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GOOI) T iMS F~ IFS DR. TA'..M AGE PREAC: UP7" TURNING P ''S T - Hi G'v s Thr.m s Cure of Busin ess D- -r - U-ges Their Clim toC - '7oyage of Lif3. The itscourse of Pr. T shows how all may het . of good times and . ta Lamentations iii i:, *n ing man cmpnt A cheerful interroca ancholy boon ci the lI. . so many sad ti. t3 named after nI u w"" n charged with grief a.n ee jeremial. iut. a sudden jolt. wakens p.... Our blessing, are so mu" r. re that our desrts :h: he .n anybod y shotuld ever. :3'l -. it '._<' and with it a tt usan-i en a hush into perpetual Si'.e e eCe' - criticism of the dealings cf t1., h doth a living man complin While everything in our I..io :: tm-.:.. is brightening, for the last land has been set to the tune ce -.."_ There has been here and there a cheer: soloist, but the grand cLorus has beeu e.. of lamentation accompnied - dire' ev er prostrated commerce, silen: t::auuleto' ies, unemployed mechanism and al th:se .i ders described by the two short wom, "hard times." The factiis thu: we : tre paying for the bloody luxury of war :..e than 30 years ago. Thera were -ret :+ tional differences, and we hr.i :ot ca Christian character to settle them i.; art - tion and treaty, and so we went inta . expending life and treasure and we': i=h swa'lin; the na'ional finar.ces. and and south, east and west. have eve - been paying for those four years' in : ce in barbarism. But the time has come when thie sion ought to end-yea, when i: w l eni the people are willing to do two - tr, things by way of tinancial me.licatuent, f*r the people as well as congress n:ut t. i in the work ofrecuptration. The let p'ht"a, economists tells us that there is no :-ood rea son for continued prostration. 1enty of money awaiting investment. The national health with never so strong an armt er so clear a brain. Yet we go on groaning. groaning, groaning, as though God ha-- put this nation upon gruel and allowed us nut one decent breakfast in six months. 2.e fact is the habit of complaining has bee'aae chronic in this country, ad after all the e years of whimper and wailing and obju r_ tion we are under such a momentum of sniv el that we cannot stop. There are three prescriptions by which I believe that our individual and national ti nances may be cured of their present de pression. The first is cheerful conversation and behavior. I have noticed that the peo ple who are most vociferous against the day in which we live are those who are in co:u fortable circumstances. I have made inqui ry of those persons who are violent in thetir jeremiads against these times and I have asked them, "Now, after all. are you not making a living?" After some hesitation and coughing and clearing their throat three or four times they say stammeringly, "Y- -s. So that with a great multitude of people it is not a question of getting a livelihood. but they are dissatisfied because they cannot make as much money as they would like to make. They have only $2,000 in the bank. where they would like to have $1,000. They can clear in a year only $:,00, when they would like to clear $10,000, or things come out just even. Or in their trade they get c a day when they wish they could make $4 or $5. "Oh," says some one, "are you not aware of the fact that there is a great popu lation out of employment. and there are hun. dreds of good families of this country who are at their wits' end, not knowing which way to turn?'' Yes, I know it better than any man in private life can know that sad fact, for it comes constantly to my eye and ear, but who is responsible for this state et things? Much of that responsibility 1 put upon men in comfortable circumstances who b-y an everlasting growling keep public cotntidence depressed and new enterprises fronm starting out and new houses from being built. You know very well that one despondent man can talk 50 men into despondency, while one cheeerfuil physician can wake up into exhilaration a whole asylum of hypochondri aes. It is no kindness to the poor or unem ployed for you to join in this deploration. If you have not the wit and common sense to thinkr of something cheerful to say, then keep silent. There is no man who can be independent of depressed conversation. The medical journals are ever illustrating it. I was reading of five men who resolved that they would make an experiment and see what they could do in the way of depress ing a stout, healthy Igan, and they re solved to meet him at differennt points ir. his journey, and as he stepped out from his house in the morning in robust health one of the five men met himn and said: "Why you lot very sick today. What is the matter?'' He said: "I am in excehent health. There is nothing matter."' Bunt. passing down the street, he began to examine his symptoms, and the second of the five men met him and said, "Why, how bad you do look!'' "Well," he replied, -"I don't feel very well." After awhile the third man met him, and the fourth man met him, and the fifth man camoe up and said. "Why, you look as if you had had the typhoid fever for six weeks. What is the matter with you'. And the man against whom the stratagenm had been laid went home and died. And if you meet a man with perpetua! talk about hard times and bankruptcy and dreadful winters that are to come you break down his cour-age. A few autumns ago, as the winter was coming on, people said: --We shall have a terrible winter. The poor wiil be frozen out this winter:' There was some thing in the large store of acorns that th e squirrels had gathered and something in the phases of the moon and something in other portents that made you certain we were go ing to have a hard winter. Winter