# i? THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. f ? _ vol.. XI.TX. SPARTANBURG, S. C, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1892. no. 3r mvt in thi6 coun*> who started as a reuter sevenl ya-.rs ago and struggled, on, year after year, but with his head up end b;s hear< filled witfr manly aspirations. Fe is poor to-day but he is pieparing a sod and daughter for college and if he caD possibly secure the money by digging it out of the ground, or borrowing, he will give his children a colhgiate education He does not whine and complain and say that the State ought to build a school house for him, nor buybooks, or pay his teachers Like a true, good parent he has risen &N>ve the State and devoted his life to the training of his children. There are ^^hjmdreds of parents in the county u:'ku IUJ?U property as this man who are doing nothing for the education of their chii dren. As they sow they will reap. | The Hew Eugland Magazine indicates that its provincial name is too narrow for the scope of its articles. It reaches out as far as the "North Pole" in a readable paper by Cfe&rles M. Skinner.and then sooops in "Buzzard's Bay" which has been the centre of at traction for one half of the American people for several months. "The Need ' of Good Roads" receives due consideration and is made a leading feature of the number. Boratio Perry tells Al/l Vaa UamnihirA Mmur.'' While the Yankees could never equal the Georgia "Cracker" in these displays of the "melish," yet it will be interesting to learn how our yankee brethren conducted themselves on parade day. W. L. Sheldon makes "A Plea for the German Element iu America," and Nicholas Paine Oilman discusses "Profit Shearing in the United States.1' This is a' very important subject and is a side issue of the great Labor question / that is agitating the whole country. The New England Magazine is wn!l worth the price $3 00 a year. The address is Boston, 86 Federal Street. ?The September Century comes laden with good things. The illustrations are a studday in themselves. From the frontispiece, "Between Two Fires." to the last advertisement the .pictures talk. "The Grand Fails of Labrador" are well described by Henry G. Bryant. Edmund Clarence 8teadman continues his admirable papers on "The Nsture and Elements of Poetry." This number takes up the "Imagination." The Chistopher Columbus series is continued. This is especially interesting as the World's Fair is approaching. Theodore Roosevelt tells about an Elk Hunt at Two Ocean Pass. Henry Van Brunt keeps up an interest in the Arch itecture at the World's Colu-nbian Exposition. The illustrations show what the statuary will be. The continued stories keep up a lively interest. The poetry is fair. The topics of the Time, Open Letters ana in a mgmer vem air very entertaining. You will find the Century always interesting. The graduates of the Keeley Institute, at Columbia, met in convention at the Institute last Friday afternoon and formed "The South Carolina Keeley Association!" The Messrs. Courtland gave them a banquet at the Hotel Jerome. The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, 1. That we, the patients and graduates of Keeley Institute *of Columbia, would tender our sincere thanks to the manager, Mr. J. W, Court land, and physiciaD, Dr. F. M. Bennett, for their very gentlemanly aod kindly treatment while with them. 2 That we note with pleasure and great pride the very high moral plane of, and grand principles underlying and making the groundwork of this institution. 8. That it is the sense of patients and graduates that under the management of these gentlemen, Mr. Courtland and Da. Bennett, that patients not only receive permanent anu lasting benefi s, but are sent forth impressed that sobriety and gentility go hand in hand. 4. That we would give expression to oorbigq appreciation of the attention paid us by Mr. Courtland in providing this festive board for our entertainment. What is useful is intrinsically ornamental. * I Cholera. * it - 8:i The medical books give us about a j half dozen varieties of cholera, besides the Asiatic cholera whichisthe dreaded ^ sc )urs:e of the East. It is characterized bv profuse discharges from the stomach and bowels, severe cramps and at sence 0 of the pulse, blueness of the skin and U( suppr ssion of the urine. Many persons mccumb in a few hours after the attack c, \s ? geueral thing5 to 20per cent. 01 the persons attacked with the disease wiil recover with ordinary treatment. _( oriin livfl in fifth and poverty a. suffer most. 0j Hippocrate400 years before Christ, ^ make6,menti n of the disease and des cribes it in si.ch a way as to show that ^ he was acqua'uted with the true cholera. ^ Aretseus, of Cappadocia, in Asia Minor, described the disease with great accu- ^ racy 50 years after Chris*. Other writers. after that date, mention the dis- ^ ease, showing ay acquaintance with its ^ symptom*. The epidemics of 1756. 