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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-03-26
CHE CONVENIENT SEASON."
Rev. Bergin Will Talk to Men on This
Subject Sunday Afternoon.

Rev. .. W. Bergin will have charge
of the mems service at the Y. NJ c. A.
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. His
subject will be, THE Convenient Sea-
son." All who have heard Rev. Bergin
in the services being held at Cen
tenary Methodist church are very
much pleased with him. This is said
to be one of his strongest discourses.
Every man in Palestine should hear
him. Come, and bring friend
Reporter
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-03-26

A special conclave of Palestine Com
mandery No. 3, Knights Templar, will
be held Sunday morning, March 9th
1910, at 10 a. m, for the purpose OF
attending divine services at the First
Congregational church. The services
at the church will commence promptly
at II a. m, and the Sir Knights are
urged to be at the asylum not later
than 1915 a. M All Knights Templar
are cordially invited to attend.
Con Devers,
Attest: Eminent Commander.
Albert H. Russell, Recorder.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-03-26
ANOTHER LARGE CROWD
Greeted Rev. Bergin at Centenary
Methodist Church Last Night.
A Good Service.

Another large audience filled the
Centenary Methodist church last night
to hear Rev. Bergin preach. AS usual
the song service was good and spirit
ual. Secretary Shelton of the Y. M.
c. A. sang pretty solo. Rev. Bergin
talked of the necessity of an active
christian life, and made a strong argu-
ment along the line of accomplishing
something for the kingdom of God. To-
morrow the services will be of special
interest. and extra large congrega-
tions are expected
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-03-26
Mr.. M. E. White Dead.

A message was received today from
Mr.. w. r. Crawford, who is at Hills
boro, announcing the death of his
step-father, Mr.. NJ. F. White, a promi-
nent citizen of that place Mr.. Craw-
ford was called there few days ago
because OF his fatal Illness.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-03-26

Numbers of Palestine people have
the incubator fever, and are going ex-
tensively into the chicken business.
The high price of the fowls, and the
general scarcity, stimulates the effort
to produce chickens at home.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-03-26
Predicts Rain,

The weather man predicts that in
all probability there will be showers
tomorrow A wet Easter Sunday is a
very great disappointment to many.
but we need the rain, and most people
will welcome a down-pour.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-03-26
Why Not Own a Homer

A 100000 home for $1,80000
100000 down, balance $1,000 and ac-
crued interest, making first payment
$3.50; cheaper than paying rent.
Better not delay. Alfred Marschall.
400 John street. 3-25-tf
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-03-26

ping the capitol. An investigation was
ordered by the legislature, which be-
gan in March, 1907. AS a result, six
months later, warrants were issued
for fourteen men, three of them for
mer state officials, under the charge
of conspiracy to defraud the state
Four of the conspirators were found
guilty on March Is, 1908, and on De-
cember is, of the same year they re-
ceived their sentences. The trial of
Huston, who was indicted at the same
time, but obtained separate trial,
will probably be the last chapter in
the history of the great graft.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-03-26
Darn