came. It was the - mildest one within my :memory and within yours. All that winter long I do not think there was an icicle that hung through the -lay from the eaves of the house. So you prophesied falsely. Last winter was coming and the people sail: "We shall have unparalleled suffering anon;: the poor. It wiil be a dreadfat winter." Sure enough it n~as cold winter, but there were more larme hearted charities than ever before poured .'u: on the country; better provision made e the poor, so that there have been scores e: winters when the poor had at harder : than they did last winter.V eaherpr phets says we will have. ro- hi u~e which will kill the harvests Now, e u tell you, you have liedt 'wce abo"t thwa tiher, and I believe youar yn:tstie Some people are so cver orne. wit h dolorousness of the times that they' mywe shall have communistic outrayesin. country such as they had in France i not believe it. The parallel ioes na rn They have no Sabbath, no lBible, no Go 1l France. We have all these det'enjes . 2 American people, and public opinion is sae" that if the people in this country aten cetthroat expedition they wiil land in'in Sing or from the gallows go up on zigh re I do not believe the peo ple of this contr will ever commit outrages and riot and mur der for the sake of getting bread, but all thi lugubrosity ot tone and 'ace keeps peopl down. Now I will make acontract. I the people of the United sates 'or one week will talk cheerfully. 1 'ilopnal h manufactories; I will give emloym"en: to the unoccupied men and woe: in.n a lively market for yourra ::~ h eating you up wit" tx' i.ls7t processions on t''e way to te -heaea the penitentiary, and 1 wilr ful table from \lain- to Ct '.ai Oregon to ".andy 'looa th shall caroland thn r i. But says somne "'ne.-Iel a traet, butw anta.am MIy hearers and rea'r" r you do all profesti:rs,31i occupations, if you stl e again to utter a .oooswr money marcets, cut e am voice, and by w:: and c~ieae all, by faith in God, otyt national gloom. do your: b .. v; :- . .. _ m f :- : . 1r it a, 1 .- 1 to - i , : bwe a ta : e ilre a" ios atd there a le-s ani -'e" "- e.rrplestn; ani a":-.1 it e t deotwn.e dA:nd I the'e atd t. en t: he o "t ' cheekb-tik a- i wre a vr-r ceck for a mis_nary -ety . e l '1:e. UTav t was the tct'unyin r: v: y Luine Evert-iuce tuhn k" v -'-- "r-, Isaw the ch':nge." v'' "''twen: on. anid he gath c~eo:: sae iveseta- ti a nan can gieIna it l ol cauo Ie of Art jf : agierna ueraUndLanlCe. God :-her e rt. y ...r.. h :5 Messin -a- i:'a t elve u "li he fel i, if a'" i : the aood. tic ta every ai is'.0:: re:1:ge Z d twiery dand e,1..e unde 1:-it,.y .he:!r" wI et'n ta 'nl .s ne'.~~ 7rn, u ea il 't p.1d bac 1 '1 n hr c: " or in c' vet ec u'i'-:le '. c Croen al n wit thei inve.:ent ver!pon a 1 w L tit. .dey ins tha' an- s itar i reaoaa euender d~nticcun in dropat: po his...'~ soul and p:.n is_ bn-i n'es. Wt is the :matter-: Go i' runish ingrhi tar h's -"'all.hertednecs. lie tried. to ceat G(, wild God worite .t So ta o-e of the cioes tor the cure of ndi iduO l nI rati 0a ina nces is -'ore gener osity.;t Wherevou bestowed $1 on the cause of ist ie Iv God loves to be trusted, ?and he is very at to trust back agai. lie says: "Tha~t nma knows how to handle mon ey. He shli hare more money to handle' kin drp- ~tlt- yoi at i-on tue And very soon the proterty tht ws on the rrket for a great whae ets a purchaser. and the bord tot was not worth more than 30 cents on a dollar goes to par ana die opening of a new street doul es the value of blres-es 'attn. nhe thvenya to ct tht c'ret an lie cot1 fot.ne. The-e are- '-":1 whomu I have kThan who fo ten years hane bon try. ie: shahnave d ,00. neyt have never been a e~ to gtit pa'a, *'r ju-t as they were taking cu tfry"-.: one '1 o thi ' ock etho-' t"''l, mrysteio'sv somtehow' in t-ote oterfe. o te o o'ce'o h~ etea - *lrge Tot.Y: tell me that Chrilan gen erot y pay in the world to come. 1 tell y ouai pay n'ow, pays in hard cash, pays in government securities. You do net believe i? b, t is what keeps you back. I knew you id net believe it. The whole world and Christendom is to be reconstruct. ed on th i sucj.et and as you are a part at Cnritendo-n, let the work begin in your own soul. "itu:." -ays soate one. 'I don't believe that theory, becauce I have been generous and I have been losing money for ten years." Then Goed preraid you, that iv all. What became of the imoney that you Imale iti other diars. You say to .1 our son, '-Now I will give you -'o every year as lon: as von live." .\fter awatle vou siy, "Well, myc son, vou pro;e Iyourself worthy of: uty conrience I williuet Live vou 2 :r,('v0 in a single lump.". At ouevei to him, and he'1'ars d In tw-' or hree years he does not cuala."g"ra -eu n'ater is no: takir e rc of ne. 1 oughUt to have S5O0 a vear. 1 on r-epal von'- son, ani he does tout coron. n1bere are- thous-ands of us now wno en tnis year Qe us nog to supply aur wnts bunt did not od rovde for us in the past, an-d has he not a an aud again paid aus 'n ad vncc in ct-er wo'~is, trutsted yo"'u al a" trust ed you tor : han von had a ri-it to ask:' Strike, thn, a balance for I. t Lcononmt'e iv atin rather tuan in v'ur- Car-nan charties Tohereis not nmor th one~ out of d eiyouwhoever gveo e-nogh to d y-ou -'no -'od, and whe-n mee - ce Ch~s~aniysome t::itioar ""ocie"' -' or 'me cociety or chrntca or" n'l"'tion. contec 'eng and ts anyhin fromli youa avat do "' sv- You SaY, -.1 have Uteent hcd, :2x1 there never wa'si" a moesgiiut tgureao: Yes, yo a en bar ed, and you are spiri: - ualjy e"'acIated, wnen if you Lad been ceur age-ous enough'I to goa through your propert;y and say, -That belongs to God, and this be longs to God, anda the oiher thing