The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 29, 1893, Image 1
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iro DOLLARS AND A'HALFJ
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t Weekly W?K?s Of Female Dispensary
Kmployes.
State, June 20th.
Two dollars and a half a week! (
This is the sum of money the State
of South Carolina is paying its wo- <
men for their hard labor in its big
gin mill. It is the salary they were 1
paid when the roll was called on
Saturday evening last, and it is the ;
sal^ptohat caused the most of them
to quietly quit their jobs yesterday
and lea*e vacant seats to he filled by (
others who were willing to work for ,
that pittance. Behind the sealing i
and hibehing tables yesterday there !
were now faces, few of those who '
began work with the dispensary, not i
knowing what their salaries would .
he, being there. Forty one cents is
the amount for which the women '
employes are required to work from
7,^j#:lock in the morning till G
o'clock in the evening with one hour
for dinner, and most of them have i
to handle over fifteen hundred hotties
each day
The new faces around the table
attracted the attention of the representative
of 77te State ,and inquiry of
the authorities elicited the informa
Lion nun -some cnanges nan. ueen
in a de."
It did not take much investiga- 1
tion to ascertain that the eratwhih* '
employes had declined to continued
at the salary, ami further inquiry developed
the exiifcfc amount of such 1
salary. The statement is made that
when the time for the payment of 1
the salaries arrived on Saturday af- J
ternoon an explanation was made in ]
which the authoritiea regretted the
low salaries, hut placed it upon the 1
ground that the business would have 1
t r% )\n lmi rintil llute/nwrlilu (
*v WV iviu IIV\* fciivi I' 'J UwlVI g lll^iu
would be any raise. It was intima- 1
ted, too, to most of the workmen
that the amount would hardly, at 1
any time in the future, exceed $1 a
week.
Only a few of the boys who began 1
work last week are missing, and all
the men seem to bo on hand. Most 1
of those who have taken the places 1
of the women who quit, are young
girls. '
But the change of force did not 1
Ihave any visible effect on the work 1
Jit the big mill yesterday. More 1
room was made for additional sealers
and everything is going on with
a rush. It was found during the day
that the packing force was too small
and increased this morning. 1
The establishment is now turning '
out about twelve hundred gallons of 1
liquor a day, but Mr. A. .1. White, |
the Cincinnati lienor . an. who h?? I
been at the dispensary since the start,
says there is no reason why with a 1
. slight increase of force tho hi# mill
cannot turn out a carload?fifty barrels
or 2,200 gallons?a day.
News was received yesterday to;
the effect the Sumter board is going
to establish two dispensaries in Sumt?r
county, one at Sumter and the
Other at Mayesville.
As flu evidence of the nearness of
the approach of the operation of the
dispensary law liquor men seem to
be getting reckless. Last night the
proprietor of the store of the liichiai.tkWine
Company went home and
left Jje rear doors of the place wide
opem The police found them so |
and closed the place up.
The Queen and the Casket.
It is said that Queen Victoria
once presented herself before the '
keeper of the Treasure Chamber in
Windsor Castle with a request for
the richer of the two small caskets
in his custody, made each of one sol- !
id crystal, exquisite in-workmanship
and very costly. Selecting the rich- 1
or and finer of the two sho drew
from her pocket a copy of the 13ible ,
and locked it in the casket, which
was then returned to its place, richer
than ever for the new treasure it
rtulfc^ned. I
Bible stored in that shrine
was General Gordon's. It had been
his daily support and solace, and
was with him at Khartum. It was
worn and marked with the thousand
notes of drily use and daily study, j
which indicated the relation of its
hero-owner to it and what it had
boen to him.
Wo give the story as we have
heard it. Treat it as wo will, as par
able or as history, it is a striking illustration
of what gives supreme ,
value to the Bible and of its true relation
to men. It was not a new i
copy of the Scriptures, fresh, un- i
sraed and unused, that was thus i
royally set. It was not selected for i
? the beauty of the binding, the richness
of the materia], or the excel- ,
lence of the workmanship. It was (
chosen because it had once borne i
the relation it did to a heroio life. |
It had helped to create that life, to ]
raise it hip;b, to make it pure and ,
Strong, to (ill it with faith and light ,
and hope. The Queen's act was the i
^ommenjnr^'ip of a great victory ]
AlsV fvice, the greatest se^r- |
mil - f Jn. oe rendered to a man i
1 g him to develop his char- i
it.
