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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-07-22
PASTOR RUSSELL'S
WEEKLY SERMON

i Continued from front page.
: fore we will make no endeasors il
that direction. He wishes us to I'm
derstand that il is the Lords viii
that We fight against the weakness
Of the flesh with two-fold pur
pose.
a That We may gradually cle-
aRse ourselves gradually become
more and more what the Lord
would have Us be and what We
should like 10 be our selves.
~ Additionally this fight a.
gainrt sin il The flesh viii make
u siicrefr and stronger as New
Creatures, ia The spirit Of our
minds. II is this firmncss, this de-
termination, this posiliyencss Of the
New Creature against sin and for
righlecuHess That God desires.
Those who deyelope i are called
~oNcrcomers and all Of their tx
perienccs ~ these trials and bat
things againd ille world. The flesh (
aud the Adversary are designed to
make them Strong in The Lord and
10 the power Of his might. Their
experiences are 50 ordered and di-
reeied ~ i0 lead them 10 more
afd more Of faith in God and obe-
dienee 10 him IN order to- be- ae-
cepiabIe, they must reach the place
where they love righteousness and
hate miquiiy in~cquiiy,
Chrislian filthiness of Spirit.
The word spirit in The Bible and II
n ordihsiy language is ased in a
ar}ely Of sensss. In our text it
Tors net signify that the saints, as
piru beings, are filthy and need
lransing. Quite 10 the contrary. /
hc Bow Creature, bcg0ifen Sc The
pjrIi, Is holy pure. But az the
lew On allure must use the body Of Ii
lesh until 4 receives the New
bIdy. -, 1t must use the BRAIN or
wa Of the flesh wiseSewi,h to do II
. lliinking and I"ne,nins unt6l Ii
lst With y Ts'ricct slal. be at ii
li's.'d IL Iilr . usi ass.drcctionE III
he APOSTLE meaning. Therefore,. III
t'ihl the SANS should not onlvllt
iI away filthiness of words and III
lions, and all sympathy with i'm III
lFitY Of every kind, but that theirliI
inds their thoughts also should HI
: pure, should be oleans~d of ev- III
ything not slilly in sympathy and II
cord with HE mind cg Christ. III
lr are we Ia suppose Bhat this III
ork 10 mrelg Gods work in as. III
is hds TO forgive the sins of the II
st. II Is His to cleanse rs from 1,
condemnation of The past. II tls
his tO cover through Christ all HI
our uunteniDna Blemh,hes. II Y
lis To- encourage by his prom ;.
IS Bur it IS ours 60 show our IN
'aliS 10 the principles of his
ord and characters by putting a.
y, 10 The extent of our ability,
filihiness Of tic flesh and spi-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-07-22

Stranger ITO prominent clergysnsnp
~ came 10 here. air. "a. critlcisc- yoar
church management and tell yo.s ho.
II ought 10 be run
Prominent Clergyman famazedD--
What DO you mean. SIR How shrw
yons Who are ycu anyway
= am The humiir editor Of the pa
per YOU have BEEN writing 10 Life.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-07-22

Percy Dearest. let me- he The star
at yotr Ia
Fexgy You'd better ~. Percy. !
hear rather approsching
Percy Oh, but feel A-ave tonight
I shalt b. yom star eNe0 Il h. does
came
p.,egy Yes. hat sQ0 lad better
travel on yosr eshii while Yen have
time ll-sTcTs
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05

