The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, December 24, 1908, Image 4
V
tEST WE FOTSETl
CHRISTMAS AND HOME
W ^
can nation^ convention said In ItaTi
platform.
“We declare once more and wlth-|
out reservation for thf* enforcement
of the thirteenth, fourteenth and 1 \\‘K SIIOI'Llt M,\Ki: KACll OF
through the hours of the...day, dj^;
regafoinK'distance and the ol>#tacles
Senator Bacon Tells Why the ['fifteenth amendments* to the const!
, - I tutlon.” ^ '
South Will Remain The present complete enforcement
1 of the fifteenth amendment.'ns or
iginally designed hy the framers of
»■»■■■■ | It. wpuld still convert the South in-
TRUE TO
Til KM .MKMOIt.AKKK.
Ami Kindle in Souls Light
WTtt Stifne ■Iturtta?!!—mHt
nave said upon a former riccaslon
that thTTe, was never ii> all. hUtor,,
ful Fon*ver.
>
Which
tcirntt-
int**rvenlng. Old friendships are re
called. old affections revived, mem
ories rouse to gentle life. ~U fs"|ir Ti'dtly for Kacts.
the homes that th<* gr<irft holiday
is glorified 'and sacrificed and given
the humaif*association which firing
the .divine meaning so. .close to us.
ilonios cannot endufe and families
musT waiter. The young mothei
eriri'tmni? 1 ?;r>TtT7 m—the firelight
He Oaiis-Attention to the Fact That
the Efforts of the Republican Par
ty to Convert the
i blacker or fimre Infamous crime 1 The following beautiful j)r<>s.-
• I attempted against civlll/atlon than |MM , m 1r f r<> „ t - th» |>nn: of , Mb.!'
. I the efforPtvhii h thi‘ Republican par-1 .. , l,
1 r ■ i . .• ,. ci \\ lllams, lh*‘ accompl shed ed or of
ty made In tie* years succeeding th 1 ' 1
nth Into | olvlt~war to overthrow the rule and 1 1 h^Kh'hmond News-Leader, and who
- |M*.wer of-the Intelligence and virtu* [is well-knpwn In South Carolina
Another llaytl AVas Ik'feateff , ’* v I f) f the South, ^ml to place them un-
the IWmocf-atlc Party. • * der the enforced domluatlon of the
I utterly Ignorant and dehirsed In their
Senator A. O. Racon. of C.oorgln, midst. It was a crime against so-
a Iett<“r to the Savannah Press, | s |et.V and civilization, nnsurimssed.
WANTS HIM TO SPECIFY.
House of Representatives Calls on
tr
W
Washington, DejJr T7.—The House
of Rrepresentatives j,oday by unani
mpns vote, ado^ted^'a^icso 1 !*tlon re
questing Vhe president to 8jupi>ly it
with any evidence that may be In
his Dos.-eHsl(m~tifat will Justify th*j
'lie] li.itiy, -with Rs woft oIuoaU pnoieil
in
makes striking answers to the lu
Vltation. of the -Republican Code*-,
for tb»A Southern people to jo+ti'tb-
Republlcan party. Wq present be
low some extracts from Senator Rn
con**.letter. Re says;
iinef|iialed anil unprecedent'd In all
the ages to endeavor by legislative
eoaetineut- In take millions of black
men. the most inferior In bhwuLJind
jleveiopment nf th'* human race."TR
terly wanting In the fi equlpTHC-WErfor
It will do you good to read.lt:
*
Through many soul's the rever
beration s'of the U**i!s of the comim:
Christina!} will fall lu the faint and
mournful tones of a distant dirge
Hearts will be burdened by sorrow
not to fie define^ nor-welgliial but sij
heavy that no human strength may
lift It, will be darken d by clmds
WV have of late been advertlse*! 1 govcrulng f'.hemselves nr .others, and
which nolle can. see, but bringing
with them the blackness and chill of
--- --- - ... i ii i. i it ,| | a rit&rloM Win tor iqlhlnigbt. No
tiy RepubUcamk#hlgh and R.muhU-.Ua plane,Hi.-m in governnn:iitiil i»>w- ^ Ion(l]v
cans low. that It Is their purpose or .and control over the .white people J
to seduce the South from its alle- of the Smith a people of educatlfm;
glance to the Democratic party. I culture and refinement a people
which has kept faithful watch and who. not nifty 'by ftiT-lr own charac-
wnrd over its dearest Interests her. • attainme.nts^and achievements,
through fortV years, and^to convert, but by the character.-: aHnlnmenti*-
it to the party of governmental I and achievements of an ancestry of
thousand yars, Justlr ranked rs
“N
/
spoils for the favored few. the party
of absolutism and of centralization
of power,- the party of profligate ot-
tfavagance. and of oppressive tax
ation. And .this* fs to be accomplish
ed through the superior wisdom of
thesii high and/ low Republicans Is
pointings out v£o the p-ople of tb
South how m\ will be blessed b\
being taken
a political pa'
there was a possibility of success it:
their efforts, strove desperately tr>
destroy everything that was- wurtb
living for in the South. Th.> fH 1 *'
sumptuous claim that Re.pHblican-
pollcles and Republican rule are m
cess ary for the development--? f th.
