The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 28, 1897, Image 3
KOTES FBOM THE HEALTH
OPFI M
Careless Interments in the Col?
ored Cemetery.
Som? intelligent and reliable colored lot
owners of the old colored cemetery recently
made complaint to Health Officer Reardon
that dead bodies were being interred at that
cemetery in a very careless msmner, being put
just beneath the surface of the ground.
Other complaints being made to the Health
Officer ?boot this same matte? and he being
requested to investigate, he went ont to the
cemetery yesterday and by sounding and
measuring fi va newly made graves, which in
no way unnecessarily disturbed or spoiled
the looks of the graves, be discovered that of
. tfce fire recently in tarred bodies the tops of
the coffins were only 14, 19, 18, 22 and 23
inches below the* surface of the ground. It
is alleged that at certain times very offen?
sive odors ariss from decomposing bodies
which an so carelessly interred end oo one
occasion dogs actually dog ap the coffin of a
child which was only 7 inches under the
ground. Some of the lot owners are pro?
testing against this condition of af"-?irs.
It seems that although there is a regularly
appointed sexton of the cemetery who re?
ceives and makes returns of all the burial
permits issued from the Health Office, still
nay and everybody can dig a grave, there,
bain g no regular mle. Health Officer Rear?
don will endeavor to have a rnie passed that
no one bnt the regalar sexton can dig graves
or have them dag ander his supervision, as
ia The rale in the Protestant, Catholic, Jew?
ish and "WaUter" cemeteries From 4j to
5? feet is the usual depth abd the Health Offi?
cer will try tb enforce the role.
THE TYPE OP FEVER AT
CLEMSON.
Mr. W. F. Shame States Facts
From Personal Observations.
Editor Item: Ia your iseae of the' 16tb,
you an noonee that you accept the statement
made by the State Board of Health, that the
fever outbreak at Clemson was typhoid.
Well, may be so, bat I cannot see it io that
way. .There have been, say, forty sick boys
at the hospital daring the past six weeks (r
don't pretend to giye the exact number but
the hospital np to a few days ago was very
crowded.) Of the forty boys, five bad ty?
phoid fever and were treated for that disease.
Two diet, two have been discharged and one
is yet here apparently convalescing. The
thirty-five other boys were sufferioe from
na Farial fever, and were treated for that dis?
ease. They remained here from five to twen?
ty-five days (one. or two may have been here
longer) and were discharged as convalescent.
Now,, Mr. Editor, would it not be passing
strange if these boys should have had typhoid
fever, should have bees cared in so marvel?
ously short a tim?j and with a treatmeat that
sever bas been knowingly used for. typhoid ?
The only proof that the fever was typhoid
was tba resait of a microscopic examination
of thc blood of tbe patients. That proof
may be worth something when strengthened
by attending circumstances but wbeo opposed
'by all of them, it seems that the microscope
should take a back seat. Of coarse I kaow
bat littleaboat such things, bat suppose yoa
consult some of oar Sumter doctors aod ask
thtm if it be possible that thirty-five typhoid
patients, or even five for that matter, could
be treited for malaria pare and simple, both
aa to medicine and food, and recover in an
average of eighteen days, and not one fatal
termination ? Supposing my statement to be
correct, do yoa still think the fever typhoid?
W. F. RHAMB.
? - - 1 1 M -
A BAILEDAI> RUMOR.
The Atlantic Coastf Lina to B aild a
Hoad into Augusta.
It D JS only been within the past few years
that the'Atlantic Coast Line railroad baa had
regalar freight and passenger trains running
into Augusta At rangements were made
some tim? ago with the Sooth Carolina rail?
road, by which the regalar run of trains
from zbe company could enter the Uoioo
shed. Frequently dorins: that period, re?
more were afloat to the effect that a separate
line of track would be built aod a freight
depot also, giving them a Hoe into the city,
regardless of the Sooth Carolina people.