such as ours. l think it was on the
day before Memorial Day. 1875, that
as we prepared our floral tributes
for the cemetery, my mother stole
quietly away from the group on the
piazza, and taking handful of BIOS
SONS, bent her steps to that solitary
little mound under the magnolias.
In wonder our eyes followed her,
and when she returned, Josephine ex-
claimed:
why, mother, where have YOU
been?"
Let us hope, children. that some
where in the North. kindly hearts are
doing the same for our own name
less graves therefor your Uncle
Pinckney and Cousin Will Gresham" "
she replied, gently.
We were too much surprised to an
swer.
Afterward, no Memorial Day was
allowed to pass that some one OF us
GiG not rake off that little mound and
freshen it with a few flowers.
So the years passed till 1888. That
we should ever know anything fur
ther concerning this little grave un-
der the magnolias seemed improbable.
1t was merely one Of so many thou
sands OF nameless graves, South and
North.
That spring of 1889, as it CHANGED,
my sister and l were at home from
Savannah. Ny widowed Aunt Lena,
too, from Atlanta, was visiting us.
1t was the evening Of April %, two
days after our Memorial Day, when
all save the bouquets in jars and
glasses had withered on the graves.
The afternoon had been very warm.
We were sitting out in the piazza, to
enjoy the approaching GOODNESS of
evening and hear the mocking-birds
AID whippoorwills.
Presently there came to our ears
the rattle of an approaching vehicle;
and slowly the decrepit old carriage
at the railroad-station, which served
arriving travellers, came toiling to our
gate.
Who can our visitor possibly be-"
was the thought in all our minds, for
living friends were now few.
A lady in mourning stepped down,
with an air Of uncertainty. and came
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS
News Notes Of General Interest
From All Parts Of the State.
Youthful Drunkard Shoots Train.

As Southern train No. Al was COM
ing at Il lively clip, Thursday after
noon, between Grover, n. C., and
Blacksburg, shot was fred into
the train, shattering the glass in the
window of the rear coach, and mar
rowly missed the fagman, who was
in the rear end of the coach at the
time. Mike Blanton was arrested and
locked up at Blacksburg. and when
charged with the crime, admitted that
he was present, but said the the
shooting was done by William Little,
with whom he (Blanton) lives in
North Carolina, saying that he and
Little were both drinking and that
Little was drunk, and that when the
train came along he fred his shot gun
without saying word.
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up the walk. With hospitable intent,
my mother descended the steps to
meet her.
1T this the home of Mrs. Leigh?"
the stranger asked.
Il am Mrs. Leigh" my mother re-
piled. will you come in?"
Il am Mrs. Warrenton from
from New England" the stranger
said. Il fear | may not be welcome.
My motive for coming to you is 4
strange, sad one" She paused, with
a little catch in her voice.
You are very welcome my
mother replied, gravely. Josephine
set out a comfortable chair.
The stranger seated herself, and
after pause, spoke again:
Il do indeed hope that the ques-
ton | am obliged to ask will stir no
unpleasant memories of past which
we who have suffered desire of all
things to forget. My brother and
my son both fell in the terrible war
She glanced pathetically at my moth
er's face. They were, of course, on
the Northern side" she added. MY
brother was killed at Antietam; but
my son was with Sherman's army,
and was finally reported missing
and that is all have ever been able
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this day | seem to hear his words,
You little dear. You are the very
image of my little sister Rosy"
For years afterward. whenever my
brothers or younger sister Josephine
wished especially to humiliate or
plague me, they would point the fin
ger of scorn and cry, "A Yankee
kissed you! A Yankee kissed you!"
1t may possibly have been the same
young trooper, although that is un-
likely, whom. after the skirmish and
battle across the fields, our old house
servant, Uncle Joe, found near the
fence down b. the magnolias, shot
through the lungs, moctally wounded
and unconscious.
AS | was but three ct the time, l
retain Of course, hut confused recol-
lection of the fight, the shouting and
yelling outside, the burning barns,
the awful sounds of the firing and the
well-nigh frantic fears of my mother
for our safety.
Kelley's brigade of Mississippians
was formed across the road and
across our plantation; the enemy was
repulsed, and fell back to Woodlands.
leaving a number of their dead and
wounded. But these were all taken
away that night except this cavalry
man, who was overlooked, and whom
our old colored man found down
there by the fence the following even
ing. He died during the night, and
Uncle Joe brought to my mother a
silver watch with the initials u. W."
in the back of the hunting-case. and
small seal ring engraved with a
coronet and two crossed spears.
All the men of our household, as
we'll as our neighbors, were with the
Southern army. There was no one to
call upon; We were even in straits for
food. Nor was there a horse or a
mule or a cart left us. Down there
by the fence. under the magnolias,
Uncle Joe buried the BODY. And that,
in brief, was the story of the Yankees S
grave.
During all those first years follow
ing the war-so embittered and ter
rible were all its memories-that
mound down by the magnolias was a
spot Stunned by us all.
But time mercifully and divinely
softens even embittered memories
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05