belongs to Gudt, and no mo re dared to appropriate it to your oWn use thant s Jnting that Ubelonged to voutr tegor,"" in'e''d of being 'rled to dahychinties yeu wouu' n-'ve 'een rein virted ou tee"eatedl an bul uptfr ti~ au :ra -n-rue'- G-'Hwin:ep-y Peoi e~se as j vk w"a' 's a divtne prai, n :h -'a' u'pcn th-- water, an~ii:.wi'1 rtur tothe :::'r ::ny dayv. adam 'are.1:1 yp lwn tey san crt ti '' : t''e wr-n the Nile is over c or -nth w'er a'- . : Nl z: :o rce e :a sed orn:::iin the eaC our i liva::d ::a t: o nascia distrges -:7 cr awkrin ' '"s t-:eei. h merchats ofthis o~grywere ey ?t-- n --t is} ; 07 T .:" af ., e an ever las; in tt.'r a p racti al i:-e in e~~: ae. ni; t:hit, we ruust it e nu", :. tfy the soul: r L i y c :: : . cur :rrii e aeroe: .m : i t it caunn nf heavea fr cur i fluor::d :nen who a: as Iuou h -' - .ant uortg:1zE couli tc traded .. 11r :t ken In Ie: 'j:t : :11 Qiog l C l e -' -:ider i: th t land w here 1 - a. t x .hey make pavements n 1 Chri: is the cuy "a.n. T~emres in heaven are the i e:rrrti le tresures. Have yoIL ec ' e .i' c.:;t t -it sum in loss and gain. Vl . i ita man i he gain the the he -ICYorld' and la his soil: Yo: nar : Wc:w 1ne 1pprel now. out the winds o de: :" ll ;er .: lile rag:. omespun and a lreadar Cu:: h.e sontetins been te ohtuiow of r es vhit in the blood of tahe L :: .1All t. e miues of Australia and i strun in one circmuet, are not wtI' t' you as i:n-eh a? the Peari of great pce. Yo ,u rene:ib r, I s:urnose. sonac yeir ::, the shipvreck of the Central Amer? .: A -torm came (.1 that vessel. The ores tra rpel tie deck and swept dornhrough the hatch-'-s, and there went u -na l anr-l ael ih shriek. The ftam en te iw5 of the wave. The pItci. of tae steamer, as tough it wouldi l a n noTie gare of IhL 1si; rot ets. Ti e long cough of the stean pipges. The hiss of extinguished farnaces ' a'Lc i' of Co.1 on the wave. Oh, it was -apeidous spec:acle. But that ship 1 at go down without a struggie The rien ers so'l in long lines trying to bail it t anti unusel to toil tugged until their his were blisterei and their muscles were s:raned. After awhile a sail c::me in sigt. A few p-asseiga'rs got oi. but the m: wen: dlown. Tne shin gave one lurch and r, l ost. J ;Ctr:e : en who go in life-a tine yiJ they are taking out of it. All is wei, : :e eurciydo:1 of business disas ter comes up.:n theta, and they go down. The. bot:: of this commere;al sea is strewn with the shattered hulks, but because your properly goes shall your soul gC: OL, no: I ere is coming a more stupendcus ship wreck f :awhile. This world, Gd I Iauncheel it 6.)00 years ago, and it is sailing on, lint one day it will s:agger at the cry of l'ire:"' anl the timbers of the rocks will 1urn, a:d the mountains tlame like masts, and the clouds like sails in the judgenent h'rrie:ne. God will take n good many Lft tae dck, and others out of the berths. where tiey are now sleeping in Jesus. How :nany shall t o down' No one will know urtil it is alngunced in heaven ones day: --* vec fiwor: Sc many illion ''ye: So :nany mtiflions drowned: Because ;o-ar fertunes gu because your house goes, because all your earthly possessions go. do tic tet your sou1 go: May the Lord Al righty. through the blood of the everlasting cvenant. save your szu.s. M'tA URiN BAD ThE CROWDI mI3Y WAS EXPECTED TO HAVETH j NUMBERS. TE It Was a Fine. Snappy Thecting--Gocd IFee~ing Fr:.valied bat There Was Plentyj Iof Sparklirg Rf parter- -. Ebash of OthMier Meetiegs. Tuesdzs the Sitnatorial candidates ~ddressed the unterritied Daimocracy o/f'e Old Iron District. IIt has long been recognized that ~this was an important meetinr. It '-as corceded on nil sides that Irby's str nr~ 'h iu this race lies in Spartan oure. ~Te Piedmont Headlight has bendevoting all il's space io him for wek 2n in every issue recently the ovv''rs IWre 'eteu urgemd to turn out~i v." force and cheer the great! It was thoght that a great many wouht rcp-.nd and while McLiurin's rends made not the slightest effort, co:ceding that Irby had the crowd; there, it developed that of thcse who came to howl McLauria down, many -ent hame to vole for him. It prow led to be a dceidediy McLaurin meetj e .aMore than half of the cne thu gsaad urcsent rere strorgly for M Lauria be ra tim adjourtuzent, and ra't ceal of this would have heen a ccompished if Senatoar McLsurin had not ened~c nis mdouh. The caossira c- i'caanst him waso so jpatent, the rers emploved SO ufair, the argu r ns agains; him so unjust and with tl te anlra::ecus treatment he re c--ived at ths hands of the combination o ing him had its effeet in his fa v Ur. TLit inherent desire for justiceI tnd fai play made those who were in doubt, McLaurin's friends. When te cndiates attempted to cag tht cLauria was for putting negro abr in toe factories, they went one r'e -oo f;.r~d iteadS Of having th 'a'-ct they desired they made several unr7a- vots for hi-n. As a whoie - - textttved :tutifaliv atnd w:.i al wore ocer fdL, all rcceived Co -t:irmau Stanyvarreb Wil '-. 