1708 ( Hndl.sl have been wiii described'oy several writers. This is what is known a( as twelfth-year cholera, because in ^ HindostaD, the home of this disease, they have a great festival every twelve Q| y ar:. Thousands of people from all ^ sections spend some time together aud | when the caravans start homeward they scatter cholera on the line of march. The epidemic of 1817 was one fe the most noted of modern times. The ^ Marquis of Hastings was then carrying lj( ou war against the Mahrattas with an c army of 90,000 men Ten thousand of , the native soldiers had died at Allaba- (J| bid. Huudreds of soldiers dropped out from the line of march and died by w the wayside, lu two weeks 9,000 mm sue ^ cumbed to the disease. The epidemic of v' thai year spread Northward aod Westwa?-d reached the Mediterranean coast - ? -a.%, J.. 10M 41 where it died away m iou. m io.? . pj the disease originated at Hurdwar, near the source of the Gauges where ^ three million pilgrims assembled for a great fen ival. From that pl=<.ce it-was llJ carried in all directions and passed M rhrough Kuss'a to Moscow. F om that l> >'l>?ce it was c irried to England Ireland r* Scotland and Germany and in th-- ' Spring of 1833 it reiclitd Canada and * the United S*ates. Tiiat was perhaps the first general introduction of he in disease to our country. It moved westward aud d??w ? the Mississippi to New Orleans by October of 1832 Six thousand died out of a population of 55.000. Iq'841 another great epidemi-' began iu lower Bengal end spread b> degrees until it reached New Orleans iu 1848. Iu 1885 ludia was the smarting ^ place of the disease. The increased facilities for transportation crried the epidemic to the Mediterranean and P1 Atlantic coe.st. In 1888 it (track New tl York and was distributed iu every di n( rection by railroads aud steamboats 8,: even as far as the Sm ky Fork iu Kan aas. Fort Ellsworth, a town only six * weeks old, suffered with the disease, tl That year ft extended to rural districts d< V Jtwj?v fro n f-bo.">tng|tfares tJ travel. rhe first death in Norfh America from ^ Cholera was lu Quebec, June 1832. tl From 1883 to 1885 Egypt, Italy, France 0< and Spain suffered mocn. in i?m lucre were 8,000 to 12,000 deaths in French ^ towns. Ten thousand were reported u in Italy. In 1885 it broke oat in most P virulent form in Spain and raged for * months About one third of the cases & were fatal. The reports were carefnlly u made up showing tbat there were 250,- c< 000 cases with 92,000 deaths. About ^ thib time the subject of inoculation was C1 discussed and it was tried by the Span c? ish government. They were very hope- Ii ful as to the results. But after trial p and the careful investigation of experts f( it is considered a doubtful expedient. n The specific cause of the disease is a n living organism. The famous Koch p claims that: he has discovered it and II says that it is capable of multiplication d and propagation. v. This disease has always had its origin p in the ovev crowded districts of middle ti and Southern Asia. Poverty, poor food n aud filth are most favorable conditions b for its spread. In countries where ii is d not epidemic, it attacks those who are a crowded in tenement houses or who 13 live in.mean and filthy homes Driok- a ing water, when infected with the r< germs spieads the disease rapidly. The h clothing of cholera patients is a prime g cause of the spread of the disease. Such d is a short sketch of the terrible disease i( which has been gradually spreading in I the East for a year or more. fi _ . f Capital Punishment. j WILL THK COMING CIVILIZATION A BOL- 0 ISH IT ? r There is an increasing demand for v doing away with capital punishment, i The question certainly has two sides i and is entitled to fair and full discus- r sion ja The barbaric idea of punishment for !; vengeance doe6 not fiud place with en- c lightened and humane people. The i ouly objects in punishing one who vio- t lates law, is to reform him and to deter i others from erime. There can be no t other reason in minds moulded and t influenced by the benign teachings of < an advancing civilization. i It is usual for men who know little of t the general trend of Bible teaching i and who practice less of it, to quote i glibly certain texts that apply, as they J think, to their side of the question. These men who are anxious to 6ee m^n i suffer the extreme penalty of violated t law will refer you to the old Mosaic statute, "eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning < for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe." They never turn to the New Testament for the interpretation of the rigorous laws of the old. The only instance where a c-se was submitted to the Savior where the criminal was charged with a crime that carried death with the conviction, he convicted the witnesses and said gently to the criminal, "Go and sin no more." When people refer to the Bible for texts to strengthen arguments, they should have the fairness to take its teachings as a whole and not to use special texts in a distorted way. The object in punishing a man i6 to reform him and make a better citizen of him. If that cannot be done, then let him be separated from society and placed where he can do no harm, i Hanging, one or killing him by electric y, dots not