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e 16eWberrperat b EfTABLIS'IED FEBERRY, S. C., UEIAJNRY 9, 11)01. TWICE WE,$.0AYA AN INTERESTING PROGRAM. TWCNTY-FOURIl ANNUALR'A TECON. V- N TION South earokua V..uoig M,ilm's 6!1hr!xtv.e% Association, umtr- r, I'. b 14-17, a901. NOTES. Remember tho covivoution opens Thursday evening, Februat% 14th. All college asocin, i n- ar! urged to elect their new ,itlicers prior to the State convention. By so domig it will enable your newl) elected Pre.4i dent to attend the "Presidents' Con ference," on Thur-1day, Feb. 141h. It will consist of two sessions of two hours each. N.) college association should fail to have its president at this important conferenco. It will be in charge of internatioval 8-ero tary Anderson and ecretar% Kne bel. All delegates will be entertained by the good people of Sumter. En tertainment cannot be assured to del. egates who fail to send in their ore dential coupons by Feb. Ilth. Cou pons should be sent to C. M. Hurst, Jr., Chairman Convention Commit tee, Sumter, S. C. All delegates or visitors are re quested to report immediately upotj arrival at the offices of C. M. Hurst, Jr. The usual opening session on Tues day afternoon has been dispensed with. It is therefore hoped that every delegate will be on time for the opening session on Thursday evening-aud remain until the close, Sunday evening. The committee hopes, that delegates will plan to avoid Sunday travel. Owing to the limited capacity of hotels, It is impossible to secure re duced rates. Delegates who ordi narily prefer hotel entertainment are urged to accept the hotipitality of Sumter's comfortablr homes. Reduced rates have been secured on all railroads. A-certain from your ticket agent immediustely wheth er or not he has received instructions. This is important. Do not fail to bring 3 our Bible and a good note book. For credentials or other informa tion, write A. G. Knebel, State Sec retary Y. M. C A , Charleston, S. C. PROGRAM. Sessions in the First Proshyt- rian church. Thursday, Februar) 141 h. 7.30 Opening Exercises. Jame-> Allan, Jr., Chairman State Committee. 8 00 Address, "The man for the Honr." Bishop Tlliso,n Cipers of S.u h Caro lina. Friday, Februar) H15 h. 9 00 Opening Ex.arciaus.. Rev. Jas. A. Dorritee, Charlotte. 9.15 Permanent organizition. Re port of State Executive Committee. 9.80 Quiet Hour. Rev. H C. Buckholtz, Chester, 10.30 Papers and discussion, "The Association as a spiritual force among men." a. To what extent should we depend upon public meetings as a moans of saving, strengthening and luilding up young men.? WV. C. Lowe, Charleston. b. What place should Bible study hold in our work ? C. T. Helm, Columbia. c. What can we do to cheek the desecration of the Sabbath? Rev. Melton Clark, Flor ence. d. What can be done to pro. mote personal purity ? Dr. E. A. Hines, Seneca. Friday afternoon. 3.00-Opening exercises. 8.15 ''Winning men Qualifications for doing the Work." Rev. John Kershaw, Charleston. 3.30 "The Association as a Spirit tial force among Students. H. P. Anderson, New York City. a. In reaching new students. b. In pro mating the study of the Word of God. c. In winning studenits to Jesnt Christ. d. In leading students t6b promote the Evanigelizationa of the world. This coi,ference will be of special value to the Colb-.ge meni it will be thrown ope'n for a general diis oussion. Fri4ay evening. 7 80-Song ser vIce. Rev. Jas. A. Dorritee. 8./10 Address-"The Association as a so cial, educational and rehigious force in the c'mmmni y." Rev E 0. Watson, CJharleston. 8.80 Address-"The Association as a force among railroad men." H. 0. Williams, New York City. Saturday, Feb. 16th. 9.00-Tes tinony servic9. 9.30 "Winning men-the means to be employed." Rov. John Kor shaw 9 45 Paper: "The Association as a physical force." a. What are we doing to mo-4t. the physical needo of yomuig mn ? b. Wherein do we dif for from athletic clubsY c. What Khould he thi- relation of the Chris tian work,r to athleties? Chas. Dusban, Uharleston. 10 15 P., por: "The Association as an Edicat.,onad force." a. To what class of men sh uld the work be chiefly dir. et--t? b. What are its limitations? c How may we best nccupy the iL,ld? d. Wfiat educa tional wirk is practicable in towns and villages? Prof. W. Zack Me Oboe, Assistant to State Sup'tof Ed ucation, Columbia. 