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V AKP I! AS BIKIIiDAV Bartow Philosopher Has Reached His 75th Year. AND HP STOPS TO MEDITATE, He Quotes Lines From a Poetess He Says Was Old, if Not Fond of Heart Failure. To-day is the seventy-fifth anniversary of my advent into this world?my coming into this mysterious, wonderful condition that we call life. It is a fitting time for meditation, coniempia? tion, cogitation and rumination. An aged poetess played double with herself and said: \ ! life! We've been long together. Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; Say not "goodnight." give little warning, lAnd in some brighter clime bid mo "good morning." She did.n' care to linger and languish on her last bed. The doetors hadn't a ?? -d!""'-w*' -?r/v'l hnord f i 111 TV"* mvtimn ui ci DU mvvw b then, but that's the way she washed to goI do not. I would have some little time for the la=t loving words, avl looks?some time for tears and sorrow ! on the faces of those who 1 >ve me. The I death of the aged is only a (house?a parting, a beginning of another life. I: is no calamity, r.o horror, no shock, no unreasonable thing. It is the law of our being and the old are not far ahead of the young. How kind it is in providence to reconcile in to it as we no.T the goal. I remember when I thought it was an awful thin? to die. I darel not think of it. much less to ponder i. and it seemed to me that there wa; some possible escape from it and ! might not surely die. But as we near the allotted age and realize the symp % toras cf decay we became less reluctant, less alarmed and like Job arj ready exclaim, '"I would not live a'ways; I ask not to stay." But some how 1 do not feel old?not very oiu?not innrm. my ty*? . ? weak and my hearing impaired, and when I stoop long at work in the gar# den or picking strawberries my ba k aches and my knee bones crack when I straighten up. but I soon get over ;t. I love work?easy work?and it keeps I me in good health, but I don't like to work by th? dav or the job for somebody else. I don> like to have a master of a boss exce.pt my wife, who tiants me right now to transplant he:1 peppers. I gently hinted that they should be planted by a,high temper, d woman to do well, and she said ih1 thought an impertenent man would do as well and T had better attend to it x right away. Sometimes I thing I have worked enough for the poet says we should crown? "'A youth of labor with an age of ease." and so I like to work when I feel like iit and quit when I phase. I have never distressed myself about the work ithat the toilers have to do. Work has Sts hardships and its blessings, too. The lav; of compensation governs every trade or calling or condition in la*. There is a good side and a bad side. There are lights and shadows. Work is nature's law. "By the sweat of th<? trow shait thou earn broad,' and no idle man is happy. "The sleep of a laboring man is sweetf," saith folomnu, iand the doctor tells us that bodily oxer^ cise promotes good digestion. Work brings contentment. The wealthy who don't work and don't have to are always longing for something they / ' havent got. Something that money can't buy, for it will not buy good health nor good children, nor make the home happy. The peace and gratitude of the otter's Saturday night i; unknown to the rich. The tollers 23 a class are the happiest people I know. I -irw t* onrl nnH tVir?ir rf? I the chances for happiness on earth and a home in heaven of t,he working man than "those of the millionaire. Byron Bays "The many must always labor for the few," and Cobe sayf "The good ? men =in money." but the pood book _ Lord made poor men just to k^cp rich V, says a poor man can squeeze through i the eye of a needle and a rich. man , . can't." Cobe is a good confederai.o * f veteran and enjoys his iecord and hl> * religion and his tobacco. This is all ho has and is content. |.V - One of the great st comforts cf old * ege is in contemplating the happiness s f of children. It dclights me to set in the shade of my veranda and watch for two little girls who are four and six years old. coming up the avenue hand in hand and waving a welcome and a smile'at me. It rejoices me to watch larger ones as they play croquet on the tennis court near by and to hear their merry voids and unconsciously I breathe a prayer that they may always be ha<5>py and no calamity or affliction befall them in the years to come. If I ever get to hea?ee? and St. Peter asks me what Vbcation I would choose I would say, "Please, g r-1 Saint, make me a guardian ^ifgipiof the little children I left behind mH, and give me power to shield them from all harm." ' k '*-.r I think I would likr> thn'?I think that I would. I like it now as far as I ran do it". It is a privilege and a delight to an old man to make others happy. Time was when my chi<T ccmcern was for myself and wife and our children, but as age comes on the heart enlarges and softens. The vanities and ambijtions and selfishness of our youth disjappear and we recall the lines of Bo,bart: "Count the day lost, if the descending sun Views from thy hand no generous action done." Lost?a clay loat: How many days have we all lost in our brief lives. How many days in which we made no rn: happy, not even with a smile. But these reflections are tco gloomy for the day. Thry remind us cf Hcrvey's meditations among the t mbs. or Gray's 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard." I am old. I know; but I do not. feel old ncr sad. My desire is to grow old gracefully?and for "An age that moils in uaperceived decoy A71(! ?11 lies 111 juchi'.