The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, December 16, 1904, Image 6
HOME CIRCLE.
Som? Helpful Thoughts for the
Young Folks
CULLED FROM OUR EXCHANGES
AU the Vouuf? JPeoplo Who Read"
This Paper Are Particularly
Invited to Road Thia .
Column.
In life-m>t death- . ..
Heart* need fond wc rda to help thom on their
way}
'Need Oin'."?r thoughts and gentle sympathy,
Caresses, pleasunt looks, to cheer each passing i j
day.
Then hoard thon, not until they useless be;
lu li fi?-nut death,
Speak kindly, H vint; hearts need sympathy.
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T.nK OLD COHN 80NO.
Oh, what has become of tho old corn song
hat used to float along
j As to the_quurtor, at close of day,
' The morry Hold hunda took their way,
k glad and happy throng?
'Twas tho national song of tho rural place,
In tho good old dnys or grace;
And tho fellowship and the common joys
Wore shared by tho master and tho boyB,
1"<t bennicd from evory raco.
blight of freedom Los dono away
?3 'tithe lino old day,
, f And tho mutual lives that ?ero brav? ?nd
Ul' strong
of t'3 down in dust like tho glad old song,
-<?to tho darkies used lo stay.
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>h, whon sha i I tho corn song como again
iver hill and plain?
itoiioid an echo falls from tho silent land.
e ?Novormoro, while the world hliull stund,
, .ll wo hour tho sweot old strain."
slr .
g' Dixie's subsoil, calm und deep,
..De,' lxjys Bloop;
-J?ifllrop cr and tuen in a common lot;
tllO ll ll pr song-tho song of tho corn is not
McLeod ol'00 ",,d ^tbrli'rs
nnd Reva E * *
li. Baker, ot A CHILD AGAIN.
Dunlap of Clio U oking back to an
Yorkville, and T. Esntb year, when
the station Inside th hi m to a school
handsome vases of clifli v? rites: ' On
and hot house planta ' intimated to
purity and innocence. ending me to
1 ,"/ , R A thrilled my
ibo order of cxerci>ie t,hon lived
E. P. Tay If 1 would do
Rev. J- I. ?e would do
]3ur I remember
and my
p otU 11
. Morris
Rev.
tell
thc
?ments" In
'schools and col
glrl can have all
of action, all the learning
i aries teach, and be free from
?ny of the former restrictions
thrown around them, without in any
way losing the charm of sweet maid
enly ways, or forgetting the plain rule
observed by well-bred people. The
young ladies of the present have all
kinds of clubs-literary, social and
athletic. They should form one more
whose basic principle should be to
eat their elders with resp;ct, and at
times and at all places exercise
ose old time and lovely traits of
oharacter which spring from unsel
fishness, refinement and gentleness of
manner, and restore to the modern
soolety world what now seems to be
one of the lost arts.
RETUltN TO TUE KAUM.
The Augusta Chronicle says it would
be a good thief, if many young men
who left tho farms, In hard times,
would return to tliem. lu this era of
prosperity, when the farmer has us all
in his power, tn u considerable degree.
An intelligent young roan with in
dustry and tbrl ft, can do much better
farming, especially when his family
hold Janded estates In the country,
than by clerking lu cities, with their
demoralizing tendencies. Col. Bt.b
Ingersoll was a sad infidel and said
many ugly things aud helped under
mine many a weak brothers faith, but
now and then, ?ie , uttered true and
beautiful and v\lsesentiments Among
the latter, he once said:
"Young men, I would rather have
forty acres of U nd and a log cabin on
it, and a woman I love in the cabin,
with a grassy pith leading down to
the spring where the water gurgles
from the lips ol tho earth whistling
day and night KO the white pebbles a
perpetual song-with holly hocks
growing at the corner of the house
and morning glories blooming over the
lbw locked door - with lattice work
over the window so that the sunlight
would fall checked over the babe in
the cradle, and the birds, like songs
with wings, hovering In the summer
air-than to be clerk of any govern
ment on earth."
TUB FASHIONING <>K EV IC.
According to a Hindoo legend this
is the proper origin of woman:
Twashtrl, the god Vulcan of the Hin
doo mythology, created the world.
Rut on his commencing to cn ate wo
man he discovered that with mau he
had exhausted all his creative materi
als, acd that not one solid element
had been left. Tnls, of course, great
ly perplexed Twashtrl and caused him
to fall In a profound meditation
"When he arose from lt he proceeded
us follows: He took
The roundness of the moon,
The undulating curves of thc ser
pent,
The graceful twist of the crceplrg
plant,
The light shivering of the grass
blade and the slenderness of the
willow,
The velvety softness of thc Howers,
The lightness of the feather,
The gentlcgaze of the doe,
The frolicsjmness of the dancing
sunbeam,
The tears of the cloud,
The Inconsistency of the wind,
The timidness of the hare,
The vanity of tho peacock,
Tho hardness of tho diamond,
The sweetness of honey,
The cruelty of the tiger,
The heat of the lire,
The chill of the snow,
The cackling of tho parrot,
The cooing of the turtledove
All these lie mixed together and
formed woman.
