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" ESSIES SEKI-?nEKSL^ X- ? l. x. oeist ft sons, publishers. } % ^amilg jFtetPsgager: 4or the gromoticn of thi> (political, Social, Agricultural and (fontronrial Interests of thi; gcoglt. {TERMgiNGLEcoAPT.EnviNc^TsAN(:E' established 1855. , YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1900. . NO. 64. II MALCOI ++ ?g A Tale of Moral Heroisnff I! BY CHARLES EE == Author of "In His Steps," "Cruel: ~ = Lardy1* Sei != == OOPTKIOHT, 1900, BY THE , iilllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIHIII IUxutratUma by 1 ^ ^ nlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillll THAPTER XVI. FAITH FIGHTS A BATTLE AND' "OVERCOMES." Faith Kirk was having one of her great battles as she worked over that Sunday dinner. And she had not Sj fought It out when the family returned, bringing with them four friends of Mr. Fulton, business acquaintances from other cities, whose good will it was necessary to keep. The dinner was served promptly, and Faith had no reason to feel afraid of her success. Mrs. Fulton even came out into the kitchen when it was over and complimented her on the dinner. The guests lighted cigars and retired v * to the library with Mr. Fulton. It was now nearly 4 o'clock. By the time everything was cleared away in the kitchen it was half past 4 and in the short winter day dark already. Faith went up to her room tired and rebellious. She sat down and at first said she would not go to church. Then she thought of the dear home circle, V and for almost the first time since she came away she grew dreadfully homesick. She threw herself down on her bed In the dark and had a good, hard cry. When it was over, she felt somet what ashamed and lay still awhile, thinking. Then she rose and suddenly ? ltMUi turned on uer eiecinc uguu "Faith Kirk, you are ashamed of yourself. Is this Malcom Kirk's daughter?" She asked the question as she put on her cloak and hat and resolutely determined to go to church and be a , good Christian in spite of her troubles. "To him that overcometh," the verse happened to be the subject of the Endeavor meeting that very night, and as she took up her Bible and went out of V the house she was feeling better as she started down the avenue and then turned toward one of the churches of the same denomination as the one at home. For she was homesick enough to feel that she would enjoy the worship better In such a church. Faith's Sundays in Chicago since she had been there were not at all like the Sundays at home. She had at first tried to attend a church near her boarding place. But at the end of her studio experience she had found some Sunday work to do in connection with one of the social settlements. That work was "* ? now too far away, and she was compelled to give it up. Tonight, she said, she would go to the Endeavor meeting in the large church only a few blocks from Mrs. Fulton's. She bad seen the notice on the outside of the building, giving 6 o'clock as the hour of service. The young people held their meeting in the chapel or prayer meeting room adjoining the main room. It was beautifully lighted and furnished, and as Faith went In she was greeted at the door by a young woman, who gave her a topic card and a hymnbook and then showed her to a seat. The meeting began promptly, and Faith could not help wondering a little as she looked around at the very well dressed young men and women how much any of them knew about the struggle of overcoming. The next moment she rebuked herself for Judging others. "They all have their trials no doubt," she said. "It won't do to judge from appearances. Rich folks are not the happiest ones." She eujoyed the singing, and some of the more familiar Endeavor songs brought tears to her eyes. When the hour was about half gone, Faith had an Impulse to give her testimony. She kept saying to herself that what she had been through that day was something that might help the A. others. In her father's church at home the young people had always been encouraged to help one another by relating their experiences, and Faith had no other thought in mind when she rose during a pause and told very frankly something of her struggle that very day. The young people all turned and looked at her in surprise. Faith knew how to express herself very well. Her father had helped her very much. She / 'i/l nnt moan tn PYJUrjrprntP hpr difflcul ties, but she spoke more frankly than she might If she had not been overflowing from the day's experience. Besides, her heart warmed to find herself in the society once more, and she longed for the Christian fellowship. When she sat down, she had time to think If she had said anything she ought not. She had simply confessed ^ her struggle as the Bible said Christians ought, and she had only incidentally mentioned the fact that she was working out. At home they had girls in the society who worked out at service. and they did not think much about it But before the meeting was over she grew hot and cold by turns as she thought of having told all those young People that