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The Press and Banner.! AliU KVILLW . ?.u . Wednesday, August 17,1887. j Death of Ueneral P. II. Rriullr]*. j General 1'. H. Bradley, the father of our i townsman, W. 0. Bradley, Ks?i, died at Ills j home at Bradley on the A. & K. K. II.. on Sunday night, August 14, liiST, at the age of 71} years. He was born In Abbeville county, In 1813, and has lived here ever nince. He married Miss Jane Chiles, daughter of Thoma? W. Chiles, who preceded him to the grave some twelve years. To them were born n family of sons and daughters?four of whom survive. fienornl Bradley has always II ved a correct lire, and his christian character bore good frnlts. In 18.17 he was ordained elder of Cedar Spring Associate Reformed Presbyterian church wnlch office he held until the day of his death. The church at Cedar .Spring had been without a pastor from 1S81 to 1837. In that time vacancies in the eldership occured. General Hradley and his father were ordained elder at the same time, with I)r. George W. Pressly and Robert Drennan, in the first year of the pastorate of Rev. W. R. Hemphill, 1>. I). General Bradley In his youth acquired a good English education, which together with a splendid natural endowment, made hlin a man among men. He was of a positive character, with the highest instincts. His honorable spirit and genial disposition made for him many warm friends. He was distinguished for fixedness of purpose, great energyand a determination to overcome whatever obstacles he might meet. Uy energy, good judgment, and an untiring work lie amassed a fortune, which was swept away by the war, when he was left bankrupt, but with the energy and will of a younger man, hp adapted himself to the changed condition of affairs, and at the time ot his death he mills Bn pRtnte. iinu -i General Bradley was public spirited although ho was never ambitious for public honors, and it may be truly said of him that he was a worker in the ranks. Whatever was for the public good always met General Bradley's hearty support and active co-operation" "When the war broke out he raised a company and enlisted In the service of his country. The company which he raised elected him to their command, and the company was unlisted in the war as company C. 7th S. U.? I Regiment. Being well advanced in yean-, lie nerved only for a year or two. wueu uc tnrned home, and the people elected him to the Legislature where he represented Abbeville district in the Sessions of 1862, and 1863. Twenty years later, and aiter a terrible revolution bad swept over the country, he wns re* turned to the General Assembly from Abbeville county In 1SS2 and 1SS3, where he made an honorable record from beginning to end. At one time he was President of the AbbcV vllle Agricultural Society, but his crowning act as a public-spirited citizen was the building of the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad. His act In this Instance was prompted by the desire to promote the material prosperity of the community In which he lived. His home and the homes of his ^neighbors ranged from twelve to twenty miles Irom railroad transportation. His keen perception realized the great necessity for the road, and , feeling an unbounded confidence that success would crown determined efforts in a commendable cause, he took charge of the convicts and gave the work of surveying aud trading the road his indlvidal and undivided attention. Future generations will never know with what fidelity and unswerving devotion he applied himself to the work. He traveled day and night, and pledged his personal fortune In the work. When money and provisions to feed the convicts could not be had from the Railroad Company he furnished them on his own account. During the progress of the work, the convicts were at one time ordered back to the penitentiary. But he was nnawed by the powers of the State, and single-handed and alone, defied j the State to violate it# contract. lie had contracted for the convicts on specified terms and conditions, and knowing his rights he with the independence of his nature, maintained them at every hazard. The work was pushed forward, and we all know the result, but few will ever kuow the difficulties j under which it was achieved. No citizen oi j any country has a prouder monument than bus General Bradley in the grand work which he accomplished in bringing to a remote neighborhood all the advantages of a splendid railroad. Hnvin? in tho vifor of his manhood, and In the strength of his old age, discharged every duty for the temporal benefit of his countrymen, he did not, In the feebleness which preceded his departure, forget their spiritual welfare. Abounding in thankfulness to t.bf. Greafc Head of the Church^nnifSTi of brotherly love torAU-iTrfiftfeifrd, he freely gave the ^^Jandrtfle timber, and whatever else was ne- ' cessary for the construction of a house in , which his neighbors might assemble for the < worship of the Lord our God. Having faithfully served the church as older for llfly! years, the erection of the buildlr.g for divine! worship was an act beautifully illustrating uicuuimuici \u nn; ?? <* ? turn %mv v while adorning the close of a lon& and useful, life. General Bradley was a true and trusted! friend of Ersklne College. He never with-! held his aid, andalways manifested the greatest Interest In Its welfare. He was a trustee of the institution lor many years. General Bradley had good health until two years ago, when lie had paralysis. Sine? then he has been In feeble health, though still active and energetic. 1 Last Friday night he was taken with something like a spnsm, from which lie never rallied. It was evident to his friends that his ' days were numbered. His children were called. He was surrounded by those who loved him most dearly. The end came at nine o'clock on Sunday night, and Abbeville county will never have his like again. His remains were buried at Cedar Springs on Monday afternoon at half-past three o'clock, beside the body of his beloved wife. Rev. H. T. Sloan, D. I>., preached the funeral sermon. Ills heart was deeply moved at the Iobr of one on which he had ever relied as a safe counsellor and steadfast friend. The '.Abbeville Lnwyerti. The Abbeville lawyers seem to be In luck. Last week General Hon ham cleared his client In the United States court of even any suspicion of wrong-doing; Mr. Henet before nn Edgefield Jury saved, for a time at least, the! neck of a negro who was charged with the j murder of a white man ; and we presume Mr. | McQowan was successful at Greenville in j clearing a client of the charge of passing counterfeit money. How has the great Jeff. Davis fallen when j the President of the Southern Confederacy j writes campaign documents in the Interests of whiskey license. Instead of living In dignified retirement, he seems afraid that he will be forgotten, and therefore utters as his own, the liquor arguments which it is fair to presume were stereotyped about a thousand years ago, and which have been in dally use ever aiiice. Rev. A. L. Patterson who, is.dolnjr more for the euucanon oi me luuuiu varmei country than any other man since Dr. Waddell's tline, was In the village a few days ugo. A Fearful Record. It 18 a mistaken idea on the part of several newspapers in this State when they dwlare that the refusal of Judge Wallace to grunt bail In the case of the State vs. Shcahan at Laurens, Is the first instance of a refusal on the part of a circuit Judge in this State to grant! bail. In the case of the State vs. Belton, Indicted for murder in Kershaw county, Judge I J. B. Kershaw, in April, 1885, at chambers re- [ fused to grant bail,und this may be set down as the first case of Tecord wherein a circuit Judge has refused bail in any case since 1876.? Kerthaw Gazette. PROHIBITION WATERLOO. ANDERSON HOLDS FAST TO HER WHISKEY ? The Prohibitionists Rntlly Kenton in the Klccliun Yeslerdn.y. The Prohibition election toolc place in.