The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 02, 1901, Image 6
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ARP AS A REVIEWER
"A Glance at Current History" Proves
Interesting.
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BE READS IT 10 HIS FAMILY.
Colonel John Cusson's Book is i-rtc
From Revenge or Malice, Says the
U.arto\Y Sage.
5t is only a little book?a very little
book?that the author has sen: to me,
but a perusal of its pages has impressed
me profoundly and has prove 1
a. real comfort in my old age. 1 ha.e
read most ci it aloud to my wife and
daughters and it lias comforted theai
and establi-hed them more firmly iii
the faith, if that were possible. This
book is only tixS and contains 10)
pages in large print?very large?so
that the veterans might read it without
glasses or a strain of the optic
nerve. Its modest title is "A Glance
at Current History." by Colonel John
Cussons. of Glen Allen. Va. It is the
work of a retired confederate veteran,
who is known and loved by all Virginians
and who was grand commander
of the grand camp of Virginia confederate
veterans and the intima;e
friend of General Maury. Dr. Hunter
Maguire. Fitzhugh Lee and Joseph E.
Johnston. This book was written with
nu selfish motive, neiher for profit or
flame, nor with any desire of crimination.
hut rather to heal the breach and
at the same time preserve the truth of
lii.-tory and hand it down to our children.
There is not a line of mali.ee or
revenge within its pages, but a hightoned.
dignified, conservative appeal
to his comrades to uphold the gover
men: :nai is now a nauuu auu ai wie
suur.r time* defend the south from any
taint upon her honor. It is beautifully
written in thoughts that breathe
anc words that burn and no man,
north or south, can question a stat iaaeni
contained within it. I wish that
I was a millionaire. I would place a
<?py of this book in the home of every
family in the south and in the
hands of every young man, and I
-would make It a little text-book of
history in e\ery public school. There
re only six chapters, each not more
than ten minutes long, but there is
iu>: a wasted sentence nor a paragraph
too much.
The last chapter is a defense of the
American Indian, for the author was
long a frontiersman and lived among
them and mingled with them for
-many years, and as General Maury
said of him. 'He has more thoroughly
.studied the Indian character than any
man now living." The first chapter
is devoted to a review of a 1'niiel
States history recently written and
published by Professor Goldwin
Cmi tVi n-i T'n icVi n--n n whn was for
years a professor of history in Cornell
university and is now a doctor of cau?
-on law in Toronto. Canada. This history
is published both in Ix>ndon and
, New York, and is amazingly popular
both in England and the north. It is
intensely venomous against the soufh,
and especially against Virginia. Now
listen lor a few moments at some of
bis hi-torical utterances taken verbatim
from his book. Listen and
wonder that such a book could find
patrons aavwheie: 'South Carolina
got her start by combining buccaneertng
with slave owning and making
ber ports a shelter ' for pirates, and
corsairs. such as Captain Kitid and
Blackboard.
"Georgia was the refuge of the
pauper and bankrupt. Her first setGers
were good for nothings who had
failed in trade? shiftless and lazy s^t
?but later on some better elements
came in?Highlanders. Moravians and
persecuted Protestants of Salzburg.
"The first settlers of Virginia we-e
au unpromising lot?lackeys, beggars,
broken down gentlemen and tapsters
cm of a job. To this crew of vagabonds
were afterwards added jai'birds.
English convicts were offered
their choice between the gallows and
Virginia, and some were wise enough
tn choose the gallows. Even their
pjace of settlement?Jamestown?has
long been a desolation. They were
not such colonists as the Puritans.
They made the Indians work for
them, while the Puritans worked for
tbe-msolves. Many of them were kidnaped
from the streets of London ar.d
nil were of depraved character. Afterwards
came African slavery .the bane
of Virginia and her ultimate ruin As
were the people so were their leaders.
A chief fomentor of the quarrel with
"England was par-irk Hn' v. > ?> *)
who had tried many ways of earning a
am/1 !? >/? J > il A
AJ%Jii? ai.u i:au ;rtir.vt ia uu. .1
rupt at twenty-three. he lounged in
ldlemesg till he found he could live by
his tongue. James Madison was a
veil meaning man. but morally weak.
Henry Clay was a dazzling, but artl'ul
politician. John Randolph had natural
ability, but lacked good sense and
had no power of self control. He
would enter the senate with his hunting
whip in his hand and behave as if
he were in his dog kennel.' He gives
faint praise to Washington, and much
more to Benedict Arnold, who. he
says, "was one of the best of American
generals and the most daring of
them all. He was slighted and wronged
by politicians and had despaired of
the cause." Ben F.anklin and Samuel
Adams were lacking in tlie ordinary
t
arf? >.-s ;."K vt
,
trails of gentlemen and as for Patrick j
Henry, nothing hotter was to ho ex- i
pected, for the character of an English
gentleman is not to be formed in
the backwoods."