reform a criminal. If 'b< one man is placed in a life departmem f the penitentiary he has an opportu ity for repentance and reformation man may lead an upright Christiai fe in a prison. Hanging criminals does not detei hers from committing crime. It is i oticeable fact that some of our most locking homicides iu Spartanburg >unty are committed near the sitting ' the courts. When a man is enragec rough to kill his fellow man he doei ot stop to consider the probabilities o) q acquittal by tne courts, in# icnun ' the law do not frighten him. A a.n^ing once a month at every couri rtuse in the State ^ouldi Dot preveni Dmieides. A dummy *wuug^ up per stualiy in front of the jail yard woulc ) about as much good as a real hang iff The followiug statement from tin hicago Inter-Ocean will throw con derable light on the subject. It will sar careful leading. "It is impossible to compile statistic! ;all reliable on the queotion of capi d punishment since the factB upoi hich such statistics can be based hav< 3t been collected. There are fiv< tates in the Union which have finallj trolished the death penalty, but ever oin their experience , which has beer rort and which concerns perhaps dif rent social states from those in othei tate6 where the death penalty hai een retained, no positive assertior jucerning ^ie advisability or inadvis jility of the retention of that mode ol itnishment can be made. Michigar as the first State to abolish the death nalty for murder. This was in tin >ar lt>46. A number of attempts have ?en made to revive it in that State ou ie plea that without it there has beer i increase of crime, but thus far these i?"o not succeeded. This State usuallj an orderly one, and was settled from le first with an industrious, law abid ig people, and has beeh ppculiarly icce?MnniJ gemug uu muiuui vnpim tiuishmeut. It. has, been therefore, ,'ferred to frequently by the advocatet f the total abolition of the death pen ties as a very strong argument or ieir side It is asserted that in eight jarg Michigan ha> not had anv nio?t mrders tha occnr in the city of New ork ina single ye''r. Manifestly thif not a fair comparison. The State ol iehigau ha6 uo' more than one and 8 alf times as much population as th< ty of New York and of the brutal elc lent among which almost all of th< iiirders of New York City occur, ichigan has a very slight represeuta on. The Mich'gau State prison re ort cf 1874 asserted that in the first lirteen years and a half under th< ?w law there were thirty-seven per >ns convic+ed of murder in the first agree, and the neit thirteen years anc half the number was but thirty-one lough the population had more thar onbled. The next State to abolish lirty-nine yean after the abolishiheni I the law there were thirty four con ietioDB of ruurder in the first degre< i the State. It is stated that the pop iation of Rhode Island increased 7,' er cent from 1860 to 1870,' yet then as a faliiDg off of nearly 20 per ceni i convictions for murder. From 1871 ?1880 the population increased 27 pei snt and the convictions 14 per cent rom 1880 to 1890 the population in reased 25 per cent and the record o onvictions increased in the same ratio q 1853 Wisconsin substituted life im risonment for death as a punishmen >r mnrder. From 1853 to 1870 thi umber of convictions in the State fo lurder was 51. Iowa abolished capita nnishment in 1872, and restored it ii 378 by giving to juries the power t< ecide whether the punishment fo rilliul murder should be dealth or im risonment. The plea for this restora ion was that mur lers had becomt lore frequent, a statement which ha een denied. Maine abolished tfc> eath penalty for a number of year nd then restored it, and later, in 1887 itally abolished it. Minnesota als< bolished the death p -natty and agaii einstated it. Illinois and Minnesot lave lessened capital conviction b; lying to the jury power to adjudge eath or imprisonment for life as pun dirnent for murder in the first degree n Kansas a man guilty of a capital oi ense must be sent to the penitentiar or one year. At the end of that tim t is optional with the government t rder the sentence of death to be cai ied out, or having the criminal irnprh n d for life, and the latter course is ir ariably adopted. As we have statec t is impossible to give full statistic ipon this point. The general goverr nent has never made any attempt t father the criminal statistics ot th ttates, nor has any " tate except Masss diusetts made any comparison of criu ual records for a sufficient length c ime to render them of auy value. Eve n those States where abolition of cap al punishment has been tried there i wide difference of opinion as to ii ;ffect. Mr. Andrew J. Palm who ht written a book upon this questioi itrongly condemning the death penalt wrote, beTore he prepared his book, 1 ill the State executives and prominei louvers for their opinions on the snl ject, alBO to other persons of note. 1 reply from those who had opportunil to frame opinions on the subject, tl State Governors and lawyers, the were quite as many who advocated tl death penalty as a necessity for tl preservation of social