\n-j ilt-rson county yestoiday. There was much feeling in all parts of the county. and the vote will foot up the largest since 1870. The majority against. Prohibition will perhaps be between llfteen hundred and two thousand. The whites wore fairly divided. The negroes are supposed to have voted almost solidly against Prohibition. NO NEWS FROM LAURENS. Up to nine o'clock this morning nothing ha<l been heard from the Laurens election, which will doubtless be much closer than the Anderson election. MISCARBlIii iTlaprens. THEY HAVE A LITTLE SHOWER OVER THE RIVER. The ProliibltloiiiNtM are Beaten by a Very Small .Majority. LiAURKKS, S. August 17, 18.S7. Prohibition is believed to have been defeated yesterday by a very small majority, probably not more than firiy votes. Two boxes are yet to be heard from. T. B. C. The above dispatch was received at 10:15, after nearly all of our papers had been printed.?Editok. GREAT RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Over One Hundred 1'ernontt Instantly Killed, and Many Other* Fatally Wounded. Chicago, August jl.?a special to the Chicago Times from Forest, 111., says: All the railway horrors in the history of this country were surpassed three miles east of Chattsworth lust night, when an excursion tram on the Toledo, Peoria and Western Kail-1 road dropped through n burning bridge and over one hundred people were killed and four times that number mure or less badly injured. The train was composed of six sleeping cars, six day conches and ciiair cars and three baggage cars. It was carrying UGO passengers, all excursionists and was bound for Niagara Falls. The train had been made up all along the line of the Toledo, Peoria and Western llallroad, and the excurslouiss hailed from various points in central Illinois, tiie bulk of them, however, coming from Peoria. Some or the passengers came irom can ion, 11,1 i-asso, Washington, and in Tact all stations along the line, and some came from as fur West as Burlington and Keokuk. A special and cheap rate had been made for the excursion, and all sorts of people took advantage of it. When the train drew out of i'eoria at 8 o'clock last evening it was loaded to its utmost capacity. Kvery berth in the six sleepers were taken, and the day cars carried sixty people eacit. The train was 60 heavy that two engines were hitched to it, and when it passed this place it was an hour and a half behind. Chattsworth, the next station east of here, is six miles oft, and the run there was made in seven minutes. .So the terrible momentum of these fifteen coaches and two engines, shooting through space at the rate of a mile u ininute, is understood. No stop was made at Chattsworth, and on and on the heavy train, with its living freight, sped through the darkness of the night. Three miles of Chattsworth isa little slough, and where the railroad crosses a dry run about ten feet deep and fifteen feet wide. Over this was stretched an ordinary wooden trestie bridge, and as the excursion train came thundering down on it, what was the horror of the engineer on the front engine when he saw that, the bridge was burning. Kight up before his eyes leaped the bright flames, ana the next instant he was among them. There was no chance to stop. Had there been any warning It would have taken half ?i mile to] stop, and the train was within 10U yards of the red-toneued messenger ot death before they | flushed their latal signals into the engineer'sfuce. Dut lie went over in safety, the tirst engine keening the rails. As it went over, the bridge tell beneath It, and it could only have been the territlc speed of the train that saved the lives (if the engineer arid tircmaii. but the next engine went down, and instantly THK DKKt> OF DEATH WAS DONK. Car crashed into car, coaches piled one on top of another, and in the twinkling of an eye nearly one hundred people found instant death and fifty more were so hurt that they could not live. As for the wounded, they were everywhere. Only the sleeping eoaehts escaped, aud as the startled and half-dressed passenger.-, euine tumbling out of them tin y found such a scene of death as is rarely wit I -..??. ...?I, I,. ,1,It HMI.Ml !1S human hands were incapable. It lacked bus rtve minutes of midnight. Down In I he ditch lay Second Engineer McClintoek dead, and Fireman Appiegate badly injured. On top were piled three baggage cars, one on top oi another, like a child's eard-house.?ft?Hjlfijiad swept it with his hand. ThpB~came six day" coaches. They wer?J Kisir6pcd as cars never wer?U>sfol^e7lrtitktt)*re'C of them were pressed tKtoJust space enougii for one. The second car hud mounted off its trucks, crashed through the car ahead of it, crushing the wood aside like tinder, and lay there, resting on top of the seats, while every passenger In the front car was laying dead ana dying underneath. Out of that car but four people came alive. On top ot the second cur lay the third, and although the latter did not covcr Its bearer as completely as the one beneath, its bottom was smeared with the blood of its victims. Tlie other three cars were not so badly crushed, but were broken and twisted In every conceivable way, and every crushed timber and beam represented a crushed human frame and Inoicen bone. Instantly the air was tilled with the cries of tho wounded and the shrieks of those about to die. Groans of men and screams of women added to make 111.... ??,1 nlint'A .ill <.#>1,1,1 Jlf heard the agonizing' OKIES OK MTTLR CHILDREN, ax iii some instances they lay pinned beside their dead parents. There wus another terrible danger yet to be met. The bridge was still burning, and the ears were laying on and around tho fiercely burning embers. Everywhere in the wreck were wounded and unhurt women and children, whose lives sou Id be saved if they could be gotten out, but whose death in a most horrible form was certain if the twisted wood of the broken ears caught. And to tight the tire there was NOT A DUOP OF WATER, and only some tifty able-bodied men who still had presence of mind and nerve enough for duty. The only light was that of the burning bridge, and with so much of its aid fifty men went to work to fight the flames. For four I hours they fought like liends, and for four hours victory hung in the balance. Karth was ttic only weapon with which the fire eould be fought, and so an attempt was made to smot her it. There was no pick or shovel to dig it up, and no barrows to carry it, and so desperate were they that they dug their fingers into the earth, which the long drought had baked