I - j
ncter, to l>o what he is made to h<?,
and to do what he is made to do.
This is the place the Bible holds in
the history of the nations which have
loved it ai d lived by it. This is the
place it is destined to hold in the life
i)f the race redeemed. Redeemed
and sanctified humanity is to be the
crystal" shrine of tho woll-used Bible,
which will have ottidetl, supported
and inspire! it through the long
years of its warfare.
This is the supreme usefulness
and the supreme glory of tho Bible.
It will turn every life which is committed
to its guidance into h victory.
It possessors for every man,'in whatever
condition, the art of defeating
sin. of defying fate, and of realizing
the divine plan <>f life. iLmay not
solve all doubts; it ni ly not clear
away all perplexities; it may not toll
us alt wo would like to know; it may
be silent where we wish it would
spouK; and when it speaks it may
not always bo in a voice which has
one meaning to all men or a meaning
which is caught easily at first; but it
shows men how to live and what to
live for, It gives the sorely per
ploxed and baffled existence of ours
itij' proper direction and its much
needed support.
The best service to a man in this
world is not to help him 011 with
money, but to show hint how to livef
wimi io aim at ami nvo lor, what to
find peace and satisfaction in, and so
to lead him to that divine philosophy
which is the heart of that life which
(Jod means to he a Ulessing t,o every
creature who shares in its mystery.
The Hi hie never yet failed to do
this for every one who went to it for
this service. I Kb as provided a solid,
hopeful, rational and inspiring theory
of the world, of its origin, its
government, its purpose, and of the
inner aim and meaning of life. It
has taught the supremo value of
truth and righteousness. It has givan
a theory as to the awful mystery
[if sin and a practical solution of its
dark problem in the thousand and
ton thousand times ten thousand examples
it is daily giving of holy lives
trained amid sin and in spite of sin,
upon whom sin appears to have no
power except perhaps as it drives
them hack the more earnestly into
the divine hope the Hihle has sot bofore
them.
Haul sneaks, as the. lawvars snv.
I ? ? ? . J 1
ad rem when he defines the nature
and the aim of inspiration in describing
it to Timothy as "profitable"
and then goes on to say for what it is
profitable, "for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in
righteousness, that the man of (Jod
may be thoroughly furnished unto
nil goc^l works." This is a view of
Scripture which transforms it into
a friend sent to aid us in the perplexities
and the responsibilities of
life. It is a help in right living,
For this end it provides the theory
of what the right life is, the motives
that support it, and correctives to
bring our wandering lives back to
the right line
Amid all our clamorous vociferation
for a Bible that is more than
this, for a Bible that is less than this,
for a Bible that is different from
tliif, the well-worn Bible in the crys
till shine is the true and touching
illustration that this is what it is.?
'/'Ac Independent.
News and Courier says:
' Some of tlie most remarkable
coincidences extant are, in some unacountable
manner, astronomically
speaking, correlated with the earth
wave of Tuesday. On Tuesday,
June 20, 11 hours, 10 minutes, P.
M. the summer solstice (even day
aiuUeven night and beginning of
summer) occurred. The sun also
entered Cancer, one of the signs of
the zodiac, and near the moon's first
quarter and near the flood tide.
This is, truly, a rich field of investigation
for the astronomer."
The Newberry Herald and News
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The county hoard of control for
Newberry County hCd a meeting
last Friday and appointed K. C. Mayl>in
the dispenser of liquors for this
place. The Ilerald and News stated
two weeks ago that he did not
have a majority of tho ^free hold
voters to his list, and we have no
reason to change the opinion then
expressed. No doubt that ihe board
thinks otherwise, for we believe
they intended to act in accordance
with the law.
Rosins Take a Tumble.
Says tho Savannah News: Hihg
grade rosins have taken a direct tumble
during the last day or two. Up
to Saturday water white rosin was up
to $4,25, and other high grades were
up in proportion, having been forced
up by heavy orders placed here.
On' Saturday the high grades took
a tumble of 10 cents on the barrel,
and yesterday tlmy fell off 25 cents
nrlore, making ami 1 of 35 cents per
barrel from the highest price they
reached. The lower grade have fallen
[>ff 25 cents per barrel from the highest
figures they reached this senson
sinoe Saturday. Tho naval stores men
hardly know what to expect from the
market, but it is hardly thought that
those high prices will p?*evtnl again
until later in the season, if at all.
