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and
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' and
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DOTS FROM WILLIAMS.
Williams, Feb. 13.—If you will
allow me space ia your paper
will send you a few items from
this section.
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The High School is progressing
very nicely and everybody is
busy with their farms.
Among some of the visitors
here are:
Miss Ethel Odum, of Getsinger
is visiting Miss Josephine Robert
son of this place.
Mr. Joe Gan is of Walterboro
visited friends and relatives last
Saturday and Sunday, returning
home on Monday.
Miss Nellie Kinsey of Wil
liams is visiting her brother, Mr.
Charley Kinsey of Ehrhardt.
Miss Madge Ramsey spent
Saturday night with Miss Joseph
ine Robertson. *
Miss Leila Relish of Colleton
has been visiting Mies Rollye
Garris.
J. R. Padgett of Jacksonville,
Fla. has been visiting his father,
J. C. Padgett, who has been
tery ill but we are glad to say he
is some better.
If this escapes the waste bas
ket we will call again.
Two Violets.
these examinations. Any one
desiring to know the require
ments t>f the examination for
this position should write to this
former Kxaminer, and the desir
ed information will be given by
return mail. Address your let
ter as follows:
Fred Wannamaker,
Editor The Sun,
Orangeburg, S. C.
FINE GOVERNMENT JOBS.
Examinations will be held this
Spring in all parts of the South
for the position of Railway Pos
tal Clerk. These are well pay
ing jobs and the opportunity is
open to our young men to secure
them through eonrpetitive ex
aminations which are given by
the Civil Service Commission in
the various cities of the South.
The salaries rauge from 1800 to
$1000 a year.,
Fred Wannameker, who was
for 11 years a U. 8. Civil Service
Examiner, has opened at Orange-
bnrg, S. C., a school of correspon
dence to train young men for
LETTER FROM COLLETON BOY.
Nashville, Tenn. Feb. 13. Dear
Mr. Editor: If you have space in
your paper to publish a few lines
from one of your readers, though
far awav from home, I will be
glad to send them.
When I came outjhere last fall
I did not know that 1 would find
more than one or two South Car
olina boys in the Theological De
partment of the I'niversity, but
to my surpris*, I found seven
boys from the dear old Palmetto
State here preparing themselves
to be leaders in the Master’s
Cause. But the Theological stu
dents are not the only ones that
South Car lina has in Vander
bilt, for idle has eleven in the
other departments.
Mr. Editor, it is with great
pleasure that 1 look forward to
Saturday|morning when the Press
and Standard, comes and eagerly
read it over to get the news from
my dear old County. I did not
know that 1 loved old Colleton
as much as 1 do until 1 came
here.
With best wishes for you and
your readers, 1 am,
Yours truly,
Elzie Myers.
There are two things that will
send a man to hell by a shorter route
than anything else: selfishness * and
ingratitude.
cyjk.mvox9.xjk.,
i Tin kind Yin Han Ahtar
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The Army officers are eager
for a new PreSidentaJ deal feel
ing awnred that Mr; Taft has too
mueh consideration for the horse
JU> set them any gait for the
physicaleadnranoe testa.
By JAMLS A. EDGERTON.
ICopyrtsht. 1903. by AT’ortcan 1‘reM Asso
ciation.!
HERE is
nothing
more fastl-
nntlng than to
compare the lead
era of various
agea, except to
compare those
ages themselves,
it is not correct
to say that ••his
tory repeats It-
self.*’ Nothing in
nature or in hu
man progress Is
a repetition of
anything that has
ever been before.
Rather history
seems to advance
in a spiral, thus
going through
the same phases,
but ever in a
larger way. The
parallels resulting
are often star-
uncoLN THE LIUER- tllng. not only
atoo. between t bm e s.
but between men who were the chief
Qgures of those times.
Lincoln was so [tecullarly a child of
our American democracy, however,
that it U difficult to find his antetype.