10.45 Paper: "The Association as a Social Force." a. What kind of regular Social Work is feasible in the average Association? b. What is gained by grouping men according to their tastes? c. What is the trib utary value of a strong Social Work ? J. A. Dorritee, Charlotte. 11.15 "South Carolina Association in 1901." H. 0. W illiams, New York City. Saturday afternoon. 3.00-Open ing Exorcises. 3.15 "Winning Men -the spirit in which one should work." Rev. John Kershaw. 3.30 Paper: "The Association as % force among boys." a. Why im portant. b. What is the most effect ive way of helping them? E. G. Wilson, Charleston. 4.00 Paper: The Association as a 3piritual Force among young men in towns and villages." a. Is spe ,ial work for men needed? b. Is it advisable to attempt organization without close supervision? c. Is 3ounty work a solution of the prob lem? d. What can the correspond ing member do in communities hav ing no Associations? A. C. Bridg man, Columbia. 4.45 "A-sociation Men." H. P. Anderson, New York. 5.00 0 30 The Coitvention will ad journ to one of the public balls where the Physical Director of the Charles bon Association, assisted by class leaders, will give a practical denom itiation of physical culture as taught in our gyranasiums It is also more than probable that an exhibition game of Ba-lot Ball will be played het weent Chm,ti ton and Columbia at this time. Satn irda s even~iing 7.80 Song Ser vice. Rev Jas A. Dorritee. 8.00 Address: "The E'vangeliza ion of the world in this generatian and the vital relationship of the As. sociation work to this great object." H. P. Anderson, New York. Sunday morning, Feb. 17th-9.30 D.-legates' Consecration Service. 11 00 Divine Worship in the vari ous churches. Sunday afternoon. 3.00 Special meeting for College delegates. H. P. Anderson. 4.00 Mass Meeting for men in the Opera House. Rev. H. C. Buckholtz, Chester. 4.00 Boys' meeting, Magnolia St., lNethodist church. 4.00 Women's meeting, Lutheran church. Sunday evening. Union meeting of all churches in First Presbyterian church. 7.80 Song service. 1Rev. Jas. A. Dorritee. 8 00 Addresses by the delegates. -9.00 Farewell service. A. G. Kne bel. CASTOR IA 'Fo Infants and Children, The Kind You have Alwa,s Bought Sina er of Until women stop b)uying trashy ornaments and worse books they sbould be merciful to men who buy -smoke. A pessimist is a man who prefers artifioial light. to genuine sunshine. TIE EXPOSITION. A Brief Story of thfe Greounds ani Butilling1q. The South Carolina Inter-Stato and West Indian Exposition I Mill open inl the City of Charleston, S. C., Decem bor 1, 1901, and closed June 1, 1002. The Exposition Company hi boon chartered by the State of South Caro lin, with a capital stock of $250,000. Active work. upon the Exposition project has only been in progress since about the first. of August last, and what has been accomplished in the period that has elapsed since thou is without parallel in the history of exposition building. The site of the Exposition will be on the eastern bank of the Ashley River within a mile and a half of the business cen tre of the City of Charleston. The groiinds are beautifully situated, and will lend themselves to the m >st artis tic treatment. One half of the grounds will be devoted to the main Exposition buildings, the Midway Concessions and the Administration offices of the great show. The re maining part of tie grounds will pro serve their pre,.unt great natural beauty, and will be devoted to the buildings and exhibits made by the Government and the several States of the Union, which will take part in the Exposition. Some description of the architectural features of the Fair will be of general public interest. The Exposition grounds are divid ed into two main sections, one con sistigg of the old Washington Raco Course property and the other of the Wagener farm formerly the Lowndes place. The Architect-in Chief has adopted the general plan of develop. ing the Race Course proper on pure ly constructive lines and of preserv ing us far as possible the natural beauty of the Wagener place. The Race Course property has been eni ployed for years for purely agricul tural purposes, no races of any im portance having been given