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CONWAY, S. cT,
THE PALMETTO BAR ROOMS- 1
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A Rush To Get Them Open All i
Over The Strte. ' j
Special to News and Courier:
Columbia, Juno 20.?The people ]
of the State are beginning to have a <
distinct real ization of the near up- !
proach of ?!.e enforcement of the j
dispensary law. The liquor men
and those in charge of the dispensary
appreciate the fact that what is ?o j
bo done before the law goes into i
effect has to bo done in short order, i
The liquor men, whonovor possible, J
are disposiug of their stock in bulk. (
The dispensary is making every pre- ,
parution to supply the demand which i
they expect to result from the with
drawal of the regular liquor men '
from business. The bottling is
being carried on with as much dis- '
patch as possible, and the authorities '
think that they are now a long way
ahead of the procession.
The clerical force lias been filled
out and Mr. I). A. (?. Ouzts, of 1
Kdgelleld, a practical business nmn, I
has boeti selected to take charge of ]
the receiving and shipping depart- 1
nients. '
file dispensary has made a big
hole in the stock of whiskey received 1
from the Mill Creek Distilling Coin- '
puny. Two rows of barrels have (
been taken down and arc now empty <
and the barrels are offeree! for sale. i
The work is going along very satis ]
faotoiily and iho hands are showing |
a decided in the handling of the
whiskey.
Tho announcement is made that
the dispensary has been paying, and
will continue to do so for the present,
at tho rate of 50 cents a day. TJiis
rate of pay applies to women and
children who are employed in the
bottling sealing and labelling de
part men ts. The rate of 50 per week
was made upon a basis of live days'
work, and was given out by one of
the women employed at the dispensary,
It is stated that two of the
old force have quit work because of
the small salaries paid.
The dispensary to-day began the
bottling of XX or ** whiskey. This
is tho second grade of whiskey to be
gotten out by the establishment. In
a few days the work of bottling the
XXX goods will begin. The supply ,
of wines is beginning to ariivo and |
is bein?r stored in the main cellar of .
n j
the building. ,
The dispensary authorities are
making arrangements to purchase
domestic wines from South Carolina
manufacturers. It is said that Mr.
B. Harmon, a good Conservative,
will be appointed dispenser for Lexington
County.
It is^oxpccted that there will be
twenty-live dispensaries open by the
lOthof.July. In several counties
there will be two or more dispensaries.
It is 8aid that three or four dispensaries
will be installed in one of
the exprohibition North Carolina
border counties.
The constables who are to look
after the enforcement of the law are
being appointed every day.
Commissioner Traxler says that he
expects to start shipments to county
dispensers about next Saturday he
thinks that ho can then manage to
fill all orders. He has just received
a big'order from the dispenser at (
Abbeville.
Columbian Letter.
CKegular Correspondent.,)
Tho miiiiy thousands who attended
the World's Fair last week have
mason to congratulate themselves i
that the weather left nothing to he i
desired, as tho thermometer did not |
register above seventy on an average,
and sight seeing under these <
conditions is pleasant* It is no <
woi^der that the attendance was so
large, as tho week was crowded foil
of many interesting events. i
She who has acted so American <
and independent life is on her return
to her native health. We refer to |
the Princess Eulalia. Would that .
there were more women like unto (
her. Fi no clothes and grand rccep- '
tions have not turned her head, and
tf?e entertainment she has received ,
by Chicago's "100'' was 110 more
than her due. She whs present at ;
the oDeniny cremonies of the Snan.
a n i ' .J
ish government building.
A farewell banquet was given to 1
the British commissioners prior to
their return home and it would be j
more easy to mention those people j
high up in society, the professions i
and commercial pursuits who wero J
not there than those who were.
The King's Daughters and Sons i
opened their congress last week in <
memorial art palace, and papers on <
moral and social reform in all, its I
phases were ably read and talked i
abont by those indentifled with the
work. There is no dispute > but ,
what there is ample room and scope j
for work of this kind and no lack of (
material. I
It may not be known to many 1
that Gov. Russell, who was present i
with his staff atjhe reception given i
our Word, Your Work, and A
THimSDAY
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because they once had a battle at l
ind erected a monument on Bunker s
Hill, back in Massachusetts, is one <
fo the youngest among the several J
governors. The bright uniforms 1
md gold lace set many a young t
woman's heart IIuttering, and perhaps
some of uncertain age can be i
counted among them. It was a I
grand a air, ur.d many' notables j?
gathered, helping to make the oocu i
nion auspicious. j I
The noxt timo Director General
Davis issues a photograph privilege,
it is dollars to doughnuts that Pho- 1
tographer-in Chief Arnold will not '
interfere The council of udminis- J
[ration luive caused him to eat hum
hie pie be auso he lifted several of
these pcrmh and said council re i
solved that General Davis could '
issue all that kind of permits he *
liked, without brooking tho interferon
e of said Arnold.