order as of thoi who condemned it. It may be safe to hurl the lie at man from a high stump, or throuf some anonymous communication, b it does not always do to c-stit into man's teeth. Last week, George A Allison and Ira Jones, both of Lanct ter, had a little scrimmage becau Jones stated that Allison had report a lie. This, caused Allison to 6tri him. A son of Jones then took up t matter and Allison was about to ti him out when they were separated, few old fashioned fights would do harm, if it woulk stop people from tt ing lies and giving the lie. We ha certainly sunk to a low level in polit and our friends, the enemy are blame for it* ? A Calf Story. t - AND THK GOOD DKACON THAT SOLD A MATCH FOR A DOLLAR. BY KX-GOY. JOHN P. ST. JOHN. r You might as well come over on th< 1 Lord's side at once in this business 1 and quit trying to carry the saloon 01 ' one shoulder and the church on tin ? other, my friends. Thev wont ride to ' gether longer. 3 Let us see. I heard of a fellow ou ^ West who owned a calf. That is noth 8 ing new, because I knew a man on ^ tiiora whn nwnpd two. and the niai t had a ten year-old boy, and the boj ^ carelessly let the bars down and let th< " calf-out of the lot?I did th it once my 1 self ever in Indiana when I was a boy and I have not forgottsn it yet. M] father did not grow in grace at tha ? time. I can feel it to this day. Auc the calf strayed on the railroad trseV ' and an engine came along and struck liim and doubled him nil up, and '< J was not worth anything as a calf aftej - that, and the owner of the calf wat 1 somewhat vexed. He was not verj 5 particular whether the "sun went dowr i on his wrath" or not and he sued tin r railroad company, and after lawini 1 away the price of a hundred calves, th< 1 company beat him?a6 the companj " always beats a man who sues for th< r price of a calf?and the fellow got mad 5 J der and coming home from the trial h< 1 said to the old church deacon: "Dea " con, I am going to get even with thai railroad company." 1 "How?" said the deacon, i "1 am going to burn the bridge acrosi > the chasm ju6t outside of town." i "Why," said the deacon, "you would i never do that, would you?" i "Yes," he said, "I don't propose to hi ( any rich corporation run roughshod ' over me." r i And the next night, the deacon ir telling his wife about it said the o'c ' fellow intended to burn the bridge thai i at o nVlnck. and the time cam* , around, and the wife, who was a mem i ber of the Woman's Christian Temper anee Union, said they had better g< i down and see about it, but the old dea 1 con said he would not burn it, he wai ! j 'ist in a passion when he said be would ' "Well," she said, "let us go down an.1 ? see about it anyway." So they startu f down towards the bridge, and sun i enough the fellow was there and hac > jnsr finished saturatinga portion of tlx bridge with kerosene oil, and just ai > th*y reached him he felt in his pocket , and found that he had forgotton to - bring matches He turned to the den con and asked him for a match arc ^ tbe deacon said: , "What are you going to do with tlx . match?" ^ "Going to burn tbe bridge," said th< I man, "as I told you last night 1 would." "Well," said the deacon, "now I pro k pose to show you the difference betweei ? a man who has made his peace wit! . loan you a match fo burn the bridge, . said the deacon, "I would be as guilt] ; as you are " Well," said the fellow, "deacon yot ; need not get on your ear about it . There are plenty of matches. I wll - * A II x-?.. ? I have them 11 i want mew. iuu nui> lege." This was a worthy honor to a . worthy man. For a single hour he has ( j never relaxed his interest in the College 1 or withheld money when it was needed. * i The location is all that can be desir1 e 1 The surface drainage is perfect and * a large underground sewer conveys all ' ] w^ste water far from the College ' ? groti ads. The e'evation is 1021 feet ] . and Tryon and other peaks of the t S ilnia range look as if they were only > a few miles from the campus. While on . Main street, it is a secluded place and ' I the pupils hRve the privilege of roam 1 ingover a fifty acre camp s without > any fear of auno\ a nee or molestation. Garrett's famoas chalybeate siring is ' ? only a few minutes walk from the Col- 1 i lece and the eirls have the privilege of 1 driukiug ail of that healthful water 1 . they desire. I , 1 he tirs? building was one of the most beautiful in the State. The plans were P*..': >'* r?.rtrsrtiv?^ It .js situated in a grove of native forest f trees with blue grass well set, and walks and drives artistically laid out. 1 , T> e inside arrangement was admirably adapted to the comfort, health and con1 venience of pupils and teachers. The r lighting and ventilation were good. It ' . was considered by all visitors the very { B ideal of a female college. The rooms, ? however, were not sufficient to acorn f modate the large number of pupils that s came the first year. An annex was built in the spring of 18111, which ad] mittey an increase of boarding pupils x and gave more room for recitations and ! societies. This annei was occupied at 1 the opening of the fall session of 1891. . Everything was moving on well and ihe increasing success of the College j was assured. | THlt QRKAT FIRE 8 On Saturday night, January 2, 1892, 4 the uiaiu building of this college was v burned. When Sunday morning came the walls were nearly all down, the pu l- uls were scattered and a weak-hearted s nan would have despaired. The in6 .