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I THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Old Folks' Day at Colony Next Sunday?Program?Personal Mention. Prosperity, Aug. 19.?Rev. I. S. Caldwell, after an evangelistic tour of three weeks in Texas returned to Prosperity on Friday. ! Mr. Edmund Sheeley had the mislortune to lose two fine mules by a stroke of lightning on last Thursday. Mr. Sheeley had one of his mules severely snagged the same morning. 1 his mule, it is thought, will get well. Mr. Sheeley's loss is heavy. ^ Mrs. V. L. Normon and children, of Concord, N. C., left for home Monday, after a pleasant visit to Prof. F Counts and others. Ernest S. Kohn left Monday for Concord, N. C., to take a position with the General Electric Co. He will return to Clemson later. Don't forget that you arc invited to join with the good people of Colony in their old folks day next Sunday. Program of old folks day at Colony church Sunday, Aug. 24. Music by choir. Hymn No. 233. Reading Scripture. Prayer. Address of welcome. Introduction first speaker. ( Hymn No. .177. Address. Music by choir. Collection for aged and disabled ministers fund South Carolina Synod Doxology and benediction. Recess. Afternoon exercises. Music by choir. Prayer. Hymn No. 338. Address. Hymn No. 371. Add ress. Closing Hvmn. Benediction. Hymns selected are from the Book of Worship. Mr. P. A. Rikard, of Atlanta, came over last week and joined Mrs. Rikard and will spend his vacation in and around Prosperity. Mr. Rikard is an expert linotype operator on the staff of the Georgian and News. There will be two services at Colony next Sunday and dinner will be had on 1 lie grounds. All are requested f lo bring baskets. Come and enjoy a day of good things. ! Messrs. Kinard and Kibler have I opened their doors for business in their building next door to the Peoples National bank. Mrs. Lillifts Warren, of Columbia, is visiting Mrs. P. E. Scluimpert. Sunday school picnic at Ml. Pilgrim on Friday, Aug .30. Everybody invited to be present and bring baskets and enjoy the day with the Sunday school. There will be addresses in the morning. * ROBERT EDWARD LEE By James R. Randall. H As a Soldier. The military operations of Lee .are briefly but epigrammatieally narrated F by Prof. Shepherd. We think that the only shadow on the perfection of Lee as a soldier of the very first order was that he resembled Hannibal rather than Alexander the Clreat, or Ceasar. lie knew how to win victories and was unsurpassed in defensive warfare, but did not always know how to reap his triumphs. How much he may have been thwarted by hi\ auxiliary Generals, or by what Shiller, as translated by Coleridge, calls ''the unspiritual god?Circumstance," we may not venture to oracularly declare; but he seemed to somewhat lack that quality so conspicuous in Jackson and even more notably in Forrest, of relentless pursuit of the enemy and his capture or annihilation. In that respect Forrest was a "heaven-born General," like Olive, and had he been in command in the West instead of the t wooden-headed Bragg, and the reckt less ITood, with men like Cleburne at his side, the Western Army of the Confederacy would have matched in I successful glory the triumphs of the y Army of Northern Virginia. But Forrest was a phenomenal soldier, and nothing else, while Lee towered above all of his Generals and all of his civic contemporaries in those moral qualities which ally us to the heavenly choir. Why he did not, after Burnside was overwhelmingly and disastrously defeated at Fredericksburg, drive the Federal General and his discomfited army into the Rappahan, nock river, or bag the whole force, I have never had satisfactory explanation. Jackson advised a night attack, but his plan was not adopted. He was like Forrest; he saw no use in gaining victories without substantial results, and believed that a beaten enemy should be kept on the move and either captured or demoralized. Lee preferred to "build a golden j bridge for a flying enemy." This wasj the classic proverb; Forrest neither knew nor oared for ll,0 epigrams or proverbs of ajitiquity, ami so perloriucd, in the mere art of war prodigies which seemed to be in defiance of ^ scientific sturtegy, "(live me," he said to Bragg, nftei. tjle tremendous Confederate victory at Cliickamauga, one brigade of infantry and with my cavalry, I will drive Rosecrans into the Tennessee river, or capture his whole army." I believe he would have done it, just as Burnside would have been compelled to surrender at Fredericksburg- had a man like Forrest been in command or Jackson listened to. The defeat and capture of Burnside would have left no organized army of the North between Lee and Boston, just as the capture of Rosecrans would have opened up the West and prevented the disasters that subsequently came upon us. I renumber riding with Dr. Gaston, one of the chief surgeons in Lee's army, after the battle of Gettysburg. lie said: There never stepped 011 this planet such an army as Lee led into Pennsylvania. They felt capable of defeating any Yankee force, composed of 110 matter how many foreign and bought soldiers, and Lee had the same opinion of them. Yet Stuart, Early, and incidentally, Ewell, ruined the Confederacy, so far as they could, however unconsciously in that battle, and Lec himself, in trying to repair the blunders of his Generals, counted