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tIFOY’S ORATION (Continued from ymgt 1) Q.* intelligent hand. Not only is this apirit of proaperity prevalent in the •outh ana in our state but here in our own town and county we see unmistakable evidence of rapid transitions from poverty to pros perity. But notwithstanding our .prosperity and happiness we should not forget the words of McCaulay. that "Mere extent of Empire and the mere accumulation of money, should not be the chief aim of a I State or nation but rather the deveU •potent of a virtuous, contented and fcapfft' people.” It is not so much the wealth and material development that constitutes the true greatness of a state or nation, but K is the brain and heart, and virtuous of man* * hood and womanhood. 1 believe in Biaterial prosperity. I would not for one moment disparage that; but 1 am opposed to the price of prog- reea. I am oppomd the subordination af the higher and nobler things in life to mere-money-grasping. I betieve that all honor should be paid the architects of our auterial pros perity, to the meat captains of in dustry who build our railroads and factories, and develop our country; but I believe a greater debt is due the grand and noble rtatewnen who stand upon the watch-tower of our country and guard our safety. In this connection I am reminded of him of lion heart, tender soul, and patriotic mind, whose manhood magnified humanity and reflected imperishable glory to the state that gave him birth. I refer to that grand and noble hero, that pure and immaculate statesman South Caro lina’s idol, Wade Hampton! ! ! ! ! Our eloquent speakers have pic tured the smoke-stacks of our flour ishing cotton milts aa flaunting their banners of industry against the sky. and have sung of thousands of spin dles striking the chords of harmony, while the beautiful waving corn beats time to the music. That is all very beautiful, buCthe orator seems to forget the price'of such progress; he seems to loose sight of the little children confined within-those walls- robbed of childhood’s joys with all its dreams and sacred rights. So to day in our eagerness to accumulate the material things of life and to prosper, let us not forget the better things. The training and education of our children, and all those things that make for a better citizenship. For riches will perish, our magnifi cent cities will crumble; but our patriotism, our love of truth and our noble deeds for humanity will withstand the onslaughts of future generations. We have hundreds of examples in history. France you will remember became dissipated, and heedless of the better things in life. And the bloody hand of Anarchy raised aloft its murderous dagger, and the streets of Paris ran crimson w th the blood of the people. In our eagerness to prosper let us take heed of these nations lest we plunge into the same pitfalls. My friends 1 feel that the good ladies who have made it possible for us to have this glorious occasion de serve much credit for their heroic efforts. The history of the Civic League has been one to dazzle even the most pessimistic. I shall not speak of its history and its glorious work further than to say that a year ago it began with the small membership of sixteen with little enthuasism, but to-day it has a mem bership of over forty and with an enthuasism never known to Waiter- boro before. Words are inadequate to compensate them for what they have done. The absence of tho e old dilapidated fences, which have for years been a disgrace to our town speak with a greater potency than words. To speak of an indi vidual would be a dangerous dis crimination. My friends, the good women of our land, from the begm- ing of creation down to the present time, have always stood for all that is holy and right. Has slieever re fused to make a sacrifice, however great or small? I point you to the thousands of battlefields upon which 1 she has willingly sacrificed her sons upon the aitar of her country. I refer you to the Civil War. Where is there richer fields of heroism? We, my young friends, were not ac tors in that terrible tragedy; but we have heard from our fathers of the heroic devotion of the women of the south to the Southern confederacy. How th€y toiled and strove with their own hands that the confeder acy might live, and how after that dreadful conflict they united hand to hand and