Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Every going business has a backbone-an actuating principle, a sort of guiding star, as it were-which can usually be expressed in few words. With Brissey it is "SERVICE and QUALITY." VJe make it a part of our business to see that you get satisfaction-that you get just what you icant, when you want it-right in price and every other particular. ' :: BRASSEY LUMBER COMPANY. Good down to the last gurgle. It's ? fact "There's None So Good" 5c LOOK FOR THE 1-ABEL BOTTLED BY CHERO-COLA BOTTLING CO. ANDERSON. S. C. IN ICED BOTTLES ANYWHERE Wie Have Buggies V ? f . .. V 81 coming in. almo?* every ?day the tatest shipment being, a csu? of -C OLUMB? S Come in and let os show them. They are 1914 Models. We have a nice line of Pony buggies. j) J. a FOWLER I I A GOOD POLITICIAN ?M\ ONE WHO CAN TEIL I A BAND WAGQN J from a HE?.RS?. I Thia is equally true of a merchant, and to be I ruccessfuUse must exert constant violence to I keep on the commercial band wagon by harid- I Ung tho goods that arc the choice) pf the people, . i and the goods that nuilee satisfied customers. I Years of* study ami ejrjieirience enable os to I select thc choicest and. mb?| reliable gooda in j our line.. You cn^not become the victim of an I \ experiment ifyour purchase is made from ds. I Reliable Goods^Fait Treatment I Low Prices I ? i ^' Ari?sc? sl'G.. VGriienviSle? SC. I gi Belton, S.C. jg Roosevelt Tff?y Run. v ^olo ' Bltpjr?ion again with Cfcorge Oyster Bay, N.VT.V.r, Juner 28.-rThe ;w. Perkins, head or tho Katlonolo* impreselon prevftHedlo Oyster Bay t?; ?cu?vo. ??minlltee. When they ' had night that desp.te Col: Roosevelt's re. Tr"" . *. -, :.u, . ,_' nT*t: ?ated-aBsortlons-tl?at'lie -wl^aot Tuh Ailkhed; their Ulk the former nresl for governor.'be might bo forced to d? r^fuaert to say *hat h^wnald-do ."So if . v. . ' / shbhla1 hts associates persist Ih their . The/colonel 4Mx}*$ri#t ''iret''^ <fe^4t*';i?-v; - j Snapshots of Exciting Scenes ___ In Deciding Polo Contest Photos copyr?jbt, 1?14, by American. Fres? Association. CAPTURING the world's polo championship was a comparatively easy task for the crack British team formed by Lord WI m borne and headed by Major*Barrett of the English army. The contests at Westbury. N. were of a inost exciting nature, particularly the^second and final match.' which decided the fate of the cup The photographs herewith show interesting scenes in the last contest. At the top ts Shown Devereux Milburn or the American team (in tho middle) bitting the ball. At the bottom ts a gansrei vtew o' tb? gern? taken in the ?eeo?-* period. O i ? ? i -i ? UNCLE DAVE'S LETTER, o o ' o ooooooooooooooooo "There aro ' two very important questions vivaldi must early confront iwcry thoughtful person. Thc first is: 'Where did my lifo como from?' und secondly, 'Where is my life going to?' - "But tliere lr a third question, squully important, and nurdy BE prac tical: 'What clialt I do with my life?* We may not get satisfactory .answers Kr thu llrst two questions; hut. that third questiou is one we can ahawor for ourFelvcr ; for that'-is something fro can decide for ourselves. i "Each man finds himself under -the lav/ o? necessity to Wort?. It ia the Divine ord-r. Life depends upon tt. Other lire in ii:<-> wo-hl Ir. amply pro vided for by th Providence of tho Cre ator, but map of all thc animals, must work m order to live. Each man finds that he lr. tinder thc necessity of con stant toll in- order to nmliuaih hts own lift?.. But he also disodver* that he ls uhd'or the law ot brotherhood, and must work to help on thc cauce lof humanity. 'No man liveth to himself.' We are all so rel nt? d that our work must react on all otaers '"The uiopt serious question wi Ich every youth must mest On the thres hold or itf lathis:. 'What F.hall- I do with my life? What.shall be my Job?' '. "To help you answer that question I will say Unit you io ila? lol low vour bent. Each nf you has ono. You haye at least oho. In all probability you hhvo only one. Thut ts, you have a natural aptitude in ono direction. You are bert fitted to .'do some one specific thing. It ls very Important that you should'at the very outset of life rid yourself.of tho notion that ybu are very versatile. ". "We are all f unlliar with the o?d law"-'jack ol al? tl-udo-i and -good at pone." There ls nothing io fatal to success as a futile ; versaUty. sured'that you can do some one thing, fchd do that ono thing well is bound to opeceed. . And you may be well as stirred that' yon can do rome oho thing1: Each has-at' least one talent. Thur key to ruccbsr. ls to discover what -it trv In nil probability it is the thing Von like. If you like lt, yob will be J?r??ro .?uro to ,do lt well. ;;V*And', on'the other hand, if yod'Uko to. do any certain ..thing and il comes noi.lly, and you. do'it well.-yo? may be cbnvlucod thht in tho doing ot that thing, your Ufo will bQ a success. ? Ono muff eatly. learn'whpt ho can best do. and. then emphatically Tefueo fo bo femitted aside from tho doing that one thing'.