too much 011 the miracles of valor they could perform when he ordered the onset of Pickett and Pettigrew upon heights which, but for Early, would have been occupied by Confederates after the first day's battle. Meade, in assault, would have been cut to pieces as Grant was afterward at Cold Harber, and his retreat to Washington would have been disastrous beyond conception. I asked Major Kyd Douglass what caused the repulse at Gettysburg, llo answered me as he had done the Comle de Paris: "Stonewall Jackson was dead," meaning that had Jackson been alive in command of his old corps and along with the vanguard commanded by Early, he would have occupied, not Gettysburg town, but the trategic Gettysburg, the i 11 viroiling heights of Little Round Top and Cemetery Hill. The Spiritual Side. But llmre was in Lee something so much greater than military prowess of the first order that all physical 01* materia' talent sinks into almost insignificance. It was his virtue, his soul, his supernatural nature that, at last, made him worthy of eVen the extremest eulogy of Prof. Shepherd. He might have repeated without vanity and with much more truth what Byron wrote: "Tii ?ro that within me which shall tire Torture and time and brenthe when I expire; Something unearthly which they wot not of. Like the remembered tones of a mute lyre, Shall 011 their softened spirits sink and move, T11 hearts, all rocky now, the late remorse of love." What Might Have Been. Then, after lovingly tracing Lee through his almost perfect course of husband, father, college president and then to the heart-break of his dissolution, Professor Shepherd comes to that remarkable final chapter of his book treating of the calamity which befell the human race when "Europe, Asia and Africa," plus Yankees, as Dr. Brickell, states it, overwhelmed the physical south in arms. I understand that a Dr. Uhler, in Baltimore,! chiefly because of this chapter, refused to let Prof. Shepherd's extraordinary work have entrance to a public library. This was a prodigious blunder, like the exclusion of the state of Brutus from the Roman procession, which only made the people remember all the more of Jefferson Davis because his name was chiseled from Cabin John Bridge. I do not hesitate to say that I endorse every word of Prof. Shepherd's final summing up and have, in my own poor way, for years, feebly expressed what he for-1 niulates, though speculatively, with a "pomp of purple words" and veraeous eloquent. The one argument in oposition to his thesis is that as God permitted the overthrow of the Confederacy in arms, therefore it is a righteous verdict. This is mere fallacy, although Frederick the Great said J that "mighty battles were fought beyond the stars." God does not take away our free will; He even allows His own Church, at times, to suffer apparent demolition. In the ease of the Confederacy, ominous warnings arc given at this day that the Federal Union, the Union of the Fathers, instead of being preserved, has been destroyed or is on the road to destruction; that negroes, instead of being benefitted by emancipation, following freedom, are being physically and ' noiull(\ debauched, loathsomely disand doomed to final extinction !. U.!ls that the curse of a i u,o l1 a hero on Venice is on thy >vo of fulfilment in this Republic" lh.al thu (,??>ons of Socialism and mperialism are marshalling their losts for a battle to the finish. And, yhile the South has not been exceplona 3 materially improved in many rays, um| somcwlmt morally descner tc?, ? of that olden time can prouddeclare with the poet: <uI though Right trampled bo counted as Wrong; ^nd that he called Right which is Jivil victorious. lore where Virtue is feeble and VilI any strong? Tis the Cause, not the Fate of the Cause, that is glorious." Final Triumph. And, as ftfr Lee, his name goes town the ages more and more luminously with the best of all the greatest , !ho?e who "waged contention with tinJe> decay,'' and whose cause s as undying, somewhere, as its heav>?ly inspiration. So, like the poet's Jicture of the Grecian luminary, it nay be said of him, 'Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Vlong Morean hills the setting sun* <ot> ns in Northern climes, obscur^Tv bright, J 3ut one unclouded blaze of living light," ? MIAN NAMES IN OKLAHOMA. What Early Settlers Have Called Some of the Towns and Streams. I lie cowboys, plainsmen and earlv icttiers of Oklahoma and the Indian lemtory were not possessed of a hjihly developed poetic sense. Some >1 the names they bestowed upon (ho settlements and localities were more orcible than elegant, and were inspired by some incident of the moment or >.v a desire to perpetuate the name >t an individual. In spite of this, 'avs the Kansas City Star, however, nnny of the early white settlements eceived Indian names that delight he oar and are eminently suited to locality and I lie country. As samples of the titles .riven to !?me Indian Territory waterways here may be mentioned Dog Creek, l?ive Mile Creek, Hell Roaring River. d. Oil and Polecat Creeks. These no scarcely to be preferred to a coui\r xi! TInclian names?Iliayona and V\ e-\\ olva. Some of the white man's lames for towns mentioned are Rob Amos Hailey, Fame, Hiartown, >wl, Fishelrown. Meet' Creek and Jimown. These may be compared with ??me Indian names bestowed on otliir localities?A 