there since the War between the States. This part of the grounds is entirely level. No better site, in the opihion of expert artists and builders, could be found. About 22 acres have been reserved on this part of the grounds for the Midway Concessions. The main Exposition buildings surround a grand court at the western extromi ty of the old Race Course. This will be in shape something like an elongated horseshoe, with the Cotton Pilace, or main Exposition building, occupying the toe of the shoe, with the Commerce Palace and the Agricultural Palace occupying re spectively the two sides of the shoe. These buildings, with their connect ing colonnades, will extend for a dis tance of about one mile. Within the horse-shoe there will be a Sunken Garden covering several acres, with a like in the center. A wide esplanade or Alameda about 00 feet in width will surround this garden. At the northern end of theo'garden there will be a grand Plaza from which a splendid'view will be obtain eud of the main Exposition buildings. The vistas opening out from this point through groves of palmetto trees which will line the outer edges of the walks around the Garden wil extend for a distance of 2,000 feet. Just.north of the ground Plaza will stand ,he Auditorium building, directly opposite the Cotton Palace, from which a view may be obtained of the entire Court of Palaces, with the Sunken Garden, and its trees and flowers and the sloping banks which surround it. Each of the Exposi tion buildings will be 400 feet in lenghth, with an average width of 100 feet, and, as already stated, will be connected by colonnades, the con strnction being such that the colon nat les can be used for exhibits. Among the special attractions of the Cour of Palaces will be fountains and bats of statuary and handsomely designed columns of the Spanish type, all contributing-to the beauty of the scene. At one end of the Sunken Garden, a music stand will be erected, and at the other end a pergola or lattico work screen, against which will.grow during the Exposition period, the most beauti fiui of tropical vines. In the centre of the Plaza there will be a sun dial ten feet in height and thirty feet in diameter. Which ovor way the eyo looks, there will bo vio'ons of beauty. Toward the south, the groat Court of Palaces, toward the east, the towers at. the entranco to the Midway, and looking across the entrance way the groves minarets of the Wagoner place. The main Exoosition buildings will be the Catton Palace, the Coi merceo Palaco, the Agricultural Palace, the Mining and Forestry Building, the Auditorium, the striie tures devoted to railroad exhibits, to restaurant purposes and to public comfort. Besides all these there will staud on the W agener place the United States Governinient. Duilding, the Woman's Building, the several Stato and City Buildings and the Negro Depar menit. The Cotton Palaco will be the most imposing of the Exposition buildings. It will cover upwards of 50,000 feet of floor space, will be 550 foot in length and at least. 100 foot inl width. Ono of the features of this building will be a magnificent port ico. In the center of the building will rise an imposing dome to a height of more than 150 feet. In this building will be displayed the products of the Cotton Mills of the country, and, as South Carolina is the leading cotton manufacturing State of the South and the second cotton manufacturing State of the U0niou, it is expected that the display in this building %ill be the most complete and attractive that has ever been mado. The palaces of Agriculture and Commerce will each contain about forty thousand square feet of floor area, in addition to their connecting arcades which will con tain in all about 20,000 square foot. Each of these buildings will havo a central dome and smaller turrets at. the corners, emphasizing the en trances to those as well as the center pediments. The interior of these buildings has been particularly de signed for both effective artistic treat. mont and practical utility. The windows in all of these will be car ried at least eight feet above the floor, the roof trusses being con structed u pon the cantilover princi ple, thus avoidimg the usual massing of unsightly wooden frame work and emphasizing the granceful lines of arches