DR. SCHERER ON JAPAN.
An Interesting Lecture In Columbia
-Causes Of War and Japan's
Future.
Dr. J. A. B. Scherer, president of
Newberry college, delivered a lec
ture on Japan, in Columbia. Friday.
The Columbia papers give the fol
lowing account of the address:
The lecture of Dr. J. A. B. Scherer,
given under the auspices of the New
Century club at the College for Vo
men last night, was listened to by a
large audience.
Superintendent Dreher of the city
schools, who was a classmate of Dr.
Scherer during their college days, in
troduced him with a few pleasant and
appropriate remarks.
Dr. Scherer spent the early years of
his ministry as a missionary and
teacher in Japan and while there stud
ied the people, problems and condi
tions of not only Japan but the en
tire east so thoroughly and so care
fully that his subsequent writings
have been widely read. Being master
,of his subject, he speaks with a fluen
cy and readiness that adds to the
enjoyment of his address. He held
the closest attention of his audience
during the entire time and during one
particular period of eloquence the in
terest of his audience was so intense
,that it is no exaggeration to describe
it as almost breathless.
The speaker asked that his audi
ence accompany him on a journey
through Japan and see the people in
their homes, at their pursuits and at
their worship.
The lights in the chapel were dark
ened, and by means of ,tereopticon
views he carried them through many
of the principal cities, from the scenes
of snow in the north to the bearty of
the blossoming south. There were
rice nelds. suggesting something of
the natives' remarkable system of ir
rigation, and the tea fields showing
the peasants at the work of tea pick
ing. Their farming, he said was
both intensive and extensive. There
vere many views showin.: the idols,
homes, gardens and characteristic
types of people and views All were
describe -i-a mcAt instructive and
entertaining talk as each view was
shown on the canvas.
After the lights were again turned
on Dr. Scherer spoke on the "causes
and significance of the eastern war."
HeI traced the advancement of Rus
'an intrusion southward from Sibria
into Chinese territory from its begin
ning 200 years ago and showed how
each step had led up to the present
war. Russia, he said, realized at the
beginning that to get a foothold in
the east and to have an outlet there.
it would be necessary for her to find
a southern port and all that "she had
done had been with this purpose in
view. Japan's statesmen had been
astute enough to see the meaning of
these movements on the part of Rus
sia and to foresee their results. The
war between China and Japan in
1894 resulted from the effort of the
statesmen of Japan to prevent the
building of the Trans-Siberian rail
way throughout Chinese territory to
Vladivos-ok, which had become Rus
sia's outlet to the east, and, he said,
Japan never showed her greatness
more plainly than wvhen she relin
quished. upona the humiliating demand
of Russia. France and Germany. the
territory in Manchuria which she had
acquired by her victory over China.
Dr. Scherer further said that Japan
is the key to the situation in the east
and that ony through her mediations
would the other nations of the world
be able to reaah awakening China in
the future.
Sound Advice to Job-Hunters.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Senator Scott of West Virginia
who, like other members of the na
tional law-making body, is continu
ally pestered with applications for
office, is credited wvith the following
statement:
"Mv advice to all young men in
West Virginia is. scatter to the
winds all ideas of securing employ
ment under th1e government, but get
out in the ibusy world, where you
can touch elbow to elbow with bust
ling humanmty. Don"t coop your
self up in a musty government office
at a bare living salary and permit
11 your energies to remain dormant.
"When the government employes
ye to go. out into the world again
ey. hwa but slight business exper
icnce outside of the dull routine of
lofice. and have nabits which unfil
them for vocatons requiring energy I
and close application."
Possibly the senator's enphatic
remarks may have been largely in
spired by the vexation and dinicultv I
he has himself experienced in at
tempting to get jobs at Washington
for his constituents. But whether t
this is the case or not, his counsel (
is eminently sound, and it applies to I
young men in all other states, ai
well as in his own.
The short hours which mark r
many federal clerkships may seem a
attractive to the indolent or the phy- 1
sically feeble. But men with red t
blood in their veins and the ambi- r
tion to achieve real success can 1
usually find something much better
to do than securing an official ap- I
pointment where promotion. at best,
is apt to be excessively slow, and
where the routine work tends by its t
monotonv to dull the mind and relax r
the energies. t
An eccentric ShropshirL, England, r
sexton, who has just died at an ad- ,
vanced age, had been for over 6r c
years connected with Wellington
parish church as grave-digger and
sexton. The man had never ridden
in a train or any other kind of ve
hicle. t
The World's Savings.
Topeka Journal.
t
The total deposits in all the sav
ings banks of the world, according t
to latest official information received
by the department of commerce and
labor through its bureau of statis
tics, amounted to over SIO,500,000,- s
ooo. contributed by 82,64o,ooo de- 2
Positors. As the figures used in ar- a
riving at the grand totals over
about one-half of the population of
the world, viz., over 770,000,000, it a
appears that the United States, with I
less than 9 1-2 per cent. of the total t
population considered contributes b
over 29 per cent. of the total savings
deposits recorded. Of the total
ni:mo- of depositors, or rather de
posit accounts, the share of the Uni
ted States is somewhat less than 9 h
per cent. while the average deposit
per account is more than four times
and the average savings per inhabi
tant more than three and one-half v
times the corresponding averages for t
the rest of the world.