Ti.i> time it was tho <juill drivers (
jf Illinois who spend the week t
wnong us, for the Slate Press nsso.
ciatmn gatnereu trom near unci far |
iiul had a royal time.
While fakirs in all lines are mimerious,
there is an especial pestilential
multitude of those soiling
pictures, maps and guide books of
the grounds. They cry them in
/our ears at the railroad station, boat
landings and at the gates outside the
"Official Guide." If ttio visitor
will bear in mind that there is but
cue "Official Guide," that it is the
July guide sold within the grounds,
itul uwai' entering the fair before
purchasing, ho will avoid a petty im
position. As the genuine "Official
Guide" sells for 25 cents, (here is
not much nt.stake, but it is just as
well to avoid even a small swindle
by the outside fakir, if you cure for
i guide hook at all. The genuine
guide book is an especial and for |
those who wish to make rapid work
jf seeing the fair.
The hotels and boarding houses
in Chicago have been stigmatized
Loo much in regard to their charges
itul right here wo want to set people
right Plenty of good wholesome
food can be had at 25 cents per meal
and rooms in hbtels and boarding
bouses from *1 per day up. We
know whereof wo speak, and it's
time that many papers should stop
that cry of "extortion." Prices are
scarcely any higher than under or
linary conditions. There are exceptions
to all rules, and there perhaps
are a few oases where overcharges
have boon made, but the frnnorul
public are well ami reasonably sat- i
sfiecl. Such is tlio verdict of many
who have been here, aiid are recom- ]
mending their friends to come. i
Last week was olio to have a good
Lime in, and no one seemed to enjoy- J
joy it more than the sons of the :
fatherland. Gorman day, the uni- '
versarv of Kaiser William's birth, 1
Irew largely upon the surrounding j
states and country, and the result (
was a troyiundous multitude went
through tno gatos. What with pa (
fading, music, speeches, wining ami '
[lining and fireworks to bring to a 1
fitting climax the day's proceedings,
it is no wonder that notwithstanding 1
the immense throng, everybody was '
?ood natured and bad a good time,
but then that is characteristic of our 1
German friends.
Arkansas among thoso that opened
their doOrs last week, and credit is ,
duo the women of that state for the
interest they took in gathering the
funds to erect so line a home. It
whs a joyous si 111 10 see so many
prdlty southern belles and dames at ;
tho dedicatory exercises.
Handel's "Messiah" was given by
an orchestra of 114 musicians and
chorus of 500 voices, \Vith four
prominent vocalists as soloists.
VVoids fail to describe tlio rnngnificent
rendering of this well known
oratorio, but sulTlce it to say that
those who were present will probably
never forget the spontacous uprising
of tho audience when the
chorus of tbe hallelujah was begun.
Those who were fortunate to have
been, ono of the thousands who attended
the rendition of Handel'
sublime masterpiece tho "Messiah,"
will perhaps recall in after years,
the silent, intent enthusiasm wiili
which it was received. Prof. Tom
lins has shown himself to be a skillful
and competent conductor and
led the orchestra of J14 instruments
find chorus of 500 voices with a steady
band.
Kvory week shows very marked
improvement in the placing of exhibits.
Since Franco opened up
her rnagnifloonjrdisplav in the man*
ifaotures building, it has seemed to
inspiro other exhibitors, so much so
that Chief Allison will have dec 1 earsd,
by time this letter is read, his
iepartraent finished, and intents
having a glorification in honor thereof.
The country which gave Columbus
birth- hoover whom all this fuss
is about?has just reason to be piDtid
af her exhibit in tho liberal arts
building. Italy's contribution is
varied uud handsome and every cily
in that peninsula is represented in
jome way?Leghorn hats made in,
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four Country.n
rUNE 1893
denoa, gold ctnbrocaded high-heeled
dioes from Palermo, silver nnd
{old worked out in tiligreo from
Florence and marbles and mosaics
from all parts of the land of Macca oni.
