Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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im. ii im???.Ii ii i i **mmmwmmm<mmmmmm?mm???w?? CALII?UN'8 MEMORY SHOULD BE HONORED Time for the Commonwealth to Erect rilling Memorial to a Qreat Carolinians Name. To the Editor of the State: Now that in South Carolina we are beginning to enter once again into an era of moral idealism and of a broad, juat and fun damental mode of thinking among the masses, and now that as B. O. Fowler, editor of the Arena, Boston, puts it, "the soul of the nation is awakening," it is most fit that John C. Calhoun, the moral and good man, the pure and hon est statesman, and the passionless and profound philosopher, should once more be made the object ofjnvestigation, the subject of study and the pattern for re plication. When such true, intelligent and respected citizens as the principal of the General Sumter Memorial Acad emy; James II. Carlisle, of Wofford College; Gustayus Memminger Pinck ney, of Charleston; the editor of the Florence Daily Times and others are beginning to keep Mr. Calhoun in print before the public, we can begin to hope South Carolina and the Federal nation will redeem themselves and ren der unto Calhoun the honors that are Calhoun's. In all the range of history no man has heretofore been so generally misunder stood as that great and good man. It is more than mortifying, it is criminal negloct, that, outside of Charleston, South Carolina possesses no fitting me morial to his name. The City by the Sea has named a broad and handsome avenue in his honor, and the women of the State, ever loyal, have set to watch over it a splendid granite and bronze monument, but what has the State, as a Commonwealth done for the memory of the man who ever guarded hex honor, studied and fought for her inter est and lived for her glory? One poor little postoflice called Calhoun. The United Status Government did him that honor! Shame, South Carolina! Why do you not give his name to a county? Have you not your Beauforts, Colle tons, Berkeleys, Clarendons, Marlbo ros, Lancaaters and Yorks? High sounding and illustrious names of the great British Empire. Is he not as il lustrious as they? It would be sacrileg ious to say he was not morally and in tellectually their superior. Have you not your Piekenses, Sumters, Marions, Andersons, Laurensea, Kershaws, Aik ens, Barnwells, Hamptons and Horrys? Who would deny that the members who bore those names do not lend lustre to the personality of our Commonwealth by the heroic and high stand they took in helping to make her history? But who would have the temerity to say that John C. Calhoun did not stand amidst these giants a Titan? Gen. Grant has over him tons of granite fashioned into the most perfect forms of art by the most cunning and skillful of hands, yet before the modest, recumbent im age of the sleeping Lee, at Lexington, Virginia, the whole world uncovera and bows in awe as before a shrine dedi cated to a deity of a fulness of heart that knows no wrong and of a mind void of guile of subtlety, and upon whose countenance rests that peace which passeth all understanding? Is not Calhoun the peer of that sacred chieftain? You have honored Lee, men of Carolina, in naming your counties, will you forget Calhoun? Or do you think that you must reserve your soil and your catalogue of honors for lesser lights who have no other chance, as the name of Calhoun, like the name of Calhoun and Caesar, is honor and title inself and needs no accoutrements? Perhaps you liken him unto Hammer abi and Moses as a propounder of law! Unto Solon and Lycurgus as a states man, and unto Socrates, Aristotle and Plato as a philosopher-after whom no local habitations are named, but by whose names systems, schools and fun damental principles are designated.? Who made South Carolina powerful and respected among her sister States? John C. Calhoun. Who was more potent in making haughty and domineering England respect tlie rights of the young Republic? None but John C. Calhoun. Who has more right than John C. Cal houn to a statute in the Ecderal hall of fame? Men of Carolina, put it thjre, or hang your heads for ingratitude. It is anomalous that the piece of earth that was the native heath of Cal houn and that the institution reared and dedicated to the farming and scientific purposes of his native State should not bear his name but bear that of a Pennsylvania Yankee? Can the State change the name from Clemson back to Calhoun? Let the voice of the people speak upon the subject. Let the family speak. How did Mr. Clemson get the proprietorship of the Calhoun estate? It is an open secret. What I here write I write in the light of fact, but in all due deference and respect to the descendants of Mr. Clemson, for, besides valuing them as friends, 1 cher ish them as kinsmen; the blood of the Calhoun, the Colhoun and of the Bon neau flowing in their veins flows as well in my own. In company with my mother I spent much of my early child hood at