the
tin iabi-rs of one accord t xceetliiily regie!
Ins departure.
At the meeting Or W'iniberly spoke
feelingly of the association and of Ills
great i egret at the necessity for the
severance of the relations.
message of a little stamp
The Christinas season is heralded
throughout tin- land on Thanksgiv lug
day by. the ring of catling knife
against sharpening steel as savory vttpors
rise like incense from the lus
clous brown turkey It is traditional
during this period to count the blessings
the year lias brought and to plan
gifts that wijl bring joy to others as
tin- Christian world celebrates tin*
birth of the Christ Child. At this
time too. in the great human fellowship
that is the Christmas spirit, our
thoughts go out to those less fortunate
than ourselves.
The most striking messengers that
come to plead for our attention are
the little Christmas Seals This year
marks their twenty-ninth appearance
throughout the United States in tho
interest of tlie tuberculosis. The message
111e% bring, and to which it be
hooves all of us to give ear, is that
tuberculosis is still tins country s
greatest public health problem. It
? aiiscts To.nui) deaths annually, twice
as many as automobile accidents. It
is the greatest cause of death between
the aees ,,t' l., an,I I ? It causes ov< r I
a billion dollar.- economic loss ..oh
> ea r
I in- .National l ubeia ulosis \--?,< ialioii.
sponsor ??I the Christina-- scmI
campaign, points out that tin difli
cult y oi (oiubatiug tuberculosis liein
tin- i;iii that it is nut --inula? to
those fatal diseases whose names trip
so t a in 11 la rl> across our tongues
t>phoi,|. smallpox, diphtheria .,ml
pneumonia Fatal though these diseases
are. they all have the , einmoii
feautre of developing suddenly. and
within a brief tune achieving a crisis
that decides the case. Tuberculosis,
on the other hand, develops slowly
without any distinguishing symptoms
No tm-dicine litis yet been discovered
that will ? lire it. and the only known
method ot ( lire is the slow couvali so
nee of days spent resting* in bed
During its period of active, development
within the human body the
germ- of tuben miosis tire given otT I
through the nose and mouth They]
spti ;ul sib-iitly but with deadD not
uracy to others, and thus the >)rle
is to gun again
Christ nets Seats offer the oppor'un
ity to help others, to protcii oursolve*
and to spread the message of
g,,od will to men 11\ their appearance
on our Christmas beers. cards and
packages We heartily endorse the
spirit ot the statement. ' It takes
, l hristinas Seals to make it i hiistmas
mail '
The grand jury Investigating the
death of F.velyn Hoey. blonde blues
singer, at the country home ot Henry
11. Roger*. 111. on the night of September
11. has rendered an opinion
that the woman was a suicide.
Stories Of The
Long, Long Ago
Wi lier In old Lam aster Knicrpriso
Dt'ni'rlbi'H Village In IKT?o
In the Lancaster (enterprise of Doi*4*mli
*i* 2X, 1 Mi? was an article written
by an unonyipous wrlt?*r entitled
till) years ago' in which a picture
nl tin- town ut Lainaniii an il wan
In 18f?0 was given. The writer made
the following observations:
The ( hunges that take plane "as
time rolls its ceaseless course" often
steals upon us Imperceptibly ho thul
we take little note of them. I was
ruminating (us Hill Arp would say)
hut recently on the mutability of all
earthly things and especially Hie
changes thtti have taken plane In 1 Lancaster
during the' past fifty years.
In my revcrUio, the thought occurred
to me thai {?erhaps a pen picture of
Lancaster as It was fifty yeurs ago
would he of interest.
I came to Lancaster to make It my
home Itr What u boat of recollections
crowd upon me as I look
hack through the long vista of years.
Of those who madcTip our population
then not more than a score or more
are now living and of the many heads
of families only one unbroken pair
remains.
When I first came to Lancaster it
did not present a very ^(tractive picture
externally, there being hut one
house in th< town which could boast
of a lucent coat of paint. That was
tlie house of Jack Adams, now the
residence of our townsman, Dr. Mack
cy.