almost as hard as stone, and heaped the precious handtuls thuslmrUly won tiDoii the ENCROACHING FLAMES, and with this earthwork, built handful by handful, kept back the toe. While this wan goingon,other bravo men crept under the wrecked cars beneath the tire and wooden bars which held as prisoners so many precious lives, and with pieces ol boards, and sometimes their hands, beat back the (lames when they flashed up alongside the seats. An unfortunate wretch who was pinned down by a heavy beam looked on helplessly while it seemed as if liis death by tire was certain. And while the tight was thus going on, the ears of the workers were filled with the groans of dying men, the anguished entreaties ol those whose death seemed certain nil ami the cries ol' those too ImJly hurt to care' In what manner death were brought about, so ; it only would he quick. So they du^ up the earth with their own hands, reckless of the I blood streaming out from their broken tinker nails, and heaping it up 111 little mounds, while all the time came llKAKT-RENDINtt CRIKS, But finally the victory was won; the fire was out alter four hours of endeavor, and as its last spark died away the light came up In the east to take their place and the dawn came upon a scene of horror. While the fight, had been going on men had been dying, and there were not so many wounded to take out as there Had neon four I hours before. But in the meantime the | country had been aroused. Help had come ' from chattsworth, Forest and Piper cities,' and as the dead were laid reverently -alongside of each other in a corntield, there were i ready hands to take them into Chattsworth,; wiiile some of the wounded were carried to; 1*1 per CUy. One hundred and eighteen was! the AWFUL POLL OF THE DEAD, while the wounded number four times that many. The full tale ol the dead cannot, however, be told yet for days. Chattsworth was turned into a morgue to-day. The town hall,! engine house and depot were all full of dead bodies, while every nonse in Hie Utile village lin-it-of ? minded. There were over iiki c r sus laying in extemporized dial h uses, iiikI every man ami woman was ' t r int.i an auti'ii. hut zalous nur e '? Over in a lumber >ard the noise of hummer* | ami saws rang out in the air, and busy car-; j periters were making rough collidk to carry to ( their homes tlie dead bodies of the excursion-1 ists who, twelve hours before, had left their 1 homes, full ot pleasurable expectation ol the I enjoyment they were g'ling to have during j the vacation which hud begun. I'KoMl'T ASSISTANCE RENDERED. J| When news of the disaster was first Hashed | over tlie wires prompt aid was at once sent.|( I I)r. Steele, Thief Surgeon of the Toledo, Pe-i ioiiaand Western Railroad, had come on aj! special train,and with liini were two otiier|| surgeons and assistants. From Peoria also ' came Drs. Martin, Barker, Flugler and John- . son. ami from every city whence the unforlu- , nate excursionists had come from, their physicians and friends hurried to help them. From Peoria had also come delegations of I lied Men and the Ancient Order of United i Workmen, numbers of both sects being on ( the Ill-fated train. And ho, after 8 o'clock In ' the morning, there were plenty of people to do the work that needed such prompt attention. i IMPROVIKKD HOSPITALS AND MORGUES. In the Town Hall wa3 the main hospital, and in it anxious relatives and sorrowing friends sat, ami. fanning the sutlerers' faces, queried the attending surgeons as they bound the wounded and insisted thut there must be hope. Down in the dead houses, fathers, , husbands, wives and children tearfully In- , spec-ted each face as It was uncovered and sighed as the features were unknown, or cried out In anguish wucn u wen Known mc?, sometimes fearfully mangled hut yet recognizable. was uncovered. The entire capacity of the little village was taxed, and kindhearted women drove in from miles around io give their gentle ministrations to the suf- 1 ferers. i HUMAN VUI/TURKS. No sooner had the wreck occurred thon a scene of robbery commenced. Some band of unspeakable miscreants, heartless with only animal instincts, was on hand, like guerillas who throng the battle-field the nightafter the conflict and filch from the dead the money 1 which thoy received for their meagre pay, stealing even bronze medals and robbing from the children of the heroes other worthless emblems of their fathers' bravery. So lust night did these numnn nyenas piuniicr the clend from this terrible accident, taking even the shoos which covered their feet. Who these wretches are Is not known. Whether they were a band of plckpockcts who accompanied the train or some robber gang who were lurking In the vicinity cannot be said. ROBBING THE DEAD AND DYING. It seems hardly possible that man could be 1 so lost to all ordinary feeling which animates the basest of the human race; but still, men ( who will steal from the dying and plunder the wounded, held down by the broken beams of a wrecked car?wounded whose 1 death by fire seemed Imminent?nan do most anything which is ba*e, and that Is what j these fiends in human form did. They went into the cars when the Are was burning floreolv underneath, and when the poor wretches who were pinned there begged them, j1 "Kor(Jod'ssake,help-nsout." stripped them h of their watches and jewelry nnd searched | their pockets for money. When the dead , bodies were laid in the cornfield, these hyenas turned them over lu search of valuables; and that plunder was done by an organized gang was proven by the fact that this morn- ; ing, out in the cornfield, sixteen purses, all , empty, were found in a heap. Adicor College. I Kcowee Courier. At a recent meeting of the board of trustees of this College a resolution was adopted directing its financial committee to collect, by suit, if necessary, the arrears of interest upon 1 all the solvent bonds subscribed to the endow-! inent fund thereof and to compromise and : settle the doubtful ones on suon reasonable terms as the committee shall Judge best. This new departure In the management of' the finances 01 the College Is deemed a neces-! sity to the continued success of the instltu-|" tion. We have had during the past year the ser- ' vices of four educated and progressive teach-1 ers, and the work done by them has been I more satisfactory than at any time since me unfortunate troubles through which the College was called to pass and from which we be- , lievc It is now emerging into a future brighter than ever before. In order to retain thcservlcesof these teachers. or secure others, and provide the best compensation possible for them, it will be necessary for the management of the Collpge to settle up arrears and collect tho accruing J interest on all bonds subscribed to the endow- ! ment fund promptly. Heretofore the board of trustees has been * very indulgent and reluctant to enlorce through the Courts the collection of interest : on these bonds, so generously subscribed by the friends of the College In all parts of Oco- I nee, and in many sections of the counties of Anderson, Abbeville, (ireenville, Lauransaud Newberry, as also in some other parts of the state; and it has been only in cases of positive refusal to pay interest th.'t suits have t been resorted to, and judgments in ravor or| the College have been rendered In every case ; which has gone before the Courts. At fiist the Interest on the bonds was promtly paid, und its patrons and friends I were full of zeal und enthusiasm tor the cause, . and its professors were well and promptly paid, and the College flourished, and was an honor to the county and State; but like all similar Institutions it has had its troubles, and some no doubt have hesitated to pay from want of confidence In the permanency and ' ultimate success of the Institution. The total of endowment amounts to a little | more than 830,000; of this more than two- i thirds was regarded as solvent und good, and ! is still so regarded, as the validity of the ' bonds lms already been tested. The secured i and Invested fund of the College now ) amounts to nearly ?15,000, in first mortgages | of real estate, on which the interest is gener-atty-promptfr-pald.?