the home of Mrs. Florida Bon neau Colhoun Calhoun,the widow of the statesman. At the same time Mr. Clem son, her son-in-law, was a member of her household?he was not in the war be tween the States, though his only son, Calhoun Clemson, was. I knew Mr. Clemson) and like other little ones, was afraid oi him, so repellent was he to children. He was afraid of but one person and that was Mrs. Calhoun. An estrangement had arisen between Mrs. Calhoun and her eldest son, An drew; hence Mrs. Calhoun, who by will hoired Fort Hill from her hus band, willed it to her only daughter, Anna, Mrs. Clemson. Mrs. Clemson, her son, Calhoun, and her daughter, Floride, Mrs. Gideon Lee, of New York, both having met tragic deaths, willed the historic estate to her hus band, who, in a spirit of generosity, willed it to the State of South Caro lina, but who, with unpardonable per sonal vanity and, I think, in clear spite conditioned that the place be named CLEMSON! Who made the name of Clemson great? Answer-? What and who gave notoriety to the name of Clemson? Answer: The prop erty and daughter of John Caldwoll Calhoun! Clarence Cuninc.iiam, Waterloo, Laurens County, S. C, March 15. 1906. NOT A PATENT MEDICINE. Hyomci a Scientific Treatment for Ca tarrh by Breathing Medicated Air. Ever since Hyomei has been known, its formula has been given to physi cians, druggists, and, in fact, to all in telligent people who could appreciate the true merit of the combination of healing gums, oils, and balsams of which it 18 composed. Many leading physicians endorse Hyomei and prescribe it for catarrhal troubles. In fact, quite a few of them use it themselves to breakup a cold and prevent pneumonia. They regard it as a natural, yet scientific way of curing catarrh. Breathed through the pocket inhaler that comes with every outfit, Hyomei destroys all catarrhal germs in the air passages of the throat and nose, soothe.-, and heals the irritated mucous mem brane and effectually drives from the system all traces of catarrhal poison. No one should confound Hyomei with the patent medicines that are adver tised as catarrh cures. It is as superior to them all as th'e diamond is more valuable than cheap glass. The complete Hyomei outfit, consist ing of a neat pocket inhaler, a medi cine droppc, and a bottle of Hyomei costs but $1, and extra bottles can bo obtained for 50 cents, making it the most cconomicp.l method of curing ca tarrh, as well as the most reliable The Laurens Drug Co. have sold a great many Hyomei outfits and have seen such remarkable results from its use, that they sell it under an absolute guarantee that it costs nothing unless it cures. ANCIENT SEA WALLS. Puuialuuent Tlii^t Wo? Inflicted For \< :: l. t tiii!-. Their lteiuilr. W. H. Wheeler In bis "History of tho Fons of South Lincolnshire" quotes Harrison as saying, In his preface to Holiushcd's "Chronicle," that "such us, having walls or banks near unto the sea, do suffer the sumo to decay, al ter convenient admonition,. whereby the water entereth and drovineth up the country, are by a certain ancient custom apprehended, condemned ami staked In the breach, where they re main forever a parcel of the new wall that is to be made upon them, as I have beard reported."?P. 40. % Harrison, so far as I am at present able to make out, is the earliest au thority for this, ami he only speaks of it as a report. In a paper by tho Rev. F. C. J. Spur roll in "The Archneologln Cantiana*" re lating to Dart ford, I QuU the following, which, though It Is by no means a proof of what Harrison had heard, lends to make the statement less improbable than it otherwise would be: "In early times tho Itonian way crossed the marsh untroubled by tho tide. Afterward, tho tide having ad vanced further inland, the road was raised, becoming a causeway. In me diaeval limes this hank was heighten ed against the tide, the road running inside, as at present. Dining a section made a lew years ago through this road, near Sthlolph's bouse, 1 saw a human skeleton extended across the bank about two feet below the pres ent surface. This is, of course, n StFAugu situation; but, looking to the fact (hat it was a tide wall, it Is pos sible that the once owner of the skele ton had tho duty of repairing the bank and, having let the tldo through by his neglect, was placed In the breach, thus helping to repair It while suffering punishment. S. Smiles has mentioned that such a mode of dealing was a me diaeval custom. However, 1 know not how far the ancient graveyard extend ed hereabout, so that the body, which showed no signs of burial, might yet have been burled In sacred ground."