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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-11-09
every instinct and honor.

But it was in his home where
the true purity and unselfishness
OF his life shone forth so beautl-
faily. Since the death of biz
father he has kept the old home
intact for his mother and sisters.
Io them he was husband, father
and brother and life can never be
quite 80 bright to them since he is
gone.
I How patient and unseIfish he
was in his devotion to ,hem only
their aching hearts can tell, but
there is no bitterness in their
grief for he was perfect man and
his end waspeace. The day before
he died he spoke to Mrs. T. G..
Green of seeing such beautiful
lights; even then mortality was
putting on Immortality and tho
curtain of eternity was removed
long enough for him to see into
that city where there Is neither
day nor night, but God himself is
the light thereof.
We were present and saw him
die and as we gazed on his peace
full, calm countenance we lnvolun-
tarily exclaimed so death where
is thy sting"
1. No child in fond mothers
arms ever sank into unconscious
ress more peacefully than he fell
into that sleep from which he will
awaken no more on this earth.
He was dead, his spirit had re-
turned unto God who gave it, but
the noble life he lived, the virtues
he. exem plified, the good influence
he exerted, the happiness he cast
over those around him and the
host of mourners who followed
him to his final repose ar, mon
dment to his memory more en-
during than the hardest granite
and an epitaph moro eloquent
than the Bard of any age could
compose.
He was buried Friday evening
at Camp Creek church by the side
of his father after most appro-
pirate and beautiful service by his
pastor, Rev. Joseph T. Dendy
from the texts: 'Be ye therefore
ready also" and "Blessed are the
dead which die in the Lord from
heaceforth. Yea saith the spirit,
that they may rest from their
labours, and their works do fol-
low them"
When all that was mortal had
returned unto earth the newly
made mound was covered with
flowers and we left him there un-
til the earth and sea shall give up
their dead.
He sleeps IN honor, not a sourd
Shall stir his last repose,
A host of Gods encamps around
To save him from his foes.
..I"'
He has no fears of death nor life,
He's past their travails now,
No songs of peace nor sounds of
strife ;
Can rufne his calm brow.
What cares he now for mans
great grlefs,
He rests serene in that calm
spot.
At last he's found that great relief
And until now he knew it not.
He sleeps, no wailings of despair
Canpenetrate that mound of soil,
No voice can call him up from
there
Save one, that of Almighty God.
The devotion existing between
he and his family, was great indeed
and their grief is touching. To
the aged mother. and fond sisters
whose hearts almost died with him
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Dudley, was in town Monday.
Mrs. M. johnson and Mrs.
NJ. j. Perry will leave tomorrow
for visit to Atlanta.
Mrs L.Jacobson and children
are visiting relatives in Kershaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. p. Roddey
will 90 to Columbia today to at
tend the marriage of the formers
brother, Mr.. Jesse Roddoy.
Returns from the election
up to 8 O'Clock last night indicat
ed thststhe Republicans have car
ried every doubtful State.
-365 votes we're polled in ths
election at this precinct for So.
licitor; State and county officers
361; Constitutional amendments
Biennial sessions, "yes" 257, mo-
76; Municipal corporations,
eyes" 174, NO 81; repeal Road
Law, "yes" 27s, emo" 10; For
special road law, yes 311, NO
IA. The Parker electors rec ceived
364 votes, Roosevelt electors % .
Finley for Congress 1853, White
%.
"A. 9. Hunter and children
left for Lancaster yesterday morn
ing. They will make Lancaster
their future home.-Rock Hill Re-
cord.
Miss Lillian Gregory, pu.
pil OF the Greenville Female Col
lege, is at home fora short, vis-
it.
FOR salel A fine bay mare
good buggy and work animal, ~
years old. Apply to E. D. Gun
ningham.
-Wantedl A teacher for the
Carmel school to open Dec. 1st.
j. +. Williams, Trustee.
Lancaster, r. +. D., No. 4.
Lost! About 3 week. ago,
probably on Newcut road, a vest
pocket memorandum. Finder will
be rewarded by leaving at this Of
fee.
The New ca: school will open
next Monday, with Miss Minnie
Caskey as teacher.
Tt ere will be services in the
A. R. P. church next Sabbath
night, at 7 O'Clock, by the pas.
tor. Rev. Paula Prsssly.
Carl, the three year old son
of Mr.. Lewis f. Robertson, of
Pleasant Hill had the misfortune
to fall while playing in the front
piazza at his fathers home last
Friday and break his right leg just
above the knee. The limb was
properly sot and placed in plaster
of paris by Drs Mellow andMoore,
and the little fellow is getting along
very we'll.
The Sheriff sold one track of
land last Monday-Ben. F. Black :
mon place, 483 acres for 81, $50.
Mr.. w. U. Clyburn was the
purchaser. The lands of j, D.
and D. L. Bailey, also advertised,
were withdrawn from sale, , settle
ment having been made before the
day of sale.
There will be preaching at Viii
Hanson school house on Friday,
25th inst. at 10 .. m. Dr.. Bold
ridge and Rev. r. ]. Black mon
will be present to ordain Rev. J..
M. Pardue and two deacons.
A new schsd ule went into
effect on the Southern Sunday.
The passenger trains arc now
due at Lancaster as follows {:
No. 118. gsing east, at 7.55 ..
NJ, same slime as heretofore {;
No. ia, going east, at 1925 ..
M, instead OF II. 40 q. m. No.
113, going west, at 2.O7 p. m,
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Local M atters

