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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-09-29

pCciI llhiiOcp; Guu Ull0So dIC lhpIOV6u
by the II. F. ID. and telephone. While
the countryman formerly received his
mail but once a week, now it comes
to him daily. Hence he is interested
In what Is going On In the world and
now looks forward to the coming OF
his mail with great delight. His
mental powers are being cultivated
and 1T Is but a question Of a very short
time before our farmers will be wen
posted In current events. Then we
may look forward to renewed energy
and yea J. every department. OF sCcle.
ty and government. Who can pre-.
dict the advantages Of the telephone,
especially to country life We find
the farmer standing In his home talk
ing with the merchant miles away and
even getting reports direct from the
great markets. This places him In a
position to sell and buy in~telligen:ly.
He no longer waits for his ncighbor
TO bring the news from the city once
a week but Is In daily contact with it,.
NOW, gentlemen, we come to the
point where our farmers are no longer
slumbering but have opened their eye
to existing circumstances and have
organized to protect themselves
against the spectators who sit down
and appropriate the profits that should
justly 80 to the producer. Wedo not
propose to forget or oppose our city
brother but on the contrary what IS
for the welfare Of the farmer Is for
tho good OF our towns. Depress the
farmer, keep him poor and Il cities
Will never grow. DO away with the
farmer end 0 20 our cities Will grow
up In weeds. Truly the farm Is the
backbone OF the country. Take that
away and we find q limp man, incap.
able Of work and soon death follows.
Show me fine farms and | will show
you progressive towns. In this Or
~ganlzatiOn, we need men OF education,
men who are leaders. We need men
who are not afraid Of opposition, but
who, seeing the right, will stand up
for 1t in the face Of all dimculty. We
need mon Of brains to gnide na in this
great work and when once thoroughly
organized the farmer will reap benc.
fits beyond his most 9anguine dreams.
1T was said that we could not organ.
ize. Our movement was laughed at
and ridlculed, but, gentlemen, the
world has been surprised at our sue
cess and strength. Our Southland
has had millions already brought here
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-09-29

ana marketing these products.
Mother education nor anything elso
should evcr make US codsider oursol-
yes too good to work, and the sensible
practical mar will not be thus affect.
ed.
Let Ia see what can be done toward
improving cur stock and manufactur,
ing our own fertilizers IN the place
OF the old razor. back hog which re-.
quired a weather boarded fence to
hold 1t and requiring two years to
weigh n hundred and fifty pounds,
we now have u improved breeds,
that easily make from $50 $50 pounds
In twelve months. Our sheep are I'M
proved so that they produce twice as
much mutton and wool In a given
time; end our cattle are such that
ever the most fastidIous will be pleas.
ed TO see them. While cur forepar-
ents kept their COWS and other stock
In an opon pen or lot exposed to the
severe rains and storms OF the winter,
VIC have learned the Importance Of
giving them good stables and sufficient
food, thereby causing them to give
more milk and the young to grow
rapidly. Besides that they act as a
fertilizer factory, converting the food
given them into a manure that not
only gives temporary but lasting re.
suits. The stable manure from o COW
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vase in the shape Of gourd, coated with
the mirror block or ravens wing glaze
over which in pencillings Of gold are floral
scrolls and conventional borders.
It would be not uninteresting TO know
what name we should now have for the
glaze known IA celadon, OF which there
il considerable number Of specimens
in the Waggaman collection, II there had
not happened to be in the minds Of French
men that popular novel hero who gave
his name TO his sea green clothes in the
seventeenth century. ching names the
color in Chinese, short and musical sound;
but perhaps we shouldn't like it.
Capt. Brinkley tells a story Of famous
niece OF celadon which exalted its owner
to poetic flights through its wonderful
purity Of color. the -peewit censor as
the owner named IL. a piece about four
inches in circumference and the same in
height. Carrying it home in his bosom,
and hearing the musical note of the peewit
sounding over a nnoonht moor il seemed
to him a fitting thing TO call the peerless
censor after the solitary, soft voiced bird -
Among the Corean pieces Of the collection
is a large thirteenth century jar of stone
ware. Of dense gray with a cream white
glaze within and without, decorated in
panels bearing figures Of Taoist sages.