South Is the veriest rot. Where Jn
all time has there ever-been such
development of the wealth and r -
soureps of a ''country as ther.e has
b*H‘n InN the South during the last
forty years of uninterrupted Demo
r.cratlc rule. Who that turtyi^' th*'
jiajrea that tell.,of thls_ womlrmts^IJ*
mocraTlc riile? Who
that turm
the pages that tell of this wondrous
wealth of many thousands of mlU
Hons of dollars, who that passes
through our fruitful land and view**
our cities and town, our broad fb'h!
with their white and golden harvests
no wild waste of
ocean wate rs so desolate tas Christ
mas time for the absent from honf*'
who have known Christmas times ax
home.
WandonT, outcast, strasger or ex-
lb*. each sight and sound of the sea
son is a new bitterness,. Ry mem-
less, mysterious tfanspriit-irtlons old
pleasures of past happiu'ess^becohi*'
present miseries. The fiiore intense,
the nearer perfect the joys one*'
known, the deeper and sorer is tlyi^
lack of them,. .LU.: more d-rearv th ■
recollection. The laughter of by
gone days is dead and silent, but
the ghosts of it come in the sighs
which mean more sorrojg. than any
others because nobody hears nor
heeds Xhem, the tears which sting
more than any others because they
do not find vent from the _eyos.
Each CJiristmas light v for these
strange a'nd lonesoriie heAHsythrows
a, darker shadow, th 0 voiers from
festal Ironies are mocking remind
ers of |*rJyption. the exulting fhrilN
ing of the Te Deum becomes an. in
coherent wail for th'* lost, and gone.
In every part of the civilized
world people are at homo er on iluur
way/* there for Chrlstmps./How
many kinds of people, how many dR-
-Ti c.r i i t i.i i,,.-.- 'i J f‘ rent circumstances and conditions
•Frightful, period In onr history. t
'that d.-ij.l past | ‘hey present and yet. how many of
them have, the same stories, hopes
against her bosom, knows that^ pres
ently, In the order of nature. It-
must grow up and go aw-ay from he*'.
When she^s./older gjid ItyORtT upon
hex brood slrtrfbegins to realize with
Jinking heart that the time, for
breaking the clrcleyand dispersing
its members is coming. Kach gen
eration the boys and girls grown
to men and wonren go forth, carry
ing with them .the teachings and
the memories, thoughts, principles,
standards a\d hopes 1 they have gath
er'd lii the. home.Vthe thousands of
remiujsconces of the Christina-*
times they have known He re. And
generation after generation the
hearts of all these at this time of
tb*' year turn back to the homes
and journey swiftly along the years
statement in his last annuirTmesSSf 1 *
^TTif'llHlfHi "to the atrltnde'Of mem*-
1 thousand yars,
a not Inferior _pafct- of the' foremo u
and most lllustrlons ■ race of all th*'
garth.
What the South Escaped.
i repejft t^haf If the South is no' ]
today-another llayli, It is beonns*‘'
•he R ftiiblican par.iF fulled In a-(1<‘-
nerat? 'effort to .make it so. An*l
e loving arms- of ^1 he RepnliH' ntv .party In Its lat.'s'
wTlh'h so long as I ntterahee says' that it is In favor of |
'he present enforcement of the flf
teetith'amendment, the chief agenev
bv which that (l*'gr<'datIon and de
struction of th*' South was attempt
/
ed.
*- T.et those forg*'t it who will, but
the men who fn that darkest dav of
heroic effort, and Unstinted sacrifice
thus saved the civilization of' the
South, nev** r will forget It: ami their
sons to. whom has bt'en bequeathed
• hat civilization J-|ms i*reset,y*tl never
•ihultl frtrget'.lt, u ~ t
I t;TW no'pleasure In recalling the
honalfs and animosities of th^f
gfitfu
:htto at
iH»Ts a
our, warehomiFs and barns burst ins
with the garnered cotton anil grain
our stores of merchandise and myr
I ml industries, can fully realize that.
Tht^sceim of preseht tnatvolAus de | p 'ffHlh. In r p. opb' n.uv wa ll say
would prefer that that ibajd pn
dtoubl remain dead, bitj wiien with
•he prombes of the reward of po
t|tlcal favor and pow* r. the peop!
of the-South are conjured to ally
'hemselves with th*' party, that thus
ought to destroy them, there |s pre
tented again the.tim," ^->r plain speak-, I
jrrg. ,When — the time ‘comes for a
"hance of politica 1 psrties • in th
ITT
.and expectations and will know the
same experiences' There are Hi*'
vrftfiig-nien and women, who are go-
Tngi home after their first indepen
dent flights Into the big world. Som >
of them carry had consciepc s. the
ili.'-mally oppressive sense of wrong
loney- opportunity waited, failure
—4jfa»tliii:— tlm-Htmini:. Otli.r- 1 '
velopment and abounding wealth
was forty years agt» but a bed of
derolatc ashes.