A prominent railroad official whose name
we are not at liberty to ase, -bad the follow?
ing to say, stating that his informaot was,
io bis opinion, reliable authority The
Coast Line road, bas aa individual line of
track as far as Denmark, S. C., where they
tap the South Carolina & Georgia at that
point, oeing tbe maio lioe from Charleston to
Augui'ta ny which tney eoter this city.
Their object, said ibe informaot, i3 to aban?
don this line, and build a line of track from
that poiat to Augusta, building a new steel
bridge across tbe river and locate somewhere
io the neighborhood of, the Charleston ?
Western Carolina road on tbe river bank,
building large commodious waretcat s, and
offices also. The n?w project if t carried
through, means mach for this city. The re?
cent improvements on the Savannah river ha3
already enhanced the value of property in
that section, 10 per cent. Angosta is truly
oo a boom, and al! cry of scarcity of money
and hard times should ce*se.-Augusta News.
LAMAR NOTES.
LAMAS. Joly 27, 1897.-The carnival which
wi? to take place here on Joly 31st, bas been
called off, bat the game of ball between
Lnmarand Bishopville will be played.
Tbs game of ball between Elliotts and
Lamar wbicb took place here last Saturday
afternoon resulted as follows : 9 to 0 io favor
of Lamar.
The campaign meeting passed off quietly
here yesterday. We bad a very small attend?
ance
Meteorological Escord.
The following is a report of observations
of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W.
W. Anderson, for the past week ending
Jnly 25, 1897 :
Temperature.
as i as
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Ot
73
9
Condition.
19i 86.
20 83
211 86
22 85
23| 88
24! 90
25187
73
70
72
72
74
75
78
79.5
76.5
79.
78.5
81.
82.5
82 5
s
8
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sw
sw
s
Sw
.32
.57
.56
.02
00
.00
01
Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
?Cloudy
Clear
Cloudy
.Cloud v
.Partly cloudy.
Moderate thunderstorms, with little wicd,
ocenrred on the ISth, 20th and 2lst, and on
tba 23d and 25th some light sprinkles in the
mornings followed by very light winds, sul?
try, partly cloudy conditions during the bal?
ance of the day. Winds have been generally
very light and conditions altogether very
favorable to tee growth of crops of all kinds.
i-m ? ? -~
Hammocks all siz?3 aod pri:es.--Ijf. G
Os teen & Co.
GAYBTY AT GLENNS.
The ?rcwd of Health and Pleasure
Seekers Increasing
Gleoo Springs, S. C , Joly 26, 1S97.-The
patrons of tbis popular resort cooioue to
come and go, bot comers every day are in
excess of the goers, aod in the two weeks
that I have been here the crowd has more
than doubled. Since my last letter our
Sumter delegation bas been increased by the
arrival of Mr. Tom Polk Sanders aod son
from Hagood, and we have lost Dr. Stuckey,
Mr Lemmoo and Mr Burns, who have gone to
Wayoesville, N. C.
The german on last Thursday night wes
; largely attended by the Spartanborg folk,
j and there being already here a pretty good
! supply of dancers the ball was really crowd?
ed on that night, and every ooe seemed to
have a big time. Thursday night is the oc?
casion for the "regulation" german, but
the jovial crowd do not wait for
Thareday, but they dance wherever
tbe spirit moves and the bands plays. While
^Tbursdsy was "the german," there bad been
two others preceding it last week. These
dances are impromptu and social, and while
adding life and amusement are not continued
into late hours. Eren ou Thursday nights
the crowd usually breaks about one o'clock.
I think that I meotioned befcre that Chan?
cellor Johnson, of Marion, is here. He was*
quite nowell when be came, bot bas improved
very much, and now goe3 to the Spring sev?
eral times a day. He usually meets some old
friend or prominent perso a, and it is a pleas?
ure to sit near aod enjoy their talk We
have had for the past few days Col. L. W.
Yoemans, of Barnwell, who distinguished
himself io his campaign with B. R. Tillman.
