The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-02-04


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trntil that "rhe:e is n stream tE"
rivers whpraof sha|l max, g;,!I ;he
City Of G"d.'
Then thAre is tue hijtpr>, hnotner
quiat and most delightful sp':, a
favorise place where the p'opIa con ,
gregate and promenade on pleasant
days to enjoy the fresh sea breeze
which rides1in on the crest ard in
the spray of the waves and billows
rolling and dashing from the broad
Atlantic, just scross and beyond the
bay, of which the eye never ties and
the heart is always ready to under
stand why it is the pride of every
Charlestonian who loves his city.
If you visit the city hospita! and
see the crippled and suffering ones
writhing in agony, you will have
mingled in your pity gratitude fol
the health and strength and capacity
for enjoyment which merciful
Providence so richly bestows upon
some and in bis wisdom withholds
from others.
But the rich and the poor, the
we'll and the sick, the happy and the
unhappy, all hear and in their diff
ferent moods drink in the sweet
chimes which ring out from st.
Michaers and St. Matthews, and
which tell to the afflicted more than
to the strong that some day, some
where, there is JOY for them; for it is
the weak and suffering one who is
strengthened by the chimes, just as
the voice of the singer is most
touching when her. heart IS bleeding,
The highest appreciation of life and
blessings comes through sickness and
struggles. The chimes carry the
thoughts upward and onward.
But there are many sights and
many things to attract attention
here. You are full of life and an
ticipation; you want to move along
with the crowds up King street on
your way to the exposition. They
have some pretty streets here, but
King street is where the throng is
ever to be found, day and night. A
constant stream of people is always
pushing along, coming aud going,
on both sides. Crowded trolley cars.
carriages and other vehicles are in
line. Richly attired men and women
and children crowd the magnificent
stores and buy to their hearts con.
tents while the blind beggars with
! trembling hand hold up their cups in
vain for the dimes which fall not
there from the rich mans purse, ex
cept occasionally. The blind receive
their living from the nickels and
pennies of those who know by expe
rience what it means to shiver in the
cole and feel the paugs of hunger
and want.
But we leave and forget the poor
beggar in his blindness and wretch
edness; we are all in the pursuit ol
happiness; we want to see life and
beauty; what care We that the
blind mans wife and children are
hungry and cold; it's no business o1
ours; give US our daily bread and
dinners and cigars; we can treat and
be treated with money to burn and
throw away-it is not for the blind
and the sick, the widows and the
orphans, but for our till-and de
struction.
Jostling along up King, in addi-
ton to crowds of Charlestonians and
other Carolinians, white and black
and colored, and the American from
other states, we see the Indian, the
Londanese, the Cuban, the japanese,
the Chinese, the Egyptian, the AL
gerian, the Turk, the Arab, the Es-
quimaw, the Filipino, and perhaps
others that cannot be recalled at this
writing, all bound for the exposition
some boarding the trolleys, others
walking to the grounds, while music
fills the air and intermingles with