The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 28, 1907, Image 3
WILL SOON OPEN.
The National Campaign is Beginijjnj
to Thaw Out
AND GREAT ISSUES
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Will RC Jtiscussod On the Platform 1
by TIhAisaiuIm of Irators. Senator
Tillman Will He Prominent 1
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Among Them. Some of the Other
Speakers on lloth Sides Are ]
Given Below. <
National political issues will be j
discussed to a greater extent the
present spring and summer than they <
were during the recent session of i
congress.
This statement may seem odd, but ;
it nevertheless, is true. A change
has came over the people of America ,
*1 the last decade?a change that is
articularly noticeable in Washing>n.
Years ago, political campaigns
ere cdc cted practically through y
nly three or four months, in a pros- 1
.dential contest, and during only two !
or three rponths in a congressional
contest. Times have changed and so
have political methods. There is no
awaiting now for the presidential i
campaign to begin next spring or
summer. It is "on" at the moment.
Candidates, in their personality, may
not be discussed so much, but issues
of the campaign are being threshed
out from every rostrum in the country.
Political arguments and partisan
appeals formerly were made either
through the newspapers or at stated
gatherings of one or another of the 1
political parties. In the opinion of
the best political observers, the day
oi the political meeting, as such, is
passing, if,.ineeded, it already has
not gone int^ .listory. So far as in- *
fluence is concerned, it has become a j
reminiscence. People attend political
meetings as a matter of curiosity i
or to put in the time, but not to get f
instruction as to how they shall vote.
In a few years more the "spellbin- ,
der" will be out of a job, because he .
no longer is able, in the judgment of [
the political managers, to deliver the
goods. '
For several years the lecture platform
has been increasing in import,
ance and influence,. It supplements
thoroughly the newspaper press in
conveying to the people facts and in- a
formation about the government and 1
about the live questions of the day. 3
This is indicated by the number of 1
rominent Americans?men who are 1.
lentified with the political life of <
le country?who have appeared on i
le lecture platform and who prac- t
sally have abandoned the political
strum. Year in and year out they
each their doctrine from Chautaula
platforms and lyceum stages. d
le discussions of issues which they
esent to the people are supposed
be non-partisan, but as a matter 1
concrete fact they are as partisan v
is the individual who delives the v
dress. c
Political lecturing is not only profit- c
le to the man who is successful at i]
but it enables the lecturer to reach \
greater number of people whom he ?
robably desires to reach than any : =?
her method. Several members of y
ngress have lecture engagements i]
)ich will consume practically all of i
cir time between this and the.con- n
ning of congress next December, i
}r these lectures, which are either ;
ain political speeches of disserta- ,
>n on various phases of social or! ..
onomic iil*, those who deliver
lem receive $50 to $250- each. The
:ice varies with the lecturer and *
le subject.
Tt is not unlikely that Senator Till- 3
n of South Carolina, will deliver (
> lecture on the race question 150
nes before congress reassembles 1
xt December. In that time he will '
rn many times his salary as a Uni- a
~d States senator, for he is Yankee t
enough to get a mighty good price i
for his lecture engagements. Every ?
'yceum manager and lecture promot- t(
ir in the country eagerly sought Senior
Tillman's services this year, for
le draws enormous crowds wherever
? ie is billed to appear.
Senator Lafy.lette, the diminutive lJ
tatesinan frortrWisconsin, will spend ,]
nuch of his time during the spring (J
ind summer on the lecture platform, i
I Villiam Jennings Bryan, too, will u
ppear frequently at important pub- a
c assemblages as, also, will Senator e
Ieveridge, of Indiana, who just now p
, conducting a debate with Mr. Bry- (
n on the issues of the next nresi- ,
f lential campaign. Former Senator 1(
Fred Dubois, of Idaho, will attack u
the Mormons on the lecture plat- 0
form. Representative Champ Clark, .
of Missouri, Governor Folk, of the
same state, and Governor Cummins,
' Iowa, also will be prominent sum*
r lecturers who will seek to
,?ngthen their political pocket- ?