0. Tyi&d was th'e fi's' speaker "' e ronua ed n's *ie ws on2 fhe murs si -l an cea lIIe was a- b-s . oin of the ly cr -at reserve toe syet n Nrshi .ii9td al s -a as.r*' ib-.o Cr di'e'srie :; '1e tnb:a i atmeka upo y ola - "C, f exs, the -r:no cr-I. le > f ne hos:, s'a p-as i M nilan th-re esean, Whlo ca ..th -~o nr f t'be lumbelor an ec .t--u schdl-= and "made s-eera o-sc- - c'do e- coo c- - e(ne prty I * e 'ui . a: o. 1 :! " - %'' '.i : ting somle t r. b er e - san bu.m r :, m Seye. - to bd -be 1 n c': E o rs a eetl. I : -..a: a 't r I _. t:e bhe ch'~ nx . ::et dI r:aan n~cr frils c ti ten n~c, EX GOVERNOR JOHiN GARY EVANS Mr. E rls repuei d r father hacd cf by ad caiosem d to occu the patern rela:k to that gente man er et :Cifl rthe. t:n otherwse. :Ie sai t!ii the iopne o S.rtanbu are resconsible for his pociticai exist ence. buv t rdate prouder o te 40(oO vOtcf he ct in are race than anthiaeg in his c ttreer. Gentlemen. I felt my dereat keenly. I felt rint _ had b ten wron'ed. but I didnt suk. I took it and rton vu are gcin to right the wrong done me. I bavo the egdorsement of 40000 votes. but I didn't go to Eerbe eegging fcr the appointmert. It was all arranged before the &ad man was cold, bud all this is ancient history. I have dared to mo dre this fight. I want no foctional ight, for the ques tons affect all, the rerchant, the fayirer, the factory operatie and the mi'1 presidents alike. It is rot a per sonal issue, bat the most iaortant question that has been sprung in this State since 1833. McLaurin is the only man who has departed from the Demi ceratic faith. :el you Tillman wiil never come before the people of South Carolica and advccate this protection doctrine. He then puliod cut a newspaper clipping and started to read, saying that he would not do as McLaurin had done; read a clipping and :ay that he had only seen it that morning, when he could :rove that he was seen read ima the proof with Mr. Howell, the editor. 4cL urin interrupting, "'It is not so." Mr. Evans read from the Greenwood Journal an article which sai that McLaurin was inconsistent. I am here to advocate absolute free trade. I am opposed to all tariff. I would have the United States govern men run on the same lines as the State government, by direct taxation Let every man pay his part for the support of the national govern ment cut of his pocket on the proper ty be owns. If McLaurin had not been known as a protectionist he wculd siever have ben appointed on the ways and means committee. Thonmas Brackett R~eed and the Repub licans saw that he was leaning towards the Renublicans and needed encour asgement, so they gave it to him. He then read extracts from northern papers testi tying to their delight at McLaurin's appointment. SENATOR .JoHN L MoCLARIN Was the ir-st speaker and the only one who received applause as he cam?e fcr e:ard. It was expected by every bcdy that the crowd would be some what against him, but this spontane oas ovation coming from every part of the audience, set asmall coterie of howlers, chief among them being Ex Dispensary constable Toland, to exer cising their lung power. Toland tried to howl McLaurin down at tue outset and was very boisterous at intervals until the sheriff asd chief o-f police quieted him. Mr. MaLaurin began by refering to the statement Col. Irby made in refer ence to rooters being here from other counties. 1 don't know what he means, but if he means to insinuate that I have men gong around to help vrcttt me, it is takse-as false as hell itseli. This sneech brought cinsid erable confusion. Toland became ob streperous and for a moment it lcoked as if-Mr. McLaurin could not proceed. Col. Irby arose to help restore quiet, but Mr. McLaurin, turning to him ex cited and provoked, said he asked no man to get him a bearing. He was a democrat, a democratic Senator and as such demanded a hearing. Chair msn Wilon finally appealed for ordtr and when quiet was restored so he could go on. Mr. McLaurin said: This campaign has- been pitched upon the most disgraceful lines ever known in the history of South Caro lina, The csmpaign liar is abroad in the land. These men stand here and try to prove to you that I am not a Democrat. (Voice) "What do you say to that?" "I say, a more infamous faseood was never uttered. They tell you that I am in favor of putting negro 'abor in cotton mills, and I say tb's is infamous slander, a falsehood of tbe dee'pest dye. There never was the leanfoundsation for such a dam na .ble falsehood. I am in favor ot w-hite labor in the mills and I amt also in favor of gi'ing preference to white labor on the faims. I own the plen tatioa my people have ownewd since the re volion-y wvar, and I tell you that I ha've niver rented my acrts out to r~earces. I give the preferet.ce to white mien mnd rent to themn cbeaper than I c'uld, if I should re t - *eCti.. the w ie ames 'o! Ir1 his repated again~- tht If h a f~uiiar ~it th's fat W. D. Evaus r~ the candidate of the ri"-' and my"-- o- u-l r--ho was1 hea ad shouil-ers wi~ the ring Eva s. I maide that tight in !:e in ty lve ahas sood byme. th Snae dn a not av der tir-g Mc~~uri shrcrd tha er wos nmber of ves tgen in -he~ S:a-- eurn naor Irby's ter"n 3.3 t a~car t ei:5 nun: e sp: a his fe inwhic .cfr.go hn bse te Suth Ci arolina. t ! ere . The first p r-rti:-n rf Ite t*rc' ^: s ecoi than usri' the 1r por : w..mr. TLe aver.ge of 47 'c r..V-an terop. r2ure reports was . ) le the nora:. fcr the week was T 1 yest o-cerature reportecd wss l - on 23 and 2_h at Gilli sen-"- ar.-e lowst 61 on the 22J St l a. .Th 9moerature7 ws: ! . : forplait grovth an d crowpJ dvCdep' ed.' " RAINFALL. S ,-rsrcre M iLs.