The Republicans mill the South.
The prime factor in the creation
of all this wealth has been the great
agricultural production of the South
which has overflowed into the^ro
motion and creation of all otheyin
du*! ties—ami agricultural prod tic
Hon of many hundreds of million'
of dollars each year, which while I
has entered most largely into^ th*
preservation of the balance of txad
for the whole country, hits had ^io
arslstance from the Republican pfrr
ty or Its policies, but hits depende
for Its gigantic success upon, tb*
rule of the Democratic, party In th
Sotit V‘ra States, pr- selving sctetTr
order, l^spriiig honest and econorn
Irnl Pi-t 1 yhw* ami protect
Ing all In the Tights of prbpertx
When the Democratic party In it
rule In the J&wfrfTiern Ijtates fitil'
in thi'se paliffcurirrs, it will be tint"
enough to listen to the presumplnoii*
offer of the Republican party te
undertake through Its policies and
guidance, the material developmeh’
of th‘e South.
The alluring contention that th
protective policy of the Republican
party Is necessary of the develop
ment of the enterprR'"s of the South
is plausible but fallc.ctpus. At th*
outset the propor-ition Is ni't by th'
fact that the largest ami most fin*'
portant part of the productive bus
Iness of the South Is that of ag
rlcultUre, in which, with a very
small exception. t'l'T'e can be ii"
aid from the operation of a prqtec
tlve tariff. On the contrary, under
that^system the agriculturists of the
South,- while compelled i*y- reason
of !Tie tarltr to pay TWcTprlces Tor
all tjhey c?mrTRil< w 'an(Pn'BF ffni*'!'.Himt
food supplies, must pf necessity sell,
their products of cot}*on, etc , tin
unprotected markets and at unpro
tected prices. And again, as to all
other enterprises which, could be ef
/feezed ’ by t,he tyirlff, A he simple' re
ply Is this:’ TJ^osa who advocate
the hAn,Aftts be derlifed from tlx'
protective tariff.base' their ’argu
ments ujidh the assnm^Uoifethat 't-h#-
alternathi 1 sf high jiro-
tective tariff on tn</' , oae hand, and
no tariff ar*all tin |t|he-oth/r hand
The enori^olis apijWibt of ■ revenue
which is neorssari' to sup-port this
government will always ‘?equin*' .i
.Ivlghor tariff than wd could wish, In
order to supply the revenue. No
one recognjzes that actual free trade
Is a. possibility. The revenue must
he raised and the tariff cannot b>
reduced below the point necessary
to raise-it.
Republican Contention.
The contention is urged* by Re
publicans, both high and low that
. the., dangers to ,the South growing
out of the reconstruction measures
having passed, th e re is no longer rea-
son why-Southern men should no:
become Republicans. - In otherwords,
the effort of the Republican party
to convert the South into anothe’-
Hayti having been defeated hy th
lemoeral
'Democratic party, there is no rea
son now, the danger being thus re
moved, why the South should not
ahandbn the Democratic party and
Join the Republican party. Indeed
a curlou*~loglc this! Especially 1j
it an interesting proposition when
it la recalled that the-last Republi-
*ho R iMihllcan* party.
. r 'Tiik<‘ anv shape but that!" -
The polihical HolfiTarity of th
Eolith does dot filing to it politics'
Isolation, as has beep suggested
The Democratic-”party is not a sec
'lonal party. The Southern D-mo
■'rats are In* political asso
‘‘latlqn with the Democrat* « f
he JJfN'iii'tb. who con.-tltute
•'^.ioittv In some of the Northern
*tat£s. and nearly "half of t he, vot
‘w In most of tli*> other Stat s of
*ho North The . Repuhliean part
's the Isolated, section ij , party.
' filch exists* onlv at the Nrrrlfi. an *
■'■filch practlcaRy fi i-* no ntemfi<'rshii*
if tin* .‘Joiltfi t'Xe i't to* hold ff'd.er'i'
’fflces aTi*l fnrnt'h Hlelegates to Hi*'
+at|onal Republican conventions
With some Republicans there doe
<ot Hem to fie a realization of the
'act that tfie Southern peopfi'>, in
'heir long and painful vigil of fdrtv
vears .have been InfiuerH'ed ami sm* ;
•ain d fiv a fiiglier purpose than that
•yhich animat * the spoilsman. For
'In* Republican, either at the North
or^jpouth. who believes in the prlun
•ile*! and poliiie* of the Republican
•tarty. 1 have no criticism further
'han for what I cone-ive to lie t’h 0
error of hi* political Judgment; but
'o the suggestion, now so • freelv
made, that those men of the Soe-tb
vho belii've in Hie principles of tb
''eniocratii' iiarty and wb6 reviTe i'
:':?vat past, should for fVolltical power
ytnd spoils (if ofhCe, abandon the*
•iTincIples and dishonor tb r ' self
•ijerificljig record of forfv vears, I
'vouid recall the example of th*
Master when he was 'hewn th*'
wealth and power of all* Httv.earth,
and was told that all should,.he his
’f fi*' would bow dow ii. tiiHh.it wdvicli
' etM ^ . - •
be -k tlew
Re;ipe<] a Rbii-llarvest. -
F«ke ,1’almlst |k<d)bed Those Who
‘ Took Ills AdvlceT
Atlanta. Dec, It!. The-•pwlioo-nf
'his city are anxious to locate "Pro
fessor" Fra’nk West, alias Prof. May.