>ks by talking politics for a sub- c
antial consideration. !(
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The statement is again made that 'i
^resident Roosevelt, will not be a M
jandidate for rcJIjectirat) Roosevelt g
s no fool. He k|fows4i vould be
jeaten if he was a candidate for reelection,
and consequently he won't
be a candidate. n
Rev. J. B. Parjrott of Clinton, a 11
foremost Baptist preacher, is dead *
at that place. *
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DESIRE BLONDE CHILDREN.
Many People Want Light Chilrire*
When Adopting Little Onee.
Strange as it may seem, said a
prominent philanthropist in the New
York Tribune, npt a few chiulreu of
the thousands who must be classed
as street waifs receive a valuable inheritance
of blue eyes and light hair,
which, without too great a stretch of
tho imagination, may be called
golden. While 1 do not pretend to
understand the psychology of the,
question, facts will nevertheless bear
this out.
Of the great number of requests received
by the charitable institutions
jf this city for children for adoption
the majority of those who specify ask.
for the blue-eyed, golden-haired type.
So, you see, the inheritance of such
coloring is a sort of "open sesame"
to a good home, 'rtiis curious predilection
was much more marked 10 or
15 years ago than now, but it still
crops up occasionally and is certainly
Mi interesting trait.
The figures and letters obtainable
it charitable institutions contain information
corroborative of this statement.
For instance, in the records of
he New York Juvenile Asylum, an
institution which for the last ;>0 years
las given a real home and useful
.raining to some 40,000 children who
vould otherwise have grown up in the
slums and lias placed 6000 of them
n outside homes, mostly in the West, '
here is a multitude of letters asking
tor children to be adopted. Some of
hem show this curious blue ami yelo\v
choice.
Pan ...... ' - --?> ? -
ocuu n. uniiu om nere for
uloption? says one letter from a Westrn
state which every year receives
lany children from the institution.
11 so, have you a little girl with blue
yes and curly golden hair?"
We should he glad to give a good
tome to a little boy, says anoiner. We
refer one with light hair and blue
;ycs.
Of course a brunette complexion is
10 handicap to the child for which
the juvenile asylum is striving to get
i square deal. But those who wish
0 adopt light-haired children generally
specify on this particular, since
m other points the judgment of the
ifiylum authorities is regarded as suflcient.
One man who has long watched the
vork of this and other institutions of
v similar kind insists that, the psyshology
of a selection is simple. Acordlng
to his theory the West, where
1 real chance is found for many of the
ihildren, has a population made up in
arge part of settlers from Northern
ihiropeau countries, where blue eyes
inrf light hair constitute the prevailng
type. 'Naturally enough when
idopting a child one of such coloring
s preferred, all of which, while direct
y opposed to tlje theory of attraction
)f opposites, serves to emphasize 'he
r'alue of blue eyes and light hair t#
he New York waifs.
Strange Holiday Customs.
The posadas ("posada" meaning
Iwelling place or inn) commemorate
he journey of Joseph and Mary from
Nazareth to Bethlehem, whitner they
vent in obedience to the iloman emleror's
mandate, to be enrolled in the
ensus. This journey, made by Mary
>n a donkey led by Joseph, is sup- (
icsed to have occupied nine days.
Ylierefore the posadas last also for
line days. Each evening, as the
hades of night descended, the humble
mir naturally begged shelter, which,
n many cases, was at first refv?.ed.
t is this nightly episode that is coinnemorated
in Mexican homes by the
osauas, or "begging shelter." <
Very nearly every Mexican family, 1
f whatever rank, gives a series of
posadas" on varying scales of gran- ,
eur, and to these functions numerous
;uests arc invited. Each guest is ex- <
ected to lie present at the entire I
cries of nine "posedas," and it i3 ]
onsuiered extremely discourteous to <
ib&ent one's self from even one of
liem. in the conservative and old- 1
ashioned families, only dear friends l
nd relatives are allowed to share
he posuda season, but the more eoslopolitan
Mexicans, are broader mlndd,
and frequently invite foreigners
o join their Christmas parties.