~ e tors of the ou en the 1Sh, 1ith 2') and 21, o.it. h eavy over the Lnr" c:unties, and sut~cient g~erer .l except in Spartanburg c:urty and se rd leceities ds-r .e-e. L s w washed and small strearcs :exrlr"-d their banks in Aiken, Edee nid*', Abbeville and Fairueld. Dama ing hail occurred in Auder son, and bail doing no injury also no-d in various courties. High winds, injuring corn and cotton, cc companied the rains in Lexington and lower Richland. Showery weath er again set in since the reports for t:e week were received. The average of 51 weekly rainfall measurements was 1.80, the normal for the same period is approximately 1.41 E le'en of these measurements were less than 1 inch: 19 from 1 to 2 inches and 21 over 2 inches with a axinm measurement of 4 15 at Hagocd. Tne sunshine averaged about 64 per cent, of the posstible, but ranged from as lox as 32 to 83. More sunshine would have benefitted some ciops in portions of the State. CROPS. Crops are in very promising condi tion, and the weather during the past wcek was extremely favorable for growth. But few adverse reports were received in comparison with favora ble ones, and they related chiefly to too much rain, although in Spartan burg county and more limited sec lions in other counties,more rain would ::rove beneficial. The needed rain been supplied since the reports closed The general crop outlook is ;-articu larly fine in Laurens, portions of Or angeburg, Anderson, Green wood, Sa luda, (lnesterneld Greenville, Sumter and York conties and peer nowhere. Old crn is practically all laid by in fair condition with general improve mcnt noted. Some has put out new tassels and is shooting new ears since the rainy weather ret in. Upland corn is gee orally a full crop. Late corn, while not yet made, con tinues in very promising condition. Corn fired badly in Berkeley county. Fodder pulling has begun in the e.astern counties. but not yet general. Corn is needing rain Jin portions of Horry and Spartanburg. Nearly all correspondents report cotton having made rapid growth, in places growing too much to weed and generally continuing to put on fruit; some fielas are already fruited enough to make an average crop. Thereare, however, localities where, on account of excessive rains, the plant has dete rio-rated. Such reports were received fr-om Aiken, Berkeley, Barnwell, Hampton, Chester, Bamberz, Ker shsa-. Sumter, Darlington, Dorches ter, Fairfield and Richland, but gen erally include portions of those coun ties only. Excessive shedding of squares and bolls, is as yet confined to Edgeflid.,Berkeley, Aiken,Fairfield, Florence and Lexington although some shedding noted in many other counties. Lice are less numerous than last week, also fewer reports of rust and honey-dew were received. In a fe-v limited Iccalities this crop stan ds in need of rain. Laying by is argely under way and finished where the ground was dry enough to plo w, the lrequent heavy rains hiving hin dered and delayed thts work. Sea is-1 land cotton continue; to thrive. T?:e pea cncp is doing well general ly, having attained good stands. In the western counties a large acreage was planted. In places where it is too wet there is an excessive shediding of leaves noted Tobacco curing is progressing rapid lv and favorably. In Marion and Horry half the crop has beent gather ed. The quality of the leaf is superi or, except in upper Darlington. The cron is being marketed in places. Rice has improved with the season and is doing very well, except upland which in places is rather poor. More rain would benefit rice in Georgetown district. Turnip and ratabaga sowing is we:l uinder way. Sugar cane was greatly improved by thct rains and is very promising. Late peaches are better sized tha~n early varieties, but they rot as they ripen. Figs and apples plentiful. Cnufas excellent in Williamsburg. Pastures afford excellent grazing. The August hay crop will be heavy. The entire crop situation is at this time exceedingly bright with promise of abundant harvest. From the national bulletin of July 19: "In the souThern States late corn has been ereatly improved durinz the prst week, except in portions of Inu iina and Texas, where rain is need "A gener al improvement in the con ditin cf cotton :s reported from the central and eastern portions cf the cot ton cdt, and also portions of the wes tern secti. Picking continues in sothet Texas." Pesa~d b~y Or(1Inors. A 0pecial to the Jacksonville, Florid, Citizen fron Stak gie he~ details of the suicida by poison at that place of Henry Crsy w.ho had recently come there, ostentsibly for the purpose of star:.iog an extensive turpentine buie-.He neg~otiated for lands and at nounced tha a iarge saun of m1otey would -: rec-ived by him fu:- , .lchfla tou arrive. Credi i-r frr v-hom had borrowed~ small ums w r prssng im ndi -. suunt od that desumderc" at the : lue o hi ln caused the act. bis .ie a br de, had also taken poi on. be he lie was saved by pro:nnt mic al aid. T - ih grade bi3 c'es hed nt :u . I rd l. ehai-stre a ul t bran sld they~ will E:r d * -s 1- ci a I g- tha te -'-WO bu: doiir woul feai. a handso~n Emn~ '- M'cKin- h~ .as been pr. s--e am is~ m.oest waterineion Conl 5he soth tis season. TLae :~ a in ws t e gi~t of the B3altimore a(d Ohi railroad, which had eoYered a p. i of $25 for the largest sample of the fruit THCUS-D\ RNG 5raddG, o l o( p* y's orn.. r: ir- came'-' fro:n a=.r die- u-"-d r-y breas ban2a L p de - tim .ariEd f1 m? WVi !"._ki ( t'"envia. FinleJ ville :d'- ' .h:r r . 'salon; the whee ing diident Nati al ofthe m car ry heavy s-icks and some werp ar-ed. Ture were to threats of vioer.e'. honTer. and no indica tios M:ry wcre sup p!!ed wi. food enou h to last two dais, immtedi.:ri upon re chin Os'k 1i: the strikers nrepar d 'cr camp I-: t0e vally leacij no from Turtle Crak to one Cf the New York and Cie7 and mines the company had a povurful search light. It was kept Qifti::y about in :ops Of ftl.ukicg nyv movem>.nt of the strikers to creep within r ach of the n.:ine unkno vn to the deputies who guarded every ap proeca. Lori before dayligbt the strikers were up, and after eating their fruzal meal, prepared for the day's work. Tie initention was to see as many of DeArmitt's men befcre they Lot into the pits as possible. Abo7ut 4 o'c!cck, 1 500 strikers as sembled at Turtle Creek and headed by three brass bands and with banners flyicg, marched past the houses oc cupied by DeArmitt's miners. The miners hooted and yelled and then marched to the