alleged palmist, medium and reader
*k> c. . ' .
against whom charpp s of theft We r e
filed"'*tiT"sevcral persons, •
He isXtlleged to haw prevailed
upon his Kttbjects to hand over to
him articles of jeweJry, mom y, etc,
to hq placed In a bag fa+aenec
around their necks agd wotu until
■luch. time as he might ^irect.
Following West's disappearance
from the city tnis week several of
his subjects opened the "conjur '
hags, and, to their dismay, instead
nf finding the articles or cash which
they were led to believe the "Pro
fessor” placed therein, they
found wads of paper, etc.
Onq victim, '_J-cvi Armstrong,
claims that- he lost three- $100 hill;
TTr - This process, while Miss Jessie
Haley says that West robbed hey
of two diamond rings and a diamond
brooch valued :>f $200. Another
woman allege^ that West "treated
her at her residence, and as a re
sult a lot of silverware is missing.
■ire 'taking home triumphs over Ih-
Ho successes, looking - large now
destined to look pijifwl liml trival
when look (1 hack to a few yetin;
hence. "V —
Older -p 1 opl.e are ret itrnlng af♦ or
lung absences, hearts crowded with
*>1(1 retrospections horn .of renewed
thought, of once famljlan-places, fsr-
'■s and scenes. Some go Ji.ick !>ear-
en and bruised frorp/1he great battle
disconsolate and ne\jjxg the tend r
touch of friendly hands, bhe heal
ing balm of loving sympathy and
.•iiP' sfug coiccs. Others, victors on
liirgg. fields or small, an* going t*>
have the pleasure of . the winning
• weeti'ii* ii and hallowed .bv the g('T -
'•rou* affect ioii^., and adulation vye
find now lien* else as' nY home, per
haps. seeretly looking forward to
Hiking some*!ril'iite of the envv and
freshly devclopi'd honor of old *ac-
qualiilance. They are carrying honi*'
w etui ness to be, ref re- bed■ sor"
wounds to be soothed and bound up.
mournful stories of (fi^vats to m(*xt
'•on'solatjpn, 4*oastful .'(^counts oLvie
tories to be glorl* tl in.
' Some, arrogant and eager to di<
play their success, some ashamed
and seeking sfrcng'h anil com for*
many going '"because of the. pur*
strong yearlng o"f honest tpid H r !e.i*i
heart* for home and -home peop!
and tin* sharing wiHi tm pi ni:—t-h-
t’tiristmas impulse*- aud f-Alings
lie many thousands from every
luarter of the tyirth are bound for
homes jn overy part of it.. Poor pio
’•le Who have plncheil and acctimm
lat^lit He by Itttle are using Hteir
saving* that they .may bo once mort
in tb(' r simi»lc homes to which their
hearts have boon .turning nil the
months or years of absence/and th‘*
n h at *' r* t itrmjtg, to splendors and
RtwiilAs^.- moved to- the same - bcau-
‘‘H’til .and holx spirits.
For the other thousands who can-
_Hpt go home or -who have no home
to look to. Th re is the sadnes4 f
'lesolat ion. the vain. vtigtK' reaming
reviewing thf^Christmas recollect ion
from the earliest dim and xnurred
impeession of the child to thy, vivid
picture of yesterday,
The dwellings that .^heifer one
family after another, and around
which so many associations are gath
erer in so many' memories, present
ly d<*ca"y and fall in or are pulled
down and carried- away. The fami
lies scatter over the earth and-dis
appear and are forgotten in tip*
places that knew them. With the
building destroyed and the family
•H sheltered gone, the home yet UVes:
for .the home Is more than brick,
mortar' and timber or the. assem
blage of the'llwelbus-in. it. Tb.
spirit, the teachings, the impulses
ulre love and—memory make Its renli-
ti(tV and life and are illustrated and
-expr^sed in- -Uxe* and -.jeare'.^
tbrbinjtLall time and succeeding gen
err tibns.
Rccause tlx* Christmas time is the
most noted and r m.embercd of all
the year, because of its meaning t
all our i*ace and to each of us. it
i's Thoseit for planting the deep* s'
iind the most enduring impressions
which should be tfi** happiest, sw'-' t-
• st and brightest. Therefore,. with
natlence and self-sacrifice and love.'
with earnest purpose., with though'
for the Christmas seasons of th-*
future when we will not be her*
and nothing will remain of us but
tin* memories we makj for oifrselves.