planned, that General Lee spent all
the happiest years of his life. No
person can visit this splendid domain,
with its magnificent trees, its pano-
rama OF the river winding like sill
yer ribbon in the distance, and its
quaint mansion rendered distinctive
in appearance by massive Doric col
umnS and not gain new conception
of the matchless peace and charm and
restful content Of the life on the old
baronial estates of the South in the
halcyon days before the war.
The stately Arlington mansion,
which was modelled after the Temple
of Thesus at Athens, was erected In
1904. 1t is of brick, covered with
stucco, and with its two wings has a
frontage of moro than 140 feet. The
grand portico is sixty feet in width
and twenty-five feet in depth. Fea-
lures of the manor house are the rem
nants of the old decorations, includ-
ing the hunting scene fresco, which
was painted by General Lees father
in-law, Mr.. Custis, who, with his wife,
is buried in a quiet nook in the woods
on the Potomac, their graves being
marked by plain marble shafts. This
historic home is in an excellent state
of preservation and visitors are shown
all the apartments Of especial inter-
est, including the room in which Gen.
eral Lee was married. There is no
record that General Lee ever returned
to Arlington after the war, although
the veteran servants at the mansion
have long been wont to declare most
steadfastly that Colonel Rob" was
seen about dusk one evening slowly
riding through the grounds in COM
pany with General Grant, and pre-
sumably bidding a last farewell to his
old home.-Waldon Fawcett.
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Of having her sons remains removed
and re-interred in the North.
IF l were to do that, dear friends,
she said to us, II should feel that |
was breaking this dear new bond OF
friendship which. born Of a common
sorrow, mas grown up between us.
Here, where heaven moved your
hearts to lay flowers on his grave
here let him rest; and I, if you will
permit me, shall come to his grave
And every spring. since that first
sad pilgrimage to us, Mrs. Warren
ton journeys southwark to pass few
weeks at Springbank. and be near the
grave of her son on Memorial Day
Youths Companion.
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With US in the South, Memorial
Day is an even more pathetic ami
versary than in the North. Owing to
difference of latitude and climate, too,
1t is observed, in most Of the States,
earlier in the spring. In Georgia II
is observed On April 2Gth, instead OF
May 30th.
In the North the holiday arose from
he patriotic eXertions Of General
Logan: but in the South the obServ-
.nce of the day was originally due
O the personal efforts OF q Mrs. Will
ANS, of Columbus, Georgia, and be-
gan earlier.
With us. however. little effort or
persuasion was required TO initiate
the holiday. In man. of oEc small
towns and village the custom OF
bearing flowers 10 the graves OF our
dead soldiers began spontaneously.
~ | remember that III the first years
>After the war We We're accustomed on
.Ghat day 10 drive 10 the cemetery in
our old family carryail. loaded with
wreaths Of cedar AID glossy magnolia
leaves. made on lo@g, plant wiliG~
branches: piled. tco. with sprays Of
dogwoOd and bushels of wild purple
pansies and dog-:Ooth viOiets from
the valley OF the Oostanaula, and
crab-apple and peach-blossoms from
the fields.
The old carryall was an arbor Of
fragrance, ali its old ribs and worn
wheels hidden in pink and white
blossoms.
Yet however heavily We went
loaded to the cemetery, We never had
flowers enough for all the graves,
there were so many of them. Always
there would be found one more grave,
in some far corner, still bare Of floral
tributes; and my father, himself a
lame veteran of Lees army, would
call to us to fetch another armful.
If we said there were no more, he al
ways bade us divide those on the
other graves and make up what
seemed an equal honor for the neg
lected one.
There was one grave, however
not in the cemetery, but down under
the magnolias by the fence, in the en-
treme corner of our grounds at
Standardization for many years
no one of us ever dreamed of decor
ating with flowers.
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to learn" Mrs. Warrenton paused