Then he presented her to the man.
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COUNT YOUIt 11LB83INQ8.
Thanksgiving Day invariably brings
about a season of reflection and ret
rospection which is wholesome and
==========
Ight. After the year*? busy toll,
?vhen the harvest has been gathered,
;he holiday time tis Just ahead, and
sew ventures are tn prospect, lt is
well '? pause and take an inventory
stall that wo dare call our own; to
measure our gains and to mark our
(allures; to bow before the irreparable
past and to face the future with cheer
ful hope; to forget the small annoy
ances and tc richly enumerate the
joys; to give thanks unbounded for all.
0, count your blessings! You will
06 surprised at their number aud
their beauty and their sweetness.
Count them again, name them one by
one, and yeu will find yourself sing
ing aloud your song of thanksgiving.
Do not let that day of enforced drud
gery, that hour of disappointment, or
tbat night of anxiety oheck the
count. Perhaps they were blessings
too, we have no right fo say they
were not. When the counting flags,
think of the glories of a sunshiny day,
the breath of the winds, the drip of
the rain, tbe pulse of tbe beatt, the
joy of love, tbe touch of a hand, the
voices of little ohlldren. Rememb.r
the throb of expectation, the satisfied
wish, the real'z jd desire, the rainbow
of promise. Recall the Bummer past,
the round of happy elajs, sleep with
out fear, food and raiment and home.
Open your eyes and your heart to the
knowledge of "Heavenly blessings
without number, greatly falling on
tby head." Think on these tbirgs
and see what God bath done.
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DEFKItKNCE TO THE AGED.
Why ts lt that so many girls and
young wumen of tbe present are not
poll o to older people? Up to a few
years ugo, one ot the distinctive traits
ot refinement and good breeding
among young ladles was the notice
able deference they always showed
their elders, and to n<jg'ect to do so
was to write oneself down in tue so
dal scale as an underbred person, and
one who:e people were either snobs or
igncruit of social etiquette.
The deference and almost reveren
tlal manner of young peop'e toward
older persons they met was one of the
attractive traits they posset-sod
Girls vied with each other In paying
the proper attention to the hostess or
an entertainment, on seeing that
older ladles had the best seats, and
were properly looked after wherever
they met them.
For some unaccountable reason
,jls has all been changed of late
liOv. until now young ladies treat
Insurti-?pi? very much as they do
satisface namely, use them when
after your -:ed of them, and Igrore
CROiat other times. T .ej
"The*!' 61 J?y kbe hospitali
_'jhe fullest, without
Z7 TT*"T. word to her ex
Throbbing ,entenoe wncn
Js4oa nighvv
forgetfulues^vof what
)e done and said has^uvaded
usc cicle. Many girls va)low
't! elr mothers to do all kinds of ser
vices for them, and permit them to
deny themselves for their daughter's
comfort vv i I ii o u t s > LT MCI ? as saying
"thank you," In recognition of her
services. Of course, this ls Inexcus
ably rude and very unkind. Put who
is to blame m ire than the parents
who submit to such rudeness, and
who have allowed this condition of I
affairs to become chronic and almost!
general? There ought to he a mos1,
radical reform in this respect, and it
fanout come too promptly.
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TOE DANQKIt OK D18COURTK8Y.
1 think that lt was Rev. Stopford
A. Brooke who once uttered these
wise and true words: "Toe power of
being able to keep a household from
fretting and complaining and from
violent tempers, the power of being
able to encourage, nourish and stimu
late the freedom and growth of others,
is gained from there having heeu built,
up In thc minds of all in the house, as
the first motive of life, the great
Christian law-Christian because en
tirely human-'Think of others more
than of yourself aud of others' hap
piness moro than of your own inhap
piness. Of this law t ie best detinitiou
to remember ts a word of St. Paul's.
In honor preferring one another.' This
s true courtesy. It la ita very ll iwer;
't is the essence of Christ's teaching
set to music in dally 1 fe. It will hiing
out all the good in others; it will bring
out what ls best in yourself; lt will
muko your horns like very heaven.
Of all the mischief making elements
that creep Into many douses, discour
tesy is one of tho most common and
most fatal in Its results. When a wife
begins to speak sharply and rudely to
her husband, .and when she finally
desceuds to the low estate of "nag
ging" him, she is in a fair way to lose
both his love and his respect; and
when a husband begins to bri less
courteous to his wife he is in danger
of losing ooth her respect and love.
The rock of discourtesy is the nek on
which many a matrimonial hark has
stranded. If thc father and mother
are discourteous to each other, it is
not to be expected that the children
of the home will be gentle and polite.
There ls no greater Imitator than a
Bhild, and there ls no one more alert.