•it Is th‘* part .of each of us to mak<
each Christmas memorable In th*
home. It is for ns to kindle in soul-
tights whirh~will shine radiant and
beautiful forever: tb-Mlll them with
musickwhi' h" will livq and sing, which
.. ill kMv. ll to swi'ct and solemn jubi-
hers -of congress toward approprla
Hons for the secret service of th
gavurnmeat. ■ Kollowing .is Ike fes
oluTlorr:
"Resolved. That the president fn
requested to' transmit to the House
any evidence upon which he bas«*d
his-statements that the-‘chief argu
mdnt Tn favdr of the provision was
that the congressmen did not them
selves wish,to be Investigated
secret service men,' ami also to
transmit ty the House any evidehc
■ottlKh'ting any niemlier of the Hous
of .Rt jircsurtatives of the 60th con
itess with ebrrupt action In his of
fictal capacity and to inform the
House whether he has'instituted pro
reedlngs’Tor the punishment of any
ttch Individual
reported any such alleged delinquen-
jatjon with every coming 'of tn
great festival: to beautify them
yvith ;t ffeet Inns, aspirations. asso
ciations and hopes. brillia'tRand un
fading. .• s'
CRIMES IN THE IMEDMONT.
BEATS THE RECORD Xbe
. » | smiled
Upon the Virgin and h£r Child;
ONE MAN FATHER OF FORTY- It spread Its, splendor like a crown
» Upon the roofs of Bethlehem town
ONE CHILDREN. (Oh. little tree! Oh. little tree!
j Why semest thou in agony?)
He Had three Wives and Is Now The shephex^s Ibicjing with, their
; v - sheep, -'^•.
Only
"ITT>f Newlxury t ViCnty.
by
Columbia, Dec. 19.—The Record,
of yesj^rday afternoon slated that
E^Uier Mayer, of Newberry county,
who is serving a sentence In the
penitentiary for complicity In the
burning of a barn, is the father
of forty-one children. The man has
practically lived in obscurity, and
the wonderful story Fame to light
ohjy my chance, and the world might
never have had the knowledge of
the nnusttal case of a prodlgonsram
Hy had not a reporter learned o f
the facts through a casual conver
satlon-as he passed through the Cap
itol grounds where Mayer Is work-
cies to the House of
tives.”
Rrepresnta-
T.AFT IS HEARTILY GREETED.
- . ' v T'’?*
Great Throng* Surge About.Him Up
on Hi* Arrival.
Augusta, Dec. 18.—;A vociferous
Georgia welcome, was extended to
President- lect Taft ou his arrival
here. The train shed was crowded
with people who ■che.ered—lustily as
Judge Taft appeared on the car-
platform. Official welcome was ex
tended him IfV a large committee.
Mrs. Taft *■ also was cheered by. the
croVd which surged a round the par
ty on its way through the station
rtr the waiting- automobile of Mr.
,'^nd M ns Thorne,, whbse house guesfs
the Tufts will be until Monday when
they will occupy the Terret cottage.
As the automobile moved" away a
company of Georgia's mounted mili
tia fell in 1. bind as an escort of
honor. .Taft acknowledged the dem
onstration* both at the station and
as he was driven through the citv
by faxing hi* hat and making i
plentiful - distribution of the “Taft
smile.’’ * *
s
VALUE OF OUR ('HOPS. .
ft fisppy Hireppr
JTq aLriilns, celestial, while their eyha
Saw choiringllieils of., Paradtsa._^l
"7T)h, little tree! Oh, little tree!
Dost thou behold a Cross to be?)
The honored ox'*n, mute with awe,
Peeped them from out their stalls
and saw
The wise men lay at Jesus t feet
Their unctuous oils and spices sweet,
(Oh, little tree! Oh. little tree!
The world that night won its
releruax -
From death through Him, the Prince
of Peace,
Who In the manger.lay at rest
Upon his happy mother’s breast.
(Oh, little tree! Oh, little tree!
Seems If thatr-Qne Is nailed on thee.)
V^hen Mayer began to give ^ few
facts about his llfe -and made the
astounding statement that he is the
father of nearly half a hundred
children, the reporter began to sit
up and take notice land a fewr 'word*
of inquiry brought forth ^io follow
ing remarkable facts: a
John Mayer, the hero of the story
Is forty-one years of age, and ha*
l.ved in NcVherry county—all hi*
life. •• Hi*—homo is In the country
No 7 township. IL' has taken^unto
himself as many as three wives,
which also adds another Interesting
feature tp his life., From the first
marriage Sifxhildron were born, t* n
sots of twins. Eighteen children re
sulted from the second union, the
number also being twins. The third
wif . who- ts^now living in~Ne.wlier.rx
county, is the mother of thirteen
children.
The children at birth were, all
normal in size and the youngesL~n
-Sue M. Best in Llpptncott’s.
Revised Estimate of Farm Products
for This A'ear.