mines where they planted themselves before the pits. thus compelling DeArmitt's men to run the gauntiet to get to work. A short time later, Sheriff Lowrey. who had been wired to for assistance, ar rie-d from Pittsburg wish 50 deputies, armed with Winchesters. The Strik ers quietly withdrew and the newr deputies were placed on guard. Whcn the meeting was called to order at 10 o'clock this morning there were 3,0{0 striking miners in attend ance, and before it was well under way there were 5,000 people in the vicinity of the school house. About 9.30 o'clock 250 miners from the Sandy Creek mines marched to the meeting and quite a large number came from Tur tle Creek. The demonstration had no effect upon the men at Plum Creek, and all went to work. The strikers used all the powers f persuasion upon the diggers, but none were molested and no threats were made. Previous to the meeting Eu gene V. Debs. District President D ;an, Secretary Warner and M. P. Gar rick went among the sirikers and counselled them to keep within the bcueds of the law and pr:serve good order throughcut the day. Their ad vice was received with good grace by the men who cheered tue officials en thusiastically. President Dolan was made chairman of the meeting and in a short speech he accused Mr. DeArmitt of incinceri ty. He said that if DeArmitt's men did not come out there would be a sympathy strike all over the United States. M. P. Garrick was next introduced and he said that workingmen all over the United States were interested in this strike because it will nave a ten dercy to raise wages everywhere. "If you men of the DeArmitt mines will not come out now we will march 60,0C0 men here and compel you to come out, not by fore but by shame " When Eugene V. Dets was intro diced there was great enthusiasm. He said in part: ' I am here not to encourage passion but to appeal to reason. You are in the midst of the greatest contest the world has ever known. Whether you succeed or fail depends upon your selves. In corder to win you must re main absolutelv sober until this con test is over. Whiskey clouds the brain. robs you of your money and makes ycu brutal, and also makes you do just what your enemies want you to do-." After the meeting the Sandy Creek miners returned to work and the stri kers went into camp and had lunch. Mr. DeArmitt tonight made the fol lowing statement: "A few of our men from the Turtle Cret k and Plum Creek mines attend ed the meeting. About 40 of the younger men in tue Sandy Creek mines were present. As far as the ef fect of the meeting on our men is con cerned. it was a flat failure. All of our mines were in operation and will be tomorro V." A large force of deputies are ond ty aind developmlents of a sensational caaracter are likely to ocur at any time. The men in the camp will be lupplied with food. Late at night William Warner, sec retary cf the miners' union, telepuon ed that a break in DArmitt's men has taken place. He says that after the day meeting another meeting was ar range-d for 'Thursday night and was at tended by many of the men who have been at work. Several local speakers, he said, placed the matter before them in such a convincing way that the men from DeArmitt's Turtle Creek mine resolved not t~o return to work in the morning. Secretary Warner says this is the most imprtant result of" the big meeting, and it will be taken advantage of at once to inftlu ence the meni at the other t wo mines to come out. Tue miners' otli::ials are ja bilant over this victory. Debs left Thursdiay for Columbus on busmaes which he declined to make' public. Bdfore leaving he exuressed aiaiself as greatly encouraged, lie ex~pects great rssis from EthrAay's TO BE AFRICAN!Z ED. wit ber% Yellow and Black Programme fe:- So uth Caroilna. The Washington correspondent of the Columb~ia State sends the follow ing to tha-. pn er: IV inft rmation ob tained h--re is ra. iable, it is pertinent to ask if ragro domination in South Cato~ina through the appont-'nent 0f negro postmasters is to be coinciden~t with the adveot c-f Republican pres perity in the Sout~h. There are 30 cr more Presidential offices in the S:.ate, and if the alleged WVebster progranme is carried out the post offices will be black with negroes. The State's in orain is that accordin~g to thce Wese programcme WV. HI. Lomax, ooieied,-will e anpoited postmaster at bbevile"; E. J. Dickinson, color ed at Aien; W. S. Dickson, colored, a anel: J. A Davidso-n, colored, otB ail: D. \. ElIwarcs, clor e d.a!.Walsbr.>; R. A ;.e wArt col rd a t nr; Dr. W'n. Hooker, evci.d, at Uhr-s-r ;D .Wm. D. Crum, 1ooe: Chre n: \m. Sute, dard, t re.ce: J. I. B 'ia. eir Ja ':orae-' wa: E. J . ay W-i r cl ri- a u:.r Pra. M D. Ne aan, cooed, at ('neaw- Z '-.'Nori-,, cel-red, 't Sociel Hil : J. G.L Coos, eeed at Nub'erry:I J. E. B3adenbaugh, colored, postmas OFrFEES~a 1T ,!O i AE IIT ~ FFCPrS' ON MC- BY .v/AANI G V PNM.NT TOJ P=^. h.. t.-ct.. \..r I( A l 4 ;-' C 1.