The soloists were excellent, but
t is not often that one has the chance
,o listen to such perfect phrasing
tnd correct singing as that of the
enowmd Nnglish tenor, Edward
Lloyd. Ho was compelled to repeat
>no of his numbers. When the
lallolniah chorus was sung the vast
mdienen nrnonil nno m?.l
? ?? v>wv\f y i?w V"iv |>VI OV^II y H I M l
so carried away were thoy that many |
joined ii\ the music until the very j
afters of the festival hall seemed to j
jtiiver. t
-or ? ?
Prof"E.B- Craighead of wofford,
is Clemson s PresidentClemson
Go] lego lias a president
it last, lie is Professor 10. 15.
Jraighoad, one of the ablest educa tors
in the South.
The trustees mot at < I'lctnson last
light, when the election was held,
,\'ith the result named.
Governor Till nan, Secretary Tinlal
and Mr. Wanamaker, of the
joaril, returned to this city this -if
ertieon, and from the two latter a
Ionrtial reporter obtained the infornation.
In addition to tho election of the
resident the other business was
he assigning of the different profesors,
all ot whom were present, to
heir departments. Mr. Stonewall
I'ompkins, of Virginia, recently eleced
assistant professor of mechanical
jivil and electrical engineering, has
icceptcd, and was present last night,
lie is a bright young man. having
taken a complete course in the
\li'l r Manual Training School, af,or
which he took ji post graduate
Juurse in the University of Virginia,
a i. icn of i uk in; ksidkn r.
> i.'f *or Craighead tho newly
>leot<d president, is in every% way
mtitled to the high esteem in which
tie is held as an educator.
He was hoyn on a farm in Missouri,
and spent the early years of his
life here; hut his ambition led him
to seek a wider Held of inlluence.
After completing his academic education,
he attended limory College,
11 his native State, for three years,
if tor which he took a course in
Vunderbill University, at Nashville.
Completing his course there,
lie went abroad, where he spent six
months at I .cipsic, six at a university
in Italy, and eighteen at University
of France, thus obtaining
the best possible education.
After completing bis education
lie returned to Vnnderbilt, where he
taught for a short while, when he
was elected to tho chair of Greek
and Gorman at WolTord, which po
sition he has heldc.-r since, winning
for himself the highest esteem of
the faculty and friends of that
icliool, as well as throughout the
State.
lie will hardly have any time to
lpvnhrt lii mi1 III ?*AOI
. vww vy wvitvui ill II .-} in - >T j-'WO I
Lion, luit it is possible that lie may
undertake to teach CI reek.
He is still young, being only
iboH140years of age, and has a life
jf great promise before him. Ho
will bo looked to for the early success
of South Carolina's school for
farmers, and from him his friends
and admirers expect much.
The college will open July 6ch
and all tb professors will he on hand.
?
Leland^Stanford of San Francisco,
was horn in Albany county, New
York, March 9, 1824 received an
academical cducatioi entered the
law oflice of Wheatou, I)oolitt)o?fc
Had ley, at Albany, in 1840, and af
ter three year^ study was admitted
'o practice law in the Supreme Court
in the State of New York; removed,
to 11 ort Washington. in the northern
part of tho State of Wisconsin, where
nc was engaged in tho practice of
ids profession for four years; a fire
in the spring of 1825 destroying his
law library and other property, he
wont to California, where he became
associated in business with his
brothers, three of whom had preceded
him to tho Pacific Coast; he was
at first in business at Michigan
HlutTs, and in 1850 removed to Sacramento
to engage in mercantile
pursuits on a large scale; was a delegate
to tho National Republican
convention at t'hicago in 1800; was
elected Governor of California, and
served from December, 1801, to
18013; as president of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company he superintended
its construction over the
mountains, building 5130 miles of it
in 21K3 days; he was interested in
other railroads on the Pacific Slope,
id agriCttltnro and in manufactures.
He wan elected to tUo United Stated
Senate as a Republican, in the place
of J. T. Earley, Democrat, andftook
hie seat March 4, 1885' J
Improper and deficient Vare ol
the scalp will cause grayness of tht
hair and baldness. Escape both
by the use of tbat reliable specific
llail's hair Itenewer.
t, A DIRS
Needing atonic, or children who wantbuild,
tng up, should tako
BROWN'S 1UOW IIITTKRS,
It is pleasant to tako, cures Malaria, ladU
foftlon, Blllommvss aud Liver Com plaints.
