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PALMETTO STATE
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EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROUNA.
THROUGHOUT THE A NEWSY LETTER
TARHEEL STATE FROM ETTA JANE.
Happenings All Over the State Taken
from Our Exchanges and Tersely
Told to Ledger Readers.
The Pickens county candidates are
discussing the automobile, all of
them, it is reported, being in favor of
some restrictions being placed on the
free use of the automobile on the pub
lic roads.
Benedict College, a negro institution
in Columbia, will have within a few
months a library building for which
plans have been drawn and which will
cost $5,000, the money having been
donated by Andrew Camegie.
Hugh Price, a Marion county far
mer, died a few days ago, leaving an
estate worth $123,000, including $23.-
000 in cash in bank. He began life
without a dollar after the war, and
is said to have been wholly illiterate.
Capt. Wm. H. Bertless, a gallant
Confederate officer of CoL Simonton’s
regiment during the war, died at Port
Royal Monday night, after a protract
ed illness. He w’as for some years in
service at the Port Royal naval sta
tion and was highly esteemed.
Miss Mamie Pearson, of Woodmff.
has been awarded the scholarship to
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, from
Spartanburg county. The college
gives a limited number of scholar
ships each year in every connty of
the state for which competitive exam
inations are held.
The Palmetto Dry Goods company,
of Greenville, capitalized at $10,000,
has applied to the secretary of State
Tor a commission to conduct a dry
goods and shoe business at Pelzer.
The corporators are \V. K. Hudgens,
of Pelzer, J. Thomas Arnold and G.
H. Mahon, of Greenville.
Wm. J. McIntosh, 40 years old, the
flower and seed dealer of Charleston,
•who on Sunday was pronounced dead
in New York and apparently came to
life a short time afterward, died
Tuesday night at the Hudson street
hospital in that city. The physicians
at the hospital have been unable to
diagnose the cause nad the coroner’s
offiye has been notified.
The first bale of new cotton, which
was taken to Charleston on Saturday,
consigned to F. W. Wagener & Co.,
from H. C. Folk, of Bamberg, was sold
Monday to the Goldsmith Mercantile
Co. for 12 cents. The bale weighed
445 pounds and was classed as fully
middling. The bale is eight days
ahead of the first bale of last year and
11 days later than the first bale of
the year previous.
Will Anderson, a negro railway
employee, was seized wPh a violent
attack Monday afternoon while ca
rousing and drinking with a crowd in
depot flat in Spartanburg and it is
believed he was the victim of a black
conspiracy to drug him and rob him.
Physicians were called in and Ander
son was carried to his home where at
last account he was still suffering
great agony and is in a precarious
condition. The three other negroes
who were with Anderson are being
held on suspicion.
Because the pastor, Rev. L. M.
Roper, wanted Mrs. T. A. Brooks, who
was sent to Spartanburg to superin
tend the putting down of the new
church carpet, to have colored women
as assistants in the work, and be
cause Mrs. Brooks, for reasons which
she stated plainly, did not wish to
acquiesce in the matter, the finish
ers, all white men, on the interior of
the new church have struck, out of
sympathy with the lady, and up tol
o’clock Wednesday afternoon the mat
ter was still unsettled.
Rumors continue to be circulated
that Eddie Kennedy, who is suspected
of having killed Jacob Kind, his em
ployer, in Charleston, has been ar
rested, first in one city and then in
another, but there is no truth in the
stories. Kennedy seems to have a
good start on the police and he is
probably in safe quarters for a while
at least. He is a northern man and
it is likely that he has returned north
where his accents and manners would
not likely offer chances of his detec
tion. as would be the case in the
south.
The south-bound passenger train
that passed L’nion at 9 in the evening
killed Fleming Hamilton, a negro, last
Saturday night, breaking his neck and
causing instant death. An inquest
w T as held a short time after the oc
currence, the Jury finding a verdict
that the deceased met his death be
cause if his own carelessness. From
the evidence and surrounding circum
stances it appears that the unfortu
nate negro was under the influence
of liquor, and must have been asleep
on the track. He left his father’s
home, less than a quarter of a mile
from the scene, a very short time be
fore the train nassed by. Going to
the track he must have taken his seat
and fallen asleep. So far as the evi-
4 dence goes the train crew were with
out fault.
A Beautiful Home Wedding.