-l iiuh'v c onuj. ?Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution. Capt. Imprey's Sentence. Washington. Special.?Tho loss of 10 numbers in his grade reduction, loss of his furlough pay for two years and to be publicly reprimanded is the sentence imposed by court-martial upon Captain Robert E. Impley, at present stationed at the Mare Island navy yard. The captain was charged with scandalous conduct in having represented to a dentist that his bill must lie reduced, because it required the appiv.a! of the 'treasury officers, whereas, this was a purely personal matter. Industrial Convention Adjourns. Pniln-'elphvi. .-penal.?The concluding session of the Southern Industrial Convention was one of the most interesting of the meeting. " the Press of the South and Its Relation to the Industrial Development of the South." was presented by Col. W. A Hemphill, of Tho Atlanta Constitution, and discussed by representees of ' other Southern newspapers. After calling th- convention to order. President Hargrove, in brief speech, resigned his office in favor of Col. W. A. Hemphill. of Atlanta, first vice president. Philippine Priests to be Regularized. Paris. By Cable?The Rome correspondent cf Tho Hemps says tho Pens in the private audience which lie ar corded to Cardinal Gibbons discussin; the question of religious orders in Cuba and t'iie Philippines, referred t) rc uiarizing the position of t!ie fria:s a" 1 creating a native prio-sthbrd who wcu'd r.ot be slavish adherents of Spanish traditions. The Pope and Cardinal Gibbons, the correspondent adds, do net deceive themselves regarding the difficulties of the problem they have before them. Lieutenant Springer Killed. Manila. By Cable.?In a battle with the Insurgents at Li pa. province of Bantangas. Lieutenant Anton gpringer. of the Twenty-first Infantry, was killed. and Capt Wm. H. uuhelm. of the same regiment; Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., and five enlisted men were wounded. Lieutenant Chas. E. P.nmsev. of the Twenty-first Infantry, was also wounded at Li pa. Assimilation comes before approximation. You cannot criticise till ycu can sympathize. Capt. R. Henry Mathews, charged 1 with wife poisoning in Isle of Wight | county, was not bailed as expected. . Notwithstanding the prosecut:on had ] agreed to his release, defense counsel appeared before Judge Atkinson and announced that the application "was withdrawn. The Episcopal Council of the Dioec-33 of West Virginia, which has been i:t session in Charleston, adjourned. Next Council will be held in Parkershurg. The transport Hancock with 1071 men of the Thirtv-first Volunteer Infantry arrived Tuesday. ftTHNl MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOlILDINiS AND Building Material. Dealers in Saeh WeigbU, Cord, Hardware, Window glast, etc. <v7V We guarautee our work superior to any sold in this city, all being of our own manufacture. E.n.HACKER, Proprietor' I CHARLESTON. - 3. G. \ SIKlTd CAttULINA CKUPS. ? Harvesting of Grain Begun in Some Sections. The week ending Monday. July 10th. was somewhet warmer than the preceding one, but the average temperature continued below the normal There was a maximum of 93 at Yema3?ee on the 5th, and minimum of 55 at Groemville on the 4th. Over the western and northern counties, the highesW were much too cool for cotton, and there was a general deficiency of sunshine. General showers occurred on the 3rd, and again on the 6th and 7th, light over the greater portion of the State, but heavy in the middle and lywer Savannah valley, the southeastern, and portions of the west central counties, where the ground was kept too wet for general cultivation, and where only from two to three day's plowing was practicably. Over the western, central, northern, and northwestern counties, the weather conditions were favorable for farmwork, and cultivation male fair progress. Cotton is unusually small, lacks cultivation, and is somewhat lousy in places while grassy fields are the rule, it has not all been chopped to stands. In the eastern and southeastern sections. its growth is at a standstill, and the plants are turning red or yellow, showing an unhealthy condition, but over the remainder of the State it is growing and improving slowly, and has a healthy color. Sea-Island looks hotter, hut blight is still prevalent. Com has begun to tassel and is being laid by in the southeastern sections. where its condition is, however, very poor owing to lack of cultivation ^.nd an excess of moisture. In other sections, upland corn has improved, and looks healthy, but bottoms are still loo wet to replant. l>ud worms and crows are damaging bottom land corn in the extreme west. Late wheat has rusted badly, while early is