-- !:.r f. 4 ,ar,'v r.;' j.T-. P T Tr S Frarci.'o T oumd'y. p;er sts 8 i 'hmda. wrich 'er lionohiu on. 1're 2d instat: Minister cf Foreign :aairs Henry E. Coop r -as giv" n cut a synopsis of t.e correspcdence in the Jap;ise imriearant controversy. This was done in deference to the wishesof the t.ppcrters of Hawaii, who are at a lcss to know wby this government made an ciTar toarbitrate with Japan. Tce letter of June 28th, written by Minister Cooper, c->ntaining the offer to arbitrate, remarks: "R-fcrrirg to the subject of corre s por.dence between his imperial Japa ne maj-.sty's government and the government of Hawaii, relating to the controversy that has arisen in regard to the rejected immigrants, permit me to add to my letter of the 25;h instant that, while still maintaining the in tegrity of the position taoen by the government, yet should the parties fail to arrive at a settlemyent of the question I am authorized by this azov ernment, in view of the friendly rela tions that have so long existed between the two countries and the mutual ben efics of a continuance of such friendly intercourse, and the fact that imcor taut questions involved have to do with theconstruction of the treaty and the convention existing between the two countries. as well as a discussion of the laws of this country, to suggest that the matter at issue be referred to a disinterested arbitrator or arbitrators fcr settlement, and in case such sug gestion is accepted by his imperial Jap anese majesty's government to say that the Hawaiian gove.rament will abide the result." The next mail from Japan will be due on the 27th, when it will be known definitely whether or not Ja pan will accept Cooper's offer. In speaking of Count Okuma's doc ument, Coocer said : "Under date of Tekio, April 19. and received by me at the bands of Mr. St-imanmura on May 11, was a letter writen by Count Okuma, Japanese minister of foreign affairs. in wtich he recited the fact of the nature of the emigrants by the Shinshim Maru on A pril 9. In this communicaion Ok t ma informs the government that h;e has given thoughtful and deliberate consideration to all the questions in voled, and although influenced 'y a friendly desire to accord due weight .o every existing circumstance, the government considers that ine inhos pitablc acts complained of were in de roeation of the conventional rights of Japanese subjects. "Dir-ctly under the tre my of 1571 and indirectiy by application of most favcred nations principal to treaties now in force between Hawaii and oth er countries, Japanese citizans are at liberty freely and severally to enter with t heir ships and cargoes all places, ports and ricers in Hawaii which are open to foreign commerc. . - 2. They have the right to travel, trade, reside and exercise every pro !ession or industry in all parts of Ha walt. '3. They are entitled to cns'ant and complete protection frc m the Ha waiian government for their persons: at d property as well as in regard to the civil righats. "4 Tney are also entitled to free and easy access to the courts of j :s:ice of Ha-vaii in prost cution and oefense, of their rights in every instance and: degree of jurisdictic-n established by the laws, 5. They are at liberty under any and all circumstances to choose and em ploy lawyers and solicitors, advocates or agents from any class wbo they may see fit to authorize to act for thEm er in their name. In disregard o these rights wrote Count Okurna, 4i0 Ja panese subjects, after being c a fi a ed for some considersble time and without any j..idicial determination, without haviug access to the courts. withcut having pertnission to consult with our representative, were igno miniously expelled from the c~untry. It is not suggested that similar1 treatment would under arny circum stances be meted cut to Hawaiian ca i zens. In fact, the action was based upon the fact that the persons con c~ reed are all aliens who by statut r; act-on were deemed to be without the territorial limits of Hawaii. Ccunt Okuma said also tihat his government was convin ced that act 17 of 1895 and act 66 of the preceeding year, if correctl; interpreted by Haw aiian authorities, is in contravention of 'he existing treaty bet veen the two 2overnments. The proper regulation of imigration, he admits, is the leg isi mate exercise cf the police power of the State, the reasonable 1 e~s on the suij et reasonably administered by Ha .-.aiians will provoke no remon strance from Japan. In the present cate .he laws wtre a reversal of the existing precedence, arbitrarily andt capriciously enforced and that extra judicial proceedings of the Hawaiian authorities were nt conclusive and the refusal of the court appealed to. to intervene was a denial, of justice. The conclusion being that the Japan ese government entertained the ex pectation that this government will recognize the principle of indemni fi cation and, further they ask for the aditional assurance that these acts will not be repeated The particu'rrs regarding the smount of the claim. LIOt OkumaI would be m-ade the subj te- '.f a fur ther communication, but I ay bere c ay, that the communication hase not been received. Mr. Cao-per said: "Ycu wilu -er stand that my first letter was nflun argument of defense. It was a :-r statementof facts. Thecorrisponder e - which has followed, has bre:usht out other points sond now this trv- , rn has bten cha-g-- v ith s . 1 icy to suit the o.cCasi " In the First Dapis ch e'ch oeolored) at Monteomery Al. We-dnesday a noon, while the sta'te' "om rst o nis ters was in sessioui P P H. Pat trson, one of -he lead hi rac in the south, a. grade . .e Uni t-ersity of Micean,'-r a teaebe-r inthe state normal colreg and a b- i. - e spected egro, wais mnurdered . 