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-Mill BitclMg f ti gjgftjm '.w "."-. v. -?---~ ' " ~~ ~~ ' *" ~ -- TUM sv-TTEK WATCHMAN, KstabUahed April, 185?. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy Ood's and Truth's " THK TRUE SOUTHRON, Estebtfefee* Jo?, 126? "??Bsolidated Ans. 2. issi.! SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1892. New Series-Tel. Xl. No. 24. it?ait?j^ca?koiL t BT N. Gr. OSTBEN, SUMTER, S. C. TKRM8: per annum-in advance. AOTiaTISl?BUTS* 3a? Square, fir^ jkaertion...-.-$1 00 Bvery subs?quentinsertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will ba made *t redafeed rate*. ' AU communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tribute* of respect will be Parsed for. _ TAX RETURNS FOR 1891-92. RSTORKS of personal property and poll taxes will be received at the following ; and times, vir : Bg^/ JiaBotog'a Tuesday, Jan. 12. TTndaU'a, Wwhiesday, Jan. 13. Wedgefield, Thursday, Jan. 14. Gordon's Mil!, Friday, Jan. 15. Johnston's Store, Monday, Jan 18 Soik)^ Toesday. Jan. 19, Lynchburg, Wednesday, Jan. 20: Magnolia, Thursday, Jan. 21. tile, Friday, Jan. 22. Monday, Jan. 25. Tuesday and Wedues 8ay,Tan.^?lod 27: Manville, Thursday, Jan. 28. Spring HUI, Friday, Jan. 29. MechaoicsviBe, Saturday, Jan. 30 Seharborough, Monday, Feb. 1. Remr^t,-?reMtay, Feb. 2. Hagood, Wednesday, Feb. 3, Statebarg, Thursday, Feb. 4 ' And at the Auditor's office in Sumter on all other days, from Jan. 1st until February 20th, inclusive. Tbe law |pq?$r?Vjthat all persor.s owning property, or in any wise h&viog charge of such property, eitber as agent, ^husband, guardian, trastee, executor, administrator, &c, return toe 8?me ander oath to the Auditor, who requests all persons to be prompt in making their returns and save tbe 50 per cent, penalty, which will be added to the property valuation of ali persona who fail to i ute retesa? witina toe time pre acribed by ?w. || ^ the':taxpayer who has taray ts to stake a mem tmbwr of horses, cattle, its/ hogs, watches, or? jggres wagons and car? riages^ dogs, merchandise, machiner j, mon? eys, sotes and accounts (above indebtedness) farei'are, &c, which will save the taxpayer time and enable the assessor to progress ' ia tbe work. Taxpayers rearo what they,own on the first day of January, 1891. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in fall, also make a separate return for euch party for the tow?tabjp~CBe or^P?m is m. and where the taxpayer own* realty to insert the postoffice as their place of residence, and those who only owr^pr?i?a? property to ?ive the rho owns the land they live on Wtoicb aids the taxpayer as yljreasar?r in making the bsfweea the ages of twenty-one and fifty years on the first day of January, 1891, except those incapable of earning a support from beings maimed, or from other canses, shall be-deemed. taxable pons. All returns that are made after the twen? tieth day of February n?xt have to be placed on tbe additional list and fifty per cent, pen? alty added thereto, unless prevented by sick? ness or out of the conotv daring the time bf listing. Not knowing the time of listing is no excuse. And ail owners of real estate might do their tenants who cannot read or take a newspaper, a great favor by making their returns or telling them th- time of list? ing, and that if th?y fail to make their re? turns ia time that, the valuation bas to be increased fifty ?per cent obleas they have a good excuse? f Tbe assessing and collecting of taxes is all . done oojfrjgrtbe saurajear, and we have to ; ^aggregate0fe?a?b*Xr and value of al! the hor^p catij||mules>Ac.f>as well as tbe acres 'of land, lots and buildings and their value, that there is in the county, and nave same on file in the Comptroller General's office by the thirtieth day of Jape each year. And from that tinjf ^? jjhe first day of October each year the auditor's and treasurer's duplicate bas to be completed aod aa abstract of tbe work ic the ?oatptroller's"office by that time, which will show at a glance that the auditor bas no time to take in retaras, or do any? thing else mach, between the first day of March and the first day of October each year, bot work on the books and blanks. There? fore hope that all taxpayers will do ns the favor of making their retaros ia time. ? * PETER THOMAS, Dec 9._A editor Somier County The Best CORN MD COTTON JSTALK CHIPPER KNOWfi. jt'O HEAN. Every Farmer Should Have One. Ko Ca.st Iron tOrhreak when it strifes ~a<t??t* foi last for Years, IAM NOW MANUFACTURING THE Tisdale Patent Corn and Cotton Stalk Chopper. The machine is a good practical thiqg^aad~ VfH ody for itself in two years f'. wheo I farmer bas fifty acres of corn and cot? ton stalks to knock down. 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THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANE, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SHUTER, S- C. Paid up Ct pitai.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund. 10,000 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAYINGS DEPARTMENT.' Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on 6rst days of January, April, July and October. R. M. WALLACE, Vice President. L. S. CARSON, Aug. 7 Cashier. lill SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also hos A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. I uterest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. WHTTB, JR., President. Cashier. Aog 21. Di E. ALVA DENTIST. Office OVER BROWNS & PURDY'S STORE. Entrance on Mainstreet, Between Browns & Purdy and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter, S. C , April 29._ 6. W. DICE, D. D. S. 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Call at the shop or address through Sumter Post office Aug 13 EDGAR SKINNER. ADDRESS BY Henry T. Thompson, Pr G. C. Delivered Before Gamecock Lodge, Knight* of Pythias, Sumter, S. C , on Wednesday night, January 6, 1892. Brother Knights, Ladies and Gentle? men: Gently lifting for a moment the misty vail that now in part obscures the past, turn tbe current of your fancy to that memorable time, the darkest io oar country's history, when the dingy smoke of battle fell like a sickly pall upon our sunny Southland, when the ceaseless din of deadly musketry dulled the senses with its dreadful roar, wheo the very children's cradles were rocked by thunders of artillery, when the mail? ed hand of brother was upraised against bis brother ia cruel fratricidal, strife, when, as often happened, the dead alone were left to bury the dead, aod out from every home weDt forth a wail of anguish from some broken heart ! . Extending around the harbor of Charleston, aod guarding well irs every entrance, lie the Federal gun-boats, completely cutting off all succor that would reach the city from the direction of the sea, while, from time to time, the sound of a crashing shell, directed against some prominent land-mark on the coast, serves as a reminder of their unpleasant proximity. Undaunted by the extremity of the weather, or by the imminent dangers which surround them, seven fearless souls man a small torpedo boat, and feel their way cautiously down the harbor in the direction of the blockading fleet. Suddenly an awful roar is heard, aod the United States gun-boat H usa to oie, struck by a deadly torpedo, is seeo to reel and stagger like a drunken man. Five of her crew, thrown into the water by the concus? sion, sink to rise oo more. Greedily the insatiate waves, set in motion by the fearful shock, reach out their eager arms in search of further prey, and the intrepid crew of the Confederate torpe? do boat, burled to their destruction, share the watery grave they had pre? pared for their enemies ! In Virginia and- the West, the gallant "boys in gray" sleep on their arms, and in their tired dreams, from which there is to be a rude awakening, are carried back to their far disant homes in Carolina, aod to the loved ones whom they will never see again I .. Faraway from these scenes of death aod desolation, but in the very self-same hour that they are being enacted, a tioy sub-beam finds its life. Nurtured io the breasts of those, who, like Richter, believe that "Friendship has steps which lead up to the throne of God/' this gentle ray of light slowly expands, and adding unto itself Charity, that unspeakable gift, which by St. Paul is ranked as tbe chief of the Graces, the natural outcome of the two is Benevo? lence. Brightest bow of promise, spanning with its emblematic colors, the highest vault of heaven from the rock-bound coasts of Maine to the sunny "Land of Flowers!" Justus H. Ratbhbone, a poor school? master, umpired by the reading of the history of Damon aod Pythias, aod impressed with the beautiful story of Friendship that it teaches, conceived the idea of forming a society, the chief object of which should be the cultivation of this cardinal virtue. Li'tle did he dream that the bumble efforts of him? self aod bis four companions io the C ry of Washington on the night of Feb. 19, 1864, would sot in motion a stupen? dous power which wag destined in a few years to extend over the entire North Americao continent, from the frozen regions of the North to the sterile plains of Mexico, from the blue waters of the Atlantic oceau to where "che setting sun kisses the golden sands of California!" Boro amid the throes of the cr ne list civil conflict the world has ever known, thc Order of Knights of Pythias grad? ually enfolded within its sheltering arma, alike the victors and the vanquished. Beneath the loving folds of its glorious tri-color, march the boys who wore the blue as well as those who wore gray ; and it can be truthfully said that within its ranks is known "no North, no South, no East, no West!" No better evidence is Deeded of the intrinsic merit of this socitey than its unprecedented popularity aod its pbe nomioal growth. The little band of five members io 1864 has become a graod army of 803.000, aa increase of 46,000 during the past year, greater than that