The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 27, 1897, Image 4
Her J'npa'B Niutic.
?Whoso little girl is this?" I siiid.
? I'm papa'fl girl," the child replied:
"Ai d What is pupil's inline V" 1 asked.
To think of it she tried and tried.
"My papa'- name ? Oh. let no sec !
"1 really do not know," she said ;
"For when he's ill inacalls him 'Dear,'
"But when he's well it's just plain
'Fred.'" ?Alice M. l)o>njlnn.
Abel$ Prize Song.
"Abvl, Abel, are you never com
ing in lo tea! I deciaro that boy lives
ut tlu plaoo !"
'? Not always, mother ; yon exagge
rate a little," replied Abel, smiling
brightly as ho entered the room,
'? Hut I must practice if 1 am to be per
fect."
" You are perfect now, I think," the
old lady answered proudly. " You
make the piano speak."
" What a thing it is to have a good
mother to taik welt of you, isn't it,
George?" and the speaker, a slender,
dark-haired young man, looked play- |
fully across the tea-table at his friend.
'? She only s iys what is true in your
case, however," roplied GoorgO. "Hul
lo ! here's the postman : what has he
brought ?"
The young musician's eyes Hashed
with suppressed excitement as Mary,
tho little handmaid, brought in a
largo ollicial-lookiug envelope and
nanded it to him.
Slowly and carefully the euvelope
was opened, and Abel glanced at it lor
one moment only?then he said, as if
with a sigh of relief ?
" l'vo got tho prize, mother !"
" I knew my boy must got it," she
cried, proudly. " I told you how it
would be, Abel, you need not have
worried yourself so much."
" Ah ! but tho music ought to be bet
ter, mother: 1 believe 1 can do better,
too, with harder work," he said, mod
estly.
Abel was a young musician, and,
like manyianother, he wus poor, and
was gradually working his way up
ward, with hut few friends and less
fortune. He hud oompeted for a prize
Offered for tho,best setting of a song to
music, and lie had won it.
After tea he went back to his loved
piano, and his lingers wandered over
the keys and brought for such glad
and joylul strains that, as his mother
said, ?? the Instrument seemed to be
telling his pleassure even better than he
could speak it himself."
In a short time lie went out witli
George?for his friend had a long way
to walk, and now, having j^ot the
prize, Abe) felt that ho had earned a
little rest from work.
"I wonder how often in days to come
I shall take this walk," said George:
" when you are rl?h and great, 1 shall
think of you, and ask myself :
Docs my old friend remember me ?
1 expect you'll forget me."
"Not I," replied Abel. "If ever I
do become 'rich and Kreut,' as you call
it, Heaven preserve nie from becoming
so proud?Ah ! that's the 'White Hai t,'
isn't it? Let's go in have a ' pick-me
up.' "
" Not for me, thank you," replied
George.
" Oti ! you still keep your pledge ?"
" Certainly."
When Abel returned, George noted
how ttie strong drink had Hushed ttie
uelicate refined features, and how dif
ferent was the appearance of his eyes?
with what unnatural brightness they
shone?and impulsively lie saiu, as he
linked Iiis arm in that of ids friend,
"Why don't you give up drinking.
Abe) ?"
" \\ by should I ?" asked bis compan
ion.
" Because it's dangerous."
"pooh! I'm ail right, old man.
Don' talk SUOh FtUtI to me."
" Hut others, .hen?think how great
your Influence will be by-and-by.
Everybody has intlueneo, and the more
distinguished a person becomes, tho
greater is his influence. It Is this
habit of moderate drinking, that is
everywhere so rife, that makes the
drunkard. Example is stronger than
precept."
"Oil, well," said Abel, impatiently,
"I can't help what others do. 1 can't
see wny I should deny myself a plea
sure because others abuse it. I am not
my brother's keeper."
* * * * * *
The moon was rising behind the old
church spiro and brightening the
dusky summer night as Abel Meredith,
witli a young girl, climbed to the top
of the hill. There they sat on a rustic
seat, and while tho light breezes of
tho summer night murmured among
the trees, Abel told his love, and
learned it was welcomed by his fair
companion.
"Sing mo your prise song," she
whispered, " 1 like it so much, Abel ;
I am so proud of you." And Abel
softly and sweetly hummed over his
pleco of music which had gained him
the prize.
***** *
Seven or eight years afterwards, a
man, dressed In that shabby genteel
manner which tells that the wearer
has seen " better days," was standing
on tho pavement of a poor street in
London. He svas in front of a public
house, and lie had taken his stand
there, intending to play his cornet, in
tho hope that it might eurn a few
pence from the passers-by or listeners
within the houso. Ho placed the eor
not to his lips and played a well-known
air.
A lady passing near, glanced rapidly
round at tho musician, and saying to
tho gentleman who was with her, " I
"\^must givo that poor man something,''
began to open her purse.
"Why?' asked her friend.
Don't you hear," she cried, " ho is
playing poor Abel's prize song."
Clearly the sweet strains rang out
above, the roar and rumble of the noisy
strootl until tho lady coming near to
?tho p\uyer, tho notes trembled, and
finally erased for a moment, as she gavo
him a snVall pioeo of silvor and hurried
away.