1-lu-we, Checotah, l^apita, Miskogee, Nowata, Okmulgee, ^equovah, Tahlequah, Wewoka, KonMnis, Ochelata, Tiawah and Wetun?a. Oklahoma is likewise affected with many rough and ready names that nay bave seemed highly appropriate lo the pioneer but hardly answer the purpose as permanent titles for communities that may some lime become important cities. Archibald, Fry, Monk, Nail, Pawpaw and Kelleyville lire a few. On the other hand, there are such Indian names as Ataka Kiamic.hi, Tologa, Waukomis, Waurika, Waynoka, Tonkawa and Ogeeche. Mr. Fairbanks dare not look in the ill reel ion of a striker lest he be suspected of looking coldly?News & Courier. ST.ATK OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NKW.BRRR.Y. Court of Common Pleas. J. Hago(?d Clary and Matthew W. Uary, partners doing business under ,irm "ame and stvle of Clary i*iothers, Plaintiffs, vs. Mountain (f jy Mill Company, Defendant. Summo :s foi Relief. 8,1,1 : '-tndant, 'lor.hlai:: Cijv Mill Company, A on are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is on file in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Newberry County, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint on the subscribers, at Dm ir office in Newberry, South ( arolina, within twenty days after the service hereof: exclusive of the day ot service: and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the lime aforesaid, flic plaintiffs in (his action will apply to (he Court for (he relief demanded in the complaint. Hunt, Hunt and Hunf<>r, Plaintiff's Attorneys N"v,""',x s' a A"*"st To the Dependent, Mountain Citv Mill Company: Yon will fake notice that the complaint in the above entitled action wa8 filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Newberry Conn ty, South Carolina, on tho lGtli day ot Aujiti>t, 190<, ami is now on file there. Hunt, Hunt ami Hunter, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. R< Jtaw Ct. 8-19 II JOINT PIONIO. Piney Woods and Wheeland Farm- 7 ?r's Unions.?Saturday ^ August 31. I'o ho held Saturday, August 31, 1907, in front of the parsonage near Piney Woods Cehurch. STA'TK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Newberry County, Court of Common Pleas. George S. Mower, Plaintiff, against, The Newberry Steam Laundry Company, Defendant. Notice is hereby given that all persons holding claims or demands nsrainst the defendant Company or its assets, including stockholders, are hereby required to render in and establish t! e same before me in this aoti in on or before the second day of September. 1907. and that they have b-;?n from r.fsecuting their sdemands elsewhere. H. II. Rikard, Master. LISTEN! A certain store in Newberry, is that everybody refers to as the a "Home Goods Store," owing o to their having everything for p the HOME always in stock, has just received a beautiful lot of Imported Japanese China, hand decorated, which is being sold at exceptionally low prices. J If you want to buy or want to see something pretty for your home, just go to SALTER'S Art and Variety Store, * R Across from Salter's Studio. Just received, c 2 1-2 and 2 3-4 W we will sell thes* It's the strongest, Wagon on the m; Buggi< We carry but o ufactured by The ville, Ga. These be the best and n market. Our pri Buy a Summers 1 factured at Barns No more broker shafts, broken s] only parties handi Come and see ou and you will buy 1 Program. eti 10:00 A. M. 0 Prayer. Moral Advantages of (ho Farm, ev. E. J. Sox. (|( llow to keep the Boys on the Farm. (11 on. D. F. Efird. The Farmer's Cooperative and Edn-J bo apital $50,000.00 Deposits $32 THE CUMMER of Newberr TO BHIDQ an emergency you may The Commei > prepared to loan reasonable su t legal rates. If you teed mone^ r for other purposes come to the osltors of course receive the pre J?3S Interest Paid in Savi "The Bank for yi 'NO. M. KINARD, Pres. J. Y. McFALL DUE WEST FEMy DUE WES' The ideal place for quiet study, thorough ind personal oversight. The attendance cr icilities. New Carnegie Hall with elegai lectric light, steam heat, complete water late and splendid health reconl The very eautiful catalogue. The President's ad<lre! ar load of Fish E agons. For the 3 Wagons regarc best made and < arket. es! Bu? ne line of Buggies Summers Buggy Buggies are cons eatest job ever < ces and Terms c 3uggy Company' iville, Ga., and yo i wheels, split t prings or bent tc ling these Buggie r stock of Wagon from j (' " JAY JO ilional 1'nion of America. J. 13 'Noall Ilolloway. Address, lion. A. 1<\ Lever. The public generally are invited to ese exercises. Come and bring wellled baskets. Music will be furnished bv a string md. ' * ( Surplus$54,924.33 4,552.8 i. ICiM BANK y, S. C, W~ 33 OVER need a little money. rcial Bank ms on acceptable collateral / to pay or discount your bills ' bank and talk it over. Deference. e? ings Department, our Savings." o. B. MAYER, Vice-Pres. Cashier. \LE COLLEGE, r, s. c. work, sweet Christian influences and erlowing last year. Greatly improved "t accommodations for ioo boarders bes^'l l"1' . SC>weif?Ki' Delightful diss till ^ m!! VS f?r liM! h''^ nioney. 1,11 September ist will be KliV. JAMliS HOYCIi, Montreal, N. C. >ros. high grade next 30 days iless of profits. Basiest running rgies! 3 in stock, manCo, of Barnssidered by all to offered on this ire reasonable. s Buggy, manu u have the best, odies, cracked >ps. We are the ssin this county, is and Buggies