and circles. starting from the principal do es and carried through the wings and approaches. The Administration Building is of most attractivo design and will be occupied by the officers and staffof the Exposition. The Architect has departed wid 'y from the usual style in designing this structure. The principal Exposition entrances and1 exits have been combined with it. The central dome of this building will be about seventy-five feet high arid each wing will be flanked by ether towers of lesser height but equally artistic design. In harmony with the Spanish Renaissance type which will prevail throughout the Exposition architecture the building will be covered with a wide over hanging roof of corrugated Spanish tiles. At the centre a wide balcony or porch will project boldly into the grounds. Inside the central dome, which will be three stories in height, a richly decorated colonnade will support the overhanging gallery. The Mineral and Forestry B3uild ing will contain between- twenty anid thirty thousand feet of floor' space This building will stand directly op posite the Administration building. It will he circular in form, with flank ing towers. The interior will be open from the ground to the rafters and the exterior effects of strength and solidity will be gained by huge masses of walls, the enrichment of this structure being secured by spO cial ornamentation of its principal and aide~ entrances. The windows of this building will be high above the floor line anid the whole effect of light and shade will be gained by overhanging wvide cornices; the Span ishi Renaissanwe and the Spanish Mission'ty pe of archi ecture, as ex emplified ini Southern California and in Texas, being combined in a most affective way. All of the main Exposition build. ing will be connected in the large circle surrounding the Court of Pal aces. "Iho lion,soswapper."' A F.AioUs sToRY. In the "Goorgia Scones" is the typical picturo of horso swapping in the olden days, which may provo interosting to the present genoration. It is the story of how Yollow Blos somi bantored Peter Ketch and wais properly caught.. Yellow Blossom believed that he was just i "lootle bit" of the best man at a horso swap that "over trod in shoo leather." After describing Bullot, Blossom's horso, and Kit, the "critter" owned by Potor Kotch, at somo length, the story proceeds as follows: "I toll you, man," proceeded Yollow Blossom, "he is the best livi horse that over trod the grit of Georgia. Bob smart knows the horso. Com here, Bob, and mount this horso and show Bullets motions." Here Bullet bristled up and looked ai if he had boen hunting Bob all day long and had jost found him. Bb sprang on his back. "Boo-oo.oo!" said Bob with a fluttering noiso of the lips, ard away went Bullet as if in a quarter race wit h all his beauties spread in handsono style. "Now fetch him back," said Blos soim. Bullet turned and camo in pretty imuch as he went out, "Now, trot him by," Bullot re duced his tail to customary, sidld to the right and left fairly, and ox. hibited at least throo varieties of trot in the short space of fifty yards. "Make him paco." Bob commenced twitch;r* 'io bridle, and kicking at the samo time. 'I i so inconsistent movements obviously and most natur ally disconcerted Bullet, for it was impossible for him to learn from the ir. thod whether he wits to proceed or stand still. He started to trot and wis told that wouldn't do. He at - tempted a cantor, and was checked again. He stopped and was urged to go on. Bullet now rushed into the wide field of experiment, and struck out on a gait of his own that completely turned the tables on his rider and certainly deserved a patent. It soomed to have derived its elements from the jig, the minuot and tho (o illi, n If it was not a pace it in it, and no man would venture to call it anything else; so it passed off to the satisfaction of the owner. "Walk him!" Bullet was now at home again, and he walked as if money was staked on him. The stranger whose name I after wards learned was Botor Kotch, hav ing examined Bullet to his heart's content, ordered his son Neddy to go and bring up Kit. Noddy soon op poured upon Kit a well-formed sorrel of the middle size, arnd in good order. His tout ensembles threw Bullet en tirely in the shade, though