? London Notes ami Queries, POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Don't abuse your rival. Behave bet ter than he docs. Every one has an excuse for drink ing. None of them Is good. How many people are you "comfort able" with'.' Not very many probably. When it comes to romance, the kind found in books is very superior to the real thing. it Is stated there Is an exception to every rule, but don't hope you will be one to the rule of old age. A good many people are like little birds in a nest. When you praise them they lie si ill with their mouths wide open f.?r more. Engines are very much like people. The switeli engine makes more fuss around the depot than the engines on the through (rains. The cheaper tho person, (he more trouble he causes.? Atchlson Globe. ncntity mill the lionet. A well known southern churchman was recently visiting New York, ac companied by his Wife, who Is as beau tiful as her life mate is homely. They wore walking down Broadway one sun ny afternoon, and the pair attracted much attention. One of two young "sports," evidently thinking to attract the favorublo attention of tho church man's wife, in an audible aside re marked that it was another case of "the beauty and the beast." Quick as a wink (he husband turned and, as ho swung his rigid to the speaker's Jaw, scoring a knockout, said, "I am a man of peace, but I never allow any one to call my wife a beast."?New York Tribune. Ah Good ah IIIm "Wofld. Green?I thought you said that fel low Sklnem was as good as his word? Brown?That's what I said. Green Well, he lie.l to me about a business transaction. Brown Hut I didn't say his word was any good.?Chicago News. A man Is always nearest to Jds good when he is at home and furthest from IL when away.- Holland. THE FIRSf LOCOMOTIVE. I* XVmn Dalit l?> Oliver Kvaii?, Who Couldn't Lay Up Money. The reul inventor of the locomotive never realized a cent from his luven tlon. Ills name was Oliver. Evans. lie was horn in Delaware in 1750 and spent all his life perfecting; inventions which were destined to bring him nothing but more poverty. He was the original iu veutor of the high pressure engine used in loeoniutlves, tho only kind that could be employed to advautago In this form of transportation, but realized nothing for bis idea. Ills application of the notion to both land and water power was somewhat novel. In 1804 tho municipality of Philadel phia called foa bids for the dredging of the river and tile eleaulng of the docks. Evaus put in a bid lower than any of bis competitors and when it was ac cepted determined to build a steam boat to do the work. Ho llttod out a scow with a steam engine, building both tho engine and the scow in Ids own workshop. When tho boat was ready to bo j launched Evans determined to give the people of Phllndolpbiu an object lesson in mechanics, ho he put the boat on wheels, fitted up a push wheel behind, set bis engine to work and propelled the boat through the streets to the riv er in the midst of an open mouthed throng, not a few of whom had a dim idea that ho ought to bo arrested for witchcraft. When the boat reached the bank of tho river, the wheels and axles were taken off, the craft was launched, iltted out with other wheels and made to do tho work of dredging the harbor. So far as the Invention of mechani cal devices wont Evans had a splendid genius, but when dollars und cents came up for consideration he was a more child, and even allowed himself to be cheated out of the money that was due him for cleaning tho Philadel phia harbor with ids new fauglcd steam boat. CourtCM? to Stranger*. If a man bo gracious and courteous to strangers It shows he is a citizen of the world and that his heart Is no Is land cut off from other lands, but a continent that Joins to them.?Bacon. A Dunch of Her. First Artist--What's thnt you're !minting, a mediaeval family group? Jecond Artist?Not exactly. That's a portrait of Mrs. Henry VIII.?Louis ville Courier-Journal. THE PUEBLO INDIANS. Tliolr Ilellicion Im In n Way n B|>??elc? of IVntcr Wornliln. Eagle feathers are much used in the ceremonials of the Pueblo Indians, and In order to make sure of a supply the i Zunl keep tho birds In cages, plucking a few feathers whenever they happen to want them. On the other hand, (he Mokl have eagles' nests located at va rious spots within thirty or forty tulles of their towns, which are considered the properly of different elans among them. The eagle lays its eggs In tho same nest yoAp after year, and the clans Inherit rights to certain nests from generation to generation. The eagles are not killed, hut the new dodged young ones are taken from the nest-that is to say, all but one or two, which must be left. To remind the eagle god to encourage tho laying of more eggs by the birds an egg carved out of wood Is placed j where the divinity will be sure to see It; also, after being plucked, the ea {dots are carefully buried in a certain clef! In the rock/}, which Is the eagle cemetery. Hero the eagles have been Interred for centuries, and the place l.i very sacred. The Pueblo Indians have a tradition of (he Hood, and they say that the tur key is marked in commemoration of (hat event, Its tall being black at tho end where it was dragged through the mud after (he Water had subside:' The duck is another sacred bird, be ing nssoclotod with water. From the Pueblo point of view, anything that Is related to the all precious water in any way is an object of worship. Their re ligion is made up to a great extent of aquatic divinities and might be called a species of water worship. 