On Wednesday, the 10th inst., a
number of relatives and friends gath
ered at the home of Bro. A. Harris,
the occasion being that of the mar
riage of the youngest daughter of the
household. Miss Nannie Harris, to
Mr. Ensley Humphries. About 4
o'clock all gathered in the parlor and
the words were pronounced by Rev.
A. D. Davidson which made them hus-
band and wife. Dr. A. M. Simms then |
followed in an earnest prayer to God Items of Interest Concerning Our Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop
their^future^ives and future 1 'home" 1 i Neighbors in the Old North State ular People and Short Items
Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers General Interest.
CONVERSE CLIPPINGS.
RECENT EVENTS OF* NOTE
NORTH CAROLINA.
IN
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF
LOWER CHEROKEE.
of
We were soon invited to the dining-
room where a bounteous wedding
feast was spread, and which was j Dr. J. H. McAden, of Charlotte, died
greatly enjoyed by all present. suddenly at his home in that city
These young people are among our ^ Monday morning. Dr. McAden was
county's best, each of them being d?- seventy years old. He was president
scended from the very best families | 0 f the >Ierehants and Farmers Na-
in the land. On the following day t, ona | u an k 0 f Charlotte, and of the
another great feast was spread at the j McAden mills, at McAden, and was
home of the groom’s parents. Mr. and | a wealthy man.
Mrs. Weldon Humphries. Of course
the preachers were invited and were
present to mingle with the happy
throng. All in all the occasion was
a very enjoyable one.
A. D. Davidson.
Protracted Services at Macedonia.
We closed a ten days’ meeting yes
terday. Dr. A. M. Simms was with
us four days, preaching to the satis
faction of the large crowds who gath
ered to hear him. Dr. Simms truly
is a great preacher, and we feel that
we have been greatly benefited by
having him with us.
One of the greatest features of the
meeting was the manifest presence
of the Holy Spirit. Our church has
been greatly revived; sinners convict
ed and seekers converted. 1 baptized
six yesterday and confidently hope
that others are soon to follow.
The Lord be praised for it all!
A. D. Davidson.
Aug. 17. 1904.
Signing the Petition.
People are flocking to The Ledger
office every day to put their names
on the petition to the county super
visor asking him to order an election
in the county for the people to vote
on the dispensary—"dispensary, or no
dispensary.” Up to last night nearly
4«iO had signed the copy in The Ledger
office. They come from every direc
tion of the county and seem to come
of their own accord. We have never
heard a man asked to sign it yet. One
man put his name on it yesterday and
said he wanted things hurried up, so
the election could be had before the
people began to sell cotton, and ad
ded, “then all the children in Chero
kee can wear shoes all next winter.”
Mr. Granger Good Dead.
Mr. Granger Good died at his home
in the Limestone Mill village Tuesday
night and was buried at Oakland
cemetery Wednesday afternoon. Mr.
Goode was a native of Rutherford
county, N. C., but had been living in
and near Gaffney for many years. He
was nearly fifty years old, a
quiet, industrious citizen, and leaves
r. wife and several children to mourn
their loss. We extend to them our
symapthy.
The Death Penalty.
A little thing sometimes results in
death. Thus a mere scratch, insig
nificant cuts or puny boils have paid
the death penalty. It is wise to have
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve ever handy.
It’s the best Salve on earth and will
prevent fatality, when Burns. Sores.
Ulcers and Piles threaten. Only 25c,
at Cherokee Drug Co.’s Drug Store.
Is the devil to have all the passions
as well as all the good tunes?
Cholera Infantum.
This disease has lost its terrors
since Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy came into gen
eral use. The uniform success which
attends the use of this remedy in all
cases of bowel complaints in chil
dren has made it a favorite wherever
its value has become known. For sale
by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D.
Allison, Cowpens.
WHAT IS CATARRAH?
A telegram addressed to the chief
of police of Goldsboro, was received
Wednesday morning, stating that the
postoffice at Clinton was broken into
Tuesday night by unknown parties
and robbed of about $300 in stamps
and $4b in cash. Two men seen there
that day are supposed to have com
mitted the robbery, a description of
whom is now in the hands of the po
lice.
The Newton Furniture Company, of
Newton, made an assignment, for the
benefit of creditors, Monday morning,
naming P. E. Fry as assignee. The
assets and liabilities are not yet
known, although it is known that il.e
indebtedness is large enough to make
it doubtful if the assets will be suffi
cient to meet it. However, t e in
dividual property of the partners will
likely be sufficient to pay the b dance.