In that briof moment did she recog
nise tho musician ? lie did his best to
provont her from doing so, for ho
slouched his tyat over his eyes and
fiuckerod up his face as though blow
ng bard at his cornet, hut no sound
came., and In his eyes appearod an ox
nresBion of blttor despuir, and cursing
Iiis hard fato bo turned into tho gln
. ?palaeo to seek forgetfulness with tho
"money the lady bad given him.
To drink and to forget what ho
might havo boon, and what ho had lost
?his mother, who loved him and wan
so proud of him ; that sweet girl whom
he had hopod to make his wlfo, but
whom her friends would not allow to
marry him bocauso of his bad habits ;
his famo as a musician?to drink and
forgot, all that he had lost bocauso of
his drinking habits?this now seemed
to be tho scle end of his existence ; ho
know It, and felt It overy hour of tho
day and It was torturo to him, but ho
could not put aside tho drink that had
dragged him down. To-night he folt
his degradation more koonly than over,
and when others askod hi in to play for
them, and i.hen treated him for play
ing, ho drank and drank until he could
drink no more.
At last tho time came for tho house
.to closo, and he staggerod along tho
J wot and dismal stroot. He reeled for
/ a few yards and then losing his balance
fell heavily on tho pavemont, and as
ho fell his forehead struck against a
Sharp stone.
. When ho can o to hhnsoif, ho was
conscious that a kind, manly face was
banding over him?a face that ho had
known in tho old happy time.
George," ho muttered faintly, " is
that you?"
*? Yo*>, Abel; I'm come to take you
homo. Bho saw you an hour or two
ago, and Bent roo to lind you. Come
borne with me, old friemi, come hom< I"
"Too late; too lute. I'm going to
that long homo from whenco no one
roturn * * * tho mourner* go about
tho Btrc< t-t." And ho continued to
murmur texte be had learned at hi*
mother's knee, for hiu mind was wan
dering.
" Oh ! It's not ho hud as that, Ab?. I.
Come, I'd help you."'
"Too late, George; too late. Do you
remember that talk wo had the night
I got the orlze, when you ifged mo to
abstain V"
Ho was roused now, and made a su
preme effort to speak.
" I do remember it, Abel."
"Would to God l bad taken vour ad
vice. Qoorge. But vou don't know
what a hold tho drink had got on me
even then, and how much worse It be
came as time went on. 1 havo strug
gled against it. I havo swum to ab
stain a dczon times. Hut it bad en
slaved me completely. Fame, fortune,
lovo?every good gift of God I have
lost because of this cursed drink! They
blaspheme tho Almighty, I say,
when they oull it ono of Ills good
gifts. Why did my mother teach
me to sip wine? Why didn't she
make mo an abstainer, as yours
did, George ? It grows dark?so
dark. God bo merciful to mo?" and
as bis eyes began to gli ze and the dews
of death gathered on his brow, he
softly crooned to himself the music of
his prize song.
Aud so be parsed awuy into the pres
ence of Him who is able to judge
righteous judgment?another victim
to the drinking habits ?)f society, and
the fond foolishness of a parent, who,
unmindful tif tbo danger, taught him
to sip wine in his youth.
DIt. HYDEIl LYNCHED.
Continuance of a Georgia Case Leads
to a Ly nohlng?Caused by a Law
yer's Absence.
Dr. \V. L. Ltydor, tho murderer of
Miss Saldo Ivnma Owen, who was
arraigned for tlie second trial for tho
crime, was lynched by a mob at tho
?? Willis Place," six miles from Wavor
ly Hall, Georgia, Monday night.
Judge Hart, on tho evidence that
Colonel Worrell, of Columbus, the
leading counsel for Kyder, could not
be present, due to sickness continued
the case until the regular term in
September.
Dr. Kyder, the prisoner, a us to have
been returned to Muscogee jail on tho
8:20 p. m. train and was taken to
Waverly Hall, the nearest station from
Talbotton, for that purpose. In a few
minutes after the deputies arrived
with their prisoner at the station the
mob drove up aud took the prisoner by
force from the officers, returned with
him to a point just across the county
line, and there lynched him. His
body was found hanging from a limb at
an early hour. His tongue was out
and his face was horribly blackened.
. Tho mob, while returning with
Kyder from Waverly Hall, was met by
Sheriff Kiehards and his party, but
owing to the darkness of the night he
could not distinguish the persons, nor
gain any ohm to their idertlty. He
was Informed hy the men who -had
Kyder in charge that ho was too lata,
so Kiehards pushed on to Waverly
Hall, only to Dnd that he had been mis
led and that at that time Kyder was
suspended from a limb of a tree where
his remains were discovered a short
while afterwards.
Tho reason assigned for the action
of the mob is that tbo piople. were
tired of tho case being continued, but
should the facts be known the friends
of tho prosecution bad given up all hope
of ever bringing Ivy der to the gallows
by reason of his being totally insane.
The special term of the Taibot county
superior court was called for the one
purpose of trying D". Ryder. Toe
murder of Miss Owen was committed
on the eveuing of tho l?th of April,
lv'.iti, 15 months ago, and though Judge
H?tt, in less than a week afterwards,
called a special term of the court t)
try tho case, tho execution of tho law
bad been deferred, though good
legal grounds, from time to tune, and
the meeting of jnotice to tho accused
^?as again delay by tbo continuance
granted by Judge Hart. Tho con
tinuance was granted, on the ground
that Colonel Worrell, of tho Colum
bus bar, who was the leading
counsel for tbo defense, was unablo to
attend tbo court, he being ill at his
home in Columbus. As a legal pro
position, it is claimed, Judge Hart
acted right, under the evideneo, in
granting a continuance.