^ .. Now, we regard the College as pCTBUinently established, and its ultimate success assureur" and we confidently appeal to Its friends everywhere, who have subscribed these bonds, to I rally to the support of this institution by the i prompt and voluntary payment of the princi- ; pal and interest thereof. The amount to each ' subscriber is but a small sum, but the aggregate thereof makes a very handsome penna nem iuiiu ror me uoucse, as uuuci ua-vuunui of the endowment only the Interest can be ! used for the current expenses of the institu-j lion and the principal forever reserved In in* i terest hearing securities. There l<ave been <iilltc a number oi the sub-1, scribers of these bonds who have already paid ! them, others are settling now, and all are ! earnestly requested to make payment as speedily as possible. The fund Is loaned out as fast as received upon first mortgages of real estate nt ten per cent, interest. Let the subscribers of the bonds come up;! this Fall with payments in lull, and let the j friends of the institution everywhere give It , their support and patronage and its prosperi- ]' ty is assured. J). j anuviM mid |the Whisker Question, j Anderson Intclliyencer, Ex-President Jefferson Davis wrote a letter |( to a gentleman In Texas in which he declares 11 himself to be a temperance man, but opposed to prohibition, on the ground that the coun-1 try is governed too much, and that it inter-1 feres with the rights of the citizen. Mr. Da- i vis is very general, and does not show how it j iniLTRTL'N Willi UlC n^ui \/i mu v-iwav.i i..v | | more than a license law interferes with such rights, nor does lie show how the country is I any more governed hy a prohibitory law than j a license law. Knelt would be hut one Act, and the prohibition Act would be simpler than the license Aet. Mr. Davis is responsi-1 ble, in a large measure, for a great many of < the troubles of tlie South. He should not | seek to add to the evils associated with his name the curse of rum. Mr. Davis'advice to the country has not been that of wisdom or statesmanship on several occasions In I he past. lie was not freo from the appearance, at least, of gross partiality as President of the , Southern Confederacy in his various appointments, and his short sighted course In reject* | Ing the overtures of peace made at Fortress I Monroe added many thousands to the widows and orphans of this country, and cost tlie , South thousands of lives and billions of dollars tlint could have been saved. Witharcc- I ord like his, when in the zenith of his mental i and physical manhood. It Is hardly to be expected that now, at the advanced aire of near- , l.v eighty years, when soured by defeat and i disappointment, Ills counsel shou'd be any h safer or more to be trusted. I u volunteering; j to champion the cause of whiskey he seeks to j fasten on the government a enrse that annually kills more men and destroys more , IlOint'K MIUIl nil* rUVIlKl-n 111 Ml?. um ? , any year of the contest for Confederate hide pendcnco. Dr. Samuel Stanliopo Smith, thought! learned, able and devout, was very ostentatious in style, even in the pulpit. 11 o ', had a brother who was a distinguished physician and an unbeliever in Christian- I itj\ On one occasion the Doctor of Divinity invited the Doctor of Medici no to eotne to hear him preach. Afterward be- , ing asked by the preacher what lie thought j of the .sermon lie answered : "I went to "| hear Christ and Him crucified, but in- ; stead I had to hear Samuel Stanhope i j Smith and liiin dignified.'' i f Present duty is the only duty that is ! I incumbent on us as a duty. What may 11 bo our duty by and by is, at the best, aji niatter of conjecture; for we may never | i reach the hour when that possibility has j si become a reality. As Carlyle says, "Oiirj^ grand business is not to sre what lies si dimly at a distance but to do what lies c clearly at hand." If this truth were m/M.n / laarltf in mir llliiulu Wfl should \ liavo less worry over tho supposed con- t llict of duties in our daily living and doing.?-S'. 8. Times. Rum for A Irion. Under tin? !i?'ii luisf Tanvni.r II" I ! ? ;he Heathen," the N. a Voik il'-.iJMXH ih.'s Hie tcstini uiv of .1 ? numi ;>?;< ? t*? lie fact lliai "mucc uiking ijwssoi.-siou m :lic Cameroon country 011 the west coast, iermaiiy has sent there 1, ">24,028 litres of rum, "}7,*S00 hottles of gin, 1">88 old muskets, 1(M)(( cartridges, and ;>G,o:Ki kilo - ?* 4 Hintt oilflu 41 'I'llft 111 Ulllillrir, /inn un.u ..v. . .. ?c Ionization of he:ttheu lands l>v < j linn nations onjiht to be a means of ex-, Lending the blessings of the Gospel ofj Uhrist. The lirst result, however, is usu-. ally to degrade anif'not elevate the peo-j pie. Inferior races always learn the i vices more readily than the virtues of superior races, and the trader in his keen 'I"""' ?"1-1 ni'On IV1PP IV it. I) tllft I'll Iiat I'M jjwiu nwjnuiv.. f"^ missionary in his lovo for souls. The trailers have the World, the Flesh and the Devil on their side, and they very soon outnumber the missionaries a hundred to one. Germany has unfortunately no monopoly of this bad work. Franae aud Britain are just about as bad, and America not much hotter." Laughter at tho right time and place hoth shows tho man and helps to make tho man. But, as a rule, laughter at one's own witticisms or drolleries is as really out of pluco as self-praise. lie who does J*: of liiu Krurlit onvinLN nr 1119 UWli uru^um^ ot in.? mi <^><v k,..j ...0^ ilcrings, as he who praises liimsolf?seems to leayo nothing for any one else to do in that line. It appears'to be generally understood in the world that there is about so much laugh or praise, fairly due to any uian's performances. If lie takes it on himself to do all that for himself, that naturally relieves everybody else of responsibility in tho same direction; but if he freely leaves tiio laughing or the praising for others to attend to, they are generally ready to do their part In the premises. There is "a time to laugh;" but that time rarely comes to a man when he has just said or done a thing which is intended to make others laugh.?tiimday riPirn.fist, Guns Vkrsuh Gospel.?Some very large guns have recently been made, costing, each of them, a nice] little fortune. Wo are told each shot fired will cost ?900. Each one of these