CONTINENTS OF REV. J. II. wRIrK.
Unity, lst and Sd Sabbath.
Oils reek, 2d and 4th Sabbath, II
m.
Pleasant Hill, ID and 4th Sabbath.
u m.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-20
Glad of 1t.

An out of town visitor stepped into
an auction room the other day to see
what sort of knickknacks We're being
sold. He did not know that the at
tendance was composed chiefly of pro-
fessional buyers, and noted that it
looked shabby.
Nov, I'll give your pocketbooks a
rest" said the auctioneer. Here Is a
simple little vase with China designs.
What am bid?"
He held up Il dusty, diminutive piece
of porcelain. which looked rather pref
ty through the dust.
Five" said someone.
Ten" said second.
"Fifteen" said the interested OnlOok-
err ,jingling his available 30 cents in
his pocket.
The little vase was bid UP until the
man from out Of town reluctantly bid
his 33 cents
"I'll have to walk home he reflect
ed. but 1t isn't far to the hotel.
don't see how these people make any
money
But the price scared UP till the vase
was finally knocked down to the last
bidder at go
Then the out Of town mans knees
were loosened, and his tongue cleaved
10 the roof Of his mouth when he saw
the purchaser nonchalantly hand over
four twenty-dOllar bills. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-20
The Brave at Home.

The maid who binds her warriors sash
That smile that well her pain dissem
bles,
The while beneath her dropping lash
One starry tear-drop hangs and trem
bles
And fame shall never know her story
Her heart has shed drop as dear
As e'er believed the field of glory.
The wife who girds her husbands sword
Mid little ones who weep or wonder
And bravely speaks the cheering word.
What though her heart be rent asun-
der.
Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear
The bolts of death around him rattle.
Has shed as sacred blood as e'er
Was poured upon the field of battle
The mother who conceals her grief
While to her breast her son she
presses,
Then breathes few brave words and
brief.
Kissing the patriot brow she blesses
With no one but her secret God
To know the pain that weighs upon
her,
Shed holy blood ~ Ger the sod
Received on Freedoms field of honor
Thomas Buchanan Read.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-20
RAPID BRiDGE-BUILOlNG.
Iron Work Manufactured, Shipped
Hundreds of Miles and Erected.


Wherever the demand is made. the
engineer must make the face Of the
earth fit his purpose. In the wildS OF
the Andes he must throw his structure
of steel across torrential ravlne from
precipice on one side to the mouth of
a tunnel on the other At distances Of
thousand Of miles from the place of
manufacture the parts Of the bridge
must fl like watchworks when put to-
gether in the finished structure.
Five years ago the Pencoyd Bridge
Company. of Philadelphia, manutac
tured for the English government the
famous Atbara bridge in seven spans
of one hundred and fifty feet each.
weighing one and one-half million
pounds. in twenty nine working days
The metal was shipped to Egypt. and
carried more than Il thousand miles up
the Nile Valley into the Soudan. After
arriving at it's destination 1t was put
together on its piers, ready for railway
traffic. within sixty days, without using
any timber staging and with absolute
accuracy Of fit In all Its parts. This
bridge was imperative for the success
of the plans Of Lord Kitchener in the
campaign that made his fame and for
tune.
In 1900 the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany built the GOkteik double track
railroad viaduct to cross a ravine in
Burma. This viaduct is nearly half a
mile long and three hundred and TWEEN
ty feet high In its highest portion and
the weight Of manufactured metal was
about three and one-half million
pounds This structure was shipped
from the place Of manufacture just
about half way around the globe. and
then transported several hundred miles
inland, and rapidly erected. with every
bolt and rivet fitted accurately in its
place.-Woman's Home Companion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-20