When the special term of court, con
vened on tho fourth Monday in May
following tbo homicide, Dr. Kyd r,
who was then conlined in the Macon
jail, was too ill to be present and the
case was continued until tho regular
term in September. At that t?!rm an
extraordinary motion for continuance
wan made, but J,udge H?tt, who was
presiding, over-ruled the motion and
the trial proceeded. After a desperate
legal battle, lasting a week, Dr. Kyder
was convicted and sentenced to hang.
A motion for a new trial was made and
promptly over-ruled, but tho supreme
court sustained the motion, and the
new trial was granted. The motion
was sustained on a dozen orrord, but
principally on tho ground that ono of
tho jurors that convicted Kyder was
a relative of the guardian of Miss
Owen, vho was Dr. Kyder's victim.
Judge H?tt evidently saw tho neeeS'
sity of another early trial and did i.jt
wait for tho regular September term,
but called an extra term of tho court
for July 10th, to try tho case. Judge
John Hart agreed t?j hear the cuso for
Judge H?tt, who was unablo to be pro
cnt.
As was true at tho trial last Septem
ber, the courthouse was crowded when
tho easo was called. I'eoplo from
every section of tbo county we.ro pre
sent, all f whom, from the time of the
commission of tho crime, have taken a
deep interest in tho easo. Kyder was
represented by tivo prominent lawyers
and at the special court ull wore pre
sent but Colonel Worrell and his un
avoidable absence was the chief basis
for tho motion for a continuance. It
was represented that Colonel Worrell
was detained hy illness and the allega
tion was substantiated by depositions
from reliable physicians of Columbus.
It waff also alleged that several im
portant witnesses for tho defense wore
unavoidably absent. Judge Hart con
tinued the case until tho regular term
of TallMit court In September, one year
from tho date of Kyder's last trial and
convietlon.
Kyder shot Ml-s Salllo Km ma Olren
with a shotgun on tho night of April
Ifi, 18!)(i. Ho was era/.od by his lovo
for her and while she. was sitting a a
friend's parlor talking to a young man
who was a rival of Kyder's, tho murder
er crept to the door and fired tho shot
that killed Miss Owen and wounded
her frlord. Uydor's defenso claimed
that he was suffering from affections
of both oyes and ears that at times
rondered him a crazy man and uttorly
Irresponsible for tils actions. Tho first
trial failed to hang Kyder and the
friends of tbo murdered girl havo been
chatting at tho long delay. The con
tinuance caused the lynching.
WHEN MONEY 18 CLOSW
You want to save d?>ctor bills then?
for y?-,u want the Host, Surest and
Q 'lckest Kemo?ly for all pains, such as
liliouKiatlsm, Neuralgia, Headaoho,
Toothache, Cuts, Bruises, Hums,
Sprains, Stiff Joints, oto. Bice's Goose
Greaso Liniment euros all these at
once. It also l-ellovos Croup, Coli.
Coughs and Hales In chest ami sidos
once. Always sold under a guarantee
by all druggists and genoral stores.
Made by Goose Greaso Liniment Co.,
Greensboro, N. ?.
? If we wore all as gooJ as we ox
Eect our neighbors to be, there would
a an immonse Improvement In sooloty.
THK WKATHKK AND CUOI'8.
Vulunhlo 1111? ? i ii'.ttK.n to Those Inter
ested in I m min:: ' M"'1 in Iiiiih.
The following is tho wookly bulletin
lB?ued by tbo weather bureau In Co
lumbia us to the condition of tho crept)
in this State :
Columbia, S. C, July 20, 1807.
The week; was cooler tht'o tho usual
with temperature delielencios ranging
from 3 degrees per day in tho eastern,
to 8 in tho wostern portions of the
State. The wookly average, of ?0 mean
temperature reports was 7b while the
normal is approximately 82.
Tho highest reported was VS on the
1 Ith at Llodges and the lowest ,r>4 on
tue 13th st Walhallu. Tho nights
were une^uallv cool over tho extreme
north western couutiod.
Heavy rains, and quite general
showers, fell on tho 12tn except that
over the northern couuties the showers
were light, or norain fell ; on tho 17th
a more general rain fell except over
tho southeastern counties where there
was nono. or at best light showers only.
Tho latter rain is not fully reflected in
this weeks measurements. Sixtoen
places reported less than 1 inch for the
week; twenty from 1 to 2 inches;
twelve over 2 inches with a maximum
fall of 4.40 at St. Goorges. The aver
ago of these 4H measurements is 1 44
and Mi.' normaf for the same period is
about 1.32 inches.
Hillside lands were badly washed
and gullied on tho 12th in Kdgcfiold,
Ssdudu, Orangeburg, and Sumter coun
ties. There woro no damaging hail
storms or destructive wiuds.
The sunshiuo averaged about nor
mal but varied greatly in dilToront
portions of tho State, boing most abun
dant in Marion and Spartanburg with
least over tho central countieB.