Impermeable Corks.
Referring to the manufacture of imene*.
table corks for vessels con tailing
extracts. The Scientific American
raws attention to the following pro:ess,
taken from The J>eutsehe Deolllateurazeitung,
for making \corks
bsolutely impermeable: Five per
ent. of glycerine is added to a 6
er cent, solution of gelatine and
he corks, whicn, of course, must be
uoperly weighted, allowed to remain
jr several hours In the liqujd. Care
aust be taken that the temperature
f the batn is warm enough to retain
he gelatine solution in a fluid condllon.
The gelatine fills up the pores
f the corks, while the glycerine
erves to keep the latter elastic. The
uihh remain in me oath. nil thy are t
ompletely* saturated, and are then al- \
jwed to dry in the ordinary way, no t
pecial method being necessary, f
"ightly-fltting corks, elastic and at
lie same time impenetrable even by \
ases, can be pbtained by this prod&ss. t
Missionaries' Motor Boat. F
A motor-boat is to lie utilized for ?
(lission service in the North sea by I
he Missions to Seamen Society. It
rill be named the Frances Roget, and j
rill be stationed at Harwick.
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HUMAN TORflC
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Pours Oil Over Her Clothes and
Sets Them Afire.
RAN OUT IN THE YARD.
A Neighbor Who Tries to Kav? Her
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Beaten Off Until Ho Knocks Her
Down. .Survived Illness, but Believed
That She Was Slowly
Cioing Blind and Wanted to Die
At Once.
A terrible tragedy was enacted in
St; Louis, Mo., one day last week.
Driven to desperation by the fear
that she was about to lose her eyesight,
Miss Mary OUinger, 27 years
old, poured coal oil over her clothing
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Barbara
Anderson, No. 2611 North
Broadway, touched a match to her
dress, and was fatally burned.
She was removed to the City Hospital,
but the surgeons could do little
for her, and she died, in a few
hours after reaching the hospital in
great agony.
While the flames were scorching
her flesh, Miss Ollinger fought with
persons who tried to save her, and
pleaded with them to be permitted
to die. She made no outcry because
of pain, but was enduring the torture
stoically when her sister discovered
her and called for help.
Miss Ollinger was alone in the house ;
shortly after 1 o'clock on the day of
il.. L I "1 '
me" uageuy. ?>ne opened a bracket
lamp and poured the oil upon her
clothes, then lighted a match and
touched the blaze to a loose waist she
wore.
She ran into the yard, apparently
that the wind might fan the flames,
and was standing there when Mrs.
Anderson first saw her danger.
Mrs. Anderson screamed for help
Richard Rosenkranz, an insurance
agent, who lives across the street,
rushed into the Anderson yard and
tried to beat out the fire with his
hands. Miss Ollinger, who was large
and strong, fought him with her
fists, and cried to him to leave her.
"I want to die!" she exclaimed
frantically. "I am going blind, and
there is nothing left in life for me!"
Rosenkranz could not overcome
her, so he ran into the house, seized
a feather bed, dragged it into the j
yard, and threw it at the burning
woman. The weight knocked her
down, and he soon had smoothered
the flames.
Doctor Oliver Bacon, of No. 4363
North Market street, administered
soothing lotions, and an iinU?nlarw..?
conveyed the young woman to the
City Hospital.
Mrs. Anderson said her sister several
years ago suffered a serious illness
which affected her eyes. Recently
Miss Ollinger imagined she was
about to lose her sight entirely and
was subject to melancholia. None
of the family, however, believed she
would attempt to destroy herself.
Her near relatives were Mrs. Anderson
and George Ollinger, a brother,
who is an engineer in Kansas
City. At the hospital it was found
that Miss Ollinger's body from the
waist to the neck was a mass of blisters.
Keep It There.
Mr. George P. Rowell, of Printer's
Ink, in writing on the scenes and incidents
of a visit to Columbia, he
takes this state to task for erecting a
tablet in the state capitol whereon is
emblazoned the ordinace of secession
and the names of the men who signed
it. He thinks the boy who fired
his father's barn should as appropriately
preserve the fagot which
caused the conflagration.