* We ^niurt voluntarily decide to b?-lxnorqnt br many other'things in iVrd'?r'that we may be w1r.e in the do ing pf .some, one thing. . J'Tbotefiu says that 'the mearoro of a man's learning will be the aniouht of ht?: voluntary Ignorance.' >'And ho ls '. I ?.?>?.? /.'.?: . .-?>. f'. neill You cannot know everything You must choose.) Your success will depend upon the vigor willi which von specialize oh nomo on'- ?ino cf en deavor. A mariner's nccdlo In the fac ioiy, lu fore it i.- polarized, will point in any and all directions, und. is of no practical vallie. After il lias; been magnetized, it will alwayo invariably point tnv.uid thc pole Po yon- will nc" ? point steadily iu any ?Jlrccfiot: until you have boon polarized by a choice of your ideal caroler. Tuen you are something worth while.; . "Mlf-oiy and failure will follow .if you try to do thc thing you have no tani for. There was mu cir philosophy in th? answer ex-Pre.iident ItooEcvelt gavo to a friend .when he whs asked how in the world ho could do so much Work: T like my job.'. That express ed H. If we like our Jobr, wo will get much'done and find no friction an the axles. *'Herc is thc explanation of so much unhappiness Men try to do the thing for which they have not fitness or Laste. My udvic? is that you keep to what you aro by nature. Never desert your llno-'of talent. Be what nature that is, Cod-intended you to be and you will succeed. Be anything else, and you will be worse than nothing. Not only-the miseries of life are to find- their explanation in uncongenial employments, but/the failure In life can bc traced to the same source. ."No wonder the poet is miserable and a failure^ when he tries to make horseshoes! No wonder, tho black i.milli ia starving while trying to be a poet. no Not Drift Into Job. "Do not drift into a job. One of the meanest things ever raid of mo .was spoken hy a man who asked by one who had known me as a boy and had lost trace of mo and wanted to know What bad. become of me. He asked' this man If he knew* what had become of mc. His answer war, 'Have you never learned? Why, he drifted into auctioneering.' Ar if I had been- a bit of aimtcsc driftwood on t h e cur ron t of life, and at last, had drifted'Into a. landing place where I had borer'plan ned: to go. Simply drifted. Implying that I had floated around from .being a printer to an insurance agent; "a book agent to a'Christian Science hoaler. and then at last drifted Into the auction business. "Do ntit drift litio a Job. Think.about it. Plan for it. Do tint ho in-too great liarte to decide what your life work i'.hali bo. Do temporary work, if necessary, to pay expenses, while' you are adjusting and Unding out first what your settled Job shall bb. Never take up a lifework Just because some ono wants you to. lt is fino to have wiso '-advisers, and often your friends may help you to a wiso understanding of your own abilities, hut never do it I Just because your friends- UrgO it. "Do not think you. mast'follow in I your father's footsteps, pud do-a thing i because he-lins done it. His tracks may be too big for you, or too small WfmBk for you. Make tracks of your own. | "One of the strongest temptations | for a young mau in this regard ta to go ulong tho lino of least resistance Tho average youl h grows anxious to gel oil fast. He wants to mnke money quick. Me is anxious to get married and ?.ettie in Hie. And tra he quits college to get lu some salaried posi tion. He thinks he is taking a short cut to prosperity. In tact, he i.? Juk ing tho long eut to mediocrity and failure. "Time cpcnl In a wise preparation for rome worthy ta*k is not time lost hut gullied. Thousands of young men have it over tu regtet that they were Ihua sidelia::ked front their life plana because they were in loo gi eal haste to gel to n Bclf-supporliiig basic. Hel ter go a Utile ! low and carry ont your program. You will gain In tho end. ".Nino out Of tcp young men will elmore the line of work which will bring them the quicker.! returns. That explains why the ranks or labor'ure cr?wded, sud why the few high places of great reward are ever in search of capable occupants. The big reward only follows the lon?, hard toil. One can leam In an huiir to handle a ?"hovel und lerelve u digger's wage. Fut Originality into Juli. "It takes years of toil and applica tion to learn a complicated trade und earn the ?xpeit'a wages. Hence, hoys drive grocer? ' wagons when they ought to he loaming a trade. Others aie clerking when lucy ought to b?? In school. They ure muklng the fa tal error of taking the easiest and quickest woy to secure a job. They have not rei iou dy considered what Li the one thing for which they may have ..onie unurual ntnosp. They hurry in to lile and Itt; responsibilities before they have carefully I bought out what ls the one line in which they could beet win a worthy placo after long ami careful training. Oean Swill bas put this matter In his own quaint and foicelu: way. 