The child takes note of everything,
ind it ls susceptible to the general at
mosphere of the home. If the father
is fault finding and generally Irritable
:ho child I? likely to bc of tho same
lisposltlon. If the children are not
.aught coutesy In the home, it is not
xi he expected that they will be cour
,ei us outside of the h'ine. *
What in til? IMffereneo?
In the recent meeting of the
Georgia State Baptist Convention
Ox-Governor Northern, who was
resident of the body, made a clarion
;all on the Georgia Baptists to turn
heir backs on worldly amusements,
'ie very truly Bald that whatever evil
ends to the spread of Intemperance
n Georgia finds Its origin In the home,
le said In a ringing voice: "What
s the difference, wid you tell me, be
,ween the man behind the counter
lealing out liquid damnation, as it is
?ailed, for pay, and the woman beau
,(fully gowned at the rcccpth n st?nd
ig behind the beautiful punch howl
landing out lu fancy glasses lnboxl
latlng beverages without pay? What
s the difference, will you tell me, he
vecn tho men who meet In the beck
oom of a saloon and put out the
vatchmin while they play for silver
n the shape of coln and gaudily
rowned women gathered In the draw
ng room to play for silver moulded
tito th. shape of a cupf In God's
tames, brethren, let's gel our women
o dedicate their homes to God."
iVhat Gov. Northern said to Georgia
'.aptlsts applies willi eq :al force to
South Carolina Baptists, Methodists,
tr the members of any other church.
Ie indulges in very plain language
md asks a pointed question. Like
iov. Northern we can't see any differ
:nco In the cases he cites, and if there
s any difference in thc principle we
vould like to have them polntod out
o us.
THE SOLID SOUTH
Will Sever be Broken M Long at
the Fifteenth
AMENDMENT. STANDS A8 A LAW.
So Sayn Senator Tillman In an In."
terTieW with ? Correspondent
cftbc Au?uflt? Chronicle
in Columbia,
When I met bits here by appoint
ment as he was passing through Co
lumbia on tis was to Trenton, Sena
tor Tillman was in particularly good
spirits, and obatted pleasantly and
entertainingly concerning the lessons
taught by the results of the national
election and the political future of tbe
South, Though when he touched on
certain phases of the negro question
the corners of his mouth went down
promptly and with marked energy,
his eyes flashed and bis voice deepened
Into that tune of intense earnestness
for which he ls so famous, says a cor
respondent of the Augusta Chronicle.
Asked what he thought of the
"solid South," and whether be saw
any immediate hope of breaking it,
Senator Tillman declared with em
phasis that the solid South would
never be broken as long as the Fif
teenth amendment is allowed to
stand.
"The South ls solidly Democratic
not ID the broader Bense that the
term democracy is understood lu the
politic'} of the whole country," he
said, "but in the narrow sense that
the Anglo-Saxou intelligence of thc
South solidly and always unyieldingly
stands for white supremacy. Of
course, this situation ts unfortunate,
inasmuch as the resuhsare intellectu
ally stifling In the discussion of and
contention for the broader principles
of government and of civilized life
Bub there is no immediate hope of
changing these conditions. Every ef
fort put forth by the m'sgulded
philanthropists and vicious politicians
uf the North with their Impracticable
notions about the equality of man. to
break the solid South, only seals that
bord of union as with hoops of steel,
and the problem will r ever be solved
until the North lots the South alone
to solve it.
' If these dreamers of the North,
working in conjunction with their
greedy political brethren don't stop
m driling in this matter there will he
raise war and terrible massacre. For
political equality means social equali
ty, and social equality means misce
genation and the ruougrchzlng of the
pe iple of the South, with the result
bbat? the white lu'elllgence of tbe
South will degenerate to the level of
those S. uth American republics whose
history has shown them to be wholly
and invariably incapable t.otr only o?
self-government, tut ci acquiring
property, Hie distinguishing chirac
teristlc of the white man, and un
willingness to respect law and live lu
a quiet and orderly manner.
"Once let the wedge be driven in
just the least blt, once recognize the
political equality of the negro and
social equality will inevitably follow,
and the races will merge by marriage
between the better class of negroes
and lower class of whites. Those
scoundrelly, trilling white men who
have lest all self-respect will sc: uple
to marry the. daughters of negro men
who have a quired property. Then
will the sluicegates be opened, and
there will be no stopping the mon
grelizlng of the white intelligence of
the South. This in an unthinkable
condition, an Impossible consumma
tion.
"Taere is only one solution of the
.negro problem," he continued, "only
one way of eliminating the crime of
rape and freeing the land of the re
sultant crime of lynching-the com
plete subjection of the negro under
stringent laws and police regulations.
As lung as 'ie Is allowed by law to vote
and run a lout the country without
restraint there ls checking the
crime which he commits. And the
North is gradually coming to that
view of the matter."
In tbls c innection Senator Tillman
told of lils i-xperlence In campalgnirg
In the West, and mentioned a number
of Illinois and Indiana towns which
will not allow the negro to live in
them.