guns would build many churches and parsonages and schoolhouses. Each shot would support for a a year a missionary and his family. If there was as much money spent in saving as in butchering men, the necessity for wars would soon cease. Yet nations spend the money of the people by the ? ill!....,. :n n?n|, hofhamm nnllsws. and lllilijuns in nuvu uui wwivus* Llie church raises its money in benevolent efforts by thousands. The nations think such savage performances are for its protection. The truth is, that if for ten years the war revenues of the civilized world were expended in Christian missionary work, the world might largely bo taken for Christ, and nations be saved from Jail .1 onnih#h A Christian LJHll^Ul II Villi uuw -- church is the best fort ever built, and a missionary is more protection than a general.?Observer. Waste of Wah.?Since January 1st, 1800, tho nations of Christendom have in J ulged in forty-seven great wars, and leaving minor squabbles and indirect oxpenseontof view, our ssaerilices on the altar of wars si nco that day may bo roughly estimated at 130,000,000,000 dollars, or just about 500,000,000 pounds of gold? sums which may be pronounced in two seconds, though a freight train transporting the trold in American box cars of tho average size and running at tho usual rate of speed, would be two hours in passing any given point, for such a train would be twenty-two miles long. It is proven by statistics which Dr Blaikie, of Edinburgh, lias just compiled for the Presbyterian Alliance, that during the past half century the number of Presbyterian congregations in Scotland has doubled. In England and Wales fifty years ago Presbyterian ism was "barely visible," but to-ilav there are 300 congregations in England, and in Wales 500, with nearly 500,000 worshipers. A "fire-proof warehouse in this city was burned down a few days ago. All that romained standing is ajpiece of tho wall on which is painted. "This buiiuing is fire-prooflf." The wall was not to blame for the lie; but the man whose life is immoral, but who ostentatiously professes to be a Christion, is to blame, to use another figure, he is a "wliited wall."?JVt'w York Artvocutc, The Dissenting Churches have seven hundred places of worship, of all sorts, in London. Three hundred and thirty of these, most of which are quite small, belong to various bodies of Wesleyans; 112 to Independents or Congregationalisms; DO to Baptists; 07 to Presbvt"rians, and j0 or 90 to a variety of smaller sects and to undenominational missions. Rev. J. F. Anderson, pastor of the VValhalla Circuit, has so far recovered [VoTn^tttT-re^nt spell of typhoid fever, a# to do up ana auoui, f .**... | to friends in the county, recuperating "hitf health. If he gets no backset he will be able to resume his ministerial duties in a week or two. A commission of the French Assembly has formally approved by a largo majority a resolution in favor of disestablishment. The State grant now paid to the Church amounts to $9,000,000, exclusive of $2,000,000 provided by Departments and Municipal Councils. The question is how to chock the inflow r>f the dangerous classes from foreign lands without ruling out the honest immigrants who come hitherto bettor themselves and their children by bocoming A merican citizens and helping us to maintain and perpetuate American ideas of individual liberty and restricted, popu lar government. Nonilvhalf a million emigrants, to be cxact 488,11(5, entered the United States through the six principal ports during the fiscal year ending Sixth mo. 30th, 1887. Great Britain and Ireland furnished the largest number. Germany coining second, and Sweden and Norway third. Lonpon, August 8.?Mr. John Bright has signed the American peace memorial. In nil 173 members of the House of Commons have signed the document and some r>f them have consented to join the deputation which will take the memorial to America. A hill hns been introduced into the House of Representatives of Georgia by W. C. Glenn, and passed by that body, to prevent the mixing of white and b ack pupils in schools and providing penalties Tor the violation thereof. The whole number of churches in the United States is 132,435; theg whole number of ministers, 119,911; and of communicants, li?,010,!i77. Startling revelations of immorality are being made that involvo a number of prominent citizens and leadingpoliticians in Ottawa, Canada. -.1 ??P.nai,1ont of the Milium HIKlillll, IV.7IMV..* --- Apostles," lias assumed charge of the Mormon Church, in consequence of the loath of John Taylor. Rev. C. I). Mann, of the Saluda Circuit, in Edgelicld county, is visiting friends inOconee this week, lie is just recovering from a long and severe illness, tud is there for the benefit of his health. Cheater District. Dear Dm. llrowne?God is with us to iheer and bless us in our work. We arc ust from the Hook Ilill Circuit Quarterly neetiing. Congregations were large and ilteutive to the word preached. Several oined the church, and tlio membership freatly blest. Although the freshets in he streams have damaged the croj-.s, the >eople are hopeful, and our financial and ?ther reports were capital, 'i'ho circuit s rapidly developing under the judicious md zealous management ol J. C. Kilgo. Ml of our preachers are in tine spirits, i ind are moving lorwaru 111 mvu- iuvou. mi ploy. We liad a good District Conference;! rour presence would have been apprceia- < ed. Affectionately, 1 A. J. Cauthkn. ("heater, S, C,, August 8, 1887. THE SONS Of TEMPEMCE.'; I SUGGESTIONS WHICH ARE INTENDED TO t PEOMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE ORDER. Emny Keiul before the Abbeville Dl- i1 vision, by Sir. IIu^li WIImoA, Jr.. 1 .Monday XlRht. AiiuiimI H, ISS7. itnd J I'ublUlied at Request of IteMOln- ? tion Adopted by the Division. ,, Appleton's ami Chambers' Cyclopaedias 1 state that the people of the United States 1 wore tlio first to enact laws to restrain in- t temperance. They say that religious so- < cieties as early as 1700 began to protest * against the use ot intoxicating liquors at. !j funerals. The first Continental Congress in 1774, recommended "the several Legis- " latures of the United States immediately < to pass laws the most effectual for putting ' an immediate stop to tlie pernicious prac- f tice of distilling'' intoxicating liquors. ' It was not, however, until the beginning ? of the present century that any organized effort was made to suppress drunkenness and to promote temperance. In 1812 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church appointed a committee to devise means to prevent the evils arising from intemperance. The first National Temperance Convention was held in Philadelphia in May, 1833, composed of 400 delegates from 21 States, including a large number of clergymen of all denominations, who took the ground that traffic in whisky was morally wrong, and ought to be abandon ed throughout tho world, mere were ai 1 that time about 2,200 divisions and 170,000 members of the temperance organizations, and the organized movement to suppress tLeindiseriminatesaleof intoxicating liquors may be dated from that time. In 1832 the war department of the United States substituted coffee and sugar for the rations of "grog," which had been