a glance was suflicient to satisfy any one that Bullet had the decided adlvantage of him iln point of intellect. After a few banters, Peter Ketch is quoted: "Neddy take a couple of sticks and heat on that hogshead at Kit's tail." Ned made a tremendous rattling at wvhjeb Bullet took fright, broke his bridle and dashed off in grand1 style, and would have stopp)ed all further negotiations by going home in disgust had not a traveler arrested him and brought him hack; but Kit did not miovo. "I tell you, gentlemen," continued Peter, "he's the scariest horse you ever saw. Hie ain't as gentle as Bullet, but he won't (10 any harm if you watch him. Shall I put him in a cart, gig or wagon for you, stranger? He will cut the same caper there lie does here. lie's a monstrous mean horse." lDuring all this timo Blossom wvas examining him with the nicest scruting. Having examining his frame anid limbs he nowv looked at his eyes. "He's got a curious look out of his etyes," saidl Blossom. "Oh yes sir," said Peter, "just as blind as a bat. Blind horses alwayi have clear eyes. Make a motion at his eyes if you please, sir." Blossom did so, andl Kit throw up~ his head, rather as if something pricked him under the chin than at if fearing a blow. Blossom repeated tho oxperiment, and Kit jorked back in cousiderablo astonishment. "Stone blind, youlsoo, gentlemon," proceeded Peter, "but'sho's just as good to travel of a dark night as if he had oyos." "Blamo your buttons," said Blos s0m, "if I liko thelI eyes. "No,"said Potor, "n'or I either. I'd rather havo them made of diamonds, but they'll do-if they don't show as much whito as Bullet's." "Well, said Blossom, "mak a pass at 1n1." "No said Potor, "you mado the banter; now make your pass."I "Well, I'm never afraid to price my horso. You must givo me $25 to boot." "Oh certainly, say .50 and my sad dIo and bri.1lo in. Hero Neddy, my 011, take daddy's horse." "Well,', said Blossom, "I've madoI lly Pass, now make yours." "I'm for short talk in a horso swap and thereforo always tell a gentlo ma nat oncO what. I mean to (10. You must give me Sl0." Blossom swore absolutely, roundly and profanely that he never would give boot. "Well," said Potor, "I didn't caro about trading; but you cut such high shines, that I thought I'd like to back you out, and I've done it. Gen-i tomen, you soo I've brought him to a back." "Come old main," said Blossom, "I've been joking with you. I begin to think you do want L! trade. There fore, givo mo $5 and take Bullet. I'd rather lose $10 any time than not mako a trade, though 1 hate to fling away a good horse." "Wll,"' said POtOr, "i'll be as clever as you are. Just put, the $5 oil b. :et's back, and hand him over; it's a trade." Blossom sworo again, as roundly as beforo, that he would not give boot, and, said lio: "Bullet wouldn't hold $5 on his back, noliow. But as I bantered you, if you say an even swap, here's at you." "I told you," said Peter, "I'd be as clever as you; the. efore, horo goes $2 more, just for trade's sako. Givo me $3 and it's a bargain." Blossom repeated his former assor tion, and horo parties stood for a long time, and the bystanders; many were now collected, began to taunt both parties. After siomio tine, howevor, it v.as pretty unanimously decided that the old man had backed Blos tiomn out. At length Bllossom swore lhe "never would 1)o hacked out for $3, after b)an toring a man," and1( accordingly they closed the trade. "Now" saidl Blossom, as he handed Peter the $3, "I am a man that, when lie makes a bad trade, makes the most of it until ho can make a better. I'm for no rues and after claps." "That's just my way," saidl Peter: "I never goes to law to mend my bargains." "Ah, you're tihe kind of a boy I love to trade with. Hero's your hess, old man. Take the saddle and bridle off him, arnd PIl strip yours; b)ut lift tihe blanket easy fromr Buil let's back, for he's a mighty tender backed hess." T1he old man removed thle saddle, but tIle blanket stuck fast, lie at tempted to raise it, and Bullet bowed himself, switchled his tail and gave signs of biting. "Don't hurt him, old man," said Blossom archly, "take it off easy. I am, perhaps, a loetle of the best man at a horse swap that evar catched a coon." Pe~ter contmuilod to pull at the blanket more and