ever attained by any other fraternal organization io the twenty seven years of its existence, and the click, of the Chancellor Commander's gavel is now beard io 4,000 Castle Hails throughout the world. There is a large membership in every State aod Territory of the Union, while io Mexico, the Dominion of Caoada, and the isles of the sea, the tenets of Pytbi anism Lave gradually extended their peaceful sway. We belong, my breth? ren, to a body of men so vast that the tramp of their feet, as they march to the sound of Pythian music, resounds half? way round the globe! " Proud must be the thought that comes to each aod evey one of us, that South Carolina is contributing ber full share to building up of this great and noble institution. The Grand Lodge of the State was organized June 29, 1886, with five Lodges aud 311 mem? bers. The number of Lodges is now 48, while there are no less than 3,000 persons within tbe borders of the State who wear our Hymboiic tri-color on their breasts, wbile carrying the beautiful lessons which they teach us deep down in their hearts The past year marks the greatest increase in membership the Jurisdiction has ever known, a fact which is due to the untiring zeal and signal executive ability dislayed by the distinguished member of Game Cock Lodge who is cow Grand Chancellor of tbe State. In our Endowment Bank, which is separate and distinct from the other Hank of the Order, and which a mem? ber joins or not as he pleases, life insur? ance may be secured in the sum of one, two or three thousand dollars. Con? ducted as are the affairs of this Hank oo principles of the most rigid economy consistent with its usefulness, and on the very safest business basis, with no salaried officers to absorb its earnings, the members are guaranteed, at a t fling monthly outlay as safe matt iosuraDce as is to be bad anywhere tbe world. Organized fifteen yes ago, the Endowment Rink now na bers 25,000 members, with a paid capital of $28,000,000, and during t few years of tts existence han disburs no less than $8,230,000 to the famili of deceased members Another "side Rank" of the Ord is that known as the Uniform Ran which, for the purpose of arousing tl interest of the younger members, w organized some ten years ago, and nc bas 36.000 members ;-a well drill? and throughly equipped body of mei ready at a moment's call to take tl field in defence of their country. Tl Order universal rejoices over the fa that one of these Divisions of the Ut form Rank bas been organized in yoi City during the past year With tl material of which it is composed, ar with such officers as have been chose to direct its affairs, the Sumter Div sion gives promise of great future us fulness, and will doubtless refle infinite credit on the flourishing cit which it represents. The story of Damon and Pythias familiar to us all. These two illa trions men were natives of Syracuse i the Island of Sicily and flourished abot the year 400 B. C. They were Gree philosophers, and were members of tht society instituted by Pythagoras on tb theory that "the two most exceller things for men are to spea the truth and render benefits to eac other." This maxim was so thorougbl wrought into the very beings of Pytha goras and bis followers, that it becam the controlling principles of their live; The Tyrant Dionysius had conde m ne Damon to the block, and bad given bit but six short hours in which to live He expressed a desire to see his wif and child, who were leagues away, be fore death should part them forever. '.To this appeal the Tyrant answer made: 'Suppose ibis favor now is era.-.ted thee, And preparations for thy execution staid, What pledge for thy return canst goat antee?' 'I stand his pledge', bis friend, Pythias, saic 'Let Damon go ; take me ;' 'Into his dungeon cast me, my limbs enchain As hostage keep me so tbat my deares friend May see his wife and child but once again, Before his guileless, honest, virtuous Iii shall end.' " Filled with astonishment at this exhi bition of pure and unselfish friendship which bis gross nature failed utterly ti comprehend, and, carions to see wba the result would be, Dionysius resolve? to put their devotion to the erucial tes that they asked of him. Mounted on i swift steed, Damon flies to his distress ed wife, while Pythias, loaded wit! chains, is taken to bis place in th< loathsome dungeon. The six hours re spite are well-nigh exhausted ; then are no signs of the return of Damon who was delayed by the ruggedness o the road over which his coarse lay, ant the Tyrant, bis cruel heart gloating over the impending doom of the uofor t?nate Pythias, orders him led forth tc the place of execution, taunting him al the while with the perfidy of the frieuc in whose stead he is about ro yield u\ bis life. To all this, Pythias, whos? sublime confidence in his friend hat never been shaken in the least degree only replies, "'Tia sweet to die fot those we love." The attendants bare tbe neck of the doomed man, and place bis head upon the