Languages will help If they do not take
too much time. Chemistry is the foun-
dntion Of all sciences; the boy cannot
do without that. Geology helps. Bot
any helps. All these and other
things but lay broad the foundation
for a profitable agricultural education
and make man able to understand
and appreciate this world of which he
Is a part. The life Is more than the
meat.
The tendency of modern agriculture.
with its machinery and horse power.
enabling men to reap wide fields. Is
essentially destructive. There is great
need of scientific and practical teach
ings Of soils and maintaining and re-
storing fertility to them. You cannot
learn that of the farmer practicing his
art on the prairies today He is Il
SCHROEDER. and wisely enough; for all
pioneers must be soi-robbers. The
young generation of farmers must cease
to be soil-robbers. The farmer is a
business man. lie must know with
defniteness and skill many things. He
must know how wisely to choose cattle
for feeding. to buy feedstuffs wisely
for them. to feed them economically
Thanks to modern methods practical
men. skilled in these arts. are now to
be found in our agricultural colleges.
Agricultural education pays we'll In
the joy that it brings the young farm
err The common processes OF the art
take OH new meaning. AS he plows,
instead of turning up dead soil he Is
turning up the history Of the world
since the very rocks cooled. He is
thinking of the chemistry of that soil
and of the problems concerning it and
It's productiveness-pro problems that
neither he nor his sons will find all
settled 1t Is nowhere a dead world to
him, but source of thought and pleas
ure everywhere. He will do things
better. he will make more money for
his training. but what Is as important.
he will take new interest and pleas
ure in doing things.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-20
THE JOY OF KNOWING.

knowledge Farmers Should Have
Value of Contact with Soil.
There was a day. says Breeders Ga
zette, when the farm was a little world
The farmer did 1t ALL knew it ALL
He sold little he bought little.
His men were paid in kind. A
days work WAS exchanged for
bushel Of wheat. If the farmer
owned his soil he could hardly fail to
live we'll. He could even make money
if he had the advantage of living close
to cities. There were no railways. The
praireS and the deserts were untamed
The farmer then did not know how
badly he did things. He had not found
out how costly many Of his practices
were. His cattle were fed and fat
/ tened when to 6 years old. His
wethers must be years old. There
was even a "4year-old" club in En-
gland, the purpose of which was to
maintain the practice of eating only
4-year-old mutton. Rotation of crops
was little practiced. Fertility was
maintained, if at all, by careful saving
of manures. In that point our fathers
were often better than their sons
While the oldfashioned farmer sold
little he also bought little. He did not
go into the markets for feeding cattle
or sheep: he did not go on the market
for foodStutfs or fertilizers. He kept
cows the maids MIXED and made but
ter the calves were grown on the
place; they We're finally fattened and
sold. The farmer did not dream Of
shipping them to market himself. He
did not much watch markets. He
knew little about sources of supply
In feeding cattle or sheep, or as to ages
most profitable to buy. There was then
much less need that the farmer should
| be an educated business man. There
was need that he should he economical,
saving, skilled In all manner of trades
and arts, for he made his own tools,
soap. shingles, candles, clothes. houses.
He was a carpenter, builder skilled
axman, swung the scythe and cradle.
half-sOled his own boots.
The schools were ruder then. The
| iitl uitI sui WI hVu anu
evening, going generally late to school,
learned to read, spell cypher. little
Of geography. What he learned did not
wean him away from the soil. He read
steady going papers by the fire of win
ter's evenings and good old fashioned
books. To-day the whole system of
schooling Is changed. Boys are pushed
as much at 10 as we did at Is. There
Is no longer any time for them to do
work on the farm before or after school
hours They bring their books home
from school. They get little thus far
in their books to lead them to think of
the farm or of agriculture. We will
not say that modern school systems are
inferior to the old, but we do believe
there is too much divorcing of brain
work, study and hand work. Boys are
best Off when they have plenty of ac-
tual contact with the soil and the real
work Of the farm in connection with
all the schooling you care to give. We
are not giving too much education to
our boys SO much as we are neglecting
to give them the right kind. Mathe-
mates will not hurt but will help.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-20