The most obvious parallel to Lincoln
Is Moses. It is to l>e hoped that no-
IkhIv will be shocked by such a com
parison, and It is confidently believed
that nobody but a lip server will be.
There Is no character in all time that
will suffer any real hurt by being as
sociated with the name of Abraham
Lincoln.
The chief element in the fame of
both Moses and Lincoln is that of llb-
efrator. Each led an enslaved race
from bondage. The most notable
thing in the character of each was bis
meekness. Roth reached the place
from which he could view the prom
ised land, but neither was fated to
enter.
There are some points of resem
blance between the character of Lin
coln and that of Constantine, the first
Christian emperor. Both were gen
erous. mild and pure in private life.
Constantine himself was a sort of
Illierator, since he freed the early
Christians from the bloody persecu
tions that bad pursued them for 300
years. Not only so, but bis constant
cry was for union—union of the em
pire and union of ail Christian bodies
into one. Constantine, like Moses, was
a great lawgiver. He was an Intrepid
warrior, a strong executive and for
the larger part of bia life exercised
clemency and mercy. Unfortunately
two crimes stain bis last years. Ills
marriage was unhappy, and his wife
poisoned bis mind against his son by
another wffe. As a consequence this
son was put to death. Then, In a fit of
profound remorse. Constantine ordered 1 -
the death of his wife as a retribution.
In many aspects, however, he was the
greatest and best emperor of Rome.
His memory was not fairly treated by
the pagan writers.
This line of comparison could be
carried forward Indefinitely, but will
not be pursued further for the reason
that It may not be as interesting to the
reader as it la to the writer. Measur
ing one great soul by anotber helps ns
to gain a Juster estimate of both. It
also Increases oar love for their com
mon humanity. It shows us that po age
and no character are remote, but may
be Interpreted In tbe terms and types
of today. It illustrates one character
by anotber. re-euforces by resemblance
and brings into clearer relief by con
trasts. It shows ns that all humanity
Is one humanity, that all tbe past is
included in tbe present and that tbe
things we love about great men are
Immortal, for they are the same In
th«*ae of 1.000 or 3,000 years ago and
In those of our own time.
Uhe man who flrqgsees a lofty moun
tain does not realize Its majesty nor
proportions. It Is only after he studies
it from every angle, climbs over It.
lives with It and compares It to other
mountains tkgt he gains a just esti
mate. It is even so with Studying
groat souls, who are the mountain
peaks of history. We must see them
without and wrlthln. view them from
every angle, live with them, dream of
them and compare them with others
who have blessed or advanced tbe race
before we can come to appreciate tbelr
true slxe.
It Is only genuine greatness that can
•tand tbia process of Intimate study
and comparison with the highest stand
ards of tbe ages. Abraham Lincoln
dees not suffer by thla method of in
vestigation. Indeed. It bat enhances
his fine, strong, simple and high quali
ties. It la this which makes It certain
beyond question that he la a man for
ail time. His fame will wear. .He
spoke often of tbe slavery contest be
ing a “durable ftrnggle." likewise
area be made of durable staff. He Is
universal enoogh to measure to ail
men. He fta as lowly as tbs most lowly
and tall enough of soul to stand up
with tbe tallest He bas nothing to
■fear from comparison with Caesars or
asiata. with protests or mgf* There
was nothing falsa abont him, and all
real manhpod can hold np Its hsad un
abashed la tbe prmioBi of all other
real manhood. Unaela himself was a
great
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"OSE UKKATKU THA*
AIX THE RENT W1IX
LEAP yOKTH.”
Lincoln's Character—A
Summing Up
By JAMES A. EDGERTON
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(Copyright. 1909. by American Tree* A»»o-
ciatlon.J
ILLI AM II
HERNDONi
tolls it *tory I
of Lincoln that 1
reveals »t once |
the prophetic in
sight which at
tlmce stnrtles us
in his complex
character, h 1 s
aptness at illus
tration and the
method of bis
own selection for
leadership. It was
in 1859, when
war seemed pos
s 1 b 1 e. Herndon
feared In such a
crisis the lack of
a supremely great
lender. Lincoln
had faith in the
masses, faith
that they would
find their leader,
and to make
clear his mean
ing made use of
this figure:
“Go to the river bank with a coarse
sieve and fill it with gravel. After a
vigorous shaking you w ill observe that
tbe small pobMes and sand have sunk
from view and fallen to the ground.