Hut though the houses looked a little
passe they were for the most part
comfortable within and sheltered
many noble men and women who dispensed
a cordial and generous hospitality
Indeed with all due deference
to society as it now exists, I must
insist that we had a social distinction
in those ante-bellum days that
does not attain under the present regime.
The middle wall of partition
v.as broken down during the war and
hus never been entirely adjusted.
doing hack half a century let us
take a stroll up Main street, starting
at the depot. Just beyond depot hill
Is the old common or "muster field"
as we called it then. Here the itlllltla
was reviewed once a year by the
governor or the Inspector general
(Jeneral muster was always a gala day |
in 1 Lancaster, men, women and chil |
dren turning out en masse. dinger j
cakes and cider wore greutly in evi !
deuce to nay nothing of stronger!
drink. Where the depot now stands [
the woodman's axe had made little!
if any Inroad upon the native forest '
Indeed Depot street was hut the high I
way leading in from Camden with j
forests on either side The monotony j
of our lives was not disturbed by j
steam whistles or rumbling trains,!
our only modi- of transportation lie i
nig hacks-that ran between Camden.
Charlotte and this place.
As we enter the village the lirst i
house on the left is a two story frame I
building This house was oecupied
by Dr Craig, during the time lit- was
.pastor of the 1 hesbylerian church and
I lien by Mr. Ijucry The next dwelling
its we proceed stands in the corner
of Mrs J. D. Wylie's yard, nearly
opposite ('apt. Witherspoon's and
stands hack a little way from the
street. This is a two story frame
building owned originally by a Mr
Abram Perry and sold by him to Col.
James llarvey Witherspoon. Col.
Witherspoon was ;t man of social and
political prominance in his day. He
came from Kingstree, S. to this
place while a young man, married the
only daughter of Capt. Isaac Dummm
Hi- was elected "ordinary and commissioner
in equity" which office he
held Tor lire.
The Witherspoon house at the time
of which I write was owned 1>> Dr
It L Crawford who occupdied it for
t? short time. He had just completed
his new and comfortable home
now occupied b\ Mrs. J. 1). Wyllel
w h?'it he responded to his country's
all and ga\?- his life a u tiling sat ri
tit to tin lost cause."
About whore Mr I. c Payseur's
building now -lands was Dr W> lie's
drug -tore or dorter s shop It had
none ot the a11 met i voness of our |?re
ttt drug stores Tln fe was no seda
bunita ins. no pictures adorning the
walls A -keh-ton hung in one cornet,
drugs were compounded by a
t1 * - 1 e niul mortar and pills were rolled
I > hand I ?r Wyhc came to Lani
i.-t-r irotii Clu ster in 1V5I and lo re
w t est led with disease and death tor
toi t y years
Where the Catawba house now
sta it-Is there was as is well remembered
a large three storied building
o< eupietl at the Mime of which I write
by the Magill brothers as a residence
and place of business.
Crossing the street the tirst house
on the right hand corner is tin old
ramshaekod affair, occupied at this
time b> Mr Mayer as a hotel This
building ami indeed the entire side
of the street up to the Davis corner
was owned h> Capt. McKenna. all of
them old dilapidated houses.
("apt McKenna was a prominent
business man of this place for many
years and owned more than one. third
of the village Capt McKenna was
mat ! ted three times and a daughter
by the tirst marriage was married to
Dr M it tag Cat McKenna was a
\cr\ devout catholic ? in fact he was
educated to be a priest, was a man
of Cue intelligence and served the
rontiiy as senator for several years
At Capt McKetinas death his estate
was valued at faio.nntt and there was
no will to he found After sometime
1.1.- ..11orne\ - in Char)*-ton informed
hi- naught* r. Mr.- Mittag. thai there
was a wtil deposited in their keeping
ami m tin- will his entire estate,
personal and real was bequeathed to
l.e intholic < hutch with an annuity of
fdty dollar- tor Mrs Mittag Mrs
Mittag at once filed intention of contesting
the will Five lawyers were
hired on each side and never have I
seen excitement run as high in Lancaster
as during the time of the McKenna
will trial ft was Lnther
against the Pope. Frank Green was
foreman of the jury and after a few
hours deliberation the jury brought
in a verdict in favor of Mrs. Mittag.