previously issued to the soldiers. The "VVashingtonian Temperance Society" was formed In Baltimore, April 5, 1840, by six men of intemperate habits, and was afterwards joined by 1,500 men of like intemperate habits. The first division of our own beloved and honored order of the Sons of Temperance was organized in New York city in 1842. Other Divisions were soon thereafter formed in many portions of the United States. The membership of the order rapidly increased until it reached a maximum membership in 1850 of a quarter of a millio , and it may be added, that the Courts of the country, with singular uU/Mif M??q fimn fhorn. I selves against this moral reform which 1 promised its beneficent results to every part of the country. s The temperance reformers were bafllod 1 and discouraged, but now they are marshaling their forces, and will continue 1 the good fight for temperance, for sober 1 citizenship, for happy homes, and for material prosperity, until the sale of intoxi- 1 eating liquors shall every where be pro- 1 hibited. No assumed imperial power by the courts in favor of t.he monstrous in- 1 iquity, which wo are laboringto suppress, 1 can withstand the moral power of a do- ! tennined people whoso cause is just. Tlio American Cyclopfedia says that: 1 Maine passed a prohibitory law in 18tG- ! Tli rough the instrumentality of Neal 1 Dow heavy penalties wero added in 1851. 1 This law was repealed in 1850, and a 1 stringent licenco law substituted, but af- ' ter two years of license with increase ofcrim;and poverty, prohibition again ' became the policy "of that State, and re- 1 mains so until this day. ? Delaware was the second State to enact a prohibitory law in 1847, and in 1848 the < courts pronounced it unconstitutional. 1 In May, 18.52, Rhode Island passed a ! prohibitory law, which the United States 1 circuit court pronounced uneonstitution- 1 al. j The Vermont Legislature in 1852 passed ' a prohibitory law, which still remains. In Michigan a prohibitory law was oil- 1 enacted in 1853. It was pronounced un- 1 constitutional because submitted to a 5 vote of the people. It was reenacted in 1 1855. In 1875 the law was repealed. A prohibitory law was enacted in Indi- ' ana in 1853. The courts pronounced it 1 unconstitutional. In 1853 C'onnocticutt passed a prohibl- ! torv law. The Governor vetoed it. In Iowa a prohibitory law wfs passed ' in 1855. That law still exists. 1 The New York Legislature passed a strong prohibitory law in 1854 which was 1 vetoed by Governor Seymour. The next { year it was passed, and in 1856 affirmed } by the Court of Appeals. In New York 1 citvthe Governor aid not attempt to en l'oroc it. 1 New Hampshire passed a prohibitory 1 law in 1855, which is still in force. Th Legislature of Illinois passed a pro- ' hibitory law which was defeated when 1 submitted to the people. It will thus be seen that the courts in { that day, as they have done in later days, assumed extra judicial powers. ?T?sy J anaulled Uie roor^J^^ulcli'may have ( had the efiect of restraining their own 1 appetitos. 1 The sophistry put forth by the learned ( jurists of that day, and the false reason- 1 ing of distinguished citizens of a former * day in their alleged argument that j the morals of the people cantfot be im- 1 proved by legislation, is lacking of foun- f diction in common sense, anu tne logic 01 r reason. All such talk is as meaningless 1 as the sound of the wind, and as ineffiec- ! tnal as the babbling of the brook. I Six of the ten commandments, as delivered from Mount Sinai, are moral i laws. i Nearly all the laws on the statute books 1 of the country are moral laws. e The marriage law is a moral law. t The law which requires us to observe a the Sabbath day is a moral law. t The law against murder is 3 moral law. t The law to compel us to pay our debts i is a moral law. t The law against theft is a moral law. 1 The law against perjury is a moral law. i The law which forbids the publication 1 of vulgar pictures and obscoiie books is a t moral law. 1 In fact nearly all the laws are moral s laws, and yet a committee of loarned old c judges, supported by a few old fossils, f cry out that these moral laws which will 1 prevent men from becoming boasts, e which will prevent husbands from bring- r ing their families to destruction, and a which will restrain the murderer's hand, e arc unconstitutional and against public t pol icy, " t The first Division of Sons of Temper- c anco of which tho essayist was a mem- \ her was in 1S*>6, in tho town of Newberry. < That Division was presided over by a I much respected citizen, some of whoso <; relatives are honored members of this <" Division. To mo the fact of former de- t lightful association with tho relatives of t members of this Division lends an addi- i tioual charm to this temple which has i been dedicated to tho work of encour- r aging temperance among men, and in I adding to tho sum of human happiness, o Wo liavo among our number some of a tho relatives of those who in former years t took a leading part in that glorious order, i whose object is to prevent our sober and t noblo young men from entering devi- t ons ways, and to guard them against fol- ? lowing tho inviting paths which lead to | v tlio destruction of body and soul?to the j v wreck of earthly aspirations and to the in- f< curing of the Divine displeasure. While our noble order would restore 0 the drunkard to his family, and inakejv hiin a worthy citizen of the country, yet a we conceivo it to be the highest duty and u the greatest privilege of this order to s teach and impress upon our young men p the habits of total abstiueuce from the a use of all intoxicating drinks. h ~ . i~ A r_l.l \\rA uur mission is iwu-iuiu. ?? o suuuiu , 0 strive to prevent men from contracting (r habits of intemperance, and it is our duty a to raise the fallen, but our greatest and best work is that of instilling those noble principles of sobrieiy which will preserve t( suid ensure to the country tho best and y most profitable services ot our noble young men. In 1857, your essayist and a number of '! others formed the only Division of Sons 11 i)f Temporance that ever existed at Due West, it was organized in tho Masonic 1c Lodge room over the storo ou the Win- b tock lot. Dr. Is ih<? Hran<*b :in<1 Colonel f t. A. Fair organized ih?*: by tli>- In- | talladou at' tlni.titi-.v- -. Th * m:w-in rs ?f t:n? Di\i*i u wen1 at- ?, erwards hold in Uio .?.?u -.e now occupied c iv Mrs. Kennedy. At tl>.it time it wasjj iiiown as the "Academy." Tho ineetinRsof the Newberry Division i mil the Due West Division lackcil one U ittrartive feature with which this Divits- L on is favored. No ladies over cheered I, is by tlieir presence. Although we be- L ieve that every true woman must nec- L ?sarily favor sobriety and temperance t unoni*- her male friends, yet the ladies) >f Newberry and Due West never fjayeij 19 tho encouragement which we get from |, heir sisters at Abbeville. 