she was a "hired girl." She iiniiiiiinniiniiiiiiininnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^I VI KIRK. II In Overcoming the World. i-? M. SHELDON, flxion of Philip Strong," "Robert EE = ?en Days." EE == A.DVA5CB PUBLISHING CO. EE = Hcnmn Hcvr. IllllllllllllllllllU'lllllllllllllllli | illllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillilliim olmno/tomntoil fn trot tin nmln rv ao aiuivo? luuaptvu %v -r ?0? and tell them that she was the daughter of a minister and a high school graduate and that ner ratner nad more than one letter from the pastor of the very church where she now was commending the work done in Conrad and asking for counsel as to similar work In the great city. Then she glowed with shame for her lack of courage. "If I did tell them what I am doing, it is no disgrace! It is an honest thing to do. 1 aiu not ashamed of it." In spite of all that, when the meeting was over, Faith fancied that the girl who had been sitting next to her turned away very hurriedly without trying to speak to her. The one who had ushered her to her seat, however, came to her and introduced her to a i girl standing near by. The girl shook c hands rather stiffly Mid then excused \ herself, saying she had some commit- r tee work to do. Faith was left stand- t lng alone, and no one else spoke to c her. She tried to believe that there a was no intention in the neglect. But i her face burned, and she finally re- a solved to go out, to shake the dust of that church from her feet and never c return to It. a She had reached the door when the E face of her father came up before her. t the patieut, loving, long suffering fa- ( ther at home, who had, to Faith's own knowledge, endured for years number- g less privations and slights without los- ^ lng his Christian manhood or courage. | With the face of her father also came ^ another, the Master's, as Faith remembered It from one of the pictures she had at home of Christ in Gethsemane. ? "This is not overcoming," she said to j herself, and at the door of the chapel ? she stopped, walked back to the church j door entrance and went into the main x room. j An usher showed her to a good seat, j and she sat there with her head bowed t for 15 minutes before the service began. When she raised her head, her j eyes were wet with tears, and the peo- { pie near her looked surprised. But j Faith had overcome. She had fought t another battle on that eventful Lord's j day and had won the victory. f When the service began, she enjoyed j it The singing was by a quartet, and to Faith in her present condition the j music came with refreshing. The ser- ] mon helped her too. It was on the j subject of Christ's sufferings, and she I j felt ashamed as she listened and com- j pared her own troubles with those of : the great Sufferer for the sins of a , whole world. At the close of the service she hesi- , tated, but finally went up to the front of the church and introduced herself to the minister. He was one of the Chicago pastors | who had known her father when he , was in the seminary. They were not , In the same class, but had corresponded a little of late years. "What!" he exclaimed as Faith spoke her name. "Miss Kirk of Conrad! My dear," he called to his wife, who was naav In? "thlc Ic Mnlmm Tvlrk's dfln^h ter. You remember his stories in the papers. Our boys think there are no stories Just like his. We are so glad to see you." The minister's wife greeted her very kindly, and Faith almost cried, she was so touched by their cordial reception. "Where are you stopping in the city?" the minister asked. Faith hesitated and then frankly told him where she was and what she was doing. There was a moment's look of surprise on the faces of the minister and his wife, but they were genuine Christians, and without asking any more questions the minister's wife said as she laid a loving hand on Faith's arm: "My dear, come and take tea with us next Suuday evening at 5. Don't fail, will you?" She gave Faith their house number, and Faith walked out of the church feeling as if some Christianity were left in that great sinful city after all. That night she wrote home a long letter to her mother, telling her all about her work and especially the experience of that day. When she finished, she prayed for blessing on all the dear home circle, and in greater peace of soul than she had known in a long time sue commjueu nerseii w tue care of the All Father. As the week's work began again, the Fultons found themselves wondering how long the new girl's capabilities would hold out. Faith combined her father's physical endurance and her mother's New England thrift and neatness. Her kitchen shone with brightness. Iler meals were delightful surprises to every member of the family. Her good nature seemed unfailing. "We've got a real treasure," even Mrs. Fulton confessed Wednesday evening to her husband. "The only thing I dread is that she may not hold out. I have never been satisfied with any girl 1 ever had." "Perhaps you expected too much," Mr. Fulton suggested, absently, is he ' continued to read his