The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
NEWS FROM GOVAN.
Newsy Letter from a Wide-Awake
Correspondent.

NeWSy Letter from Nlue-A"ahe
Correspondent.
Govan, May 31.-The Columbia
State in an editorial recommends the
quotation taken from the poem, "Oh!
Why Should the Spirit Of Mortal be
Proud?" (being President Lincoln's
favorite poem) to the faithful
Charlestonians. suppose there
must be some surviving devoted ad-
mirers of Lincoln's living in the city
by the sea, and for them to even ad-
mire his quotations would be a re-
proach incurred upon themselves
the writer would predit. CD We
give our martyred president credit
for his selection and in reproducing
the sentiments contained in this
masterpiece we have the consolation
that a great man while living adored
the noble sentiments expressed there
in also.
The commencement sermon for
the closing exercises of the Olar high
school was preached in the Metho-
dist church there Sunday morning at
eleven o'clock by the distinguished
president of Newberry College, DR..
Harms. His text was taken from
Micah 6-S: And what doth the
Lord require of thee but to do justly
and to love mercy and to walk hum
bly, with thy God?" His address was
directed more specially to the schol-
ars. He pointed to the invincibility
of power coming through one living
this life Justly, meekly and humbly,
otherwise power or strength pertain
ing to earthly things would soon
s'totter and fall" and that the Ideal
life" is Christ-like.
Element as defined by Webster's
unabridged dictionary means in one
sense: "The first or constituent
principle, or minutest part Of any
thing" The essential elements in
forming the Morse telegraph alpha
bet are the dot, dash and space. The
latter named is the most tedious to
make but adds to the beauty of good
sending, if words are properly
spaced. Now, the point that l am
driving at is this: The system is
spoken of as reading by sound. Now,
let us get the definition of sound.
''Noise without signifcation; empty
noise; noise and nothing else." The
definition Of tone is: Accent, or
rather q particular infection of the
voice, adapted to express emotion or
passion" Consequently, by imitation
we understand that the voice
is raised or lowered, and we
have a true sense of tone. In receiv-
ing Morse we do not altogether read
by sound, for sound is not produced
in making space. "Space" means
''the interval between two points Of
time" and space is one Of the prin-
cipal elements in forming word in
Morse. And 80 it is conclusive that
we read Morse by sound and also by
space" the latter not being sound,
but an essential element in spelling
Morse.
Miss Eloise Rosborough has re-
turned to her home at Ridgeway,
after an extended visit to the home
of Mr.. Leighton HartZog.
Mr.. Ernest F. Free and family, Of
Bamberg, spent Sunday here with
with relatives.
The ice cream festival given pur-
posely to raise funds to complete the
work upon Georges Creek Baptist
church was success, the sum of
twenty-eight dollars being raised.
We are glad to see Mr.. L. j. Hart
zog out again since his recent spell.
Miss Pattie Lee Sweat, of Black
vile, has returned to her home from
a short visit with friends and rela-
tives.
We are sorry to record the illness
of Mrs. William Fail, an aged lady
of this community.
w. A. HAY, JR.