That may be Mr. Rowell's opinion,
kilt Wl) A i\ nr\t U! r -
vuv ii v v4w mn i cc whii mm. nm
men who signed the Ordinance of
Secession in this and all the Southern
States were as true patriots as
the men who signed the declaration
independence at the beginning of
the revolutionary war, and in honoring
their memory the State does the
proper thing. She not only honors
them, but honors herself in erecting
the tablet Rowell complains of:
The Spartanburg Herald is right
vhen it says "the men who signed
the ordinance of secession were the
lower of Southern chivalry, and the
vorld has found no nobler. They
vere the representatives of a race
vho counted not on devastation and
uin, on sacrmce even 01 human lives
vhen the eternal principle of right
vas involved.
Disinterested students of history
vith one accord agree that these men
vere moved by a conscientious regard
for what they concieved to be
.heir duty. Many foresaw the consequences,
but they did not hesitate,
t is not creditable to be present generation
to say that it is doubtfull if
bat "ordinance" would be signed
iy a representative body of men of
his day, especially with the lights before
them.
But so long as men reverence demotion
to duty, so long as they honor
hose who dare to do right as they
ee it regardless of pecuniary or
>ersonal consequences, they will deire
to keep in mind the men who
lad the boldness to declare South
Carolina a free and independent state
ather than submit to what they beieved
injustice, and to back it up
vith their lives and their treasure."
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NOT THE PATTED CALK.
But the Hunt Was Nufflciont to
tiring Him a Dinner.
A good story is told of a coy pie of
farmers living a few miles apart
One day one called on the other, hap
penlng aro.md ut dinner tltne. The
person called upon, by the way, was
rather a penurious old fellow. He
sat at :he table enjoying his dinner.
The visitor drew toward the tabls,
expecting the old farmer to invite
him to dine. The old farmer kept on
eat lug.
"What's the news tip your way,
neighbor? No news, oh?"
Ppesontly a thought struck tho
visitor "Well, yes. friend; I did hear
of We Item of news worth mentioning."
.
"Ha what Is It ?"
"Neighbor John hns a cow that
has flvo calves."
"Is that so? Good gracious! What
In thunder does the fifth calf do
when the others are feeding?"
"Why, he sounds aud looks on,
Just us 1 do, llko a dninb fool."
"Mary, put on another plate,"
drawled the farmer, as ho caught
the point.?Judge's Magazine of Fua.
A Farcical Ycngcnace.
A magazine editor was congratulating
Richard Harding Davis on the
success of his farces.
"You handle the farce," said the
editor, "as skillfully as you used to
handle the short story. You have ,
the Kilt of seeing everything in a J
farcical light." '
"Oh. I don't know," said Mr. Da- 1
vis, modestly.
"Could you," pursued the editor,
"treat farcically the situation of a
wife's elopement with her husband's
iriend? Would you getanyfun
out of a situation so grimly sad and
horrible as t hat ?" '
Mr. Iiavis laughed.
"One of the principals in Just !
such a situation," he said, "got a
good deal of fun out of it. 1 allude to
tlie deserted husband. He got fun J
ami a terrible revenge as well. This
deserted husband, the day after his *
friend, sent the aforesaid best ?
friend a packet and the following
letter: *
" 'Dear Sir?Please hand the en- ?
closed set of false teeth to my late
wife, and ask her to be so good as ^
to return my father's, which, in the 1
hurry of the moment, she took by (
mistake.' " t
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Slio Looked Too Young. <
Bishop Warren, during the Methodist
conference in Philadelphia, was
the guest of honor at a reception at ,
the Bellevue-Strntford.
A young lady on being presented
to Bishop Warren, uttered a brilliant .
and eff< tivo epigram. Everyone applauded
this epigram effusively, but .
the bishop hardly noticed it. /
"Did you like my joke? It was
original," the young lady said to the *
bishop, a Utile annoyed at her failure
to impress him.
And the bishop at this, smiled and ,
shrugged his shoulders.