block ; the cruel axe is raised on high, and the deadly stroke is about to descend, when load huzzahs are beard without, and the returning Damon dashes into the court yard, springs from bis smoking steed, and throws his arms around his self-sacrifi? cing friend. Struck dumb with amaze? ment at the chivalrous devotion which they display, the Tyraut is forced, for very shame, to grant Damon a pardon on the spot, a Dd both of the immortal heroes are thereupon released. The graphic representations of this thrilling scene which has been given us by tbe great actor Forrest, and later by Jobo McCullough and by our own brother Frederick Warde, leave a picture on the mind of the beholder which time can never efface. The principle of this exalted spirit of friendship is as old as the world itself. History, both sacred and profane, is filled with instances of ir, while bards and poets have sung its glories io all the ages past. Such was the loving affection which Abraham had for bis kinsman Lot, and such the picturesque friendship that existed between David and Jonathan. Such was the spirit that moved Simmias to consent to suffer for the escape of his master Socrates, and that, at the court of the younger Diony? sius, caused Archytas to save tbe life of Plato at the risk of his own. Under its influence, Nisus, vainly endeavoring to rescue bis friend Euryalus from the cruel dagger thrust of the mighty Vol 8cen8, fell with gaping wounds upon the dead body of him for whom he ren? dered up bis life. "How beautiful," says a learned au? thor, "amid the havoc of war, and the barbarous customs of the ancient world, shines forth the inimitable conduct of Tygraoe8, a prioce of Armenia, who, when asked by his conquerer Cyrus, 'What ransom do you offer for your life?" replied, 'My possessions'. 'What for your wife ?' 'My life !' was the prompt reply. Penetrated by the magnanimity of his conduct, Cyrus re? leased him. On retiring from the pres ence of Cyru?, Tygraoes asked bis wife ber opinion of the king. 'I did not see bim,' was the reply. 'Not see him?', cried the astonished prince. 'No,' she replied ; I was so taken with gazing on him who offered his life for my ransom, that I saw no one else ?" If, as Cicero says, man resembles tbe Gods in nothing so much as in this high attitude, bow nearly did the coo duct of this chivalrous barbarian ap? proach the sublime ! How closely did it accord with the teaobiogs of Him, who, several centuries afterwards, so perfectly exemplified in bis life and character that idea of unselfish broth? erly love which is the very foundation of our Oder! "All tbat; aman bath will he give for his life;''1 and "Great? er love bath no mao than this that he would lay down his life fjr his fri ende ;" or, aa St. Paul so eloquently expressed it, "Peradventure for a good tuan one wonld even dare to die." ' Thia as Maroker, a leairued German theologian, expfaius. "must be I in the sense o? ooe friend *ijiog fo other," and be farther suggests the inspired writer "was thinkio Damon and Pythias'7 when be usei expression. The age io which we live is pregnant with examples of those have freely laid down their lives at post of dury, or for the sake of friends, -examples which might be tiplied far beyond the limited scop these remarks The American . War of a quarter of a century ago oished such opportunities for the play of this god-like virtue as w have touched the heart of the 1 cruel stoic of ancient times. On the 25:h of December, 1870, well known Sptoswood Hotel, in city of Richmond, was dis overed t oo fire, and the flames enveloped building so suddenly aod comple that it was found impossible to rei the guests, many of whom peris miserably. Samuel H. Hioes, a m ber of the Order of Knights of Pytb while standing on the side-walk, informed that E W. Ross, a bro Knight, was one of those thus doot to die. Determined to save bim if ? sible, Hines, despite the earnest pro of bis friends, rushed into the bure buildiog, from every exit of which dread fire aod smoke were belch forth, aod was never seen ag; Thus nobly perished, io the very pr of life, he who is justly revered as first Pythian martyr. Other instances are not wanting Knights who have freely rendered their lives oo the alter of Pytb friendship. "Brother Early must go alone ; if he should be attacked the yellow fever, who will care him ? I will go to aid him if need t Such were the words spoken by martyr Dickinson io the Castle Hal his Lodge, wheo it had beeo dei mioed to send help to the yellow fe sufferers io Memphis. Together brothers weat; together they w stricken down, aod io the church-y of their native village, where they u sleep side by side, oo monument of m ble is oeeded to commemorate the st? of their loving sacrifice. Wheo the Hudsoo River tunoel \ flooded with water some years a, Woodlaad, as true a koight as e couched a laoce, freely gave his life save his comrades, aod was overwbel ed io a eatery grave. History d< oot record a more heroic instance self-immolation