paper. ' THE NATIVE C "I'm sure we pay enough to get satsfactory help," she replied. "If the rapable American girls would only vork out more we housekeepers would iot have so many trials." Mrs. Pulton ilgbed, but U Is possible if she had .hanged places with Faith that Sunday ihe might have understood better why nore American girls do not work out it service. Thursday morning Mrs. Fulton went lown to the city on some shopping, md Faith was alone in the house. She itarted her kitchen work early and hen went into the parlor to sweep and lust The piano was open, and one of Sony's new marches was on the rack vbere Alice bad left it She had been >racticing it that morning before she rant nwnv to school. Faith bad received a good musical (ducation from hfer mother. The piano it home bad been one of the few extensive things that Dorothy had kept tnd taken with her when she left her lome in the east. Faith was like her nother in having a real passion for' nusicv and she had a more than ordilarfly good ear, and her technic was ilmost professional. She had not had an opportunity to :ouch a piano since leaving home. The fight of the open keyboard and the lew music fascinated her. Gradually she neared the piano as she was dusting off the furniture, and finally she sat down on the stool and began dusting the keys. The sound of the notes as her cloth pressed on the ivory seemed to make tier forget her surroundings. She changed the dusting cloth to her left hand and struck a few chords with ier right. The Instrument was in fine tune, and before she knew what she was doing she had dropped her cloth m the floor and begun the opening measures of the march before her. After a few attempts the music began to come to her. The march was not difficult, and she was fairly caught by its popular swing and rhythm. She forgot where she was and what she was, a "hired girl," who was not supposed to know anything about pianos She was conscious ot some one In the room. and marches. Her fingers seemed to regain their old nlmbleness, and she was swept on into the piece with an enthusiasm and pleasure she had not known in n long time. But just as she had finished the music with a splendid close and felt the glow of the effort she was conscious of some one in the room. She turned around, with a face that burned, and saw standing at the entrance of the hall into the parlor three persons. They were Mrs. Fulton, who stood staring at her with a cold, stern look; Alice, who seemed astonished at the performance, and the young man whom Mr. Fulton had addressed in front of the picture on State street as "Malcom." They had come in unexpectedly, and all three had evidently been standing there for some little time. There was an expressive silence in the parlor IUARTER OF TIEN-TSIN, PORT i as1 Mrs. Fulton came a few steps Into the room and confronted Faith, who still sat on the piano stool looking at her. TO BE CONTINUED. ^liswllaurous grading. STAND BY YOUR U0NV1CTI0NS. Another Appeal to Prohibitionists?If the Church Members Tote as They Pray, They Will Win?Tillman Not the Keep er of the Consciences of the People. Editor of the Yorkville Enquirer: I desire to make one more appeal, through your paper, to the Prohibitionists of York county to bestir themselves. Colonel Hoyt's chances of election are as good if not better than that of any other man in the race. It is about three weeks until election day. A great deal of work can be, and ought to be, done during these three weeks. While the election of Colonel Hoyt may not mean prohibition, it promises a better enforcement of the dispensary law, and this alone will be a very gratifying result of our labors. But let the result be what it may, it is our business to fight and fight to the bitter end. If church members of all denominations would stand true to the vows they took when they joined the church, prohibition would win without any trouble. But there are some church members and professing Christians, not all of them, however, who claimed to love everything that is good and right aud abhor everythiug that is evil?men who, if called on, will pray in public, pray that God may hasten the day when no one nor any thing will be left to advocate the cause of satan, aud then go, on electiou day, aud vote for whisky. If a man's religion does not go far enough to make him vote against such an evil as whisky, it will not, in my judgment, go far enough to save the soul. Listen, church members. Un tbe 28th day of this month you will have the opportunity of voting for a law that promises to restrict and suppress the sale of whisky in South Carolina as far as is possible and practicable, or for a law which permits tbe sale of liquor to tbe citizens of tbe state, and which for the last seven or eight years has been bringing crime, poverty, and misery upon the people of South Carolina. Which way will you vote? Of course, the dispensary law is a great improvement on tbe old barroom system ; but it is by no means tbe best solution of tbe liquor problem as some claim it to be. We have tried tbe dispensary nearly