Tho week was a favorable one for
crop development over tho wostorn
portion of tho Slate generally and ever
many sections iu thu eastern counties.
The exceptions were that in places the
need of more rain was indicated, but
since reports closed, quito general and
heavy rains havo fallen where most
neodi d ; In other places there was an
excess of moisture and in such sections
tho recent ralLS will provo harmful.
The temperature, while not generally
low enough to retard growth except to
check tho previous rapid development
of cotton, was rather cool during the
nights, but not low enough to provo in
juriout ;>and no high winds or damaging
hail storms occurred.
C >rn improved very much ovor tho
greater part of tho State, excepting
limited areas where Insufficient rain
fell, and other sections where on ac
count of loo much rain corn is firing
badly on sandy lands notably in portions
of Clarendon, Lexington and Berkeley.
Corn is being rapidly laid by whero
this work has not already bucn com
pleted.
Tho present improved condition
points to a full crop yield, except
whero it was too nearly matured to bo
benclitted by the recent rain. Cjrn
planted in May and Juno is, over the
entire State, in lino growing condition
atid looks very promising. Some re
port ears not well fecundated on ac
count of tho rains washing off tho pol
len from the tassels.
Tho condition of cotton has im
proved in many places, but tho stalk
generally continues undersized al
though well fruited, with fuil grown
bolls numerous. Bulls nearly ready to
opon)ln southeastern counties. The pre
vailing unseasonable cool nights hin
dered the growth, and caused tho
plant to become lousy, while " honey
dow" is reported from a number of
counties. Shedding of leaves, t-quares,
and small bolls is quite common. Many
holds are becoming grassy, and In
[?'airfield some Heids have been aban
doned on account of grass. Kust has
devolopod in Brruwoll, Hamborg,
Plorenoe and Williamsburg counties.
Over quite largo areas there has boon
too much rain for cotton. Laying by
is well under way and more than half
tho reports indicate that tho fields
" laid by " are clean and in Kojd con
dition.
Notwithstanding the numerous ad
vers' reports from eastern and central
eou.itie.*, the majority of all reports
Ir aieato that the present condition of
I *ao crop is promising, but that it is in
1 a oritloal stage. A continuation of
rainy weather will, by hindering culti
vation of whloh many fields stand in
need, tend to cause deterioration in
condition. Sea Inland cotton continues
to do well.
Tobacco curing making favorable
progress, and recent reports Indicate
a better quality of leaf than first cut
ting. Some tobacco has boen inarkot
od.
Kico continues in excellontcondltlon
generally, except upland of which
some is very poor.
Boas aro about all sown and they
havo come up to good stands. In some
fields tho lower leaves aro shedding ex
cessively.
Watermelons generally lato, under
sized und the crop as a whole small.
Sweet potato slips sldll being planted
and this crop has mado rapid growth.
Lato peaches ripening but are rot
ting badly. Apples generally plenti
ful. Grapes ripening and aro a largo
crop but many report them rotting.
Cane of various kinds, and minor
crops, generally, is in satisfactory con
dition and promise abundant yields.
Turnip sowing ha-* begun.
J. W. Bai;kk, Director.
AN INCIDENT OF THE tVAlt.
How Governor Harris Took Caro of
the Tennessee School Fund.
Tbo Wa*hing*,on correspondent of
tho Now York Tribune relates tho fol
lowing story in regard to tho conduct
of tho late Senator ishum G. Harris in
preserving a school fund of dfc700,000 in
gold during tho ontlro war :
One of the most striking episodes in
tho life of Senator Harris wus his
taking possession of $700 UUO in gold
belong i ng to the school fund of Ten
nessee. Many stories havo been told
about this incident, but the following
account was rolated by Senator Harris
himsolf. In 1802, whun Nashvillo was
about to fall into tho hands of the Fed
oral troops, the Stato Bank of Tennes
see had in its vaults something more
tb an $71)0,000 in gold and silver coin,
besides valuable securities. Two prl
vato, banks, the Union and tbo Plant
ers, also In 11 considerable amounts of
money. Sonator Harris, at that timo
Governor of Tennessee, was determin
ec. that this money should not fall into
tho hands of the enemy. Ho persuaded
tho ollluors of tho Stato Bank, which
aetcd as tho fiscal agent of tho Stato,
to remov * the banks assets to a point
of safety within tho Confederate linos.
Tho ottoera of tho prlvato banks, bow
ever, woro unwlling to make the
change, and the Governor's argumouts
were unavailing. Ho thereupon re
turned to his oflico and sent oach bank
a noto, in which bo said eemothlng
like this:
" No doubt you ean manage the af
fairs of your bank bottor than I can,
and f do not dosire to undertake the
conduct of your business. However, I
desiro to inform you that unless you
give mo your assuranco that within
tin ee. hours you will remove your cash
and securities to a point of safety with
in tho Confederate linen I shall bo
under tho necessity of appointing a
reoelvor to take immediate possession
of your bank, and auoh rooelvor will be
accompanied by a file of soldiers to en
force his ordora."