I have also bad the pleasure of meeting a
representative of the old time low country
South Carolina gentleman io the person of
Ur W. G. Hinson, of James Island He is a
modest and unassuming gentlemen, but a
good conversationalist and a man of culture
and broad information. Mr. N. G Gonzales
of The State, and Col. Stobo Farrow have
been here for several days
Judge Mciver is expected here this week,
also Col Richard Dozier. The delay of the
latter geotleman in bis pilgrimage here this
season has been remarked, as he is ooe of the
most regular of the snnoal visitors. He
is DOW looked for very soon as his newspaper
mail has been coming in for several days.
Col. Dozier is one cf those who come to
Glenns every year, as he expresses it, out of a
feeling of gratitude. An account of his first
visit here is recorded io s lillie pamphlet
about Glenn Springs and the Water, aloog
with a number of other testimonials of re?
markable cures. He was brought, here, ap
pareotly at the point of death, and was soon
restored io perfect health. Those who are
suffering with dropsy, dyspepsia, heart trou?
ble, aod similar affections, should write for
this little pamphlet. It will encourage them
to give this great remedy of nature a trial,
and perhaps be the means of prolonging their
lives. There is a young mau here now who
cime about five weeks ago, in apparently a
hopeless condition. Bis system was full of
malaria, and jaundice, be was dropiscal until
his bands, feet aod Hm bis were in a puff, be
could not talk without coughing. A visiting
physician who was here wheo I came, aod
who was requested by the sick man's family
to look after him, told me about the cass, aud
gave me the above* particulars, the sick mau
being relieved of the worst of these symp?
toms when I saw bim. The physician told
me that when he examined bim he found bis
heart much affected and water around it. He
gave him a little calomel and theo put bim
.on the water. He begab to improve at once,
and now walks from three to eight miles
every day, and says he bas an appetite equal
to a wolf. The swelliog has entirely disap?
peared aud his complexion is improving daily
in appearance.
Speaking of complexioo, ooe of the most
noticeable effects of the Glenn Springs water
is the way that a person's complexioo clears
out daily while drinking it. Ooe may coa e
here feeliog quite well, aod not th ink i ug that
be needs to be cored of anything ; but after
a few days be will be surprised to notice bow
his bands and particularly his fingers begin
to wbiteo, and on looking in tbs glass be
will see the same change in his face. It then
becomes interesting to look around and ob?
serve the same effect upon others-at lest,
this has been the case with tbe writer.
I asked Mr. Simpson a few days ago if be j
bad records or knowledge of cases where peo?
ple bad been cured by driokiog the water
away from here-that i?, when it is shipped
to them. He has shown me letters from per*
sons is various parts of tbe country, in this
aod other States, te'Iiog of cures by Gleoo
Spriogs water ; but be told me of ooe par?
ticular case that he knew of. A young
man came here affected with what was
pronounced heart disease. He would bava
fainting spells, and appear to be io a dying
condition aod would require to be rubbed to
restore him from tbe attacks. A physician
who attended bim sooo after coming here
told him, that his heart was diseased and bis
case hopeless, and advised bim to go borne.
Mr. Paul Simpson wbo told me of this case,
said be happened to stop i# to see the young
man soon after the physician had left, and
fouod bim very much depressed and com?
pletely discouraged. After talking to bim a
while trying to eocourage bim, aod failing to
change bim io bis determination to returo
borne as advised by the physician, he asked
bim if be would drink the water at home if
be seat it to bim, and got bis promise to do
so. The yooog man weet borne and Mr.
Simpson sent bim a barrel of water. He was
well before he used the barrel of water, and
Mr. S. told ms that be saw bim well and
hearty, whom fae was out on a short trip a
few days ago.
The barrels u?ed for shipping the water !
are made from a spruce wood that imparts no ?
taste io the water, and besides are subj?cted
! te special preparation for the purpose. Toe ,
! water is also shipped in carboys PS well ns in
i c*se3 cf 2 dcz;a bottles. While there is a ;
' small amount of gas ia tbe water, which will :
appear on opening a bottle that was tightly j
corked immediately after being filled with tba :
a
water fresh from the spring, it bas oeeo j
proven that the gas is of no vilue in most of |
tbe diseases for which the water is a specific; j
and that the mineral propertit.- of the water
being fixed ihe w^ier keej s almost indefinitely j
and retains its virtue. I have not space now
to refer to the many testimonials I have read
io Mr. Simp3ot's letter file, but may do so
later.