"Why do you shrug your shoul- ^
ders?" said the young lady, "when I ^
tell you that joke is original?"
"'Ah, you don't understand,' said *
Bishop Warren. "That shrug was a
great compliment. It meant, that yo? *
don't look to be a centenarian.' " ^
Not His Fault. ^
Bacon?Yob, his hair began to j
cottio out when he was quite young. .
Egbert? Oh, ho married early, did |('
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Delicate Compliment. ^
"That was a loft-hanod cornpli ^
mont," said Upton Sinclair, the noted
author of "The Jungle," apropos ()
of a remark made by a butcher. "It :t
reminds me," Mr. Sinclair went on,
"of a compliment that was once paid f
to a physician.
"This physician had married a ^
widow. He said one night to his s
wife, with a^complacent sigh: ^
" 'Well, I've pulled old Jones
through, after all. And a critical case ^
It was,Jet me tell you.'
" 'Yes, dear,' said the lady; 'but '
then, you know, you are such an excellent
doctor. Ah, if I had only *
known you four years earlier! I am J
certain mv nonr rlAurl
, u v/uu VTVUIU /'
have been saved.' "
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Man and Woman.
"Man composed of clay, is silent
and ponderous," preached Jean Raulln
in the fifteenth century; "but p
woman gives evidence of her osseous ];
origin by the rattle she keeps up. f
Move a sack of earth and it makes |
no noise; touch a bag of bones and -r
you are deafened with the clltter* (
clatter." London Chronicle. j
Learned Something.
"You've been to college a whole y
year and I don't think you've learned p
a thing." y
"Oh, yer, I have, dad. I've learned e
the class yell.'- , 7
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OFFICERS SALARIES
Gist of the Act Passed by the
Last Legislature.
The Auinnunts to Bo Paid Auditors,
,Treasurers, Clerks, Sheriffs mid
Other Officials.
A showing of the salaries paid to
county officers in the State appears
below and will doubtless prove interesting
to people throughout the
State. Some changes were made by
the general assembly, though there
were fewer this year than usual.
It should interest the citizens of
one county to know what their neighboring
county is paying her officer,
or what any other county is paying.
A study of the figures will show
that there is a wide difference in the
amounts paid the same officer in the
respective counties. Some are doubtless
well paid, while others are poorlv
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Of the various county offices perhaps
that of sheriff carries with it a
larger salary in the most counties. It
ranges from $700 in Pickens county
to $4,000 in Charleston*county. Abbeville,
$1,100, deputy $100; Aiken,
$2,000; Anderson, $1,800; Bamberg,
$800, for keeping jail and dieting
prisoners $100; Barnwell, $1,500;
Beaufort, $1,550; Berkeley, $1,000;
Charleston, $1,400; Cherokee, $1,500;
Chester, $900; Chesterfield, $900;
Clarendon, $800; Colleton, $1,500;
Darlington, $1,800; Dorchester, $900;
Edgefield, $1,000; Eairliekl, $1,000;
Eloi ence, $2,250; Georgetown, $2, fOO.1
Greenville, $2,200; Greenwood, $1,100;
Hampton, $l,o(i(); Horry. $700;
Kershaw, $1,200; Lancaster, $1,500;
Laurens, $1,500; Lee, $1,000; Lexington,
$800; Marion, $1,800; Marlboro,
$1,900; Newberry, $1,400; Oconee,
$1,000; Orangeburg, $2,500; Pickens,
$700; Richland, $2,400; Saluda, $1,100;
Spartanbvirg, $2,500; Sumter,
$1,800; Union, $1,500; Williamsburg,
$1,300; York, 1,350.
In addition to the salaries named
the sheriffs of the various counties
receive 30 cents per day for dieting
?ach prisoner while in custory, with
ictual necessary expenses for himself,
prisoners and lunatics when
jailed beyond the county.