'Bruter find out where their talents Hq; A bear will not attempt to fly. A foundered horse will oft debate Befoio he tiles a live-barred gate. A dog by instinct turns aside Which sees the d?ch .too deep and wide. But man we And the only creature Who, led by folly, combats nature, Who, when she loudly "cries, 'For bear!' . With obstinacy fixes there. And where his geniuB least inclined, Absolutely bends lils winde design. "To help you answer that question, 'What shall 1 ?lr with my life?' I would say in the second place, put yourself into your job. . Oo at it with eueigy. You will fail ir you are half hearted. Throw ali your vital powers into lt. Put originality into your Job. Use your brainr. Thin*. Take initi ative. Be not afraid to he original. Mavo reli-conl'ideiice. Get out ot the heathen path. Bo yourself^' Put thor oughness into your job. You must go to the bottom If you expect to go to the top. > "It is line to. have rrieuda to help you up, if you can hold yourself up, when once you ale placed Ihcie. Oth erwise your conspicuousness-- will only make you pitiable ; alu! despicable when. Uki1 ilumpty-Duniply,' you take youi' inevitable tumble. "Von must put honesty iuto your Job. I mean by thal you muet give it fair day'i- work l'or a lair wiige. Do honest work. Scorn to bc % deceiver. Be no parly to any dishonest measure. You can well affoid to loee your Job. if you ?lo so to preserve your honor as un honest mun." - UNCLE DAVE. "Notice M'est Savannah Voters., The new club roll book ls now ready for von to enroll. You'll find the book at J. A. Jones store oi W. ' M. Strickland's store. It is necessary for you to sign your own name, on the book, and the rul ing is that you muBt sign your fill name. Also township lines do not count! You must enroll at tho nearest precinct; Be sure and enrool us the lime .expires the last Tuesday In .Inly. Jus. A. Winter, President. Cake Sale. The Junior Phelathea class o? the First Presbyterian church will con duct a cake salo Saturday afternoon at four o'clock at the Owl Drug Store Will N?t Reach vo*e. Washington, June 26.-The plan to bav? the rulea committee vote. July i BISHO OVILLE, S. C. "The man who3e friends say will be the next Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina." Want a Farm? We have for sale 40 acres only 3 1-2 miles from court house. 'Improvements-S room house good' large barn and out houses; on Blue Ridge railroad;' near In terurban Trolley. Terms easy: Price reasonable. J. FURMA?JEYANS CO. Evans Building Anderson S. C. SS?ZJ on the Hobson resolution for n prolii bitlon amendment has been abandon ed. ' Representative Henry, chairman of the committee, campaigning In Tex as for re-election, has telegraphed that it will bo Impracticable for him to return by that date, anil has sug gested that consid?r?t ion of the reso lution be postponed until August I. Other democratic leaders concur In his proposal and it was predicted hy man;** In thc house today that there Would he no action ut this session of congress. once; August 17-21, Music Week. For Information coneerne'ng board or con* corning anything che pertaining to this Conference, wi ito to Kev. J.- JD. Moore* Rldgecrest, N. ?. , - KRHOLITK AUAIN WINS Herreshofi Yacht lins Taken Tests for Honors. tight Oyster Bay, June fi.- Tho ?rup class rlobp Resolute scored her eighth vic tor}' in tho preliminary racing H?rles hero today. Her margin in corrected timo at thc finish over tho Vanitle, was live minutes.':and 46 seconds and over the Defiance 6 minutes and 32 sec onds. While ibo Resolutc's oupremecy in today's taco wa." noe threatened at any stage or the contest except on the first leg; th?'-VanlUe and Doilance eccmed to hold ber a trifle better than in pre vious rucos. The yachts, will race gain tomorrow. SOI 'THUIN BAPTIST ASSEMBLY Will be Held at Itldgecrest, N. CL, This Summer . . Billy Sunday's Sayings. Better limp all thc way to heaven than not got there at all. You don't have to look like a hedge hog to ho plot's. Going to church don't make anybody n Christian, any more than taking a wheelbarrow Into a garage makes it an automobile.. - - The devil hates the church, but he likes the work some highbrows do In if there ls p heaven for fools, the man who thinks he can get to glory on his wife's religion will bo there on a front seat. . % s55,ZT The man who don't bollov? in a hell s about sure to bo rcorching to lt ?it? both pedals loose. WM* A man can slip into hell with hts hand on tho door-knob of heaven; "Pv (Baptist Cou rfc?.'? Wo have receive ' Cl :;eral Manager J. P.- ?Xi .*>... uto announce ment, of the sixth- annual meeting of tim Southern Baptist Assembly, Rldgo crosr,vN; C. 'The assembly opened thin year on 'June 12 nnd goes through August tho; 2?.d.. - Tho ; following are tho dates for "the rpceial conferences: Juno 12-1G, Conference on Education; Jnly'G-1'2, Conference on Mission's-. July. 1G-22.. Conference on Sunday, school and Bapttet- Youhg. Peopjosy Work; July 26-Augusta, Bible Confer enceV~Ahgusir 6-fi, -Pastors' Confer ni ?ii