* Washington, Dec, 15. j T^he pro-
Tkx* ihiurlijf important farip pro
ducts, according to the final revised
eumsf ancpR)
liow ver/'n
for intimacy autk-leVe and the rest-
LuJ.U(;_ss and Warmth of .home and
home (urrfes^nml firesides. No mat
ter. It mayTiA-fate .and it may . he
fau.lt. It may ho --cstrangemonH
weakness or wickedness, casual cir-
or deliberate' ehdiee,
may b<*, for all these
Hie Fbrilitmas must liring Hie sense
*)f lossand lacking v of bejpg exclud
ed, shirt out, apart and dejirlved^
banTstiled from the deare,*j[ glory and
tlie'sweets light of the time.
Most pitiful of all the homeless
are those who are homelss at home
who shut their hearts against love
.and tight, warmth and laughter, who
environ themselves with cold and
darkness, who look from behind
their barriers of selfishness, anger
or pride, chilling happines- who*-.,
they can, refusing, to share ip |t.
The outcast, ashamed, abandoned.’
despised, may look' vbth hopeless
wistfnlness from, the outside through
the. glowing windows at the cheer
within, but the loneliness and mis-,
cry are individual. Those who. be
ing part of t' f * home circle, spreard
Mistuv-aifomt-and res.ntm»'iits ihronp''
ll(.mi(id«* in the Up-Country Str
tll«* People.
Spartanburg, Decv lT>. - 1-ww-aW .
isg citizens, of this county and 4 seA-'
tion art* worked up over ;a
wave j(tf* ci4ine that. haHJatreijaff. f
•luring rife - last few (lays. I he rec
ord--since Friday night is tfirtw
homicides, one mjirderoti* assault
and robbery amt one stajlrblTig that
is likt'ly to prove fatal. • ^
Gi'orge Miiitz, whltfiT ha* bc -M fy'
rested, -wn • ( : bacp' of knocking Mr*
Sal I it'- Green, who lives at Camp
oIh.Ho. in the head with an axe and
robbing h*-r of $7.5. The oid lady
is not expected to live.
On Saturday night Dump Dorroh.
cohered. shot and killed Jess Leak,
also colored, at Switzer. Dorroh wav
arresfeW ,
On /! Saturday nighl Griff Palkx
ami a -colored-mait uafijed Kilgore
became Involved ft a quarrel iji
LauTXns county, jiutt. across —the
SpariiiiRuirg—WTe. Parks shot and
killed Kilgore.
Two white men. employed in'euV
'truction work on the Carolina
(Tinclifi Id amj Ohio, fell out about
• -syrue work aud one maft drew fiT*
knife AiniU’stffftlieiT* Hie'' bflfer Tt’.t-
in in red man ‘is expected to die.
On Saturday ttvo white men onf-
pluyed at Leonard & . Reek man's
ramp on the C. C. and O.. engag >1
in a ^quarrel and one killed the otn-
Mrs. Thomas, an aged lady of
this cit>, while walking* through
Spring street late on Saturday eyer-
ing after a shupping-Uuw^-was struck
down and robbed by a negro, wrho
tnade hir errapo, .—
. Collapse of Rridgc.
Mnrtiiifeburg, \V Vi., Dee. 17 _
Four persons were killed Wednesday
in the collapse of a span of the new
bridge across the Patomac* here.
£ . , ■
it, too felflish to keep to themselves
'he eohsequenees of their own w rong
are the worse and most wretched
of the e.nejmjes the home ran
Hearts go’home when bodrg^Can-
not. From far and nearjwe are si
lently railing to eWh^rffier, through
the- darkness oL-Ahe _ long nlgh.L
“Tuna?(■•'Tor Hk' drp.'irt IfiunT 'nf Ttg
ricultlire,’ announced today, was a*
follows:
f^orn, 2.(5(;8.651,fifi0 bushels; farm
value, $ 1.6 1 fi. 1 4.5,000.
Winter wheat. 4i*7,908,000 bush-
■1s; value. $410..'?:',0,000
Sjiring wheat, 226,694,000; $204,-
4 4 6.0ao; 4,
Oats, 807,1.56,000 bushels; $281.
1 7 1,00*1. . 1 '
—Harley,, 1 66,756,00ff*bushels, $92.
1 lT^'i'o.
Figures for other crops Included:
Ryi, 31,856,000 bushels, $23,
455,0(10. - 1
.Muck wheat, 1.5.874,000 bushels;
$ 1 2,004.000. • .
Flax se-d. 25,805,000 bushel'.,
$:10,.577.0"0.
Peas. 21,890,000 bushels;
7 71.009. * .
IVitatoesi 27 8,98:5,000;
039.000.
j [ta row Ann
000.,
TobScco,
$7.5.i;!0,(Ui'n
Iwiy. w Ighod 188 jHiunds at the .a^ 7
of 11 years, which I* another r0-
markable feaTtire of this wonderful
large faihilyTOf tftH4ren. ,
Mayer thought there wa* nothing
unusually Interesting in colm^*ction
with his life, so he never told the
president atmit It, or had his pic
ture printed in the papers at th**
time when Roosevelt'^ noted re
marks befo>o the woman's congress
.brought forth many stories ofjarg*
families to prove that the natTorTF
chief magistrate, was in error wher
he uttered his warning against Yac-*
sVileide. He tolls day by day with
At the Ktnble Door.