Before the throe hours had expired
a favorable answer was received from
tho two prlvato banks. The Governor
joined tbo staff of the commanding
genoral of the Confederate army as a
volunteer aid. He obtained a suhlolent
guard of soldiers to protect tho bank
moneys, and he moved the assets from
ne place to another. He formed the
ablt of going each week to the place
whero tho bank was temporarily h>
cated and personally counting tbo
cash. In time, he said, he became
familiar with evory bag of coin and its
contents. Ono day tho cashlor of tho
bank appeared at headquarters with
the nows that an ageDt of the Confed
erate troasury was at tho place whore
tho bank was then located with ordert?
to seize tho $700,000 for tho mlli- ry
uses of the Confederato Govornmo it,
Governor Harris obtained a telegraphic
order for tho agont to suspend opera
tions temporarily. Ho then took tho
next train for Richmond, whore ho
called upon President Jefferson Davis.
Governor Harris told the President of
tho Confederacy that ho wolf under
stood tho financial necessities of tho
Confederato Government and would
freely give all of his own personal
property to tbo Government. That
$700.000, howover, bolongod to tho
school fund of the SL.to of Tennessee,
and he did not proposo to havo one
cent of It touched if ho could help It.
As an outcome of this vigorous stand
on tho part of Governor Harris Presi
dent Davit) directed that tho State
fund should not bo disturbed. After
tho surrender Governor Harris went to
the Union general in command and
obtained a safe conduct and an escort
for tho conveyanco of tho money from
Gr Ilia, Ga., back to Nashville. Tho |
money was taken to the State Capitol
and deposited in a committee room, a
receipt being given for tho amount, j
The bags and keys wore broken open
iind tho money lay in heaps on tho
Hour under guard of a 11 lo of soldiers
until tho legislative committee count
ed tho cash ten days later. A remark
ably small shortage was found, con
stVlering tho circumstances during tho
ten days tho money was lying loose on
tho tloor.
Old Time Engagements.
Helen EvortSOR Smith, In The Century.
For Helen Livingston there re
mained hardly one more year of hap
py girlhood, free to go and come,
dance and be merry, in the old in
nocent girlisli fashion; for at that
time betrothal was as sacred as mar
riage itself, and much more restric
tive of privileges. That is, the free
dom of girlhood was lost, and that
of the matron had not come, if the
lover were present, of course, these
restrictions were not felt, but in his
absence the poor girl had little more
liberty than a Hindu widow. She
must not accept even the most ordi
nary attentions from any man, must
dance with no one except her father
or brother, and she must always wear,
conspicuously displayed hanging
from her neck, face outward, the
miniature of her future husband.
These miniatures were often skill
fully painted on ivory, and were us
ually oval in shape, and about three
and a half inches by two and a half
in size, without counting the gold
frames, which were sometimes quite
heavy. The broad remarks which
it was considered in order for even
chance acquaintances to address to
the fiancee upon sight of this badge
of appropriation were intolerable to
Helen Livingston, and rather than
subject herself to them she resolute
ly refrained from accepting an iu
vitation even to her leved "Cousin
Chancellor's" during the few months
of her engagement, which ended in
a happy marriage in the spring of
1800.
On one occasion, when a large and
most interesting company of Ameri
can and foreign guests was expected
at Clermont, Helen vainly sought
her mother's permission to attend
without wearing the telltale portrait.
Finding that this would not be al
lowed, and realizing that her sister's
disappointment would be great, "Sis
ter Patty," only fifteen, but already
tall and stately, heroically volunteer
ed to wear tho obnoxious picture,
personating its rightful owner. But
the innocent fraud was r.ot permit
ted, and as Helen would not go if
obliged to wear the miniature she
was compelled to relinquish the
coveted pleasure. Of c nirse, the boy
lover?he was barely twenty-one?
was in no way responsible for this
custom, which he subsequently of
ten, and justly, characterized as odi
ous; and I think that he never liked
to sec the miniature which had been
the means of depriving of ever so
small a pleasure the woman whom he
idolized through a long life.
CHILDHOOD?Hewho has never en
joyed the companionship of little
children has missed a great deal of
happiness. They have so many pret
ty little engaging ways that wc can
not help loving them. Who is it
that has not been charmed by that
bright little poem, Whitticr's "Bare
foot Boy ?" With what admiration
wc all look upon a group of chil
dren on the play-ground or in the
school, and we clasp our hands, al
most involuntarily, and say: "How
beautiful!"- Did not our Saviour
use childhood as a type of innocence
when he said : "Except ye become
as a little child?" Who is it that
cannot be moved by their pleadings
or their little sobs ? "O, what a dull,
stale, mean world this would be
without the sportfulness of chil
dren!" "The morning comes out
of the gates of the cast, throwing
its silver on the lake, und its gold
on the towers, and its fire on the
cloud; but., it is not so bright and
be.uitiful as .the morning of life."
Ono eminent preacher said, "When
1 lind people that do not like chil
dren I immediately doubt their
moral and Christian character."
Have you ever thought that the in
fluence of "the school and the family
were higher than parliament or Con
gress" and that "the sound of a
child's foot may mean more than the
tramp of a host ?" Father, mothor,
you have exerted yourselves to save
the physical life of your child. What
have you done for tho eternal life of
the little one ?
TllK SWKKTNK8S OF LAUGHTER?A
woman has no natural gift more be
witching than a sweet laugh, re
marks a writer in the Home Queen.