The Walter W. Mills Lumber Com
pany. of Raleigh, is embarraf sed, the
liabilities exceeding the af tets by
about $30,00b. The company >wns a
half Interest In the Biscoe Lumber
Company, and employs ma ly saw
mills. The embarrassment does not
affect in any way the railroad or bank
in which Mr. Mills is interested. He
has written to each creditor offering
to assume all the liabilities and pay
every cent. The creditors appear to
be willing.
George Vanderbilt will manage the
Biltmore estate himself in future.
He will arrive early in the fall and
remain until the latter part of the
spring. A contract for 500 tons of
coal was signed today. Col. McNa-
mee, Vanderbilt's manager, vent to
Seattle several months ago. Vander
bilt will not appoint a successor but
will take things in his own hands.
Vanderbilt was displeased by the way
affairs were managed. Shortages
were discovered and several em
ployees were dismissed.
A. T. Grant. Jr., of Mocksville, has
just been elected a University ap
pointor for the University of Wash
ington, D. C., and is duly authorized
to give one worthy young man and
woman a scholarship to the depart
ment of law, either with the view of
practicing the profession or as a part
of a liberal education. Should there
be no lady applicant, two young men
will be appointed. A scholarship is
valued at $100 and entitles the holder
to free instruction from the depart
ment of law until graduation, the
time, however, not to exceed three
years.
The body of R. H. Butler, the
traveling man from Reidsville, who
was drowned in Northeast river, near
Castle Haynes, last week, was found
Tuesday floating in the river, about
200 yards from where his buggy and
horse were taken from the stream
Sunday afternoon. The body was dis
covered by A. L. Butler, a brother of
the traveling man, who came from
Reidsville and joined a party in
search of the body. The coroner of
the county viewed the remains, but,
finding no marks of violence, turned
them over to Undertaker Yopp, by
whom they were prepared for burial
and sent on to Reidsville for inter
ment.
Hyomei Only Guaranteed Cure for
This Common and Disagreeable
Disease.
Hyomei cures catarrh by the simple
method of breathing it into the air
passages and lungs. It kills the
germs of catarrhal poison, heals and
soothes the irritated mucous mem
brane and effectually drives this dis- j Haney
Capt. J. D. Phillips, of Spencer,who
bad for a number of years been a
Height conductor running out of that
place on the Southern Railway, was
arrested at his home Monday on the
charge of robbing freight cars in
transit, the articles being principally
merchandise. The arrest, which has
caused quite a sensation, was effected
by Chief Detective Conley. Detective
and Deputy Sheriffs Dave
ease from the system. Julian and J. A. Siceloff, who have
If you have any of the following, been working on the case for a num-
symptoms. catarrhal germs are at her of weeks. Among the articles
work somewhere in tho mucous mem- found at the home of Conductor Phil-
brane of the throat, bronchial tubes lips were two typewriters which, it is
(lisi-liarae from
•toppatre of the nose
at night
uchltur of the l*xiy
droppings in the
throat
or tissues of the lungs:
offensive breath huskiness of vole<
dr vness of the nose
pain across the eyes
pain in back of the
head
pain in front of the
head
tendeneyto take cold mouth open
burning pair in the sleeping
throat
hawking to clear the
throat
pain in the chest
a cough
stitch in side
Joeing of tlesli
variable appetite
Many persons in this community
are suffering from kidney complaint
who could avoid fatal results by us
ing Foley’s Kidney Cure. Sold by
Cherokee Drug Co,
tickling hack of the
palate
formation of crusts in
the nose
dryness of the throat
In the morning
loss of st rength
ipotite spasms of coughing
low spirited at times cough short and hack-
raising of frotiiy mu ing
eous COOn worse nights
expectorating yel- and mornings
low matter loss In vital force
difficulty In breath- a fecllug of tightness
Ing across the upper
frequent sneezing part of the chest,
Hyomei will destroy activity of all
catarrhal germs in the respiratory
organs and in a few weeks the cure
will be complete.
This is a strong statement, but
Gaffney Drug Co. emphasizes it by
agreeing to refund your money if
it does not cure.
alleged, had been taken from a box
car in December. 1903, together with
a lot of bolt goods and clothing. In
default of a $1,000 bond he was com
mitted to jail to await a preliminary
hearing, which has been set for Sat
urday morning. When seen at the
Etta Jane Aug. 17.—The meeting at
Mesopotamina is progressing finely
and much interest is being manifested
in it. Rev. Mr. Leitch has preached
some very impressive sermons and
has apparently awakened the indiffer
ent to a realiaztion of their condition
in the sight of God. He makes some
hard licks but they are in accord
with the truth. Some things quite
laughable will turn tip despite all the
seriousness we can command on such
occasion. Yesterday while the min
ister was flaying drinking church
members alive he said pathetically
that he didn't mean the members of
other denominations—Baptists, and
Presbyterians. The Baptists liked wa
ter too well and the Preshyterains
were too dignified—too high and dry.