Awed by peraphlc strains' . ,
That stir and thrill the stlll^udean
- • plains, *=? ^
Lured hy the luster of a strange nel*
star, -
From alien lands and far.
To this lAwr stable door
Throng simple peasants,, wjzardl
learned In Fore;
Rich gifts of frairtrlucensc land nlyrfb
^ they bring — .—/l.—
To aid thctr wors-hrlplng::
For one rapt .moment's epacj*_
Their glances sw.-cp Hie shining st -
Y*. file-place;
.Nofe ’Uui lawxrnftyxa.and the 111texciL
stall,
Then, dazed and .blinded, fall.
duction in 19oS and farm value <> ?H»xh*' guard’s gun always In sights the
garb of a felon about him. a eon-
Fuor waking on tlieir sight
Has-burst a vision of celestial light
Where lies, encradled- In a manger
‘ ... dim.
The B»1k* of Bethlehem!
, - ' * *
Little they dream or know—
Shepherd and rage* in worship bend-
ed low— ^ ,
What fttxhs of pain these baby feet
muSCTrqad,
W.tiat crowns mlist, deck Its head!—
statit reminder of his violatio’i
?TgaTrr?rLTiTT15rMH7TT7VTTwsra1nTTi?ar7
ing his distinction in silence. *
_ . ^
WANTED TO GO TO HADES.
OfiT* white' nibh shot and killed
another over in Cherokee.- f
ATTEMPT ASSAULT.
On Young; Girl in Street? of New
York City. w ■
New York, Dec. 17.— A.” scene
more often enacted South 01 Mason
and Djxon’s li^ie occurred in Hafleju
Irt, I7bth street last night when a
nygro seized" fifteen-vear-old . Mitfhi.*;
Klqy an.d attempted to drag her in
to vacant lot. • The girl struggled
drew x
bravely and her screams
crowd. The negro fiend pursued bv
a mob, kut escaped. T-he girl - .-
ti-oat and arms were lacerated dur
ing the struggle.
$ L7 ,-
f 197,-
0.798.000 fon.?; $635,423
718,061,000 ' pounds:
AVill (Jet (iood Sum.
-—Washington, Dec. y,.—It has Ju-t
been iui 11 o,uncYcfn^y the Secretary .of
Tin. Interior that the State of South
Carolina Is entitled ta receive the
sum of $37>,ono from the government
for the promotion of schools v of ag-
’ieiiltur** and mechanical arts, under
th" Act of 1862.
— Goes Up for Life.
Jackson, Miss.*. Dec._J5.- Thomas
Bridsong. slayer of Dr. A. B. Fitts,
a prominent physician of Hazlehurs
today entered a plea of guilty In ac
cordancj' with an agreement between
counsel and was given a life sen
tence in the penitentfary-s- .
Another \'esse| Sighted.
The Hague, Dee. 15.-- It,-Is repryrr -
ed here that the Duteh w.arships, Jff*-
ernting on the roast of Venezueti
iixv.:- -. capturixl. anoHuir—Venezuelan
const guard vessel, known '■ as "23
do Mayo. The Mayo's crew, was
landed on the Venezuelan coast and
the vessel herself Is proceeding to
Curacao in charge of a prize crew.
. - l . . •- •,
“V.' ' •
— (Jen. Carwile Dead. ^ :
Edgefield, S. C.. !•*•: 17.- Major
General Thomas"'W'. Carwile, of this
place commander in chief of the
South Carolina division of the Con
federate- Veterans, died suddenly, at
hi* home, this afternoon at a bom !
And DouhtlesN ||e (;,,t Hi* Want
Supplied.
Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 17. Henry
negro, who was hanged
Ingham, N. C., foday for
refus*:?} the attentions of the
Tlnlsters who approached him thl*
morning to wdminister spiritual com
fort. telling them that he d* sired
to go to hell for a special puropse.
Hn the march to the gallows a
/fHcketl fiew over the heads of the
party and the condemned man ex-
daiitK*^, laughingly: "Somebody
(afeh Hiat chiekjji.’’ Harvey’s crlm*>
was the slaving of Hugh Prl^x*. plso
colored, at RocJHnglmi!) last summer
Mirth th - dereased gnd hts—rmiTders
were from Roanoke. Virginia. •
Not theirs to pierce therlft^
Of our years- where grim (roljmtha's
' crosses lift;
To tonow this Babe of Bethlehem
must he
The Christ oh Calvary!
ttM'tiin—ft- r -tlre»»r.
The Little Boy's Baby Prayer.
Dear dftxl, I need You awful bad;
I don’t know what to do;
My papa's cross,, aly. mamma's sick;
I haln't no fren‘. hut You.
Them keerless angels went an 5 bring.
