Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LEI II11E UM BEI OH MIHI dance Will Be Largest Ever At Annu? al Convention, Which Meets for Fourth Time. et* Program of Events Which Will Draw Visitora-Pa tisto OA Tuesday it Noon Will Be Big July Fourth Feature ??Many Well Known Speakers Among Those to Address Cgaventk>n. im The Daily Item. July 1. jlev. W. C. Owen. Held secretary of I 4 Sunday school board of the tw ? 4eh Carolina Conference?, who ha* b49 eotnsdete eharge of all arrange* Mta for the Wesley Bible Class Fed ? Men, seid today that reports from I eeetio??e of the State led him * to do that the attendance on the ftjth annual meetlm? of the Fedom dt nt Sumter next Monday. Tuesday 4 Wednesday, July 3, 4, 5, wexih II the Inrgeet In the history ?fjl< ^erntlon. The Piedmont Meet ion & m State le going to be well repre;| j nteeX while southern and Pee De? risen* ere going to turn out in "full' rre?M The railroads have made very V fete* and have mode ample pro gene to care for the crowds that ? geeee on the Oeme Cock city dur g the meeting. Special trains will i ago rated, from a number of the ?raw towns to accommodate the ?erde that will attend on the Fourth, ?enff day Of the F? deration will be hag one. The Monday night pro I meeting?the address by Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, the gifted president of Wofford College. This address will re? pay you for going to Sumter to the F?deration. A splendid program has been ar? ranged for Wednesday morning, when the closing session of the Federation will be held. The closing address will be by Dr. Bulla. The officers of the Federation are: Mr. Char I ton Du Rant, President, Manning; Mr. R. S. Llgon, vice presi? dent, Anderson; Dr. Vance W. Brab? ham, secretary, Orangeburg'; Mr. C. P. Hammond, treasurer, ripartanburg. JJlKxccutive Committee: m\tr. W. W. Smoak, Walterboro. Rev. John H. Graves, Camden. Mr. O. M. Mitchell, Rome Mr. T. C. Easterllng, Marlon. Mr Jno. S. Bowman. Orangeburg Mr. R. D. Kpps, Sumter. Mr W. D. Cox, Belton. Mr. E. H. Bowers. Epworth. Rev. L. D. Glllesple, Columbia Mr. Jos. A. McCullough, Greenville MUa Nancy Bennett. gram at aa especially attractive one ensusn Dr. A. O. Item be rt of Wof ford College In down for an addreae. Dr. Bembert la considered one of ?.he State** beet apeakers. Tuesday July 4. Is expected to be uhe JMggest day of the meeting from point et attendance, since It la a holiday aad Bible class worker* from all over the State are planning to spend the day In Sumter. And a regular liter? ary treat has been arrt.nged for them. Taeeday morning. Dr. Ilalph Welles ateeter. Associate Editor Adult Class Publication* of the Sunday School Beard of the Nor hern Methodist Episcopal Church, and Rev. John W. Shack ford, superintendent of the Teeeher Training dxpsrtmcnt of the Method!* Episcopal Church, South, will make addresses along with uHc gees Of the Mouth Carolina Metbo. dawn, alao Dr. Cha*. D Bulla, the su? perintendent of 1ho V.'ooley Itlble CIish 'Department of the 'horch, mo well known to those who havo attended the other meetings. Taeeday evening comes whnt ma) he considered the literary treat of the Mr. Ja? H. Olenn, Chester. Mr. U G. Potter, Gaffney. The parade of the Bible class work? ers occurs Tuesday at noon and this Is expected to be one of the real big features of the meeting. Several thou? sand Sunday school workers in a parade is a scene that is not com? mon. This parade proved one of the most interesting features of tho meet? ing at Spartanburg last year. Many of the different Bible classes are ex? pected to carry pennants with them with the names of their classes on them. The people of Sumter have made ar? rangements to entertain the delegates at a wry low rate. Tho Federation is too large to be niven froo enter? tainment and this Is not expected. The complete program is as fol? lows: Monday Evening, July 3. 8:30?Song and Prayer Service. Address?"Back to ths Bible"?Dr. A. G. Hi nibert. Tuesday Morning, July I. 9:00?Devotional Service. ;i:ir>?"The Wesley Bilde OfaUM and Mm* CtMurlea 1>. UuU?, D, i>. H?nr. John W. Shorkford. the Country Church"?Rev. T. W. M unnerlyn. 9:3ri?"Covrelating the Home, the Church, and the Sunday School to Save the 'Teen Age Boy"?Dr. R. E. Stack house. 9:56?"Evangelism in the "Wesley Bible Class"?Kev. A. N. Brunson. 10:15?Song. 10:20?Religion in Education" ? Rev. John W. Shackford. 11:00?"The Holy Grail of tho Wesley Class"?Rev. E. (). Watson, 1). D. 11:30? "The Man in the Fog"?Dr. Ralph Welles Keeler. 12:15?Address?Dr. Chas D. Bul? la. Tuesday Afternoon, July 4. 3:00?Devotional Service. 3:30?"The Wesley Bible Class Goal for South Carolina"?Rev. G. F. Kirby. 3:50?"Tho Wesley Bible Class and the Boy"?Mr. H. A. Wise. 4:10?"The Field Secretary's Esti? mate of the Wesley Bible Class"? Mr. M. W. Brabham. 