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
As a rule the man who fills the ofice
of county superintendent is a
rcry poorly paid official. The salary
anges from $4,00 to $1,200, as folows:
Abbeville, $700; Aiken, $700;
\nderson, $900; Bamberg, $500;
Barnwell, $800; Beaufort, $400; Berkeley,
$400; Charleston, $1,000; Cher>kee,
$000; Chester, $000; Chesterieldj
$500; Clarendon, $050; Col Icon,
$000; Darlington, $800; Dorcheser,
$450; Edgefield, $000; Fairfield,
>500; Florence, $900; Georgetown,
i700; Greenville, $700; Greenwood,
>000; Hampton, $550; Horry, $400;
tershaw, $700; Lancaster, $000;
jaurens, $750; I^ee, $000; Lexington,
'>000; Marion $800; Marlboro, $700;
dewberry, $800; Oconee, $700; Or- .
tngeburg, $850; Pickens, $700; Rich- <
and, $1,200; Saluda, $450; Spartan- <
>urg, $1,200; Sumter, $900; Union, i
1500; Williamsburg, $600; York, 1
00.
AUDITOR AND TREASURER.
The salaries of county auditors
ange from $675 in Pickens county
o $3,200; in Charleston county, as
ollows: Abbeville, 1,000; Aiken,
,200; Anderson, 1,500; Bamberg,
00; Barnwell 1,200; Beaufort, 1,200;
Berkeley, 1,050; Charleston, 3,200;
Tierokee, 1,000; Chester, 1,000; Chesield,
900; Clarendon, 800; Colleton,
.200; Darlington, 1,100; Dorchester,
00; Edgefield, 1,000; Fairfield, 1,000;
' lorence, 1,100; Georgetown, 1,200;
ireenville 1,500; Greenwood, 1,000;
lampton, 900; Horry, 750; Kershaw;
,000; Lancaster, 900; Laurens, 1,000;
A?e, 1,000; Lexington, 900; Marion,
37; Marlboro, 900; Newberry, 1,000;
)conee, 900; Orangeb n*g, 1,500; (
Mckens, 675; Richland, 2 000; Salua,
800; Spartanburg, 1,800; Sumter, {
,200; Union, 900; Williamsburg,
00; York, 1,300. ,
In addition to their salaries the :
ounty auditors are allowed a fee of
5 cents for each conveyance of real ,
state transferred upon the recordsf
their respective offices, which fee >
i to be collected of the person or ,
ersons presenting the conveyance \
or transfer. (
The countty teasurer in each of ,
he counties of the State receives the |
ame salary as that paid to the coun- j
y auditor of such county, except in \
he counties of Union and Marion, j
rhere the salary is 1,200, and in the (
ounty of Lee, where it is 850. In (
ddition to the salary each of the j
ounty treasurers is entitled to a j
ee of $ I for each tax execution is- {
ued against delinquents. Only in j
'besterfield county is this fee chargeble
against the county, where 50
ents is charged. 3
SUPKIWISOR, \
County supervisor?Abbeville, $1,- ]
00; Aiken, 900! Anderson, 1,200; j
lamberg, 800; Barnwell 900; Beau- 1
ort, 800; Berkeley, 800; Charleston. 1
,500; Cherokee, 700; Chester, 800; i
Ihesterfield, 800; Clarendon, 800; 1
lolleton, 850; Darlington, 1,000; l
)orchester, 650; Edgefield, 900; Faireld,
1,000, Florence, 1,100; George- (
own, 1,200; Greenville, 1200; G reen/ood,
1,000; Hampton (county comnissi
oners 500; each); Horry 6 00;
Cershaw, 800; Lancaster, sot); Laurnce,
1,000; Lee, 800; Lexington,
50; er ion, 800; Marlboro, 1,000; 1
JewbMrry, 1,000; Oconee 700; Or
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angeburg. KO; Pickens, 600; Richland,
1,5<H ; Sj.iuda, 600;Spartanburg
1,250; Sun iCi, 900; Union, 600; Williamsburg,
TOO; York, 700,
In the most of the counties the
supervisor and board of commissioners
are provided with a clerk at a
salary ranging from 100 to 500.