with bordering foiations done in dark
red and bright green enAnels. The piece
is said o have been iu a palace in the prov
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CHENG-HUA BOTTLE of an ancient club
WITH fRfDEsCENT GLAZE house betook them
AND FABULOUS BIRDS. selves to the shade
Of the trees. how human they arel
Behold Yuan Chung-iung, studying con-
tent and moderation and at the same TIME
winning fame as a lover Of music and wine;
careless, jovial old Lin Po-lun, who could
give points to Fat Jack or Sir Toby and
wanted grave digger for his constant
companion, 10 bury him quickly II he died
drunk; blbulous Chi Shu-yeh, man oil letters
as he was, who was condemned as prvy
IN the blaok arts and cheerfully and con-
temptuously tuned his guitar on the way
10 the scafTorld, Shan Chu-yuan, the states
man; Wang Chun-chung, who let slaves
work while he spent himself at pleasure
and Yuan Tzu-tsung, public man, VINO
preferred philosophio discourse and con
termination 10 the strife OF ambition and
the bauble reputation in the public eye.
They are here in lacquer, the exquisite
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The Wassaman Collection
Art Marvels of the Orient
to Be Dispersed in This City


examples OF English. French, Dutch and
Florentine painters, which command adj
miration, with little "Old Master" allure
ment.
For its japanese screens and kakemonos
the collection has won enthusiastic expert
commentator not less than for its pot =
teries. Some of them are stored. az in
the case of one fine screen which was brought
to this country by well known Japanese
Prince soUe years ago, who. finding the
descent to Ayernus rapid in the Occident.
parted with this treasure, among others,
at a sacrifice.
Once Boston's museum tried vainly
to buy it from him, Then for long It lay
in storage .ip Sixth avenue. eventually to
find its way TO the Waggaman house in
Washington and now again to come into
the market place through fort une's muta-
tions.
Who would not revel in the art stic sym
bolism Of the East or marvel at the patient
genius who spends month in the carving
of a netsuke little button which pre-
vents a suspended tobacco pouch or medi-
cine case from dropping through ones
belt?
There plainly is genius The infinite ca
pacity for taking pains. and the place
for that woman who won the admiration
of Stevenson because she could wonder
herself crazy over the mysteries Of the
human eyebrow And how close by is the
Orient. after all; how homogeneo Gus human
conceptions.
In my eye. it's all in your eye, says
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he desired TO buy II for his Government.
but 1t could not be withdrawn from this
collection, and It is probable now that the
Toxic Government will. through its agents,
full blade.
The antique Japanese potteries in the
collection, which TO those who understand
them appeal az one Of the strongest features
Of it and 10 others speak with their own
peculiar fascination. number more than a
thousand specimens. They include eS-
amples OF Avail. Bizen or Imbe Agano.
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Nlto7 short is the time allowed for the
.,ftbriuu ~ the paintings and objects
es.,, belonging TO tho collection of Thomas
= Wleriman Of Washington, which we're
,,l,cc5 an public view at the American
=. Galleries yesterday prior to their sale
n, auction beginning on Wednesday Of
hi. vcci, The sale, ordered by the court
Of the u,'uct Of Columbia will occupy
more ,h,n week. including several even
Ing SESSIONS
Bgyer- in numbers from all parts Of this
country and from other countries Will
,ie wI,b ono another during the nine days
c,muerton for the collection offers prizes
,,hich 700 seldom come upon the market;
mud GREATER numbers Of art lovers will
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theearth swarning on this mound Of riches
hurrahing in all the languages Of the globe
hurrying, struggling stumbling, falling
picking themselves up. swearing, curslng
exclaiming. while each carried OF some
thing. Now and again the cry
Fire. Everybody rushed out, letting
everything fall, and extnguished the fire
by heaping on it silks and damascenes
and furs II was like the dream Of hashish
eater
II admit that my heart bled on seeing,
for instance the space which separated
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inoe Of Kags, in Japan. since the sixteenth
century, Lafcadio Hearn has told us that
the Lord Of Kaga. some centuries ago,
bad an income of 5000. 600 which would
make It appear that some OF the earlier
Japanese mobiles would perhaps not be so
surprised at the fortunes OF modern art
colectorsas the minimizing light suppose.
Those Yankees of the Orient, the Japa-
nese, profted not only by the older civili-
cation OF the Chinese. ages ago. as they
have advantaged themselves through con-
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Yanagawa. Takatori, Mako Akashi, Higo,
Hizen, Karatsu, Hrado, haga. Kutani.