with 3an Ideal Darner; fits any ma
chin Regular price Csc, special, 10
cents at The Fair. 1857
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then beheaded during the reign of En-
peror Claudus II in the city of Rome
about the year go.
Tie curious observances which are hall
lowed by his name began early in the
third century, when he became identified
with this great festival and elected It's
patron saint because he had great power
in making the love affairs of the young
people run SO smooth and in raighten-
ing out their quarrels. When he was
overcome with misfortune the young peo-
pie mourned him and met secretly each
year to pay homage to his memory. On
these occasions they presented one anoth-
er with little tokens, which they called ST.
Valentine. and from this the custom of
celebrating February IA has reached Its
present popularity, thus making the an
niversary of a tragic death a day when
love demands special Offering and fancy
is free to play in comedy and caricature.
1t is loves triumphant holiday. Cupid,
the little God Of Love, reigns supreme
and is busy sowing his mischievous darts
while ST. Valentine holds the winning
cards.
1t is the malmans day of woe, but even
he must smile under sthe bag of sweet
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streets neaped most Of the time with dirty
snow smudged with automobile grease.
Here they tell me that the winter in At
lantic City has been the most severe
they've experienced for a dozen years.
But | can't avoid laughing when l hear
them say that. The contrast. which I've
had the opportunity 10 watch through
dividing my time between the two places,
with the genuine measl ness of the winter
in New York has been striking that 1t
seems funny to hear the folks here speak
of the severity of the Atlantic City win
ter. For one thing. there has been scarce
ly any snow here at all.
The beauty about Atlantic lily, con-
siderlng IL as winter as well as sum-
mer resort. is what l shall call its urban
ness. Unlike the great majority of sea-
side resorts, ii is genuine, sure-enough.
perfectly complete cosmopolitan city. You
can enjoy all of the comforts here that
you get in Washington or New York or
Paris for that matter, and you can revel
in some experiences here that you can't
find anywhere else in North america.
For example, | have been occupying
here an apartment in an apartment build
ing overlooking the sunny Atlantic ocean.
/ have not yet become used to the odd
ness OF this. | could throw an alarm
clock. for example. from the window at
which / am writing right smack-dab into
the boiling surge. which looks mighty
sun-dimpled and boisteCously happy this
morning. I have the advantage of per-
fectly regulated apartment house, with all
of the up-to-the- minute kinks and con-
trivanCeS; and yet there is that gorgeous
ocean out there singing its diapasonic
monotone and rearing its gold-tinted
creSts on high. Truly, tbs an odd thing
to consider; | haven't become used to the
JOY of ii and don't believe ! ever shall.
Why, few weeks ago, sat at this
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and doing all the time; you move. You CAD
you hoof and romp al bout and all the time
you are blown upon by winds the severity
of which Is gripped and made to behave
by the tempering gulf stream. Every
day while / am here, for example, l feel
the impulse to walk from one end of the
Boardwalk to the other. a distance of
seven miles. This impulse, of course.
would not amount to anything If 1 did
not do the walk, but l do, you know!
And often / turn right around and walk
right back again. making about fourteen
miles 1 can see myself walking seven
miles, or seven bloc S. for that mat
ter in Florida. The rolling chairs down
there are so good for heavy, listless feet.
And in Honolulu used to grab one of
those Kanaka calooshes if l wanted to
go two blocks. I refuse absolutely to
walk any more than l have to in New
York, too. There is no fun in lodging
the crowds and in being elbowed at every
step on Broadway. But there's fun in
trudging along this great Appian way of
the sea called the Boardwalk. There is
room. The folks know how to walk, how
to keep to the right. and so on. For
long stretch of the way, beyond Chelsea,
the sea booms and riots under your feet,
and swirls far on the other side Of the
Boardwalk. And sooner or later On the
Boardwalk you are bound to meet just
about everybody you know or ever knew.
They all get down here sooner or later
ali the wise ones. that is. Never a day
passes but I do not meet somebody from
Washington. Often l meet as many as
dozen old Washington friends on the
Boardwalk in the course Of one days pere-
CARNATIONS.
All of the theaters and all but one of
the piers are open through the entire
winter. And they're always we'll patron
lied. too. Every year the place shows
astounding advancement as winter re-
sort. Yesterday afternoon there seemed
to me to be as many people on the
Boardwalk as on an August day. The
people who come here during the winter
and spring are. of course, speaking gen
orally of an entirely different class from
those who make Atlantic City the great
popular summer resort of the United
States In the summer the trains, travel
ing in many excursion sections. dump
their vast throngs of people into the city,
and the Boardwalk becomes a sort of
riot of what Col. Frank Morgan would
call the bourgeois The leisurely
crowds, with time to burn and the cur
rency to supply the fuel, are the winter
and spring visitors. 1t is becoming the
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who were equally successful in skirmish
pitched battle or siege.
But CORVALLIS was unjust in charging
Marion with being cruel. He was as gen.
tie as a woman. There is no record, no
story of any cruel act in all his life. He
was one of the most merciful and one Of