The clerk of court in each county
is paid a small salary and given the
fees of the office, which amount to
a great deal in some of the counties.
The coroner's salary in Charleston
county is 1,800: in Richland it is 650,
in the other counties it ranges from
75 per year to 400.
Young People on the Farm.
If the young people on the farm
are discontented, says the American
Farmer, would it not he wise to investigate
the case? If there is dullness
and lethargy there is something
wrong. A morbid disposition kills
every joy, and it should be combated
at once. Morbidness is infectious,
' and its contagion is evil. It is a duty
we owe to ourselves and friends to
be cheerful, and the cheerful mood
is also contagious.
Our young j>eople on the farm can,
and they should cultivate cheerfulness,
self-control and serenity. The
"blues" are not commendable. Things
will happen to annoy us, but we can
keep our voices low and our fades
pleasant. We achieve something
worth while every time we repress in
speech, tones and gestures and expression,
irritation, impatience and
ill temper.
Our young people on the farm
should be thoroughly interested and
alive in all that is going on. We must
keep on climbing the mountain side;
we can not stay where we are, and
we must not fall back. Advancement
must be made, and our interest should
he so great there will be no room for
morbidness. It' we cease to grow we
cease to live.
Our young people will not suffer
from the blues if they read good,
strong books, it' they study with
earnestness the preparatory course
for their life work, if they keep un
their music or anything else in which
they are interested and have something
to talk of beyond the gossip of
the neighborhood and the mere frivolities
of life.
All of our young men and women
should have a practical work to do,
and then some skill of the hands or
some fad to fill in the old moments.
Many of our girls like the needle, and
beautiful pieces of embroidery have
grown, lit tle by little, using the frag4..
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We must live outside of ourselves,
make self worth something' to the
people around us, and this will give
us a large interest beyond self; with
the other young people, enlist in a
cause that will help the world. If you
do this, it is not likely that you will
often he very moody or depressed
yourself.
The Farmer Fccdetli All.
Very few of us appreciate the
great things the farmer does for this
country. In addition to feeding tin;
nation the farm still overshadows thp
mill, the factory and the workshop
in providing exports. For the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1900, the surplus
exported amounted in value to $970,()()(),000,
the largest ever reached by
agricultural exports for this or any
other country, and exceeding the export
values of 1901, previously the
record year.
During the last seventeen years the
exports of farmers have exceeded the
agricultural imports by $0,000,000,000,
while all other producers find
themselves at the end of the same
period with a total on the debtor
side of $459,000,000. Thus, it will
be .seen that the farmer stives the
"balance* of trade" for this country
and is the prime factor of all the
prosperity.
It will thus ho seen that the farmer
s the chief factor in making this
great country rich and prosperous.
When he prospers we all prosper.
Yet, with all of his importance he
gets very little consideration in comparison
with those of other callings,
Congress will do anything nearly that
the Wall street gamblers ask them to
do. But when it comes to legislating
for the benefit of the farmer, there
are numerous reasons why it cannot
be done, or if anything is done for
them it is done in a kind of "we
don't think you deserve it air."
Why is it that the farmers are
thus treated by those whom they
send to represent them in congress
sr the State Legislature? It is because
the farmer does not" hold their
public servants to a strict account
for the way they vote when it comes
to legislation that will help or protect
the farmer. The farmer could
iclp himself if he would. He should
organize, wdien a member of congress
>r other public servant does not vote
;o suit him, ho should be defeated
:or re-election. In this way and no
>ther will the farmer make himself
felt and respected in public affairs.
Anna Bell Kusself, a respectable
foung colored woman, was shot and
nor tally wounded in Winnsboro on
Wednesday of last week by Stork
Means, a twenty year old colored
hoy, because she refused to marry
lim. He way laid his victim and shot
her on her wav from church and
wounded two colored men who attempted
to protect her. Instead of
blowing out his own brain, as such
fools usually do, Means made his escape.
Albert Bailey, electrician at tho
Orr Mills in Anderson, was severely
burned by coming in contact with
a live wire. His right hand was
hurt, but he expects to have the use
of it again in a short time.
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