At this point of the minister’s re
marks a fellow with spectacles on
(an entire stranger) who was sitting
beside Sam Strain hunched him with
his elbow and whispered, “That hits
old man Strain pretty hard don’t it?”
To which Sam smiled an assent, leav
ing his neighbor in blissful ignorance
of whom he was talking to, and giving
Sam a good joke to tell at our ex
pense.
We want our friend, whoever he is,
to feel perfectly easy over the mat
ter, for it doesn't disturb our equanim
ity in the least to he hit with the
whiskey bludgeon or to hear whiskey
drinking and drunkenness bombarded
from the sacred desk or elsewhere.
We are perfectly at ease on that
point
Mrs. Lula Tolleson and children.of
Spartanburg, accompanied by Mrs.
Ben McCullock and children, are vis
iting friends and relatives in this sec
tion. They, with ttn-ir fatlu-r, Mr.
T. Jeff Hughes, spent last night with
their sister, Mrs. Joe L. Estes, of this
place.
Our friends and neighbors are en
joying a glorious season of revival
meetings, while family reunions are
everyday occurrences. Everybody
seems to be enjoying life as we sel
dom see it.
Messrs. Asa Blackwell and Sam
Strain, with Misses Jayne Bell and
Jessie Strain, who have been visiting
the family of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
A. Sparks and Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Strain, of Clifton, returned yesterday
highly pleased with their trip. Miss
Jayne will return to her home at
Blackstocks this week, much to the
regret of her many friends and ac
quaintances she has formed since she
came to visit us.
On account of the rain and threat
ened storm there was no service at
Mesopotamia church Monday night.
But large congregations attended yes
terday and last night, when Rev. Mr.
Leitch preached a forceful sermon
from Proverbs 1:24-25-20.
As a result of the meeting at Wil
sons’ Chapel last week there were
thirteen accessions to the church
On and after the 15th of next month
(September) rural free delivery mail
service will go into effect on all the
routes south of Gaffney, including the
loop route from Wilkinsville which
covers this section. Patrons of these
various routes will do well to procure
and put up their mail boxes at once
and be ready for the service when it
begins.
Some of our friends insist on us
giving our views on the liquor ques
tion—dispensary or no dispensary—as
It is now coming before the people.
We don’t suppose there is a single
reader of The Ledger who doesn't
already know our standing on this
question. We have time and again
given vent to our feelings. Prohibi
tion simple, absolute and complete
has been our motto for ten years. And
in a measure we had to tread the
winepress alone. In 1898 Rev. B. P.
Robertson, with one or two others,
was the only minister of the gospel
who would boldly and defiantly dare
to stem the current of public opinion
and vote for and advocate prohibtion.
T. M. Littlejohn, Esq., and a few other
[imminent men in the county dared
to follow the lead of the late and la
mented James H. Hoyt in 1898.
Notwithstanding the dispensary has
honestly been considered by the best
thinking and meaning men and wo
men of our State the best solution of
the whiskey problem, yet. notwith
standing. it has from its very incep
tion been nothing less than a throne
of iniquity—a governmental measure
founded on and sustained by iniquity.
Such a throne only “frames mischief
by a law,” when by its laws it pro-
People and Affairs Around the Three
Cliftons.
Converse, Aug. 15.— Last Saturday I
as the hour hand on the dial pointed
to 12 o’clock, the sweet and precious i
spirit of Miss Nina Bates was sepa
rated from the body by death and re
turned to God who gave it. Miss
Bates was the youngest child of Mrs.
M. J. Bates and Dr. B. F. Bates. De
ceased was aged nearly eleven years.
She had been confined to her room for
four weeks with typhoid fever, which
developed into typhoid pneumonia.
All that loving hands and medical
skill could do was powerless to con
quer this dread malady. The funeral
was conducted from the residence
yesterday by Rev. T. H. Harris, pas
tor of the Clifton Baptist church, and
the interment followed at Cowpens.