to learn" Mrs. Warrenton paused
again, to check fast-coming tears.
Il know positively that he was
alive at Dalton" she continued.
After that can learn nothing. But
a mothers heart Graves more: and
still in the hope of learning some
thing as to his fate. have journeyed
South on this sad quest. At the
house of family near Kingston they
told me Of the unidentified grave of 4
Federal soldier on your estate
Il have been to 50 many unidenti-
fed graves. the poo" mother added,
that hope has nearly failed me. But
tell me, have you. had YOU. any clue.
or were there any circumstances that
would-aid me to know"
My mother. greatly touched. could
hardly summon heart to tell her; but
Aunt Lena interposed. Have you
reason to think that your son carried
4 plain silver watch, marked inside
the case with the initials J. W." she
asked.
Yes, yes" cried our visitor, eager
ly. The schoo! watch gave him on
his sixteenth birthday, Those were
his initials-Jerome Warrcnton."
In our growing excitement we were
her.
And did he wear on his little fin
ger signet ring. with a coronet and
crossed spears?" my aunt asked,
quickly.
"Oh. it was he. 1t was he." Mrs.
Warrenton cried aloud. That is the
crest Of my own family" she ex-
planned. 20 my poor boy. My poor
boy! And have you the watch and
the ring? And his grave-is it far
to go?"
Too much affected to reply, my
mother rose silently and brought
forth those sad mementoes of the
terrible past; and then we turned
away instinctively from a grief too
sacred for the eyes Of strangers.
- little later, just as the sun was
setting, my sister and led the way to
the little mound under the magnolias,
my mother holding our visitors hand.
Nor had the bouquets of pansies,
placed there two days before, as yet
wholly withered. 1t was when,
through her tears, her eyes fell on
these flowers that the last traces of
Mrs. Warrenton's reserve vanished.
"And you have done this-these
flowers-for my son! For my poor
dead boy" she cried impulsively, and
threw her arms about my mothers
neck.
In truth, 4 common sorrow makes
sisters of us all: and it was thus, at
| last, that the Yankees grave was
identified.
Mrs. Warrenton remained with us
| for nearly a fortnight, and at the end
of her visit changed her first intention
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In truth, We children never went
near the spot. Only in low, awed
tones or whispers did We ever speak
of 1.-THE Yankees gravel" For in
all those sad old days, after Sher-
mans devastating march through
Georgia. the name Yankee was to us
something far more terrible than that
of Indian; it was the synonym for
desolation and grief.
In my childish thoughts. too, the
word was even more dreadful. On
the day before the battle at Wood
lands, four miles from Springbank, a
troop of Northern cavalry had halted
at our place to water their horses,
and several troopers came into the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05
Supreme Court After Lawyers.

Already swamped with work, the
supreme court. in an opinion in a
case in which the documents were es-
pecially voluminous, PROTESTS against
the growing tendency of lawyers to
file lengthy briefs on appeal and IN
Inmates that drastic measures will be
taken to secure relief for the court
unless the lawyers bring their cases
within the rules designed to protect
the court against excessive labor.
The court says long briefs consume
time and labor which should be ap-
piled to the merits of questions pre-
sented.
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TO A DRUMMER BOY.

By R. W. GRIzzARD. LOUISVILLE, KY.
The robins nest in fair Cave Hill
And gentle zephyrs blow
Where Sleep both braves of blue and gray
Soldiers Of long ago;
The slabs are white. the Sunshine's bright
The tart is light and green
Nohler sireS nor braver soldier
The world has never seen.
Hard by Louisville's gay. bustlinG streets,
Where grim Death bears his Own.
Where dwell the dead in their long sleep,
The Reaper has his throne,
And there upon Il cloudlcSs day
| paused beside a tomb
To dwell in thought on life and death
In that lone place OF gloom.
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Fannie Carson Case Remembered.

The wife of Ben Allen, the man
found dead in bed at his home at Poe
mill. Greenville county. about eight
davs ago. confessed to the coroner
and the sheriff that the killing was
done by J. c. Lindley, who is now
held in jail. She led the officers to
believe that Lindley planned to kill
her husband, and skip out with her
after the funeral. Lindley was
boarder in the house.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05
Don't Need EN- Till Cooler.

In addition to the recent announce
ment of J. d. Gilrcath and associates
that they will establish a $4,000
underwear factory in Greenville it
is known that the organization of the
Muckasee Manufacturing company
was completed Thursday with $780,
600 capital to also manufacture un-
derwear. Mr.. Gilreath and his as
sociates will organize next week.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05
Will Borrow 100000.