July 23-Since writing the foregoing, Col.
Dozier arrived this afternoon : also Col J.
A. Rbame, of Magnolia, and his brother,
Jos. F. Rharae, Esq , cf Manning. The ar?
rivals to-day cumber 25. Col. Dozier says
his coming was delayed by a sick spell.
N. G. O
News From Wedgefield.
Qjite s large crowd gathered Wednesday
afternoon, July 2lBt, to. witness a match
game of base bail, which was played between
the Sumter e.od Wedgefield nines. The game
was closely contested and exciting, both sides
playing well, but at the close of the game
the score stood 9 to 4 in favor of Wedgefield.
Drs. Dwight and Anderson performed a
critical operation recently on Tom McLeod, a
colored man living here. Th? doctors dis?
played great skill and the patient is doing
well.
Messrs. W. T. and E. E. Aycock, with
their sister, Miss Bettie, have gone to Nash?
ville, whete they will remain about two
weeks.
The Graded School building is being great?
ly improved ia appearance, by the work of
the painters.
Mr. F. E. Thomas and family are enjoying
the sea breezes at Carolina Beach in North
Carolina, where they will remain a month.
In their absence Prof. and Mrs. Merritt are
occupying their house in Wedgefield.
Miss Mattie DuPont is at home spending
-awhile with ber paren's, Mr. and Mrs J. H.
DuPont.
The colored Presbyterians of this place are
busy preparing for the Sunday School Con?
vention of Fairfield Presbytery, which will
convene here on Thursday, July 29tb, at
8.30 p. m.
The crops in this section are very promis?
ing and present indications are that the farm?
ers will be kept busy harvesting th?3 fall.
Wedgefield, July 27. ~ D.
RELIGIOUS.
A protracted meeting will begin at Jordan
Church, on Wedgefield Circuit, next (1st)
Sunday at ll a. m. Rev. W. J. Dowell, the
pastor, will be assisted by Rev. E. H Beck?
ham, of Forestou. Preaching again at 8.30
p. m. at Jordan.
The meeting wil! continue throughout the
following week. Services every morning and
evening at the usual hours. AH are invited
to attend these meetings.
I
Rev. J. J. Myers will preach at Bethesda
nest Sunday at ll a. m., aod Rev. W. J.
Dowell will/preach at Providence at 5 p. m
MMt ,, mmma
"I have never had a day's sickness in roy
ife," said a middle-aged mau th^other day
"What a comfort it would be," sighs some
poor invalid, "to be io his place for a year
or two." Yet half of the invalids we see
might be as healtby as he, if they would
only take proper care of ,themselves, eat
proper food-and digest it.
It's so strange tbat such simple things are
overlooked by those who want health .
Food makes health.
It makes strength-and strength wards off
sickness. The mao who had never been sick
was strong because be always digested his
fjod, and you could become the same by help?
ing your stomach to work as well as bis.
Shaker Digestive Cordial will help your
stomach and will made you strong and
healthy by making the food you eat make
you fat.
Druggists sell it. Trial bottie 10 cents.
It begins to look like Lee County after all
The destruction of the Ashland box leaves a
two-thirds majority in favor of the county in
Darlington County, and it is charged that
the apparent majority against the county at
Ashland was obtained by fraud cf various
kinde. It is reported that the Darlington
board of canvassers will give tbe election to
Lee County, and if the fraud alleged to have
been committed can be established, it will be
no more than jost 'o give the election to Lee
If ever a people deserved a county the Biso?
opville people do, and they should have it.
The people of the territory included are so
strongly in favor of the establsbment of Lee
County that it is difficult to understand bow
the Legislature can ' refuse to establish the
county, providing the Ashland box is not
taken into consideration on account of its
destruction and tbe alleged frauds.