than that performed Brother James Ward and seveo ot] members of the Order who weet w him to the assistance of their brett Knights io the barning mine at Savs oab, Indian Territory, oo April ] 1887; while the story of the galh effort made by certain Knights to n coe their perishing brethren from l burning shaft of the Alta mioe io ? vada, will live as long as our noble (. der itself endures. The founder of oar society t "sought to build around the dull sk etioo of tradition the living fie of reality, aod to bring forth frc the shadowy past" the story Damon and Pbythias for the sa of the beautiful parable which teaches. Thanks be to God, there a comparatively few of as who are ev called upon to encono ter the crucial U which was imposed upon those bra souls io ancient times, or upon Hin? Woodland, Karly aod Dickinson io o own day ' Yet there is oooe. be h lot io life never so lowly aod obscure, whom it is Dot given to hold io reve eoce the heroic deeds of these immorl heroes, aod, to emulate their examp io the every day duties of life. From the dead and gooe institution aocient chivalry, the effort has bet made to rescue and preserve all that w worth the saving. "The days of chi airy," says one of our most gifted wi tere, "are indeed gone. Gooe, aod : their stead has come the truer aod betti chivalry of today ; a chivalry which everywhere displayed. Wherever ms obeys the prom tings, of human it; whether be overcomes dangers or hio self ; whether he cooquers the iostio* of fear or sordid selfishness ; wbeth< he contends io armed fray or silent! eodures and watches; wherever huma sympathy gushes forth io deeds whic assuage distress aod mitigate the pang of paio ;-everywhere it is the sam spirit of genuine chivalry and mon knighthood The physician who, ot known perhaps beyond the narre circle which his self-forgetting servie has blessed aod brightened, braves th unknown terrors of the pestilence t succor his fellow man ; the engineer whe uncouth it may be and illiterate, bold his heroic band steadily on the throttle valve and camly goes to certain doon in the chaoce of saving the live.? o those commit ted to bis care; the youtl who, in manhood's prime, closes hi heart to the love that might crown an? beautify bis future, and shuts ambitio; from his soul that he might devote hi life to the care of a widowed mother the boy who stop? to help a poor old wo mao across a crowded street; a mao who honoring all womankind, resents wit! quick and booest indignation the cover snare that might assassinate a woman*? reputation-these, and men like these are they, who, in this modern time dc truly - 'Keep the lamp of chivalry Alight in hearts of gold.'" Such is the ideal on which our Order is founded. Such the standard the neophyte is to strive to attain from the very first moment he enters our Castle Halls, and he who, failing to absorb as a part of his very nature the beauty ol this ideal, does Dot resolve from that time forth to lead a better life, has lost the most precious privilege vouchsafed bim by bis membership-its great un? derlying principle, and the practice of I it, which has made the Order of Knights of Pythias what it is today. In the Castle Hall where the pro? ceedings arc conducted io accordaoce with the requirements of our established laws, the member is afforded the op poruoity of coping with his brethren in friendly debate, to tbe steady improve? ment of his mind, and the sharpening of those intellectual weapons with which each and every one of us is called upon more or less to fight his way in the world [ At at same time, he enjoys the social io I termiogling with fellow-beings whom the tenets of the Order teach him to reocg uize as bis friends io the very high? sense of the term-friends betwe whom and himself the entering wed| of differences in politics or religi ?ever come. As we have shown it to the case within the Order as regards t great national parties that control t destinies of the TJ?ion, so it is with t political conditions existing in oar 01 State. Pleasant indeed for the Ioj Knight must be the retrospective glan along the two years of heated politic strife through which we have just pat ed. Whatever bitter feelings m have been engendered between in d i vt nal members of the Order, they cou not but feel that they yet owed ailee ance to a common cause. By the sac thrill as of yore were they moved wbe in the Castle Hall or on the street, tl warm clasp of a hand was accompani? with that magical sign which convey? the intelligence, "I am your broth Knight !" Hovr quickly does that int marion., fly from the baud to the brail and thence, find almost iostaotaneoi lodgement in the heart ! Is there i Knight within the sound of my voi< who bas not experienced its pleasurab thrill? Alas for him, if such there r> the noblest, truest impulses of the O der are a sealed book which no effort i bis wiil can ever open for him ! We have seen that Friendship is ? foundation stone upon which has bee erected this mighty monument