-.urance was not enough to replace the building and "hard times'' was the cry 1 of the day. But before the fire had e died out in the smoking ruins the work ? of restoration began. Certain citizens ? issued a call for a public meeting in the e Court House on Monday night. There vas no arranged programme, no orators ??-Ar,o?a/i onflonhoi Ttiahon T)nn ' W1U1 JllCJ/ai VU 0|^VVUVW. e can presided. With one accord the e t rowded house determined that the ex8 (Vcises of the college should continue : ivd that a new and better building s.iould he erected. A saeisfactory subd scription was taken up aad work was e commenced in earnest. New plans were secured, which did not ha* e to be 1 hampered by the old building Nooi.e r was sanguine enough, however, to be ^ lieve that this main building could be u fl lished by the opening, September 28, r: 1892. But all doubts have been reinovn ed. A visit to the College shows that about ouo hundred workmen are busy ? from morning until night. They move ts forward, each in his place, without d losing any time. Miuy of the rooms ,?.re now ready for the furniture and all '1 will be in readiness when the new pu11! ^ils arrive. " THK NEW BUILDING. i This main building is a great im tlrnvpment in the internal arrangement % ?r>-er the old one. For instance, the ie Jhapel has a slanting floor and will con,ain 650 opera chairs. There is a large 1 gallery well arranged for seeing and L" bearing. The seating capacity of the chapel is about 1,000 without crowding 16 Then the art rooms are admirably ar10 .ranged so far as comfort and lighting are concerned. There are several come" modious rooms with old-fashioned fireplaces. These are for sick pupils, if 'they ever get sick there. The finishing of the chambers, recitation rooms and jl j palls is plain and beautiful. The chapel | will be a very h indsome auditorium. (j0 j*TlTe dining room is 60. by 45 and will l.seat two hundred persons without to crow^'nP* There are eighteen music I rooms in one wing of the College with "dead walls" separating them. A magnificent new pipe organ will be in place in the chapel. INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS. TJ All the details of the building and its furnishings would occupy too much as 8pa?e,Jiui- It may be well to outline ' -some"of the more important. The dorA. ? uitories are 17 by 14, well ventilated ind lighted. In the large recitaion rooms slate black boards wilj ae used and the marking will be done 1 vith talc. That prevents dust and in >ther annoyances A fireproof wall atn eparates the kitchen from the main goi ruilding. There are five stairways for stil gress from the building. A large as- soc ronomical observatory has been con wit tructed on top of the building. The ab< :alisthenic hall is 45 by 45, and is an Cit idmirable room for the purpose. The int arge halls give ample room for exercise ner >n rainy days. The heating is by bin team, and the temperature is kept spo iniform during the winter. The bail hea ling will be lighted by gas, but wires not ire put in for electric lighting. The 'I mrest water is furnished for drinking aft< ind bathing purposes. ted The chemical and physical laboratory Ba; s furnished better than will generally an( >e found in the State. All the irietru- vot nents and appliances have been selec- Coi ed with great care and everything is trie lew. Beside the m-.:v hry'ding, ih,. poi mnez and the ohemical laboratory as, here are four cottages on the campus wei ;o be used by trachert, or families. Br< These are desirable places for persons spe vho do not wish to go into the main for luilding. Fully two hundred boarding C lupils, bfsides teachers o;n be most rej iomfortably cared for in this iuBtitu- the Jon. The recitation room* are large ab< inough for three hundred girls. sul cut WHAT THE GIRLS STUDY. p The curriculum of the college pro- we rides for a liberal education. The rea arge (;orp^ of trained teachers warrant Stj is in stating that every pupil will re- Da :eive specia attention, Besides the mo egular collegiate course there are sev- F( j. iral specialties. Physical culture, in J. duding elocution, voioe training and goi irticulation will receive special atten- apt don. The teacher in this department th? ias had tine training and she is thor- Abj mghly interested in her work. Type- Wa writing, stenography, telegraphy and wo x>ok keeping are taught, thus prepar- vol og girls to become bread winners. an< The musical department is in charge sul >f trained teaohers. Special attention on s given to vocal music and a distin Ca juished teacher has been secured. po: The boarding department will be Br inder the management of J. Watkins Ba Lee, famous as a hotel keeper. This me (uminer he is at Rawley Springs, Va , vei