mor-o roughly, and Bullet became more and more cavor tish, insomuch that, when the blanket camne off, he had reached lbha kicking point in geood earnest. The removal of the blanket dis closed a sore on Bullet's backbone that seemed to have defied all medi cal skill. It measured six full in ch108 in length, and four in breadth, and hlad as many featumios as Biullet had motions. My heart sickened at the ight, and I felt that the brute who had boen riding him in that sit uation deserved the halter. The prevailing feeling, however, was that of mirth. The laugh be. camo0 loud and general at the old m1an's expense, and rustic witticisrrg were liberally bostowed upon him and his late purchase. These Blossom continued to provoke by various re. marks. He asked the old man if he thought, Bullet would lot $5 lie on his back. Hoe declared most seriously that lie had owned that horse three inonths, and had never discovered beforo that ho had a sore back, "or bo never would have thought of Lrading him, etc., ole." The old man bore it all with the aost philosophic composure. lie winced no astonishment at his late liscovory, and made no replies, but iis own son Noddy had not discip mod his feelings quito so well. His )yps opened wider and wider. From ho first to the last pull of the blan ot, and when the whole sore burst 1)on1 his view, astonishment and 'right soomed to contend for the nastory of his countenance. As the ulanket disappeared he stuck his jands into his breeches pockets, iraved a deop sigh and lapsed into a Jrofound reverie, from which he was )mly aroused by the cuts at his fath. 3r. le bore thom as long as he ,otil; and when ho could control imself no longer, ho began, with a .ortain wildness of expression, which a11vO at peculiar interest to what he Attered: "His back's mighty bad off, Ait dod trot my soul if lie's put it to laddy as bad as ho thinks he has, ror old Kit's blind and deef, I'll be lod trot if lie ain'." "The devil ho is," said Blossom. "Yes, dod trot my soul if he ein't. You walk him and soo if he ein't. tHis eyos don't look like it, but he'd just as leave go again the house with you, or in a ditch as anyhow. Now, you go try him." The laugh was now turned on Blossom, and many rushwd to test the fidelity of the lit. 11o boys report. A few experiments established it truth boyond con troversy. "Meddy," said the old man, "you ughtn't to try and make people 1iiscontented with their things, Stranger, don't mind what the little boy says. If you can only got Kit rid of them little failings. you'll find him all sorts of a horse. You are a lootlo the best man at a horse swap that ver I got hold of; but don't fool away Kit. Como, Noddy, my son, let's be moving; the stranger seems to be getting snappish." loara the Tho Kind You Have Awa s Bought A1Pnigntfuro't -- of To the Boys of the New Century. From the mountaiun peak of Progress In the century to bie; Through the autumn air this morning, To the later chivalry, Calls the Angel of the future, A nid she speaks to you and( me. Bring me mcen lo meet my problems -- Men of temipered metal wrought, Wh'lo will dare the silent struggle, WVith eternal meaning fraught; Clutch andl conquer self-then, rising, Resolute and battle-taught. Quit the curlish mob01, and follow In the vassalage of right; Rout the skulking WVolf of darkness WVith ruth's torches, blazing bright, And believe a heavy burden, L4ove-transfigured, will be light. From the hilltop of the present, TCo the Realm of Mystery, TChroutgh the autumn air, this morning, Tlo the Future's angel, we Signal back a fateful message Ahi, what will our answer be? -Ernest Neal Lyon, in Success. Roaru, th h Kind You Have Aiwa s 60Ugh Signature of A WVoman wVithouit Heoateches. There are, probably, few other wvomen in this country as Mrs. S. T. hIorer, the famous cook, or few who earn as much money. Besides the editorial work for The Ladies' Home Journal, which involves answering several thousand letters each year, she conducts a big cooking-school in Philadelphia, and lectures almost constantly during the season, travel ing through all sectiond of the country, Mrs. Rorer has never had a headache, she is never ill, and, in her appearance, is certainly the best ex. ample one could have of her tho rios as to the right way to live.