It is like tho sound of flutes on the
water. It leaps from her in a clear,
sparkling rill, and the heart that
hears it feels as if it bathed in the
cool, exhilarating spring. Have you
ever pursued an unseen fugitive
through trees, led on by a fairy
laugh, now here, now lost, now
found ? We have, and we have pur
sued that wandering voice to this
day. Sometimes it comes to us in
the midst of care, or sorrow, or irk
some business, and then we turn
away and listen and hear it ringing
in the room like a silver bell, flow
much we owe to that sweet laugh.
"What Famous Women Say.
A Colljctlou of Opinions Reganllng tlio Ster
uor Sox.
"Men of sense do not want silly
wives."?Jane Austen.
"All men are poor creatures, more
or lees."?Georges Sand.
"Men are a medly, don't you
think /'Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
"Ti:? richest man should work if
he can; ?Dinah C. Mulock.
"Men work and think but women
feel."?Christina C. Kosetti.
"What a fine thing it is to be a
young man."?Prances Burney.
"There's nothing methodizes a
man but business."-Frances Burney.
"No wan is altogether evil; there
is latent good in him."?Edna Lyall.
"One cannot know what .a man
really is by the end of a fortnight."
?Jane Austen.
"A man must be able to support
Iiis family, or else remain a bache
lor."?Georges Sand.
"Men, the very best men, can only
suffer, whi'e women can endure."?
Dinah 0. Mulock.
"Men of business do not, as a rule,
blazon thur own dirty work."?Mrs.
Humphrey Ward.
"Men shrink much more than wo
men from any physical suffering or
deformity."?Dinah C. Mulock.
"No map ever distinguished him
self who cquld not bear to be laugh
ed at."?Maria Edge worth.
"Vanity never leads a man to
wards the error of sacrificing himself
for another/'?Mine. De Stach
"Knightly love is blent with rev
erence as heavenly air is blent with
heavenly blue."?George Eliot.
"Remember one thing?no man
can fail to fulfill his destiny but
through hil own fault."?Georges
Sand. I
"To laugl at men's affairs is a
woman's privilege, tending to en
liven tiie domestic health."?George
Eliot.
"Men who have seen a good deal
of life don't always end by choosing
their wives Bp well."?George Eliot.
"A straight forward, open-hearted
man may be safely left to manage
hie own concerns. ?Jane Austen.
"A man capable of conquering
habitual indo.rnce cannot be a fee
ble character.'?-Maria Edgeworth,
"Man is vert apt to contemplate
himself out of lall proportion to his
surroundings.'^?Christina G. lios
setti.
"In the averige man there is still
a dreadful amount of Eastern feel
ling with regard to women.''?Kdnu
Lyall.
"Love occupies vast space in wo
man's thoughtsjbut (ills a small por
tion in man's fcfe."?Maria Edge
worth.
"The best augury of a man's suc
cess in his proiession is that he
thinks it is the lluest in the world."
?George Elliot.|
"Man is not nmde for that selfish
concentration of, despair which is
stoicism."?Georres Sand.
"It is easier fol the Ethiopian to
change Iiis skin than for a man to live
down the past in public opinion."?
Edna Lyall.
'The just livnig of a lifetime
makes a man incapable of any more
selfish handling of another's inter
ests."?Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
"No insult offend to a man can
ever degrade him ;;the only real de
gradation is when lje degrades him
self."? Dinah C.I .Mulock.?New
York Journal.
"What a Woman Can Do.
Mary 1'. Screvenl writing in the
Woman's Department of the Sunday
State, speaks of Mit* Jessie Mason,
of this city, as follows :
I shall, from time to time, notice
in these columns the inventions, me
chanical handiwork or other extra
qrdinary achievements of our wo
men, and further to show that we
are not an unthinking set of beings
given over entirely to thoughts of
dress, society and pleasure seeking;
yet I trust that our wpmen will ever
be duly mindful of these and thor
oughly obedient to thj highest and
best principles of socitl and ( oines
tic ethics.
My first notice falls'upon a Sum
ter girl, Miss Jessie .Mason, who
comes from a family of inventore,
who for generations p;^st have dis
played marked ability in the field of
mechanical invention aid ingenuity.
I have before me, as I write, two
induction coils, one viis wound in
Connecticut, by a manufacturer
there, the other in Sunder by Jessie
Mason, and there is no comparison
I in the workmanship of (lie two coils.
Miss Mason's is altogether the better
Wan there ever a women In thewlde world
who did not yearn to be the titother of a
bright laced, happy, healthy, lattghiug, rol
licking child? If there evar was such a
woman, the was a bad one, and while there
are many thoroughly txul men, there are
very few thoroughly bad women.
It was God's und Nature'* intention that
every woman should be tho mother of
healthy children. Ten? of thou; a ids of
women defeat this beneficent design by
their Ignorance and neglect. Ihey suffer
from weakness and disease (d a womanly
way, and take no measures, or the wrong
measures, to remedy It. Dr. Pieft-s's Fa
vorite Prescription Is a sure, speedy und
permanent cure for all disorders of this
description. It acta direct'-, and only on
the delicate and Important organs that are
the threshold of iiumtn life. It makes
taem strong, healthy, vigorous and virile.