cut will return in time for the school. th< That appointment insures a good table. Wo The discipline of the school is strict rec withot a spying surveillance, allowing of ibji^Jant liberty without any license, tin treating all pupils as they were ladies, Ce showing them that it is better to con go, trol themselves than to be controlled an by others. All the work in the class ar; rooms and in the social circle tends to q. the development of the individual so Wa that each one may feel that she is res- "fj ponsible for her own conduct. R MAINSPRING OF THK MACHINE. au ini Of course the governing spirit of gt;j tnis college is rue~'Kev. B. F.' VV ilnou. , the president./Since the day he took jes charge no man has been busier. He an has superintended the building and fur de uishing of two colleges besides superin- ' tending the teaching and training in lai all its departments. Well has he ac- T1 quitted himself. He will begin the ac third year with the increased esteem ra and confidence of his friends and pat- tei rons. While his duties and responsi- T1 -J bllities are very aruuuua, wuno nuu gr know him best believe that he will tei meet them all like a true, humble grow- el< ing man ought to do- Spartanburg has abundant reason to be proud of Con- in verse Collerge and its management, and be the peopple unite in a hearty endorse- th ment of the institution. T1 of ?Ei-Minister John Bigelow pub- pr lishes in the September Scribner under the title "The Tilden Trust Liorary; ^ li^hat Shall it Be?1' the facts concern- aE ing Mr. Tildeu's wishes as to the de- in tails of the plan, and also a most im- ctl portant proposal for still carrying out th a large part of it by the erection of a 8a great library building in the very centreof New York. The scheme, with its B elaborate illustrations, is one of the T. most interesting ever laid before the public. W "The Last of the Buffalo" Mr. George PJ Bird Grinnell's article in this number di of the Magazine, is full of true sports- CI man's feeling. Mifs Isibel F. Hapgood writes of the JNevsky Prospekt in the sixth article on C "The Great Streets of the "World," and L gives a very clear impression of its char- hi acteristic aspects, and the historical ^ and personal associations of Russia's w chief city. ai Mr. W. C. Brownell, whose book. A "French Traits," was received with so c< much favor, contributes the first of ct three articles on French Art, all to be a> illustrated. Mr. Charles Lummis, who has lived a w number of years at the Pueblo of Isleta fc writes with sympathy and enthusiasm of these Indians in an article on "The u; Indian who is not poor." Iu close relation with other articles ^ on practical forms of philanthropy, * which have appeared in the Magazine w is Mrs Frederick R. Jones's paper on ^ "The Education of the Blind." She traces the history of the various methods that have been devised tor helping the b'ind to understand and know of the outside world, and with the aid of novel illustrations shows the wonderful progess that has been made in this direction. The "Historic Moment"this month is a "The Attainment of the Highest 8 North," by Sergeant, now Lieutenant, D. L. Brainard. of the Greely Expedi ( tiou, who with Lieutenant Lockwood a and the Eskimo Thorlip, reached the a most northern point ever touched by ' man. a The spread of cholera in the Rus- ^ sian districts is fearful. Last Wednesday 4,679 new cases and 2,743 deaths were reported. The Hamburg authorities admit that cholera has been in thai 8 city since the 18th instant. There ( seems to be no doubt as to its reaching this country before the 10th day of Sep- 1 tember. i ?A safe was blown open at Williamston, S. CM one night last week and $60.00 and some valuable papers stolne ( Broad River Association. IJaptlst Courier, L'his is ainon? the oldest Associations the State. It was organized in 1800 w i though other Associations have d le out from it, the Broad River is n 1 a large and active body. This As- a iation met Thursday, August 25th, tl h Mt Ararat church, Uniou county, d )ut seven miles southeast of Gaffney ti no is a. ii.! i- l il y. j. ue ursi uiiug iu oruer wan wie o roductory sermon, by Bro. A. J. Bon- h from the teit, '"He saved others, B aself he cannot save," Bro. Bonner ii >ke to the point, and touched the T irts of his hearers. His sermon was b more than twelve minates in length, tl 'lie organization was perfected in the jy ernoon. Hev. C. C. Coggin was elec t< Moderator, and brethren 8. M. h gwell and W. R. Goudelock. Clerk a I Treasurer, respectively. While the e es were being counted The Baptist ft iirier was called out, and the editor c id to enlist the sympathy and supoHV " h\ and vieiiprs, and b a result a good number of names ? re added to the list of subscribers, t ). Vass was given an opportunity to r< ak, and of course made many friends E the orphanage. ti )n Friday, in the absence of a regular t< jreseutative of Furman University, I ) writer had a few things to say 1< >ut our institutions of learning. The tl >ject of education was further dis- fi ised by brethren J. W. Walker, B. g< Robertson, T. M. Bailey, 