The Chief of Police of Anderson went to
Benoettsville Friday afternoon to take
charge of the negro rapist, Harris, for whom
a large reward ha3 been offered. A negro
was arrested io Benoettsville on Thursday on
suspicion that be was Harris, and after
arrest be admitted that he was Harris when
charged with the crime by the officers of the
law. When the chief arrived in Benoettsville
he discovered that tbe negro was no'. Harris,
but a half witted fellow who would admit
bis guilt of any crime with which he was
charged. He was a black negro, while Harris
is a bright yellow color. The chief returned
to Anderson Saturday morning after a^fruitless
trip. The reward offered for the arrest of
Harris hae stimulated the police and all other
officers of the law to unusual exertions and
every day or so the Anderson police are noti?
fied that some negro bas been arrested and is
held for identification.
This office was visited yesterday morniog
by three young ladies who requested the as?
sistance of the detective reporter io ferreting
oat three young men who had an en?
gagement with them but failed to put in
their appearance although tbe young ladies
dressed themselves in their best bib and
tucker and waited patiently until long
after the appointed hour. The young ladies
were io deep distress, for they feared that all
three of the recalcitrant callers bad stuck in
the mud. This fear bad! some foundation,
for the boys were the identical three that
started out one night last week and one of
them got stuck m the mud and lost bis shoe.
Explanations are in order, and if they are
not forthcoming pretty soon the detective
will start en investigation. Beauty in dis
i tres3 never yet appealed to a newspacer min
io vain.
New York, July 26 -Market price
of bar silver reached the low water
mark to-day. Government assay
bars were quoted at 59 cents, which
made trie silver in a standard silver
dollar worth 45 63 cents, as against
45.70 in 1894. The market opened
at 59.18 cents an ounce and ialer de?
clined to 58 7 S cents.
STOKES IN CONGRES!
Tbe Representative of tl
Seventh District
Gives Ou": an Interview Explain i
His Views on Political Questions
of Present Interest.
Washington, D. C., July 24.-Yo
correspondent caught Representan
Stokes on the point of leaving the ci
after adjournment. He ia one of t
three South Carolina repr?sentatif
I that has stack it out He aod Mi
Stokes return home by Old Point Coi
fort, where they contemplate taking
few days rest.
The congressman responded free
and pointedly to the questions of yo
correspondent upon tbe results of t
session just closed.
"This bas been distinctly a one-id
session of congress," said the congre
man. "Elected pre-eminently up
the fioancial issue, this Congress h
refused to even consider anythiog e
cept tariff and appropriations ? T
people commissioned this Congress,
give financial relief. It bas given t
people higher tases and bigger appr
priations than ever before The Pac:
ic Railroad steal will be consummati
within 60 days, in defauh of Congre
si ona! action. This Republican Co
gress knew this, and yet refused
arrest the steal. The Cuban questk
and the National Bankruptcy Bili ha
bung suspended in the House f
months The Republican leaders ht
bad no time to protect the rights
Americans and the claims of the Go
ernment, though meeting but two da
in the week for months.
What of the merit of tbe Tar
Bill as passed ?
"It is unquestionably the most scie
tifie Bill from the standpoint of tl
Protectionist, that has ever been plac?
upon the Statute Books. It will p
less money in the Treasury, io compa
isou with what it takes out of the pod
ets of the people, than any Bill ev<
passed. It is essentially a Bill turnic
over to the manufacturers and trus
the tax-collecting function of the Go1
ernment, leaving it optional with tl
manufacturers and trusts how mut
they will collect, and how little the
will tarn into the Government Trea
___ it
ury.