Imado, Dwarf and Shine. with other va
rietes further specialized and described
in the catalogue for the benefit Of the stu
dent collector.
Among the other art curios OF the colleo-
ton are Japanese pipes Of silver, iron and
shibuichi; pipe cases Of bone, horn, bamboo
and wood; tobacco pouches OF various
sort. with and without pipes and cases !;
snuff bottles Of porcelain, glass, jadeite.
rock crystal and agate sake cups in varied
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tact with Western
civilization during
the last half cen
fury, but they ben
Gifted early by ex-
perience with the
Coreans az we'll,
and ii is not.
therefore, out Of
order TO return in
this notice to the
men Of Nippon by
way Of China and
Corea. And what
is more attractive
in its way among
Japanese produce
tions than he
varied sw ord 8,
knives, da ggers
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American galleries should have arrived
here at all through the routes Of com
merce. The artistic wealth revealed in
their magnificent PROPULSION is overwhelm-
ing. notwithstanding that New York has
seen number OF the finest collections.
including more notable pieces, in the Chinese
sections especially.
Ones mind runs back TO the early speci-
mems which arrived in Europe from China
and Japan, and the glorious surprises they
were to the West. Yet TO what mistaken
enterprise they gave rise on the part Of
the Dutch. who with their privileges at
japanese ports had Western forms and
they, the Dutch, established The in
Vulnerable objects Of beauty in pottery
and porcelain, and in other lines Of manu-
facture, in the present collection are so
many inducements TO joyful Thanksgiving
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BLACK HAWTHORN years ago in this
LANTERN. IL EGdshKLL ci'y,at the Brinkley
PoRcELAIS or Gu 'lES- sale. for 50 100 1t
LUSG. IL curiosity of
workmanship There ARE several speci-
mems Of the peach bloom porcelain Of
kaug-h-i. one Of them having tho much
priced green splotches in the pink Of
the glaze
A covered bowl Is Of robins egg blue.
4 lang-yGo incense burner varies in
its sang dc b0 n tones from ruby red to
deepest crimson There is a Nung-ChenR
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Is carved 80 dexter
ously with wo
landscapes, one on
either face Of the
disc. that neither
interferes with the
other when held in
the light.
Another screen Of
jade bears a repre-
sentatlon Of Lu
Tung- pin. who was
lntrusted with the
mysteries Of al
chemy that he
might convert his
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uNU SWOTu RuaTus, II''V'' ~" '''I.'
the group of implements Of war, whose
ornamentation worked out in time Of
peace, carries enchanting art to the verge
Of the battlefield. and further
Are they not modern and familiar, echo
ing the common cry, lin time of peace pre-
pare for war" when they inscribe on a
short sword in gilded embems Universal
peace? Would representation Of studio
under a pine tree be found on any knife
Lu' a Japanese? Hero on another sword
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Here Is jade, symbol of The virtue OF the
perfect man who has discharged all his
duties TO his fellow man; jade white, pink,
green. small jade vase il exqueitely
carved in the form Of delicate flower.
with It's leaves and buds clustering around
il. A largo writing tnhle german of indn
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kANG-HSI VASE, III this collection the
INCHES TALL WITH tutored mind con
uNDERGLAZB pEcoRA- ceives tho God Of
TONS II BLUE. Thunder IA beat
ing drum and shaking clouds ont OF
bag Are there sermons in stonest Here
is temple in clamshe.
One Of tho most lovable and reverent
Of New York collectors was led by his studies
in art to conclude that the familiar depic-
ton Of a sanity woman and babe was not
primarily a representation OF the Christian
tenet. a. indicated by the title Madonna
and Child but was an adaptation from a
form Of the Greeks who copied it from
the Chinese. The Japanese have a Trinity
that j. not sacred. though divine, "a trinity
Of natural beauties-the moon. the snow,
and the cherry blossoms and they are
painted here in gold and silver lacquers
on black lacquer, in an inro, or medicine
case
Again the Oriental fancy leaps afar with
familiar things 4 cat, carved in ivory.
sleeps not behind a stove but beneath the
leaves Of flower. and young hons play
in a garden Of peonies. represented in gold
and mother-of pearl inlay on black lacquer.