The following acted as pall bearers:
John E. Shea. John R. Begg. James
R. Smith. \V. C. Allen, Dr. \V. K. Gun
ter and E. C. Pettit.
J. V. Phillips, captain of the chain-
gang No. 1, «spent Sunday with his
family on Main street.
Mrs. W. C. Carpenter and Mrs.
Will Brown, of Gaffney, attended the
funeral of Miss Nina Bates.
Miss Essie Whitaker, of Gaffney, is
spending a few days' with her father
and mother at Zion Hill.
Mr. Samuel Langley is recuperating
from a severe attack of bilious fever.
H. N. Hicks, chief engineer for the
T. C. Thompson it Bro. Co., has
moved to Huntersville. Ala., where he
goes to accept a similar position.
Messrs. B. S. Allen and T. A. Sav
age, two experienced knights of the
key, formerly of Clifton but now of
Charlotte, spent Sunday with rela
fives at this place.
Our octogenarian friend and neigh
bor. Mr A. W. Parks, is confined to
his room from the effects of a fall.
Miss Charlie Randall, of Gaffney,
returned yesterday after having spent
four days with her friends, Misses
Mattie and Belva Allen.
We are sorfy to report the contin
ued illness of J. W. Green, our effi
cient i iost mas ter.
Mr. Sinclair, the general superin
tendent of the Messrs. T. C. Thomp
son &. Bro. Co., contractors, left re
cently for Huntersville, Ala., where
he goes to superintend the building
of a large cotton mill.
G. R. Whitaker and family, of No.
2, will move in a few days to Ark
wright, where Mr. Whitaker has se
cured a good position in the weaving
department.
The work of installing machinery
in the No. 3 mill is being pushed with
all possible speed. Should no unfor-
seen event mar present prospects, the
mill will be in active operation by
(November 1st.
Uncle Jimmie Sprouse, *bo i s in
his eighty-first year, is quite robust
for one of his age. He is able to do
manual labor. He affirms he can do
as much work as the majority of
young people.
B. F. Thompson, manager of the
Clifton Mfg. Co. store at No. 1, Is
spending his vacation with his father
near Pacolet station.
Dr. W. K. Gunter, a popular and suc
cessful dentist of Gaffney, spent yes
terday with the family of W. C. Al
len.
Miss Jennie Bell, an accomplished
young lady of Blackstock, is visiting
the family of J. L. Strain, Jr, and C.
A. Sparks this week.
R. J. Whisnant and his estimable
wife, of Greers, have located in our
midst and are occupying the Dr. S
M. Gunter house on Main street. Mr.
Whisnant. has accepted a position in
the furniture department of Isaac
Turner & Co. W. C. A.
CHINA'S ATTITUDE
TOWARDS THE JAPS
PROBABLE EFFECT OF JAPANESE
VICTORY.
Puts an End to it All.
A grievous wail oftimes comes as
a result of unbearable pain from over
taxed organs. Dizziness, Backache,
Liver complaint and Constipation.
But thanks to Dr. King’s New Life
Pills they put an end to it all. They
are gentle but thorough. Try them.
Only 25c. Guaranteed by Cherokee
Drug Co.’4 Drug Store.
The true artist will let his wife
starve, his children go barefoot, his
mother drudge for his living at 70,
sooner than work at anything but his
art. To women he is half vivisector,
half vampire.
Violent Attack of Diarrhoea Cured by
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy and
Perhaps a Life Saved.
“A short time ago I was taken with
| a violent attack of diarrhoea and be-
j lieve I would have died if I had not
i gotten relief.” says John J. Patton,
a leading citizen of Patton, Ala. “A
friend recommended Chamberlain’s
Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
I bought a twenty-five cent bottle and
after taking three doses of it was en
tirely cured. I consider it the best
remedy in the world for bowel com
plaints. For sale by Cherokee Drug
| Co., Gaffney; L. D Allison, Cowpens.
jail Phillips declined to talk further tects that which is evil. Such a
than to protest his innocence of the, throne, the Psalmist says, can have
serious crime with which he is no fellowship with God whose throne
charged.
is a throne of righteousness.
H-
Suicide Prevented.
The startling announcement that a
preventive of suicide has been dis
covered will interest many. A run
down system, or despondency invari
ably precede suicide and something
has been found that will prevent that
condition which makes suicide likely.