styles OF 1880 remain only in suggestions
seen here and there, and fashions of a
still earlier day are replacing them. From
the latter time. for instance. are most
of the surplice bodices now in revival.
and likewise the deeply pointed bodice is
drawn from them. Tailor gowns and all
simple street dress are little affected by
this delving in the bygone. but once the
field OF dressy get-ups is reached the
fashions Of century ago are drawn on
very freely. Not little quantness re-
suits, and not infrequently there is at
tanned that suggestion of simplicity that
requires the expenditure OF much time
and money. gown marked by quaint
ness has the central place in the next
picture. 1t was brown cloth and Irish
lace. On either side are less striking
models in which the ornamentation il
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-20

than from the shoulder. In not few
sleeves there is puff at both shoulder
and elbow. In a great many of the new
models is nterlning of the crinoline or
der. A. yet this is employed in moder-
ate fashion, but it is medium that
easily can be carried to extremes and
that usually is whenever it comes into
style
Most Of these sleeves. especially those
that give promise of numerous adopters
are better suited to capes than to coats
with sleeves like those now provided
And as capes are more numerous than
at any time in several years. their adop-
ton may be counted on. Evening capes
are so far in two distinct grades. the
simple and the elaborate. The one is
usually Of some fine quality of cloth in
white or very light shade. The cut and
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-20

hidden. The first of these types Is Illus
trated here in the middle OF the second
illustration, in a garment of white cloth
shirred and banded with while corded
silk. Coats present much the same con
trast. though in general coats are sim
pier than they were last winter. and
comparatively few of the coats meant to
keep the wearer warm are trimmed Law
shiy. When il comes to the coats that
are more accessory than garment. the
sort sales folk speak of as affairs.
Ella borateness is unlimited. The Irish lace
wrap of the accompanying initial Is in
dicative OF what rules. Samples OF sen
sible coats appear in the next picture
One was tan cloth and brown velvet. the
other dark brown cheviot and stitched
bands. AS yet there is no indication or
u run of those coolest of chilly gar
ments. the brief shoulder cape. Most
of the cape models are warm. and not
few coats have cape finish. Consld-
cradle variety appears in this. the range
being from coats topped by capes OF pen
wiper proportions. to those in the dolman
grade.
Smooth cloths or rough cloths. that IS
question. 1t would seem to be one that
manufacturers had been unable to an
sver to their satisfaction. for it seems a.
s they had provided both. Dressmakers
announces that broadcloths are to come
in again l.; would seem as if they were
due. and certainly there is a splendid Of
fering Of such materials. On the other
hand are many rough coated fabrics. And
not only are there some Of these that
were not done to death at the time Of
the last zibeine craze. but there are 9th
ers which plainly are brand new. Such
hardly can get the go-by altogether. 1t
is noticeable that the newer OF these
rough stuffs are soft. and that is their
Lest characteristic, for softness is to he
a feature of the winter fabrics. This
would seem greatly to favor the goods OF
hroadcloth grade. and likely they will
come out in the lead.
The very start Of the last century is to
he the period from which designers are
to draw most freely this winter. The
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-20
\ Song to Brave Women.