'he altar. The traged-. grew ou a .t ter factional fight beutwente : oegro Baptists over the expu'son of of abi.z chut' Mr i " o-i e'r e with a au o- ' ofa i.:k. Fut.er son led tne fi'g aa aist nim and Rev. . J. Stokes, ps-r of aobr church. sidhd with Bru. Wednesday '-orri w' :hen the state congress conveued au argument be :-veen Stokes ead IPatterson over the Brown case re- te-d it a tisticall', sie sme urcn~ro frcm the crowd shot (Ad ki.e Pci. Patrson i.1 front of 1,e svr miuch wrought. up. Wed m~dsyateroon vosse, composed of n-r:3 cap'ured Gieorge Pritchett, w 1h ,.one into the woods. He ca ie t aingcdone the shooting. i'reacuer Stokes and other promineut ::egrces have been arrested, and a con I - 4 1~ NMDER Celebraed for its -eat leavening Strength and healthfulness. A-,ures the f)od against alum and all forns of adulteration common to the cheap brands. ROY:L BAUING POWDER CO. NEW YOER. Str.rg-r than Ev r. The Peopl's Advocate utters an ac kncowledd truth when it says "this age has produced no more wonderful man !han, W. J. Bryan. He stands to-day be'cre the American people their mof-t mferie s cit'zen althcugh the shadow of defeat is restita upon him. His popularity, ir.steadi of waricy. has ir creased and the affec. tion of the~ reople for him is somethine remsrkab e, the like of which has not been wi'cess d sioce the days of Jef ferson. Jackson and Henry Clay. Wherever he gces the people turn out in crowds to hear and see him. And this is nut all due to the man ^imself, but to the cause he represents. This is not local but the cry comes from every State and Terrritory in the Union. Not long since A B Will isi-Ms, late of the Greenville Nets and a bitter orporent of Bryan, bore tes timony to the fact that if the election were held to day Bryan would be overwhelmingly elec'.ed. AlI the evi dence from the doubt'ul States, where the tide of battle was turned against t: a last year goes to show that the cause he represented is stronger than ever. Hon. Champ Clark, who cam peigned in the First Missouri district lately and afterwards delivered an ad dress at Roanoke College in Verginia, says he found it the same everywhere that the one thing mest certain to bring down the house was the predic tion that Bryan would be inaugurated 1resident in 1901. There has recently been a coavention of democratic edi tors of Missouri and Indiana which was in the r a.ura of a conference, and the almost unanimous opinion of those editors was that there should be no backdo wn from the Chicago plat form and that Bryan was the logical candidate in 1900. Tne sentiment was almost unanimous and universal in favor of continuing the fight for silver. One of the most prominent editors of Indiana said that the men who worked for silver in 1896 were just as devoted to it Qs ever and hundreds who opposed it had come over and if the oattle were to be fought over now Bryan wuild carry the State by a tremen4~ss vote. A Mr. Wolff, who iskipresident of a big~ iron and ship-building plant at Par land, Oregon, and a Republic an be sid-s, says "if an election were beid now for president the whole Pacitic slope would vote to elect Bryan over any man the Republicans cLld name." There is no weakening of tee lines here in tbis State, as we well know, and the testimony from all other quarters is the same. Even in Ohio the Republicans are quakiog in their boots for the promised prosperity upon the election of McKinley which has not come, and in Kentucky the Republicans are making no pretence to a ghost of a chanc= of carrying the fall elelections. The gold m'n ai-e fond of hzaging the deution t'o their bozoxs that the silver cause is dead and they talk and write glibly about the "pissing of Bryan." The wish is father to the thoaght. Bryan~ i-s pussing but not passiog away. H-e is only passing on to a highe'r place~ of popularity and to deeper deoths in. the hearts of the peopMe. Thae people~ fee that the argument is ceased and the istue j ,ined and there is nothing to be done now but fight it out to a successful issue. The report of "a veteran hor.icultur ist" as to tea raising in South Caroli na, sent out by the Eecretary of agri culture, need not be considered as anal arnd conclusive. Secretary Wi son may from his Iowan points of vie v so cor sider it; but to thos'who understard the labor pecblem in the Su h-especially the cropshe~riog pan-the repor t just furnis.ta to the people is tat si~oto-1r c m'vircing. The Atlanta Journal si s wh~en the Southern stts can suc e ully corn pete with EZ7p', Inli t : 'Cai ber self in the produe iont . ic in not see whiy the samte St d'es c monot succeed al1so in the t-a irrming ird as ry. The cutiv?!ioni c the mta plant does not call for !ahor h-.:oud that needed in the cotton fi-lds 'lhe crop n each case is picked by nand, and in esch case it is afterwards treated by 'tachinery. In COgloa, tea is thus. handled, and s) it caa br beres. I: is. really a matter cf pi.ng. And do not believe it has been iet denfnit: - ly ascer!airad that there is :ct lab~rin the South taat can b3 nrotValy enm loed in tes raising. Ouee let it be deermirud that cur soil imnparts the needed tilaor-thatsua and mnoisture :Ie hee as ia the case 'i cottoG - .id erlypoponined, t te ns.can bM ~ely ift to the e::e-g. :i mil of h,1eople of the c-tv~n tW - . fec to these points. he wido mocre to wards making tea raisie g a home in dustry, than he will in discussiuig a labor problem that he may not fully unerstand. Labor int the far east is,. *e free' ad very lo pprtced, bu', se epe, ais not any lower in tr~e :sa J:ds thtan it is in thecottonfnelds. If the stier has become a profitable :nias:ry i2 th~ese S:.ates, we insist that by a si~nilar application of skill, study :?d energy the former can becmnse so, sa'ts urovided our soil arnd sua and inrall aiford the requisiie ;.rowth ad~ ilivor. It is these thiugs the de artment of agriculture shood study, ad make plain to all the pe' ple. How vo CrRE UEADACHE -'W aan's curse, the- ordinary nr~EPcus nMada-:he, brought haome almnost al avs as one of the acO'iisitionls of a ay's shopping cans b -eatiy relieved mnd generalv car- d a vway nomple remned-,'' said a physici. ',. Srrutly na s~ece in . y. ts ht ecs ithea rek R t e...:s..may !i:123s, also s-orm oeemd the ears, cm 112 ag i rwn muscles ud eeves which have caused s> .se a ?y i te felt to relax and tei pain qdeklay disippear. It doesn't ost anstaig. Try it the next time. y ora hahadaoee