1'lie enrollment | >f their names in our books, their pre.s- ( >nee hero, and their hearty good wishes, ire wortli much in holding up our hands n the noblest work that can warm and , iiiimato the human heart. To this lack j )f sympathy and encouragement in for- 4 ner years, and their absence from our ] neetmgs may be attributed the evil which jcl'ell us in the past. These Divisions, ifter a career much too short for the work n which they were engaged, ceased to )xist. After the novelty incident to the ] >rgnnization of these Divisions wore off, < md alter the interest in the initiation ] services died out, their meetings were lot sufficiently attractive to inJuee a full < ittendance of the brethren. The members < 'ailed to attend, and their organizations ivere dead. Tho social feature of this organization s worthy of special notice. The society ' )f our friends is a tie which will bind, md a pleasure which will attract. What- < a 1,. A- it.- ?I iver itmun ui mi? uuiuvauwn ui mciiuship betweon neighbors, and whatever promotes the interchange of those amenities which lend to life its sweotncss and ts charm, is of inestimable value to the individual, and adds unity, strength ' ind perpetuity to the order whose labors for the beneiit of mankind are limited 1 inly by its ability to effect good. At these meetings the humbler members of society have that contact with heir neighbors which will cheer their 1 learts, and strengthen thern in their noble i sflforts to form habits of total abstinence. At these meetings the older members < lave the best of opportunities for lending I Jieir aid and encouragemontto those of uh : who may be weak and faint-hearted. Their . kindly word and friendly grasp of the ; land in this ball may enable us, even in I >ur weakness, to put underfoot the great- i )st adversary of the human body,and their | presence at our meetings; may inspire the will and the strength which will enable is to triumph over the greatest enemy of ] ;he immortal soul. At these meetings estranged neighbors meet and old friendships may be renewed. At these meetings new acquaintances ?r*ri nflur Mortilaluna mov Ivo fnnnflrl which may last forever. , At these meetings all may unite in brotherly love to work for the welfare of ;rue manhood and good citizenship. At these meetings the purest and best , lessons in morality and temperance are Uwuys tanght. , And now. Worthy Patriarch, Sisters , ond Brethren, this leads me to consider the proper conduct of this Division. OrJinarily, temperance societies do not ex- . st for a great while. The fact of their brief existence, I think, may be account3<1 for more in tlio fact that our meetngs are not sufficiently interesting than from any desire to renounce our temperance principles or from any lack of inter3st in the welfare of our fellow man. It is therefore of vital importance that! wo make those meetings interesting. In no other way can the continued existence md prosperity of our order bo ensured. , We know the cause of the failure of our organizations in the past, and we should 1 tiow seek to avoid these causes. While ive may know the effect of a condition to be avoided, yet it is not so easy to prescribe the remedy, but itoccurs to me that ( i united effort on the part of every mem- ' ber would discover the proper remedy. The officers may learn by heart their i respective parts in the initiation of new 1 members, and they might have thenocesjary rehearsals to enable them to go ( through with our beautitul initiatiou ser- 1 pice in a manner to impress the candi- 1 late, and to interest the members who may witness the drama. During the initiation the members of 1 ;he Division are expected to respond, and 1 t would add force and iinpressiveness to ( ;he ceremony it all the members could j with sniritand iinanimitv. Again, I think tli? individual members 1 night profitably jcfin in lVi? singing. In 1 Joing this they wotMd add something of 1 nterest to the exercises, and detract nothing from their own personal enjoyment. While the by-laws of the Sons of Temperance provide for the election of officers i nice in three months, it may be adyan- i lageous and to the welfare and prosperity i )f the Division to re-elect some of those < ivhose terms have expired. Especially is I ;his true in the case of the Worthy Patri- i irch and the Conductor. < In the NewbenxJHvtSiCtt^-vvW^^Ir. i LeaA^alLH^aS^rVorthy Patriarch every ifficer knew his part bj' heart, and as far < is possible the initiation of candidates .vas made au impressive and interesting i jccaslon. And j ust here it may not be I imiss to correct an impression which 1 leems to prevail among our own officers, i .Iiac itiey must nuueasnruy reuu mmi uiu nooks and cards every word of thoir ro- i ipective parts. These books and cards i iro given as guides to assist us in learn- J ng our parts. We are not required to ead them, though the words are there < n-inted. ] Another great source of pleasure and irofit would be the presence of more narried ladies at our meetings. We \ ivould like to see all the wives and moth)rs of the members of this division with is. It is meet and proper that they 1 ihould be here. It is well that they come ( 0 mo piace wuere ine presence m mun laughters adds so much to our meet- ! ngs, and whoso encouragement does so nuch to cheer us in our best work. Sure- ] y our mothers cannot be less interested J 11 our sobriety than we are ourselves. 5 Clieir welfare and their happiness depend ( ipon our sobriety, and in no way can so- 5 jriety be so well assured sis by total abitinence from the use of all intoxicating i Irinks. Every man who abstains 5 rom the use of all intoxicating j iquors is perfectly safe from the 1 svils arising from intemperance, but every t nan who touches intoxicating liquors as , 1 beverage imperils his well-being and t melangers all tiiat is dear to him. For j hese reasons our mothers Ciinnot be in- ( lifl'erent to the cause of temperance. Our j auso is their cause. Our welfare is their j volf'nrn Our tmfotv from the evil which 1 loth .so easily beset us is her joy and ler comfort. If this division of the Sons , if Tetnpejanco can be maintained, and mr members can be strengliened to keep ' heir pledge inviolate, who can estimate 1 he good that will result? Who will t nea.sure the evil that has been averted? 1 wntnnn hna from the resurrection of c mr Saviour to tlie present time, been J bremost in every good work, we shall ' xpect her earnest and hearty co-opera- J tion in our elt'orta to imluic the minds of j heir sons with moral principles and to ' mpress upon their hearts the neoossity of ^ otal abstinence from the use ofintoxica- ? ing liquors. When woman has so much t stake, can she be indill'erent? Can she g withhold her encouragement in a work S t-hich is intended to henelit her and hers a or time and eternity? The meetings of the former Divisions J f which I havo been a member were al- 11 iriiys <x souruu 01 piu?iauru, iiiMirui'tiun ? nd profit. Although our sisters did not leet with us then, and although our weethearts did not charm us by their resence, yot the pleasant recollections 1 nd moral lessons of thirty years ago are I ldclihly impressed upon the tablets I f memory. The purest and holiest asso- J iations with those meetings still cluster round the heart. The notes of the tunes which we sing )-day are the same which we sang in the ears that are gone. Their sweet cadence J iill reverberates on the ear, and j>, leir moral lessons still stir the soul with- it i to purer thoughts and nobler aspira- it ons. Their wholesome precepts