The bat, no longer a Western symbol Of
scoru wings messages Of happiness, and
his form is seen in the clouds of heaven
in Japanese and Chinese convention.
Here one may quit the turmoil Of the
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love and devotion
TO their calling, al
though workin Z
more distinctly for
the production Of
objects Of pure or
nament, while the
men OF Nippon
strove rather to
give beauty to
things Of utility.
Here are porce-
lains and potteries
Of China OF many
ages vases Of pear
shape and bottle
shape and globular.
gallipots. beakers.
and pilgrim bottles,
so called. although
more truly de-
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stoneware which ia
said to have come
from the Summer
Palace and to date
from the fifth or
sixth century.
It Is yellow, the
imperial color, the
common use OF
which In China by
aliens was one of
the great causes OF
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cOREAN 5rONEwARE, WITH TAo1sr iNM ~
TAI ElDIN0 oS A FISH,
There are bronze Incense burners ottrib-
uted to the first Japanese woman artist ~
metals Kame-jo, Of Naga.aki There is an
incense burner dating from the Tang
dynasty 900 years ago, with archaic decara-
tions and a notified red and green patina,
and the proud Inscription, -Our descend
anus use this forever
Who can come into room filed with
Chinese procelains and not thrill in res ponse
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barely have touched the work Of suggesting
some Of the interesting lines which it EN-
braces Recall the sensational Mary j.
Morgan sale Of nearly a score Of years age.
1t is represented here. SO are the Charles
A. Dana and Capt Brinkley sales
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has undergale decorations in blue
a black hawthorn vase. Of Ch'eng hua.
ha, its decoration of bloSsoming plGm
trees. birds grasses aad rocks, 10 reserve
euamel!ei in purple. pale yellow. blue and
green. Tie paste Of a semi-egGshell bowl
i pierced with a wreath Of pconies. ana
the desi IN IA dlled in with Giaze. to give
the lace work" effect There are vases
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' TTT'TT
INClsEp SCROLLS he had successfully
withstood ten temptations. He walks upon
the water. He went about for centuries
staying dragons and Kidding the land of
evils
And still we have not begun to indicate
the important things OF the collection. and
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strenuous life. and
looking at a lac
quer inro. dwell for
a time in magma
ton with h os o
cultivated good fell
lows, the Seven
Sages of the BAN
boo Grove, who re-
tired TO the forests
TO exchange high
thoughts and also
to make themselves
Jolly with much
wine. This club Of
ancient liter y fell
lers. who for want
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RARE cELADoN JAR oP

the outraged feel TIRE NiNo PERIOD
ing Of the Celestials toward the for
eigners early in the last century, and one
of the causes leading to the violent opera
lions which eliminated in the loot Of the
Summer Palace in 1880 by the allied armies.
Perhaps the present notice OF the colec-
ton about TO be dispersed could finish no
better than with excerpts from the report
of the looting made by the young Count
d'Herisson, secretary 20 the French Gen.
Montauban. He says Of the Summer
Palace:
To depict all the splendors before our
astonished eyes, | should need to dissolve
specimens of all known precious stones
in liquid gold for ink. and to dip into II
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to the exquisite music Of their wondrous
delicate and rich? Their forms are
the lines Of beauty and their texture compels
admiration The patient Celestial artists,
like their brothers Of japan, wrought in
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Of mellow clfe Gp
l0h and delicate
clair dc iune glazes.
and vases glazed
in the hue Of iron
rust. Of tea dust,
and Of the coat
Of the hare
The so-called os-
trich egg" vase is
here, which was
sold nearly "A dozen
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that early attempts 10 spoil the art Of tho
East by thwarting or diStorting the efforts
Of a gifted people at natural expression
were futile,
OF the European paintings in Che collec-
ton not enough has been said, even in the
way Of merely bringing them 10 attention.
and not enough may be said 20 do justice
to their character in the space remaining.
An Israels. -Grandfather's Consolation
which figures as tho frontispiece OF tho
catalogue dc lure, has been praised as an
unusually good work by this artist
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history, who here kills the wild dragon,
in carved and openwork design that
makes an iron sword guard thing Of in
terest.
Does the cold marble Galatea come to life
and bewitchment? Here in a knife handle
the Japanese depict painted horse coming
TO life and leaping out for real experience
while monkey his rider, yanks him back
to pigmentary desuetude.