8. M. Bag- E II and J. S. Ezell, The report was 1 .d by Bro. Bagwell. The report on b ite Missions was read by Bro. L. D. y .vis and discussed by brethren Am- tl us, L. L. Sams and Dr. Bailey. The ^ >ort on Temperance was read by Bro. e S. Ezell, and discussed by him at ti ne length in a sensible and convincing tech. Other brethreu spoke, and then p i resolution, "that the Broad River g, 3ociation is in favor of Prohibition," b s adopted by a rising vote, delegates, c men and visitors being invited to u te. At the request of the Association Q d in the absence of a report on the 2 jject, the editor of The Courier spoke |, the Home Mission work. Bro. J. E. c rter spoke on Colportage. The re- fc rt ou Foreign Missions was read by o. John R. Jefferies, and Bro. J. D. j iley spoke, giving an account of the e feting of the Southern Baptist Con- t ntion in Atlanta, and an outline of } a centennial work, and the general t rk of the Board. The Association B juested Bro. Bailey to visit a number } the churches in different sections of ( i Association in the interest of the c ntennial of Missions. He will do ^ od work, as he has informed himself ] d is full of the subject The mission- 1 p sermon was preached by Bro- \ C. Coggin on Saturday, and it ( .s an excellent sermon from the text, le that winneth souls is wise." Dr. \ H. Griffith was present on Saturday , d addressed the Association in the ( terests of <*the Cooper-Limestone In- j tote Th? women held a m?r?io*?*ry ? - . A. J nndar tka I . ' '! ill:) MHUD uoj uuuv. >uv . | iderahip (iJlMiss Badd, of Gtaflney,' , d Miss B. IMcCluney, the vioe-presl- , at for the Bro&d River Association. i This session of the Broad River was j gely attended and fall of interest, le spirit of the meetingaras excellent, ( id the order of business was well aruged, giving ample time to each inrest coming before tbe Association. ( le people of the community took , eat interest in the meeting, and enrtained the delegates and visitors in , igant style. , On Sunday the meeting was fall of terest to the people of the community, ing the occasion of the dedication of e new house of worship of Mt. Ararat. ie sermon was preached by thd editor ( The Courier, and the dedicatory ayer offered by the pastor, J. D. , liley. The treasurer, deacon Gh W. | cCown, reported the house completed id paid for. It cost about $850, not eluding work done by members of the arch. It will seat about 450- It is ? third house of worship built on the j me church lot. Mt. Ararat was ormized in 1826, and admitted to the road River Association the same year. ' be tirst deacons were Isaac Peeler, >seph Guyton and James Dunn, and r. Walker the first pastor. Other istors, successively, were, J. G. Lan um, B Hicks, George Wiikie, E. M. baffln, T. K. Pursley, S. Morgan, hos. Dixon, J. 8. Ezell, F. Littlejohn, J. Jones, J. Gibbs, J. G. Carter, Wm. urtis, John Tolleson, T. J. Taylor, W. Brown, W. G. P. Ezell, Geo. T. Gresim, J. D. Bailey, the present pastor, hese facts and other items of interest e gather from "Sketches, Historical nd Biographical, of the Broad River ssociation, from 1800 to 1892," by Dea>n John R. Logan. Mt. Ararat is imposed of good members, and it is i active, progressive church, and in lis new house of worship the church ill move forward and do greater things ?r the Master. For many kindnesses The Courier is oder special obligations to brethren pencer, R. B. Spears, E. P. Macomson, fin. D. Alexander, D. W. and J. T. homasson. The Greenville Delegation as not large, but we fell into good ands and were tenderly treated. Women at the Fair. The Beard of Lady Managers in hicago for the World's Fair desires to snstruct a number of dormitories f< r lie accommodation of wage-earning roinen who may visit the fair. They re endeavoring to raise $150,000 capital tock, and are selling the shares at $10 ach- A share entitles the holder to idging for twenty-five days at 50 cents day in any dormitory|belonging to the ssociatiou. The shares are made traDSerrable, so that a holder can sell her ight to another, if she does not take .dVantage of its privileges for the full lumber of days. No board is included n tin sa charges, and the adult males viil be allowed to lodge in the dormitoies. Money remitted in any form for hares must be mgde payable to Mr. E. i. Keith, President of the Metropolitan -lank of Chicago, and the application nust pass through the hands of the (ecretary, Mrs. Helen M. Barker, room 100, Rand, McNally Building. We make our to-days of yesterdays >ur to-morrows of to-days. Spartanburg Association. 1 baptist Courier. ^9 The Spartanburg Association met dth the New Prospect church Tues- ^ >y, August 33. This church is 15 '4 liles northwest of Spartanburg city, rid in order to reach the meeting for tie opening session we left home Money afternoon. This gave us an opporanityof spending the night in the city f Spartanburg. We were taken in and by pastor Derieux and his dea on tro. J. E. Bomar, and spent the night l the delightful home of the latter. 