j There was great rejoicing. a banquet
! was held at the hotel and there were
! other deinonst rat ions. The < liureh <b
[rlared its intention to appeal but Mi>
Mittag acted very generously in rem
| promising. allowing the church so
; much and her self so much' The
; lawNors received the modest little sum
! of forty thousand dollars.
Where the Crawford drug store now
stands was the place of business o
, Mr. llasseltine who came here "frt n.
Massachusetts, lb- had a number
: partners during bis business car- r
At the time of the surrender llase
title Chaffee Were in business till T
! They did a vast amount of good i;.
i tarnishing supplies to men who wcr'trying
to get a start once attain
1 life after the war. Some failed to r>
| pa> them because they could not aiei
| others because tlfey would not Wine
j the firm of llasseltine and Chafte.
failed many shook their heads and
'said. "I told you so" Alas, such is
| human nature
j The court house stands just as r
did then except that it was surrounded
by a pailitig fence which was <lest
royed by the Yankees
Turning the corner the first house
we pass on the right is the home ot
Mr and Mrs. Hillings where they li\
i ed in quiet content for nearly titt\
[years The old blacksmith shop stands
'much as it did then Here Mr. Hillings
and Hilly (iarside beat an "anvil
| chorus" da> in an^l da\ out for inan>
jvears Hilly would sing from morn
ing till night Sometimes Mr Hillings
would tire of his singing and beat
his anvil loudly to drown out the
t singing. ?,
On the opposite corner lived obi
Joe Martin and bis twin granddaughters.
Me was a native of Hnclnnd
but liv? d lii r. tor man> >.',?r- lb
was a number one hoc and shoe
'maker The old n,ui had -/rue odd
fancies one of whi<h was to have his
coffin made several \ears before !)
'died He bad it plai ed under his bed
and e\i r> now and again be would
lie down m m to see. be said, if it
! was a comfortable tit as lie was growing
a little stout,
j Where Mr Haul Moore s home now
| stands there was an unbroken pine
forest Here we will rest 1 hope my
'reminiscences have not tired you
'Some day we may have another stroll
r - !
General News Notes
_
The state of Arkansas has launched
it light to collect more than $l,?>oo,ou"
in buck luxes from thirty-six fruteiii
Jul organizations.
| According to a Washington dispatch
, the D'iends of Heuutor William 10.
Borah will enter ills iiume in u number
of next yeurV presidential primaries,
unless they get a positive
"no" from the Idaho Republican.
Russell Hubbard pleaded guilty at
Wise, Va? on Wednuhduy to the murder
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray McCarthy.
He drew life. The bodies of the slain
couple were found near their home on
ilui ,. morning of November 1, after
Hubbard had played cards with them
the previous night.
"-The editor of the University of
North Curollnu student' publication,
asserts, and Duke University coaches
admit, the taking of movies of the
North Carolina University football
team at practice. The editor says
the procedure was "ungentleiuunly
and universally regarded as Illicit. . .
No respectable institution goes in for
sucb practice."
The United States supreme court
lias assured a ruling within the next
few months on the constitutionality of
the Bankheud cotton control act. The
Justices consented to pass upon Georgia's
claim that the federal government
exceeded its powers in attempting
to regulate cotton production
through ginning tuxes.
The Bridgeport, Conn., Bust says
that a Bridgeport doctor hus admitted
a "mercy killing" in North BroockflelU
Mass, 4H years ago. The paper quotes
the physician as saying he "never
once regretted" the uet and "if the
occasion arose ugain today" he would
"unhesitatingly commit another such
mercy killing."
A Denver lawyer and a retired executive
of tile Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey, told ttie Federal Trade
commission Wednesday, In Washington,
of a $.tr>U,u0u payment to F. G.