heart to heart with the men of the South to build from the prostrate confederacy this magnifi cent southland of ours. My dear old friends, it was her labor and in genuity that kept you at the front it was her word of cheer tiuit aroused you when you were deprewed in spirit, it was her gentle touch that soothed you to , sleep as you ley bleeding and wounded, and it was her sympathetic ear that often re ceived the last solemn message of Hie dying soldier. That spirit which existed then, thank God, still lives to-day in old Walterbqro and so long as the northern snow-flake dif fers from the southern blossom, so long will the fidelity and lovalty of southern women survive. I regret that the weakness of words forbids her, proper tribute. For poets kneeling at her feet have sung their sweetest lays sad failed to render an adequate tribute. Orators, since rivtlkstfcm began, have gathered all that is rich and grand from the peot- ry of dmg and speech wreathed it into a garland of gold placed upon womas's brow, yet she stands a Queen uncrowned. She is the grandtst, the noblest, the sublimest, the most precious and best gift of God to man! ! ! ! The vomen of this town have in the past few months accomplished many wonderful things and it doesn’t take a prophetic eye to see that the future wi,l) unfold greater triumphs still. But the women need more support and sympathy from the men. They can’t build rest rooms on air, neither Jean they make parks and build school houses of thearies.bat they need the finan cial support of the men. What we need today in the old town of Wfcl- terboro is new life, new enthusiasm. We need the moneyed men of this town to become imbued *ith higher aspirations than mere money-grasp ing. We need more of the aesthetic feeling, tbe love lor the beautiful, more of the sentiment of Robbie Burns, who wrote of the Vttle flower, and leas of the sentiment ex pressed by Tennyson "the jingling of the dollar heads the hurt that honor feds." We need to beaatify the homes, to get the children in terested in their beauty, and thereby keep them off of the streets ana out of atroosoheres of vice and wicked ness and 1 bring them up to a grander and nobler citizenship. We need our sectional ignorance enlightened, our sectional hates disarmed, and our prejudice and selfishness trans formed into pride and patriotism. I note today with indescribable pride the spirit of harmony existing between the Country people and the people of the town, and my sincere hope is that this harmony shall never cease to exi*t. Why should it? The country is indispensable to the town and so is the town indispensable to to the country. Besides, we are unitep by a common history and by common memories; then why not unite in a common purpose, and let there be a common glory of us all to show the world the magnificent spectacle of unity. I plant myself upon the text of old Abraham Lin coln that ‘‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.” llftre was never nothing more true. As this is true so is it true with a nation, with a state, with a city, with a town t/ and w ith a community. Un less the individuals that comjxise a community are in perfect harmony with each other they cannot accom plish the greater things. A great statesmen has beautifully said that individual human beings are like the members of a vast orchestra en gaged in the creation of the sublime music of humanity. Fateh must ex press his ideal through the instru ment he has, chosen. But unless the chords he produces are in unison with the rest, it is not music, but discordant sounds; in harmony with the creative efforts of all they are indispensable „ elements in the symphony of life. What a beautiful contrast. We m our little town may well be compared to these musicians. Each with his own instrument or in his own sphere of life must produce his part of the music. The great musician Verdi composed what is called the "Anvil Chorus." A tune played by hammers, great and small; now with a heavy stroke, and now with a mighty stroke beating on the great iron anvil. My friends, in our future song of progress, whether we have a large hammer or a small one let us produce our part of the music. Ard above all things let us not use these hammers to knock our town and destroy the beautiful symphony of its march of progress. Let us today be inspired by this occasion, and let it