'Slid of the boy I ast,
A weenchy, teenehy baby glH. o,
r 1 don't see how they dast!
Say, God, I wish 't You't take her
hack.
She's just as good as new;
W^ofv’t ho one know she's seeon’-
hand, * _ " < '
Bait 'copin' me an' Yon;
An pick a hoy, dear God, Yourself,
The nicest In Yor fold;
But please don't choose miRe so
4. %
young. •—-
I'd like him 5 years old.
- X —Lipptnr’nH*s.
Can You B«*Ht ft?
He held.’her little'band in hi* -
She waited for the quesTftvff;
And do you know, the darn fool
talked
About his indigestion!
CLASSinED COLUMN"
Cnhlmge Plants, .garden plants,
grown-in the open air. will stand
the -coldest zweather. Fric *, one
to four ’honsand, $ 15fi; four to
nltii* thousand, $1.2.5. nim^ thous
and. $1 per thousKuid. We have
opeclal ex(»res3 rat.? Write us
for our agent'ii^iitji tit and propo
sition. N. H.’ ‘Miltcfi Co . Meg-
getts, S. C.. the largest truck farm
in the world. *
Nf
Wanted to Buy—Five hundred to
one thousand bushels mixed da*
•peas; must be free, from -Whip-
-poorwills ond speckled peas; will
give highest market price l M.
Pearlstlne t Rons. 201-203 East
May street. Charleston, 8. C.
WanUxl—Men andf' women w ho earn
less than $25 per week to become
chiropodists; easy, profitable
. work Booklet ~ free. Rochester
Sclu^ol of Chiropody-- Rochester,
N Y.
" 1 " ” ■■■ ■ —
Vegetable PluntK—Cabbage, hettuei,
Bermuda Onion, Tomato, Peppe-
Egg Plant and Sweet potato; the
finest in the South. Catalogue
free T. K. Godfiey, Waldo, Fla.
'Farms For*Sale—I/irge list of farms
for PTfleYrn different sections of
the country; also owner's name.
Free for the asking. T M. Mohs,
Ixick iBox 82'. Calhoun, Ga. .
ir--..
f
Southern SiAiEa -SuIply Comi'
XHY
Mochj^ie r y B|| SuppIjes
Rlurnbjnfl ^Supplies
PHONE 104. .
COLUMBIA. S C
o'clock'.
Want Editors Known.
Washington. Dec. 15.—With th**
view of letting the public know what
influences opeTate upon it throtydi
the* press. Representative Cooper
of Texas, today jntrodueed a bill to
exclude newspapers ajyd magazfni's
from the "mails unless the names of
War Declared.
Washington, Dec. l7.-r A dispatcji
lias Iron received at the-state de
partment from Patfton Hi,thin, sec
retary oWegaiion at Bogtoa. Colum-
bia. in which jt is stated that Ven-
ezuela has declared war ggainsb H d
land.
1h Q owner ajwKertitor or officers,- d:-
rectorsxTu stock holdersype printed
oiv>r<Mront page.
There's nothing makes a. irirL's
father 50 suspicious if a man is try
to be able to support br-r.
KiHerJ by Kick.
Atlanta. Cn —While playing and
chasing a nmle/about bis/father's
lot little Kirby E.»‘on, of.College
CUES
“UTTIE
CUNT
PLANER, MATCHER AND MOULDER.
Will l>l•nl» up to l*ln<-iu>« in width, «nd up tot
.. Infhp« In thtfkiyh*. rnrwttilrd tnr mntchlne «n*l
UKiUiafag la nwall pldaliii inliUi mrrrt
?V^50IT %4S 10 OrtO JW'I* v
' . ft I 1 (4 f ('T-tr•.M I ' I 1 *> .6a» i« a ^ ^ T . ..« 94
^ w w xwxwtv n*r,
i tlitl ft>ru» a atff I r\l mtfer bead. Tiuffpfd. Acfu-
i»t*'»ctl<)n. Fiiuant luftbblttlnr. Mnrulnp thoroujrhly
'-**'*-*t hofopw whipping For fnrth-r I-*'rHr’i!»r, write
OIBBKS UAtailNEUY COM CAN Y,
Rrllrrs of "Gib.••-•Ou Aran teed Marblnrry,” All kind*
Boj UPS CotcftOtA, 8. &
Next j
-Week!
Watch
—Tbis-
Space.. ®
Park, was kicked to d f ath in his
s?omacn.'“' ^ _ —
THE ONLY HOUSE IN COLUMBIA
the —5
'‘Original Genuine Gandy Belt”
Carrying also Rubber and Leather Belt.
Write un for prices on anything in Machinery Supply Line
Ing to marry as for the fellow npi^TlXIa^ escaped with a gum said ^ SUPPLY COMPANY
Blew Up Bank Safe.
MeAlester," Okla,, Dec. 15.—Roo-
bers t,oday dynamited the safe of tin
Flfst* National" Bank of Eufala,
to be-$2,700. .
823.We»t Gervia^Street,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
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