The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
REHOBOTH AND PHOENIX.
Introductory Speech-The ChiIdrcn's
Beautiful Part.

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Greenwood, S. c., May IL, 1895.
Eitor Press and Banner:
! Last Saturday. May II, was "thihren!
! Day" at RehohOih near PhOrniX. NotWith
sandin" the busy time with the farmers
there WAS II good crowd present. persons from
ley and other places. The decorations ant
! notices were hraui iinl and were taSily ar
ranged. Rev w; w. Jones. pastor, presided
Mr.. j. Clayton Allen. OF PtOeniX. delivered al
eleven O'Clock n. H., the following
WELCOME AND OPENING ADDRESS.
Indies and Gentlemen: We welcome each
and every one of you To all the privileges o
| this happy children s day. This day, ~ seems
to me, should be lie happeSt of ali the year
! Dreary, dreary wiEler has at last given up hel
claitn to this section of "mnther EARTH and
SEriug, in all her prImeval beauty. has been
usherei in 10 take her place. What u con.
lrasL between today and one three months
ago, Then. The ground was covered with
snow, the freezing birds had no heart tn sing
| the piercing winds blew from the cold North,
and scarcely any signs Of II ife could be seen.
| Now, bright smiles greet us on every hand
| the melodiOuS songs OF happy birds touch our
ears with their soft music; gentlest zephyrs
cool our heated br0wS and lull our aching
heads To rest; the flowers vie with each other
| in beauty aud fill the air with their sweet fra
GRANGE; even all nature has put on her man
lie of green. dotted herr. and there. and yOn.
d. r. with "tlowrrets Of a thousand hues." II
lS on Il day, III the midst of season Ike TINS,
that we have come here to celebrate our chill
dren'S day.
| This is ~ day TO forget Orr sorrows and
cares. a day To he glad and happy. Coming
Immediately after drear winter as II does,
| spring is appreciated in two-foId manner.
Spring time is time for joy and pleasure-a
time when "a young mans fancy nghtIy
turns to thoughts OF love" and, ] dare say,
many are fieqnenting the babblinS brooks,
| glist.ning meadS, wildwood spots and hunt
| ing "sweet furgei-t e-nots that grow for hap
N lnverg
twilight imagining:
JAll thoughtS) that youthful poets dream
On summer ewes by haunted stream
This is day to encourage these Thoughts
Of love-" When this entertainment Is over
and we have partaken of the epicurean re-
past which is to be spread before us, these
young men Will conduct the blushing maid
tales of love.
I'm notes with many a winding bout
OF linked sweetness long drawn out.
Perhaps ere finish. you may think, and
rightly too, that my speech is as changeable
AS love itself But such thoughts as these,
howe'er pleasant they may be. must not mo.
nopOllZe all OF our attention. We must direct
our thoughts to the sterner realities of life.
We have many duties TO perform. many priv
ileges that should be taken advantage OF.
Opportunities upon opportunities present
themselves 10 US. Do we make the best use
and we should not neglect them.
Some of us act "aS though 10 breathe were
liie," and why this dormant state: The great
giant, Progress, goes on In his majestic
strides: wonderful Inventions are being con-
Slautly made; new mysteries in science are
being brought 10 light; the whole civilized
world is going, As II were, at hreakneck
Speeu-yeL We remain inactive! Let US learn
To "act, act in The living present, heart With
| n and God O'erhead
We must live less for self and more for God
and humanity. We have but to look around
us 10 see some discouraged one, who needs q
kind word to cheer him. or helping hand
ami sympnLhiZing heart To tighten his bur
den. Lie Is dear; life is priceless. We have
how soon death, tne mystic sleep, will claim
uS for his OWN;
"I.et us then, be up and doing,
With a heart Tor every fate:
Still achieving. still pursuing,
Learn 10 labor and TO walt"
What is life? If 1t is anything, II Is expert
ence. and all experience is an arch, where
through gleans that untravelled world,
whose margin fades forever and forever when
We move We are fitted for life by our joys,
SORROWS, trials and temptations. Let ns each
ascend the hill OF life and reach the highest
temple of ideals upon the everlasting peak OF
truth ; let us find strength ITO strive, To seek,
To find, and not to yield - SO that when we
reflect ourselves in the mirror OF the past, no
detormed features will anywhere be visible
II Ie be eXceIed by noble acts and deeds. show
Ing that our ideals were at all times lofty,
pure and genuine.
We live In an age OF thought and the quick
est thinker is the most successful man. Let
us shape our lives after the Grand Model, the
King Ut Kings. We all can not make our
names great and Immortal, yet we can every
one help ourselves as well as Others In solving
the problem Of life for the bttterment OF hu-
munity, silently, notify and well. Then our
lives will not he miSSpent. and when time,
with us, shall be no more. we may, like the
great, glorious sun, "leave behind us foot
prints ON the sands Of time"
PROGRAMME.
Recitation by Miss Lille Dominick and
Steve TOlbert.
RecilatiOn-"IIive for Som Dg'-by group
Miss Leila Stockman, George Ethridge.
Miss Kate Stock nan. Willie Worthington,
Miss Lille DOmiuirk, George Stock man,
Miss Nunna MUseley. Jake St0ckman,
Miss Annie W orth Dgton, Robert Tolbert,
Miss Rebecca MettS, TillmHn Domtnick,
Miss Eu Ia StOckmau, John Slockman,
MisS Josie Moseley. Joe Brace Hutchison,
Miss Salie Dom mick, Bennett Gordon,
Miss Bessie Tolbert, Norman Hutchison,
Miss Leila McCool, Belton Dominick,
Miss Benne Porter. Henry Stock man,
Miss Kate Hutchlson, Claiborn Moseley,
Miss Lidie Porter, Willie Dominick,
NJ iss Kate Porter, Arthur Tolbert,
Miss Mamie Dominick, Willie Duncan,
Miss Lula Richardson, Floyd Worthington,
Miss Alice Burnett, Arthur Richardson,
Miss Bessie Metts, Joe Metts.
Miss Ettie Porter, Freddie Duncan,
Miss Mamie w ortingt ton, Ellie McCool,
Miss Minnie Haster, Eddie Duncan,
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