"The North is gradually getting
educated on the negro question; the
little taste these people have had of
Cully bas made thom less tolerant of
his weaknesses than the people of the
South even. The patriotic Intelli
gence of the North recognizes that
thc South has a great problem on Its
hands and is willing lo let the South
solve lt."
Thc: overwhelming defeat of the
national Democracy docs not in the
slightest degree, lu Senator Tillman's
oplni' n, ri (lt ct the North's agreement
with President Roosevelt's negro
policy. Ile attributes the Republi
can success to the general prosperity
of the country and the personal popu
larity of Mr. Roosevelt.
Senator Tillman ls not feeling blue
about reduction of Southern repre
sentation. Ilo said:
"1 have talked to many of the
brightest and most c:ip:ib!e newspa
per correspondents at Washings n
and they all pooh-pooh the idea, and
from many of thc leaders of the Re
publican party I leim that lt ls not
the intention to attempt any such
thing. Those greedy Yankees who
want to roduce the South's represen
tatlon In order to decrees] our power
and Influen?a and increase their own,
forget, In their selfishness, In arguing
for representation in proportion to
voting strength and the number of
people participating on government,
that their own representation ls ba ed
largely on herds of fortlgnets who aie
constantly pouring Inca the North,
who know nothing of our history or
Institutions, and who are less capable,
In a sense, of voting lt telligently and
know less about tho needs of this
country and aro less patriotic than
tbe negroes themselves. They forget
the history of tbe world In contend
ing for their Idea of the equality of
xian. They forget that not half the
white men of E'iropo today, leaving
Itus-iia out of the count, are allowed
o vote, not even those of the so called
lmlted or constitutional monarchies,
Universal suffrage ls an Idle dream,
ind lt ls dangerous and deadly poison
LO free government."
"Wliatof the Immediate future of
.he Democratic part>?"
"The darkest hour ls always Just
iofore day. These hort of defeats not
nfrequently presage great victories
'or tho party. Tnlngs looked blacker
n 1874 and again in 1802, the periods
)f greatest Democratic successes.
The Republicans arc drunk with suc
cess and a long hold on power. They
will bc certain to misinterpret thc
real cause of tho recent victory and
mr time wll! come If we a:g| true to
)?n-elves and to American lflBals.
"Anyhow, the South can Sutberbe
seduced nor bullied Into clmwo of at
titude. Democracy with fl. means
white man's rulo. It has maut that
ind almost nothing else fdj almost
thirty years or more. Republicanism
bas just as surely meant neg? equali
ty with all that that Implies. But
those who think tho recent, election
Indicates that the North i's solidly
Republican on this Issue will have a
rude awakening'if tn ey attempt to
carry out the idea. I may be mis
taken, but I shall walt equanimity to
see the test made. The South mean
time will stand by and maintain its
Anglo-Saxon civilization. To para
phrase the language of Martin Luther
at Worms: 'Tnere we take our stand;
we can do no otherwise, so help us
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A N?.W PENSION FRAUD.
Another Bohemo Gotteu Up to Do
fraud, tho Colored 1'eople,
lt ls evident from letters received
hy several negroes in this country ard
other places that another cir ?rt ls be
ing made by some-sharper In the
North to swindle them out of some
money In tho hope of securing a pen
sion. These frauds, which are as old
as the war Itself, are not only being
worked here lo civil war oases, but
there are also efforts being made to
catch them on the Spanish war fake,
lt will be remembered that a number
of negroas from Columbia eallsted and
a mucl larger number were turned
down at the enlisting office for faiiuro
bo pjss ho examination. Letters are
being received from someone not only
by those who were turned down, but
also by those who never even applied,
bloting that money can be obtained
from the government for them by an
agency in Wasbtngt n. The Columbia
Record Bays Assistant District At
torney Melton ls now on the loookut
for some cases of this charaoter, and
if any evie nee ls secured ther? will
be some prompt arrests.
"We had a case of pension fraud in
Greenville ab the last term of court,
he said. "A sharper had represented
to a number of negroes that the gov
ernment intended sending a train load
of provisions to former slaves and
veterans of the Spanish war In the
South, lie also hinted that a share
of these provisions could be obtained
by those who were neither veterans or
slaves, ll everything were iert to him.
All he required was tire money to pay
the freight, and he got enough of that
to ship a train clear aorcss tho conti
nent. We sent him up for eighteen
months. I would be very glad to se
cure some further evidence In these
new frauds that aro cropping up, and
if there is much of lt I will prob
ably have some arres.s to make."
Mt-itioR A Ncwsiiaoor.
Cut his newspaper out of the life of
thc average man and you will cr?ate
a gap for which the combined ?on
vCuiouces and l??ulles Ot m?dem civ
ilization will hardly compensate. Hs
looks forward to a quiet hour with his
favorite paper with the same avidity
which marks the approach of hls dln
irg hours; in his mind's eye one, as
suming almost as much importance
as the other.