What of the new method of fightin
protection affected by some Democrats
"Well, measured by net results I
the farmers and laborers of the countrj
the so called "new method" is not
brilliant success. The farmers of tb
South aod West are reft in about th
same plight as to the tariff they wer
left in heretofore under the old metno<
Rice, cotton bagging and ties are a
left about where they were by forms
tariff bills under the old method (
fighting protection. Southern congres
men in former Congresses have de
nounced the section character of a pror.ee
tive tariff, and demanded free baggin
and ties as a partial equalization of tb
iniquity. These artioles have more tha
once gone on thc free list in responoe t
such demadds by Southean Coogressmec
only in thc end to be stricken out a
the last moment, justas was done i
this case.
,On the whole I don't see that tb
"New evangel" (so-called) bas an
more to its credit in the way of ne
benefit to the farmer and labore
than the old evangel has bad. Al
1er all the vaunting it has bad i
remainds one of the fox that ba?
been several times frightened from th<
poultry pard by the automatic ringinj
of a large bell every five minutes. A
first the fox was terrified by the grea
noise, and fled for his life; but findinf
nothing happened he become bolde
and finally took bis stand ander tb?
bell and watched it ring. His com
ment after watching its operation rat
thus :
* "A great big mooth,
A great loos toogoe ;
A-of a foss,
Aod oothiog dooe.' "
You don't believe then in the eo
called ''equalization" method of lay
ing a protective tariff ?
"In its efficacy to the farmers, no
The Lord God Almighty in establish?
ing the nature of things, placed ar
insuperable, inexorable, impenetrable
obstacle in the way of making pro
tection effective to the producer o!
export commodities I think the
old time Southern Statesmen under?
stood this. Protection cannot be
made effective through import duties
upon export articles. It is an in*
herent absurdity. Equalization of
taxation by destroying the vicious
protective system ?3 possible, but is
opposed by the Republican party.
Equalization of taxation by extending
the vicious system to the farmers'
products is plausible, but is opposed
by decree of the Almighty. That is
the alternative-we must get equili
zation for the farmer either by tack?
ling the Almighty or by tackling the
Republican party and destroying the
system Speaking for myself, I pre?
fer to tackle the Republican Party.
We have overthrown it time and
again, we will overthrow it again by
adhering to principle; but we will
never overthrow an immutable law of
! Heaven We will never make water
j run up hill by legislation.
What about the next campaign ?
I "I hope the money issue will be
; the central idea It ought to be and
; I hope we will get our forces together
; again on that issue ? regret to say,
I however, that there are divisions
; among the Democratic forces, or
! leaders rather, on tariff, which may
j hinder that hearty co operaron on the
financial issue that characterized these
same leaders in the last campaign
The true friends of financial reform
were amazed, appalled by the biting
criticisms and heated antagonisms,
not to say bitterness, developed on
the floors of both Houses between
Democratic leaders, os the direct re?
sult of this "new evagei " The fear
and the conviction forced itself upon
the minds of sincere financial re?
formers that these leaders could
never be broaght to work heartily
and cordially together again It
looks like an irrepressible conflict
between leaders of the party. It
remains to be seen whether the sur?
vivors of this struggle for supremacy
among the leaders will ha" ?3 behind
them the material for a victorious
army in the financial fight of 1900.
Unless they bury their differences
and go solidly to organizing for that
conflict, the fight is lost before it .is
begun. Is it not time for the masses
of the party to make themselves heard
before this disorganizing influence
works further harm ?
What work are you planning for
next winter ?
"I will of course have my hands
full for a time attending to ray con?
tested election ; but I confidently
expect a favorable conclusion to that
case before the next session closes.
In the meantime, and aftei: that is
settled. I shall devote all the time and
energy at ray disposal to pressing my
several bills-one for a graduated in?
come tax, one for reducing expenses
of the Government, one prohibiting
free passes to officials, and one for
the erection of a monument to Gen.
Thomas Sumter.
If the Democratic party and all
friends of financial reform would
drop the tariff issue which has bred
naught but dissension in curr anks
and combine upon* the income tax
and reduction of expenses, real re?
form would be accomplished speedily
and the country would prosper.