8 Our Hats Always Please 8 Our Spring Hats arc getting scattered all over town. We find that O while lots of men are willing to pay $5.00 for a Hat, they arc, also, perfectly Q willing to O 8 8 8 8 Save $2,00 or More They can do it by buying Hats here, and without sacrificing style or quality. Here arc blocks of the Leading Makers to choose from; your fancy as well as your head can be quickly fitted. Stiff Hats,'$1.00, $1.50, $2.00 $2.50 or $3.00. Soft Hats, $1.00, $1.50 $2.00, $2.50 or $3.00. There are many new blacks and colors in Spring Hals, and we've all the good things. We're are Always Ahead! Fall Alpine This Store always has the best. We aim to lead and let others do the following. There isn't a detail of Man's Dress that isn't pro vided here. Lots of stores can say that, but who else can ae as Our Guarantee is Always "Money Back if you want it." Customers' Shoes Shined FREE. THE ONE-PRICE STORE. "To Cure a h'clon" Says Sam Kendall, of Phillipsburg, Kan., "just covoi it over with Buck Ion's Arnica Solve and tho Salvo will do the rest." Quickestcui'e for Burns, Boils, Soros. Scalds, Wounds, Piles, Eczema, Sah Rheum, Chapped Hands, Soix- l^ccl and Sore Eyes, Only 25 cents at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Guaranteed. ITNAL SKTTLEAIENT. Take notice that on the :*,0th dav of April, 1006, I will rendor a final ac count of my acts ami doings as Admin istrator do bonis non <? f the estate of ,1. II. Phinnov, deceased, Im tho ofiiec of tho Judge of Probnto of Laurens County at U o'clock A. M., and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from my trust as Administrator, All persons indebted to said estate; are notified and r< quired to make pay ment by said dale, and nil persons hav ing demands against said estate will present them on or before said date duly proven or he forever barred. GEORGE A. CO PEL AND, Administrator de bonis non. Mandl 28 I m. NOTICE TO CLEAN STREAMS. All landowners in Laurent counl hereby given notice that streams run ning through or bounding their I must he cleaned out, as require ! by law, before the first day of Mi . next, < same will be cleaned at their ? \; Persons knowing the obstrui Led c - - tion of any stream are requested i" re port same. 11. 15. HUMBERT, 3l-4t. Supervisor C. HOLUSTER'S A Busy Mcdicina for C.i.y People. Pones Golden Health and Re icv/cd Visor, A spoi'tlie. for Constlpntlon, inOlfrrstion, 1 ilvc-r iiinl ItlUnoy troubles. Pimples, Kemna. Ii Kloo I, Mini Ureatli, Sluurtrlftli Uow< ? 11. rtml Huolcncho, Its Kooky Mountain '?' i i"t foim. :ir> coats a box. <;> > i lo HOM.ISTEK DltUd Company. Mu ?n, Wl ;. S?LDEN NUGGETS FOIl SALLOW I ' "Oh, I AM SO TIRED!" I tlnily from old and young, rich and poor. Did you ever stop and consider <>!' this I'cmark? ' Wo will venture to say nine cases out often are improper digestion. This, or other symptoms of Indigestion such as . nausea, heart-burn, sour stomach, flatulency and despondency, ;i warning to you who are in danger of having indigestion, the groat y of American he alth to-day, fasten its merciless fangs on your health. K ? ?. "A Stitch in time saves nine", and a bottle of the celebrated i Sure Cure for Indigestion has saved untold misery to people in many of 3 broad land, by curing them permanently of this miserable disease, , nol li'. ? the p spsin digestives that help for a time, but cures permanently isin , Lhc digestive organs to perform their functions. Nature being such dill of its own ills, with the assistance of this powerful medicine, I you n healthy stomach and removes indigestion and its symptoms perma S ?ld on a $5.00 guarantee. 50 cents and $1.00 per bottle at Laurens Drug Company. ??ja: ?? ^--r-'?- i n in. bm m iiimhiiimiiiiwii iiiiiiiiii iiiiiih i ii""v^yisBaBaBaifB?BBW ily Freig rrtving Heavy Loi !ed 1 FOR This is our ninth year to sell "Same Goods for Less Money." We use the rapid-fire gun, which shoots sixteen times to the old gun's one. Burns' Famous Department Store is now receiving; their i m lense stock of Spring" and Summer Goods, full lines for each and every department, and they are going* to sell these same goods for iss money. We want your trade is the reason we sell Same Goods for Less Money. Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Dry Goods, Millinery, Notions and a little world of RACKET GOODS. 1500 Suits for Men's, Youths' and Children's Fine Tailored Garments. Children's Suits, 75c. to $3.48; Youths' Suits, $2.97 to $8.50; Men's Suits, $1.89 to ,15.00 Don't Miss See the Ba8* ins in asement. Tin, Glass, Crockery and Enameled Ware, Window Shades. Wall Paper, Curtain Poles,, Rugs, Plaids, Sea island, Cottonades, Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Ginger, Pepper Spice, and everything; nice. Three Stores: Laurens, Greenwood and Spartanburg. IRON U Come! U See! U Buy! U Save Money! i