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AT THE CAPITOL.
A Tour Through the Big State
Bar Rooms .
('hrraw Reporter,
I went over to Columbia last
Thursday, and while there, concluded
to go and see if newspaper inon |
would he admitted into Ben Till* ,
III.'LiTr 1 >i ir >?;?f rnoiil Annnnin^niml
by a friend 1 asked if newspaper
men were admitted and tlio door
keef replied in the adiniiativc, at
the same time inquiring my place
of residence. I told him t'horaw,
but refrained from mentioning The
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Reporter, for fear Tillman might ,
have cautioned him against admit- i
ting the editors of those papors
hostile to himself. Once inside, II
was free to examine everything. '
Everybody in the dispensary was j
busily engaged in work as the bottling
of the lupior had begun that
very day. The lhpior was pourod
into a trough in the second story,
from whence it was carried by
pipes into two largo tanks below.
Onco in these tanks the stuff ilowed
through six or eight small pipes,
arranged on each tank, into the bottles
which wore placed to bo filled.
i nuiu wus an auionuuic arrangemcnt
which stopped tho lienor from
(lowing as soon as the hot ties bocame
full. One set being filled,
they were passed along to the corkers,
who pounded in tho corks ?
thence they were taken to tho women
who dipped the corks into molted
ceiling wax?next the seal was
stamped in the soft, wax and thou
the bottles worn arranged along the
tloor ready to be packed in barrels'
for shipment to the different dispell-!
saries. Thus is the bottling of the
liquor at tho great State bar room
accomplished. The JStuto bar keeper
spends nearly all Of his spare
time in his bar room and scarcely
thinks of anyting ?lab. I saw him
walking all about and bossing everything.
They say in Columbia that
Commissioner Traxler is no where? i
Ben Tillman has every thing his
own way and all Traxler does is to
draw his salary. As Tillman is j
going to boss tho whiskey business!
in tho Stato anyhow, would'nt it be
better, therefore, to do away with
the Commissioner altogether and
add 4500 to the Govern's salary in
consideration of this extra work
which he has taken upon himself.
Hy this means a saving of $L 300
would bo effected and our "noble
Governor" would be suitably rewarded
for his great interest on bohalf
of the State.
Saluted Generel HamptonDenver
(Col .1 News.
General Wade Ilampton lias had
lots of receptions in his time, including
some of a very enthusiastic char
actor from bluecoated soldiers, but
never bad he a reception like ir.toi
that put up by .Jim May. That.:
ancient warrior for twenty years has
mingled himself with the Union '.'a
cilic pay roll as a pleasant pastime
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he heard, that Ins old commander, the
man whom he carried on his own
broad shoulders across fourteen
miles of swamp, was coming west,
the war-like throb of the Clan May
pulsated again in his bosom and he
resolved that, come what may, the
general should receive a military
greeting at his hands. His mind
wont back to the day when he stood
in the forfront of the strife clasping
the shattered staff from which Hut
tered the colors of the South, and
he then thought of the next day,
when they had all recovered their
breath after the hard running occasioned
hy a well fed troop of federal
cavalry and Gen. Hampton complimented
him hy name of his bravery.
So the confederate army of Sterliug
dug up his beloved old butternut
uniform and lovingly girded it
around as much of his person as it
would encompass. It wouldn't go
all tho way round, for Jim's digestive
apparatus has thrivou since it ceased
wrestling with hardtack and insufficiently
masticated shoe leather.
Tho army deployed in solid column
on the main street and marched
to tho depot amid tho acclamation
of the populace.
When General Hampton's train
arrived, Commander May advanced,
saluted, gave three cheers and then
went into the car, soiled and worn
1 uniform, collapsed hat and all, and
had a hearty handshake with his old
i leader. Maybe it was a foolish sort
i of an affair, but the big crowd at
Sterling was very quite while it was
* tf?'n8 on> ftn(* when old Jim May
with a suspicions' lump in his tluoat,
marched back up tho street to hit
work, he got a cheer that could Ix
. heard out on tho prarie.
The First United States Flag
i
. Do our young people know wh<
made the first "Stars and Stripes'
flag? Not long after our coloniei
declared themselves "free and inde
pendent," and started up in businesi
for themselves, thoy felt the need o!