When congressmen and Senators
and officers of the Government are
I forced to fare like the common peo
! pie, share in the evils of a fluctuat?
ing currency, and p'ay their trans?
portation like other people, the future
of-the country will?be brighter. As
long as men who are 6ent here to re?
form existing evils are allowed to
share in the profits of the gold ring,
and to fill their pockets with free
passes over the railroads and tele?
graph and express franks, the peo?
ple are not going to be heard here.
The people can compel these reforms
if they take the trouble to let their
wishes be known in approval of my
salary reduction and Anti-Free Pass
Bills. Every aspirant for national
office should be compelled by the
people to pledge himself to the
? abatement of these evils in the future
? and to show a clear record for the
' past.
Alaska Indians Will Fight for
Work !
Fort Townsend, Wash., July 25 -
From a miner who came down from
Alaska on the Portland, it is learned
that 200 Indians of the Styck tribe
were contemplating coming to the
coa6t at the head of Dyea iniet for
the purpose of packing freight across
the divide and rafting it across the
lakes and down the Yukon river to
the mining field.
If the intention is carried out
Alaska will have a full fledged indian
war, as the Chilkat tribe has always
warned the Stycks and other tribes
not to come to the coast to engage in
any industries. The work of pack?
ing freight over the divide has "long
been monopolized by the Chilkais.
LIVE QUESTIONS.
A Series of Articles Contributed by
Advanced Thinkers.
THE NEW SOCIAL IDEAL
JJ.
In the discussion cf this rabject the
writer said in a fenner article that the
first task that engaged the social im?
pulses of the race was the family ideal.
This was a lofty ideal. Beyond this
there was no thought of goiug. In this
relation cr circle it was supposed tfcat
social instincts and virtues would have
sufficient room for all the fulfillment of
which they were capable. Bu t the vision
of the social nature found its horizon
extending beyond this relationship, as
we see by the communities which were,
organized or naturally formed by the
grouping of families together. This en?
largement of the social basis constituted
the second ideal set before men. It was
manifesting itself first in the tribal
communities, nomadic and pastoral, but
which finally produced tho conviction
in men that they must organize a state
whose service and stability would rest
on the reciprocal and complimentai re?
lations cf those having their member?
ship in it, and which, theref ore, would
insure justice to all. The ideal sought
was a righteous nation.
In attempting to fulfill this ideal
tribal, racial and provincial elemeuts
were allowed to remain uot only among
the so called heathen communities, but
also in the Hebrew state. From these
traits nations are not ye 5 free. The pro- i
vinci al or private nation has occupied j
the social endeavor of men almost !
wholly in the hisicry of mankind. The :
bot that ea!.? be said for these provincial ?
orracial"-nations ist;:;;; coinpaative jus?
tice was sought; for these who, from ;
geographical or racial reasons, belonged ;
to a distinct community cr state.
The r>riT:cvi1.r?...eeT!ter"ir:.'? in "such, a |
:ommuui?y w?s z&Z.t~- the people saler
"We will clo right by one another be?
cause we belong to the same race or
souutry. " This was an extension of the
sense cf justice as first developed in the
family ideal. It was. in point of fact,
che cominunitization of families. It was
the cultivation of those fraternal quali?
ties, inherent in the social life, whose
end is to supply beauty, power and hap?
piness to all.
To perfect this ideal the family life,
with its functions, was retained, and to
it a degree of autonomy was given, but
its supremacy was not acknowledged as
in thc first social attempt cf the race.
The private family was now being
merged into the community. In order
to develop a national family or com?
monwealth not only the treasures of
the individual, but those of the family,
were to be gladly given and turned into
economic channels declared to be the
best for all. Men began to say that if
the ethical basis, or unselfishness, is the
best for the family, the same principle
is best for the community or nation. If
it was the highest mission of the indi?
vidual to serve the family, so now it
should be the highest mission of the
family to serve the state.