Yet how many people of wb.es:
dally existence the newspaper is such
an indispensablo adjunct, think once
a year of the men who make lt? W-.j t
do they know of the sleepless
lance of the men who keep a trained
linger ou the puisoof public events,
whose minds arb educated to the deli
cate task of discriminating the re
spective values of the days develop
ments, or who hold themselves ready
at a moment's notice to brave fatigue
rebuffs and fallue in the collection of
the news to ba served to the public In
coherent; accurate form? Many of
those who even come In contact with
the mws-gatherer In his regular
rounds, do not regard him with un
mixed feelings of respect and estetrr.
So long as his cruss-examlnatl'm ls
directed at other folk aad things, it
is well. But when the exigencies of
his duty (ind duty and fate In the
newspaper man's vocabulary are
synonymous t'^ms,) compel him to
turn his investigations in their direc
tion, his enterprise sometimes seems
to take on the nature of Impertinence
and they aro ready to label his Insis
tence Intrusion.
The men who keep you in touch
with the history-of the times, whether
it be history making In Asia or this
State, are just as .human, just as sen
sitive to the little and big things of
life, jii't as fallible as yourself. If
you followed what was said In the
foregoing paragraphs you will admit
their c diing Is one of vast dignity
and Jr, portance to themselves and
the p opie that} they serve, even
though the relotions be dipgulsed and
impers nal. They are public servants
In the most intense application of the
phrase and their activity ls a check
on largo and petty evil and Injustice,
such ES ls furnished by no other hu
man agency.-Exchange.
Sn} M Wiro Tullen Too Much.
Dr. George W. Currier, president
of the Nashua, N. II., Trust Com
pany, has instituted div? ree proceed
Inga against his wife, who was Annie
Walch of Biston, alleging extreme
cruelty. Neith r will talk about the
specifications but lt is understood that
the chief all? gat ion against hor is
garrulity. Mrs. Currier is Dr. Cur
rier's second wife and was married to
him twelve years ago. Since that
time she has resided loone of the doc
tor's houses In Manchester street.
Although Dr. Currier has not lived
there fur niuo years, he has been
frequent caller. Mrs. Currier declares
she does not care for alimony but still
loves her husban.i. She says he will
marry again while she lives. Dr. Cur
ried ls 00 years of ago
Nomination ot Crum.
The president has again sent Lo the
senate thc nomination of Crum as col
lector of the port of Charleston and
the outlook is that the nomination
will be confirmed. It was to be expect
2d that the president would do what
tm has. because to be consistent with
tils position as to political equality of
citizens regardless of color he could
lot do otherwise. Not to have reno
minated Crum would have been to
acknowledge that he had stood "ry him
oefore tho election only for political
purposes, and while that most probab
ly had a great deal to do with the
itaod he took, lt could not be expect
v.l that lo. would make an open con
fession of the fact.
A MlHurnlorataiidlnR.
A Missouri paper wound up a com
pliment to a young sohoolma'arn with
i good word about "tho reputation
for teaching she bears." Tho next day
tho young sohoolma'arn met the odt
tor and chased him down thc street
with an umbrella, and at every Jump
In the road she screamed that she had
uever tauget a s'ae bear in her Ufo.
The Connia Maxwell Orphanage and
What it Fa? Done
i
DURING TEE PAST FISCAL YEAR.
An Article that Will Interest All
Who Are interco tc a In tho
".Voik ul Colina; for
the Orphan?,
Perhaps the Institution whloh is
dearest to South Carolina Baptists ls
the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, lo
cated at Greenwood. The Rev. Atha
T. Jamison ls superintendent of "the
orphanage, and his board of trustees
was abie to make a glowing report of
his work this year.
The following extracts are from
tbe thirteenth annual report of the
board:
This bas been an annus mirabilis at
Connie Maxwell Orphanage. The like
has not been seen there before, nor 1B
it likely that another year shall
soon eclipse the one now brought to a
close.
NEW BUILDINGS.
Since our last report to this Con
vention a new cottage for the for?a an
of the mechanical department has
been erected near the Woods building.
A two-room store house 20x40 feet)
has been built near the superintend
eno'8 borne. A new barn has beeu
erected for the cows.- It accommo
dates nur eighteen milch cows and
there is room for as many as twenty
six. A small barn bas been built at I
the Maxwell farm, the need being im-1
peratlve.
The Maxwell building, provided for
in the will of Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell,
ls nearly completed. Its cost will be
about 912,000. Tne funds are sup
pl Ucl from the Maxwell estate. The
Maxwell building, two stories in
height, of red brlok, contains eight I
school rooms 22x32 feet each, and also
a parlor in which will harg paintings |
of Dr. Maxwell, Mrs. Maxwell and lit
tle Connie Maxwell.
The handsome Library building in j
the centre of the grounds is the reali
zation of tho proposed plan of Mrs.
McKls-lck. as outlined in our last ro
port. The house is 20x48 feet, very
ornate in appearance, containing an
entry way, reading room and book
room. 11 in of rod brick and granite,
beautiful within and without. It ls
known as the E. P. P. McKlsslck me
morial library.