4:30?"Tho Social Mission of the Wesley Class"?Rev. C. E. Peele. 4:50?"The Men and Women of South Carolina for the Man of Gali? lee"?Rev. G. T. Harmon. t 6:00?Wesley Bible Class Parade! Tuesday Evening, July 4. 8:30?Devotional Service. 8:45?Address?Dr. H. N. Snyder. Wednesday Morning, July 5. 9:00?Devotional Service. ? 9:15?"The Wesley Bible Class and Rev. W. C. Owen. Missions"?Rev, R. E. Turnipseed. 9:56?"The Teacher' ? Prof. J. M. Way. 10:2:.?"Reaching Men through Wesley Bible Class Activities"?Mr. W. V. Martin. 10:45?Address?Rev. D. M. Mc UftOd. 11:05?Song. 11:10?"Educational Processes In Religious Work"?Rev. John W. Shackford. 11:40?"The Significance of tho Adult Awakening"?Dr. Ralph Welles Keeler. 1^:10?Address?Dr. Chas D. Bul? la. Adjournment. COMMITTEE TO MEET VISITORS. Automobiles Will Meet Wesley Bible Class Men on Arrival and Take Them to Thela Homes. The hospitality committee will need i a great many automblles at the Coast Line passenger station next Monday oevning beginning at 5:30 to transport the delegates to their various boarding houses. The Boy Scouts will be on duty for three days to assist in getting the Prof. J. M. Way. visitors to their boarding places and otherwise extending courteous treat? ment to the Visitors such as showing them the way to the place of meeting Und doing anything else in their pow? er to contribute to the pleasure of Sumter's gueeta. These scouts will be regular mem i ? ra of a hospitality committee ai v. ill w< ar badges. The following members of cor mttteei are respectfully requested KM at the Coast Line passenger st tiou at 5:30 next Monday aftsrnoui those owning ears are ? requested to have same at depot, and those not owning cars are requested to ask some owner of a car to have same at the depot, and to get as many more cars as each committeeman possibly can induce to help handle the visitors. Committee on Hospitality?R. B. Belser, chairman; M. W. Seabrook, H. H. VanDeventer, Horace Harby, J. H. Chandler, William Bultman, W. A. Weathers, R. J. Bland, L. D. Nettles, B. P. Cuttino, Dr. S. H. Edmunds. Reception Committee?P. O. Bow? man, chairman; C. E. Stubbs, E. I. Reardon. The Boy Scouts of Sumter in uni? form. General Committee of Arrange? ments: C. E. Hurst, chairman; Rev. R. 8, Truesdale, W. A. Thompson, S. B. Mitchell, E. R. Taylor, H. G. Mc Kagen, H *U McCoy, F. D. Knight, C. E. Stubs, P. G. Bowman, E. I. Reardon. Will Assist Reception Committee. The following members of the [Game Cock Troop of Boy Scouts of j Sumter have offered their services in I assisting the reception committee of the Wesley Bible Class Federation in directing the visitors to their homes upon their arrival in the city on Monday and Tuesday : James Boney, Jennings Till, Harry Ryttenberg, Harold DeLorme, John? nie Sandel, James Lewis, Ambrose Beetham, Julius Pitts, Robert Simp? son, DeSaussure Edmunds, Burt De? Lorme, Edward Buck, James Bland ing, DuPre Rhame, Norman Jennings, Sheldon Reynolds, W. R. Phillips, Jr., Hubert Qateen, Burgess Bultman, Henry Edmunds, Colclough Dick, Eugene Moses, Douglas Cheyne, Wil? liam Truesdale, Buford Randall, Jr. Charlton Walsh, A. B. Bradham, Aus? tin Beck, Marion Phelps, Harold A. Spring. A MESSAGE TO YOUNG HEN. Altgeld's Words Preserved in Illinois Bine Book. . ??> ^From Collier's Weekly.) Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, is better understood by most Of us today than he wan. in his lifetime?though some of us Were keen enough to appreciate his qualities then?Minister to Bel? gium Brand Whitlock for one. This year Secretary of State Woods, of Illinois, places in hie "Blue Book" Gov. Altgeld's message to' young men *?a ringing invitation to service and to Ideale: , . "Ydnng men, life is before you. Two voices are calling you?one com? ing from the ewamps of selfishness and force, where success means death, and the other from the hilltops of justice and progress, where even fail? ure brings glory. Two lights are seen in your horizon?one the fast fading marsh light of power, and the other . i . . i the slowly rising sun of human brotherhood. Two ways lie open be? fore you?one leading to an ever low? er and lower plain, where are heard the cries of despair and the curses of the poor, where marthood shrivels nd possession rots down the posssesor; and the other leading off to the high? lands of the morning, where are heard tho glad shouts of humanity and where honest effort is rewarded with immortality.0 The Speeder. The speeder is a mistake of nature's which accidentally got classed as a human, and therefore can not be eradicated with a club. When na? ture finishes a speeder she gives him a single-barreled brain with one idea in it. This idea is the belief that it is smart to break the speed laws. As soon as