Monflls, allegedly to bring a reversal
of the Denver Host's opposition to
natural gas for Denver. Bontils is
dead how.
A balanced bu^p-t. direct Federal
subsidies to the meiVhunt marine and
additional reciprocal trade agreements
similar to the one with Canada, were
urged Wednesday, by the National
Foreign Trade Council, closing its
twenty-second annual convention in
Houston, Texas. The trade leaders
urged stabilization of foreign exchange
rates based on gold
The worst autumn storm to hit the
North Atlantic seaboard in nearly
j twenty years, left extreme damage,
j snow and ice Monday night over an
! area from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras.
I New York, New England, Fennsylvan|
ia and New Jersey bore the bruiiT-oT
storm violence. Whole towns were
flooded by high tides along the Ixmg
! Island and Jersey coasts.
Cornelius Roosevelt, grandson of the
I late President Theodore Roosevelt.
| was arrested at Cambridge, Mass..
I Wednesday night, with a companion,
after, police reported they shot a moj
torist with a weapon described as "an
i imphrted air rifle." John Barry, a
i Boston newspaper man, who was puss
! I tig. and Is said to have been shot by
j the boys, was not seriously hurt.
11 . - J 1 ,1^ f If ,1 Till I L J LU jU-l?i-L
95 OUT OF 100 ARE DEPENDENT
If you were to ask the financial
stains of ilit* uexl hundred men aged
i b~> or more, you uieel. you would flml,
if i hoy ro p rone it l the average, thut
j onl) IIve have independent incomes
I largo enough to live on deceuily without
working; that L'ts continue to work
for a living; that ?J7 are dopondenl
for their livelihood upon relatives,
friends or public charity.
10very one of these men started out
in life with high hopes, livery one
envisioned a self-sustaining, self-respeeling
old age, in which he could
retire on the savings he hud made
during his productive years, und enjoy
himself, without worry and with
out dependence on any person or institution.
Five of the hundred men achieved
that goal. Ninety-live failed lo reach
it.
These are fuels unpleasant as they
are, they will be fared by every person
of foresight and couruge who is
not > id too old to make the most of
tile lesson they Leach. There is no
royal road to old age independence
for most of us it can he reached only
by a plan whhh uses some of the
dolars we earn with comparative ease
now to < are for our needs and ambitions
when dollars come hard.?industrial
News Review.
COACH WINS PRAISE
Camden football supporters l*ive
doffed their hats to John Vllleplgue,
roach of the high school eleven. Although
the Camden hoys lost to Beaufort
in the lower state title contest
last week the fans in the Kershuw
county seat have not lost confidence
in their mentor.
Coach Vllleplgue has placed a number
of outstanding teams on the field
in the past ten years. In 1925 Camden'was
defeated by only one team,
Columbia high, which later won the
'state championship.
Since that time Camden has played
j in either the lower or upper state
| championship games. having been
changed from an upper state team to
a lower state team a couple years
ago. Five times the outfit has played
for the state title.-?Columbia Record.
An alleged German spy, Dr. Hermann
Gortz, has been arrested in London
and the arrest has thrown the
Lnglish press into hysterics.
A tornado struck the northern outskirts
of Pendleton, In Anderson county,
on TuoBday afternoon, and leveled
a patch about .r>()0 yards long, and
in that distance injured four persons
and completely destroyed four houses.
The worst injured were negroes, but
a collection'of negro teachers in one
house were not hurt, as ifte twister
took away the front porch. A liiiusy
frame barn ten feet from one demolished
house did not even lose a string
Le. The tornado lifted after its Hhort
and severe action and it wan accompanied
by a torrent of rain." It followed
the name path there as one in
April, 1924, which also hit Anderson.
The Red Cross promptly rendered aid
to victims of the one thin week.
President Roosevelt toftf the Nation
al Conference of Mayors in Washington,
that the Federal government
intends to continue relief whenever
necessary to prevent starvation.
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