A splendid brick o ni ce was built last
spring and paid for by Mr. John K.
Durst a member of our board cf trus
tees. This handsome gift ls in keep
lng with his steady devotion to -Jon
nle Maxwell Orphanage. Tho build
ing contains a general J tu co 20x20
feet, a private office for the superin
tendent, a store room for school sup
plies, medicine and a vault with wall
20 Inches thick, with steel door and
bank combination leek.
FINANCIAL.
The Convention at Sumter a year I
aeo resolved to raise (15.000 for the
Orphanage during tho present year.
We have received 812,082.20 in con
tributions. We are unable to ac
count for the backward step thus
taken, unless it be that the people !
have an Idea that the orphanage lias I
now come into possession of the
Maxwell estate, and ls not greatly in
need cf money. We take occasion to
j state clearly that the money that has
been put Into bouses with the Mux
i well legaoy has greatly Increased our
! expenses and in no wise diminished
them.
Gifts of merchandise have come to
the orphanage from many individuals,
churches, Sunday schools and socie
ties. It ls estimated that 81,563.15
was sent in clothing and dry goods,
and 81,345 95 In provisions, making a !
total of 82,018.10 in gifts of this |
character.
The Muxwell farm has yielded good
profit this year. It furnished the or
phanage whh 400 cords of wood, 450
bushels ot corn, 500 bales clover and
pea vine hay, 500 bushels of wheat,
75 bushels of peas; melons, potatoes,
beef, pork and turnips.
WOllK DAT.
Following the . instruction of the
Convention last year our superintend
ent appointed another work day this|
fall. It has been a very great sue
cess. The amount realized In cash
lu.s been 81,493.99, as against about
6700 last year.
PRESENT PRESSING NEED.
We have bad considerable anxiety on
ae count of the scarcity of water and
the low depth of some of the wells,
some of which have gone dry. The
scourge of typhoid fever In the or
phanage of our North Carolina breth
ren, the months of curbing, care and
expense, and the number of deaths
among the children should warn us In
time. We should be wise and fore
stall filch trouble. There ls one
method, and evidently only one that
will bring permanent relief. That
method though costly may prove the
cheaper In the end. A deep well of,
Hay 360 feet, Bunk through granite,
would give an abundant and unfailing
supply for all time, the water would
be absolutely pure and safe and there
would In no annual expense Involved.
The large family now resident at the
orphanage makes it a questionable
matter as to whether wo can afford to
risk tho use of a surface supply of
waler.
In order that all the people may see
Just how much property we now pos
sess we proseut tho following exhibit:
Six homes for children.82-1,000
lour cottages for oflljers . 4,000
Oh? pol. 1,800
Barns. 1,800
Store room. 300
Office. 1,300
Library. 2,730
Dining room. 800
Woods building and equipment 3,500
Seven small houses.. 1,000
Minor buildings. 1,200
Books. 300
Nine horses and mules. 1,200
18 Co *s and several yearlings
and calves. 000
Hogs and pigs. ... 140
Implements, fencing, etc. 1,000
119 acres land at 8100. 11.900
.100 acres land at 830. 12,000
City B rtnk stock. 600
Blythe note . 1,000
G. L. ?6 Mfg Co note. 600
J. P. Kir g stock. 1,000
G. L. & Mfg Co stock. 300
Greenwood Mill stock. 3,000
Grendel Mill stock. 300
F. & M. Bank stock. 1,000
Bank of Greenwood stock. 800
Enoree stock. . , 500
Seaboard stook. 200
Burckhalter note. 1,265
Neel note. 1,009
Dew note. 1,160
IN GENERAL.
There are at present 155 children at
the orphanage, the capacity being
LOO. Their ages vary from 3 to 10
(ears. Several have gone out during
ibe'tfear, having secured approved po
d tiona. There has not been a death
(myng the oblldren since January,
i?uO, nearij niuo years, surely this
A*a remarkable record.
< Tho reaper bas spared all the chll
ireh this yea?\ but be came very near
jhora and took one of their fond and
levoted teachers. On January 24th
Sirs. Nannie Wroe Carpenter fell a
rlotim to disease and went home ia
leaven. G. B. BUELL,
President.
The'report created favorable com
ment by many members.
BKATH8 OF BENEFICIABLES.
J. G. Carter, S. B. Sawyer, M. N.
rnomason and Mrs. Jane Hutchins,
Oem Helarles of the relief board, have
?ied during the year. -
When the veteran secretary of State
missions arose to present his annual
report the Convention was visibly
moved. Dr. Balley is now an old
man, but still retains his vigor and
alertness. Under his leadership the
State mission work has been carried
forward as with ten.league boots.
The Connie Maxwell Orphanage
showed a most remarkable condition
of affairs, very gratifying to the con
vent ?on.