In Europe, and even in Canada.
the functions of the government in
this field are larger than in this e
this country, wvhere the state restricts f,
itself merely to formulating the gen
eral legislation pertaining to the sub
ject. sanctioning special charters for 1
the creation of saving banks, and r
controlling through special officers v
the proper workings of said banks.
The European governments in many g
cases have shown greater interest in
this mode of popular saving, either
by guaranteeing the safety of depos
its Or by instituting government in
stitutions, chiefly postal savings C
banks, for the receiving and. manag
ing of saving deposits. In some s
countries, such as Russia, Bulgaria b
and Roumania, the lack of private in- j
itiative and the preponderating in- 3
fluence of the state in the entire I,
economic life of the nation have b
caused the development of pubFc r
savings banks to an alomst exc lu- t
sive extent: in other countries, such d
as Germany, Switzerland and France, c
the local public bodies, such as the s
communes or cantons, from the very 1
outset invited ang fostered the de- C
positors of small savings by estab- 1,
lishing municipal savings institu- c
tions.
The United States cannot afford toib
permit revolutions every now and
then in Pandma, such as take place p
in many South American countries. p
The interest of the United States in p
the canal and transportation across c
the isthmus require peace and good v
government in the Panama republic. f
That will have to be made known toi
the people of that country, if not a
already realized. A forward stept
has been taken in that direction by
President Amador in getting rid of
General H{uertas as commander of I
the Panama army. This diimnutive
officer, commanding a few men, un
dertook to suit his ideas of how
things should be conducted. But ,
there were too many United Statest
war vessels and marines in that vi
cinity to permi.t General Huertas to i
seed, andA he reigned command
)f the army, though he still draws
)ay. He should be dismissed, as
ie has shown himself ambitious and
insafe. There is no need for a
4tanding army in Panama. A good
slice force is sufficient. No nation
vill attack Panama while it is un
ler the protection of the United
;tates. There will be no field in
hat countrv for revolutionarv lead
rs. as thev will soon realize if they
aunch out further in that direc
Revolutions in South and Central 4
kmerica are things in "the coiurse of
atural events" and the Panamans
nd Colombians can no more be pre
'ented from raising revolutions than
he South Carolina farmers can be 4
revented from raising cotton. The
iest the United States can hope to
o is to keep enough marines on
and to prevent serious trouble.
The California state board of
rade has voted to request the Sec
etary of the agriculture of the Uni
ed States to appoint a special com
issioner to ascertain and report re
arding all agricultural products that
an be raised in the state.
It Ought To Be.
,harlotte Observer.
It is a pleasure and a comfort to
ee in dispatches from Washington
hat there is no reason to believe the
resident feels that he is -nder any
pecial obligations to Addicks in
)elaware, and that the corrupt boss
s not likely to become the adminis
ration adviser and mouth-piece for
hat state. We can well hope that
his is true.
E. S. Willard will come to this
ountry in January with the late Wil
on Barrett's play, "Lucky Durham."
ppearing in the title role. He will
Iso have several frra mbers of the Bar
Any way, when a girl pays a lot for
hat she gets some trimming on it.
uying a stiff, hard, unadorned
hing even at only three dollars must
e awfully dull work.
Miss Oldgirl is a fearful manhater.
How do you know?
Vhy, at church she won't even use a
Ymn-book.
Three pickpockets of national fame
ere arrested in Chicago while at
ending a performance of "Raffles." in
which Kyrle Bellew is starring.
Why do some people always look
mbharrassed wher the mooni is re
-rred to?
A few men are willing to acknow
edge that they try to be good. The
1ajority are proud of being a little
ickeder than they really are.
TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY,
Court of Common Pleas.
David H. Wheeler, Plaintiff,
vs.
:arrie D. Shockley et al, Defedants.
By order of the court herein I will
el before the court house at New
erry, South Carolina, on Saleday in
)ecember, within the legal hours of
ale, to the highest bidder, the fol
winlg lot or parcel of land lying and
eing in or near the village of Hele
a. county and state aforesaid, con
aining Seventy-Three One-Hun
redths (73-1oo) or an acre, bounded
n the south by College street which
eparates it from a lot of Mrs. Seig
r, on the west by lot formerly of
arrie D. Shockley, on the north by
> formerly of Brancie 0. Holman,
n the east by lot formerly of E. J.
olman.
Terms of -sale: One half cash, the
alance to be~ paid in one year with
iterest from day of sale, the credit
ortion to be secured by bond of the
urchaser and a mortgage of the
remises sold, with leave to the pur
haser to anticipate credit portion in
whole or in part, the purchaser to
urther secure the cr'edit portion by
nsuring the residence on said lot
nd assigning the policy to the mas
e r.
H. H. Rikard,
Maste'
faster's Office, Nov. 1o, 1904j
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warned
ot to trespass upon the lands of
he undersigned in No. 4 township in
ny manner whatever under penalty
>f the law.
Geo. F. Abrams.
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