the most patient of men. There was no
lust of blood about Francis Marion. In
many respects he was a pocket edition of
George Washington. They were of the
same age. They were of the same calm,
tolerant mind. They were uncompromis-
ing in the cause Of truth and stern only
as to duty. Both were fearless as SOL
diers. Both were cool in danger. watch
full and circumspect But Francis Ma
rions brain worked quicker than did
that of Gen. Washington. Marion was
marvelously dextrous and wonderfully
resourceful.
Fighting in a country rent by partisan
strife, where wings and tories pursued
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the trooper had known. Tarleton did
not dare to spread out his force to any
degree for fear Marion would cut off one
wing and then the other. Marion en-
deavored to lure Tarleton into ground
of Marion's liking and there fight him.
Unable to catch Marion and unwilling to
fight as Marion wanted to fight, Tarleton
gave up the chase.
After the Tarleton affair Marion made
an unsuccessful attempt to capture
Georgetown. Whatever disappointment
he felt over his failure was overbalanced
by the news he received little later Of
the battle of Kings mountain and the
appointment of Gen. Greene to succeed
Gen. Gates.
Following Tarleton's ill success Corn
wallis sent Col Watson out with a large
force to crush Marion. Instead Of crush
ing Marion. Marion came within an ace
of crushing Watson. He gave that man
and his followers such a beating as they
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habit of great many folk who go to
Florida for part of the winter to stop
off in Atlantic City on their way to their
homes, to sort of break the journey
and to enable themselves to become used
to the northern climate again. They I'M
dergo a process Of refrigeration here,
and, thus braced after the dangerous
months in the far south, they proceed to
their homes all fixed up to withstand the
hot weather of summer.
+ y
0WING to the queer convolutionS Of
~ politics. Atlantic City has come in
for lot of wholly unnecessary lambast-
ing during the past two or three years
A lot of junk of the purest ray serene
was written and widely disseminated
about the ethical conditions, as it wair,
prevailing down here. AS simple mat
ter of fact I believe Atlantic City to be
absolutely the cleanest city of its size
morally, in the whole United States The
place is beautifully managed perfectly
policed. l would not be afraid to leave
my apartment unlocked for a week run
ming. l would feel confident that the
police on my beat would be on the job
in case any frisker took it into his head
to do a bit Of ransacking. The police
authorities here work on the ''preven-
ton" basis. That is to say. they shoe
the crooks away right from the instant
they land in town.
The plan-clothes men at the station are
ever on the watch. and as soon as
gun" gets off train he is recognized
and taken by the shoulders and piled
smack on the first train out. no matter
where said train is bound for He is
given the choice of going that way, or
of being incontinently chucked into the
clink over at Mays Landing. They don't
beat about the bush in the matter at all.
the police here. And when some slick
article does get by the police at the
trains and commit some depreciation the
term that is dished out to him with the
Mays Landing as the place
to serve it in always keeps that bad
actor away from here for the remainder
of his life. You scarcely ever see an in
toxicated man on the Boardwalk, winter
or summer-which. considering that liter
ally hundreds of thousands of festive per-
sons, enjoying annual outings, hit the
Boardwalk every day during the summer,
is truly remarkable. The city is magnifi-
Gently lghted-better than ANY other
American city. And the streets are kept
spotlesSly clean.
CLARENCE l.. CULLEN
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deavored to eradicate the vestige of pa
gan superstition. and chiefly by commu-
tation of their form, substituted, as IN
the present instance. the name OF good
st. Valentine Maintaining the custom
OF the feast. to a certain extent, they did
away with the lcentious ceremonies and
heather superstitions. infusing into them
a more virtuous spirit and more innocent
pleasures, which the young people. who
were devoted to the memory Of their
adorable saint, helped to spread.
Mission, a learned traveller OF the early
part of the last century, described the
custom as he observed 1t in England
and Scotland in about the same terms as
those of Douce In speaking of the
Romans: ION the eve of ST. Valentines
day the young folks celebrate a little
festival. An equal number of maids and
bachelors get together. Each writes his
true name. or feigned. upon separate
billets, which they roll up and draw
by way of lots, the maids taking the
mems billets, and the men the maids
billets. so that each Of the young men
lights upon a girl he calls his valentine
and each Of the young girls upon young
man whom she calls hers. These i'm
aginary engagements. as may be readily
supposed. often lead to real Ones be-
cause one necessary consequence of them
was that for whole year bachelor re-
NAMED bound to the service of his valen-
tine, somewhat after the fashion Of the
medieval knight and his lady love. At
one period 1t was customary to make
each other presents. but after time this
custom seems to have been restricted
to the young men,"
During the fifteenth century this amuse-
ment was very popular among the upper
classes of the European courts. Married
as well as single persons were liable to
be chosen valentines. and present was
invariably given to the choosing party.
In that curious record of domestic life
in England, during the reign of Charles
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St. Valentines Day-Its Origin and Customs