'hursday morning in company with rethren Derieux and T. M. Bailey, in ae handsome turn-out of Bro. John H. iontgomery, we were soon on the road a New Prospect. Before we had gone alf the distance the rain began to fall, Q(l before we reached the chnrch, vcrytbing was thoroughly wet, State [issions and the Baptist Courier inluded. The Association was called to order y the iormt.r Moderator, Rev L f! izell. It is a rule of this Association hat the Moderator is not elegible for s election after the third year. Bro. izell had served three years and the ime had come to select a new Moderacr. Brethren Covington, Hugging and erieux received votes on the first bal>t, and there was no election. These bree young brethren all declined the irther use of their names, and the Asaciation then unanimously elected trother John Earle Bouiar Modera'or. 'he brethren could not have made a etter selection. The new Moderator res at home in the chair, and pushed he work of the Association. Brethren l. B. Woodruff and S. B Ezell were lected Clerk and Treasurer, respec ively. The introductory sermon was reached by Bro. J. D. Hugging. The ermon was an earnest, pointed and rief presentation of the subject, "The Ihurch, God's chosen instrument of making known the manifold wisdom of lod" Bro. Huggins preached just 0 minutes. He could have preached anger. -He did not tell all he knew , n the subject, but one thing is certain J te did not tire out the congregation. vjfl In the afternoon Bro. Vass talked-Us- M thanage, and being at home in the Asociation, he made many friends for his new work. The report on Home iissions was read by Bro. J. E Covingon, and brought out a lively discusion, participated in by brethren Cov ngton, Jj. ts. fczeii, a. f. nooiqhuii^a. j. Watson and T. M. Bailey The dismssion was mainly along the tine of vork among the colored people. The Saptist Courier was called out, and a lumber of the brethren spoke in its jehalf, and new names were added to >ur list. The second day of the meeting Drought out a large crowd. The house (ras filled and a large congregation v. as icattered about on the grounds. 1 he Irat lialf hour was given to bnsi. ess. TVo regi^lar order.>*nr?r rati State Missions. After the report iras read by Bro. W. H. Watms and ipoken to by two members of the flt;\te Board, brethren Derieux and So life, followed by Dr. Bailey. The subject of Education brought jut the report of the trustees of Cooper Limestone Institute. The report shows in encouraging state of affairs. It says: 'During the currant session there have been enrolled 119 pupils. Of these sixty havo been in music and thirty-six in in art. Of the entire number sevmty J have been boarders.'1 The small in- ? debtednees is steadily increasing. Dr. R. H. Griffith was present and address- i sKa a oonni at inn Thft mftDT friends Df Bro. Griffith will be glad to learn that he is looking well and seems 4 strong. His speech reminded us of old times, and it was a delight to meet our beloved brother and to bear his noble ^ address, an appeal in behalf of the eduction of our daughters. The mission- \ ary sermon was preached by Bro. W. 4 H. Waters, on the means at hand in ?. mission work, viz: prayer and money. \ Acts 10: 4, "Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God-" Bro. Waters preached only twenty minutes, bat the sermon which was earnest and practical, produced a happy inpre8siou and was full of spirit of the gospel. A collection followed the sermon. ? In the afternoon the Centennial of Missions was discussed. A program had been arranged by the Executive Committee and subjects assigned to speakers. Brethren R. H Griffith, J. E. Covington, W. T. Derieux, L. C. Ezell, and the writer, spoke on different phases of the subject during the meeting. The women held a meeting in the school house conducted by Miss Lila Budd. The Woman's Mission work was discussed during the Association by brethren Huggins and Derieux. The next Association will ineei next year with Philadelphia church, near Glenn Springs. The Association was organized just sixteen years ago, in the church with which we are now meeting- Bro. John G. Landrum was the Moderator, then pastor of New Prospect. Bro. L. C. Ezell mentioned that of the preachers present at the organization, he is the only one now living and still a member of the body. Bro. Vass was present at the organization and is present to-day, but not a memb'er of this body. Bro. W. F. Sorrels is the present pastor of New Prospect, which has a membership of 360. Bro. 8orrels is pastor of several other churches in this Association and is doing fine work. During the Association the editor of the Courier and Dr. Bailey were entertained by Bro. S. J. Hicks and wife, whose home is near tLe church. We are ^nder many obligations to these Christian friends for their thoughtful kindness. The Association was well attended, nearly all the churches being represented, and the meetings were characterized by a spirit of harmony and earnestness. The attention and the order were excellent, and the beet of feelings prevailed. Some men can convert the "brass*' n their systems to gold in their pockets. There are few people who do not at some time shy when they run suddenly upon the truth.