..Would Have Killed Ulm "
According to the boston Traveller
this 1B what the Yale boys would bave
done to the negro student that pre
sumed to play foot ball with them on
the Harvard team bad he stayed in
the Rame. It seems that when Har
vard and Yale played their annual
match game of foot ball recently the
former institution put a negro boy
forward as one of Its players. Selected
by his Alma Mater as a fitting repre
sentative of her sporting interests, he
dared to meet on terms of foot ball
equality the whit? youth of New Eng
land. They did not do as young gen
tlemen of other sentions of the coun
try might have done, refuse to. go on
with the game. Outwardly they ac
cepted the darky as a proper and
worthy opponent, but secretly they
made up their minds to maim or kill
him.
Here is the heart-rending account of
the incident ac we find it recorded In
the Boston Traveller: "There Is not
the slightest question but that Yale's
players tried to disable Matthews.
They hammered an I slugged him so
bard that be was knocked out and bad
to retire from the game. There is but
little doubt that they would have
kiiied him if he had stayed in. One
player grabbed the npgro around the
n ok and twisted lt so bard that Mat
thews'8 life was in danger. Y*le took
it as an insult because Harvard offer
ed an alleged affront by insisting on
playing a negro." The Traveller goes
on to say that "Princeton took thc
same attitude against Dartmouth a
year ago and Flogged and kicked the
negro Dartmouth player so bard that
they fiaotured his ribs within five
minutes and forced him out. Prinotor
and Yale's positions are that they an
white men's colleges and that Harvarc
can Und plenty of good white men te
play without insulting them by play'
lng nt groes."
'In other words," says The Newi
and C DU ri er, "we are told that tbi
students of Yale went to work V
lynch a student of Harvard in tb
presence of 35,000 spectators and ii
one of the most civilized, intelligen
and law abiding communities of Nev
England. ".The crime committed b,
the negro was merely one of pre ump
Lion." That is true, but, as The New
and Courier goes on to say, "all in al
the incident 1B a most instructive am
edifying one, and we recommend it t
the thoughtful attention of our ne
grophile neighbors. It is unfortunate
ly true that certain people In tb
South ina KO up their minds to lynd
negroes on occaal-tn, but they neve
go atout lt In the underhanded an
peculiarly reprehensible way employe
by the students of Yale. When In th
hands of a Southern mob there I
never anj doubt in the mind of a ne
gro culprit as to what to expect, bu
this little Harvard darky, it would ar.
pear, did not get what Presiden
Roosevelt might term a "square deal.
Ile thought he was goirg to partie!
pate in foot ball contest, while In rt
allty he offered himself vicariousl
for the star part in a lynching bee.
Lived Cheap O cd Rioh.
There ls 8159,000 in special publi
bequests In the will of Charles I
French, a retired drug merchanl
whose death occurred In Boston withl
a week. There ls also a gift of tb
residue of his estate, after satlsfyin
thoso bequests and several person!
bequests, to the Boston Provider
Association and the Associated Char
ties, the income to ba used for indivh
uals worthy of charity. The city <
Boston is to get 898,000 all told, tl
purpose being to promote good sch
larsbip in tbs public schools and 1
take care of the Colonial Burt
Grounds, the old state house and tl
oldest and largest trees on the Coe
mon. The testator's home was !
Commonwealth avenue, but he w,
found dead In au office building I
owned In Boylston street. Mr. Front
( cted aa j inltor and elevator man b
sides scrubbing the floors. He boash
of living on 21 cents a day.
Uso to Thom,
About 1,400 earthquake shocks a
recorded yearly in Japan, the land
earthquakes, says Baron Dairo!
Kikuchi la an exhaustive treat
"Recent Seismological Investigate
In Japan," Just published for priva
circulation. The number is not as fe
midable as it would appear, howevc
as much less than tl tty are sensibl
Since 1875 ti'teen earthquakes ha
occurred sufficiently severe to eau
loss of live or nor loos damage to pro
erfcy. In October, 1891, tock plo cc t
Great Nuno Owarl earthquak,
whioh 7,000 people were killed, o<s
17,000 Injured and nearly 20,000 bull
lngs destroyed. In 1875 the imper]
government commenced the s ps tom
tlc observation of eathquakes. Of tl
223 large shocks recorded sluce t
earliest times, 47 had their origin
the Paclflo 17 in thc Japan Sea, 2
the Inland Sea. 114 in'and and 43 a
obsoure._
Gives Up Hope.
Senator Latlmor has given up ho
of tbe pissage of his good roads ti
at the present session of congress
has been said that economy is to
the slogan of tb? session, and in eve
quarter where effort has been made
obtain support for the measure t
question of legislative extravagar
has been raised. The bill will die
the end of the session._
Killed HI? Trainer.
Charles Hendricks, a lion tami
lacerated by a huge lion during
exhibition at San Francisco, died F
day. The accident happened duri
the performance of a trlok in whi
the lion was made to jump through
paper hoop. The trainer slipped a
was attacked by the hugh beast whl
tore his leg frightfully and caused
ihook from whloh he did not reoov
Furniture,
Sewing Machines
d household furnishings of every description ie; all grades
from the least expensive to the highest quality of goods?