eight years. Have you not been convinced that we need a better law? If so will you have the courage of your own convictions and vote for prohibition ; or will you vote for the dispensary because Boss Tillman says to do it ? If you do, God pity the miserable piece of humanity that you are. "It is my baby, and you must not spank it," says Mr. Tillman. The senator has not seen any spanking yet. If he lives until after the 28th of this month, be will very likely see it spanked out of the state and off the statute books of Sout h Carolina. Senator Tillman has gotten into deep water. He has not only aroused the preachers by bis false assertion at Bennettsville; but all true and right thinking church members rise up in indignation against such a slanderous attack on the minis-? ^ 1- 1* ? iry 01 ouutu v^arunua. xuo luiuiou&io are Dot in alliance with the whisky men ; but they are allied with all true church members aDd others who are working for the good of the state. It is a pretty strong alliance, and if the senator don't mind his play house will be torn down in the next election. We are holding up the hand of the minisisters in this fight, and will continue to do so until the fight is ended and the victory won. The people of South Carolina ought to be capable of judging for themselves as to what they want or do not want. We don't need to be instructed by Mr. Tillman nor any one else as to how to vote in the coming election. The senator says we are honest; "but weak in -he upper story. Therefore, he wants fl( m K : ! 1 P' OF PEKING. ? 10 to dictate to us. Study the question ^ seriously aDd vote your own ticket. 18 J. K. SCOGGINB. r? Ogden, S. C., August 8, 1900. ^ MORUAN DEMANDS WAR. K United States Does Not Need Help In Deal- ^ log With China. J New York Dispatch, 6th. ai The New York Journal publishes ge the following statement of Senator 0f John T. Morgan, of Alabama : j.. "If I had my way I would enlist a volunteer army of 100,000 men and send them to the Island of Luzon to ?> take the place of the seasoned troops u. now there. ot "Those 65,000 seasoned troops I ^ would send to China and deal with the j8 , situation that has arisen, as it ought to p( be dealt with. I would protect the {j( life of every American citizen in China, and compel respect for the rights w of every American citizen in the coun- ac try. I would do this independently or , of the other powers. I would not in- cr terfere with their plans ; but independently and alone, would show China that the United States was a power whose rights and privileges could not N, be trampled upon. "Such action would show the whole I world that the United States was a -p . great power, and that every right conferred upon its people through treaty stipulation or otherwise, must be res- jq pected. n{ "I am afraid there will be a great ^ war in China. I do not want to see tbu United States get into it for the ^ mere sake of war. However, we must ^ rescue our ministers and compel China ^ to pay the cost of that expedition. rp "I believe congress should now be in rpj session. The president ought not to be conducting a foreign war without the advice of congress. Up to this ^ lime the diplomatic situation has been handled well; but the indications point to the inevitable conclusion that diplomacy is fast giving way to sterner measures. Even now we see our war w movements going on. When that con . dition arises it is time for congress to ,D have something to say. "There are in the Philippines, within j5? striking distance of China, men acclimated and accustomed to the bard- a ships of wai in the Orient. Take them, f) send them to China, let the world and ac China know our strength and our pow- ac er. Let us utilize the vantage we have taken in the Philippines and of our ^ own accord do the thing which this emergency requires. "That should be the American policy and would make the American govern- 1 raent and the American flag a thing to be respected wherever the government P* is represented by its flag. , ' - ^ A <* LD "J?Tom my point 01 view, our government, unaidec; and alone, has the facilities at band and is able to deal with this situation. We should do it, n' and do it with a promptness that would a* emphasize the American method of transacting business." ' ' tb HOW THE WAR MAY HELP US. m w All Earope Will Have to Bay Supplies In fe, America. ca Brooklyn Eagle. w One of the big railroad men of the fo west, who returned recently from the m Pacific coast, in speaking about the It probable war with China, says : "If the ab allied nations are driven into war with China, that war will last at least four gr years, and, no matter what may be the yc result, the United States is bound to be enormously enriched by it. tb "Japan, England, Germany and the su other contending nations will be forced co to secure nearly, all their food supplies in from the United States. Our corn and nc grain will be in great demand, and n? many classes of our manufactured d? goods will be required for the use of the armies. Fl ?T U~i: fl,?f aVintlM war KQ Honlor. I "X UC11C V C iuay