of Pyth anism ; resting upon this base is th pure white shaft of Charity, that mo; inestimable gift, while crowning ali Benevolence, a fit cappiog-stooe for a harmonious whole. These three vii tues are inseparably linked togethei and each is interdependent upon th two others for its own life, as well a for the support of the entire structure Friendship, the firm substratum, Bene' oleoce, the crown of beauty, and Chat ity, the living body which connects thet ali together and completes the trinit in unity. Out of Friendship spring Charity ; forth from Charity comes Be nevolence. One of the most distinguished writer of our Order has divided all the benev olent societies now in existence into tw three great groups, 1, Those like Ma sonry, which rely upon benevolence ii its broadest sense "to the extent of in dividual sacrifice for the means of relie to be given, that the principle of broth erhood may be distinctly realized ot each occasion of its exercise both b; donor and recipient;* 2. Those, lik Odd-Fellowship, which, white recogniz ?og "the moral and social relations o brotherhood, aim especially to make t fixed and sure provision for relief fron the chief misfortunes, limitiog the be stowal of benefits to occasions of sick ness and death ;" 3 Those that restric the conditions of their charities to th? minimum limit. Though min^Vi o the brother's welfare while H?iug, thej make bis heirs the especial beneficiaries after his death, securing them at one* against want by a single ample dona tion. While the intention is far from mt to say anything derogatory of the socie ties forming these three classes, some o: which, like Masonry, for instance, have bestowed such benefits upon suffering humanity as will make their names de? servedly blessed while the world last, we cannot avoid the conclusion that the chief points of excellence to be found io such associations are more thoroughly combined in our Order than m any other benevolent body that has ever existed. The Knight in sickness oi distress of any kind is visited by the brethren regularly, and bis condition reported to his lodge at each meeting, [t is the duty of the members not only to lend financial aid when it may be needed, but also to render any service, no matter how delicate or difficult, that one of the brothers of a family would commonly be called upon to per? form forauother. The last moments of the suffering are made more peaceful by the thought that though he may be leaving his family in poverty, they will not be friendless ; that though he may not have taken the precaution to insure his life in the Order for their benefit, the brethren will see to it that bis loved ones do not suffer for the necessaries of life. The benevolent feature of our Order stands forth pre-eminent in that it is not to be circumscribed within any fixed limits: in that its limitations are only to be determined by the actual necessi? ties that may exist under each individ? ual case. Macy are the instances io our own State, which lack of time alone forbids me to enumerate, where a lodge has patiently borne its burden year after year without the slightest murmur. When the resources of the individual lodge have become exhausted under such ad rain, and the members have contribu? ted all that it is in their power to give, recourse is had to the Grand Lodge or even to the Order Universal-an appeal which is never made in vain. In times of great public calamity, such as the yellow fever scourge in thc Southwest, the earthquake in South Carolina, and the Jamestown flood in Pennsylvania, the members of the Order throughout the world hasten to forward their char? ities to their suffering brethren with a liberality that affords living evideoce of the fact that the revered word which we have chosen as the very key-stone of our arch is not an empty sentiment? ality-that il is something far more than a mere "charm to lull to sleep " The Knight of Pythias traveling far from home finds that be is not in a land of strangers if he be io a community where there is a Castle Hall. If be should be in need of money, it is ad? vanced him upon bis showing satisfac? torily that he is in good standing in the Order, and those who assist him are afterwards re imbursed by his home lodge. If he fall sick, brethren whom he has never seen before, but who feel bound to him by ties stronger than death itself, watch by his bedside, and supply, a?? far as possible, the place of his loved ones who are mourning for him far away. Day after day and night after night did tho members of the Order in Darlington watch by the bed-side of poor brother Proctor, of Maine, who, in 1883, was stricken down by disease in that town, where be bad not even a sin? gle acquaintance. And when at last the fell destroyer came, and he was re? leased from his sufferings, it was a brother's hand that cloded his eyes io death-they were brothers true and loyal who accompanied his remains to 1 their last resting place io a fsr-dist; State. The terrific cyclone