It heals ulccration, allays inflammation,
soothes pain and tones and builds up the
nerves. It banishes the trials of the period
of impending maternity and makes iwby's
entry to the world easy and almost pain
less. It does away with the danders of
motherhood and shortens the period of
weakness and lassitude. It insures the
little newcomer's health and a boititiful
supply of nourishment. It transforms,
weak, sickly, nervous invalids into l\anpy
healthy wives and mothers. ThousaiidV of
women have testified to its marvelous mer
its. A dealer is not a physician, and lias no
right to suggest a substitute for the prescrip
tion of an eminent specialist like Dr. I'ierce.
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense ModleaJ Ad
viser sent for 21 one-cent stamps to cover
mailing only. Cloth binding 3? statnpa.
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. y.
mm
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for its proat leavening
strength und hcalthfuluoss. Admires
tho food apalnst alum und all forms
of udulter.it'.on common to tho cheap
brands.
HOYA I. BAKING POWDER Co.,
Now York.
in those essentials which give these
articles value. Every thread in her
coil is in the right place, while in
the other there seems a disregard for
that regularity in the winding so es
sential to efficient transmission.
When the brother of Miss Mason
started his telephone factory at Suin
ter several years ago, she undertook
to supply the works with co?b.
which she did exclusively with her
own hands, having an overplus
which she found a ready demand for
in the North. In the past two years,
however, the Mason Telephone Com
pany has absorbed her entire produc
tion, and Miss Mason is supply.ug
over 150 of these little mechanisms
per week ; her earnings reaching
some weeks over $15. Here is an j
enterprising young woman earning
her own living and saving to her
business community some $800
which, but for her skill, would be
sent oft' to some remote industrial
centre to promote activities there.
Here we have an example at once of
independence and beneficence, a
young woman earning her support
and helping others to earn theirs in
the surest and best way. Who can
tell hut that Miss Mason's superior
work is a potent factor in the suc
cess of her brother's splendid fac
tory ? This is the kind of girl to
encourage, for she helps society,
more still, humanity.?Sumter Free
man.
-M^^^ ? ? ? ^- -
?President IS B. Andrews of Brown
llnivorsity, has sent a letter t,o tho
faculty resigning his Office. Tho letter
wan In response to a communication
sent to President Andrews by the
special commit'.eo appointed by the
trustees and fellows in June, who. at
that time called him to account for his
froo silver utterances.
Railroad Schedules
CHARLESTON
?AND?
'A.igusta and Ashevillo Short Lino."
Schedule in effect Feb. 7, 1896.
Lv Augusta. {? 40 am 1 40 pro
Ar Greenwood.1217 pm .
Anderson. ; (i 10 pm
.1.aureus. 1 15 pm 7 m? am
^Greenville. 3 00 pm 10 15 am
Glenn Springs.... 4 0> pm .
Bpartanburg. 3 00 pm 11 25 am
Saluda. 5 23 pm .
Henderaonvillo- .. 5 51 pm .
Ashevtlle. 7 00 pm .
Lv ABheville_. 8 20 am .
Bpartanburg.H45pm 4 00 pm
Glenn Springs.... 10 00 am .
Greenville.1150 am 4 00 pm
Laurcus. 1 30 pm 7 00 pm
Anderson . ; 7 ou am
Greenwood. 2 28 pm .... .
Ar Augusta. 5 00;pm 11 10 am
Lv Spartan bnrg . 1146 am
Green vPae. 11 50 am
Ar Clinton. 2 10 pm
Newberry. 2 57 pm
Prosperity. 3 13 pm
Columbia . 4 30 pm
Sumter. (?42 pm
Charleston .. . . 9 30 pm
Lv Charleston. 7 00 am
Sumter. 9 35 am
Columbia. 11 00 am
Prosperity. 11 58 am
Newnerrv. 1210 pm
('linton. 12 60 pm
Ar Greenville. 300 pm
Spartanhurg . ...... 3 (K) pm
Lv Augusta. 2 55 pm
ArAllendale. 600pm
Fairfax. 5 15 pm
Ycinassee. ii ;50am 0 20 pm
Beaufort.10 35am 7 20 pm
Port Royal.10 50um 7 30 pm
Bavnnnuti . 8 0(1 pm
Charleston. 8 08 pm
Lv Charleston. 050 am
Siivaunah. (i 50 am
Port Royal. 665pm 7 40am
Beaufort . 7 10pm 7 5o am
YcmasRce. 846pm U 10 am
Fairfax. 10 20 am
Allcndale. 1086 am
Ar Augusta. 12 40 n'n
close connections at Greenwood for all
points on S. A. L. and ('. AG, Railway, and
at Bpartanburg with Southern Railway.
For information relative to tickctR, rates
schedules, etc , address
W. J. CRAIO, Gen. Pass. Agent, Angus
ta. On.
K. M. NORTH, Sol. Agent, Augusta, Oa
J. S. Cure ton, Agent, C. H. Speight*
den. Agent, Greenville. S.C
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
PA63KNGKR 1)KPA HTM KNT.
Wilmington, N. O., Jan. 19 A, 189?
FAST LINE
?BRTWBBN
Charleston and Columbia and Upper
-South Carolina, North Caro
lina, and AI he ii ii and
Atlanta.
CONDKNHKD UOKBDUI.B
Going West Going Kaat
No. 52. No. 63.