a speeder is old enough to escape from his nurse he takes his father's automobile out and fulfills his mission. Speeders vary from ten to seventy years of age, but not very much In intellect. When a speeder 1? driving thirty-five miles an hour, im? periling life of all description, he is happy. When he is driving fifty miles an hour and buggies are being driven Into the ditch to escape him he is filled with deep Joy. When he is driving a mile a minute with the muffler cut out and the motorcycle cop hopelessly behind, his bosom swells and he would not trade places with a senator. .After a speeder tuts raced up and down a street for a few days he has torn up most of the road and has blown it 'Into people's faces and the nearby houses. Whenever a dense cloud of dust is seen there may be found a speeder also making him? self as welcome on earth as a chinch bug.?Orangeburg News. Real Cause of Destruction. The San Francisco earthquake ot April 18, 1906. had many premonitions, beginning on the coast ot British Co lumbia, and quakes extending to far South America. All parts of that lnv meriee ^oast have germs of earth* make ?vhlch may culminate at any intc . *"?meudous convulsions. Ev vftl remember, however, that t destruction In San Francisco tho direct result of the earth ?ut of the Incidental conflacr* lOfi Jh followed. THE RESPONSE. Hark! the gallant bugle's blowing! . Mark the war-drum's martial beat! 'Tis a nation's call to arms. When had duty to entreat? Hist! 1 hear the tramp responsive Of a mighty gathering host; Catch the cry, vVe come, we come!" Echoing from coast to coast. Chorus. March away oh, boys in khaki, march away. Don't you hear the bugles blowing? Hark, they say. "Lads in khaki, now's the hour! Up and p^ove your manhood's power. Now when darkening war-clouds low? er, Do not cower! Win the day! Will they all be marching homeward, When the victory is won? Some shall sleep, poor mangled he? roes, 'Neath old Mexic's burning sun. But, when Duty calls the soldier. Bandit-bullets hold no dread. Honor arms him with a courage That makes glorious her dead. Chorus, March away oh, boys in khaki, march away. Don't you hear the bugles blowing? Hark they say, "Lads in khaki, now's the hour! Up and prove your manhood's power! Now, when darkening war-clouds lower, / Do not cower! Win the day! / ?C. A. C. THE STATE CAMPAIGN. Itinerary of The Campaign Meetings for Candidates for State Offices. The schedule of the State campaign meeting for South Carolina: . Columbia, Tuesday, July 4. Lexington, Wednesday, July 5. Saluda, Thursday, July 6. Edgefleld, Friday, July 7. . Aiken, Saturday, July 8. Barn well, Tuesday, July 18. Hampton, Wednesday, July 18. Beaufort, Thursday, July 20. Rldgeland, Friday, July 21. Walterboro, Saturday, July 22. Charleston, Tuesday, July 25. St. George, Wednesday, July 26. B?mberg, Thursday. July 27. Qrangchurg, Friday, July i'8. St. Matthews, Saturday, July ??. Sumter, Tuesday, August 1. Manning, Wednesday, August 2. Moncks Corner, Thursday, Aug. 3. Georgetown, Friday, August 4. Kingstrce, Saturday, August 5. Florence, Tuesday, August 8. Marion, Wednesday, August 9. Conway. Thursday, August 10. Dillon. Friday, August 11. Darlington, Saturday, August 12. Bi8hopvllle, Tuesday, August 15. Bennettsvllle, Wednesday, Aug. 16. Chesterfield, Thursday, August 17. Camden, Friday, August 18. Lancaster, Saturday, August 19. Union, Tuesday, August 22. Gaffney Wednesday, August 23. York, Thursday, August 24 Chester, Friday, August 26. Winnsboro, Saturday, August 26. EXCURSION FARES *Yom Sumter to the Following Points, via Atlantic Coast Line, The Stand? ard Rallroadjof The South. Buffalo, N. T. $30.05 and return, account Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine Imperial Council, July 11-13. Tickets on sale July 8, 9 and 10th with final limit, returning July 23rd. The summer excursion rates will lie on sale on and after May 15th, with final limit returning October 31. Call 247, the Atlantic Coast Line ticket office and we will be glad to give you the rates, schedules or any concerning your summer trip. Or write Orville V. Player, Ticket Agent. Rain. There are so many things worse than rain that we refase to fret about It. If we had the toothache every other day for two months straight w? might growl; if an amateur cornet ist lived next door and practiced regular ly we should complain; if bills wer? sent in once a week instead of ouc? a month, if bores never went home, i1 all friendship were mercenary and false In adversity. If sickness visltec* us oftener and stayed longer than health. If malicious people were many and the kind few we might justifiably be miserable and remain so. But so long as so many worse things that could be don't arrive It can raio every day if It wants to. Most of oui joy la weatherproof. The 8quar?e Meal. Our language la a riddle. A man will eat a pound of round steak, s pyramid of mashed potatoes, half a dozen ova; biscuits, a triangle of pie, drink two cupe of flat coffee-?thee ?eil U a mueie meal.?Toledo Blade -?