;j a banner which should be unliko al
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others, and belong to them alone.
So a patriotic artist designed ono
after the beautiful coat arras of tho
leader, George Washington; and,
with a few slight changes, tho first
flag was exactly like tho ono we love
to day. This pattern banner was
made in the year 1?7T< in the city of
Philadelphia. The work was don?
by t wo sisters, Miss Mary and Miss
Sarah Austin. The house ill which
they lived is ?till standing, and is
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birth piuce of "Old (!ory."
It was this Hag that lloated over
the ship of the gallant Paul Jones
when he won the sea-fight off the
coast of Kngland, in 177'J. Ho carried
u lirston his little vessel which
ran up and down the Hchuykill riycr,
and grew so fond of it that when ho
was ordered to a higher post he could
not leave his signal behind. So
when the "Hon llommo Uichard"
fought the Serapis, the young commander
won his great victory under
the shadow of 1 is dear Hag, and during
the battle it was more than once
picked up out of the salt, water, and
saved from Hood as well as Heme.
At one time the chief mast, to which
tho Hag was lashed, wa< shot awav,
and "down fell Hid < i lory" into tho
Atlantic. A brave young officer
plunged in and rescued if, and nail
edit to another mast, and there it
hung until the "Hon I lory me Kichard"
won tho day. In this groat
naval hat tin the conflict was so fierce
that Paul Jones had to lash his ship
to tho "Sorapis." lost it should sink
before tho hour of victory. And he
proved himself a wise commander,
for after two more hours of haul
fighting tho enemy surrendered, and
before another sunrise the "Hon
Homme Uiehnrd"sunk many fathoms
deep.
After this battle tho llag was borne
by tho United Slates frigate "Alliance"
over many an ocean voyage.
It is now a tattered and faded
ghost of its former bright beauty,
but more glorious than ever in tho
memories which cluster around its
folds.
There arc carefully patched bullet
holes, and one entire stripe has
been replaced by new. It had but
twelve stars for when it was made
there wore but twelve States, a3
Georgia, the last of the original
thirteen, had not entered into the
Union. A part of one end has been
torn off, and it is now almost square,
measuring, perhaps, six foot each
way.
This glorious old trophy now
belongs to the descendants of the
young ollicer who rescued it from the
ocean as its first naval battle, and, in
so doing, was himself cut and maimed
for life. When peaco was restored
the flag was presented to its gallant
rescuer, who cherished it as his
chief treasure, and bequeathed it to
his children.
In addition to its interest as tlie
first Hag made for* our country, it
has great historical value as being
the first" United States banner salu
ted by foreign nations 011 the high
seas, for immediately after the surrender
of the "Serapis" it was acknowledged
as our emblem by the
French war ships,
It is onlv a hit of faded cloth, but
all the same it is our blessed "Old
Olory," the first symbol of a freo
people to float 011 the broe/.es of a
new world, and a token of the dear
osi ining on eartn 10 tlie neart or all
true Americans. ?Churchrncm.
Wo never havo rnoro than wo can
bear. The present hour wo arc always
ablo to endure. As our day as
is our strength. I f tho trials of many
1 years wero gathered into one, they
! would overwhelm up; therefore, in
pity to our lfttl > strength, he sends
first one, then another, then removes
both, and lays a third, heavier per1
haps than either; but all is so wisoly
, measured to-our strength that the
bruised reed is never broken. Wo
do not enough look at our trials in
this continuous and successive view.
Kach one is sent to teacli us something,
and altogether they havo a
lesson which is beyond the power of
I any t^ teach alone. ? //. h\ Mdn
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Reform and "Refawm.'
i The Greenville News has invented
| a now word -and a good one. 11 is
; "refawm." The Now-, explains the
I matter thus:
j Reform is a real thing?a thing
which the purest and highest, strongest
and bravest men of all ages have
worked and suffered and died for.
"Refawtn" is simply wind? a sound
signifying nothing hut a desire for
' votes and offices, salaries and power.
'? That is'the difference we make be
woen "reform'' ane "refawni."
AVo You .^orvoiiH.
?j Are you all tired out, do yon have
' i that tired feeling or sick headache?
You can bo relieved of all these
symptoms by taking Hood's Sarsapari
11a, which gives nc/ve, mental
, and bodily strength and thoroughly
; purifies the blood. It also creates a
3 good appetite, cures indigestion,
. heartburn and dyspepsia,
si Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy
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