being harvested with the average result only fair, and not up to expectation. Oats harvest is well advanced. but the rains have damaged some in the shock. Yields are variable, but average fairly good. Tobacco is extremely poor, and dying from lack of proper cultivation and excessive moisture in Williamsburg county and vicinity, while in the other tobacco districts, it has improved slightly, but is still poor. Worms are numerous in places. Upland rice is fine, and some river rice also, but in the Georgetown districts freshets hare done much damage, and prevented a full acreage of June sowing. Melons are a failure in nlaces, and poor generally. Peaches are dropping, and early varieties are rotting. Pastures and gardens have improved. Truck is growing and yielding well. Many correspondents report a scarcity of farm laborers. Government Report on Wheat Washington, D. C., Spacial.?PreI liminary reports of the 6pring wheat j acreage indicate a reduction of about : 1.200,000 acres or (J.4 per cent. The avi erage condition of spring wheat on June j 1 was 92.0 as compared with S7.3 at the I corresponding date last year. The avj erage condition of winter wheat deI dined during May G.3 points the conj dition on June 1 being 87.8 as against n? 1 m?v 1 On June 1. 1900. the j i7"t. 1 Uil .ua; A. rondition was 82.7. The principal aver-j 1 erases by States are as follows: Mgry' laiT\ 100; Virginia. 98; California,*92; Ohio and Indiana. 90; Tennessee, 88; J Kansas, 87; Missouri, Illinois and Okj lahoma, 84; Michigan, 86 and Texas 86. The low condition in Texas is due to drought and the ravage of the wheat j plant louse. Cotton Oil Company Bought Out. Charleston. S. C., Special.?The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company haa J succeeded, after several months' negoI tiations, in purchasing the entire property of the Atlantic Cotton Oil Company, of Sumter, for $.100,003 cash. The deal was closed in New York by Mr. A. C. Phelps. The Atlantic Cotton Oil Company has a 60-ton mill in Sumter, a C0-ton mill in Camden, a 60-ton mill in Bennettsville. 40-ton mill in bsm. N. C., and a refinery in this city and is capitalized at $230.OCO. No particulars of the deal or of the future plans for the plants of the company have boen obtained. $75,000,000 Plow Trust. Chicago. Special.?Plans for a combination of 21 of the largest plow factories in the country were practically completed at a meeting over which Chas. H. Deere, of Moline, presided. Dormer Judge Vincent, of Chicago, has the details in charge, and expects to have the combine incorparated within a month with a capital of $75,003,000. New Naval Hospital. Washington. D. C., Special.?The navy's new hospital, at ioKanoma, is about completed, and a letter to Surgeon General Van Reypen, of the navy. 6tates that the building is greatly admired, occupying a commanding location on the'bluffs and looking from a distance, like the capital at Washington. The Japanese government ha3 given a lease in perpetuity for the site occupied by the hospital. Newsy Notes. British exports and Imports for May show a decrease. The Virginia liner El Valle left Newport News for New York. BUELL & ROBERTS' 5 I CASH 11 MB ML j 61 e ?Ye oontlnue offering Inducements to eloM out our Summer Goods. We can mentlok only a few of the many goods rednoedt .? Ladies' 8c Undervests for 6c. B 10c Ties and Bows for 8c, 25 o lies and Bowsf?r 15c. Initial Handkerchiefs, H. 9., embroidered, i 3 In a box, lor 19c;25o goods. 15o Men's Black initial 9iik Handkerchiefs for 10c. Men's large White Figured, Drawn-Stitch, Japonet HundkorcLief for 15c: worth 23c. Six Large White Fine H. S. H indkerohiefs for U)c. in fancy btX; cheap at 75a. Three large White Fine II. S. Handkercnlefe, in fancy box, for 40c- worth 5io. Black-bordered Linen Handkerchiefs for 12c; cheap at 15c. Good Mourning Handkerchiefs for 4a 11 an alter eaters lor ic. Handkerchiefs for 2 l-2c. I Handkerchiefs for So. I S3-Inch Madras for 7 I-2c; worth lOo. A S3-lu h Madras for 6 l-2c{ worth do. I LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR A LESS THAN COST. Shirt Waists for much less than it cost to make them. I BIG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS. lOcPiqus Skirts lor25o. 98c Crash Skirts for 81c. I All Summer Goods are being sold at r? A duced prices. I NEW GOODS. J One case Lontrcloth 6c; no starch. Fine Clack Henrietta at COc. TINSEL DRAPERY SILKALINE, ( BALL FRINGE. Black Duck at 8 and 10c. c j FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. li 30-piece Walnut S'tlfs $75 to $100. ( 10niece Solid Oak suita $18, $22, $25, $30, I 435. $40. $50. $55. n Onk Hall Backs, French Plate Glass, 97, v $3.50, $9.50. 1 Wardrobes $8 to $25. 1 Bed Lounges $9 to $15. Bedsteads $2.25 to $10. 0 Iron Beds. Iron Cribs. li Parlor Suits $38 to #50. n Baby Carriages #0.50, #7, #7.50; t Floor Oilcloth 30c. 5 Malting 10; 13, 14. 15, 18. 30, 23, 25, 37 and 6 80c. 1 10-p!ec? Chamber Sets #2.19 to #3. a Window Shades 11. 15,80, 85. 40o to #1.231 Stoves #8.50. #7.50, #10 to #1& Trunks #2.50 to #6.50. mim Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. 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