and good u I.S80HS of morality and purity can never a forgotten. They will last till the close | -v;r - c >f life, and their cnod effects will ex:end beyond the grave. Iinpremmi with til* neauty, and wveetips*, and purity of the le* on* which ?ro out.lined in our ritual, it would b?? well or us if each and every member would earn the whole by heart. We are engaged in the noblest work hat can enlist the sympathy and active !o-operation of the great brotherhood of nan. For this reason we should never ;row weary. Our meeting* can and ihotild bo "made interesting to ail who nay come. Cheered by the presence of our beauti'?! sisters, and conscious of the purity of rnr motives, we should never falter. ... Better morals or purer principles were ?TV lever taught by any society. If cacli one of us could absorb or apjropriate the language of our ritual, ivhile adopting its precepts as a rule and . ^ (uide of life, we would be better men Vmd better women, and the world would , >e better for our having lived in it. Death*. Rev. D. S. Watkins, a supcranunted Treacher of the Kast Texas Conference, iied near Nacogdoches, Texas, July 30, 1887. Mr. Edwin Hook, Lexington' county, 3. C? father of Rev. M. W. Hook of tiio South Carolina Conference, died July ?, 1887. Rev. J. D. Jackson, Louisiana Confer- " mce, died July 25, 1887. * Rev. J. P. Porter, of Washington, La., 3led July 30, 1887. ' Mrs. Emma D. Hamilton, wife of W. .? D. Hamilton, Columbia, died August 13, 1887. Willio P. Purse, a young man, (me- v jbaniej Columbia, died August 15, 1887. Gon. P. H. Bradley, Abbeville connty, ilied August 14, 1887, aged 74 years. rtareo Preachers Killed by ti Train. Xewnan, Ga., August 11?Revs. Wm. FTivshnw. Green Georere. Ernest Col well ?nd Daniel Israel, colored preachers of Pike County, hired a country wagon lrawn by two mules with which to drivo here to-day, whore tho African Methodist Episcopal Conference was in sesHion. About half a mile oat of town the country road and the railroad track intersect, wn'd here the mules took fright and ran on the railroad just as a train came along. The preachers jumped from the wagon, but were all killed except Rev. Mr. Upsham, who is injnred so badly that he is expected to die. Bodily Exerclne and Mental Work. It is my opinion that Americans, as a rule, work too hard, especially the New Yorkers. For instance, the slow and easy manner in which the business> man of Philadelphia goes through his work is in striking contrast with the "push" and ,v baste of tho New Yorker. I used t?> work fifteen and sixteen hours aday, and came near breaking down. The family physician urged me to take horseback exercise. I did so, and in that way, be came interested in horses. Before I had been riding three months I could do more work in three lion re than I was able to do before in ten or twelve. Formerly, I felt dull and stupid; after I took the out-door exercise I felt bright, active, and ready for work.?Robert lionner. John Taylor, President of the Mormon Church, is dead. He was a self-possessed v fanatic. In age he lacked a year and four months of eighty years. His native country was England, and his first religion was Methodist. In 1832 lie settled in Toronto, where ho left the Wesleyans and became a Progressive Methodist. In / 1836 he was converted to Mormonism by Parley P. Pratt, the brother of Orson Pratt. In 1838 Joseph Smith made him one of tho Twelve Apostles. Taylor was an able man; plausible and forcible, he made a fine propagandist for twenty years in Europe. He was as hypocritical as a Jesuit, very courageous, was shot four times in Carthage jail and would have been killed by a fifth shot. The Jundav that Dr. A. JB. Leonard, of Ohio, and the writer were in Salt Lake City in 1871, John Taylor sat with the Apostles and Brigham Young in great state, and Orson Pratt preached a tremendous sermon. It is hard to believe that Taylor iid not know that the whole thing was a sham. If he did, he was a hoary-headed knave; if he did not, he was a pheuominal fool. His last days were embittered by the attempt of the Government to dislodge him from his seraglio.?N. Y. Advocate. ? New York busy with corrupt Aldorruen, and Chicago 'tis much involved in such corruption as we! There Tweed's methods have been adopted, even to the jscapo of one of the chief criminals. Virtue and vice are ever repeating themselves. Great cities breed every class of jriminals. The honest government of i great city is as yet an unsolved problem. PeVsdH* found making a h^lf-defena^ _ sf such villainies. They say: "Thieves who steal a perceentage of expenditure must improve cities while honest men make little outlay." There is some truth in that, but material improvements it the expense of public morals are monuments of shame, and mile-stones on the road to national ruin. Paris was never more beautified than during the later years of the reign of Louis Napoleon. Not only must the cry bo, "Turn the rasjals out of office ; but, "Shut thera up in prison."?N. Y. C. Advocate, A striking illustration of a marvelous 'bange is contained in the fact of which Frederick Sessions informs us, that in >ur First-day schools and mission meetings, "standing just outside our Society organization, there are probably as many is 50,(MX) persons under the care of our nore earnest minded members." We jave no statistics of former years with vhich to compare this statement, but we eel sure we are within the mark if we tay that this is more than a hundred times is many as were in a similar position ?T7( T WI'SpimL UAiJT jvaioojjw, AUV ? An earnest Christian farmer who lives bur miles from church in one of the itaid New England towns, and whose Umily consists of only himself and his vife, sends three teams every Sabbath to ake to church people who reside in his leighborhood and have no conveyance of heir own. His example is worthy of irntation. The vacant pews might f>e tilled jp in this way, and many intirm and aged jeople would rejoice to share in the worihip of the sanctuary, of which they have ong been deprived. The Modocs ark Dying Fast.?The Hodoc tribe of Indians are disappearing ast from the face of the earth. Since heir removal to the Indian Territory, heir ranks have.been greatly thinned by ho grim visitor. One of the lighting biefs of this blood-thirsty band, Bogus Jharley, when askod several years ago low the tribe was progressing in the Teritory, pointed pathetically to the Indian nirving ground, and said in broken Kng* - ? I.MttitAH . oil AIU1I* f Ititl'A " 1SI1 : Ullljr n mimic. , an vr.v. w.v . ... 'hurley himself was a short time alter ;athered to his lathers. Last week Dr. W. E, Ward, the distinguished educator, and founder of Ward's Seminary, Nashville, Tennessee, died on vessel while returning from Europe. There are 656 inmates in the Lunatic Lsylum of South Carolina located at Colinibia. WILL1AMSTON Ill 11111, Williamston, S. C. PHE FALL SESSION OF THIS WELL L known institution will open SEFf. 12, NT, with better prospects than ever before, -s thorough scholarship in all department*, s quiet location, its pure, piedmont air, its ne chalybeate water, its home-like boarding soartment. commend themselves. For lull > formation. uddress REV. S. LANDER, A. M.. D. D., AURUKt 1887, Ct President.