Everett, Stultz and Bauen
Packard, Harvard Sterling
And other makes of Pianos.
: $15, $25, $35, $50 $75, $100 and up.
TWO SPECIAL SALES NOW ON,
, S. G. and Florence, S. C.
Edward Smearing,
Local Agent.
Miss Ella C. Ford,
Local Agent.
Write for Free Catalogue to
706-708-710 Broadway, Augusta, Qa.,
: Y?E ARE LooKlNQ .
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That la exactly what it ls. a F ire Killer. Demonstration every
day at the State Fair showing lld Ore righting qualities.
Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mill, Ginnery ?nd any one owning^
property should have them. For sale by -"
COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO..
Columbia, B. C Tho machinery Supply UOUBB of the State
Southeastern Lime & Cement Co.
CHARLESTON. S. C.
Building Material of all kind?. High Grade Roofing
"RUBEROI0." Write for prices.
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Building and Re-Pres ed Brick. Special Shapes to order. Fire Proof
Terra Gotta Flue Linings. Prepared to till orders for thousands or
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Whh ktT^I M^jnmh^^T^O^
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Cured by Keeley Institute, of
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ent solicited.
Pianos and Organs
For Christmas Gifts.
Write at once for
catalogue and special
bargains for Holiday
gifts.
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COLUMBIA, S. C.
T. S. HOLLEYMAN, M. D.,
The Specialist.
Cures all diseases of m<m. L'?t
manhood, syphilis (blood poison)
gonorhoea; gleet, stricture, variociele
hydrocele and all private diseases of
men. Catarrh In all forma cured
quiokly. Pdes cured without opera
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Under guarantee. Rooina 421 and
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Write for home treatment. OQl?c
hours: 0 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sundays,
10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
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OUAMM
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BY A
Women's Diseases,
How I Cure Them.
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CIAL MEDICAL LETTER ALSO
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A Timely Hint.
The Fairfax Enterprise says: "1 am
a Demoorat,-ono of the people be
Having in the right cf every human
being to life, liberty uno the pursuit
of happiness. With these convictions
I suggest to my brother Democrats of
the State Press that they make a new
departure and reinstate the grand old
party in power by making woman's
right to the ballot the great iBSue In
the next election. Standing as thoy
will then do for the right*) of half tho
people, success will be a certainty."
Took Thom In.
At Charleston on Wednesday Rev.
A. E. Cornish came to the assistance
of the police department in providing
for Mrs. F. M. Bolger and child, wbo
bad been turned out of their house
for non-payment of rent and had been
taken caro of during the night by the
department. The woman claims that
me waa deserted by her hm band, andi not be & welding ?in your life, I expect to
left with no means for the support of
herself and child. Rev. Cornish win
jare for her at his church home.
Every slrk Woman who oarnestly doilies to
recover her health should writo rae, describing
how oho B'ifTor8, and I will point out to her *
simple un .H..; nf permanent cure. At any raia
lt will not cost ii>yt?iing to And ont how I pro
DOBO to cure your disease, sn j urge that you
write mo without delny. Thousands of sick
women have cured Uiomsolves up in this way.
Out of tho ripeness of twenty-five year? ex
perience as a specialist, I hnvo developed an
entirely n< w system of curing chronic diseases
and it adapts itself especially woll to the cure
of disensos of women, to which I have given
special atudy all my life, 1 will understand
your case, and understanding it, I will readily
lind the means of cure. If thu goneral run of
doctors havo failed, if patent medicines ?iat
seem cheap, but aro really costly in the end
have dono you no good, Olen 1 am moro than
certain that I will cure you, for stubborn cases
iro tho ones 1 want to hear from, I will cure
you fifty por cont quicker than by, the old
method, and give you such a treatment as will
not only cure your disease, brit build you up
thoroughly and make you fool bettor in every
way.
I want especially to hear from women who
havo troublo with Oio womb, ovaries or ner
vous syntonj. who suffer from leucorrhea
and menstrual difficulties, disorders of
the blood, weak heart, headache, neuralgia
vortlgo, stomneh trouble, rheumatism, skin
affections, kidnoy troubles, any disease of tho
?u-oat, lungs or urinary organs. To such as
Uione, 1 will gua mutee speedy and completa
recovery by my now original mothod. At say
rates you should investigate tills matter for
thor, and if you will writo mo regarding your
self, I will study your case and report to you
fully how to bo cured. All thin will cost you
nothing. I will also inclose a booklet ttt my own
writing poing into all tho spocial diseases of
women with symptom*, causes and effects,
freo of charge. You aro at no expenso what
ever, so If you really w.nt to bo cured and
hoar from
J. Nowto
224 S. Broad St, Atlanta, Oa.
Try to ?rito mo today.
n you soon. My prixate address ls
n fJ-.>,?o.nv; M. D., 83 Inman Bldg,