be only the be ginning of greater things. Let us not play the part of China and be content to live a life of effortless ease, taking no interest in the affairs „of the community, sunk in a scram bling commercialism and heedless of the grander and richer things in life, but let us go away from here with a greater enthusiasm for the upbuilding of our town. Let us have that enthusiasm that was prayed for by an old negro d°acon at Sam Jones’ meeting. He said: "O Lord, gib brudder Jones de eye oh de eagle dat he may see sin from a fur off. Glue hi* ear to de gospel telephone and connect him w’id de central skies. Nail his hand to de gospel plow. Bow his head in some lonesome valley whar much prar is wonted to be made. Luminate his brow wid a brightness dat’l make de fires oh hell look lik a tallow candle. Nint him all over w id de kerosen oil oh di salvation and sot him on fire." That is what we need today. We nfeed to be annointed with the oil of enthusiasm for the up-huilding of our town, and set on fire with a zeal that cannot be extinguished. Let each one oi you that have come here today, young and old, take np a banner, and as it floats to the breeze let there be emblazoned upon it the fiery letters the words, unity, progress, prosperity. Let each one of you that hive gathered here today unite in a loyal, comprehensive, determined effort to make oar town the bast town in the best county, in the best state, in the best nation on the face of the globe. And in condurion, my sincere hope and p rayer is that the good work of this noble institution, the Civic League, shall never cease, but may the efforts now started, move on through the generations of other workers, and as It moves may it grow in volume, and may Its in fluence last throughout the GRAPES, from tbesr moot Rkoahli- fai properties, give ROYAL its 'RnWUr Powder Royal bakfaf WCSCMT EASimiN. Married at the home of the brides sister Mrs G. C. Brown, Thursday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Miss Kate Weseoat and Mr W. L. Easter 1 in of Jacksonville. FIs. Rev H J Cauthen officiated. LITTLE ROCK MEWS. Ruffin, Apr. 30 Sperial:—Mrs. B. F. Griffin and little daughter, Alma, paid Williams s flying visit Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Tuten of Lodge attended services at Little Rock last Sunday. Mrs. E. B. Griffin of Ruffin visited her daughter. Mrs. Lula Patrick, at Williams last week. Lee Givens of Bethel visits the home of S. B. Crosby quite often. There must be some attraction. Mrs. Lizzie Griffin and little daughter, Ethel, of Kuftin, after spending some time with relatives and friends at Williams, have return ed home. Mrs. Ann^ Jones and son. Bert, of Ruffin visited relatives at Wi'liams Sunday last Wake up "Pretty Girl” and write another piece to this valuable paper. 1 do enjoy leading your pieces very much. * With best wishes to your paper. White Tie. Do You Want to Make $100.00? Write ChM. M. Stieff and li we will gladly tell you how to do it. Don't de lay; write today and watch each change of our ,, ailvertiseraent. Chas. M. Stieff * Manufacturer of the Artistic ^Stieff Shaw and Stieff Selfplayer Pianos Southern Vareroom: 5 W. Trade St. Charlotte, • N. CL i C H WILMOTH, MENTION THIS PAPER. DOTS FROM GROW FIELD SCHOOL Bryan, Apr. 80. Special:— The Crow-field school cloyed last Friday, the 28rd. inat. for the work seaaon, which will laat two months and then will open again during tbe aummer mouths of July and Auguat. This is a very successful little school, being under tbe management of Miss Sue Haines, one of Colleton’s most competent teachers. Miss Haines deserves many compli- mcjits tor her noble work throughout bis community. She hras been our kind teacher for four years and we ho|>e for her many more successful, terms. Her scholars are all devoted to her and regret to give her up. We are anticipating a trice enter tainment lor the closing of the summer months and we hope to have our f;:endp present. Wr | hope i ’ h.ive program of dilU-r- onf |n c<;a winch the M-hol ! hi!; ; • *'' in* t their b >*r advar.t- | to, We tru-' thut Mihs Haines may alw ays l> * as «ueeestul in the futor - she has been in past. The w ritor u isheg to thank her public:v for tiie kindness to her during ti eir acquaint a noe. With h'‘st wishes to The Press an 1 Standard. Mamie Lane. JUST ONE WORD that word U NEW LINE * OF SHIRTS FOR MANKIND < . . JUST ARRIVED V - o’ — I II 1 A splendid assortment of Men’s Dress Shirts for Spring in a large array of colors and in a|l sizes have inst arrived. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY DE 50 CENTS VALUES. OTHERS AT 25 CENTS TO SI.50. ? THE a H.W. COHEN STORE I ’W £ It rafan to Dr. Twtt’a UvarPUIaam MEANS HEALTH. Skk haadachaf Vtrtlco? " I he Store I hat Always Makes Good.” O 0 p.p.p. . Hales lamlois Cures in Blood Poison, BleiiatisB aid Scrofula: P* P» P* purifies the Mood, builds np the weak and debilitated, givea strength to weakened nerves, expels disease, giving the patient health Mid happiness, where sickness, gloomy feelings and lassitude first prevailed. > In blood poison, mercurial poison, malaria, dyspepsia, and in all blood and ^skin diseases, like blotches, pimples, old chronic ulcers, totter, scald head pui ad, we say without fear of contradiction that P. P. P. U the beat Mood rifler in the world. Ladies whose systems are poisoned and whose blood is in an impure con dition doe to menstrual irregularities, are i*‘<-uliarly beuefitted by the won derful tonic and blood cleansing properties of P. P. P., Prickly Ask, Root and Potassium. Ask, Poke ANY of these symptoms and many otben mettoa of ths LIVES. HEBE IS RELIEF FOR WOMEN. If yon have pains la tbs back. Urtanrv, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and went a certain, pleasant herb relief from Womea’e ilia, try Mocber Otuy's • An»Ualias-Leaf. M ItisemfS, relia ble iegoist or, and relieves nit Wmknesece. ieoladins into and ulcerations. Mother Gray's Aestra- lias-Leaf la sold by mail for SO Address, The Mother NY- WsPkIs Take No Substitute. THE CLOSE OBSERVER has already discovered that the finest lines of Spring Suits, Furnishings and Hats are here. In fact, we hardly think it would be possible to have a stock meet with more favora ble comment. OUR CUSTOMERS find that we give the best ol values, not only in one stock, but throughout the Store—such values that bring them back again repeatedly, and recom mend us to their friends as the most reliable place to "tie” to. * / WE’D BE PLEASED to add you to our list of satisfied patrons. iH, CA. P. P. P. !*• P. P- wIM purify and rlutta* your blood, create*good appcUiaand gleeyour wboiagywem tone aad atreugth. A prominent railroad •upriintetMient at Savannah, euffering with Malaria. Dvepep ate, and Rheiimatiam aajra: “After tuning ’ P. r. P. he never felt ao well In hia UfeTand feels aa If he onuld live forever. If he could always get P. P. P " If you are tired out from over-work aad P. P. P. • If you are feelinc badly la tha sprim aad out of aorta, taka P. P. P. If your digestive organa aeed toning up. Ism p. p. p. I fjrou suffer with header he, Inrilgmtioa, p. p dT V you suffer with nervous prostration, nerves unstrung and a general let down of tha aysternTtak* P.P.P. Mokly Ash, Pokfi Root and Potassium. tor; J. W. Smoak, door keeper; J. S. Ulmer, business agent. Yours truly, A. W. Hudson M. D. See-TreaH. UNUSUAL OFFER. ~ "It isn't often that 1 bare faith enough in the medicine pnt up by otber people to be willing to offer to reload . tbe imnev If it does not cure,- said John M Klein in a Preas and Mlandard man who dropped into hie etnrg. “but I am glad to sell I r Howard’s specific for tbe cure xf constipation and dtspepai* on that basis. “The Dr flowartkCompany, In order »o get a quick introductiory sale.antbor- izes me to sell their regular fifty cent bottles at half-price, 25 cento, and, although I have sold a lot of it, and base guaranteed every package, aot one has been brought beck as onsatjnfactory. There are sixty doses in a vial that can be carried in the vest pocket or purse, and every one has more medici nal power than s big piil or tablet or a tumbler of mineral water. I am still selling the specific at hatf- f rioe, although I cannot toll bow long shall be able to do so, and anyone who la subject to const!patioa, sick bead- ache, dizzinem, liver troublea, indiges tion or a geoera» played-out condition, ought to take advantage of this chance. Everybody if llkelv to have kidney and bladder trouble- In fact nearly every body has some trouble of this" kind. That is tbs reason why you so often have paios in tbs back and groin, scold ing sensation, urinary disorders, si 'hit'syour klndsys. Tbsjtost thing oo is to get I m h -1 \l ' r ii m : • - n j f| ;1 f j