The passion for national righteous?
ness has traveled through forests and
over seas.; through wars and tyranny;
through poverty, suffering and distress,
and now after many defeats and lapses,
after much misapplied enthusiasm and
much bitterness and misunderstand?
ing among men, this social fire is still
quenchless, unfaltering and divine in
its devotion to the ideals mirrored in
human souls. That it has won some en?
during victories for the race through
the family and the state must be ac?
knowledged by all students of sociolog?
ical movements, orv rather has demon?
strated that certain moral or social
principles underlie all progress, well be?
ing and happiness. One of these is that
character is salvation or wholesome liv?
ing, and another is. that the judicial
temper is the only sound state for so?
ciety.
These conceptions cf life are not hav?
ing their fulfillment universally or in a
cosmic sense, and for reasons which I
will not now give I have furnished this
and a former short article as introducto?
ry material In the next paper I will
suggest some important aspects of the
new social ideal as understood by some
of the seers of this age.
G. E. CUNNINGHAM.
Glenwood, Mo.
THE MOST HOPEFUL RELIGIOUS MOVE?
MENT.
Most people have made light of the
Salvation Army for its fantastic cos?
tumes and noisy parade, crude theology
and out of door plans, but this was
natural enough under the circumstances.
That period is past, and we now have
come to a sober second thought and be?
gin to realize tha.t the movement has
virility and has come to stay. There are
indications that the Army is becoming
the most interesting and vital religious
movement in the world. As strong a
saying as this will need some justifica?
tion. First, the army appeals to the af?
fections, and no movement can last for
long that does not sc appeal. Again,
they have the courage cf their convic?
tions, and all sincerity counts. They
are beginning at thc bottom. Buddha
made his appeal ro tte lowest. Ke tried
to solve che problem of the sorrow of
the most depressed, and Buddhism has
grown and will grew for many ages.
Jesus said: "Go cur into the highways
and hedges and brine; in the lame and
halt and Mind./' Go to the lest sheep."
And Christianity lives because it is ev?
ery now and then seeking to save the
lost. The older churches are net doing
this work as they should. Their mis?
sion seems to be to the wealthy and in?
fluential. So the Salvation Army is tho
only organized Christian movement
that is seriously trying to do the wcr*k
that Christ did.
Now, for these reasons, either one of.
which would insure a future for any re?
ligious movement.5 the Salvation Army'
has a great future. The teachings of Je- \
sus are eminently 'practical, and the j
Army and Volunteers are trying to car- ?
ry out the prime work of thc gospel in j
devising ways and means for the uplift-.'
ing of the lost Bocih-Tncker says: !
' 'A city colony cf a complex charac- ?
ter, with fcod and shelter depot?, labor ?
bureaus and faetones for the nnemploy-1
ed; homes for the fallen, for ex-crimi- j
nals and for waifs.and strays, together;
with slum ports cr centers for investi-f
gaticn and relief, established"in the?
worst quarters; vacant lot farms for ;
employing the surplus population and S
enabling them both tc raise their own j
food and acquire a knowledge cf agri-j
culture; farm colonies in the neighbor?
hood of the cities, where a poor man j
can obtain possession of his own farin I
and can be helped till he becomes his j
own master; land colonies, consisting j
of large tracts of land in the west, to j
which the surplus population of the!
cities can be systematically removed/
under wise and kindly guidance. It is
not intended that this humanitarian
movement shall be made to play into:
the hands of land sharks."
The New York Tribune printed a
statement lately by ?Bal?ngton Booth
on the social problems of the day which
was reprinted in The Volunteer's Ga?
zette. From this statement are the fol?
lowing remarks:
"I find in traveling over tIiis conti?
nent thousands of men idle and tens of
thousands of acres idle. This strikes me
as grossly wrong. All wealth comes
from the land, and if we open the
storehouses of nature to the free access j
of man there would bc no involuntary!
poverty." . j
The 25th ? S infantry bicycle
cops has reached St Louis, having
ridden from Fort Missoula, Montana,
a distance of two thousand miles, in
forty days
Peter McNally, the Boston swim
mer, attempted Sunday to swim
across the English channel from
Drove to Calais He gave out when
but three miles from Calais after be?
ing in the water'fifteen hours.