Concerning the civil war he says:
"The slaveholders escaped military
service and thrust the poor people under
fire. Guards impres ed men in
; the streets and eons riots were sent
to Lee's army in chains. At the taking
of Fort Pillow the negroes we?e
noiloH ti\ Intra and burned all Vf The
j southern lady was bat v'ne heal of a
! harem. She was soft, elegant ami
charming. but t'he civil war disclosed
an element in her character of a different
kind.'' ,
This is enough of t.hc scandaous and
slanderous book and it is only popu:
lar at the north because of its vili.i!
cation of the south. He flatters New
| England and the Puritans and gives
: praise to Benedict Arnold, who was ;
j born in Connecticut and more to old '
j John Brown than to Oeneral Lee.
These are the kind of books that j
' northern children road and study and j
I believe. How can that section ever be j
j reconciled? And yet there are pe:pie *
: at the south who condemn us for do- |
fending the honor of our ancestors and j
] of it as "ex-confederate rot." lord
I Macauley said: "A people who take
, no pride in the achievements of their
ancestors will achieve nothing f~>r
their own children to be proud of."
Some of our most gifted men are still
toadying to please northern appetites,
"licking the hand that strikes
the blow." Cf all such a patriotic
northern writer says beware of the
"chronic reconciler." the man who im
J proves every opportunity to haul out |
1 his faded olT. e branch and waive it in i
i the eyes of the people. When any
i man, north or south, talks in a mellow j
j way of his love for his old enemy, |
| watch him. He is getting ready to
ask for something. Watch him. The.- ;
' is something pathetic in the picture c.f
i the north and south clasped in each
others arms and shedding a torrent of
: hot tears down each others backs, but
the aged mothers on either side ha.*.;
; not yet learned to love the foe with
much violence. Nor dees the crippled
| veteran love the adversary who rob:
bed him of his glorious youth and left
| him a feeble ruin* nor have the patriot
soldiers on either side deserved
I the cause for which they fought.
But think of Virginia?the glorious
j Old Dominion?the mother of states
and statesmen. Her domain extended
from Carolina to Canada and from the
I Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Born
j upon her generous bosom was Wash!
mgton Jefferson. Madison, Monroe,
Lighthorse, Harry, Robert E. l ee. Joe
T /vhnsfnn on/1 QtnnOM'Qll .Tflpkfinn.
| 1j. dUililOlUii UllVi utvuv i?m*? v wv....
! Who would not be proud to be a Vlr;
ginian? Who can wonder at the pn|
triotic pride of those two venerab'e
sisters. Miss Judith and Mi 5s A n la j
Thomas, of Southampton county, now j
passed their eightieth year, the only :
sisters of General Georr/? H. Thomas,
and who, ev?r since 1 '(*>!. when he ac- i
c-epted oillce under Lincoln, have uni- j
, formly declared that they on<-e bad a
brave and noble brother of that name
and that he won renown in the war
with Mexico when he was a majtr in
j Colonel Robert* E I.ec's regiment, but
| that he died in 1S61 and now thrty
have no brother. Ever since Virginia
! seceded they have pathetically d?'
clared their dear brother died in ihe
spring of 1 SGI. Every Virginia offi er
i of the old army, save George ;I
Thoma?, promptly re igned and v lunteered
to defend their state. These
lonelv old maidens seem really to be
! lieve that their brother did die. The ;
county of Southampton had presantol
to Major Thomas on his return frcm
Mexico a beautiful sword and after
I our civil war he wrote to his sisters
1 and requested that the sword he sir t
to him. They replipd that they could
> not part with it, for it was the only
! memento of a very dnar brother who
j died in 1SC1. They still live alotle and
in poverty in the same old mansion in
j which they were bron, but neither
friend nor neighbor ever presumes to
mention General Thomas in thHr
presence. These venerable and venerated
ladies are but a type of the o'd>
Virginia aristocracy. Well, may they
be proud of their state and their ancestry.?Bill
Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
P. S.?I do not know Colonel Cussons
nor the price of his little bo-.k,
nor have I any interest in advertising
it, but I do wish that every veteran
and every veteran's son had it. His
address is Glen Allen. Va., and he is
the publisher. 1 suppose that $1 will
buy it postpaid. B. A.
Metal* Need lte*t.