Orleans, who was taken prisoner at the
battle of Aigencourt. Lydgate, monk of
Bury, who is described as mot only the
poet of his monesry. but of the world in
general paid tribute to St. Valentine in
verses of his time.
Lydgate and other poets of his day
paid tribute to st. Valentine in verses of
their time, which is difficult for the
twentieth century reader TO make out. The
following stanZa in honor of the queen
consort to Henry V vii, give an idea of
the English of the time:
Seyente Valentine. OF custom yeere by yeere
Men have an issuance in the regioun
To loke and serche Cupde's kalendere
And chose THERE choyse by CRETE affection:
Such as been move by Cupides mocian.
Iakying they're choyce as they're sord doth falle;
But ! love Don whiche excelleth ale.
Drayton, who was not famous but tai
ented. wrote In Shakespeare time some
of the most tender verses. One or two
stanzas will show how little the world
has changed in the way of love making
in three hundred years:
Muse. bid the morn awake;
Sad winter now declines;
Each bird doth choose a mate
This days Saint Valentine.
The valentine poem, however. is much
more likely to be a mere affection of love
than a genuine avowal, and for that rea-
son has lent itself to all sorts Of fan
tastic embellishments, often accompany
ing handsome trinkets and artificial tr fles
that pass between friends and sweet
hearts, of which no emblem is as COM
mon as the heart-that small, three-cor-
nered component of all our hopes and
fears bestuck and bleeding heart! Wis.,
ions of love and Cupid of Hymn n, which,
having been. always will be, and. with
the swain of old. we say: Hail to thy
returning festival cd Bishop Valentine.
Great is thy name in Pubric. thou arch
flamen of Hymen' Thou contest attended
by thousands and tens of thousands of
little doves, and the air is brushed with
rustling wings. while singing Cupids are
their chorlSters."
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Ragged Brigade. Early in the days of
his leadership he established headquarters
at Snow Island. bit of land near where
Lynchs creek meets the Pedee. Swamps
and forests. ravines and tangled thckets
made this place an ideal retreat for the
chieftain and his band From out of this
stronghold they sailed, usually at night,
to range the country round First Ma
rion had to battle with the tory bands
that infested the district Then. as his
forces increased, he extended the sphere
OF his operations. 1t was only few
days after he had learned of the defeat
Of Gates that he rescued 100 continental
prisoners at Nelson's Ferry. after a fight
In which the British lost twenty-five
men. 1t was soon after this that Tarle-
ton tried his hand at Marion. Tarleton's
force was twice that of Marion, and for
seven days the Swamp Fox led the Eng
lish Greyhound as pretty a chase as ever
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II. Pepys' Diary. we find some notable
illustrations of this old custom.
In England at one period the lads val
entine was the first lass he saw in the
morning who was not one of his own
household.
Certain mysterious ceremonies were en-
acted the night before. Last Tuesday"
said a lively young miss. was my Val
entine's day, and the night before |
pinned five bay leaves on my pillow, one
on each corner and one in the middle,
and walked backward to bed if l
dream of my sweetheart we shall be mar
ried before the year is out. But to make
it more sure. | boiled an egg very hard
took the yolk out and tilled it with salt;
| went to bed, ate 1t. shell and all, with
out speaking or drinking after it. We
also wrote our lovers names on paper,
rolled them up in clay and put them
in water. and the first arose was our
valentine"
1t is not too much to say that the
young lady certainly deserved her val
entine.
Over the Atlantic ocean from "Merric
old England came to us this great heart
festival of love language, as pastiue
with the Puritans, who, with games and
amusing tales of love and lovers, soon
attributed to the wonderful power Of
Loves Patron Saint. Shorn of it's re-
lisious meaning the birthday o. ST. Val
entine retains for us charming fancies
that have come down through centuries
Poets of all ages have honored his natal
day and fixed his name in enduring
rhyme. Ere Chauncer wrote his dread
full rhymes:
Thou hadst been long the fashion,
Didst help the youth in Shakespeares time
To utter forth his passion.
One of the earliest known writer's III
honor Of the day was Charles, Duke Of