In Warwick Castle, if a certain genial
armorer happens to be your guide he may
thrill your marrow 10y placing upon your
head Cromwe's helmet and putting in
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University Mt Washington was secured
uy a pledge Of tho collection, which he val
.su az 10000 The Pope is one Of his
pt,'ol,ana7 o! Roman Catholic creditors.
.u1 'he legion % art collectors may not sor-
80" al The opportunities or the appearance
" th' collection at auction.
~ s doubtful Il such a collection of Jap
- - aT' 1a' before come upon the auction
go 49, Besides the japanese. there are
Ig'ih'ns 80 Chinese and Corean art which
l The collectors attention.
~" Portion ~ the collection devoted TO
=, le'n paintings reveals tho collector
n, interesting period If his progress.
g.. '''y pictures and others Of super
quality have largely been eliminated.
4 ne Vas replaced them with worthy
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relief in gold and
silver - the arrow,
still nbro ke,'
nding Judgment
in hearts of art
lovers whe r e er
they may be.
Gibbons's in
famous George OF
Cappadocia' was
transformed into
the renowned st.
George of England y
la ying t h e
dragon. The Jap
anese have their
dragon slayer in
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profit hy the preliminary exhibition. TAX
inc advantage Of the opportunity afforded
" study the art Of the Orient, and par
ticiaiIy Of Japan. at this time when the
militant nations of the world are studying
the prowess Of Japan in the science of
war
The victories Of peace are in this collec-
ton the victories of patience, Of persistence,
the achievements Of proud and humble
artist, and artisans 81 many ages who have
expressed their recollections and their con-
ceplion- of the beautiful in personal
equation charming to the art lover of all
time
one he-lates to mention nationality in
art when here. in the collection Of an Ameri-
can real estate dealer, works OF foremost
Iurorean painters and unrivaled Oriental
yo'ier4 and lapidares challenge the adj
mira'.1n E IN" artistic world. Who Won
der- thar connoisseurs are jealous of the
opportunities Of an art auCtion2
Nj WarCaman bought with enthusiasm,
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varnish which re-
quires such labor
ious treatment 10
bring out its posi-
bilities thatitis said
that in no Western
country could the
necessary labor be
procured 10 work
it. The yellow men
of old times we're
happy to work ii,
and adorned their
works with poems
The splendor OF
the orchids and
the fragrance OF
the chrysanthe-
NUNS remind me
Of my love- a q
Japanese echoed hin
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"a AiF'
which found a tenn
porary tin g
place by the banks
Of the Potomac IL a
long sword OF the
thirteenth century,
made by the most
7 a m Gus word
maker of Nippon,
Masamune and ac-
companied by a
manuscript, in jap
anese. giving the
history Of tho blade
and the names Of
its former owners.
Handle it and jump
back not TO Crom-
well but seven CEN
turtles. Study it
and appreciate the
armorer's art.
These things are
becoming fewer in
'anese Commissioner
fair saw this sword
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WHITE JADE TABLE SCREEN, CARVED IN
CHINESE GARDENS AND MOUNTAIN SCENERY
outside. while within peonies and butter
flies are painted in pink, yellow and green
enamels A lisuan-te plate of bur color
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he o ccide nta !
sceptic who would
save words in his
idiom.. And alon <
comes a little Wag-
gaman ia panese of
the eighteenth cen
fury carving the
same taunt in a
wooden netsuke.
where he has fash
ioned a boy who
holds a ripe per-
simmon in one
hand. while with a
finger of the other
he points to his
eye exaspe rat
in gly in responSto
a request to divide
the persimmon. In
his eye" he II
"diyvy.-
IL it the untu-
tored mind that
sees God in clouds
and hears Him in
the wind? Here in
this collection the
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scribed as vases in cH'TEN-LUNd'
representation Of the moon at the full. They
are in monochrome gla2e-', and in many
coors, with decorations pencilled or etched
in the paste,
See a Wan-li bowl Of apple green, around
It dragon in the faverlte pursuit Of the
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AMI BIN Ehl lNOhIalAIloNh'
knife, in minute engraving, are whole pages
of books OF poetry .embellished with inlays
of gold On another, wild geese fly by
moonlight.
II shot an arrow into the air. sang Long
fellow in the nineteenth century. On the
shakudo handle Of Japanese knife Of the
seventeenth century in the collection is
an arrow bearing u message wrought in