which swi iway a considerable portion of the to jf Darlington in 1884, completely < molisbed the bambie abode of James White, a poor printer, and a faith member of the order, burying beru s its rains his aged father and motht niling them instantly, and infiictii ipoo Brother White himself, iojuri which he carried to his grave. Hom ess and afflicted, bis brethren came lis aid, and when the dread summo sailed him to bis final home l^ss than ,-ear ago, be left to bis helpless wife at ittle ones, besides the insurance on 1 ife, a neat cottage, which, togeth *ith the land on which it stands, h >een purchased and presented to hi )y the Knights of Pythias of the worl There are many who are opposed mr Order because, as they say, it is secret society. The ladies, in partie ar (aud we are sorry to add, not wit mt some show of reason.) object to because it monopolizes too m neb tic )f their brothers, husbands and swee learts. "Pietty secrets they must be >aj8 Mrs. Caudle io coe of her famo jurtaio lectores, "when his own wi san't know 'em. "Now Caudle," si idds persuasively, "don't let's quarn here's a gool soul, tell me what it's i ibout : a pack of noosense, I dare sai itill-not that I care about it-still iboold like to know. There's a dea Eh? Oh don't tell me there's nothir n it. I t's an insult to a woman for nan to be a Knight of Pythias, at et his wife know nothing about i But I know what it is. Ob, yes, the san be no doubt. The secret is to il jse poor women ; to tyranize over ther :o make 'em your slaves-especial poor wives. It must be something :bat sort, or yon wouldn't be ashame ;o have it koown. What's right ac Droper need never be done in secret Verily contd old Caadle appreciate .be fallest extent the cynicism of tl 'atber who objected to his daughter seing taught French on the ground tb >ne tongue was enough for a womai But we beg to differ with old Mri Caudle. Let me assure you, lad if ;bat all our secrets are harmless one ind are only such as are designed f( ;he parp?se of truly testing the stan lng and loyalty of a Knight, and ! prevent the Order from being impose j pon. IQ fact, we would gladly te tbeai all to you here and now, but th ire are warned by a great philosophy :hat there's only one way a woman ca keep a secret, and that is, "Keep going " And there is even a great? philosopher cti!l who has admonishe is, "Discover not a secret to another Io recalling the fact that this last at riser was gallant old Solomon himsel bow applicable does his admonitio seem to our own case When we cot sider what was the probable effect of h having, in a moment of weakness, "di covered a secret to another,77 and th: other, one of his seven hundred wive we feel that the poor old gentlema spoke ' m the fullness of his hear ant3 , having been tried io a crue bl?. .re, he more than any other ma that ever lived, was qualified by a sf er experience to advise us OD this subject But, we wooli say to you, ladies, t not deceived by those faithless male re at ives who would have you believe thc "lodge nights" occur about six nigh io every seven. The teachings of ot Order ioculcate io every member, aboi all else, the idea that he must not i| oore the calls of home and family for an cause whatsoever. The two duties, tb one to the family the other to tbe lodg are collateral aod inseparable, and yo may feel sore wheo you find a m em bc neglecting ono, that the other is als suffering. For the beoefit of those who ma have experieoced something of .the prc judice to which I have referred, bc who are booestly opeo to 'conviction o the subjeot, we would ask leave to ap ply one or two simple tests to an exam ination of the Order itself. "By tbei fruits ye shall know them." A fte wost you have beard stated in a feebl way tonight, aod io view of the beoefit you have seen arise from it during tb brief time it bas been known in your com munity, I ask you whether its fruits hav not been such as to lead you to believ that the Order of Knights of Pythia is founded oo a desire to benefit am uplift mankind ? Again; who compos* its membership? 'Tis unfortunately tra that in all associations, religious, polit ical and social alike; are to be fount some evil men-men who work inj un instead of good to the cause with whicl they are connected. Judas Iscario sat down at the last supper with Chris) himself-and there may be judas isca riots io some of our religious assem blages of to-day, but does that weigl as anything against the fact of wha Christianity bas done for the world ir the last nineteen hundred years? Thin li roa that if the Order of Knights o: Pythias were founded on anything Hoer than good, its roll would be filled, is it DOW is, with the names of some o! ;he country's mostd:stingui?hed preach? ers, lawyers, doctors, soldiers, and itaresmeo ; that Bishop Usher, one ol the purest men that lived, and an enthu? siastic member of the Order, would have lent the precious gifts that God gave bim to the preparation of some of those beautiful sentences in our