guvuiu nui vv uvvimied with China, this country would en- cc ter upon four years of the greatest \\ business prosperity in its history, bj Money would flow our way from g, Europe in a steady stream, and if our a) people do not give themselves up to wild speculation, the benefits will be Oi permanent and lasting. "Even now the business between at the Orient and our Pacific coast has ar lormously increased. Japan is buying >ur from us, and only last week 7,000 ules were shipped to the east from ;attle. "I hope there will be no war; but if iere is, we will certainly suffer less an any of the other civilized nations the world." COLONEL KNOX LIVINGSTON. i? P?nnl? Who Knnir Him Rflat Think Well of Him. -eenvllle News. The following in the Dillion Herald, lblisbed in Colonel Livingston's coun, will be read with pleasure by bis any friends in Greenville, where be well-known. It shows how he" ands in his own Pee Dee section : "Perhaps never before in the history ' Dillon was a speaker accorded a oie enthusiastic ovation than was rei Colonel Knox Livingston at the aded school building^ last Monday rening. His entrance to the chapel as the signal for deafening applause, id bis appearance upon the rostrum as greeted with shouts and cries of ithusiasm that touched deeply the ;art of the noble 'Little Giant of the je Dee.' "No man in all South Carolina ocipies a warmer spot in the hearts of yal Dillonites than Knox Livingston, his esteem, regard and appreciation not mere sentiment; but is deep >oted, lasting and loyal? the kind at is honored and cherished by those \ Don whom it is bestowed. "From infancy Dillon has known nox Livingston as a true and loyal iend. Her interests have been adinced by his kind influences?charibly as well as cheerfully extended? id now that an opportunity has prented itself for a return of those kind flees she will reciprocate as cheerful* and and loyally as they were given. "But the reasons set forth in the >ove paragraph do not alone actuate illonitea in showering their favors Don Colonel Livingston. There are hers motives which prompt them, bey fully 'recognize the fact that he a man?one whose ability to fill the isition to which be aspires is unquesDnable?that bis presence will lend gnity and intellect to the body over hicb be will preside, and that bis Iministration will heap greater hons upon himself and reflect recognized edit upon the Pee Dee section." TOWNE STEPS DOWN. , imluee of the Populist* Will Vote For Bryan and Stevenson. Former Congressman Charles J. owne, who was nominated for tbe vice esidency by tbe Populists at Sioux nils io May last, has declined in a ug letter that was published Wed;sday. Mr. Towne, who is a Silver epublican, commends tbe nomination Bryan by the Populists and gives as 8 principal reasons for withdrawing e fact tbat bis name was fairly here tbe Democratic convention and jected in favor of Mr. Stevenson, be nomination of Mr. Stevenson is ost heartily approved and Mr. Towne :presses it as bis intention to vote the emocratic ticket. Tbe letter winds ): "In conclusion, I may be permitted express tbe profound satisfaction bicb I feel in contemplating tbe presit attitude of tbe Democratic party, i 1896 I was of those who, keenly eling tbe recreancy of tbe Republin party, was much io doubt whether e memorable Democratic convention Chicago, in adopting its splendid atform and nominating Wm. J. Bryi for the presidency, was actuated by i impulse or by a purpose. The agnificent achievements at Kansas ty have settled all possible doubt on at subject. Tbe platform adopted . >t only re-enacts the principles of 196; but in language whose force, gnity and beauty have never been [ualled in a similar document, res>nds to tbe new issues presented in e growth of tbe trust nionopoly'and e imperalistic policy of tbe adminisation by an appropriate enunciation those sublime doctrines of human ghts and liberties whose profession id observance have been the peculiar ory of our country and are the sure isis of the ultimate happiness of maand. And again the duty of carrying e banner of the cause has been comitted to tbat tried and trusted hand bose grasp has never weakened, no ar can make it falter, and no burden n dismay. The leadership of Bryan, bicb could have redeemed a bad platrm, sanctifies a good one. It made emorable an unsuccessful contest, will crown a victory with imperish?le splendor. With every sentiment of respect and atitude, I remain most, sincerely ?urs, Chas. A. Towne." The Populist national committee has e authority to select Mr. Towne's ccessor if it sees fit to do so. The immittee had an appointment to meet Chicago on Thursday; but it was >t thought likely that it would nomiite another candidate for vice presi>nt. rat New Cotton. The first bale of new South Carolina >tton was sold in Charleston last rednesday at 11J cents. It was raised f A. and L. Youmans, of Fairfax, arnwell county, classed full middling, ad the bale weighed 562 pounds. nly Odo For the Dispensary. There are eight legislative Candidas in Sumter county. 'Seven of them e for prohibition.