--i-1 ? 1 . ,.-'7TVi HACKS WILL FURNISH THRILLS. Motor Fans Will Have OpfjOtiunity of Seeing Plenty of Kport on Fourth. - I Motor fans will on Tuesday, July Fourth, have the opportunity of feeling plenty of thrills and seeing a big crowd for on that day there will be motorcycle races in the morn? ing and automobile races in the after? noon at the Sumter race track, afford? ing excitement sufficient to feed the morbid cravings of almost any of the speed maniacs. The motorcycle races will be at 11 o'clock in the morning and the .auto races will be at 4 o'clock in the after? noon. These hours have been select - I ed so as to conflict as little as pos? sible with the visitors here for the Wesley Bible Class Federation on that day, many of whom no doubt will take a few hours off from serious mat? ters to celebrate the Fourth at the race track. A feature which has been brought jointly by the promoters of the races and committee of the Bible Class Federation is the Jubilee Band from Columbia of which Prof. W. S. Schu? macher is the leader and director. This band will give concerts at the race course just prior to the races both morning and afternoon. The race track has been oiled and there will be no dust to inconvenience the spectators, as there was on the occasion of the races in- April. The grand stand Is in good shape and a* fence has been erected along the east? ern side of the track. Various other changes and improvements have been made and everything is in readiness for the races, for which bountiful prizes have been offered. REPORT FROM FUNSTON. Notifies War Department of Arrival of Carrizal Prisoners. Washington, June 30.?Gen. Fun ston officially reports today that the Carrizal prisoners have been turned over to Gen. Bell at El Paso. The horses and other property captured were promised to be returned today The Worst Ever. About the worst play that a South Carolina newspaper has made in many years is that wvhich has just been pulled off by the Lexington Dis? patch. An article was written, It soemp, by "he associate editor of the paper, a/fib, we take It, is over sealous in the effort to b< ost the fortunes of some other candidate for governor at the expense of Goferhor Manning and who attempted to op braid Governor Manning for a par? don granted to a Lexington man. Some two weeks ago The Dispatch carried an article which was severe In its criticism of Governor Manning for granting this pardon. The article was rather demagogic in tone and At? tempted to arouse the indignation of the voters of Lexington county. This week The Dispatch carries a statement from the office of Govern? or Manning, and the said statement, we understand, shows that the peti? tion for a pardon for the man was signed by the author of the article in The Dispatch, and also, we under? stand, by the editor of The Dispatch. You can imagine w.hat a foolish po? sition this puts the author of the article and his paper in. The onry excuse offered by the author is that men sometimes sign petitions too carelessly. That may be true, but we don't think we ever heard of a newspaper man signing a petitton fof the pardon of a convict, and then writing an article severely upbraid? ing a governor for pardoning the said convict. That was a new one on us, and we think it a new one in the annals of newspaper-lorn. If the papers who are fightin? Governor Manning so bitterly kee.j up such tactics as that they will cer? tainly help him far more than they will hurt him.?Spartanburg Herald. "Titanic" Wheat. The department has recently been advised by a correspondent in Califor? nia that a variety of wheat is being advertised under the name "Titanic." The assertion is made that it is a new variety of wheat discovered in Eng? land about four years ago, and that a small quantity of seed was brought to the United States by one of the survivors of the ill-fated Titanic. The Wheat Is represented as having ett tremely hinh yielding power, the re? turns reaching as high as 7,900-foll. A photograph sent by this corre? spondent shows a head identical in appearance with the widely exploitel "Alaska" wheat. Five acres of the wheat are said to be growtng in th<* State of Washington, and the seed, it is believed, will be offered ? at high prices after harvest. The department has no further or more definite Infor? mation concerning this variety, but farmers and dealers are cautioned to be ?>n their guard concerning this new exploitation. Thee Ceenitcd States Public Health Service guards American ports to ex? clude foreign dUcaare?