4 Song to Brave Women.
They we're married in the autumn when
the leaves were turning gold.
Aud the mornings bore Il menace of the
winters coming cold;
Side by side they stood aud promised
hand in hand to walk through life.
Aud the parson said. God bless YOU!
MS he named them man and wife.
They had little wealth to aid them: little
of the world they knew;
Bat he whispered. "Oh. my darling,
have riches-l lave--you.'
Then they vowed chat. walking ever side
by side and hand in hand.
They would gain the distant submits OF
their far-off. happy land.
Side by side they walked together. lin
gerinE sometimes for kiss,
Dreaming of those far-off SUBMITS, OF
the futures perfect bliss:
But the battle-stress was on them. and
the foeInan babe them yield.
md their onward steps were hidden ny
the smoke upon the field;
And his heart grew faint within him. as
he murmured. II must fall.
For the foeman presses ever. and ms
cohorts conquer all.
But the woman, loyal ever, only whis-
pered. You shall win.
You shall snatch the victor's laurel from
the battle-strife and din
Then again he struggled onward, though
his wounds We're gaping wide.
Listening ever for a whisper--"l am bat
thing by your side
Struggling onward. struggling ever,
though the mistS were dark about;
Beaten downward by the foemen, lost in
mists Of gloom and doubt.
Still he heard that gentle whisper that
his spirit must obey,
Till he reached the golden submits past
the borderland of gray.
Then the world. as wise as ever, said,
Behold a consuering knight
For it never heard the whisper that had
urged him to the height.
Call it fable fable only: TO- the world is
full of these,
Men who struggle onward, upward, till
the splendid prize they seize;
Men who stumble. stumble often. dazed
and stricken in the din,
But to rise and falter forward at the
whisper, You shall VIM
And we name them knights and heroes of
the battle and the fray,
Knowing not that there behind each is
the one who showed the way:
Just some little loyal woman, forcing
back the tears that blur
You may honor your brave hero; | will
sing u song to her.
Alfred j. Waterhouse, in Success.
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Terrible as are the mseres of the
battlefield and the hospital. they do not
equal the notwithstanding suspense
war.
The pain which must be borne in in
action is of itself paralyzing to the will
and to high resolve. A man overheard
I'm mid -ocenn, for example suffers a
fear beside which that of the battle
field is tlihe. The bravest of men,
alone in the waves, will turn coward
although he may have a life-buoy and
practical certainty Of rescue. But the
heart which tainted at its own pow
eriessness before the great forces Of
nature moving remorselessly on may
the field Of battle.
TO women war must be always like
the untamable sea--a succession of bill
lows. rising each above the other, and
each capable of enguItng the world of
love and hope in its bitter depth. No
Woman's hand can stay them. No
woInan's voice can calm them. And
so. on the steppes of Russia and in
the villages of Japan to-day. women
are praying. in strange tongues and
with fantastic rites. but with world
old mngling Of cowardice and cour-
age, of love OF country and hatred Of
war. that the angel of peace may again
fold his wings over the earth.-Youth' $
Companion.
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/ see" said the spokesman. I'VE want to
have half holiday every Saturday.
Now. If you will be particularly nice
to Mr.. Jones for a few days. We'll go
to him and ask" Gentlemen" the
lady haughtlly interrupted. do you
imply that ! do not understand what
is due to my husband?" "Oh, | know
all about it," the spokesman went on.
I'm married myself. Things go wrong
in the house, and you're tired and cross
at breakfast Then we suffer at the
office. You stay up late to chaperone
your daughter at IL ball. and we have
more trouble ut the office. You're bit
cross three mornings in succession, for
one reason or another, and we have
-a-terrible time at the office. You
see how the matter stands. and how
greatly you will Oblige us by being
more than usually agreeable to Mr..
Jones for three or four days? The
| fourth day give him the best breakfast
you can-everything that he likes best
and we'll get what we want in three
| minutes. Talk about woman having
no influence in the business Why, the
hulnOr she's in has more effect than a
bank failure or boom in trade" She
thought she ought to be angry. but,
instead, she laughed, and agreed to the
| proposition. and four days later when
they waited on the head of the firm, he
made the closing hour II o'clock. and
said that never in the history of the
firm had things run as satisfactorily as
they had the last four days All hail
to the power behind the throne. Fix
change.
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OLD
FAvORiTES

an Take You Home Again, X athIeen."
I'll take you home again. Kathleen,
Across the ocean wild and wide.
To where your heart has ever been,
Since first you were my bonnie bride :,
The roses all have left your cheek.
I've watched them fade away and die;
Your voice is sad whene'er you speak,
And tears be in your loving eye.
Chorus:
Oh. | will take you back. Kathleen.
To where your heart will feel no pain
And where the fields are fresh and green.
I'll take you to your home again.
l know you love me. Kathleen. dear.
Your heart was ever fond and true.
l always feel when you are near
That life holds nothing dear but YOU
The smiles that you once gave to me
! scarcely ever see them now.
Tho many. many times | see
A darkening shadow on your brow.
TO that dear home beyond the sea,
My Kathleen shall again return.
And when thine old friends welcome thee
Thy loving heart will cease to yearn.
When laughs the little silver stream.
Beside your mothers humble cot,
And brightest rays of sunshine gleam,
Then all your grief will be forgot.