It may sound strangely to hear per
sons taiK aoout a ureu sreoi axie
jr a fatigu-d iron rail." b;jt that sort
3f talk is heard along railways and
in machine shops, and is considered
rorrect. "The idea cf inanimate metal
becoming weary!" may be your
thought, but cxpcrts familiar with the
ways of machinery say that work
makes it tired, and that it needs rest,
as you do. "What caused the axle to
break?" asks the railway superintendent.
"Fatigue of the metal." answers
the inspector. Sinews of steel can tire
as well as muscles of brawn, and metal (
that dees not have its rest will cease
to do its work, end may cause great
damage. At least so the engineers 1
say; and assert that without rest the
affinity of the molecules of the metal
for each other becomes weakened, un- i
, til the breaking point is reached. |i
THE STATE SUMMER SCHOOL.
fnlormatlon for Teachers Who !!?:
pect to Attend.
Superintendent cf Ediication MoMchcn
has juii ksueu some ink/rrr.aticn
relative to the State sumotr
sc/hcLl, to be held a?t ??pa:tar.burg, j
which will prove esi>ecially interesting
to all teachers who expect to attend.
The attendance, fiom ail indications,
piom-ises to be very large.
Arrangements have been made with i
the Solatlheastern Passenger Associa- J
f';~n hv \vbir<h tirkpfs will be on sale .
at the rate of one fare for the round
trip. These tickets will be s*c>!d to the
State Teachers' Association and will
be marker! good to return June 24. but
by (k<;;i;isL; with the Superintendent
they will be extended until after the
summer school closer. Teachers should j
inquire of the.ir local agents beforehand
so as to be sure ?iia.t the agents '
have instructions.
In addition tio these tickets the regular
summer excursion 'tickets to
Spartanburg or the mountains will bo
on sale.
The officers of Converse College offer
their services to the teachers during
the meeting of the summer school,
and Will regreat it if tney are left ignorant
of any opportunity to contribute
to the comfort and pleasure of the
visitors.
The dormitories will accommodate
three hundred teachers. There is a
very pretty dining hall accommodating
three hundred. Hot and cold
tutbs are in each <Jormiltory.
In the College buildings there are '
ten large recitation rooms; two very j
pretty society halls, seating about
elgihty each; one large gymnasium, j
110x38 feet, handsomely fitted up I
with all convenient apparatus; go:d |
appointments for laboratory work in j
. rnhav./v ie "?,n QGaftT.lhlv hall. i
with opera. chairs, seating comfortably
eight hundred people; a large audllertum
that will accommodate two
thousand. There is a large art room,
arfranged with eight divisions for private
work, besides the large main
work room, and all arranged with
gcoi skylights and north lights. The
buildings are well lighted with electricity;
in each room there is a
twenty-four-candle power electric
lamp.
The campus contains fifty-five acres,
with good bicycle paths and tennis
and basket ball courts. A good bowling
alley is near the dormitory. Those
expecting to play tennis should bring
their rackets.
Garret Springs, with fine chalybeate
water, is only a half-mile walk from
the college.
The mail comes tt> the college by
free deli-vcry ait 8:30 a. m., 2:30 p m.
ar.-d 4:30 p. m., and will be put immediately
into the college pcetoffice
boxes for distribution On Sunday the (
mall will be brought to the College i
at 10:30 a. m., and at 4 p. m. The mail j
is carried tie the trains at the same :
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UiliC U.. UV.iivi J ?
The Converse College Library will
be r.t the service of the teachers. The
hours will be from 9 to 2. and from 4
to 6. Arrangements have been nude
so that the Wcfford College Library
and 'he Kennedy Library in the city
win be open to the teachers.
Arrangements have been made to
have the toxt-1 ooks and what stationery
the -teachers will need on sale
at the College.
VL-riL'ius text-hooks and school supply
companies have been Invited to |
make exhtudts 6f the newest text- [
bcoks and srhrol supplies for the
benefit of the teachers. A suitable
place will be set aside for this purpose.
The faculty will eon si .- t of Prof. R.
Means Davis, history: James William
iatterson, of the Chicago Art Institute.
illustrative drawing; WillLm H.
Brrnha-m. of Clark University. Massachusetts,
history and practice of .earhing;
Dr. J. I. McCain. Erskine College.
English grammer; Wr.i. C. A.