ritual which fall so sweetly on our listening ears at sach recurring meeting ? Brethren of Game Cock Lodge, for [he honor you have done me in inviting me to address you on this occasion, I thank you. If anything I have said mould result, in ever so small a degree, in promoting "the good of the Order" which we mutually honor aod revere, I shall feel that my humble efforts have not been in vain. In the welfare of this particular lodge, having officiated at the ceremony which gave it birth, I shall ever feel the deepest interest. The fact of your present prosperity can? not but afford the greatest pleasure to every loyal member of the Order throughout the world. Tbe people of the two counties of Sumter and Darlington have always been united by bonds of the strongest sy tn pat hy and heartiest good-will. May this ever continue BO. Between those of us wbo are held together by the ad? ditional ties which bind as in Friend? ship, Charity and Benevolence, there exists a feeliog of brotherly love and affection that mere words cauuot ex press. Wheo the bill providing for the creation of the new County of Flor? ence came up before the General As? sembly several years ago. the strongest argument a sed in favor of its passage was the inconvenience suffered by the inhabitants of West Marion, who were separated from their Court House by the mighty waters of the Great Pee Dee. The opponents of the measure showed that some of the pennie of the proposed new county would likewise be cut off from their Court House by Lynch*? River, but the reply to this was, ' Oh Lynch's River is so narrow that persoi ff standing upon opposite banks can shale hands across it !" For toe sake of our mutual friendly relations, we of Sumter and Darlington rejoice that this is so. But, my brethren, if that historic stream were as wide as the Amazm at its mouth, yea as wide as the mighty Pacific itself, it could not interpose any barrier between you and your brothers on the other side. Even then, in fancy, would we feel the warm clasp of a knightly hand, and the accompanying token of that Friendship which last? alike through prosperity and through adversity, through life and through death-that sublime, god-like Friend? ship that so bound Damon to Pythias. What Some Foreign Coun? tries will do for the Exposition. It is evident that there will be massed together in the foreign quarter a very gaudy, impressive, and unfantilarjum? ble of picturesque and peculiar struc? tures, contrasting strangely with the stately group of huge palaces on the main grounds. We know that with part of Mexico's three fourths of a mil? lion of dollars she will erect a fac-simile of an Aztec palace ; Guatemala will set np, out of her $1*20,01)0, a model of a palace that disinguibhes her ruined city of Antigua : Colombia, which has ap? propriated $100,000, will reproduce her splendid capitol ; Ecuador, which bas allotted ?125,000 for all her expenses, will agaiu show, as she di 1 in Paris, a copy of her Temple of the Sun ; Brazil will make a magnificent contribution, at a cost of at least half a million of dol? lars. Around the beautiful palace which she will erect will be gathered lesser buildings illustrative of the habits and industries f her people-huts with native inhai . its, a sugarmill, and coffee planter's outfit. Glimpses of the rubber industry will be among the ad* ditional exhibits. Brazil's most famous band will be sent here, also, perhaps to compete with the band of the Coldstream Guards of England, and certainly to blend its melody with that of the great orchestra which Theodore Thomas is to lead, and with the music of the thou? sands of choral singers to be trained by Professor Tomlios. Almost all toe. South American countries, even the smallest, and even the colonial islands off the Aiantic coast, have signified their inteution to present themselves at the fair. It is known that there will, be sent from India all that is needed to picture life in an East Indian village. Turkey, reluctant to bear the expense herself, has authorized private individuals to construct a realistic reproduction of a Turkish street, probably of shops, and showing not only the wares peculiar to the country, but ber mechanics, artisans, and professional entertainers. Egypt will show a more complete and pictu? resque reflex of the life of ber people than that which was demonstrated by the famous Rue de Caire iu the Paris Exposition. This exhibit will also take the form of a street. ID will be four hundred feet long, and lined with shops cafes, dwellings, and amusement halls. It will be peopled with donkey-drivers, Egyptian serving-maids, dancing-girls, jugglers, merchants, women, and chil? dren. Japan will spend half a million dollars in reproducing what is most picture-que and effective in her archi? tecture and in scenes from her home life : while China, exhibiting with governmental sanction for the first time, will add a notable feature of the fair. 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