The sum of 100000, which is to
be used in buying additional lands
and in the erection of certain build
ings to relieve the eongested con-
ditions at the State Hospital for the
Insane, as provided for by a joint
resolution passed at the last session
of the general assembly, will be bor-
rowed from the sinking fund commits
sion.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05
Work Begun on New Railway.

The clearing of the right Of way
for the South Carolina Western rail-
way from McBee to Hartsville, a
distance of II miles, has begun. 1t is
expected that the road to this point
will be completed in the late fall Of
this year. Light soil and easy grad
ing will cause few delays. The sur
vey up to this time has been made no
further than Hartsville.
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On to Clemson May 9.

All agencies working for agricul-
ture in South Carolina will meet at
Clemson College on May 8, when the
work in this State will be discussed
in detail. DR.. S. A. Knapp, head Of
the United States office of farm de.
monstration work of the department
of agriculture, will deliver an ad>
dress to the students and visitors
on May g.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05
Will Develop Lands.

The development Of low country
lands and the swamp and uplands
simultaneously with the introduction
of Northwestern settlers into South
Carolina. is the result of recent pur-
chases Of lands in this State.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05

house. My mother put us children in
the parlor and hastily locked the
door; but the windows stood open
wide, and with childish curiosity |
had toddled forward and stood under
the high sash. watching the horses.
One Of the cavalrymen crossed the
piazza. and before l could run away,
he caught me up and kissed me. To
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05
Lee and Arlington.

After all, 1t is at Arlington, on the
Potomac, that the present-day visitor
is most vividly reminded Of General
Lee and the life he loved so we'll. This
beautiful estate-now a national GEM
etery, where 10000 Union and Con-
federate soldiers are buried-is To-
Gated opposite the city Of Washington,
and it was here, as has been eX-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05
Gibbes Elected Mayor of Columbia

BY majority of ia, W. H. Gibbes
at present county auditor, was elect
ed mayor of Columbia. under the
commission form of government, over
+. S. Earle. The entire vote cast
was 1,65O, of which Gibbes received
SS2, and Earle 76S.
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Farming Without Capital.

1t is absurd to expect that the
small farmer, alone among small
men, should achieve success without
capital. With capital all is possible;
without it only the exceptional man
is likely to be heard of.-Estates Ga
Zette
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Germany is freely initiating Amer
lean patterns in the manufacture Of
farm implements and machinery,
though American haryesters still pre-
dominate.
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Many wrought inscriptions there
On serried grave stones cleaned;
But of them all none held my eye
Nor to my fancy seemed
So fraught with loves tender tribute,
So tense with woe to come,
As that which simply told but this:
boy, we miss thee at home
Long years have flown since he went forth
To live a soldiers life;
The stone that marks his resting place
Tells he fell in the strife.
Gone now the friends who vigils kept
Where his young feet did roam,
But biding through all the years this
boy, we miss thee at Home
Confederate Veteran.
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New Sumter Mayor Active.

The Sumter committee Of apprais-
ers of real estate have raised tax
able values from $l75,000 to $780,
OOO Returns are now equalized.
Reimbursement Of licenses increases
revenue $1,000. All pay now on an
equal basis.
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Foreign Manufacturer on a Visit.

Paul Teter, one of the largest tex
tile manufacturers in the south of
France, is in the State, accompanied
by his secretary. Mr.. Teter is visit
ing Southern textile centres and is
mach impressed with the plants he
has visited.
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The Place For 1t.

An old Scotswoman was advised
by her minister to take snuff to keep
herself awake during the sermon.
She answered briskly, Why dinna ye
pu' the snuff in the sermon, mon?"
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Examining Board Of Lawyers.

William d. Melton, Of Columbia,
FRANC B. Grier, Of Greenwood and
w. R. Miller, of Charleston, were ap-
pointed by the supreme court to con-
stitute the state board Of law ex-
aminers authorized by the Sinkler
act Of the last general assembly. All
have accepted. The first examination
will be held May 6.
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AUTOGRAPH letter Of PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS

The ee President Da How N
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