At the first thought of self destruct
ion take Electric Bitters. It being a
great tonic and nervine will strength
en the nerves and build up the sys
tem. it is also a great .Stomach, Liver
and Kidney regulator. Only 50c. Satis
faction guaranteed by Cherokee Drug
[Co., Druggists.
makes no law regulate or protect
evil. His laws in relation to all that
is wrong prohibit, condemn and pun
ish. No human logic oi agency can
Justify the sale of liquor under Divine
statutes. That the dispensary has
outlived its usefulness its most ar
dent advocates are hound to admit.
And we think it time to dispense with
it. J. L. S.
There are limits to what a mule or
an ass will stand, but man will suffer
himself to be degraded until his vile
ness becomes so loathsome to his op
pressors that they themselves are
forced to reform it.
Japs Humane and Chivalrous—Some
Samples of English as Written by
Chinese Scholars—Eager to Learn.
Chinkiang, China, July 8, ’04.
Editor Ledger: —I noticed the news
in The Ledger about the war and it
seems, as most all the news about this
war has been—rather meagre and un
satisfactory. Of course I get the lat
est news here from the Shang
hai Daily. The Japs have fought and
won three great fights so far, besides
what they have done on the sea.
Sympathy is very strongly with Japaa
out here, and it seems to me rightly
so. for they are brave, clean, humane,
chivalrous, and are fighting for right
principles. I do not think that can be
said of Russia in every particular.
So far as human sight goes it looks
as if Japan will win, and if she does
it will give civilization and throw
open the door for Christianity to’
about half the population of the globe
in a more effective manner than it
has ever been done. Moreover it
would open up avenues of trade loan
enormous amount. The most orien
tal of the Western nations is now
engaged in war with the most occi
dental of Eastern nations.
1 usually get my paper every morn
ing about breakfast time. It comes
the night before. It lies in Shanghai
all day before it starts up river, and
then it takes two nights and a day
to reach me. So you see we do not
have much of a ’’move on us” out
here. It took my helper with his wi&r
and mother about two weeks to move
to a country place thirty miles away
from here. I heard the other day that
he had arrived. Time is the? cheapest
commodity out-jn these parts Kb he
bad-
I want to give you as a matter of
little amusement some samples of
English as she is wrote. Some boys
went from here to Shanghai to school.
They have been writing to me. One
writes: "I am sen! a letter to you in
a few weeks ago Whether you re
ceived it or not? Bui 1 have not get
ting any answer by you. Hoping God
will blessings you and Mrs. Crocker.
Last week Mr. R., who has came back
from Chinkiang. He told me about
Mrs. Crocker was born a little baby.
Now is quite well at Chinkiang. So
I am very glad to hear that so delight
ful a message.” That is part of his
letter. In another letter he says:
“My brother came Shanghai in a few
days ago. Now he is go back to
Chinkiang. But he is most honest
man. He knows I had believed the
doctrine of Jesus. He cannot gets
the good opportunity when he lives
home. Now I want to ask you. If
you have any ways give he a employ
ment in Chinkiang. Then he can gets
the protestant doctrine. So I make
you know, if you please.”
These same boys, three of them in
all, disobeyed their teacher, and alto
gether acted in such a manner that
they left school. I give you a sample
of their apology to the teacher. One
says: “It is about one week since I
left school and came to Chinkiang.
Now 1 write a letter to you. First,
please forgive our sins, which is dis
obey you, and Mr. Lau. I am very
sorry for I got these mistakes, and
I hope you will truly forgive me in
these. Please read it in your school
before them for me. I do not want to
hate you, but I do not know that you
are treat me kindness now I am re
turn my mind to think that I am to
do wrong before you. so I write a let
ter to you true meaning.”
Another one says: “It is now five
days since I left school and came to-
home, and we have told Mr. Crocker
about what I done in your school. But
he says that I am to do wrong ow
your school, which is disobey your
teacher. Now I have return my mind
to think about it, for that I am very
sorry for these. Please forgive me
for these. Hope you are as well as
I am.”
The third one says: “I left your
school for four days. I think you are
quite well there. Thank our Lord. 1
am very peace coming hack Chinki
ang. I told Mr. Crocker what I dohe-
He says to me ’that you disobeyed
your teacher, that is your wrong.”
Now I am knowing that is my errors.
So I want to write to you. Please'
pardon me that I have errors. Before
that, because I do know what I done
it is bad. Now 1 know that is should
! not. Please excuse me for my peni
tence.” Now do not blame if you do
not understand these letters. Mine is*
only to transcribe.
A great many Chinese seem very
eager to get English. I do not be
lieve I have time to teach English.
\V. E. Crocker.
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