7 00am* Lv...*Charleston ....Ar 0 3>lpn
8 2/1 .Lanes. 7.48
9 35 .Sumter. 0 35
10 55 Ar.Columbia-Lv 5 15
1158 .Prosperity. 8 13
12 10pm .Nowborry. 2 67
12 50 .Clinton. 2 10.
116 ????Laurent.... 146
2 33 .... Greenwood.
804 .Abbeville .?.
6 10 .. ? ? Athm.. Ga.
> 46_ Atlanta.....
6 16pm . .Wlnnsboro.H. C.. 1141an
8 20 ..Charlotte, N. C. ft 36
3 35pm Ar ... Anderson, H, C.. Lv 11 06an
?4 20 .... Grsesnville .... 10 80
310 ....Bpartanburg.... 1145
603 Henderson villeN.O. 9 15
7 00_..Ashevtlle.N.C... 8 20
? Daily,
Mos, 62 and 58 Solid trains between
Charleston anc'. Columbia, 8. C, and oarr
through coach between Charleston ac
Atlanta. H. M, F.MKRHON,
Ass't Gon'l Passenger Act.
1 R, KKNLY, T. M. KMKR80N,,1
UsiPl Manager. Trafflo Manage^
Margaret Fuller an? Her'
Bauy.?One of the most touching
pictures in tho life of Margaret
Fuller is that given in her letters to
her husband and friends concerning
her baby. It brings her nearer to
us than any brilliant intellectual
achievement. "When he smiles in
his sleep, how it makes my heart,
beat!" she writes ; "and all the solid
happiness I have known has been at
times when he went to sleep in my
arms."
One Christinas day there came
some toys for the little Nino?a bird,
and a horse, and a cat. iShe says:
"It almost made me cry to see the
kind of fearful rapture witli which
he regarded them ; Ins legs and arms
extended, lingers and toes quivering,
mouth made up to a little round 0,
eyes dilated, for a long time he did
not even wish to touch them. After
he began to, he was different with
all three?loving with the bird, very
wild and shouting with the horse,
with the cat putting her face close
to his, staring in her eyes, and then
throwing her away." She adds : "I
feel remorse to think that I never
gave children more toys in the course
of my life. I regret all the money
I ever spent on myself or in little
presents for grown people, hardened
sinners. I did not know what pure
delight could be bestowed."?lhiby
hood.
?" This milk tastes as if it was wa
tered," said Mr. BrODSOn, " I know it
is, papa," said Tommy. " I saw tho
cow taking a drink myself."
?Wrap your fruit jars in newspa
pers and sot. in a cool, dark place. The
wrapping will prevent tho fruit from
bleaching,
?OUTiiHRN RAILWAf.
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THE LAUIENS BAR.
W. U. m1kti
Attorney tit Law,
Lauubns, - Boinil Ca hoi,iNA.
Win priictico In all Cturts of this bt?te
Attention KlvAtl to coloct ion w.
J. T. JOHNSON. W. H. KIOHKY
JOHNSON ? RIC11EY,
attorney! AT LAW,
Opfiob- -Fleming 'O'ruor. N ?rt hont
siile of Pllblp X.innre.
II. Y. SIMPSON. (. I). MAKKSDAt.K
SIMPSON & ?AHKS1>AL.C,
Attorneys it Law,
LATHENS, SOUTfc CAROLINA
Special attention gi/ou to the investi
gation of titles and edleetion of claims
U. W. ball. I.. \V. s1mdinh. w. \V. ball
BALL, SIMK1NB & It A LL,
Attorneys it Law,
Laurbns, South Caholina.
\\"ill practice in all Bute and United
States Court,
collections.
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iwami Richmond And Oh^rla tft. rli Uanrilla.
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Th> Atr Lina Holla train. 50i* 17 and 18, ha>
two an Atlanta and MdUul Ai rjr, Oa., daily *?
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Waiajii|ton. 1) '?_) '?"*" _^
Who is "Will Whitener ?
He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver
-IN BENDELLA HOTEL.
We_?
Ccit Prices
On Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. We
drive our business these hard limes by selling at Cm
Prices. Wo don't pit down and croak about the scarcity
of money like the old fossils who let purchasers pass
on when they won t pay them great long profits. 11'you
I want to purchase a Piano or an Organ come and see
us and we will sell you. We have on hand the largest
and best selected stock ol Pianos in the State;, including
some of the best makes on the market, and we are going
to sell them. We guarantee our prices to he; lower
than any other reliable dealer will make Our terms for
time purchuscrs are easy. Only a small cash payment
required and we make the sailing smooth For
Spot Cash Buyers we will say, you can buy a Piano or
Organ cheaper from us than from any concern in the
business. We keep constantly on hand a full stoc.K
of small instruments, consisting of (iuitars, Banjos,
Mandolins, Auloharps, Violins, ?fcc. Also the various
parts, strings and supplies for same. We are selling
Sewing Machines nt ridiculously low prices. If you
want one, just intimate it, and yon will be surprised how
low you can buy one. Our stock of sheet music, both
vocal and instrumental, is kept lull, and you can get any
of the popular and up-to-date songs and music at any
time. Yours truly,
ALEXANDER BROS & CO.,
GREENVILLE, S. 0.' v