The next larger In size, unahle to slip
between the wires, will still ho found
within the sieve. By thorough and
repeated shakings you will find that
of the pebbles still left in the sieve
the largest ones will have risen to the
top. Now.” he continued. “If. as you
say, war is inevitable and will shake
the country from center to circumfer
ence. you will find that the little men
will fall out of view In the shaking.
The masses will rest on some solid
foundation, and the big men will have
climbed to the top. Of these latter
one greater than all the rest will leap
forth armed and equipped—the jteo-
ple’s lender in tbe conflict.”
How perfectly the history of the war
bore out the prophecy, the leader
being himself! I'oor Herndon, like
others w ho lived too close to greatness,
did not recognize one of the immortals,
though rubbing elbows with him every
day.
My own view- of Lincoln I find in
peculiar harmony with that which has
grown up about him in tbs hearts of
the common people. From the begin
ning tbe masses bad a truer conception
of Lincolu's greatness than did the
leaders. I think tbe massrti have a
truer concept of him today than have
the leaders, the professed historians or
any other of the assumed superior
minds. Whenever a man fancies him
self better or wiser than tbe masses,
that moment be getq out of touch with
Abraham Lincoln. The plain people
he loved, and they loved him. There
was mutual understanding between
them. They were the ones who
brought him forward, who elected
him to office, who stood by him in all
bis trials, who held up bis hands, who
swore by him when others were
swearing at blm, wbo nominated and
elected him overwhelmingly for a sec
ond term, and that in spite of tbe
leaden In both parties, and who
grieved most profoundly for him In
death. These were bis real friends.
I would rather take their estimate of
him than that of tbe Pharisees and
hypocrites, the holter-than-tbous and
know-it-alls wbo profess to be more
competent to form judgments than
those they are pleased!, to call "the
mob.” Well, they can go on forming
their Judgments. But the verdict on
Abraham Lincoln that will live will
be made by the common people.
Briefly pat.- this verdict is that Lin
coln was a prophet sent of God to save
tbe Union and end slavery, and when
his work was done he was called home.
Despite the sneers of the so called
wise. I humbly announce that I am
convinced of the substantial correct
ness of this view. Being convinced. 1
would be less than honest if 1 did not
frankly say so^ Every new light on
tbe man, everY glimpse of his pure
and prophetic soul, adds to the convic
tion. The people are right They
knew blm all along. History will write
his epitaph as they have written it al
ready in their hearts, and it will con
sist of the essential thought here stated.
Back of his coarse exterior, of his
humble dress and ways, Lincoln eras
one of tbe whitest sweetest greatest
souls that have come to earth. He be
longed to the lowly, as do all tbe su
premely great He was correcTTn bis
life without uncbaritableness, of great
intellect without dogmatism, of tbe
deepest religion without formalism or
cant and with tbe finest idea of Justice
without harshness-or severity. Hs was
strong on every plane. In body, mind
and spirit yet his strength was em
ployed chiefly to protect and uplift the
wedk. He had a bulldog tenacity, yet
to others it appeared only in tbs guise
of unwearying patience. He was In
tbs thick of conflict all his Ufa, yet his
utterances era singularly free from
malicious statements concerning his
enemies. Hs had no extraneous helps
—not from blood, wealth, educe (Ida or
environment What be gained, hs dug
out of his books, out of the world and
oat of hlmoott Ho was mors than a
self mads man; hs was a
. and God-Made man who tofl
artificial thing about him.
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FROM BFRiea.
Berkley, East Cape Colony,
South Africa, Oct. 17, 1908^
The Rock Hill Buggy Co.,
Rock Hill, S, C.
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