Ha mm el, Maryland Mate Norma'
School, physics and manual trainingPa.tterscn
Ward law, Sou'iih Carolina
Collge, pedagogy: W. H. Hand. Chester
Graded School, school supervision;
St James Cur mings, Citadel academy,
English -literature; ... G. Rembert,
Wofford Gertie,ge. Latin and
Greek: Miss Mamie Maefet.t. Winthrop
College, kindergarten principles; Miss
Sarah Withers, Chester schools, primary
methods: J. V. Lewis, Clemson
College, physical geography; Miss
Sarah C. Thurston, nature Study;
Marshall D. Earie. Furn;an,. mathematics;
E. L. Hughes, Greenville
school, practical geography; Frank
Evans, Sp3.rtan.burg schools, Frye's
geography: R. H. Poters. Converse
Coileee. vocal music; Miss Sarah
Chandler. Sparta nbarg schools, primary
teaching illustrate:!; Dr. James
H. Carlisle, special lectures.
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Newsy Notes.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson has order0-!
fen investigation of the books -of the
City Clerk of Cleveland. 0.
J. Pierpont Morgan, with his son an 1
grandchildren, went from London t?
Paris last week.
A manganese iron ore field has been
discovered twelve miles south of Little
Grande, I'tah.
In a freight collision at Cleveland,
0.. Brakeman William Thie3 wa3
killed and two men were fatally hurt.
Michael J. Dady, the Brooklyn contractor,
has been awarded a $"50,003
contract to dredge Cardenas harbor,
&
Sharps and Flats.
Sillious?"It always takes two to
make a quarrel." Cynieus?"I always
thought a husband and wife were
one."
WIgg?'"Longbow is a hard rase.'
Wags?"I should say he is. The oiuy
time I ever saw him embarrassed was j
onre when lie was caught telling the j
truth."
Pride is all right if you don't trip i
over it.
The band master isn't always a social
leader.
Lots of people borrow trouble by lending
money. So. 18.
I do not believe Tiso's Curo for Consumption
bar, an equal for coughs and colds.?John
F. Boyke, Trinity Springs. Ind., Feb. 15,1900.
The obstreperous prisoner realizes that
a policeman not only collars but cuffs.
IL Mill Mill II ( BMBBBBBB
When a cheerful, bravo anr
denly plunged into that perfect
a sad picture.
It is usually this way:
She has been feeling out of
encing severe headache and b;
and is exceedingly nervous.
Sometimes sho is nearly <
ness, and palpitation of the h(
feeling is dreadfully wearing.
Her husband sovs, "Now. <
be all right after you have take
But she does not get ail rig
day, until all at once she reaii
complaint is established.
Her doctor has made a misi
She loses faith ; hopo vanis
melancholy, everlasting blues,
just what the trouble" was, but
information from the doctor,
| accurately locate her particulai
Mrs. Pinkham has relieve
I iust thjs kind of trouble, anc
letters in her library as proof c
rendered them. TTiis sarno c
woman in the land.
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For La GrlppKl^ /adache.
These disagreeable and dangerous diseases
may no relieved immediately by the
t mely use of Hicks' Capudine Headache j
Cure. 15c, 25c and 50cat all drug -tores. If
your druggist does not keep it send 6c for
postage on trial bottle. Hicks Chemical
Co., Baleigb, N C.
The resurrection of an old dress is due
to the dyeing.
If You Have Itlieumalitm
Send no money, but write Dr. Shoop, Racin9,
Wis.. Box 148, for six bottles of Dr. Shoop'a
Rheumatic Cure, cxp. paid. If cured pay $5.60.
11 not, it in free.
The dikes of .Japan cost in the aggregate
more money than those of the Netherlands.
Don't drink too much water when cycling.
Adams' Pepsin Tutti Frutti is an excellent
substitute. i
The man who has a lawn always wants
some mower.
i light-hearted woman is sudion
cf misery, the blues, it is
sorts for some time, experiackache;
sleeps very poorly
)vercome by faintness, dizzi)art;
then that bearing-down
lon't get the blues ! You will
n the doctor's medicine."
iht. She grows worse day by 1
zes that a distressing female
:ake.
hes: then comes the morbid, I
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who, therefore, is unable to
illness.
d thousands of women from ^
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Pixkham:?I feel it my duty to write
the benefit I have; received from your
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Compound, 1 was a misery to myone
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ick, head, and right side, was very
I cry for hours. Menses would appear
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i. I was so tired and weak, could not
sharp pains would dart through my
lid almost cause me to fall,
coaxed me to try Lyd'a E. Pinkham's
ipound. I had no faith in it, but to
d so. The first bottle helped me so
mtinued its use. I am now well and
han I ever did in my life."?MRS.
LLENDER, Farmington,llL
TO p* Owing to the fact that some skeptical
yr H S people have from time to time questioned
8 a *jjl the genuinenessof the testimonial letters
we are constantly publishing, we have
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d to any person who can snow that the above
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