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is in the United States. Hawaii, in the
tropics, has sub-tropical climate, on
anese trade winds. 1t is one dazzling
succession of turquoise skies. balmy airs.
with the investiture Of superb tropical
foliage. and you indulge In the dolce
you're living in Honolulu.
All the same, the person born and
reared In the to operate zones becomes
a-weary Of the magn.hcence: the monot-
mate. You see, there is no procession
of the seasons there. marked and dis
tinct That is what one misses there
when he's from the temperate zones.
after a time. You begin to banker for
the old seasonal manifestations; you be-
gin to yearn for unfolding, say. Of
spring. the approach of the holly adorned
liant. balmy. perfect days in Honolulu
during midwinter when 1 positively
longed for breath of the keen, cold.
cutting north wind of the northerly part
would have rejoiced at the sight of
mounds Of snow -.eaped up even on the
discarded cans In q vacant lot!
The permanent residents in Hawaii.
perience this longing for the parade of
the seasons right along: and those among
them who are able to afford it (by which
I allude to most Of them). make it the
rule OF tnelT lives 10 run up to the
mainland las they call the United
States) every winter, Just for the fun of
seeing snow and getting sharp change
Of climate.
Well. I came away from Hawaii and
stopped off for quite a spell in San Fran
cisco. which isn't ever really cold. al
most froze. I had begun to feel In the
glorious Hawaiian climate like a vegeta-
BILE, but I had become a sort OF indigo
nous vegetable. too, which Is why the
raw. but certainly not cold, winds Of San
Francisco cut me to the quick.
D UT in Atlantic City you do not have
- to yield to the lassitude Of a sub
tropical climate. because the winter cli-
mate here is anything but that. 1t Is
what might be called a modified. ~gulf-
stream tempered. regular winter climate
You are invigorated here all winter. not
languoriZed. You do MOTTO use the ex-
pressive vernacular-'become reduced by
the climate to the condition of a dope"
The reek OF ozone calls for you to be UP
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each other like wild beasts, he fought 50
honestly and fairly that he held not only
the affection of his followers, but the con-
f1dence of his enemies. He never took
prisoners. Possibly the chief reason was
that he could not feed his own force. He
never disclosed his plans to any one In
advance. He had no confidants. His
lieutenants never knew when they were
to start on an expedition until they saw
potatoes being cooked in quantities. This
they knew meant business. His men
lived principally on potatoes. A little
lean beef occasionally was a great treat.
No one lived more simply than Marion.
His favorite drink was vinegar and water
He ate sparingly at all times and could
stand almost any amount Of fatigue
No one knew the Pedee and Santee
country better than did the leader of the
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FRANCIS MARION - II
Song of Marion's Men.
By WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

OUR band is few. but true and tried,
~ Our leader frank and bold;
The British soldier trembles
When Marion's name is told.
Our fortress is the good greenwood,
Our tent the cypress tree;
We know the forest round US.
Az seamen know the sea.
We know Its walls of thorny vines.
Its glades OF reedy grass;
Its safe and silent islands
Within the dark morass
Well knows the fair and friendly moon
The band that Marion leads
The glitter of their rifles,
The scampering OF their steeds.
lis life to guide the fiery barb
Across the moonlight plain:
Ills life to feel the night wind
That lifts his tossing name.
A moment in the British camp
A moment-and away
Back to the painless forest.
Before the peep OF day.
Grave men there are by broad Santee,
Grave men with hoary hairs,
Their hearts are all with Marion,
For Marion are their prayers.
And lovely ladies greet our band
With kindliest welcoming,
With smiles like those of summer
And tears like those OF spring.
For them we wear these trusty arms,
And lay them down no more
Till we have driven the Briton
Forever from our shore.
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From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

T. VALENTINE is
emp h a tic ally the
p a t ron saint Of
lovers, and as such
has received the
oblation Of centu-
ries. History tells
US that this ador-
able S amt was a
pri e S t of Rome,
who was maTtyred
by first being beaten
with a club and